Chapter 1: Three Monsters Apprenticeship
Yunwu Mountain, there are three martial arts practitioners on the mountain, the boss Lei Zhentian, his figure and personality are similar to the thunderbolt fire Qin Ming, he is good at weapons and iron rods, and he is good at the art of disguise. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info second Xue Mantian, and the flower monk Lu Zhishen looks seven points similar, a brute force, a Zen staff makes it fascinating. Lao Sanyan soared into the sky, skinny as firewood, his appearance was no different from the time of the drum, his light skills were excellent, he was good at flying knives, and his meteor swordsmanship was also very exquisite.
The three brothers studied under the old Zen master of Yunwu Mountain, Qingliang Temple, Haikuotian. I don't know what year, month, and day the old Zen master was born, and no one can study it, only that the old Zen master is at least more than 100 years old.
I heard that the old Zen master practiced martial arts in Shaolin Temple since he was a child, and read all the various martial arts cheats in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and realized his own martial arts path, and his kung fu practice was superb, and he fought all over the world for decades.
After decades of wandering in the rivers and lakes, he was tired of this kind of day of fighting, killing and killing, so he hid in Yunwu Mountain and built a Qingliang Temple to retreat.
Hai Kuotian thought that he would be able to live a peaceful life in Qingliang Temple, but he didn't expect some martial arts people to find him. Most of these people came to prove their martial arts, and they came with great interest and returned with their heads down.
Among them, there are three strange people, they are not here to confirm martial arts, nor to eat fasting and chant Buddha, they are outside the mountain gate of Qingliang Temple every day, watching the old Zen master in and out of the temple.
The three of them brought their own dry food to guard the Qingliang Temple, and they did not leave day and night. After several days of this, the old Zen master was curious and couldn't help but walk up to him and ask, "Why do you three stay here and refuse to leave?" This is the realm of Buddhism, don't disturb the old man's cultivation. What is the purpose of your visit? ”
When the three strange men heard this, they knelt down together and said in unison: "We want to learn kung fu and ask the master to accept us as apprentices." If the master doesn't agree, we can't afford to kneel for a long time. ”
Zen Master Hai Lao was stunned when he heard this, and he was at a loss for a while.
"Please go back! There are only old monks who eat fasting and chant Buddha in Qingliang Temple, and there are no Jianghu guests who dance with guns and sticks. Hai Kuotian said.
"I heard that the master is the famous sea hero on the rivers and lakes, we are just farmers under the mountain, hunters on the mountain, we have seen your old man's kung fu, that is the best in the world. Sea Hero, please accept us! We must honor your old man. The three weirdos said.
"No! The old man never accepts apprentices, and he can't break the rules. It's useless for you to say anything. Hai Kuotian said seriously.
The three weirdos were still kneeling, kowtowing incessantly.
Hai Kuotian no longer cares, he walked into Qingliang Temple and no longer came out.
The scorching sun burned like fire, and the earth burned to the point of sparking, and the three strange men knelt there, sunny, thirsty, and hot, and they did not give in, but still persevered. Suddenly lightning and thunder, and then heavy rain poured, and the three of them were beaten by the rain like chickens in soup, and they still had no regrets.
The old Zen master was finally impressed by the indomitable spirit of these three strange men, and he called them in.
The three of them entered the monastery and still knelt in front of the old Zen master.
"If you three want to worship me as a teacher, you must answer me three questions. First, why do you want to learn from a teacher? Second: What are you learning from a teacher for? Third: If you are learning to go down the mountain, what should you do first? ”
When the three strange people heard this, they said in unison: "Punish evil and promote good, eliminate violence and peace and goodness."
"What else do you have in mind?" The old Zen master asked.
"Nope." The three of them spoke in unison.
"I think you three are really weird people, why do you talk and act like one person? Are you triplets? The old Zen master asked.
"It's not!" The three of them still spoke in unison.
The old Zen master thought to himself, "Let me ask you again, will you still be able to speak in unison?" Unless you are telepathic. ”
"Where is your home? Who else is in the house? The old Zen master asked.
"Under the mountain, there are no relatives." The three eccentrics spoke in unison.
The old Zen master had no choice but to ask questions one by one. He started from left to right and asked, the first big ear: "What's your name?" The man said, "Xue Mantian." Xue Gang's Xue. "What's your name?" The old Zen master asked the middle-aged man with silkworm eyebrows and a Chinese character face.
"Thunder Quaint. Thunder of the thunder of the thunder of the thunder. The man said.
"What about you?" The old Zen master asked the skinny sick man.
"Yan Chongtian. Swallow's swallow. The thin man said.
The old Zen master didn't ask anything after hearing this, but just put his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.
The old Zen master Hai Kuotian saw that the three of them sincerely went up the mountain to learn art, and it was not easy to refuse directly, so he had to give them three tasks.
The first task is the simplest, that is, each of them picks up 20 loads of water from the bottom of the mountain every day and puts it in the pool to water the flower beds and nurseries around the Qingliang Temple, and the task lasts for three months.
Xue Mantian and Lei Zhentian agreed after hearing this, only the thin Yan Chongtian looked embarrassed.
"Yan Chongtian, if you feel embarrassed, you can quit, the old man will not force it." Seeing that Yan Chongtian did not agree, Hai Kuotian said provocatively.
"I agree. However, Master, I'm small, and the bucket should be a little smaller, and they can pick up 20 loads, and I pick 30 loads? I promise to carry as much water as they do. Yan Chongtian said.
