As soon as he entered the door, Chen Zhi saw a monk, a vulgar guest and host seated, a vulgar natural is the middle-aged man who has just entered, the monk looks more than sixty years old, wearing a big red robe, his face is thin, his face is kind, and he sits there to give people a feeling of stability. Looking at this momentum, it should be the Zen Master of Kongdu.

And the Taoist priest was a middle-aged man in his thirties, holding a silver whisk in one hand, and when he saw Chen Zhi coming in, his face showed a trace of displeasure, and Chen Zhi was slightly surprised.

When he was secretly thinking about what this person's intentions were, the old monk suddenly clasped his palms at the Taoist priest, recited the Buddha's name, and then said: "Master Ma, the poor monk made an appointment with a donor to accept one of his close relatives as an apprentice, this benefactor has been very kind to the temple, and this meeting was a few days ago, so the poor monk can not accompany Your Excellency." ”

This is the old monk's politeness, but the meaning of chasing customers in his words is exposed.

When the Taoist priest heard this, his face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he continued with some unwillingness: "Master, Ma just wants to borrow that treasure for a purpose, and this matter is the meaning of the family teacher, even if the master is indifferent, he should know that this matter is very important, and I hope that the master can be accommodating for the sake of the family teacher." ”

"Amitabha, Ma Shizhu, it's not that the poor monks refuse to borrow this thing, it's really that treasure is the treasure of the temple passed down from generation to generation, and the borrowing also needs to be discussed between the old man and the monks of the temple, the old man himself does not have the right to borrow the treasure, Ma Daochang also please put out this thought!"

As soon as he heard the old monk's words, the Taoist priest surnamed Ma knew that there was no need to say any more, and after a little salute, he turned his head and walked out, but when he left, the two unkind eyes still swept on Chen Zhi's face.

Chen Zhi was a little bitter in his mouth, but he was helpless, he didn't expect that as soon as he came, he was used by this empty Zen master as a shield.

Chen Zhi scolded this empty Zen master fiercely in his heart.

"Hehe, this little friend, you are not very old, you have cultivated well, you have cultivated to the middle realm, I heard that you were originally a casual cultivator, now why do you want to worship in my temple?"

Zen Master Kongdu smiled, as if he had forgotten what had just happened, and just nodded slightly and asked kindly.

"Report to the Zen master, the younger generation is too late to get started, and it is all a matter of chance that you can have today's cultivation, but the younger generation heard that there is no shortcut on the road of cultivation, and you need to take every step step by step. The younger generation feels that Buddhism is the most important way to cultivate one's self-cultivation and perseverance, which is the right way to practice. ”

Chen Zhi's mind turned around, but he replied without the slightest hesitation, but whether he thought so in his heart, it is estimated that even he himself did not know the way.

After listening to this, Zen Master Kongdu's expression moved, looked at the middle-aged man on the side, nodded and said: "Xiaoyou is young, but he has such a deep understanding of Buddhism, and the heart of practice must be very resolute, then good, this temple will accept you as a disciple, and in the future you will lead the practice in this temple, if you are firm in the heart of the Buddha, it is not too late to shave your hair as a monk." ”

Chen Zhixin said: It's okay to practice with hair, but it's okay to shave your hair, the only condition I asked Yu Fat to mention at the beginning was to practice with hair.

The middle-aged man on the side just sat expressionlessly, Chen Zhi had no opinion, he naturally wouldn't say anything.

Seeing the middle-aged man's indifferent expression, Zen Master Kongdu paused for a moment and then continued: "It's just that you started as a casual cultivator, and you must be good at all kinds of miscellaneous arts, I don't know what kind of miscellaneous arts the little friend of the Dao is good at?"

After hearing this, Chen Zhi was stunned, and he didn't understand why this Wei Lu asked such a question, which almost meant that he wanted to climb the pole directly. Do you really want to take care of yourself? You must know that the miscellaneous work of monks is known for being heavy, and almost all of them are heavy and tiring.

And Chen Zhi glanced at the corner of his eye, and found that the middle-aged man was also squeezing his eyebrows at himself, and suddenly knew that this was probably also the fat man's means, and under the rapid change of mind, he immediately returned without hesitation:

"The younger generation is slightly involved in the art of talisman making, but the younger generation is shallow, I am afraid that they can only make some basic talisman seals, and for those advanced talisman seals, the younger generation is also powerless. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhi's face turned slightly red, as if he was really embarrassed.

However, Chen Zhi applauded the fat man's arrangement in his heart, knowing that in this way, he would save himself the suffering of miscellaneous labor and have more time to cultivate.

"Oh? You know the way of making talismans? It's not simple, although this talisman art was originally the method of Taoism, but now Buddhism is also slightly involved in it, although it is not as profound as Taoism, but it is also self-contained. Since this little friend has this ability, he might as well enter the Qiqiao Temple, this courtyard is the place where my temple is full-time talismans, and the full-time elder Fa Ming of this institute joined the temple before joining the temple, he is also a talisman master, and you will report to the Qiqiao Courtyard in the future. ”

As he spoke, Zen Master Kongdu raised his hand, and a white light flew out of his hand, falling lightly in front of Chen Zhi, but it was a palm-sized wooden plaque, which exuded a faint fragrance.

