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Chapter 449: Seal Script Character Seal

After seeing Liu Tianxian off, the business came to an end and will not be continued for the time being.

The nearby Jinxiandao who received the wind had already made the deal, and those from other places still needed time to arrive and could not catch up.

He traveled around Guo Liuhe's manor to cultivate his character and played with the private seal of the Martial Saint.

The fun of studying bronze and stone inscriptions lies in holding a real object in your hand and then searching through piles of old papers for the historical traces it left behind.

A seal is originally used for stamping, so it will inevitably leave a mark that will be passed down to this day.

If we can find the corresponding documents, we might be able to deduce which martial saint owns the seal.

Guo Liuhe was also quite interested in it. This item was Liu Tianxian's treasure, which he had always kept and never showed to anyone else. This was the first time it was passed into the hands of a second person, so he took the opportunity to study it for a few days.

In fact, Zhou You privately digested some of the most cost-effective things he had gained from this trip.

Dark characters and heavy symbols...

These two things are treasures for the practical application of seal script. Since you dare to take them out, there is no need to worry about them being cracked.

After all, the structure of seal script is complex and varied, and the final effect is very different from the original version, so it is difficult to trace the source.

However, under panel scanning, even the most advanced packaging technology is useless.

"Experience value - 10000. The character 閣 has been upgraded to first-level seal script. The seal script 'sound' has been mastered."

"Experience value - 20000, first-level seal script 'sound', second-level variant direction, no light, no sound. No light, pavilion, dark, dim; no sound: dark, sound."

After analyzing a vast amount of information, An Zi Dan Qing found that this font is a variant of the original first-level seal script.

The ability that Guo Liuhe was proud of was just one of the functions evolved from this seal character.

Before the emergence of writing, language was the most convenient and fastest means of communication. Even some local dialects still retain scattered syllables of ancient languages.

Once you have mastered the seal script, you can use the language to restore a more three-dimensional and comprehensive writing system.

Then comes the heavy symbol!
The panel began to analyze the rune, deducing and correcting it stroke by stroke. The large character in the center was naturally the main body of the seal script, and the densely packed small characters surrounding it also proved the stroke content of the seal script.

"Experience value - 12000. Through backtracking, the seal character 'ju' has been mastered."

Contrary to Zhou You's expectation, the seal script on this piece of paper did not mean any accelerating function such as flying in the sky or riding the wind, but the word "ju" which means to restrain.

This is another scripture recited crookedly by a crooked-mouthed monk.

The seal character '拘' means to bring all target objects, no matter they are sentient or not, to the front from all corners of the world.

Why was it misinterpreted as a function to assist in traveling?

Once the rune is attached, you will become a target of arrest. No matter where you hide, you will eventually be brought to the mysterious power.

So, this talisman is essentially an arrest warrant, not a free ticket.

It's so funny. I hitchhiked on the bus used by the uncle who was escorting prisoners.

"Hahaha!"

Zhou You found it interesting that the guy who sold heavy tokens in Caoshuzhou was quite interesting, making others willingly buy arrest warrants.

Well, on second thought, that Golden Immortal Taoist probably didn't understand the true power of seal characters.

The complete seal character "拘" can be used to detain the target at any location, but this heavy talisman can allow the "prisoner" to specify any destination, which obviously has a big flaw.

If you ask Zhou You to write it, he will definitely arrange it properly and ensure that you get it done in one step.

"Well, that's good!"

After Zhou You mastered the seal script, he picked up his pen and wrote a dozen of them. The destinations of three of them were the Fucheng Town Prison. These three were used to trick people.

Imagine someone took out a heavy talisman (with added ingredients) with great confidence, stuck it on his back, and ran away. But when he got to the destination, he found that the final destination was the Fucheng Town Prison. Tsk tsk!
The rest of the time was spent organizing the rubbings and fragments obtained from the transactions and sorting out the useful content.

Occasionally he would stop and play with the seal of the Martial Saint.

Seals are divided into two types: public and private. Official documents that are passed down to later generations have official seals, while private seals are usually used when writing letters to old friends or leaving seals under calligraphy and paintings.

The difficulty in studying private seals lies in the fact that without corresponding documentary materials, it is difficult to infer who the original owner is.

The more prestigious a person is, the more titles he or she has, including nicknames, nicknames, aliases, and so on.

The four characters of the Martial Saint's private seal were clearly visible and imprinted silently.

In other words, the nickname of this Martial Saint is... Jijiran, which is hard to guess.

According to historical records, no martial saint ever used the nickname Jijiran.

There is no evidence in the literature, but this seal is nice to play with. It is made of precious material and has excellent engraving. It is perfect for copying epigraphy techniques, and is like learning from others' experience.

Guo Liuhe also studied it for a while at first, but gave up when he found there was nothing special about it.

The preciousness of this item lies more in the fact that its owner is a martial saint, but it is impossible to determine which martial saint it is, so its authenticity is greatly reduced. Suddenly one day, when Zhou You was stroking the surface of the seal, he found that the carving method of the four characters was very mysterious.

Originally, the strokes of each character are of different depths, which is normal. The most taboo in hand-carved characters is "artificiality". If the depth is really consistent, like machine carving, it will not be beautiful.

Zhou You accidentally discovered that some strokes of the four characters echo each other, as if they could be pieced together to form something?
He took out a box of ink, which was made of precious materials such as cinnabar, gold powder, and pearls. It was the best ink.

Snapped!
The seal fell on the face, and a bright red mark appeared.

Zhou You picked up the pen and copied a few strokes. After a moment, a piece of ancient Chinese characters appeared in front of him.

This is the truth.

Hidden in the strokes of the characters on this seal is a Nine Cauldron character.

Zhou You thought this was a real pleasant surprise, but suddenly he remembered that this item had been in Liu Tianxian's hands for a longer time.

Liu Tianxian is an old man of the Golden Immortal Dao, and he has profound attainments in gold and stone. It is impossible for him not to have noticed this situation.

really……

After a long time, Zhou You breathed out at the text, which made no sense.

At first glance, this inscription looks ancient and rustic, and both the strokes and hooks conform to the characteristics of Jiuding characters.

However, after careful study, it was discovered that it was not a character at all. At best, it was a shell made up of various strokes. It had no meaning and the shapes were contradictory.

As expected, there is no such thing as picking up a bargain.

If there really were good things, Liu Tianxian would have squeezed them out long ago, and no good thing would have happened to him.

Finally, Zhou You did not give up and scanned it again with the panel. Although the seal was small, who knows if there is something hidden inside?
The result of the scan was that this seal had no mechanism or secret compartment and was a very pure seal.

but……

"I have discovered the ancient Chinese character technique of 'character splitting'. Should I record it and analyze it?"

"Yes."

“Experience points – 30000.”

It turns out that the strange characters on the seal are not without value, but are the result of a technique called character decomposition.

This skill was mastered by the ancient masters of writing. They could break down and piece together the text, make up for the incompleteness, and even add strokes for multiple layers of encryption. It was a very advanced technique.

(End of this chapter)