laughing saint

Chapter 7 On Fighting and Practice (for collection)

After leaving the city and entering the temple, the old Taoist priest in the temple was chanting facing the altar, as if chanting scriptures and explaining the Tao, his body was shaking, which was very strange.

"What are you doing, Master?" Chen Xiaofan walked around the old Taoist priest to see, it turned out that the old Taoist priest was counting copper coins.

"Not bad, master, there is another big business!"

The old Taoist priest didn't raise his head, still counting the money, and said: "Taoist ancestors take care of them, Taoist ancestors take care of them."

Chen Xiaofan watched the old Taoist count very earnestly, with an expression of enjoyment, so he sat in front of him and watched him count the money, but thought in his heart: "Master loves money so much, you can't let him know about my money."

After a while, the old Taoist put tens of thousands of coins together, put the copper coins together, raised his head with a satisfied smile, saw the wound on Chen Xiaofan's face and asked, "Did you fight?"

"Yes, master." Chen Xiaofan unbuttoned his clothes while talking, and showed the old Taoist priest the bruises on his abdomen, and then continued: "Master, you said that I have been practicing for two years, how come I am still injured when I fight with the little poppi?" ? You said that these two injuries are like the other party using a knife instead of a short stick, then it's over!

It's a trivial matter that I die, but half of the beggars in Yangcheng know that I learned from you. Even if you avenge me afterwards, you won't be able to repent of your reputation! "

The old Taoist completely ignored Chen Xiaofan's provocative method, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Xiaofan, my teacher will not avenge you afterwards. You were stabbed to death because you were stupid. Your stupidity is your parents' fault." Things, I have nothing to do as a teacher!"

"You are not afraid of losing your prestige, no one came to you to ask questions?"

"Why is my reputation damaged? I'm teaching you how to practice, not how to fight." The old Taoist said with confidence.

"Cultivation is not the same as fighting?" Chen Xiaofan's eyes widened.

"Cultivation is equal to fighting? Who told you?" the old Taoist asked back.

"Isn't it? I thought so."

"Of course not. Just as practicing is equal to fighting, it is tantamount to saying that pursuing women and being happy with women are the same thing." The old Taoist replied.

"Isn't chasing women the same thing as having sex with women? I think it's the same thing, what else do you do if you don't pursue women." Chen Xiaofan is young, of course he hasn't experienced the joy of the wind and cloud, and the answer at this time is all based on imagination.

"The pursuit of women is a spiritual pursuit, and the pursuit of a happy life with women is not the same thing in my old way."

"Don't you have to pursue it to be happy? Why is it not the same thing?" The topic of the master and apprentice's discussion at this time is a bit off.

"You can be happy even if you don't pursue it, don't you know?"

Chen Xiaofan stopped talking suddenly, and after a while he said: "Teacher, if you continue, I seem to understand a little bit."

The old Taoist looked at Chen Xiaofan with a half-smile and said, "Then tell me what you know?"

"Chasing women is a prerequisite for being happy, but not the only one. Just like practice can be a prerequisite for fighting, but it is not the only one. You don't have to pursue a woman to be happy with a woman. Just like a person who can fight does not necessarily know how to practice, so Practicing and fighting are indeed two different things." Chen Xiaofan said while thinking.

The old Taoist nodded with a smile, and did not praise Chen Xiaofan's extraordinary understanding, but said: "Now that you understand this principle, you can die without regret, and you don't have to worry about implicating me, master."

Chen Xiaofan knew that the old Taoist priest was quite shameless, but he didn't expect him to be so shameless, he didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, and after a while he said with a bitter face: "Teacher, I don't want to die, so please teach me how to fight."

The old Taoist stopped smiling this time, and looked at Chen Xiaofan seriously for a long time, his brows tightened and relaxed, as if he was struggling in his heart.

Chen Xiaofan looked at the old Taoist priest and looked at him for a long time, he didn't speak for a long time, his expression was thoughtful, and finally couldn't help but said: "Teacher, if you have some peerless martial arts, powerful, you want to give it to me but you are afraid of me Cause trouble, so I'm thinking whether to teach me or not?"

The old Taoist replied succinctly: "No."

"Then what are you struggling with, teacher?"

"Am I struggling?" The old Taoist asked back.

"Obviously, it's all on the face."

The old Taoist blushed slightly and said, "I'm not struggling, I just don't know how to speak."

Chen Xiaofan asked strangely: "Why don't you know how to speak?"

"I won't fight."

"Then what will you do?"

"Practice and draw symbols, I am a Taoist priest."

"Okay, teacher, I was wrong." Chen Xiaofan looked indescribably disappointed, turned around and wanted to leave.

"I can't teach you, but you can learn by yourself."

Chen Xiaofan's eyes lit up, he turned around and asked, "Really?"

"Old Taoists don't tell lies that they didn't receive money!"

"Okay, teacher, I lost, you can teach me how to learn by myself."

The old Taoist priest took out a book from his Taoist robe and gave it to Chen Xiaofan, "Let's learn by yourself."

Chen Xiaofan took the book and saw the words "Changquan" written on it, the words were written by an old Taoist priest, because it was ugly, and words that were too ugly were easier to remember, Chen Xiaofan once asked the old Taoist priest why his handwriting was so ugly, The answer of the old Taoist is that there are too many talismans, so the characters will be like that. Otherwise, why would someone use talismans to describe other people's ugly handwriting!
"Teacher, your spelling is wrong. It should be Changsheng Changsheng, not Changchang Chang." Chen Xiaofan didn't have much hope for the content of the book as soon as he read the title. Novels can be talked about, and account books can be talked about, but martial arts boxing Spectrum can not be pulled.

The old Taoist explained: "There's nothing wrong with it. It's the fist that is often used often. I call him "Chang Quan""

"Okay, teacher admits that I was defeated by you again, tell me how to learn this." Chen Xiaofan asked, the old Taoist just shook his head and remained silent.

"Are you really going to not teach me at all?"

"If you don't know any words, you can ask me." The old Taoist finally said something.

Chen Xiaofan cursed secretly, opened the book, and knew every word that caught his eye, Chen Xiaofan himself felt very strange, there are many beggars who know how to beg, but there are not many beggars who can read.

Chen Xiaofan tried hard to think about it, but he really couldn't remember when he learned to recognize characters, so he didn't think too much if he couldn't figure it out. This is the optimistic part of Chen Xiaofan's character.

After confirming that the old Taoist really doesn't know how to teach him the content of boxing scores, Chen Xiaofan said with a wry smile: "Okay, teacher, I admit that I am really far behind you."

The old Taoist smiled and said: "So far, I am almost brave. I will study hard in the temple. I will go out to solve the confusion for all living beings for my teacher. The steamed buns on the altar are edible. They are tributes for the believers. If you are hungry, you can do it for the Taoist ancestor." Grandpa tidy them up."

It was the first time in two years that the old Taoist took care of Chen Xiaofan's meals, but the way he took care of the meals was a bit special, so Chen Xiaofan was slightly touched, and finally he couldn't hold back and scolded the old Taoist in a low voice: "It's really cheap. "

(End of this chapter)