“After reading hundreds of times, the meaning will reveal itself,” but some people only need ten days while others will require half a year. This kind of difference makes many speechless. Just like Tang Thirty Six had said, that girl often left others speechless. Chen Chang Sheng also didn’t say anything either.
Secretly, Shuang Er was unhappy of Chen Chang Sheng’s quiet and stiff reaction. Perhaps she thought that since he has a marriage vow with the lady, even if their status differed greatly at least he should show some sort of ambition or confidence?
Also from her point of view, if it weren’t for her lady that wrote a letter from the Nan Xi Temple, Chen Chang Sheng would be dead already. How would he have the chance to enter the Classical Teaching and sit on a clean floor to read and xiuxing? Although she didn’t need his appreciation, he shouldn’t be silent either and treating it like nothing happened.
Shuang Er looked at him and shook her head. She took out a thin piece of letter from her pocket and handed it to him.
“Since you obtained the precious chance to xiuxing, then you should appreciate it and start from ground zero. Don’t think of some strange way to boost yourself and place your hope upon others, especially women.” Suddenly she thought of something and said strictly “Xiuxing, is never simple. Even if you don’t have any hope, I hope you won’t self destruct. Do you understand?”
Chen Chang Sheng took the paper and was stunned for a moment. He didn’t understand the what she was trying to say. He thought to himself, even if he had hid in an academy as gloomy as a cemetery to read and xiuxing, the General’s Mansion and that Lady Xu still think of him as an obstacle?
The sun outside of the library was hanging in the middle of the sky. The tree leaves were rocking back and forth from the breeze. The sunlight scattered under the tree and landed upon the earth. Luckily it was still early spring so the temperature wasn’t too hot. The piece of letter contained a girl’s fragrance but had no trace of sweat.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the sentence upon the letter and remained silent for a long time.
“Look out for yourself.”
The penmanship of the words were neat, but had nothing special. The strokes were very straight, which seemed naive and cute. Although Chen Chang Sheng guessed that this sentence was written by Lady Xu from the south, he couldn’t connect the girl who has this sort of naive penmanship with the talented girl who is famous throughout the world.
He understood the sentence and it seemed as if he could faintly see the expression on Lady Xu’s face when she wrote this sentence. For sure she had a cold face and wrinkled eyebrows, which expressed her impatience and irritation. But mostly, it was indifference.
She only wrote a sentence for him, but the most important word was “Yourself.”
Yourself meant you.
You live.
You read.
You xiuxing.
You eat and sleep.
Chen Chang Sheng thought quietly for a moment and didn’t think any further. He collected the letter and put it in his pocket. Then he stood up and walked to the bookshelf to find the forty nine books mentioned in the end of “Purification”. While he was searching, he thought about the words Maid Shuang Er said previously and wrinkled his eyebrows. His fingers slowed down during his search for the books. Does it only need ten days to read all of these books a hundred times? How did she accomplish this?
“Purification” was just a summary. The forty nine books mentioned at the end of it was the actual studying material. The students need to use the knowledge and wisdom in those books to open their mind and solidify their view of the world to strengthen their souls.
It was purely a xiuxing in the spiritual field. It started when the Books landed on earth and humans started to xiuxing. The first step of solidifying their souls was always the same method. It was concluded and measured by countless pioneers and the method was proven to be the most effective and had the highest success rate. Since words were the only physical form of thoughts, then in order to use the ancestor’s thoughts to help them transfer mind into strength, words were the perfect bridge to connect the two.
Since this method was used throughout the human word, the forty nine books mentioned in the “Purification” were obviously recognized by everyone as the most helpful books to solidify one’s soul. It began from 1582 when The Tradition created the index and it wasn’t changed since then.
Chen Chang Sheng walked around the bookshelves and searched. Although he was familiar with the order of the books it still took him an hour to find all of the forty nine books and moved them to the floor beside the window. Then he placed them in order.
He didn’t start reading immediately. Instead he went to the Street of Hundred Blossom and ate at a restaurant. Then he rested around the lake’s grassfield for an hour. After satisfied by his relaxation, he returned to the library on