七宗對斷(一):裂心初鳴75Please respect copyright.PENANAd1QmdcZ3vD
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問革風起後第七日,界心盤如常轉動,卻於子時忽止半周,顯出異象。真籙宗觀臺上,空律司無端顫動,語律宗碑柱出現裂紋,而武衡宗內主準堂,兩名副宗同時提出筆準修訂案,互不承認。75Please respect copyright.PENANAmgtEzGt5cs
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七宗內亂,起於「準字裂律」,亦即界心判定的準文不再一致。向來同準對應不同問者,如今卻出現同一問句於不同宗所映準文各異,語風互斥。75Please respect copyright.PENANAGdVbfhEYdP
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楚紅練站於觀日台西角,冷眼望著裂紋初現的筆碑中心,語聲如霜:「這不是界心錯誤,而是七宗不再能共用一心盤。」75Please respect copyright.PENANA1FDwDH1Cr3
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林慧芳挑眉:「什麼意思?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAEXKHBeuiwk
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無名低聲答道:「意思是——準心已碎。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAepgdh52MVE
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是夜,語律宗厲瑤言提出「準心統一修復案」,欲以筆魂議決再選唯一界準主宗。靜詠宗主冷然拒絕:「七宗之筆非為統筆,問者非為同聲。若強立統筆,則違問之本。」75Please respect copyright.PENANABwuqPCpj54
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武衡宗內部兩派激辯,項悲風雖力保革問青年,卻也不敢明言支持準裂。宗主親臨,言辭近乎冷斷:「再有弟子傳閱革文,逐出宗冊。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAYx2Swn1XoE
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林慧芳收到密信,為問革所書:「若七宗封筆,我等當另立筆陣。革準之會,將於界外之墟召開。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAqBiEUrda2r
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她望著手中信紙,忽然一笑:「所以……我們要變成外宗之人了嗎?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAGlXcUCQzmX
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塵飛揚沉默不語。無名合上筆冊,筆未動,心已記:「此後七宗,不再一準。此為筆裂之始。」
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七宗對斷(二):筆魂爭義
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筆魂之爭,並非始於問革之議,而是在準心崩裂後才真正揭開面目。七宗中歷代筆魂,原以「心碑簽魂」維系筆權之正統,如今隨界心準亂,筆魂亦被逼表態。75Please respect copyright.PENANAtzs9LDLy2E
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真籙宗兩位筆魂皆持守舊準,直言:「無魂不立筆,無筆不成準。革問所為,乃無魂問書,毀準之根。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAH29AjNiGJo
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反之,靜詠宗首魂「稽觀者」卻罕見現身,筆氣溫潤如風,對眾言:「若問者心不納魂,筆亦無義矜魂之重。問之未來,不必由魂定準。」此言一出,筆道上下震動不止。75Please respect copyright.PENANA6CEJaNjIN5
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更動搖人心者,是語律宗年少筆魂「織謠」,竟於議魂台上發聲:「我曾夢見自己書下之文,被十人共毀,卻另有百人誦其問。我問我自己:魂為何立?是為流傳,還是為禁止?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAB41HSLc49S
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議堂一時無語。塵飛揚立於觀聽台階之下,望著眾魂爭論,只低語:「筆魂之裂,比宗裂更早,只是沒人敢說。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAde5lAXWfk3
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林慧芳看向他:「那你呢?你是筆魂,還是……問者?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAigmq07na6F
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塵飛揚不答,只將一頁紙燒成灰燼,風吹散去。那是他昔日留於準下的一道魂痕。75Please respect copyright.PENANAirIogFvAFt
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他轉身離去,只留一句:「問魂不立筆者身。那筆魂,還算魂嗎?」75Please respect copyright.PENANA4vkAN2txll
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無名望著這一幕,心中一語未出,筆冊頁面卻無風自動,浮現一道殘痕如問:75Please respect copyright.PENANApKY5SnXtOU
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「若魂非筆所屬,筆又為誰而書?」
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七宗對斷(三):封筆與出走
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三日內,七宗中已有三宗頒下「封筆令」,禁止弟子公開傳閱革問文、不得私修共筆之法,亦不得與問魂會合。語律宗行得最絕,封鎖藏準閣、凍結問冊、遣散準徒。75Please respect copyright.PENANAuNA2mmcNU6
