Chapter 4 Three Questions for Teachers(1/2)
"Add to learn Taoism with me? Ah... I really don't know how to answer when you suddenly said this. I didn't expect that the aura of a high person who had been hidden for many years would be seen through at first sight by you, a young man..."
The Taoist priest smiled a little distractedly, his words were a little unrestrained, but his eyes were very clear.
This made Wang Sheng feel a little nervous.
Haste of everything will not be achieved, and Wang Sheng did not dare to kneel down and kowtow directly here and force himself to become a disciple. He could only look back with his most sincere eyes when the Taoist priest was watching him.
The tall and thin Taoist priest staggered his eyes and asked with a smile: "If you want to learn martial arts, there are some gyms on this mountain that teach martial arts."
Wang Sheng said earnestly: "Master Taoist, I came to Wudang Mountain to seek immortality and seek Taoism, want to become a master, and follow the master to practice. As soon as I see the Master, I know that I have found it."
The tall and thin Taoist priest frowned, "If you say it's more reliable to come to learn martial arts, you'll just practice immortality and Taoism... Little layman, have you ever seen anyone know what kind of Taoism?"
Wang Sheng had long thought about how to deal with it and said seriously: "I am ignorant. I have been studying Taoist scriptures when I was in school. I think that Tao is a kind of spirit, a different understanding of the world and the universe, and it is also a spiritual sustenance that I want to pursue."
"Well……"
The tall and thin Taoist priest laughed and did not persuade him. He pointed to the direction of Zixia Palace, "There is no Taoist priest over there?"
"Yes, yes," Wang Sheng didn't know what to say for a moment, "but, I searched all over Wudang Mountain but couldn't find the master I wanted to worship, but I met you, Taoist priest here... As soon as I saw you, I knew that you were not an ordinary person, so I asked the Taoist priest to accept his disciples no matter how he did."
Wang Sheng also felt a little embarrassed if he was wearing a lot of clothes and flattering him.
This long laughed and slowly stood up from the rattan chair. Wang Sheng saw that this master who would be famous in a few years was more than one head higher than himself at this time.
Well, I won't be able to fully open until I'm nineteen years old...
The Taoist priest stood with his long body, his shoulders drooped, and his breath was stable. Although his image was a little sloppy, he had an unspeakable style.
Maybe, this is a real monk.
Even if you have never set out on the real path of cultivation, you have been tempering yourself for decades, and you can still have a kind of aura that comes from your bones at this time.
This kind of invisible accumulation, as long as the heaven and earth vital energy is injected into itself, it will usher in a very terrifying explosion!
Wang Sheng made up his mind that this master would bow to him no matter what...
Listen to the Taoist priest who sells martial arts secrets and said warmly:
"You young man is interesting. You are talking about Taoism and are picky about it. What's even more ridiculous is that you even look at Taoist priest?
There are countless people who come to study for the Tao every year on Wudang Mountain. As long as you go to the mountain to find a master to hold a name and offer some incense, you will naturally be able to practice on the mountain.
I just named it in Wudang Mountain, but I don’t know how to teach my disciples to recite scriptures and worship Gods. Although I have a disciple, I don’t care much about her on weekdays.”
Although the Taoist priest said this, he was looking at Wang Sheng's face and thought that this seedling was pretty good.
‘This young man seemed to have suffered a great disaster, but at this time he had already experienced a blessing. Perhaps it was because of this great disaster that he was a little resistant to his original living environment that he thought of becoming a monk.’
In this way, this Taoist priest actually thought that Wang Sheng could get started.
Wang Sheng gritted his teeth and whispered: "Master Taoist, my disciple is stupid and I don't know what to say. I sincerely wish to follow the Taoist Taoist to practice, I wish to cut my hair into the school, take the precepts of Taoism, and be a Taoist priest in the mountains who practiced in the mountains."
"Oh?" The throne frowned slightly, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Wang Sheng nodded with a serious face: "Well, I know, I know."
The Taoist priest thought a little, sat back on the rattan chair, held the tone and asked, "Do you have parents?"
"There are parents, and they are here, right behind, and the Taoist priest will see it later."
Wang Sheng turned his head and glanced, and his parents had already set off and walked downward.
After thinking for a while, Wang Sheng said again: "My parents are fashionable and healthy, and my disciples will not have too much concern in their hearts when they are old. When they are old, their disciples will also serve them with filial piety."
"That's how you have parents with you, it's a bit sincere... I thought it was another novel and movie that I'd seen too many times, and I walked out of my home and really became a Wudangshan Police Station and bought the account of Emperor Zhenwu of the Three Qing Dynasties."
The Taoist priest complained a few times, and said leisurely: "It is not impossible to become a disciple. Taoist priest, I am not good at Taoism, but it is not too difficult to bring a disciple. I have three questions. If you can answer it, let your parents come over and talk to me."
"Yes!" Wang Sheng almost grinned.
Nowadays, most of the young people who go to these famous Taoist mountains just to learn martial arts, and very few people become monks when they are young.
Wang Sheng took a deep breath and looked at the Taoist priest with a burning look.
