Following the man, Yin Qi looked around secretly. Although this courtyard is large, the structure of the house is simple and simple, which is particularly different from the inner courtyard where she lives.

The two finally entered a wing room on the west side. After entering the door, they saw bookshelfs everywhere, and various books were placed in it. There were several book cases in the corner, which looked like a public study room.

The man picked a desk and sat down. He pointed his white and slender fingers at the opposite side and said softly: "Miss Five, please sit down."

Although Yin Qi was a little nervous, she was much more relaxed than when she was in the thatched cottage. As a magician, the person in front of her was much more normal than Mr. Yi.

"My name is Lu Kang, and I am the teacher of this 'herring class'.

"Herry-shaped class?" Yin Qi said in confusion.

"The Lingtu Pavilion now has 48 students, plus you forty-nine," Lu Kang said patiently, "They were divided into three classes. The most powerful one is the Tianzi class, followed by the Dizi class, and the most basic one is the herbizi class. There are twenty-six students here, which is the largest number of students in the three classes."

"I heard from Mr. Yi that I learned too late," Yin Qi looked worried, "Am I the oldest here?"

"No," Lu Kang smiled, "You are indeed later in the Yin family. The students you are looking for outside are in different situations. Most of them are the same age as you or one or two years younger, and a few are older than you."

It’s better if you’re not the biggest one. With a companion of similar age, you will take more attention when you learn.

"Why didn't I pass the spiritual disciple's test?" Lu Kang's friendly attitude made Yin Qi relax. She asked what she had been curious about.

"The so-called test mainly depends on whether the magician can detect the spiritual power on your body. If the test method is inappropriate and does not stimulate you to reveal enough spiritual power, and the magician's ability is insufficient, you will be ignored," Lu Kang smiled apologetically, "Speaking of this, I have my responsibility. I usually do the identification of spiritual disciples in the mansion. When you experiment happened to me, I gave it to a disciple in advance, which seemed to be overestimating his ability."

After missing the five years of learning opportunity, Yin Qi did not complain. She also wanted to thank the disciple. If she had entered the Lingpa Pavilion in advance, she would not have enough time to accompany her and take care of her mother.

"Where are the other spiritual disciples?" Yin Qi asked. She had never seen any other students along the way.

"All students will have to attend classes in Sibian Hall," Lu Kang replied, "The one who teaches Sibian Hall is Mr. Sun. Please see you tomorrow morning!"

Lu Kang turned slightly and stretched out his hand to the bookshelf. A book with thick palms flew lightly to the palm of his hand.

He handed the book to Yin Qi, "This "Witch Sutra" is a classic enlightenment by the artist. You can read it first. After reading the first chapter, come to the backyard to find me." Lu Kang stood up and left gracefully, and actually let her learn by herself first.

Yin Qi sat down and opened the "Wu Jing" in her hand. The book was obviously read many times, and there were creases everywhere. The first page was still the title of the book, the upper right corner was written with the date of the transcription, and the lower left corner was written with the small words "Shu Jing Gong Lu Mao" written.

Turning another page, writing:

"Witches, although they are human beings, can reach the sky and the earth, know all things, and understand the past and present.

Spiritual power and talent are not something that everyone can be a witch, and there is no one in a thousand.

Spiritual power is revealed when young, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and extremely unstable. If you don’t have any teachings, you will let it be abandoned and will often be almost twenty years old.”

It turns out that spiritual power is still possible to disappear, Yin Qi didn't know about this before.

"As a spiritual disciple, he is very good at meticulous and meticulous, and is sensitive to ordinary people. He can understand what people cannot know. He is easy to understand music and is close to birds and beasts.

The strange stones in Beile Mountain in Yizhou are produced in Sanbitan, Dawu Peak, and can sense spiritual power, appear patterns, and flow like water."

Yin Qi continued to turn to the next page, and later began to talk about the basic methods of spiritual disciples' cultivation, but some of the contents were beyond her understanding. Yin Qi wrote down these places one by one, and then prepared to ask Lu Kang for advice.

As they were about to finish the first chapter, there were chaotic footsteps and people talking outside. Yin Qi looked up and seven or eight young men in blue robes entered the house one after another. When they saw the newcomer, they were not surprised or curious. After a slight look, they found a place to sit down and read the book.

Yin Qi noticed that the ages of these spiritual disciples were indeed very different as Lu Kang said. The youngest seemed to be only about ten years old, and the oldest was almost adult. Half of them took the book in the same way as Lu Kang when they reached out to let the book fly into their hands, but they were far less skillful than Lu Kang. One of the boys, after making the book sway and flew over, suddenly hit his head, causing others to burst into laughter.

Half an hour later, she finally finished reading the first chapter. Yin Qi picked up the book in her hand and went to the backyard to find Lu Kang.

Unlike Yin Qi imagined, there was no place to live in the backyard. On the west side was an open space with more than a dozen targets erected. On the east side was a forest. Although it was sandwiched between the stone walls on the north and south sides, it was impossible to see the head at a glance to the east, as if it extended to the top of the mountain.

There were many people in the backyard, but it was very quiet. Most of the spiritual disciples were shooting arrows in the open space, but no one used a bow. They hung the arrows at the air and pointed them at the target, and the arrow flew out by themselves.

There is no Lu Kang here.

Yin Qi asked a young man who was resting beside him, "Senior brother, do you know where Mr. Lu is?"

"Sir, you are in the woods, and you will see it when you walk there." The young man pointed to the east.

Yin Qi arrived at Xie and walked up the stone path between the forest on the east side.

