Chapter 1896 Challenge

The scorching sun slowly moved over the top of the head, and the scorching heat had slowed down. As the excitement on the street resumed, Daoist Xiao also woke up. Yuan Ya followed Xiao Hua's example and closed his eyes for a while, but finally couldn't bear it anymore. He opened his eyes again and looked around alertly. Seeing Daoist Xiao stretch and sit up straight, he quickly stood up and stood behind Daoist Xiao.

Yuan Ya stood up, and Xiao Hua also stood up, but looking at his lazy and clumsy look, how could he be a master?

At two hours in the afternoon, the table in front of Director Xiao seemed to be lively. Not only did two families come with their children to ask Director Xiao to name them, but three couples of men and women secretly came to ask Director Xiao for advice on marriage and approval without telling their families. Click on the so-called eight characters. Of course, the horoscopes of these three pairs of men and women are all suitable according to Master Xiao. Even if one pair seems not suitable, for three copper coins, Master Xiao used his supernatural powers to make them suitable. .

Xiao Hua looked funny behind Daoist Xiao, but it didn't do anything to him. He just squinted his eyes slightly and stood there.

Seeing that the sun had already set to the west, Daochang Xiao's face looked beaming in the orange-red sunshine. He had made a lot of copper coins today, which was beyond his expectation. A faint ditty rarely came out of his mouth.

"Ouch, is this Xiao Xianyou?" A slightly exaggerated voice sounded from behind not far away, "Did you sing this Liao Jiang tune?"

The corner of Xiao Hua's mouth curled up. You didn't need to look at it. Although the voice was not familiar, it was familiar. It was the Zen Master Mingyue he met in front of the grocery store before noon.

As Zen Master Mingyue's voice entered his ears, Taoist Master Xiao's body visibly stiffened. Before he could speak, another faint voice sounded: "Amitabha, friend Xiao Xian. This is what your Taoist school preaches. Isn't it no wonder that such a difficult song cannot be easily mastered even by people with outstanding talents? Even a high-ranking monk from the Buddhist sect cannot understand it. Who... dares to join your Taoist school? Under the disciples? Thinking about it, Senior Brother Ming Yue often laments to the poor monk that the Taoists are not happy, and the poor monk now knows the reason! "

A Buddhist monk accidentally grabbed his little braid. Daochang Xiao's mouth was extremely bitter. What could he say? He turned around and looked at the three men, who were smiling with low eyebrows and clasping their hands together from time to time, saying hello to the villagers they met as "donors", but the pride in their eyes also showed that they were wearing brand new monk robes. It all made Daoist Xiao feel that it was a kind of irony.

"Oh, there is also this immortal friend. Is it the one I met before noon?" Zen Master Mingyue looked at Xiao Hua again and said with a smile, "I think you are not old and you are not deeply involved in the world. Don't be deceived by this Taoist. Now, if you have time, you can visit my Xiaojin Temple and see the greatness of my Buddhist sect!”

"Infinite Heavenly Lord, where are these three immortal friends deceiving ignorant people? How many men and women have been fished out of the sea of ​​evil in the mortal world today?" Xiao Daochang straightened up and counterattacked without any sign of weakness, "Look at the three immortals. Friend's physique. Well, he is indeed stronger than Pindao. It is suitable to fish people out of this sea of ​​hardships!

My Taoism emphasizes being out of the world, and the poor Taoist sings a few songs, which is to understand the sufferings of the people, and also to improve the poor Taoist's cultivation! But for the three immortal friends, it is said that Buddhism teaches people to go ashore and regard this vast world of mortals as a sea of ​​suffering. You are not waiting to rest on the shore. How can you fish people out of the sea of ​​misery if you wander in the sea every day? Is it possible to use silver to make a boat? As for this Taoist friend, he has been my Taoist disciple for a long time, and he will not learn any Buddhism even if he is killed! "

Xiao Hua felt happy after hearing what Director Xiao said.

No. Except for the leading Zen Master Mingyue, the two monks behind him are all fat and look like wine bags and rice bags. If the life of the Buddhist sect is not too comfortable, how could this be possible?

Without Zen Master Mingyue speaking, another monk smiled faintly: "Even if my Buddhist sect uses silver coins to make a boat in the sea of ​​suffering, it is because I am a Buddha sacrificing my life, and it is a hundred times better than your Taoist copper coins to make a boat! Even if my Buddhist sect If there are disciples fishing for people on the shore, they will be fishing for thousands of people, which is thousands of times better than the three or five lonely Taoists!"

"You..." Daoist Xiao was obviously poked into his weakness by the three monks. After finishing his words, he said coldly, "Speaking of tongues blooming like lotuses, it's not easy for a poor Taoist to compete with the Buddhist sect who only relies on words to save people. Comparable! But my Taoism has always been about Taoist cultivation! If you can do it, hey, my incompetent disciple can also try it with one against three!"

Xiao Hua next to him was smiling in his heart. He really couldn't imagine that on the Hidden Immortal Continent, the Dao Sect and the Buddha Sect were actually facing such a confrontation.

Seeing the embarrassment on the faces of the three monks, Taoist Xiao was very proud. He and the monk from Xiaojin Temple had fought in countless arenas, and they knew each other's strength well. He knew that the two monks except Zen Master Mingyue He couldn't be Yuan Ya's opponent, and how could Zen Master Mingyue fight with him in the street? He said that they could only suppress the three of them with challenges.

Unexpectedly, the three monks suddenly smiled, as if they had seen something very interesting. They looked at each other, and Zen Master Mingyue said: "Friend Xiao Xian, is this your Jiang Chao Guan's challenge to my Xiaojin Temple?"

