Zhang Ke and other disciples stood still and slowly said: "The Shinto method has been completed, and I will replace it as soon as possible for all the disciples."
Then he added: "But my time is limited, only three people per day.
In order to show fairness, the order is based on the recent study level of Taoist scriptures.
Just some simple questions and answers about the Taoist scriptures."
After he finished speaking, he asked: "Disciples, can you recommend yourself?"
All the disciples' eyes looked at Lu Duo and Ning San.
The two of them are direct disciples. Even if there is a chance, Lu Duo and Ning San will be chosen first.
Lu Duo took a step forward and said respectfully, "Master, please give me a question?"
Zhang Ke nodded slightly: "Those who know don't speak, and those who speak don't know...it's the same as the light, the same as the dust, this is called xuantong."
Which chapter of the Taoist Scriptures does it come from? What’s the explanation?”
Lu Duo immediately replied: "This verse comes from Chapter 56 of the Taoist Scriptures.
Among them, those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know. This teaches us that we need to be careful in our words and deeds.
To be with its light and its dust is called xuantong, which means to be blended with the light and mixed with the dust.
Only by coordinating, governing the inner being, and being peaceful and silent, different from all things in the world, can one approach the Tao."
After finishing speaking, he bowed and left.
Zhang Ke nodded with satisfaction.
The qualification requirements for the practice of Shinto law are not too high.
Lu Duo's qualifications are not very good, but he is perseverant and studies hard, which Zhang Ke values more.
Although Zhang Ke's eyes were closed, Ning San knew that the master was looking at him.
There was great pressure in his heart, and he knew that this was his chance.
But the Taoist scriptures are profound, and he just read them several times without daring to step forward to deal with them.
The feet seemed to be rooted in the earth and could not move a single step.
Zhang Ke waited for a moment, but Ning San didn't come forward.
His face darkened, and he said: "Ning San! The way of heaven is to benefit without harm; the way of the saint is to work without fighting.
I just want to ask you the simplest question, which chapter does this section come from?"
This sentence was very familiar, and Ning San knew that he had definitely seen it before.
but...
Which chapter is this from?
The few verses I just recited quietly have long since been completely forgotten.
At this moment, he was nervous, his mind went blank, and he couldn't think of anything.
There was a "buzzing" sound in my head, and beads of sweat instantly covered my forehead.
He whispered: "Disciple... I can't remember."
Zhang Ke's face was as dark as water, and he pointed at a disciple casually.
"Jiuru! Tell me the origin of this sentence."
Zheng Jiuru took a step forward and said respectfully: "Master, this verse comes from the last sentence of the last chapter of the Taoist Scriptures."
After Ning San was reminded, he suddenly thought about it.
Yes, this sentence comes from the last chapter of the Taoist Scriptures, and he even remembers the annotations.
After all, the first and last chapters are the most familiar.
I was secretly upset in my heart, thinking that I would recite the annotations whenever Master asked me.
Zhang Ke snorted coldly: "As a direct disciple, but you can't even recite the Taoist scriptures, it shows that you are extremely lazy."
Ning San fell to his knees with a pop: "This disciple is stupid, I am willing to be punished by the master."
Zhang Kedao: "Since you know your mistake, you should be punished."
"Nine songs!"
Yan Jiuge took a step forward and replied: "Disciple is here!"
"Ning San is a personal disciple, and he is lazy and slack. He will be whipped once to set an example."
Yan Jiuge was shocked.
One round is three lashes, and Ning San's ordinary body at this moment may not be able to bear it.
"Master..."
Zhang Ke asserted: "No need to say more, from now on you will take a test every day.
If he gets a wrong answer, he will be whipped every day. When he can answer the question correctly for three days in a row, I will teach him the talisman."
Yan Jiuge had no choice but to come to Ning San with a whip.
There was sympathy in his eyes, and he whispered: "Take the collar of your clothes and bite it!"
Ning San didn't hold on, lifted up the skirt of his clothes, rolled it into a ball and bit it in his mouth.
