"In your opinion, how can I become a scholar?" Sage Jing Chen frowned and looked at Bai Cangdong and said.
"You want to accept me as your disciple and teach me the superior literature. Why are you asking me about it now?" Bai Cangdong's lips slightly raised, and then he said: "Well, it's not impossible to teach you what the superior literature is.
But I am not your master, and I have no obligation to teach you for free. If you want me to teach you, you have to pay some price."
"I am devoted to seeking the Tao. I have not set foot on Jingtai Island for ten years. I have nothing to offer you. Apart from the literary Tao in my heart, I am afraid that I have nothing else to give you." Sage Jingchen said calmly.
"I don't want anything else, I just want a saint-level technique." Bai Cangdong said his purpose.
Trapped on this Jingtai Island, if Jing Chen refuses to teach him the skills, he will have no skills to practice. Even if he has the holy seal of true life, it will be useless. He will never be promoted to the first rank of scribes in this life. Now for Bai Cangdonglai
He said that the practice is the most important thing.
Seeing that Sage Jingchen was silent, Bai Cangdong waved his hand and said: "It turns out that the so-called Sage Jingchen who is the best in literature is only like this. Just pretend that I didn't say it. You just sit in the well and look at the sky. This is not worth a penny."
Let’s treat the small road as the main road of literature for your own entertainment.”
"Tell me about it. If you really have some insights, I can consider teaching you the technique." Sage Jingchen said.
"Then you don't have to think about it." Bai Cangdong curled his lips disdainfully, walked directly to the big tree, sat down against the roots of the big tree, found a comfortable position and leaned there with his eyes closed, as if to rest.
He completely lost interest in talking to Sage Jingchen, but he still murmured to himself in a low voice: "Can such disgusting words be regarded as Taoist poetry? Is Nanli the best in literature? I think this Nanli is the best in Taoism."
There really aren’t many people left in the academy.”
"Okay, if you can really tell me something that convinces me, I will teach you the holy skills. But if you can't tell me something that convinces me, from now on you must follow me to practice.
Tao, you can no longer think of it." As the saying goes, Buddha also has three parts of fire, not to mention that the wise man Jingchen is the first literary and Taoist person in Nanli Academy. Even the dean of Nanli Academy respects him well, and others even more
He is so highly respected that he has never been so looked down upon and belittled by others, and he was so belittled by a small scribe in the field he is best at. Even if he knew that it was Bai Candong's method of motivating generals, Sage Jingchen could not do what Gujing did.
No questions asked.
"Okay, we have made an agreement. You noble sage, don't be shameless if you lose." Bai Cangdong patted his butt and stood up from the ground, looking at sage Jing Chen and said.
"I, Jingchen, never tell lies." Sage Jingchen looked at Bai Cangdong and said indifferently: "Tell me, what is wrong with my Taoist poem?"
"This Taoist poem should be based on your own feelings and realm, right?" Bai Cangdong asked rhetorically.
"Not bad." Sage Jingchen nodded.
"That's no wonder. I can't blame you for writing such a Taoist poem. After all, your level is too low. It's rare to be able to write such a Taoist poem." Bai Candong said, "You have done a good job, but there is nothing you can do."
You are gifted with such stupid expressions.
If he were not a person like Jingchen Sage who cultivates his moral character and specializes in literature and Taoism, let alone a sage, even if he is a real person, by this time, one Buddha would have been born and two Buddhas would have ascended to heaven, and Bai Cangdong would have been killed with one palm.
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"Forget it, I will also write a Taoist poem, and you will naturally understand the difference between superior and inferior." But Bai Cangdong saw that the sage Jingchen was a man who devoted himself to cultivating Taoism. If he reasoned with him normally, I'm afraid he would
I will not listen to him no matter what, I will only stick to the Tao in my heart. Only by crushing the Tao in his heart and making his Tao heart lose, can I have a chance to have a fair dialogue with him.
"Okay." Sage Jingchen responded lightly.
Bai Cangdong walked to the mirror stone, looked at the poem engraved on the mirror stone and recited: "The body is like a bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror stand. Always brush it diligently to avoid dust."
After finishing reciting, Bai Cangdong looked at Sage Jingchen and asked, "Is this the realm of Taoism you are pursuing? So you hide on this island and practice the Tao of literature behind closed doors. Do you think you can cultivate the Tao of Literature in this way?"
"Yes, if you practice diligently over time and practice hard, and sharpen your mind and body, you will naturally be able to reach a higher state." Jingchen Sage nodded again.
"Haha, then you first have a look at the state of my Taoist poem." Bai Cangdong stretched out his hand, summoned the dragon scale blade, held it in his hand, and slashed it directly towards the mirror stone.
Sage Jingchen's expression suddenly changed. He wanted to stop him but it was too late. Bai Cangdong was too close and his movements were too sudden. Sage Jingchen had no idea that Bai Cangdong wanted to engrave the Taoist poem he had written.
On top of the mirror stone.
The mirror stone itself is not precious, but there are poems engraved on it by Tianxin Zhiren, which are also the sustenance of Jingchen Sage's Taoist heart. Now Bai Cangdong has left traces on it, just like the Taoist heart of Jingchen Sage.
There was something like a stain on it, leaving the sage Jingchen stunned on the spot.
"What are you doing? Stop it quickly." The boy shouted in surprise. He also knew how important this mirror stone was to Jing Chen.
Bai Cangdong paid no attention to the boy, swiped away the dragon and snake, and engraved four sentences of greetings on the mirror stone in a cool and unrestrained way. He turned back to look at the sage Jingchen and said with a smile: "Look at this poem of mine.
how?"
Sage Jing Chen, who was originally stunned, looked at the four words of greeting carved by Bai Cangdong, and his whole body seemed to be in a state of dementia. He stared at the four words of greeting without even blinking.
, just murmured in his mouth: "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand. There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust... where is the dust..."
Looking at Sage Jingchen's dull look, Bai Cangdong secretly smiled in his heart. Sage Jingchen was a truly wise man. Bai Cangdong thought he was not as good as him, but the greeting he wrote was also written by himself.
A man of great wisdom, and it happened to be directed at the Taoist poem written by the sage Jingchen. The sage Jingchen could not accept it even if he wanted to.
These two speeches are originally the very famous Buddhist dispute between Shenxiu and Huineng on earth. The speech written by Shenxiu is a Taoist poem written by Jingchen, and they are word-for-word. And the one engraved by Bai Candong is exactly the same.
This is Hui Neng's new speech directed at Shenxiu, pushing Buddhism to a new level.
These two speeches have also been passed down through the ages, but the speech made by Shenxiu only exists as a foil, and the realm is naturally far inferior to Huineng's. At this time, Bai Cangdong used it to attack Sage Jingchen, and Sage Jingchen naturally lost.
There is no suspense.
Hui Neng's homage also caused the Taoist heart of Jingchen Sage to be shaken. He stood in front of the mirror stone as if he had some enlightenment, staring straight at the homage carved by Bai Candong on the mirror stone.
It lasted for three days and three nights, not moving, not talking, not eating, not speaking, no matter how windy or rainy, it could not move an inch. People and animals had transformed into stone statues, and it was difficult to distinguish the external features of the body.