Chapter 163 Shaolin New Year
In the early morning, the voice of talking was heard outside the door. Yesterday, the system was not successful. Huo Yuanzhen, who fell asleep in the middle of the night, woke up from his dream. Press ctrl+d to quickly collect """
When I came to the gate of the yard, I saw Yichen, Huizhen, Huiming and others standing at their door, discussing what was going on.
"What are you doing?"
"Abbot!"
Several people saluted each other, and then Yichen said, "Abbot, today is New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the first day of the New Year, and it is the New Year. We are discussing and writing a Spring Festival couplet to your door."
Huo Yuanzhen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the first day of the year was the New Year. He was used to being thirty years old in his previous life, and he had no feelings for the first day of the year. In fact, the first day of the year was the New Year.
Farewell to the old year on New Year's Eve and welcome the New Year on the first day of the first lunar month. How could I forget this?
No wonder the system did not respond. It turned out that the Chinese New Year was not yet here, and I thought the system was broken and I was so depressed last night.
Upon hearing this news, Huo Yuanzhen immediately felt enlightened. After the rain, the sky cleared, and his mood immediately improved.
"So it was written for me to write Spring Festival couplets. Let me take a look. How did you write it?"
"Abbot, look at mine first."
Huiming came over first and took out a written Spring Festival couplet.
When Huo Yuanzhen opened it, he saw that he wrote it well.
The first couplet reads: "Buddhism can eliminate worldly suffering."
The second couplet reads: "The fragrance of Dharma sounds penetrates the sky."
Four big characters in the horizontal book: "The beacon of eternal lantern."
Huo Yuanzhen touched his head and smiled: "That's right, but my monk's head is not considered a beacon of eternal lanterns, and this couplet is a bit too far-reaching."
"Abbot, look at mine."
Huizhen also took a couplet and opened it to see it. It read: "All things are empty and white, and you can see the Tathagata spotlessly, and you can purify your mind."
"Well, very well, I also yearn for a day to meet the Buddha."
Huo Yuanzhen praised a few words and looked at Yichen again.
The couplets of Huiming and Huizhen can only be considered fair in parallel, but they are not good, and Huo Yuanzhen doesn't want to use them.
Yichen looked at Huo Yuanzhen and took out his couplet: "Abbot, senior brother, two junior nephews are also good."
"No need to be modest, open it and take a look."
Yichen opened the couplet, and Huo Yuanzhen's eyes lit up immediately when he saw it.
Yichen's handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and the pen tip is penetrated through the back of the paper. This is the biggest difference between a martial arts practitioner and a non-mart practitioner. And more importantly, his couplets are also well written.
The first couplet reads: "All living beings, good and evil are a cup of earth."
The second couplet reads: "The vast earth, true and false are empty."
There is no horizontal draft, because there is already a few big words like the abbot’s courtyard in front of Huo Yuanzhen, so the horizontal draft is exempted.
"Yes, Junior Brother Yichen's couplet is very well written. I only see this one."
Yichen hurriedly said, "Abbot, all three of us want to make a couplet for you, but when we got here, after we discussed this matter, we thought that you should write your own couplet by yourself."
Huo Yuanzhen smiled, "Are you guys trying to test me?"
"Abbot Gao Cai, we all want to admire him."
Huiming flattered without a trace, but in fact he had pushed Huo Yuanzhen to the corner. If Huo Yuanzhen didn't write, it would inevitably make people doubt his literary talent.
"Forget it, then write one."
Several people entered the abbot's yard and spread their pens and ink. Huo Yuanzhen specially found two pieces of red paper. This kind of red paper was a habit brought by the previous life. It was written in black and white. I always felt that I was sold.
The calligraphy of Huo Yuanzhen is also good. Now that he has internal strength, he can naturally write out his momentum. Under the gaze of three people, he splashes ink and soon a couplet was written.
When a few people saw it, they applauded and were convinced.
Huo Yuanzhen's couplet only has a few crosses. The first couplet says: "No thoughts are clear", and the second couplet says: "No thoughts are gone."
He has no bold words and ambitions, but he fully demonstrates the true meaning of Buddhism and is admired by others.
"Go, after posting the couplet, let everyone come to me."
Several people went out. After a while, all the monks from Shaolin Temple came to Huo Yuanzhen's Abbot's Courtyard one after another.
The hall is spacious and bright. Although more than 80 monks are a little crowded, they are still orderly.
Looking at the Shaolin disciples in the room, Huo Yuan was really satisfied. Shaolin had gradually become a big sect. Compared with the poor and white temple at the beginning, it was no longer much stronger.
The Hui generation is full of white monk robes, with each demeanor, which looks very similar.
The three generations of Jue are all black monk robes, and they are all full of energy.
"I'm asking everyone to come today. One is because it's New Year, I wish you a happy New Year, and the other is to let everyone talk about what achievements have we made during this period."
Huo Yuanzhen sat in the main seat, and several other ones with one-line generation were sitting beside him. The Hui generation was no longer seated, and stood in front of the crowd.