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林慧芳於傳訊台前,望著接連中斷的書頻光印,咬牙罵道:「這是要逼我們脫宗成敵嗎?」75Please respect copyright.PENANA9u7JIm6x6U
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塵飛揚卻語氣平靜:「不是逼,而是分界已成。他們之問與我們之問,已非同途。」75Please respect copyright.PENANARitvlwHcIG
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這話一出,便如斷橋之斧。那夜,她便在準門口貼上一紙辭章:75Please respect copyright.PENANADDPkPgBRwJ
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「林慧芳,今辭靜詠,不因怨宗,只因願筆續問。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAGxhl5F9yM1
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這是七宗問革以來第一張正式「出宗筆者書」。75Please respect copyright.PENANADyew3GNQSe
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塵飛揚未立書,但他次日未再現於武衡宗,亦未留劍印,唯於煉筆房外留下一句:「魂不可用,劍亦不書。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAaEQf3K1Fv7
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更多人選擇沉默,但沉默亦如裂痕,自根部擴張。75Please respect copyright.PENANAXG5i1Eupl2
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楚紅練未表態,卻於觀日崖頂靜坐一日一夜。無人知她所想,她也不語。75Please respect copyright.PENANAX2xxVBtNgd
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無名望見她時,只淡聲道:「你不走?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAlubGQnOh0C
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她答:「我不是來書的。我是來看——你們怎麼書的。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAQUCjudbJ5Q
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是夜,林慧芳、塵飛揚、無名三人,於準外之地再會。夜風無言,霧起如牆。75Please respect copyright.PENANAeSvq8gGvhn
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他們都知道——這一去,便不再是筆中人。75Please respect copyright.PENANAGhkQ8ii270
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而問革,至此踏出準內最後一步。
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七宗對斷(四):魂碑無主
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準碑裂後第七日,魂碑亦現異象。那日清晨,語律宗魂碑中央裂出一道長痕,原本刻有歷代筆魂之名的碑面,忽然浮起一道空白,將現任筆魂名印吞沒。75Please respect copyright.PENANAGUVKTVAitD
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七宗諸碑逐一出現類似現象:或名字塌陷、或筆印翻轉、或魂痕脫落——彷彿問界自身不再承認這些筆魂的存在。75Please respect copyright.PENANAQzWckt4zax
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最駭人者,是在真籙宗主準室中,一位高位筆魂於書寫時,筆忽自裂、氣走逆脈,魂息崩散,當場昏厥。界心盤感應回報為:「魂位不穩,碑拒名入」。75Please respect copyright.PENANAsL7H2zkmIk
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楚紅練立於觀碑前靜觀良久,對無名低聲道:「這是界在剔魂。」75Please respect copyright.PENANA1leAEAnA3m
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無名未答,只凝視那逐漸失名的魂碑。風過碑林,一道道本應穩固如山的筆名,卻如沙塵消散。75Please respect copyright.PENANA4uXA1FIpqQ
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「問界不再認魂為正。」他輕聲說,「或許下一步,連筆也會被拒絕。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAFrO1BVBxnE
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林慧芳來時正聽見此語,笑道:「那可真妙了,筆者失魂、筆又不受,那問者還剩什麼?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAUVgbKH7fED
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塵飛揚答得簡單:「剩問本身。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAlayT5jzGTG
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魂碑無主,準心不應,界中初現無魂之筆、無準之書的問流。
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七宗對斷(五):裂界前夜
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夜至問界最北之地——鏡域崖。此為歷代筆者入靜思準之地,筆碑殘影猶存,問氣氤氳未散。如今,三道人影佇立於崖前,無名、塵飛揚、林慧芳,再無宗章加身,卻各自懷問而立。75Please respect copyright.PENANAAInKuxGhJV