"Oh?" Daoist Xiao had a bad feeling, but now that there were several villagers from Changsheng Town standing beside him, how could he back down?

But seeing Taoist Xiao nodding, he stiffened his neck and said, "Yes, that's right! Does Xiaojin Temple dare to accept the challenge of Jiang Chao Temple?"

"Of course you can~" Zen Master Mingyue smiled, as if he saw a little lamb falling into a trap, and replied, "I accept the challenge of Jiang Chaoguan on behalf of my Xiaojin Temple, and it will be held in front of the mountain gate of my Xiaojin Temple in three days! However, No need to fight one against three, just one against one!”

"Why three days later? Why not at Jiang Chao Temple?" Daoist Xiao shouted hurriedly.

"Since it is Jiang Chao Guan who has raised the challenge, the time and place will naturally be decided by me, Xiaojin Temple! This is the practice of the three continents. Could it be that... Daoist Xiao doesn't know? Besides, Daoist Xiao thinks that Jiang Chao of yours Do you have a place to show off your skills?" Zen Master Mingyue replied with some disdain.

"Okay..." Daochang Xiao gritted his teeth, not knowing whether it was better to agree or not. However, Xiao Hua looked at Taoist Xiao's eyes that turned slightly, and he already understood a little bit of what he was thinking. Xiaojin Temple knew how powerful Yuan Ya was, but he didn't have to fight one against three. Then something must have happened in three days, Xiao Jinsi Besides running away, what other good ideas can the Taoist have?

"Hey, Taoist Xiao, I will spread this matter widely in Changsheng Town. If Jiang Chaoguan doesn't come in three days, then the Taoist family's face..." What Xiao Hua can think of, Zen Master Mingyue has naturally thought of. After Taoist Master Xiao just spoke, Zen Master Mingyue said immediately, and his eyes still glanced at the villagers who had already occupied a circle around him.

"Okay..." Daochang Xiao's teeth were about to be bitten off, with a look of pain on his face, but he had to agree in front of everyone.

"Also..." Zen Master Mingyue smiled again, "Since it is a challenge, it is natural that there should be a reward."

"Oh? Okay..." Upon hearing this, Daoist Xiao's eyes lit up, and his teeth suddenly stopped hurting, and he shouted, "How many copper coins do you want?"

"It's not the copper coins used by your Taoists to ferry people!" Zen Master Mingyue said with some disdain, "This time my Buddhist sect will make a big bet with your Taoists! Whoever loses will leave Changsheng Town!"

"What?" Daoist Xiao was shocked and hurriedly gritted his teeth again, as if the teeth that had stopped hurting just now began to hurt again.

"Haha, Buddhists and Taoists actually have such a grand gathering?" Just as Taoist Xiao gritted his teeth again, almost chewing his teeth and swallowing them, a clear voice sounded from outside the crowd, "In ten days, it will be like me Isn’t it the day when Confucianism and Buddhism hold a grand ceremony of immortality and Buddhism once every ten years? It’s been a long time since I, Changsheng Academy, and Xiaojin Temple have discussed the friendship between Buddhism and Confucianism. Let’s move this challenge to ten days later. I, Changsheng Academy, will also participate. How about once?”

When Zen Master Mingyue and others heard this, their faces showed joy. They looked at where the voice came from, clasped their hands together and said, "It turns out to be Zhu Tanyue, poor monk, you are polite!"

"You're welcome, three masters are invited~" Xiao Hua looked up and saw a middle-aged man in Confucian attire, a Confucian scarf, and holding a feather fan in his hand smiling and returning the greeting with his fists in the crowd. .

And the crowd around them all shouted respectfully: "Hello, Dean Zhu!"

Seeing Dean Zhu with a square face, sword-shaped eyebrows and qiong nose, and piercing eyes, Xiao Hua already understood that this Confucianism cultivator should be the dean of the Changsheng Academy in Changsheng Town. Looking behind the Confucian cultivator, several rows of scholars of various ages were dressed in the same Confucian uniform, forming a neat formation. They were walking very politely from the direction outside the town. It must be that the Changsheng Academy collectively went to have something to do outside the town. , I was about to pass by here on my way back in the afternoon.

"Taoist Xiao..." Dean Zhu, Zen Master Mingyue, and everyone around him looked at Taoist Xiao with a smile and said, "Although you and I have never met, Xiaosheng has always been familiar with the Taoist priest's name. I heard it, now is a good opportunity, you won’t stop our Changsheng Academy from participating in this matter, right?”

"Hehe..." Xiao Taoist had some unnaturalness on his face, and he concealed a smile and said, "This challenge is a matter between my Taoist and Buddhist sects. I don't want to break up with Xiaojin Temple, but Zen Master Mingyue Bubu Pressing hard, I have to fight! Changsheng Academy is a Confucian cultivator and has nothing to do with Buddhism or Taoism. There is no need to get involved, right? Besides, since the Immortal Buddha Ceremony is in ten days, you Changsheng Academy and Xiaojin Temple can just discuss each other, but there is no reason for us to pull Taoism over? Are Buddhists and Confucianism joining forces again?"

"Haha, Taoist Xiao is worrying too much!" Dean Zhu said with a smile and cupped his hands, "The Immortal Buddha Ceremony held once every ten years is just a tradition of our Hidden Immortal Continent and Paradise World. It is to celebrate the event in ancient times that affected the entire world. I don’t know how many years have passed since the three continents joined forces. There are already many Taoists from this Taoist school, so why do Taoist priests have to think too much?” (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian () Recommended tickets, monthly tickets, and your support are my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please read).