When Wang Xu arrived at the martial arts training ground, the monks had already started practicing.
More than three hundred warrior monks stood together neatly, punching each other in a hahaha voice.
Wang Xu knew at just one glance that this was Shaolin Changquan, one of the basic Shaolin boxing techniques and the most important component of Shaolin martial arts.
If the Shaolin Changquan is not good, then there is no need to practice the Arhat Fist, Guangming Fist, Thirty-three Ways Divine Fist, and Seven Star Fist.
"Xing Chi, today is your first day of martial arts training, and you actually dare to be late. Are there any rules?" Seeing Wang Xu return and teaching everyone martial arts, Zen Master Faquan walked up angrily.
Wang Xugang was about to explain, but Zen Master Faquan waved his sleeves and refused: "I don't want to listen to the explanation. You are late. I will punish you to go to the Buddhist spring at the foot of the mountain to fetch twenty buckets of water. Do you agree or not?"
"Uncle Master, today is Xing Chi's first day of learning martial arts. It's inevitable that he doesn't know the rules. Just let him go for once." Seeing that Zen Master Faquan wanted to punish Wang Xu, Xing Nan, Xing Mu and others quickly came out to plead.
Zen Master Faquan didn't speak, but looked at Wang Xu fiercely with his eyes as big as copper bells.
Wang Xu shook his head imperceptibly at the people in distress, walked up to him and said, "Disciple accepts the punishment."
"You will be punished, will you accept it or not?" Zen Master Faquan's tone softened slightly and he asked again.
Wang Xu nodded lightly. There are no rules. If you come late, you come late. There is nothing wrong with this.
"Disciple is convinced!"
"Now that you're convinced, go to the kitchen immediately, pick up twenty buckets of water for the kitchen, and come back to see me later."
After Zen Master Faquan said this, he turned to look at the important monk who was watching the fun and said angrily: "What are you looking at? Your junior brother has been punished. Are you happy? Everyone should practice three more sets of Shaolin Changquan!"
Amidst the complaints of a group of monks, Wang Xuduo glanced at Zen Master Faquan.
Zen Master Faquan is the head of the Luohan Hall and the entry-level master of the martial monks. This man seems to have five elements and three abilities, but when you think about it, he is really a wonderful person.
Although he just punished the person who snickered, he actually used this incident to establish the principle that Shaolin disciples should unite as one.
Similarly, if the disciple who was watching the fun was punished, he, the instigator, would not have any resentment, and it would be great to kill two birds with one stone.
"Hey, junior brother, aren't you supposed to go to the back mountain to practice martial arts? Why are you back again?"
When Wang Xu returned to the kitchen, the senior brother who had added food to him was sweeping the floor. When he saw him, he asked with a surprised look on his face.
Wang Xu did not hide anything and told the story of his punishment.
After hearing what he said, the senior brother named Xing Shan smiled cheerfully and said: "If you are really there, you will be punished on the first day. Uncle Fa Quan will not remember you even if he doesn't."
Wang Xu chatted with Xing Shan for a few words, then took the bucket and went to fetch water.
In fact, the mountain on the Shaolin Temple is now connected to tap water. For example, the water tower that everyone uses in the morning is pumped up.
But the kitchen is different. All the water used in the kitchen must be picked up from Foquan.
It is said that the spring water of Buddha Spring is sweet and refreshing, and cooking with this high-quality spring water can produce better taste.
Carrying two buckets, Wang Xu wandered toward the Buddhist spring at the foot of the mountain according to the location pointed out by Xing Shan.
Halfway down the road, I happened to meet the monk who was fetching water from the kitchen and came back. A group of twenty or thirty people carried buckets and ran smoothly up the mountain.
The two sides passed each other on the mountain road, and Wang Xu found that these monks were not surprised by him. Apparently, it was not uncommon for monks to be punished by carrying water.
Watching the fire-headed monk carry the water away, Wang Xu ran down the mountain and soon came to the Buddhist spring.
The Buddha Spring is called Buddha Spring. According to legend, when Patriarch Bodhidharma arrived at Shaoshi Mountain, he felt thirsty after walking all the way, so he pierced the Zen staff into the soil.
Where the Zen staff was pierced, a sweet spring immediately gushes out, which has never dried up for thousands of years.
Of course, this is just a myth and legend, just listen to it. Anyway, Wang Xu drank a few sips of spring water and didn't notice anything magical about it. At most, the water quality was relatively pure.
Two buckets of water, four buckets of water, six buckets of water
Wang Xu can carry two buckets of water at a time, and twenty buckets of water is ten trips. Without using Qinggong, he can finish it in two hours.