Hai Kuotian listened, and thought in his heart: "Look at him as a sick seedling, going back and forth thirty times a day, and still don't tire him out?" Since he himself is willing, then the old man will fulfill him and let him retreat in the face of difficulties. ”
"Yan Chongtian, as long as you carry as much water as the two of them, Lao Wei will no longer embarrass you, and can agree to your request." Hai Kuotian pretended to be contemplative.
"Thank you, Master, for making it happen." Yan Chongtian said happily.
"Yan Chongtian, don't be busy calling the master yet, the three of you are still on a mission, and it is still unknown whether you can become my apprentices. I will give you a test for a year, as long as you successfully complete all the tasks within a year, you are qualified to be my apprentice, understand? Hai Kuotian asked.
"Understood." The three of them said in unison.
"Alright! The task starts tomorrow, so you go and have a good night's rest to recuperate. Hai Kuotian said that he sat cross-legged on the futon, twisted the Buddha beads in his hands, and recited the scriptures.
Xue Mantian, Lei Zhentian, and Yan Chongtian said goodbye and came to the side room, where there was a simple bunk bed, and they fell on the bed and snored after a while.
When they got up early the next morning, they handed them the tools and they went down the mountain with buckets.
It is indeed not easy to run up and down twenty or thirty times a day, not to mention carrying water, and at the end of the day, I am only exhausted and my limbs are weak. In order to be able to learn from the teacher, no matter how hard and tired they were, they gritted their teeth and survived.
The three-month task was finally completed, and Hai Kuotian couldn't help but be happy to see that none of the three of them gave up halfway.
"The three of you have successfully completed this task, and the next task is even more difficult, do you dare to accept it?" Hai Kuotian asked.
"Ask the master to give me a task! We guarantee completion. Xue Mantian said.
"That's good, from tomorrow onwards, you will go down the mountain to make a fate, and turn ten taels of silver a day, remember, you can't go to the same house to turn the fate twice, and the task time is three months. And after three months, each of you went up to the mountain and gave up nine hundred denarii. The silver must be signed by the donor, otherwise it will be punishable as theft. Hai Kuotian said.
The three of them agreed in unison.
Early the next morning, Hai Kuotian gave each of the three of them an account book, a pen, and a bottle of ink, and told them to go down the mountain to do the task.
Hai Kuotian thought to himself: "As long as the three of them raise nine hundred taels of silver each within three months, it is possible to repair the Qingliang Temple." When the time comes, if they go up the mountain and complete the task well, they will give the next task, and if they can't complete the task, let them go down the mountain. Then they have nothing to say. ”
Time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, it's time to hand over the task. On this day, Hai Kuotian got up early in the morning, sat at the mountain gate and looked, and at noon, I saw the three of them going up the mountain one after another. They put their respective silver taels and account books into the hands of Haikuotian. Hai Kuotian counted the silver taels and checked the account book, and the number of silver taels was exactly the same as that on the account book. This is true for everyone.
"Master, you should promise us this time!" Xue Mantian asked.
"I said that the test time is one year, but it has only been half a year, and the more difficult tasks are still to come, do you dare to continue to do the tasks?" Hai Kuotian asked.
"Dare! Ask Master to explain the task. ”
Xue Mantian, Lei Zhentian, and Yan Chongtian were eager to learn art, and they agreed without asking what the task was.
"Since you agreed, then I will assign you a task. Xue Mantian, what did you do before? Hai Kuotian asked.
"Back to Master, I am a hunter and make a living by hunting." Xue Mantian replied without thinking.
"Okay, you can offer the original picture of the beast within 100 days." Hai Kuotian said.
Xue Mantian felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and in order to learn from his teacher, he had to nod and agree.
"Lei Zhentian, what did you do before?" Hai Kuotian asked.
"Master Hui, I used to be a beggar, and then I became a monk in the temple." Lei Zhentian said.
"It's good to be a monk, and you can find 100 copies of the Lotus Sutra within 100 days." Hai Kuotian said.
Lei Zhentian also felt embarrassed, because he didn't know a few words, and he didn't know what kind of book the Lotus Sutra was. Where can I find it? In order to learn art, he had no choice but to agree.
"Yan Chongtian, what did you do before?" Hai Kuotian asked.
Yan Chongtian said embarrassedly when he heard this: "Master Hui, I was an orphan since I was a child, wandering all over the world, and later became a gentleman on the beam. ”
Hai Kuotian didn't get angry when he heard this, but said lightly: "Since you are good at this technique, I will give you a special task, which is limited to you to get the four treasures rumored on the rivers and lakes within 100 days: Jade Ruyi, Night Pearl, Luminous Cup, and Eight Horse Pictures, and you can't let people find out." Can you do it? Hai Kuotian asked.
"As long as it is the task assigned by the master, the apprentice will definitely complete it." Yan Chongtian agreed.
"Now the three of you can go down the mountain to do the task, from this moment on, the old man will start the countdown, and at this moment on the day of the hundred days, you will go up the mountain and hand in your answers. Remember, you can't be opportunistic, you can't cheat, you can't make money and kill people. Hai Kuotian explained again and again.
The three of them were ordered to descend the mountain.
Seeing that these three difficult weirdos were sent away, Hai Kuotian couldn't help but be secretly happy. He knew in his heart that these tasks were tasks that he could not complete with all his life's strength, and if they could do it within a hundred days, it would mean that the three of them were not idle people, and they would become great things in the future.
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