After Huo Yuanzhen finished speaking, he looked at Huizhen. Now he was devoted to studying Buddhism and handed over some ordinary affairs in Shaolin to Huizhen and Huiming. They were both representatives of Wenshen.
Huizhen hurriedly said, "Abbot, I have 32 monks in Shaolin. My morning class and evening class have not stopped. On weekdays, according to the abbot's instructions, I went to the surrounding counties and towns to preach and perform rituals. Now eight people can lead the team alone. In the few months since the beginning of winter, the number of believers who believe in my Buddha around me has increased by thousands. This can be seen from the increasing popularity of our Shaolin incense."
"How much money does Shaolin have now?"
Speaking of this, Huizhen was slightly embarrassed, "Abbot, because my Shaolin bought grain some time ago, it is not appropriate to say how much money I have, but how much money I owe. Including the current one in Shaolin, I still owe the money bank a total of more than 128,000 taels."
When Huo Yuanzhen heard this number, he couldn't continue asking. It was all caused by himself, and if he said too much, it would probably make others worry about their future meals.
"Don't worry about this anymore. In a few days, the money problem will be solved."
Fortunately, he still has a coral tree in his hand, which can solve the financial crisis. Huo Yuanzhen is not worried and continues to talk to Hui Wudao: "Tell me about the situation of the monk."
Huiwu is the first seat of the Arhat Hall and is also the only second-generation disciple with a position at present. When he heard the abbot's name, he hurriedly said: "Abbot, there are now twenty-one second-generation disciples and forty third-generation disciples. Currently, eight people in the acquired perfect realm, thirteen people in the acquired late stage, nineteen people in the acquired mid-term, and twenty-one people in the early stage."
Hearing this number, Huo Yuan nodded with satisfaction. The three generations of disciples are almost entering the middle stage of acquired life and are about to form combat power. The only regret is that they do not have the innate realm yet.
Huiwu saw Huo Yuanzhen's mind and added: "Abbot, if nothing unexpected happens, more than one innate realm may appear within two months."
"Oh, who are there?"
When Huo Yuanzhen heard this news, his eyes lit up, which was a surprise.
Hui Wu was still a little embarrassed: "The disciples are already on the verge of breakthrough, and junior brother Huijian, and six others including Huiyi have signs of breakthrough."
Huo Yuanzhen couldn't help but sighed: "It's great, very good, I have someone in Shaolin."
Huiyi also added at this time: "Abbot, we 18 people practice together, and our realms are almost the same. Six of us have shown signs of breakthrough. In fact, the other twelve people will soon be able to enter the acquired perfection."
"Very good! Everyone is all good!"
Huo Yuanzhen couldn't help but stand up. In this way, Shaolin's strength would rise to the next level. Seven or eight disciples in the innate realm, such strength was already at the level of a large sect in the world.
Especially if the Eighteen Arhat Formation of Huiyi and others is composed of acquired perfection, its power will be doubled immediately, becoming Shaolin's ultimate move in the future.
Later, Shaolin people reported that they had made progress in martial arts. Now everyone's realm is still low, but they are practicing high-end formless magical skills, and they also have the Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique to protect their bodies. Their strength is stronger than those in the same realm. There is also the Luohan Hall's practice plug-in assistance, and their progress is not slow. Even Huiniu and others have reached the peak of the mid-stage and are about to enter the late stage.
What surprised Huo Yuanzhen the most was that Yijing had some understanding after fighting An Ruhuan the day before yesterday, and directly broke through the mid-stage acquired state and reached the late-stage acquired stage.
Yijing started the latest, but in terms of calculation, the fastest progress.
From this perspective, the one who makes the most progress in the entire Shaolin Temple is itself.
As the abbot and the abbot's training plug-in assistant, now it is only in the middle of the acquired stage. Huo Yuanzhen is embarrassed to tell his realm.
After encouraging everyone for a while, he gave many New Year's greetings. Finally, everyone dispersed one by one. Huo Yuanzhen made an appointment with everyone to have a meal together in the dining hall in the evening.
At this time, there was no Spring Festival Gala or anything, and there was no entertainment. At most, it was when it was in full bloom, so someone would perform a fist and kick to cheer up. Tea was used instead of wine at the dinner table, and everyone would have enough food and drink. After dinner, the thirty years would be considered over.
After dinner, Huo Yuanzhen returned to the abbot's courtyard.
I made a mistake last night, but I definitely won’t be wrong today. Huo Yuan really doesn’t believe it. He won’t give him a chance to draw during the Chinese New Year.
This time Huo Yuanzhen took a shower and changed his clothes, and then returned to the futon after chanting Buddha's name and chanting sutras.
After several observations, Huo Yuanzhen has believed that the previous place, mood, and piety level seem to affect the quality of the prizes.
Xiaonian got the Golden Bell Cover, and the reward for the Big New Year was the one that Huo Yuanzhen had most anticipated since the abbot's lottery system appeared.
Too many things to want, too many ideals to realize. As time approaches, Huo Yuanzhen, who has always been calm, became a little excited.
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Chapter completed!