In the wind and snow, a young Taoist priest wearing a dark blue robe stood under the plaque, stroking the bald head of the little novice monk with one hand, and holding a scroll in the other hand, as if there was no one else around. The young Taoist priest's bun was only held up by a rough branch, which was obviously In the twelfth month of winter, the blue robe is just a single garment, frighteningly thin.

The young Taoist priest who called himself Zhang Li looked at the little novice with a smile, rolled up his knuckles, and knocked the little novice on the head loudly: "You are still blocking here, because you didn't understand what I said, or because the name Zhang Li is in the world. Isn’t it working?” The little novice monk stammered: “It turns out that it’s donor Zhang Li, please come in quickly!”

Zhang Li patted his shoulder with a scroll: "Bring my green cow in, remember to find a clean shed for it, and feed it three kilograms of vegetarian buns stuffed with mushrooms and vegetables." The little novice monk was startled: "Huh? Feed Baozi?"

Zhang Li looked at him sideways: "Is there any problem?"

The little novice monk shook his head quickly: "No, no, I'll go to the kitchen later, but I'm afraid it's hard to find vegetables at this time..." Zhang Lihun waved his hand carelessly: "Then it's stuffed with sour cabbage."

The young monk hurriedly agreed: "Yes. What the young monk ate last night was steamed buns stuffed with sour cabbage..." "Who asked you?"

Zhang Li did not look at Chen Ji and the others, and walked alone into the manor with gray walls and gray tiles. He patted the falling snow on his body, and the little novice followed humbly with small steps.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the relief of the Eighteen Arhats with the mighty and angry eyes on the stone screen in front of him. When Zhang Li passed by the stone wall, he sighed: "When the Taoist court won this manor from the Zen sect, they refused to carve this stone wall again. , unless all visitors see this, they will know that this manor was won from the hands of the Zen Sect."

He asked casually: "I just heard the bell ringing in the distance, who won this round?" The little novice hesitated for a moment: "It was the ones behind you who won."

Zhang Li paused: "Who wins?"

The young novice said bitterly: "We defeated our second senior brother Wu Zheng. The second senior brother argued with good and evil, and he solved the problem with the Mahaparinirvana Sutra."

Speaking of this, the young novice monk was a little unconvinced: "However, there are several senior brothers behind us, and there is only one person left in the Taoist court, so there is still no chance of winning!" Zhang Li ignored him, but walked back to the door and looked sideways. Looking at Chen Ji: "Did you win?"

There was no answer.

Zhang Li asked again: "Have you read all the Buddhist scriptures?" Chen Ji still didn't answer.

Zhang Li looked back at the white carp on the horse and said, "Did she catch the cold?" Chen Ji hummed.

Zhang Li took out a gourd-shaped white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and poured out a black pill: "This is the Zixu Yuan Pill that my junior sister refined by herself. It strengthens the foundation and nourishes the body. Although it is not a symptomatic medicine. It’s medicine, but it’s enough to save a life.”

As he spoke, he smiled happily and said, "You just defeated the monk, and I will give you this elixir."

Chen Ji's eyes lit up, he immediately thanked him and took it, then turned around to feed the white carp.

Zhang Li calmly poured out a Purple Void Pill from the white porcelain bottle and called out to Chen Ji: "I see this girl is so cold that her bones are so cold that one pill is definitely not enough. She has to swallow two pills to recover." Chen Ji turned around and asked, "What are the conditions?"

Zhang Li was delighted: "Smart man, if you want to get this second elixir, you have to come with me to debate the scriptures. All you need to do is answer one question, or ask one question that stumps a monk." Chen Ji asked. Said: "What if you don't do it?"

Zhang Li said with a smile: "This elixir was not easy to come by. My junior sister stayed by the fire and stared at it for seven or forty-nine days before it was ready. If she hadn't felt sorry for my senior brother, who was sleeping in the open air, she would never have taken it. Take out this elixir." "So?"

"So this thing is precious. If you can't meet the conditions I mentioned, the elixir cannot be given to you." The little monk in gray eyes widened: "How can the Taoist court invite outsiders to help?"

Zhang Li was unhappy and banged his shiny forehead with his fingers: "When the Buddhists invited Confucian civil servants to help in the war, what did our Taoist court say?" The little novice monk said quickly: "But they didn't have an invitation, nor did they A token to prove your identity..."