The road was narrow and tortuous. As you walked, you could vaguely see spiritual disciples sitting in the dense woods on both sides closing their eyes. They were motionless, and they were a little strangely quiet.

After walking about two hundred steps, an open space appeared in front of me, with a wooden house and a pavilion on it. Lu Kang was standing in the pavilion.

Seeing Yin Qi coming, Lu Kang pointed to the direction he was looking at and said, "Come and take a look!"

Yin Qi stood beside him and found that she had reached the middle of the mountain. Below was the Zhaohua City that had stood for thousands of years. The eyes were all about the roofs and streets, extending to the city walls in the distance. At the foot of the mountain to the east was the huge courtyard of the Yin Mansion. Even if it was not included in the mountain, it occupied one-sixth of the land of Zhaohua City. There were also magnificent Tao family in the west and the majestic county magistrates in the city.

This is the city where Yin Qi has lived for more than ten years, but she feels increasingly that she knows little about it.

The two sat down at the stone table in the pavilion. Lu Kang did not immediately answer Yin Qi's doubts, but asked Yin Qi to describe the knowledge she saw in the book.

The first page is too simple, almost common sense. Yin Qi finished it in a few words, and the key is the content behind it.

"The first step for spiritual disciples to practice is to cultivate their body and nature. The main way is to fast, sit in meditation, gather spiritual power, and enhance their senses. Next, you can practice the imperial skills," Yin Qi said slowly, trying to make herself concise.

"The art of detention is divided into three categories, according to the difficulty: the art of detention, the art of detention of water and the art of detention. The so-called art of detention of Qi means to learn to control Qi to change the position of the corresponding object. The book you just picked up from the air is the art of detention of Qi, and the target of the backyard is also to let the spiritual disciples practice this art."

"It's right." Lu Kang praised.

"The water control technique is the control of water," Yin Qi continued, "The most difficult thing is the life control technique, which seems to be about controlling living creatures. I don't understand this part very clearly."

"It's common to not understand," Lu Kang comforted, "I just learned the basics of this part."

As he said that, he raised his head and looked at the few birds staying on the branches beside him. One of the gray-backed and yellow-bellied birds seemed to notice Lu Kang's gaze, twisted his head and looked at him for a moment, then flew over.

Lu Kang stretched out his index finger, and the bird stopped obediently at his fingertips, like a well-trained pet.

"The so-called 'life' is simply a living thing. It is as low as plants and trees, as noble as people, and they are all within the scope of the art of regulating life, but the higher the wisdom, the harder it is to control it."

"Can even people be controlled like this?" Yin Qi said in surprise.

"If the will of the subject is not firm enough and the subject is very strong, it should be feasible, but it will not be too long. Only Mr. Yi is the only one who can skillfully drive birds and beasts here. I have never seen a magician who can control people yet."

Lu Kang raised his finger slightly, and the bird suddenly flew away in a frightened look. "I see if it is not, my control over it is not stable," he said with a wry smile. "I have been practicing this technique for many years and have gained little, and now I can only do this."

"The book says that in addition to imperial skills, there are two other categories - divination techniques and secret techniques." Seeing that Lu Kang was a little depressed, Yin Qi hurriedly interrupted the passage, "Divation techniques are easy to understand, but what's going on with this secret technique?"

"Secret art is a man-made art. It is said that when a savant's cultivation reaches a certain level, he can communicate with the way of heaven and make a contract with him. The forms of the contract are diverse, such as language, movement, text and specific items. Later people can temporarily gain powerful power like the creator as long as they do corresponding actions according to the contract."

"It's so amazing!" Yin Qi sighed, "But why is it called a secret technique?"

"Secret techniques are often amazing in power, and are the facade and wealth of each sect. They will not be easily passed to outsiders, so they are called secret techniques."

After saying that, Lu Kang stood up, made a complicated move with both hands, and said, "For most magicians, secret techniques are a shortcut, and at the same time, they can also let us know how powerful the magicians can be."

At this time, Yin Qi found a small white thing appeared between Lu Kang's overlapping palms, which was turning and getting bigger and bigger. When the white ball grew to the size of a watermelon, it finally stopped. She suddenly realized that it was a small cloud.

Lu Kang took off his hands and the white clouds immediately dissipated. He smiled and said, "This secret technique is called Juyun. It is essentially a Qi-controlling technique, but I can never achieve this level with my own strength, so I can rely on this kind of secret technique. And the person who created this secret technique is afraid that he can already call the wind and rain."

Yin Qi was shocked when she saw it aside. When she first entered the Lingtu Hall, she felt a little uneasy, but now she felt excited to enter a new world.

After this exchange, it was noon. From time to time, spiritual disciples came to ask Lu Kang for advice, and he patiently answered them one by one.

Yin Qi sat aside, feeling a little hungry, but no one was going to have lunch. Only then did she remember a few words in the "Witch Sutra" that the wise men practiced and advocated eating less, and even if the spiritual disciples did not fast, they would not eat enough three meals a day.

After Yin Qi finally sorted out the introductory knowledge, Lu Kang set her a recent practice plan:

Fasting every ten days

Eat only two meals on weekdays, quit drinking and meat

Study the "Witch Sutra" every night

Meditation for at least two hours a day

Afterwards, Lu Kang ordered her to go to the study to find a medical book called "Lingshu" and remember the meridians and acupoints recorded in it.

"Since ancient times, witch doctors have not separated their families. Understanding these will be of great help to your practice." Lu Kang explained, "You should try to memorize these as much as possible this afternoon, and you can return to the inner courtyard when you are at the hour of You."
Chapter completed!