Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 7 Wenbao
In the morning, the sky is slightly bright.

Under the sunshine, the mist in the mountains slowly dissipated.

In the mass grave, some ghosts wandering unconsciously hide instinctively to avoid the scorching sun energy during the day.

Under a dead tree in the forest, Lu Zheng leaned against the trunk and closed his eyes to rest.

He searched for most of the night last night and eliminated all the evil spirits from the mass grave.

Now, his literary energy value has reached two hundred points, and his literary energy has grown to two feet.

Since the city gates were closed at night, Lu Zheng rested here after finishing his work.

It is estimated that among all the students in Kaiyang County, he was the first to spend the night in a mass grave.

When a ray of morning light shone on Lu Zheng's face, he slowly opened his eyes, then stood up, shook off the dust on his body, and walked back to the county town.

He leisurely returned to the inn and asked the waiter from yesterday to prepare hot water for him to wash.

The waiter didn't know Lu Zheng had left the city last night. Seeing that Lu Zheng's clothes and shoes were stained with mud, he was surprised and asked, "Where did you go so early in the morning? Why are you so messy?"

"I went out for a walk." Lu Zheng said calmly, "Please get me some more hot water."

"Okay, sir, please wait a moment!" the waiter responded quickly and ran to get some hot water.

In just a moment, the waiter brought two buckets of hot water to the room.

Lu Zheng took out another twenty taels of silver and said, "Go to Xiang Shu Zhai and buy me some brushes, inkstones, and a piece of top-quality rice paper. The rest of the items should be of average quality. I have only this little money, so take your pick."

In the county town, the four treasures of the study sold in Shuxiangzhai are of the best quality and the prices are not low.

Twenty taels of silver can only buy some medium-quality goods.

This little bit of money... for the waiter, it's already a huge sum of money.

Since Lu Zheng could take it out so easily and let him go to purchase it, he was obviously a serious scholar and might have some achievements.

The waiter didn't dare to have any bad thoughts. He quickly and carefully wrapped up the silver and put it in his pocket, saying respectfully, "I'll go right away..."

After saying that, the waiter went out to Xiang Shu Zhai.

Lu Zheng took some hot water to wash up, then sat in the room and ate some breakfast.

After waiting for a while, the waiter came back with a large wooden box containing what Lu Zheng needed.

The waiter was also a smart man. He went to Xiang Shu Zhai and carefully selected and bargained. He spent twenty taels of silver and still had more than a hundred copper coins left.

The waiter opened the box and said, "Sir, please take a look at these and see if they are okay. If not, I can return them... Here are the receipts and the remaining money."

The waiter took out the purchase receipt and the remaining money.

Lu Zheng looked at the four treasures of the study he bought and found that they were indeed worth the money.

He saw a pile of copper coins beside him and said, "You can keep it. It's your errand fee."

The waiter smiled and thanked the man repeatedly, then put the copper coins on the table into his pocket.

"Sir, do you have anything else to tell me?" It was rare for the waiter to meet such a generous person, so he became more enthusiastic.

Lu Zheng waved his hand and said, "That's all. Go down and rest."

"Okay, sir, if you need anything, just call me." The waiter smiled and left the room, gently closing the door.

Lu Zheng set up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, sat there and began to grind the ink, preparing to write the literary treasure.

The so-called literary treasures are poems and essays written by Confucian and Taoist scholars with literary spirit, forming calligraphy treasures with literary spirit.

This item is similar to the talisman of immortals. Ordinary talismans can ward off evil spirits at home, while high-quality talismans can kill demons.

If it were a sage's literary treasure, a piece of paper could easily suppress mountains and rivers. Lu Zheng had already experimented with this last night. Although he couldn't increase his own literary aura by copying the poems and essays of his predecessors with literary aura, he could write text with literary aura.

So, after he came back, he thought about using the four treasures of the study to write some literary treasures.

The cultural treasures you write can not only be used by yourself, but also sold, which is also a way to make a living.

Soon, Lu Zheng ground the ink, then picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and raised his hand to write on a piece of rice paper.

He concentrated his mind and calmed his spirit, and poured his righteous energy into the tip of the wolf-hair brush in his hand.

"Heaven and earth have righteousness..." Lu Zheng murmured.

As he picked up the pen and wrote the first word, one tenth of the righteous energy in his body was quickly consumed.

By the time he finished writing these five words, half of his righteous spirit had disappeared.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but stop writing and sighed, "As expected, my realm is not yet high enough. I can only write one sentence of the "Song of Righteousness" at most."

The five big characters on the rice paper were shining brightly, exuding an upright aura.

After the ink dried, the aura was restrained and it became a cultural treasure.

Although it is only half a sentence of poetry, even if it is written in just one word, it can be considered a literary treasure, but its power is different.

Lu Zheng stroked the rice paper, and he could feel the Confucian and Taoist power contained in it.

If I use this treasure to fight against the second-level evil spirit last night, the other party will definitely not be able to bear it.

If he could write the complete "Song of Righteousness"... Lu Zheng thought about it and was a little afraid to imagine it.

He carefully put this treasure aside and took out new rice paper to write.

There were five big "正" characters written on five pieces of paper.

Lu Zheng had already exhausted all his righteous energy and sat there slowly recovering.

He picked up one of the "Zheng" inscriptions and pondered, "This kind of thing feels simpler than making immortal talismans! They're all consumables. I just picked one up..."

Lu Zheng didn't know that it was not so easy to write Wenbao.

The main reason why he could write literary treasures so easily was that his literary spirit was full of righteousness.

If it were an ordinary scholar with the same literary talent, even if he exhausted all his literary talent, he might not necessarily become a literary treasure.

After half an hour, Lu Zheng's consumed righteous energy was replenished and he continued to write.

After writing three more words, Lu Zheng found that his energy had been greatly depleted and he felt very sleepy.

If I write again, I will no longer be able to write a literary treasure.

It seems that it is not feasible to use this to mass-produce cultural treasures and make myself rich... Lu Zheng thought.

He rubbed his brows, couldn't help yawning, and said softly: "Forget it, I'll just write one or two pieces of literature every day and keep them for my own use."

Writing Wenbao is so exhausting that he can't just stop doing other things just to write a few more words.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng thought of Zhu Sha and couldn't help saying, "When I get back, I'm going to put up the word 'Zheng' everywhere in front of and behind my house. I don't believe she'll dare to attack me again!"

In order to sleep soundly in the future, Lu Zheng decided to take good care of his home after returning.

As for why he didn't move, firstly, he didn't have enough money to buy a new house, and secondly, with his current reputation, even if he moved to a new house in the city, it would be easy to find him, so it would be better not to move.

Thinking of this somewhat unpleasant thing, Lu Zheng said again: "If she really dares to come over, I will definitely write the word 'Zheng' on her body and see if she can bear it!"

(End of this chapter)