Day after day, year after year.

I went to the abbot and asked, after two years, why did he still arrange for me to catch fish?

The abbot asked me, "What time of day do you tell you to catch fish?" I said, "At night."

The abbot said that was right. Catching fish is actually a profound knowledge, you think you are very good, but it is powerful during the day, and you can use a little light in the water. At night, catching fish in the water must be based on feeling, and feeling can be exercised. I want you to catch fish at night, just to cultivate your feelings. Do you understand?

I said I understood, but I never missed.

The abbot said that you didn't miss because you didn't meet a really powerful fish. If you touch a fish swimming in the water and catch it quickly, or listen to the sound of the water when the fish swims to determine the position of the fish, this belongs to the five senses, and the powerful fish cannot be caught by the five senses, you must exercise the sixth sense.

I asked, what is the sixth sense?

The abbot said that there are very few people with a sixth sense in the martial arts, such as Wudang's Taixu Thief Dao, the Hong Gang Master of the Beggar Gang, the Dingshen Shitai of Emei, the Bai Zhangmen of Kongtong, etc., they don't have them. Do I have? Of course I have. I'm sitting here in meditation with my eyes closed, and when you open the door I know it's you coming in.

I told the abbot, but every time I pushed the door, I shouted the words "master abbot" before coming in.

The abbot coughed, ignored me, and continued to preach: The sixth sense is that when you can't see, hear, touch, touch, taste, and smell, you still have a picture within a radius of ten zhang in your mind, the picture is clear, the flowers and birds are singing, and you perceive them together. You can even predict what's going to happen next. For example, your nephew will knock on the door soon.

At this point the abbot stopped talking, and I listened attentively.

Sure enough, there was a knock on the door.

With a smile on his face, the abbot said, "Come in."

Pushing the door in, it is pure energy.

Jingneng held the tea, bowed his head and said: Senior Brother Jingkong is sick today and can't come, and the disciple will serve the master's tea.

When I looked at the incense seal bell, it was just the time of unitary. looked at the abbot again, with an embarrassed face.

I began to suspect that the abbot had not asked me to catch fish at night to practice my sixth sense, but that he had taken the opportunity to cook fish to eat.

Because every time I showed him the fish, he never gave it back to me to release.

I went to see Master Hui Yan and told him about the doubts in my heart.

Hui En said that the abbot didn't return your fish because you didn't catch a really good fish, and if you catch one less fish in the pond of these not good fish, you will encounter a great fish sooner or later.

I'm still skeptical.

At noon, Master Hui En would tell me about the Shaolin internal exercises, and let me sleep and practice at night.

Because I had practiced Grandpa Whitebeard's Qigong before, I felt that Hui En's teaching me was too simple, so I wanted to ask the abbot to teach me the Dharma Heart Sutra.

After lunch, I went to find the abbot. As soon as I entered the door, I didn't open my mouth, and the abbot said that you don't need to say anything, you can go and get a bowl. In the blink of an eye, he brought a bowl from the kitchen to the abbot.

The abbot pointed to the bowl and asked, "Is this bowl full?"

I said it was empty.

Hui En asked the nephew to go to the yard to pick up a lot of stones and put them in the bowl, and asked me if it was full?

I nodded and said it was full.

Hui En also asked the nephew of the Void Master to go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion under construction to ask for sand.

He hesitated for a moment before he left, and asked, "Do you want me to carry a bucket of water for a while?" In the morning, I took the sand and went to carry the water.

The abbot said why are you talking so much nonsense?

When I came back, the abbot grabbed a handful of sand and threw it into the cracks of the stones in the bowl, and asked me again: Is it full?

I said it's not full, you can add water.

The abbot glared at the clear space, poured some water into the bowl with a scoop, and asked me again: Is it full?

I said, "It's not full, you can also put a bowl upside down on it, add a bowl with the mouth facing up at the bottom of the bowl, put stones, sand, and water in the bowl, and then buckle a bowl upside down...... But does it have anything to do with me?

The abbot was stunned and asked me what are you here for?

I said I wanted to learn the Dharma Heart Sutra.

The abbot said "oh" and said that it has nothing to do with you, I thought you were like Tomoki in the morning, and I felt that I had almost learned and wanted to go down the mountain. It's better to have a fight with Zhishu, he wins you and he goes down the mountain, and if you win and he teaches you to learn the Dharma Heart Sutra.

On an autumn afternoon, the sun is still very strong, illuminating the martial arts training ground of the Dharma Academy exceptionally brightly.

