"However, according to what you mean, you are no longer satisfied with such things as carrying water and chopping firewood every day."

Saying that, the bald monk reached out and stroked his beard and said:

"Actually, it's not impossible to teach you exercises and skills now, but since that's the case, before that, I want to test you first."

"I am a member of this Buddhist sect. Now that you have followed me and become my apprentices, you can be considered as part of the Buddhist sect. If so, I will test you with the principles of this Buddhist sect!"

Another exam!

Hearing that the bald monk wanted to test them, Qin Bing couldn't help but frowned and stood there with a embarrassed face.

I couldn't help but think deeply:

"This bald monk has always thought of it on his own. When I was apprenticed to the teacher before, I learned his strange temper."

"Even if you really test them with words, there is probably no standard answer. Right or wrong depends entirely on his will. This is the most difficult thing!"

Qin Tian was beside him, but he said indifferently:

"Okay, Master, since you want to take the exam, let me come here. Please ask Master to write a question!"

The bald monk stroked his gray beard with his hand and said:

"You can think clearly, don't blame Master, I didn't remind you in advance, the words of the Buddha are not easy to explain."

"Although it seems to be a few words, the truth in it is very deep. It is still that sentence. If you can successfully understand the Zen mechanism in this sentence."

"I will count you as passing. From then on, you don't have to chop wood and carry water every day. I will teach you serious skills."

"However, don't blame the master for my ugly words. If you can't answer the question today, you have to keep doing this matter of chopping wood and carrying water until you successfully understand the truth of that Zen saying."

The corner of Qin Tian's mouth was raised slightly, and he said proudly:

"Master, to tell you the truth, before I came to Zijin Mountain to worship you as my teacher, I read a lot about the Zen way. It's just a simple sentence of Zen. Master, feel free to ask any questions you want!"

"I don't believe that there are still things in the world that I can't answer!"

This?

Qin Bing was at the side. Hearing this, he couldn't help giving Qin Tiantian a wink, and said in a low voice:

"Xiaotian, Xiaotian, don't be too arrogant, in case you really can't answer later. It will be ugly!"

Qin Tian glanced at his third sister, Qin Bing, and said with an indifferent smile:

"Third sister, don't worry, I don't believe that this bald monk can ask anything extraordinary."

The bald monk smiled and said:

"Have you thought it through?"

Qin Tian stepped forward and made a deep bow to him:

"Also ask the master to come up with a question!"

The bald monk stroked his beard with his hand and said:

"In that case, I will give you a chance."

As he spoke, he raised his head, looked at the bright and white moon in the sky and said:

"This story was told to me not long ago by an eminent monk who happened to pass by my ruined temple. He said that 500 years ago. There was an eminent monk who attained enlightenment in Xia Kingdom."

"This eminent monk has superhuman understanding since he was a child. When he was only five or six years old, he could already clearly explain the Buddhist classic "Shurangama Sutra" at that time! Later, he even worshiped the master who was cultivated by an eminent monk who was famous all over the Xia Kingdom at that time. As a teacher, I have been studying with him for decades."

"Until the moment when the master Xiu Xiu passed away, when the master Xiu Xiu was alive, there were only classic words to evaluate him. The so-called blue is better than blue!"

Hearing this, Qin Tian and Qin Bing instantly widened their eyes.

I don't know what the master's mention of this story has to do with the question he wants to ask himself, so I have to continue listening.

The bald monk raised his arm, picked up the tattered gourd in his hand, took a deep sip of wine, and continued:

"Since the master of this practice passed away, that man has become the highest monk in Xia Kingdom."

When the bald monk said this, he raised his head silently, and his eyes looked forward tightly, as if he saw a place far, far away, like passing through the dust of the years, until the deepest part of time.

It turned out that after the death of his master Master Xiuyuan, as the only disciple of Master Xiuyuan, that person became the number one eminent monk in the entire Xia Kingdom. It also became proud.

It can be said that there is no dust in the eyes, and the arrogance prevails for a while. Once a person becomes proud, he will instantly forget the words "the sky is high and the earth is thick".

That person actually looked at the entire Xia Kingdom at that time and said:

"If someone can persuade him with reason, he is willing to cut off his head and play football for that person! But if he can't successfully talk about himself, he has to kneel down on his knees and respectfully call him master!"

At that time, because of this great master, countless people became his fans after he passed away, but when he made such a bold statement, everyone couldn't help but shook their heads in disappointment.

"What then?"

Qin Bing was at the side and couldn't help asking, she was so attracted by this story now that she even completely forgot what to ask.

With Qin Tian beside him, he couldn't help but widen his eyes curiously.

The bald-headed monk was beside him, raised his hand unhurriedly, shook the tattered and yellowed cattail leaf fan in his hand, contentedly raised the tattered jug in his hand, and took a deep drink. Take a sip of wine and say:

"That man really has a few brushes. As soon as he said that, many Zen practitioners traveled thousands of miles to compete with him. It's just that more than ten years have passed."

"Unexpectedly, no one can match him, and they all bowed down under his tongue. Because of this, his reputation has become even higher than before, and his temper has become even more arrogant."

"However, there are gains and losses in this world. The so-called walking by the river often keeps your shoes from getting wet!"

As he spoke, the bald monk looked ahead with a serious face.

For more than ten years, that man has been invincible in defeating the world, until one day, a nun from a temple on the surrounding mountains came to his temple attracted by his name.

When the nun came in, the man was meditating on the futon, because of his arrogance, even when he heard the nun's footsteps, he didn't raise his eyes to look at her.

He just closed his eyes and said bluntly:

"I don't know if your Excellency came to me because you have any questions to ask."

When the nun heard this, she smiled and didn't say anything, she just walked silently to the man's futon, walked around him three times wearing her bamboo hat, took off her own bamboo hat and walked three times lock up.

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