Chapter 19: The Bald Donkey and the Ox's Nose
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Zhao Ran and the monk just stood under the rising sun, looking at each other from a distance of three or five feet, neither of them said anything, just like two lifeless wooden stakes. As a Taoist priest with no roots and no mana, the only thing Zhao Ran could rely on was his magic circle, but he didn't dare to act rashly, he was afraid that his small random action would cause the other party to attack. And before the magic circle is arranged, as long as the monk on the opposite side makes a move, I am afraid that I will have to die here.
Calm, calm, Zhao Ran kept repeating the word in his heart, forcing himself to calm down, he kept smiling on his face, but the robe on his back was already soaked with sweat.
I don't know how long later, the monk suddenly scattered the centipede pinched on his fingers, let the insect drill into the gap under the stone, and then slowly put his two hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk has seen the Taoist." ”
Zhao Ran slowly saluted: "Immeasurable Tianzun, I have seen a monk in the poor way." Ji took a diagonal step forward as he bent down, his wide-sleeved robe covering his front, and the jade seal slipped quietly to the ground. Of course, this hastily selected array is not the best choice, but in the current situation, it is already good luck to be able to lay it out.
The monk smiled and said: "The scenery here is excellent, and today is beautiful, it is really a rare opportunity to enjoy the tour, and the Taoist chief also comes to visit the mountains and rivers? ”
Isn't this a sue for me, and he doesn't want to fight with me? Can't he see that I don't have roots and bones, and I don't have mana in my body?
While speculating. Zhao Ran smiled and said: "Exactly, you see this distant mountain is like a dai......" Left hand pointed to the distant snowy mountain, and threw a wooden ruler, "Look at this sky like a blue ......" threw out the golden sword with his right hand, and continued to talk nonsense: "It's a good time to enjoy the fun." It's a pity that I didn't bring wine...... "I spread my hands, and the cinnabar and water bead chains also flew out," I can't have fun. ”
If you don't move for a while, let's lay down the circle first.
The monk smiled: "That's right, it's a pity that there is no wine...... Ha ha...... That's right, Michijo. You seem to have dropped something on the ground just now, why don't I help the Taoist pick it up?"
Zhao Ran also snorted and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Poor Dao dropped the object carelessly, which made the great monk smile." The object can't run again. It's never too late to pick it up later. ”
When the monk heard this, he also laughed for a while, and suddenly said with a bitter face: "Don't hide it, the little monk is really here for the family teacher," pointing to the ground, and said: "The little monk came with the family teacher to find medicine, this golden-winged big dragon is the best medicine guide, and it has been caught just now." It's a pity that I didn't hold it, and it ran away. After a while, the tutor came, and he didn't know how to punish him. ”
Zhao Ran was taken aback at first. Then I couldn't help but laugh, this time it was a sincere smile.
If this monk's master was really close to Zuo, would he sue himself? Obviously not, so this monk was obviously intimidating himself, and he was still doing what Zhao Ran used to do - pulling tiger skin to make a banner. I am a common way with no roots and no cultivation, do you need to be intimidated? Of course not, what does that mean. It shows that the monk on the other side can't see his own details clearly, and he also doesn't dare to shoot at himself.
Zhao Ran once consulted Zhu Qigu on this issue. Zhu Qigu described to him some general ways of how the cultivation world judged the strength of an opponent.
According to Zhu Qigu's meaning, the Taoist sect only needs to look at his roots and qualifications to judge whether he can become a cultivator, and Buddhism also has a corresponding statement about this, that is, understanding--in fact, it is almost the same thing. Of course, there are some differences, such as the Taoist gate has higher requirements for roots and qualifications, while the Buddhist gate has lower requirements for understanding. For ordinary people, the threshold for cultivating Buddhism is much lower than that for cultivating the Tao.
In order to see whether a person has roots and qualifications, or whether he has understanding, he or she needs to have the ability to see inwardly, and you can perceive the changes in your own body, and you can also see the normality in others.
For the Taoists, it is equivalent to completing the step of refining and refining qi, that is, entering the realm of the three grades, and the Taoist gate is called the Yellow Crown; for the Buddhists, it is equivalent to opening the first realm of vision and cognition, achieving the wisdom of name and color recognition, the wisdom of fate and receptivity, and the wisdom of thinking, which can be worthy of entering the second realm of ear and consciousness, and beginning to practice the wisdom of contemplation of birth and destruction and the wisdom of contemplation of destruction, and Buddhism is honored as a novice monk.
However, Zhu Qigu emphasized that whether this kind of judgment is accurate or not depends on the monk's cultivation realm, and the higher the realm, the more accurate the judgment.