The abbot sat on the edge of the martial arts training ground and drank tea leisurely. Tomoki and I stood in the center of the field, looking at the dense bald heads around us at a loss.

Hye-eun walked between the two of us and gave me and Tomoki a sword each. Suddenly shouted: start.

The two of us, you look at me, I look at you, pick up the sword and get on.

Zhishu's swordsmanship is very elegant and beautiful, and at a glance, he knows that he chose chivalrous swordsmanship.

Yes, we haven't introduced Tomoki yet. Tomoki is three years older than me. My only brother in the monastery. When he was 10 years old, his parents went to work in the fields, but they never came back that night, and the next day they found themselves drowned in a pond. Because Tomoki had nowhere to go, he met a monk from Shaolin Temple on the way to ask for food and was taken back to the temple.

Due to his high talent, Zhishu shot the stone in the center of the lotus flower and was accepted as an apprentice by Hui Ze, Hui Eun's junior brother.

Tomoki's best skill is catching hares empty-handed. So every night he was asked by the abbot to catch a hare and come back. In the same way, he did not see the abbot spare.

Tomoki and I don't have a very good relationship. Master Hui En said that when Hui Ze competed with him for the place in the martial arts league main bidding competition, Hui Ze used a trick. In the process of the competition, Hui En was pulled by Hui Ze's little brother. No matter how Hui En fought, he didn't let go, and in the end, Hui En also grabbed Hui Ze's little brother. The two pulled each other back, and Hui Ze finally conceded defeat. So Hui Eun won.

Every time Hui Eun recalls this, he grits his teeth, saying that he will never forget the charming smile that Hui Ze gave him when he admitted defeat and the wet thing in his hand. This is the greatest insult in his life. Therefore, the apprentices taught by such people are not a good thing.

I asked Master Hui En: Didn't you fall into the delusion of "love" when you hate it like this? Also, what is it that is wet? Is it Uncle Hui Ze's secret weapon?

Master Hui En pondered for a long time and said, "You are right. As for whether it's a secret weapon or not, you'll find out in the future.

That's why I don't really like Tomoki.

Tomoki dodged my sweep and quickly stabbed me in the face. Although Tomoki started earlier than me, he learned chivalrous swords, and Master Hye-eun said that chivalrous swords are just beautiful moves, so I wasn't worried about losing. For example, the sword that stabbed at my face, if it is a vajra swordsmanship, it can be faster, the tip of the sword vibrates back and forth, so that the other party can not see the sword momentum clearly, but the sword is slow and straight, and it stabs like this, I smiled contemptuously, raised my hand and raised a sword, wanting to shake away Zhishu's sword.

With a bang, my sword broke, and Tomoki's sword stabbed me in the center of my brow with unmistakable accuracy.

A tingling pain came, and I leaped back, dodging the sword, but fell to the ground.

Zhishu cheered excitedly, and Hye-eun shouted: Wait!

Master Hui En picked up my broken sword and asked, "Where is the first seat of the Armory?"

An old monk hurriedly walked over with his head bowed.

Hui En pointed to the broken sword and said: This is a substandard product, you come to weigh this sword, the weight is only half of the ordinary sword.

The old monk muttered: The sword is broken...... Of course, the amount is ......

Hui En glared at him, and said to the other abbot: This time it is a complete quality accident, Zhishan can't be considered a loss, and Zhishu can't be considered a win. It should be rematched.

Huize stood up and said: Losing is losing, winning is winning. When you lost the bidding match of the leader of the martial arts league, Wudang used a hidden weapon with poison and barbs, did the judges judge that the competition was not counted?

The abbot said angrily: You are so competitive and competitive, have you returned all the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" to the Buddha?

Everyone had to read along.

The abbot continued: Winning is losing, losing is winning.

Hui Eun and Hui Ze hesitated for a moment, but still read it out loud.

The abbot stopped chanting and said: Originally, Zhishu won, but Zhishu was overjoyed, too obsessed with the fruit, and became famous, in my opinion, Zhishu lost; Zhishu, since you have lost, continue to practice with Hui Ze in the Dharma Academy, Zhishan, you have won, "Dharma Heart Sutra" will wait for you to heal, I will teach it to you personally, and the game is over.

After speaking, the abbot turned around and left, and Master Huien knelt down and said: The abbot is wise.

Zhishu was not convinced, and shouted to the abbot: Abbot, I obviously won, you are cheating!

The abbot turned around violently, was furious, and roared at Zhishu: Thisis Shaolin Temple!