Zhang Li sneered: "I'm afraid your senior brother doesn't want to be tainted by the excuses of karma. It doesn't matter, I'll bear the karma! Let's go!" The little novice monk pouted: "Why do you order me? This is Luhun Villa. It already belongs to my Yuanjue Temple, and what you say doesn’t count.”

Zhang Li stroked his bald head and said with emotion: "Your senior brother doesn't even dare to say such nonsense to me. Shut up, or the Taoist master will slap you." The little novice shrank his neck.

Chen Ji looked at Zhang Li and said, "Let me try the medicine first." Zhang Li smiled and said, "Please do it."

Chen Ji walked out of the door in the wind and snow and gently handed the elixir to Bai Li's mouth: "Take it quickly and see if it helps."

Bai Li bit the elixir and swallowed it with difficulty, but saw that her complexion suddenly became rosy, and her eyes were no longer weak and lifeless. Bai Li supported her body and turned over to dismount, but she still staggered a little when walking. The magic of this elixir , as if taking over the heaven and earth.

The prince's eyes lit up: "What is the path to becoming a medicine official in Huangshan Taoist Court?" Zhang Li smiled and replied: "Exactly."

Chen Ji stood in the snow and thought for a moment, then turned around and handed the reins of the horse to another young novice in front of the door, and said to Zhang Li: "I have a question, I can give it a try. As for whether it can stump those monks, I don't know. "Zhang Li smiled freely: "Let's give it a try."

Chen Ji and others followed Zhang Li into Luhun Villa, walking between the high gray walls, as if they were walking through a dark valley. Looking up, there was only a gap in the brightening sky.

Zhang Li looked up at the traces and said casually: "I don't know what those monks wanted to hide here back then, but they actually built the Luhun Villa like a canyon. We also have a line of sky scenery in Huangshan Mountain, right at Wenshu Cave Below, you can see it when you cross the Immortal Bridge. People walk among it and look up at the sky. There is only a thin line of blue sky. If it were not for Ziwu, there would be no moon or sun."

He looked back at Chen Ji and said with a smile: "The place where our Huangshan Taoist Temple is located is the most amazing peak in the world. It is said that it is also the place where the Immortal Sword Refining Pill ascended." Chen Ji was startled: "Jian Pill? It's the sword from the Jingchao Martial Temple. kind?"

Zhang Li shook his head: "Then I don't know." Chen Ji asked: "What is the name of that immortal?"

Zhang Li also shook his head: "I don't know either, I just know that there is a ten thousand year cave under Fugu Peak, and the cave is engraved with the word Xuanyuan. That immortal may be named Xuanyuan... Haha, I guess "Yes." Chen Ji felt thunderous in his heart.

Xuanyuan!

He finally heard Xuanyuan's name from someone else's mouth, and the dream finally had a foundation in this world! He concealed his excitement and asked calmly: "Has the Huangshan Taoist Court recorded the history of this Xuanyuan?"

Zhang Li shook his head: "No, he is not from our Taoist court. When our Taoist temple came to Mount Huang, his cave was already there. There are many wonders in our Huangshan Mountain. If you can win against the monk this time, welcome You come to Huangshan as a guest." Chen Ji looked strange: "What if I don't win."

Zhang Li laughed happily and said, "Then don't come." Chen Ji: "..."

I don’t know how long I walked, but there was gradually a noise ahead.

Walking out of the "canyon", I saw a vast ashram filled with literati and elegant people, whispering to each other.

This oval-shaped dojo is surrounded by more than ten stone steps. The literati sat on the stone steps one by one, letting the heavy snow fall on them.

The Bagua patterns in the Taoist temple were covered with snow, with only a futon placed at each of the yin and yang fish eyes. On one of the futons, a young monk wearing gray robes sat cross-legged. On the other side, there was a futon in the Taoist court. No one was seen taking a seat.

Zhang Li led Chen Ji and others to a group of Taoist priests and asked curiously: "Why is there no one to fight?"

A little Taoist priest turned around and saw Zhang Li, and was immediately ecstatic: "Brother Zhang Li is here, drive quickly, brother Zhang Li, go teach that arrogant bald man a lesson!" "Brother Zhang Li, why are you so late? "

Zhang Li raised his hand to suppress the voices of the young Taoist priests: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, how many people have we lost in our Taoist court now?" A young Taoist priest hesitated and said: "We have already lost eight people, and we can still get the last one..."

Zhang Li asked again: "How many people are there on the other side?" The little Taoist hesitated again: "There are four more people on the other side."

