Chapter 2: An Anomaly In The Ancestral Hall (1/2)
After returning hoe went back to school
In the ht all children in the clan to read In the afternoons, only children whose parents pinned high hopes on thee didn't have to study too irl She could neither participate in the imperial examination nor look for a job in the town However, because the Old Master had really adave her special treatht that since her father was a ht to also read a fewtrifle household chores like an ordinary village girl
The afternoon lessons were farones The five or six children present either practiced writing by thee went in and saluted the Old Master before going directly into the library
The Mo fae nor influential family The Ancestral Hall consisted of only one hall, one courtyard, and one east and one ing The hall was used to worshi+p generations of ancestors' spirits The back courtyard here wine fro New Year celebrations or when a son was born in the fa was the school while the back half was used as a library Several orphans, s and elders lived in the ing They were the ones atched over the Ancestral Hall every day
The library wasn't at all large - there were only six bookshelves arranged along the wall About a thousand books were placed there, passed on by previous generations of the Mo fae pulled a stool towards the east side The books on this particular bookshelf were all travel notes They ritten in everyday language and included a lot of drawings - very suitable to be read by a child who had a li a fondness for reading this kind of miscellaneous book, the Old Master had no objections After all, girls couldn't participate in the imperial examination It didn't e picked up a book She also found another one called ”Dictionary of the Great Jin” and put it on the side Sitting beside the , she started to read
The title of the first book was ”Summary of the Celestial Pole”
It said the world was vast with countless lands and oceans Their location was called ”the Celestial Pole,” which was very large In addition to Jin Country, there existedin size The northeast region of the Celestial Pole contained a vast forest while in the as an uninhabited desert The north was filled with colossal glaciers and the south contained a e
This book recorded various stories of talented people in the Celestial Pole
According to legend, there was a e that extended all the way across the southernmost part of the Celestial Pole known as Kunwu Kunwu extended for thousands of e From ancient times, no one had ever been able to cross it Mortals who lived not too far from it could sometimes see dense purple clouds peppered with ot lost in thefor them Thus, they could only turn around to find the way out
As time went by, people just said these mountains were the mountains of the Immortals - only the Immortals could make it to these mountains
The Ie would absorb the dew fro and consu They were o They went to the world of mortals to find people with spiritual roots and take them back to the mountain of the Immortals to teach them about cultivation If their cultivation attempts succeeded, they would also become Immortals Once they became Immortals, they could do the impossible - they could move thethee and would live forever
Everyone in the world wished to reach the mountain of the Immortals to train their Immortal's Bone 1Unfortunately, spiritual roots were rare and weren't so everyone had Most people had only heard about the Iends
A tale about a monarch of ancient Chu Country was recorded in this book He had a passion for the Law of Dao 2 and wanted to work to become an Immortal Thus, he summoned all the Taoists in the world to the capital in an attempt to find one with the most profound skills to be worshi+pped as the teacher of the country Just as all the Taoists were having a coar entered the hall and said, ”All of you are fit to help me carry these shoes” All the Taoists were furious, yet the beggar only burst into laughter He lifted one of his fingers and a deep pond suddenly appeared in the middle of the hall's platform He then raised his hand and the deep pond burst into fire, shocking everyone there When the King of Chu wanted to ar suddenly disappeared behind clouds of dust
Another tale was also recorded in this book It was about a scholar fro Country His fa in his studies He eventually got the highest rank in the i the celebration feast held in honor of those who passed the exam, he offended an influential official of the court Hence, he was assigned to supervise the library of the irand official who held the highest rank in the imperial examination was forced to stay in the library for ten years His future see upon the Law of Immortality 3 in the library, this officialout about this htened However, the official dis the wind
Mo Tiange was reading eagerly when a e looked up and hastily closed her book She stood up and said, ”Master”
The Old Master nodded He took the book fro?”
Mo Tiange answered, ”If I don't understand any words, I'll look them up in the dictionary If I still don't understand, I'll write them down to ask Master later”
The Old Master returned the book to her and said, ”Good Reading a lot of books is the best way to build your vocabulary You may continue”
”Yes, Master”