"This token is the evidence that you have joined this temple, with this token you can go directly to the Qiqiao Temple, meet Elder Fa Ming, and learn the art of talisman making under him. And I'll let the monks in the temple take you there. ”

After Zen Master Kongdu explained a little, Chen Zhi was also relieved, and after nodding, this thing was put into his arms, and then he bowed to Zen Master Kongdu, and left.

And the middle-aged man didn't seem to have any intention of leaving, and was still chatting with Zen Master Kongdu, but Chen Zhike didn't want to care about these things anymore, after all, he had a lot of things to deal with, and he didn't just come to learn from his teacher.

Buddhist monks pay attention to the "all over the Dharma, crossing sentient beings", although most of the Buddhist disciples have no quarrel with the world, but this Guangyuan Temple is also a thousand-year-old temple, can go through thousands of years of disasters without falling, must also have its hidden strength, but can not be underestimated.

And the reason why Chen Zhi wants to join Buddhism is because there is another reason, that is, Buddhism exercises have unique characteristics for refining the body, and Chen Zhi has been peeking at that set of "afterimage steps" for a long time, but unfortunately because he has already passed the best age to practice martial arts, he is unable to practice.

That set of "afterimage steps" had such high requirements for the strength and toughness of the body that Chen Zhigang, who had no foundation for refining the body, shouted that his body could not bear it as soon as he cultivated, and had to put it aside for the time being.

And his set of self-righteous alternative methods, but it feels extremely jerky when it is performed, there is really no subtlety of the original exercises, to know the Dao, the way of martial arts is also unfathomable, although there is no Daomen exercises to be difficult to ponder, it is not possible to imitate at will, if there is no corresponding body as the foundation, the simulated effect is just Dong Shi Xiaofeng, in this way, Chen Zhi naturally gave it up.

In this way, Chen Zhi had to find another way to find exercises that could improve the potential of the body, and finally he found that the exercises of Buddhism also included some methods of refining the body. Therefore, Chen Zhi no longer hesitated to choose to apprentice to Buddhism.

Thinking like this in his heart, Chen Zhi had already followed the monks to a remote courtyard to the west of Guangyuan Temple.

"Chen Daoyou, this is our Elder Fa Ming of Guangyuan Temple, Elder Fa Ming is the chief talisman master of our Guangyuan Temple, and he has a unique view of the way of talisman making, you will follow the elder to learn the art of talisman making in the future, the poor monk retired, and then he went to the master of emptiness. ”

As soon as he entered the courtyard, the leading monk introduced Elder Fa Ming to Chen Zhi, and the Elder Fa Ming was standing in a pile of blank animal skin paper, looking at Chen Zhi with a frown.

And after Chen Zhi also took a look at this Fa Ming elder, he found that this person had a yellow face and beard, was dressed in gray monk's robes, and had a late stage of Qi Qi cultivation, but he was already more than fifty years old at that age, and it was obviously difficult to go further in his cultivation in this life.

In the cultivation world, all professional talisman makers generally do not have too high cultivation, this is because most of the reason why they devote themselves to this path is because their own cultivation qualifications are not very good, and they have transformed into talisman makers. And the real high-level talisman maker is even more rare, to train an experienced full-time talisman master, the cost is too great, and only those immortal cultivators have the strength to cultivate.

This is also the reason why Chen Zhi heard that the opening ceremony of Shushan was approaching, so he asked Yu Fatzi to buy talismans, and other sects did not have many talismans and seals, and they rarely took them out to sell, and only these gate factions would have extra talismans to sell.

But then again, the scarcity of talisman makers in the monastic world has also caused them to far exceed the average monk in terms of income, but at the same time, to cultivate them, the money thrown into them is also a bottomless pit.

"You are Chen Zhi? Judging from the mana fluctuations on your body, your cultivation is enough, but you're still too young, right? But the way of making talismans is about the condensation of spiritual consciousness and spiritual cultivation, if you are not patient and meticulous enough, the talisman you make will either have no effect at all, or as soon as you make it, you will go mad and easily destroy it, the art of talisman making is not child's play. ”

When Chen Zhi heard this, he naturally knew that this Fa Ming Elder's worries were justified, if he was not old enough and his concentration was not enough, it would be difficult to learn this talisman making technique.

However, although Elder Fa Ming knew that there was a certain reason, Chen Zhi was also quite confident in the secret method of the powerful spiritual sense recorded in the Dao Yuan Technique, so although Elder Fa Ming was a little unhappy, Chen Zhi was only very well-behaved, and just nodded his head again and again.

Looking at Chen Zhi's appearance as a well-behaved baby, Elder Fa Ming really couldn't say anything, so he could only say: "The art of talisman making, in addition to the spiritual cultivation to be sufficient, talent is also extremely important, as well as the control skills of mana, whether the eyesight is high or not, are extremely important conditions, these are indispensable, since you want to worship under my door, I will test these things one by one, if you are not qualified, I can only let you go to other places such as Luohan Hall to practice, Qiqiao Courtyard does not support idlers." ”

Elder Fa Ming saw that he was pointing secretly, but the young man in front of him did not flinch at all, and his eyes flashed, and he said these words.

"These, the disciple understands, if he can't pass the test, he naturally won't have the face to stay in the Qiqiao Academy. ”

Chen Zhi returned unequivocally, but he had silently calculated all the other party's conditions in his heart, but he felt that he had met all the conditions proposed by the other party, as if they were tailor-made for him.