Chapter 46: Zen Master Jinghai
The farce that happened in Jinzhangyuan that day soon spread.
Every word that Liu Yuanzheng once said was passed down without reservation.
The subsequent development was just as the boy expected.
When Liu Yuanzheng appeared in the crowd again, even the fellow Jin Zhangyuan who was not familiar with him on weekdays became quite friendly. He approached him and called him a senior brother and said in admiration that he recognized Liu Yuanzheng's words.
Most of the time, the boy just smiled gently, saying that he had just done a small thing to protect the face of the sect, and told some well-known simple truths.
He is becoming more and more like a gentleman.
And this attitude also made Liu Yuanzheng recognized by more people.
This is a very good progress. You should know that after Liu Yuanzheng was promoted to Jinzhang Academy, because of the heavy work scheduled by Zong Xuan Daozi, Liu Yuanzheng often traveled between Tianmen Peak and Jinzhang Peak. During this year, he had little contact with many fellow disciples of Jinzhang Academy, so he could not be said to be close to him.
By this moment, Liu Yuan was about to walk into the eyes of everyone. After a while, he became familiar with many fellow disciples.
Moreover, at the invitation of Zhu Zitong, Liu Yuanzheng also began to participate in the private gathering of disciples of the three sects, so that he, the wise man of the Five Thunder Immortal Sect, was widely known to more people.
Even Zhu Zitong revealed to Liu Yuanzheng that the matter that day was no longer limited to the scope of ordinary disciples of the three sects, and many elders of the sect heard about it. Even the ancestor of the Zhu family praised Liu Yuanzheng during a chat.
As for the apology banquet for senior brother Zhengshan of Taihua Immortal Sect, neither of them had waited for it. However, the elder of Taihua Immortal Sect led the Zhengshan Taoist to Yue Tingfeng and visited the rotating elder Yue Tingfeng. The misunderstanding here was considered to have accepted the fault.
It is always difficult for an elder of a sect to come to find Liu Yuanzheng in person.
If it is spread, in the eyes of others, is this a sincere apology, or is it a secret threat from the elder of Taihua Immortal Sect using his cultivation?
Things that cannot be explained clearly will not be beautiful if you do it.
With the rotation elder Yue Tingfeng coming forward, the two sects are justified in terms of face, and this matter has been revealed.
But since then, Taoist Zhengshan seemed to be scolded by the elders of the sect and lived in simplicity.
Liu Yuanzheng rarely saw this stupid senior brother behind him.
On this day, the South Tower of Bamboo Forest.
Liu Yuan was sitting upright at the table, holding a piece of peach wood in his hand, and holding a carving knife in the other hand. As the knife was raised and fell, the wood chips were flying.
Sometimes, Liu Yuanzheng stopped his hand again, turned his head to look at the water-patterned Yuan crystal placed on the table, as if he was carefully observing the traces of water-patterned Yuan crystal. After a while, he turned his head and carved it carefully on the peach wood.
After a while, Liu Yuanzheng shook the wood chips on his hand. In the center of the peach wood, Liu Yuanzheng carved a lotus flower.
Looking at the lotus wood carving carefully, Liu Yuanzheng turned his head again, put down the carving knife, and pinched the water-patterned Yuanjing in his palm, and put both hands in front of him, as if he was confirming something between the wood carving and Yuanjing.
After a long time, the boy flipped his hands, and the wood carving and Yuanjing disappeared in his palm.
He shook his head with dissatisfaction.
"The shape of the Dao Lotus still needs to be redesigned, and the fifth edition of the Dao Lotus is still not very good. If it is really carved, it may have 10% of the water patterns destroyed. Although they are still used together, they still lose the beauty of nature."
What makes this Yuan crystal rare is not the water pattern itself, but the water pattern is created naturally.
Xuanmen Master follows nature, and the great way must be understood from all things.
Liu Yuanzheng also doesn't want to destroy this natural beauty.
The boy scratched his head in distress, his face showed a sad look, then he took out a piece of white paper, picked up his pen, and started to design the sketch of the sixth edition of Daolian.