Zhang Li raised his eyebrows: "You little Taoist priests from Laojun Mountain have no good intentions and asked me to go up last. If I lose, won't I take all the blame?"

"How could Senior Brother Zhang Li lose?"

"Senior Brother Zhang Li, you will definitely win!"

Zhang Li said angrily: "Don't give me such high hats. How can I win one against four? I, the Huangshan Taoist Court, will not bear this responsibility!"

The little Taoist priests were anxious: "If you don't come, our Taoist court will definitely lose. Then a dozen of us will have to go to Yuanjue Temple to be ordained and become monks! Huangshan and Laojunshan are connected by the same air, so how can we distinguish each other?" "Zhang Li laughed angrily: "Wait a minute, my junior sister asked you to borrow the elixir recipe earlier, why didn't you say "Same Qi Lian Zhi"?

"Ah this..."

However, Zhang Li did not discuss it in depth with them. If Buddhism and Taoism debate scriptures, both Taoism and Taoism will be prosperous and harmed. He rolled his eyes, looked at Chen Ji and said with a smile: "Come on, if you win, I will give you the elixir." You." Chen Ji replied simply and neatly: "Okay."

The young Taoist priests were surprised: "Brother, who is this person?" Zhang Li spread his hands and said, "I don't know either."

"Ah?" The young Taoist priests were shocked: "How can you let someone you don't know take part in such an important matter? What if he loses..."

Zhang Li patted him on the back of the head and interrupted: "He is the man who defeated the monk in the debate outside the door just now. You are usually arrogant and unwilling to read Confucian and Buddhist scriptures. How can you win if you cannot know yourself and the enemy?

Those monks have read our Taoist scriptures thoroughly and come prepared. If we don't find someone who has read all the Buddhist scriptures, we can't win."

When the young Taoist priests heard that Chen Ji was the one who had defeated the monk, they immediately looked at each other.

A little Taoist priest asked: "Brother, have you read Buddhist scriptures? Why don't you do it?" Zhang Li said matter-of-factly: "I am a Taoist priest, why should I read that stuff?"

Little Taoist: "..."

Zhang Lifu lowered his body and said in a low voice to the little Taoist priests at the foot of the stone steps: "Let outsiders come up. Even if we lose this last game, it will be lost by outsiders, and we can save some face for the Taoist court. If the Taoist court

If you lose, you will lose all face." Only then did the young Taoist priests understand that Zhang Lixin knew that Ting Bi would definitely lose, so he found an outsider to be a fig leaf.

They bowed their heads in shame: "But if we lose..."

Zhang Li said slowly: "As for the ordination and monkhood, if you really lose, you can become a monk for a month and then say that you want to return to secular life." The little Taoist priest was stunned: "Huh? Return to secular life?"

Zhang Li said confidently: "What? Doesn't Buddhism allow you to return to secular life?"

The little Taoist priests looked at each other, and finally said harshly: "Then let him go." Zhang Li looked at Chen Ji: "Go ahead and ask, ask harshly!"

At this time, Zhang Xia said in a low voice: "This kind of debate can only be done by one person, and I can't help. I am a woman, so I can't go forward to debate." Chen Ji thought silently.

The Crown Prince suddenly said, "How about I go in? I won't be honored if they win!"

Chen Ji, Zhang Xia, and Bai Li looked at the Crown Prince slowly and expressionlessly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After a while, Chen Ji took Wu Yun out of his arms and stuffed it into Bai Li's arms: "Let me give it a try."

The next moment, he walked to the futon and sat down.

A monk on the opposite side stood up and asked, "How can outsiders participate in Buddhist and Taoist debates?" Zhang Li said lazily, "This is my registered disciple of Huangshan Taoist Court."

The monk asked angrily: "When did you remember your name? What name did you remember?"

Zhang Li froze, he had forgotten to ask this young man his name just now!

During the stalemate, Chen Ji asked loudly: "I dare to ask the eminent monk, if a ship is called "Pudu Ship", it has been repaired and repaired for several years, and finally every ship plank and every part has been replaced.

, then is this ship still the original ‘Pudu Ship’?”

The dojo suddenly became quiet, the monks looked at each other in silence, and there was only snowflakes falling from the sky.

Zhang Li was sitting lazily on the stone steps. When he heard this question, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there were many traps. He gradually sat up straight and looked at the young man sitting cross-legged in the wind and snow in the dojo. Chen Ji had not read the Buddhist scriptures thoroughly.
Chapter completed!