Yan Jiuge waved his hand, and the whip unfolded like a snake, and then he whipped it towards Ning San's back.
"Snapped--!"
For a moment, Ning San felt as if he was being pricked by countless needles on every part of his body.
Even the soul seems to have been stabbed with countless holes.
"ah--!"
He let out the most ferocious howl in his life.
Ning San never knew that pain could bring such a strong feeling.
At this moment, he even felt that even death would be better than the pain he felt now.
The heart-piercing scream of pain made all the disciples present shiver.
Before Ning San could wake up from the endless pain, the second whip fell again.
"Snapped--!"
"ah--!"
Ning San couldn't hold on anymore, howled miserably for a while and then passed out.
Yan Jiuge was shocked. He must have been beaten to death.
He quickly tested Ning San's breathing and found that there was a faint breath coming in and out, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Ke snorted: "Lu Duo, Jiu Ru is coming with me, Jiu Ge, you can send Ning San back, and we will continue tomorrow."
After speaking, he took Lu Duo and Ning San into the quiet room and helped them construct and replace Shinto talismans.
All the disciples in the hall felt a little complicated as they watched Yan Jiuge take Ning San away.
Ning San's punishment was somewhat beyond the expectations of the disciples.
In the past two months, Zhang Ke rarely showed up. Most of the time, Yan Jiuge explained the Taoist precepts to everyone.
Although the disciples didn't say it with their mouths, they felt that they had been deceived.
At this moment, Ning San was punished by Zhang Ke for being lazy, and everyone felt relieved.
At least, Zhang Ke accepted everyone as his disciples not just for the treasure.
...
Ning San woke up from a coma.
He moved his body slightly and felt a little pain, but it was much less painful than he expected.
Ning Feihua came in with a bowl of soup and saw her brother waking up.
He said happily: "Brother! You're awake!"
Since he became a direct disciple, he has had his own separate residence in the Rubik's Cube space.
He picked up his sister up the mountain as soon as possible.
Ning San slowly sat up and found that he was in his room at the moment.
"Why am I back?"
Ning Feihua chuckled and said, "I heard from Sister Jiuge that you were punished by the real person for not reciting the Taoist scriptures.
She sent you back, left some medicine, and left, saying..."
Ning Feihua pursed her lips and said with a low smile: "Tell me to recite Chapter 7 of the Taoist Scriptures tomorrow.
However, Sister Jiuge also said that I will only help you once tomorrow."
Ning San said angrily: "You seemed very happy when I was beaten."
Ning Feihua smiled and said: "Brother! This is a good thing! It would be troublesome if the real person didn't want to pay attention to you."
Ning San sighed: "It's not like you don't know that my brother has such a temper that he gets a headache when he sees books."
Ning Feihua said "Oh": "Then just wait to be whipped!"
Ning San's body trembled and he shouted: "Don't mention the word whip to me."
Those two whips were so painful that he felt frightened just thinking about it.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Go and get the Taoist scriptures. If you don't memorize them, it won't work. The beating will hurt me to death."
Ning Feihua smiled and said: "Why bother to get the Taoist scriptures? I will explain them to you."
Ning Sanqi said: "When did you learn Taoism? Why didn't I know?"
"I have seen the Taoist scriptures that my brother brought back. I read them several times when I had nothing to do and gained some insights."
Ning San suddenly remembered that his sister had the ability to remember everything since she was a child.
Thinking in my heart:
Now that I have entered Master's sect, I will have no worries in the future, but what about my sister?
I can only regret that because of Luan Shishi's incident, my sister's reputation is not good.
Otherwise, with my sister's intelligence, it wouldn't be easy for her to become Master's disciple.
After a while, he suddenly said: "Sister! If you have the opportunity to join Master, would you be willing?"
Ning Feihua's heart trembled and she lowered her head sadly.
"How could a real person accept a ruined person like me as his disciple?"
Ning San gritted his teeth and said, "I remember that among the treasures I brought out from Luan Shishi, there was a folding fan whose origin is unknown.