The Taoist priest slipped his lips, "Don't look at me like this, I'm a serious Taoist priest with a certificate."
Wang Sheng also smiled, quickly calmed down his smile, lowered his head and said, "Would you like to ask."
"The first question is, you said you want to practice Taoism, but in your opinion, what is Taoism?"
"Disciple... I don't know what Tao is, so I want to follow my master to understand what Tao is."
Wang Sheng recalled the rhetoric that he had prepared before, saying word by word, and said very seriously: "If you understand it at this time, the Tao is natural, orderly, and law.
Practicing Taoism is nothing more than cultivating the mind, self-cultivation, practice Dharma, and practice nature. If you can live in the Tao, you will be able to be content with yourself.
There is an old saying: I heard the truth in the morning and died in the evening.
If a disciple can follow the master to understand the Tao, realize the Tao, and wander around the Tao, it will be worthy of his life and his journey."
After finishing talking in one breath, Wang Sheng didn't know whether he had said too much or too little, so he waited nervously.
Is this life worthless? Is this trip worthless?
This long murmured a few times, rubbed his eyebrows again, and cursed with a smile: "You should be my master... Haha! Where did you get these great principles? You also said that you didn't read too many novels!"
Wang Sheng could only scratch his head and smiled honestly.
"I'll ask you again, the second question!"
The Taoist priest suddenly shouted softly, changing his previous lazy and tired look, his eyes staring at Wang Sheng like lightning.
Wang Sheng subconsciously wanted to dodge, but his heart trembled slightly and looked at the Taoist priest calmly.
He came to learn Taoism by studying for his disciples. Although his motivations were impure, he had no ill intentions at all. He was open and honest, and he did not have to be afraid of scrutiny like this.
"Would you like."
"What are the five Taoist techniques?"
Wang Sheng replied calmly: "Mountain, doctor, fate, appearance, divination. Mountain is the Taoist arts and immortal methods, and now it refers to Taoist martial arts; medicine is the Taoist medicine. As the saying goes, nine out of ten Taoist medicines are like this..."
Hundreds of words were spoken without any pause.
"Oh, it seems that I have really put in my efforts," the Taoist priest laughed quite happily.
Wang Sheng breathed a little relieved.
"Master Buyan" is so scary when he becomes fierce.
He was really afraid that the Taoist priest would disagree, so he slapped himself to death with a casual slap...
After all, more than ten years later, this immortal giant who has just been in the energy for more than ten years and has been able to cut off the clouds with one palm; in the official and unofficial lists and inventories of masters, he will always be in the top ten, and the top five have a place!
"Young man, I really like you a little, tsk," the Taoist priest touched his chin and chuckled, "Okay, the third question."
What should I ask?
Taoist schools? Taoist history? Or should we examine the skills of Huang Lao and Lao, Lao Zhuang’s words? "Tao Te Ching" and "Laozi Want to You Notes"?
Wang Sheng had already started preparing the answer, and the Taoist priest cleared his throat and calmly asked a question that made Wang Sheng almost explode on the spot...
The Taoist priest smiled and said, "You want to take me as your master. If I become your master, I will fall into the water and drown you will almost drown, who will you save first?"
Wang Sheng's mouth kept twitching, and the Taoist priest looked at Wang Sheng with a smile, looking like "I can't defeat you if you are a little bit."
This question seems ridiculous and funny, but it is actually very tricky, because he can't save anyone first.
To save the master first, that is, to be unfilial to your parents. There is a saying in Taoism that is, "Unfilial people cannot become adults."
Save your parents first? Wouldn’t that just put your master down for nothing and call him like his parents, but it is obvious that he is "different to his heart"...
For a moment, cold sweat appeared on Wang Sheng's forehead.
If you follow your inner answer, you will definitely save your parents.
The Taoist priest urged him again: "Who will save first?"
"Save...my dad."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist priest's smile suddenly calmed down and he sat there staring at Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng was also a little confused and quickly thought of a reasonable statement.
Without waiting for him to explain, the Taoist priest in front of him suddenly stood up, turned to the broken book stall, crossed Wang Sheng, and took two steps forward.
Wang Sheng was a little confused and turned his head to look at him. It turned out that his parents had already arrived.
"Two lay Buddhists have invited me."
After the Taoist priest met him, he bowed like a decent look and said in a clear voice:
"I am Qing Yanzi, a Taoist practitioner in Wudang Mountain. This is my Taoist priest certificate. Please see the two lay Buddhists. There is a big seal deducted by the Taoist Association here, and you can also find my information in the archives room in the mountain..."
Qing Yanzi is indeed this big boss.
Wang Sheng was stunned at first, then grinned, realizing that he had passed the test, and answered the previous three questions.
Listening to Qing Yanzi, "This young layman wants to worship me as his teacher to practice. I, yes, I saw that he is quite Taoist and also had the idea of accepting disciples. It is just that he practices monks and must have the consent of his parents. I wonder what your opinions are?"
"Become a monk? This is not possible!"
After hearing what my mother said, Wang Sheng knew that he would not be able to become a disciple today.
To be continued...