Just like this, Liu Yuan was outlining the appearance of a lotus, and suddenly heard a noise coming from far to near.
Liu Yuanzheng paused and looked out the window. When he saw a group of disciples, he was walking towards the bamboo building where Liu Yuanzheng was located, embracing a group of disciples, embracing a Zen female practitioner wearing bright yellow Zen clothes.
"Oh? The disciples of Baiyang Zen Sect have arrived?"
As soon as he thought about this, Liu Yuanzheng had no time to think about it, so he stood up straight and cleaned the paper on the table. He walked out of the quiet room, opened the door, stood quietly in front of the bamboo building, waiting for the arrival of everyone.
Looking at the Zen disciples in the crowd, Liu Yuan was standing there, and at this moment he was distracted and thought to himself, "The Zen rules are ultimately different from the orthodox sects of the Xuanmen. Our sects are all wearing Taoist robes, but they are distinguished in terms of color and details.
This Zen Buddhism is better. It is said to be the Xuanmen lineage, but it is not a Buddha or a Taoist. After taking off the cassock, I still wear Zen clothes. What does this mean? It means that the Zen sects will not forget their roots? Or does it mean that the Zen sects are different from the Xuanmen sects?
Perhaps in the past, this was the strategy of the Xuanmen sects to be gentle with Zen, which was not too much. However, now Zen sect still adheres to such rules, but it is somewhat stupid. A sect inheritance should never be based on these superficial skills.
Wearing Zen clothes will only silently remind all the monks of Xuanmen that they are not from the same place. From this perspective, the situation of Zen Buddhism in recent years is half a matter of paying off the debts of the ancestors who escaped from Zen, and half a matter of eating the ancients and not replacing them. It is your own fault!"
Just as he was thinking, the Zen female practitioner had already walked to Liu Yuanzheng because of everyone.
Before Liu Yuanzheng could speak, the female cultivator smiled on her face.
This smile is gentle and friendly.
Every move, every frown and smile of the female cultivator seemed to be integrated with her entire Taoist aura.
It seems natural, as if it comes from the heart.
Just standing there, she was like a lotus blooming, with a quiet atmosphere of being uncontested.
The female cultivator raised her hand, pinched the lotus seal, and leaned over to bow to Liu Yuanzheng.
"I guess it was Senior Brother Yuanyi who was in person. Junior sister Jinghai had met Senior Brother."
When he finished speaking, Liu Yuanzheng did not react slowly. He smiled gently and nodded kindly and said, "The sea waves are 30,000 miles away from the moonlight, and the sky wind is flying down. The Zen Master's Dharma name is a good mood. I am not a Taoist Yuanyi, and I have seen Zen Master Jinghai."
This is still a unique rule of Zen. Ordinary Taoist disciples call each other a senior brother and sister, but when they arrive at Zen, they are all replaced by Zen masters.
After saying that, Zen Master Jinghai was slightly stunned and lost his mind for a moment. The Zen Master whispered softly, repeating what Liu Yuanzheng said.
"The sea waves are quiet at night and the sea waves are thirty thousand miles, and the moon is bright and the sky is windy. I didn't expect that Senior Brother Yuan Yi also understands the Zen meaning of my sect."
"The Zen Master is just using the words of his ancestors. He is also the one who knows Zen. He doesn't know that the Zen Master is visiting him, but he has any important things to ask me?"
"How dare I say it was an order? But when I came here, I heard about my senior brother's previous righteous words and washed away unnecessary misunderstandings for my sect. So I came here to thank me specifically. My sect is located in a remote place and there is no thank you gift worthy of it. So I wanted to ask my senior brother what place can be used for my junior sister, otherwise the kindness here will make it difficult for the teacher to feel at ease."
As he spoke, Zen Master Jinghai's smile became more and more intense, as if a lotus was completely blooming.
Even Liu Yuanzheng was a little stunned and thought that he was too busy for the water-patterned Yuanjing these days, and now everything looks like a lotus.
Chapter completed!