It's better to give it up and help you find a promotion."
Ning Feihua was a little moved, but after thinking about it she still refused.
"Forget it! As long as my brother is here, no one will dare to bully me in the future.
Brother, keep those treasures, I'm afraid you may need them in the future."
Ning San felt a little distressed when he saw his sister's lonely expression and didn't want to say more about it.
He turned around and said, "Sister! Please explain the Taoist scriptures to my brother."
Ning Fei's eyebrows widened and he softly explained to Ning San the many annotations and chapters of the Taoist scriptures.
Strangely enough, Ning San could not understand the meaning of the Taoist scriptures.
After my sister analyzed it word for word, it suddenly became clear and I actually understood most of it.
And no matter what questions he raised, my sister could answer them immediately.
It even occasionally puts forward some unique viewpoints, which are not found in all annotations.
It is obvious that my sister already has a very deep understanding of the Taoist Scriptures.
This made him feel even more sorry for his sister, and he secretly made up his mind.
...
For seven consecutive days, Zhang Ke was replacing Shinto talismans for his disciples.
Ordinary people are better off. If they don't have Tao practices, they can just integrate the Shinto talismans into their hearts.
The most troublesome are the disciples who have already achieved some success in their practice.
Every time you replace Shinto talismans, you must be extremely careful, for fear of causing mana instability.
This day.
In a quiet room.
The Shinto talismans constructed of void talismans are slowly rotating in the air.
Thirty-six spiritual probes detect every change in the talisman.
Zhang Ke wanted to build a talisman that could be visualized.
In the future, we cannot personally guide each of our disciples and disciples in their practice.
He remembered that the tower-like stepped structure he used when constructing the receiving urn method in the past was more suitable for preaching.
But back then, I vowed not to build talisman seeds again for hundreds of years.
It is extremely difficult to find a way to build a system again at this moment.
While he was thinking, Yan Jiuge led the three of them into the quiet room.
Except for the first day, Yan Jiuge was responsible for the daily examination of the disciples' Taoist scriptures.
Zhang Ke put his thoughts aside for the time being and prepared to complete today's mission.
Um?
He discovered that Ning San was among the three disciples who came in today.
He looked up at Yan Jiuge and saw that she looked calm and calm.
"Ning San! How well have you studied your homework these days?"
Ning San replied respectfully: "Disciple, I have not dared to slack off in the past few days. My knowledge of Taoism has made some progress."
Zhang Ke pondered for a while: "The way of heaven is to make up for the excess when it is damaged...what is the explanation?"
Ning San replied: "This verse comes from Chapter 77 of the Taoist Scriptures. The law of nature is to reduce the excess and replenish the deficiency.
The following sentence, "The way of man is to give more than what is not enough", which talks about supplying what is not enough to what is more than enough.
In the end, "Who has more than enough to serve the world, only the Taoist?"
It means that only a saint who can do something without possessing something can do it.
This is an elaboration of the idea of equality and balance.”
Zhang Ke selected a few more sections, and Ning San explained them one by one.
I couldn't help but look at Ning San with admiration.
"It seems that the effect of this whip is very obvious? How many whippings have you received in the past few days?"
Ning San smiled bitterly and said: "I have been whipped five times in the past few days, which is really painful for this disciple."
Zhang Ke laughed "haha" when he heard this.
"In the past, I was whipped three times as a teacher, and the feeling is still fresh in my memory."
Yan Jiuge asked curiously: "So Master was not good at his homework before?"
Zhang Ke's laughter faltered and he did not explain further.
"Since I passed the test, I will construct Shinto talismans for you and others today."
Ning San and others felt a little happy, and they all thanked their master.
A few hours later.
Ning San guided the celestial movement according to the magic power left in Zhang Ke's body.
The magic power transformed by faith and willpower in the body moves along with it, changing one's body bit by bit.
Ning San fell into a dream.
Practice!
I actually embarked on the path of spiritual practice.
When Ning San woke up from trance, he knelt down directly on the ground.
"Master's great kindness will be unforgettable in my life. If I ask for anything, I hope Master will do it."