After pouring the last two buckets of water into the water tank, Wang Xu looked at the scenery outside and found that tourists were already going up the mountain.
The only place these tourists who go up the mountain can go is the front part of the Shaolin Temple, and their end point is the kitchen of the Shaolin Temple.
Some tourists with spare money can have an authentic vegetarian meal on the mountain.
It's just that the vegetarian food here is not cheap. A regular meal with two dishes and one soup costs 200. To paraphrase Zhao Lirong, it's dark, really dark.
"Junior brother, hurry up and go to the back mountain. It's already half past ten. According to the tradition of your monks, if you practice basic boxing skills for two hours, you will teach superior martial arts." Seeing Wang Xu finish fetching water, doing good deeds and walking
He came up and said softly.
Wang Xu smiled nonchalantly. He knew all but a few of the seventy-two stunts of the Shaolin Temple.
After all, it had been so long. In order to find the whereabouts of the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, he had entered several Shaolin temples in the martial arts plane. In addition to the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, he had no shortage of Shaolin martial arts here.
"Donor, please stay. This is the Shaolin Temple kitchen and is not open to the public."
"I'm looking for Zhang Shan. He is a monk here. You ask him to come out and see me."
"Amitabha, once he enters Shaolin, he has no common name. Female donor, please come back. There is no Zhang Shan here."
Wang Xu's ears twitched slightly and he glanced out of the window.
As soon as I saw it, there was a girl in her mid-twenties and fashionable clothes standing outside, talking to Xing Chong.
"Who is Zhang Shan?"
Wang Xu turned around strangely, and suddenly found something wrong with Xing Shan's expression, and whispered: "Is he looking for you?"
There was no need to say anything when doing good deeds, his expression said everything.
It is really novel for a girl in her mid-twenties to come to the Shaolin Temple to find a monk in her mid-twenties.
Wang Xu is not a person who likes gossip, but he couldn't help but tap his good-hearted arm and asked: "What's going on?"
Xing Shan opened his mouth, but didn't say what he wanted to say, and his face turned black and white.
Wang Xu finally understood it, but since everyone was a monk, it was not good to talk about it, so he just said: "When you enter meditation and practice contemplation, your eyes will be opened, and you will beg for the Three Treasures to come to the spiritual platform. How have you ever seen all the saints in the contemplation, and your lover came to you without inviting you?"
"It's not that serious. This is my neighbor's child. He grew up with me. Later, later"
"What happened next?"
"She became my mother later!"
Doing good deeds has a tangled look on his face, as if he had eaten a fly.
Wang Xu scratched his head. There was a bit of confusion here. The girl next door who grew up together must be his childhood sweetheart.
The two of them did not achieve enlightenment, but they became mother and son. No wonder they do good deeds and are unwilling to speak out.
"Take care of yourself. I have to go to the back mountain to have a look. Let's talk next time!" Wang Xu was not very familiar with Xingshan, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he could only put down the water carrying pole and left.
When I looked outside the room, I saw that the girl was quite beautiful. She was carrying a lot of food and clothes in her hands, making her look soft and frail.
Seeing a monk coming out of the kitchen, the girl gave up on not letting her in, ran over and asked: "Master, do you know how to do good deeds? I brought him some clothes and supplements, can you give them to him for me?"
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It was difficult for Wang Xu to answer this question, because Xing Shan was standing behind the window, looking at it dreamily.
Seeing Wang Xu's hesitant look, the girl's eyes were slightly red and she cried: "I know, I'm sorry for him, but there are some things I can't do about. Master, these things are given to you. If you know how to do good, you can bring them
If he doesn't know you, just stay here by yourself, as long as he can tell me a message."
Wang Xu looked at the kitchen out of the corner of his eye and found that the window had been closed, and he didn't know where the good deed had gone.
The girl didn't wait for him to agree, stuffed the clothes and supplements in her hands, and said: "Master, you told Zhang Shan that we are going abroad soon, and let him take care of himself in the future, and he must be well."
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After saying this, the girl wiped her tears and left, like grass swaying in the wind.
Wang Xu looked at the things in his hands and thought there was a story in them. Should these things be used for charity?
After thinking about it, I’d better go back to the kitchen and take a look. It’s not too late to do good deeds and don’t lose them again.
"Do good, these things"
"Let it go. It's been so long and there's nothing you can't let go of."
Seeing Xing Shan again, Wang Xu found that Xing Shan did not cry, but smiled so brightly that it felt like a spring breeze.
Wang Xu looked at his expression, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"I figured it out!" Xing Shan took a deep breath and strode outside.
Wang Xu was a little confused and said loudly: "What have you figured out?"