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Chapter 450: Decomposition and completion of leaving Chongguang
The method of splitting characters has long been lost in the vast history and there is no written record of it.

When Zhou You studied under Master Zeng, he had never heard of this technique, but now he saw it in action.

One cannot help but sigh that Liu Tianxian has a treasure trove but does not realize it. He does not have a panel and cannot restore the trick of the word-splitting method.

After mastering the method of splitting characters, Zhou You's progress in studying rubbings and fragments also accelerated dramatically, which could be described as rapid progress.

The rubbings traded by people in the Golden Immortal Sect are incomplete due to various reasons, either missing arms or legs or unclear.

The erosion of time and the storage of archives have caused irreversible damage to the text.

Therefore, the value of the Nine Ding characters lies in their original form, and their value is greatly reduced after being reprinted many times.

It is best to observe the Nine Cauldrons directly and look at the text on it closely to get the most authentic seal script.

Zhou You originally could only tackle the difficult problems one by one with the help of the panel, but things became different with the method of splitting characters.

The method of decomposing characters is most advantageous when dealing with incomplete characters.

What Zhou You needs to do is to group different texts, compare and reference them, and take out the ones with the highest similarity for disassembly and completion.

His ultimate goal in collecting so much information was to complete 6 complete and 8 missing characters, totaling 14 characters, in the tree tumor.

The power of seal script, like a new world behind a door, has slowly appeared before him.

According to the people from the Golden Immortal Dao that Zhou You had met, the seal scripts they used were different, but their strength assessments were roughly the same.

Single seal characters are the most powerful and can generate different powers, such as Kunpengzi's "Confusation" and Liu Tianxian's "Instant".

The secondary derivative characters of seal script are biased products. Although they are powerful, they have lost the possibility of subsequent development, such as Guo Liuhe's "闇", "日千里" on the heavy talisman, and so on.

Zhou You mastered several complete inscriptions and gained new insights every day, but his greatest wealth was the tree tumors he harvested from his hometown.

The 14 words on the tree tumor form a coherent sentence.

A single seal character is powerful, but what if it could form a phrase or even a sentence?
Zhou You estimated that the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. Somewhere in the world, there must be a Golden Immortal who has mastered the power of phrases and even sentences.

His goal was to use the massive amount of rubbings as a database to complete the content of the 14 characters and master the power of seal script at a higher level.

"Tear apart, put together, tear apart, put together!"

The process of breaking down characters is very boring, and the combination of strokes is also unremarkable. By the end, the initial novelty disappears, and all that's left is a lot of repetitive work.

However, the original player who was far away in the city, resumed his interest in playing the tiger-tendon pipa after he mastered the word "sound".

This seal script gives the player a natural ability to play musical instruments, making it incredibly easy to learn and master any instrument.

In just a few days, Zhou You was able to use the tiger tendon pipa to play different styles such as gentle and sad, sonorous and iron-blooded, desolate and resentful, etc., and everyone around him was saddened when they heard the music.

The originally useless skill of Pipa was upgraded by 10 levels at once and has been upgraded to the master level.

Sometimes, life just needs a little spice.

The first alias, Lu Zhigang, is currently a bit more difficult than Mo Yunzi's alias.

He followed Du Wuyao through the swamp, searching for the entrance to the Wandu Secret Shop in the vast swamp.

According to Du Wuyao, the outline of the swamp changes all the time, except for the core area where the Myriad Poisons Secret Workshop is located.
This resulted in the entrance being uncertain, and even the sect's disciples might get lost when they returned from outside.

He has been trapped in Zhen Xiong Prison for many years. Many things have changed. It will take some time to find the entrance!

Well, just keep looking, keep holding on!
“Okay, it’s done!”

On this day, in the Guoliuhe Manor in Sogo City...

Zhou You added a stroke to the remaining text, fitting it in perfectly. The framework of the remaining text was instantly complete, and a charming flavor emerged spontaneously.

This is a sign of textual complementation!
"The seal character 'zhu' has been completed. Whether to consume experience points is analyzed and mastered."

“Not yet.”

Zhou You's mind is now full of folding characters to complete them, and he has no intention of mastering new seal characters for the time being, after all, it takes too much time and energy. After studying for a period of time, he has completed 8 of the 2 incomplete characters, leaving 6.

After practicing a large number of questions for a period of time, my seal script level has risen sharply from Iv17 to Iv23.

He still wanted to continue. After all, the environment was good, the people he interacted with were all great scholars, and the atmosphere was also conducive to the study of seal script.

Liu Tianxian's arrival interrupted Zhou You's research plan.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

This time he brought more trading items than last time, hoping to exchange for more hungry skins and redeem the Martial Saint Seal.

For Zhou You, obtaining the method of decomposing Chinese characters was already his greatest gain. He had no attachment to the seal and handed it to him without hesitation.

“I admire you.”

Seeing how straightforward he was, Liu Tianxian thought that if it were him, he would not be willing to give up such a priceless treasure as the Seal of the Martial Saint.

After counting the goods, all 15 hungry skins that were previously pledged were paid off, and 6 more could be exchanged.

"I want the one with a three-use limit."

The Skin Bag 2.0 is very useful and can be used three times, making it much more useful than a one-time use.

Zhou You nodded, handed the skin bag to him, and then said to Guo Liuhe and others, "I'm leaving."

"Why don't you stay a few more days?"

Guo Liuhe was anxious. He wished he could provide Zhou You with retirement care and let him stay at home for the rest of his life.

"This is the end of our relationship. I only have a few left in my pocket for my own use. If there are other Taoist friends who want to exchange, will you give them to me or not?"

Zhou You explained, "I will go collect materials and make another batch. I will come back to bother you, Fellow Daoist Guo, when I return."

Liu Tianxian hadn't left yet. When he heard Zhou You was leaving, he became anxious and said, "Fellow Daoist, please leave me your contact information!"

Zhou You thought for a moment and pointed in a certain direction, "Let's go to my original shop."

After saying this, Zhou You bid farewell to everyone and left.

The day he finished speaking, the ground that was bitten by the snake king was quickly filled back and the house was rebuilt, brick by brick.
To the point where it is exactly the same as before.

The shops on both sides were emptied. Although there were people living there, it was obvious that they were not doing business.

"..."

A few days later, the tired old customer stopped at the door, but he did not go in.

The shops were closed and no one was inside. Moreover, the atmosphere of this street was not right. Although there were many passers-by, they were all in disguise.

A trap? Or something else?
He was alert, but pretended not to know and knocked on the door, "Old man, are you home?"

A head popped out from a nearby shop and said, "Stop shouting. There's no one inside. They've moved."

moved?
The old customer had come with hope, but when he heard that Zhou You had moved and saw the strange atmosphere around him, he didn't dare to stay any longer.

He walked more than a dozen streets away and finally heard the old news that a giant beast was wreaking havoc in the city and biting off shops in one bite.

Alas, I missed it after all.

The old customer couldn't help feeling a little sad. He had originally wanted to invite the old gentleman to his own sect to participate in the proofreading and re-editing of the boxing classics. What a pity.

The sect he belonged to was a new sect in the neighboring prefecture, with not much foundation. It was just about to hold a ceremony to compile and review its boxing skills, and invited seal script masters from all over the world to carve a stele and cast a tripod to declare its influence.

He originally took a fancy to Zhou You's craftsmanship, but unfortunately he missed it.

(End of this chapter)