At this moment, the other two disciples had already left, and only Yan Jiuge was waiting.
Zhang Ke smiled and said: "What's the matter?"
After a period of contact, Yan Jiuge knew that Zhang Ke was unhappy.
Ning Sandao: "My disciples are by nature irreverent and don't like to study the Taoist scriptures and precepts.
Being able to pass the exam now is due to my sister’s teachings to my disciples.
Therefore, the disciple wants his sister to join the Master and listen to his teachings."
After saying that, he took out something from his arms and raised it above his head with both hands.
Zhang Ke snorted: "It seems that my reputation for being greedy for money has been confirmed."
A little golden light flew out from the fingertips.
In an instant, it condensed into a talisman net in the air and covered Ning San's body.
Golden streams of light burst out on Ning San.
In the blink of an eye, Ning San was transformed into a palm-sized gray mouse.
"Dang Cang——!"
The treasure in Ning San's hand fell to the ground, and the sound it made woke up the stunned Yan Jiuge.
"Go! Take him out, it will make you upset just looking at him!"
Yan Jiuge fearfully held the mouse and left.
Zhang Ke somewhat regretted his behavior.
I am still too rough in doing things, and now I am afraid that everyone will regard me as a greedy person.
That’s it!
Things have come to this, as long as I can fulfill my wish as soon as possible.
There is not much else to worry about.
Two hours later.
Yan Jiuge quietly entered the quiet room.
Zhang Ke was seen practicing, with golden mist filling his body.
He didn't dare to say anything and just waited quietly.
After a long time, Zhang Ke completed the cycle of heaven and earth and absorbed the golden mist into his body.
"What's the matter?"
Yan Jiuge could hear the impatience in Zhang Ke's tone.
He bit the bullet and said in a low voice: "Junior brother Ning's sister Ning Feihua is outside asking for a meeting."
"not see!"
Zhang Ke refused directly. He still had a lot of things to do and how could he have time to spend all day on such small things.
Yan Jiuge had no choice but to turn around and leave.
In the main hall, Ning Xiuzhen knelt on the ground, and next to her was the mouse transformed by Ning San.
Zheng Jiuru, Zhao Yan, Jin Liqiu, Yang Guangsu and many other disciples looked at the mouse in horror.
He and others never expected that this mouse was actually transformed by Ning San.
If Yan Jiuge hadn't said it himself, he would have seen Ning Feihua kneeling aside.
I can't believe that there is such a terrible way in the world.
In an instant, Zhang Ke's image in the minds of the disciples became a little scary.
Some people even secretly doubt whether becoming a disciple of Zhang Ke is the right choice.
Three days.
Ning Feihua knelt down without eating or drinking.
His face turned gloomy, his body was swaying, and he might fall down at any time.
With her ordinary body, it was obvious that she could no longer hold on.
The mouse on the side screamed anxiously and circled around Ning Feihua.
Yan Jiuge and others stepped forward to dissuade him, but Ning Feihua remained unmoved without saying a word.
On this day, Yan Jiuge was quietly persuading Ning Feihua to take some food.
Suddenly, the door of the quiet room where Zhang Ke was located was opened.
Seeing Zhang Ke walking out of the quiet room, all the disciples saluted.
Zhang Ke came to Ning Feihua, and a few golden lights appeared on his fingertips.
Instantly turned into hundreds of interlaced, blended, and connected golden lines.
A formation was constructed around Ning Feihua's body.
In the talisman array, countless green starlights gathered towards Ning Feihua.
【Ganlin Formation】
This is a talisman array that Zhang Ke has not used for a long time.
Soon, Ning Feihua returned to her original mental state.
Even hunger and thirst disappeared.
Zhang Ke casually threw the [Two Phase Golden Bridge] gold medal and a folding fan in front of Ning Feihua.
"This is the treasure presented by Ning San, and it is returned to you today."
Yan Jiuge and other disciples were shocked. Apparently, Zhang Ke wanted to drive Ning San out of the house.