And between monks and monks, it is not so easy to judge the other party's cultivation realm, unless your opponent's realm is quite different from yours, it is difficult to make a clear judgment. Even if you roughly judge the level of the opponent's cultivation realm, you can't rely on this judgment to cast spells, because although the level of the realm is the basis for measuring the strength of the fighting method, it does not fully represent the opponent's strength. There are many other factors to consider, such as whether the exercises practiced are mutually reinforcing, such as the power of the two sides holding the magic weapons, and then the skills and experience of the fighting method, the physical condition of the fighting method and other non-strength factors, and even the quality of luck is also very important.
Therefore, Zhao Ran quickly made a preliminary judgment on the strength of the monk in front of him: since the other party can't see through himself, it means that at most he is a monk who has opened his eyes to the realm of knowledge, and he will definitely not reach the realm of hearing and knowledge.
Zhao Ran himself didn't have any Taoism at all, but because of Zhu Qigu's careful guidance for more than half a month, his use of formation had reached a very proficient level. Although the array weapon was inferior, his understanding of the formation was at an extremely high level from the beginning. And the fact that he has killed a lot of mountain spirits and monsters these days also shows that he has initially possessed the ability to fight with people.
Zhao Ran has a certain amount of experience and skills in facing the enemy, but can this experience and skill guarantee that he will win when fighting with the monk in front of him? However, this does not prevent him from having the idea of being eager to try, the first time he fights life and death with someone, he can meet a monk whose cultivation should be low and seems to be a little afraid of war, isn't this the best opportunity for God to give him experience points?
The unnutritious nonsense continued for a while, and the topic became bigger and bigger, and began to involve the general trend of the world. The monk said that he had actually just entered Buddhism, and he was not interested in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, as well as the war that was being born in Ming Xia. He believes that practitioners should focus on themselves and should not be distracted by the mess of idle things.
Zhao Ran fully agreed with this, and expressed his incomprehension of the differences between Buddhism and Taoism in a strong tone, and expressed deep regret for the suffering caused by the war to the people. He believed that a person's lifespan is limited, and the path of cultivation is unlimited, and that all energy should be devoted to cultivation in order to seek immortality or freedom from reincarnation, which is the right path that monks should take.
The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, and even exchanged some spiritual experiences and experiences with each other, and there was a feeling that they couldn't meet as soon as possible. If it weren't for the difference between Buddhism and Taoism after all, maybe you would have to worship your son and become brothers with different surnames on the spot.
But there will be a parting in life, and the monk has to go, he said that he has to rush to see the master, otherwise after the master finds him, I am afraid that there will be a misunderstanding, so it is not beautiful to have an incident.
Zhao Ran was full of regret and was full of regret.
On the occasion of parting, Zhao Ran took out the paper and pen in the bamboo box and left a name note with the monk for future visits.
The monk clasped his hands together: "Brother Dao, at least in March and May, or later in half a year, the little monk will go to Huayun Pavilion to ask to see Brother Dao." ”
Zhao Ranji replied: "Senior Brother Jueyuan, I don't know when I will see each other again today, at most one year, if the senior brother does not come to Huayun Pavilion, I will go to the Great Leiguang Temple to find the senior brother." ”
"Brother Zhudao cherishes. ”
"Senior Brother Jueyuan cherishes. ”
Jueyuan took two steps back and turned around......
A yellow light flew out of his neck consciously, circled in the air, and hit Zhao then head, but it was a wooden fish with a bowl of size.
Almost at the same time, Zhao Ran puffed out the magic circle mantra in his abdomen: "Within the Three Realms, only the Tao is the only one, the body has a golden light, covering my body, and it is as urgent as the law-" The magic circle was activated instantly, and the jade seal formed a golden light above Zhao Ran's head, blocking the wooden fish that was striking down, and at the same time, a whirlpool turbulence visible to the naked eye was born in the magic circle, and it was wrapped towards Jueyuan.
The wooden fish was blocked by the jade seal, and after a pause in the air, the wooden mallet continuously struck the mouth of the fish, making a sound of "empty, empty", this sound actually had the effect of disturbing the mind, Zhao Ran only felt that his heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and he was almost about to break out of his chest. He struggled to gather his spirit, controlled the compass in his hand, pulled the qi machine, and the three-inch golden sword shot out suddenly, grazing over Jueyuan's bald head.
One spits blood from his mouth, the other has a bloody head, Zhao Ran snorted, Jueyuan screamed in pain, and the two fought together, and it was inseparable.
When Zhao Ran looked again, Jueyuan had already escaped into the forest and disappeared, leaving only a scolding: "The bull's nose surnamed Zhu, you wait, the Buddha is not finished with you!"
Zhao Ran laughed: "Bald donkey Jueyuan, Dao Ye is waiting for you here, if you have the ability, you will come and die!" (To be continued)
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