After Xin Ran sent Chen Ming away, he returned to Shaolin Temple, and when he arrived at the mountain gate, he saw that the monk was waiting last time, and when he saw Xin Ran coming to him, he put his hands in harmony and said: "Amitabha, Lord Xin, the little monk was ordered by the abbot, and I am waiting for you to go to the abbot together." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"I don't know what the master brought to the abbot master?" Xin Ran asked after hearing what the guest monk said.

The monk said: "The little monk was just ordered to take you to the abbot, I don't know anything else, after the donor arrives, go and ask yourself." “

So the two of them together, led by the monk Zhike, went to the abbot's room.

Xin Ran came to the abbot's room, and saw that the master and the Miaowu Zen master were sitting in the room, and when he saw Xin Ran coming in, he asked Xin Ran to sit down.

Zen Master Miaowu then said to Xin Ran: "Amitabha, Xin Gongzi, I asked you to come here today to tell you about this dragon stick. ”

"Please ask the abbot master to advise, and the juniors will listen to you. Xin Ran said to Zen Master Miaowu.

Miaowu Zen Master said: "About the matter of this dragon stick, the master has told you, it is indeed treasured in this temple, but when Taizu handed over this thing to my temple, there was an explanation: this person must be able to pass the three tests set up by my Shaolin before handing over the dragon stick to you." ”

"I don't know what the three assessments that the master refers to are?" Xin Ran asked.

Zen Master Miaowu said: "The first way of this assessment is to break through my Shaolin Arhat array, the second is to crack the endgame of Go, and the third is to have a martial arts contest with a Shaolin master. These three assessments were requested by Emperor Taizu when he handed over the dragon rod to our temple for safekeeping, and Emperor Taizu hoped that the people who came to take this thing would be wise and brave, and only such people could live up to Emperor Taizu's expectations. Xin Gongzi, since you want to take this thing today, you naturally have to do it in this way. ”

"Since this is the case, please ask the old Zen master to arrange it. Xin Ran said.

Seeing that Xin Ran had already agreed, Zen Master Miaowu said: "Since Xin Gongzi has agreed, then Lao Wei will arrange for you to go through the first level." ”

After speaking, let the Zhike monk take Xin Ran to break into the Arhat array, only to see the Zhike monk with Xin Ran came to the Dharma Academy, Miaokong Zen Master with thirty-six monks standing in the middle of the Dharma Academy on the martial arts training ground, saw Xin Ran coming, hands and one, said: "Amitabha, Xin Gongzi, let's meet again, although the poor monk and the respected teacher are friends for many years, but this time this big array is on the order of the abbot, I hope you understand." ”

Xin Ran said: "Old Zen master, you don't have to be polite. ”

This Arhat Great Array is one of my Shaolin masteries, and since it was practiced, no one has been able to break out of this formation. This array is mainly to cooperate with each other, but the person who created this array was a senior monk in our temple in the past, so although this array is difficult to break, as long as you have compassion, even if you can't break out, you will not be harmed. Xin Gongzi can rest assured of this, Miaokong Zen Master said.

"Thank you for the reminder, the juniors are very grateful. Xin Ran said to Zen Master Miaokong.

After the two sides finished speaking, I saw that Zen Master Miaokong commanded the thirty-six monks to work in pairs, scattered, seemingly chaotic, but if you look closely, it seems to be a circle moving in a circle. People don't know how to start for a while.

Xin Ran looked at it, only to see that the left side of the formation seemed to be loosely defended, so he was lucky, and swung his sword straight to the two monks on the left to stab, that knew that he had just entered the formation, only to see the formation shaking, and the two monks suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, there were two groups of monks who used sticks from behind to go straight to themselves.

Xin Ran was shocked and thought: This array is really not simple.

Xin Ran hurriedly turned around, swung his sword and used four of the three absolute swords to protect the dragon, guarding his body, and shaking away the sticks that were forcing him with internal force. Looking at this array again, it was very different from before, only to see the monks taking turns to dance the sticks in their hands around Xin Ran, Xin Ran felt that there were sticks all over his body, like a small boat in the waves of the sea, rolling up and down.

But after all, Xin Ran's skills are extraordinary, and after a period of chaos, he suddenly remembered that the master once said that any kind of formation has an array eye, as long as the formation eye is broken, then this formation will naturally be self-defeating.

So I took a closer look, only to see that a group of monks in the southwest corner of the formation seemed to have not moved, and several other groups were carried out around this group, Xin Ran estimated that this place should be the eye of the formation, so he feinted to attack a group of monks in the northwest corner, and then suddenly swung his sword and went straight to the group of monks in the southwest corner, sure enough, the monks saw Xin Ran attacking the monks in the southwest group, and the formation was disrupted for a while, Xin Ran in the southwest corner of this group of monks used sticks to resist their long swords, and his left hand suddenly used the kung fu of the air point, and the two of them fell to the ground at once.

In this way, the array was broken, and for a while, there was no one to command this array, and Xin Ran took the opportunity to break this array.

At this time, Xin Ran realized that he was covered in sweat, and Zen Master Miaokong saw that Xin Ran had broken this formation, and said: "Xin Gongzi is not only strong in martial arts, but also has unfathomable wisdom. ”

Xin Ran hurriedly said: "Thanks to the care of the old Zen master, I can get lucky to come out of the formation in the future." ”

"Now that the first level has been broken, Mr. Xin will go to the back with the guest monk for the second test. Miaokong said to Xin Ran.

Xin Ran said goodbye to Zen Master Miaokong, and then was led by the monk to the back of the scripture pavilion.

When I arrived at the second floor of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, I saw that there was a table in the middle of the second floor, there was a game of Go on it, and a few pieces had been played, and there was an old monk with white hair sitting on the top of the table.

After Xin Ran heard the introduction of the guest monk, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "Senior Xin Ran, I have seen the master of selflessness. “

"Don't be polite, the old man has been waiting for the donor here for a long time on the order of the abbot, please see, this chess game is an endgame left in ancient times, the old man is a chess idiot, and he has studied for decades and still doesn't know how to get Baizi out of the encirclement of the sunspot. I heard that the donor Xin Shi is both wise and brave, and today I would like you to solve this puzzle for the old man. Master Selfless said to Xin Ran.

Xin Ran has also studied chess with his father since he was a child, and he is no stranger to this, after listening to the master of selflessness, he took a closer look, only to see that in this endgame, Bai Zi has been divided and surrounded by black sons, and there seems to be no way out, Xin Ran can't crack it for a while.

Xin Ran suddenly remembered that there is a cloud in the art of war: put to death and then live. So he had an idea, picked up a white seed and put it into a white piece surrounded by black seeds.

"Wonderful, sure enough, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, as soon as this trick comes out, the sunspot can only come back to save himself, and naturally the white son will get out of trouble, which is really wonderful. Master Wuself said after seeing Xin Ran get off this white child.

Xin Ran saw Master Wuwu say this, and said with a smile: "It's also a chance to try your luck in the next, and the master's skills are what the younger generations admire." “

Master Wu is the uncle of the abbot of Shaolin, he only studies Buddhism and chess games on weekdays, and he has very few words.