While the Master and Disciple of the Endless House were talking, a certain scholar surnamed Meng, who was said to have gone deaf, had a guest of his own in Room C-3 of the Yellow Character Academy.
“I had planned to let you become a core scholar to get better teaching after the competition for the position in the literary world was over. It’s a pity ——” Wu Qu held up the book in his hand and showed it to Qing Yu.
It was always a little difficult to converse with someone who was hearing impaired if they did not know sign language. It was a good thing that it was not Qingyu who was so troubled; as a deaf person, he was not the one who needed to exert himself.
He smiled lightly, not looking at all frustrated or sad about his hearing loss, and poured a cup of tea for Wu Qu, saying, “There is nothing to be sorry about, compared to the other brothers who lost their lives in the small secret realm, I am lucky that I only have a hearing loss.
Moreover, the student is only leaving temporarily to look for hope of a cure. If I am lucky enough to be cured, I hope that you will leave a small door open for the student when the time comes.”
The humorous words made even Mr. Wu Qu, who had always had a stern face, smile a little and write with his head bowed, “The Mountain River Academy will always be open for you.”
“Then I’m relieved.” Qing Yu clapped his hands in a celebratory manner.
The conversation ended abruptly at this point; Wu Qu was not a good talker, and he too was pained by what had happened to this student of extraordinary talent and did not know how to communicate with him. So, not long after, Wu Qu wrote, “Get some rest. I’ll leave now, and feel free to come to me if you need anything.”
“Take care, sir.” Qing Yu got up to see him off.
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Soon after Wu Qu left, another visitor arrived, he was Feng Jiu.
When Feng Jiu arrived, Qing Yu was holding a bamboo slip and studying it carefully, occasionally picking up a cup of tea and taking a sip of it.
Feng Jiu came and sat down opposite Qing Yu, looking at Qing Yu’s figure with the bamboo slip in his hand, and said unconsciously, “Are you —— really deaf?”
Feng Jiu was still very incredulous that the person who was so terrifying in his mind would be rendered deaf by those few small characters like Chen Yan. What is this? A careless mistake, or a horse losing its hoof? It always felt odd having funny.
“No.” Qing Yu suddenly said.
These two short words startled Feng Jiu, who looked at Qing Yu’s gaze turned towards him in a bit of shock and said, “You —— are not deaf?”
“Yes not deaf,” Qing Yu nodded, but he added, “But I can’t hear now.”
“Then how did you know what I said?”
“Remember the method I came up with to prevent Lu Qifeng from eavesdropping? Writing, sign language, lip-syncing. Writing wasn’t too convenient and lip-speaking was too difficult to practise, so in the end we opted for sign language. But I haven’t given up lip-speaking either, and I’ve been practising it. Now that I’ve learned it, it’s exactly how I can see and understand your words.” Qing Yu laughed softly.
“Then what do you mean when you say you’re not deaf and can’t hear?”
“Have you read the Yin Fu Sutra? There is a saying in the Yin Fu Jing that says, ‘A goze is good at hearing and a deaf person is good at seeing. If you have one source of absolute benefit, use the teacher ten times.’ A blind person is good at hearing, and a deaf person is good at seeing. I have sealed my hearing to grow my eyesight. Learning lip-sync in this short period of time is also a credit to this growth in eyesight.” Qing Yu explained.
“Is that so ——,” Feng Jiu muttered.
Is it just that simple to seal your own sense of hearing simply for the sake of growing your eyesight? Feng Jiu had a vague feeling that Qing Yu hadn’t told the truth, in his impression, this terrifying man wouldn’t seal his own hearing just to learn a lip or something. Secretly, there must be a bigger reason.
“You can a*sume that’s it.” Kiyoharu said with a smirk.
Was that really all it was? Of course not. While it was true that growing one’s eyesight was the aim, the rest, even if it was made up. Other than that, how could a normal deaf person not learn to lip-sync in a short period of time.
Qing Yu closed his hearing in order to grow his eyesight, but also to cultivate the “Grammatical Mastery”.
The Mastery of Science, “Grammatical Knowledge”, is divided into two parts: “Grammatical” and “Grammatical Knowledge”. It is more like a form of cognition than a martial art.
Therefore, Qingyu’s previous ability to quickly learn martial arts was lost in the “grasp of things”. Due to the fact that his own “Heavenly Man Transmutation Method” incorporates the “Little Invisible Kung Fu” and the intention of Yin and Yang to create all things, Qing Yu’s speed of mastering Yuan Qi martial arts has always been extremely impressive.
After cultivating the “Black Heavenly Book”, his own martial arts system was integrated with the robbing power that could transform all qi, and even his internal martial arts techniques could be practiced to the level of his own realm directly after he arrived, deepening the diversity of his martial arts.
However, there are still limitations to this quick way of getting started. The first point is that it is a martial art that is purely related to true qi and uses true qi in its application. Those that are like those in the dual cultivation of Qi, or those that simply cultivate spiritual power as well as body refinement, still require the enterprise to cultivate them step by step. It is not within the scope of the “Ge-material” martial art, and requires Qing Yu to practise it hard on his own.
The grimoire does not involve true qi, and Zhi Zhi is considered to be both true qi and spiritual power at the same time. Only by locking in with spiritual power can one achieve that effect of exhaustion. This is where one can see that Lu Yi’s talent is one in a million. To be able to use his spiritual power at the Innate Realm shows that his spiritual power is naturally far superior to that of ordinary people. If he had not used his “Grimoire” so often before his fight with Qing Yu, then it is still unknown who would have died.
To get back to the point, Qing Yu closed his hearing in order to better cultivate his “Grimoire” and also to use his eyes more often to grow his “Tai Xu Eyes”.
Yes, Qingyu has finally given a name to the Eye Avatar that came from the cultivation of the ‘Black Book of Heaven’, the same name as the Avatar of the immortal Tai Nu in the Canghai Sea.
In fact, if we look at the functions displayed so far, it would be better to call it “Clairvoyant Eye” or “Heavenly Eye” or something like that. But Qingyu felt that the former was too inelegant, and the latter had been used to death.
If it had the function of “Knowledge of Things”, it could be called “Writing Eye” or “Demon Eye of Death” or something. Then, Kiyoharu felt a little ashamed when he remembered the words that went with these two names. “I’ll kill you even if you’re a god” was a bit too shameful for Kiyoharu, who had reached the age of maturity.
So in the end, he chose the name “Taixu Eyes”. The name “Taixu” also means “the Way”, which is in line with Qingyu’s path.
These thoughts flashed through Qing Yu’s mind, but his face remained unchanged as he said, “I closed my hearing in order to achieve my purpose and to leave the Mountain River Academy.
In this academy, there are so many people who are stronger than me, how is it that my hands are tied and I am careful for fear of being discovered.”