After half a month of recuperation, my injuries finally healed. Tomoki has not yet been able to get out of bed due to the abbot's lion's roar.

The first thing I did when I got up was to go to the abbot.

I asked the abbot: Why did my sword break?

The abbot replied: With a contemptuous heart, the sword will break. A sword is a living thing, it senses your emotions. If you have murderous energy, the sword will be infinitely powerful, if you do not have murderous energy, the sword will be weak, if you are afraid of the enemy, the sword will tremble, and if you despise the opponent, the sword will follow Yerou and become arrogant. When is the most vulnerable? When to take it lightly, whether it's a man or a sword. So, it's broken, and you lose.

For the first time, I felt that the abbot had a point.

I asked again: If I lost, why do you insist that I won?

The abbot smiled and said, "Because, you are my apprentice, and Zhishu is not." Protecting the short and favoring is human nature. I'm a monk, but I'm also a human being.

I was just about to speak, but the abbot nodded and said: That's right, this time I am in love with "love".

Master Hui En still insisted that my sword was broken, and it was a quality accident.

He took me into the Shaolin Armory, where there was a stone with a sword stuck in it and only the hilt of the sword. The sword is engraved with the words "those who are destined to get it". Hui En said: When Shaolin was first founded, it was located everywhere. The reason why Shomuro Mountain was chosen was also because of this sword. Legend has it that on a certain day in a certain year, there are nine monsters in Shaomu Mountain, spit water today, breathe fire tomorrow, the surrounding people are in dire straits, countless deaths and injuries, and then the common people kill pigs and sheep to sacrifice to the sky, ask the gods to help subdue demons, so the sky descends the sword, kills the nine-headed monster, and inserts it on the mountainside of Shaomuro Mountain. It is said that the Bodhidharma patriarch once pulled out this sword with his own hands, felt that this sword can be used as a treasure of the temple, and inserted the sword back, and ordered someone to dig the mountain to build a temple. You see, the armory is made of wood, but in fact, the soles of our feet are full of rocks. Bodhidharma Patriarch once said that my Shaolin disciples who can pull out this sword, must go in and out of the rivers and lakes for 40 years, to help all living beings to subdue demons and eliminate demons, after 40 years, you can go back to the temple, when the time comes to insert back the sword, you can become a Buddha on the ground.

I was very interested when I heard this, so I went up and drew my sword, and sure enough, the sword did not move.

Hui En continued: For thousands of years, I don't know how many Shaolin monks have tried to draw their swords, and no one has ever been able to shake the sword. When I was a teacher, I felt that I was full of learning and art, and I also wanted to pull out the sword, but unfortunately, I didn't have a chance with it.

I asked Hui En, "Did you bring me here so that I could pull out this divine sword?"

Hui En said: No. It's to choose a sword for you.

After saying that, Hui En took me into the armory room.

There are dozens of rows of brackets in the armory room, and the weapons on the shelves are dazzling.

Hui Yan took me to the carriage where the sword was kept, and said you could choose one.

I looked at it and remembered what the abbot said: The sword is alive, and if I have a murderous aura, no matter what sword is in my hand, it should be powerful. So I chose the most humble sword.

Hui Eun's eyes widened and she said Are you sure you take this sword?

I looked at his surprised eyes, and took a closer look at the sword—it was about three feet long, only two inches wide, and the body was rusty. This sword is not distinctive at all.

I nodded and said, "Yes."

Hui En said: This sword has been recorded on the Shaolin weapon spectrum: this sword is the brother of the cadre, the commander. This sword cuts gold and jade, blows hair and breaks hair. When I chose the sword for the teacher, I didn't know the inside story, so I didn't choose this one. Legend has it that there are three major swords in my temple, one is the outer sword, the other is the handsome in your hand, and the other is Mo Ye's sister sword, Mo Zheng. Mo Zheng was chosen by others two hundred years ago and left behind. You're a handsome, and no one has chosen you for more than 500 years.

I opened my mouth wide and was surprised. He plucked a hair and threw it into the air.

Hui En regretted that he missed this handsome because of his bald head when he was a teacher.

Seeing the hair slowly falling, I waited for the handsome sword to face up, and when the hair was about to approach the sword edge, Master Hui En's heart and I were in our throats.

As a result, the hair did not break. I was disappointed.

Hui En was also stunned, and said that this is impossible, it should be that one of your hairs is a little thick, and then try to pull out the roots.

I plucked it for an afternoon, but I couldn't pull it out anymore, and if I pulled it again, there would be no hair.

I said to Master Hui En, no matter, just this sword.