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「魂碑不立,準文不應,若我們在這裡寫下新筆,還算是筆者嗎?」林慧芳一邊繫好髮帶,一邊語氣輕挑地問。75Please respect copyright.PENANAjUA6kJ38Qr
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塵飛揚答:「若書非為宗而書,即為問而書。那就不是筆者,而是問者。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAAzZfa1QmoY
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無名未作聲,只從懷中取出一頁空冊。那是他從未用過的書頁,原留作記錄最後問途之用。如今,他將它攤開,靜放於鏡域之風中。75Please respect copyright.PENANAHwCgwczyvN
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風無筆墨,卻隱有氣息凝聚。那不是來自任何一人,而是自界縫之中——有一線問流,如絲如光,從虛空深處透至此地,沿著那張紙,緩緩留下一道無字筆痕。75Please respect copyright.PENANAO36tcFeUJI
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「界……也在書?」林慧芳低語。75Please respect copyright.PENANAQ32EsnoTSc
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「不,是界記得我們還在問。」無名輕聲說。75Please respect copyright.PENANAuKwBWxcsOB
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塵飛揚忽然抬頭望向星空:「明日,界碑將有裂。」75Please respect copyright.PENANA96Y4yiQnFx
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林慧芳挑眉:「你夢見了?」75Please respect copyright.PENANAAL4TsN6f5O
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他搖頭:「我夢見的是——我們在裂開之後,還能記下什麼。」75Please respect copyright.PENANA9NYd2L0NTi
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無名起身,將那頁空痕收起。三人望向界東,筆碑主體所立之方,夜風帶起遠方微弱金光——那是界盤開始轉向之兆。75Please respect copyright.PENANAJW6Y52thrH
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裂界將臨。問者未止。
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七宗對斷(六):準外新書
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界東曉色未明,鏡域崖上三人各自展筆冊於身前,並未照舊以魂引筆,也未誦準問書。筆未染墨,卻緩緩落紙,書下無準之句。75Please respect copyright.PENANAMOUr0oOUXc
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林慧芳首書:「問者不問宗名,筆亦不尋魂義。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAYf86WpbEQi
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塵飛揚次落:「書非為傳,而為破;筆非為守,而為見。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAj2y5rW3ZDM
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無名最後落筆,一筆不成句,卻似問未竟之形。風中,書頁未乾,界氣卻已自動凝字,浮出四字:「書界以問」。75Please respect copyright.PENANA27uFvjXf4S
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這是問界有史以來首次,由無魂之筆得界氣應答。75Please respect copyright.PENANAVO0QGc81Hf
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同時,七宗界盤忽現震動,主碑浮紋漸裂,心紋繞動如流。語律宗、真籙宗等觀察者急傳警語:「界心判定——準體裂變!問者外生!」75Please respect copyright.PENANAvVnL0wE9ch
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準體系開始崩離,問革從裂內,轉為立外。75Please respect copyright.PENANAqMTXt3GRNe
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林慧芳望著界流所書,忽道:「這不就是新宗的筆嗎?」75Please respect copyright.PENANApQ9R4XW2SS
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塵飛揚道:「或許不是新宗,是舊準之外——另一個書的起點。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAhA3L8n7Q8V
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楚紅練緩步走來,自霧中現身,輕聲道:「你們落筆之處,未有準心,卻有問氣。」75Please respect copyright.PENANA5JQIKaTD6j
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「那裡不是宗,也不是界,是——問界本身。」75Please respect copyright.PENANAUiUYu3ZMLI
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準外第一冊,至此誕生。問革真正離宗而立,問者終成界中之筆。
當夜,界心自轉判語一道:『非筆所依者,不為魂。』此為問界史上首次由界心主動拒名筆魂之例。
語律宗一名年輕筆魂於觀碑時,忽感筆氣逆走,自碎魂印於碑前,望天而問:「若魂不受界,筆為誰存?」
她低聲自語:「若筆不可書真,何須筆也。」
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