Unknown Knowledge

Seeing that he still was not leaving, Luo Yunji nudged Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan nodded, then looked at Song Daren and asked, "Eldest Senior Brother! Is there anything else?" The meaning behind his words was: if there was nothing, then hurry up and go! Here... Little Junior Brother was not welcoming you anymore!

"Oh! Oh! Right! Master wants to see Little Junior Brother!" Only then did Song Daren remember the purpose of his trip.

"The big fatty wants to see me?" Luo Yunji looked at Song Daren in puzzlement.

Song Daren scratched his head. It seemed to be because of him that Master had gone looking for Little Junior Brother. So now, feeling somewhat guilty, he nodded. "Master and Mistress are both waiting! Let's hurry over!"

"I'm going too!" As he spoke, Zhang Xiaofan grabbed the clothes at the head of the bed and quickly put them on.

"Is your foot all right now?" Song Daren looked at Zhang Xiaofan's foot with concern.

"It's already much better! Just right, after seeing Master, I'll go to the kitchen!" Zhang Xiaofan replied with a smile.

"That's fine too!" Song Daren smiled as he watched the interaction between the two little ones on the bed. While Zhang Xiaofan put on his clothes, he also helped the little fatty tidy up the food scattered over the bed.

"Eldest Senior Brother!" Luo Yunji glared angrily at Song Daren, who had been watching this side the whole time, and called out unhappily.

"What is it?" Song Daren got up, thinking there was something he needed to help with.

"I'm going to hide my things. I can't let you see. Hurry up and go out!" Luo Yunji said to Song Daren with perfect confidence, glaring at him.

Song Daren looked at the bamboo tube the little fatty had hidden behind his back, rubbed his nose, downed the wine in his cup in one gulp, then got up and went outside, waiting beyond the room.

Only after Luo Yunji hid the things in the hidden compartment did he and Zhang Xiaofan leave the room one after the other.

"All hidden?" Song Daren smiled with a face full of ill intent!

"Eldest Senior Brother! If you snatch my tasty food like that monkey, I'm going to be mad at you! I really will get mad!" Luo Yunji hid behind Zhang Xiaofan and glared angrily at Song Daren as he shouted.

Children were just like this, always doing things like covering their ears while stealing a bell. Did he think that by hiding behind someone else, the things he had hidden away would not be stolen or snatched?

Truly naive.

"How could I?" Song Daren's smile was somewhat forced!

The three of them arrived at the central hall. Tian Buyi had long since grown somewhat impatient from waiting, and when he saw Song Daren walking in front, he immediately glared at him. "Why did you come so late?" He could not bear to be fierce to his own little disciple, so as the eldest, did he deserve to be the punching bag?

"It's all Eldest Senior Brother's fault for snatching my tasty things, otherwise we would have come ages ago!" This little fatty, Luo Yunji, immediately puffed up in anger and complained to his own big fatty.

Song Daren looked left and right in embarrassment, but simply did not dare meet the glare his master cast over.

"Hmph! More promising by the day! You even snatch your little junior brother's food! Could it be that my Big Bamboo Peak leaves you short of food or drink?" Tian Buyi rebuked him somewhat angrily.

He had completely forgotten that he himself had previously snatched food from his own little disciple.

Song Daren only smiled ingratiatingly, then stood to one side with lowered brows and obedient eyes.

Seeing this, Tian Buyi could not well say more, and let him off.

"Little brat! Your Fourth Senior Brother has some questions about his cultivation method to ask you. If you know, just tell him!" Tian Buyi looked at Luo Yunji and said with a smile.

"Cultivation method? Something went wrong?" Luo Yunji curiously turned to look at He Dazhi.

"Little Junior Brother! With this improved 'Taiji Mystic Purity Dao,' will it produce different attributes according to different people?" Seeing that Master had pushed him out, He Dazhi had no choice but to step forward and ask the question everyone was wondering about.

"Yes!" Luo Yunji nodded.

He admitted it just like that?! Everyone felt somewhat hollow, a sense of loss with no feeling of accomplishment at all—what was that about?

"Then what attribute is Senior Brother's?" As he spoke, He Dazhi lifted his right hand, and that blue-and-white "Taiji Seal" floated before him.

Luo Yunji looked at it. "It should be 'wind,' I think!"

"Wind?" Everyone was puzzled, but even more curious. At least, they had never heard of an attribute like "wind."

"What kind of attribute is that?" Even He Dazhi, who had read the most books, listened with a face full of confusion.

"It's the 'wind' attribute!" This time, it was the little fatty's turn to be confused.

"There's this kind of attribute?" He Dazhi looked toward his master and mistress.

Tian Buyi also could not figure out whether such an attribute existed. At least, he had never heard of it.

"Little Ji! Tell Mistress about it—what attributes are there?" Su Ru saw the look Tian Buyi cast at her, gave him a roll of the eyes in return, then looked at Luo Yunji with a smile and asked.

"Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and spirit. These six major categories!" Luo Yunji began to look doubtfully at everyone in the room.

"Why isn't there ice and lightning?" Old Sixth asked curiously.

"How come you don't even know this! Isn't this a very ordinary question?" Luo Yunji's face was full of suspicion. Could it be that the big fatty and the others were joining together to trick him out of his tasty food?

"Ahem. Ahem..." Tian Buyi turned his head away, somewhat embarrassed. A moment later, he turned back again. "Little Ji!" Imitating his wife's way of addressing him, he thought it would make him seem a little more affectionate, completely failing to notice that his own little disciple already looked frightened enough to flee at any moment.

"Is all of this knowledge from those books stored in your sea of consciousness?" Tian Buyi looked at Luo Yunji with a serious expression.

"Y-yes! I, I thought all of you knew it!" Luo Yunji shrank back and leaned toward Zhang Xiaofan as he replied.

"I haven't seen any books on this subject. Just explain it." This was the first time Luo Yunji had seen Tian Buyi wear such a serious expression.

Yes! It was indeed the first time, because what he usually saw was Tian Buyi's angry expression!

He leaned a little closer toward Zhang Xiaofan again, then nodded somewhat hesitantly.

Then the whole room fell silent. On Luo Yunji's side, he was waiting for questions; on the other side, they were waiting for Luo Yunji to open his mouth and explain.

They waited for a very long time, but neither side made a sound.

"You're supposed to talk!" Tian Buyi urged, somewhat irritated.

"I... I don't know what I'm supposed to say?" Luo Yunji looked utterly bewildered.

"Then say whatever comes to mind!" Tian Buyi lifted a hand and rubbed his forehead, rather helpless.

"I... I can't remember anything right now!" Luo Yunji hid himself completely behind Zhang Xiaofan and stammered.

"You..." Tian Buyi was so angry he did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Little Junior Brother, how about this?" Seeing this, He Dazhi stepped forward. "I'll ask the questions, and you answer them. How does that sound?"

After Luo Yunji heard this, he thought it over, then nodded.

"Good!" He Dazhi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Earlier, Little Junior Brother, among the six major categories of attributes you mentioned, what is that mental attribute?"

"Mental! It's consciousness, spiritual sense, self-awareness... and there are some other explanations I can't remember either." Luo Yunji knitted his brows, trying hard to recall.

"Can you be more specific? Are there any examples in terms of techniques?" He Dazhi could not understand Luo Yunji's words at all.