Chapter 685: The root of mind, the root of unforgettable memory
When Miao Qing reached the 280th question, Lu Feng raised his hand to stop her.
"You have consumed too much soul, so stop here."
At this time, Miaozhen's figure appeared in the distance.
Originally, she should have come a long time ago, but for some reason she could not find the Zen master in charge of this exam, so she was delayed a lot of time.
"Let's go, I have already registered for the three of you to participate in this big exam with the next batch of Zen monks."
Out of consideration for taking care of Leng Huaping, Lu Feng asked Miaoqing to accompany him to the Zen Heart Hall and handed Leng Huaping into the latter's hands.
At this moment, nearly fifty Zen practitioners are sitting in the Zen Heart Hall, and each Zen practitioner has some basic writing and ink placed on the desk in front of them.
The moment Ye Fan entered the Zen Heart Hall, a woman's eyes on the stage in the distance were locked on him.
The woman is about twenty-six or seventeen years old. She has regular features and a slim figure. She wears a Zen robe that is black on the outside and white on the inside. There is an elegant and calm scholarly aroma in her demeanor, giving people a very easy-going and calm feeling.
It was the Zen master who was deceived by Ye Fan before and the host of this year's exam, Zen Master Pu Xin.
Ye Fan couldn't help coughing to hide his inner embarrassment, pretending not to notice, and chose an empty seat at the end and sat down.
After everyone is seated, start handing out answer sheets.
Originally, this work was left to ordinary Zen practitioners, but at this moment, Zen Master Puxin personally assigned it.
Soon, Zen Master Puxin came to Ye Fan. Before that, she had already met Zen Master Huiwen and knew the origin and purpose of Ye Fan and his party.
"Your Excellency, Zen Master, why do you have the leisure to participate in such an introductory Zen exam?"
Zen Master Pu Xin looked at Ye Fan with a faint smile, and pressed the paper roll distributed in his hand firmly on the latter's desk.
Seeing that the other party was holding on to him, Ye Fan felt angry for no reason. Seeing that the other party was only a few years older than him, he couldn't bear it at the moment.
He reached out and grabbed the scroll, but actually he touched the back of Zen Master Pu Xin's hand.
With a light touch, the latter immediately let go, shrinking back like a frightened rabbit.
Pu Xin glared at Ye Fan angrily. She never expected that the latter would behave in such a dissolute manner in this solemn and quiet place.
With her authority and status, she can completely disqualify Ye Fan from taking the exam.
Just when he was about to do so, Ye Fan's voice came out.
"Zen Master Pu Xin~" Ye Fan smiled politely, "It was an unintentional act, and it may offend me. Please forgive me."
Pu Xin frowned. Seeing the latter's words, he knew that it would be difficult to make things difficult for him, so he said coldly: "I hope you can respect yourself!"
Ye Fan smiled proudly, and when he turned around, he praised softly: "As the old saying goes, beauty is like jade, and her skin is like cream. Only when I see her today do I know that my ancestors will never deceive me!"
When Pu Xin heard this, she couldn't help but feel a wave of excitement in her heart, and her brows furrowed even more. She had always prayed for Zen and asked whether she was neither sad nor happy. But now, in just one day, she was provoked by the person in front of her again and again.
I couldn't help but feel deeply ashamed when I had distracting thoughts.
After Pu Xin walked a few steps away, Lu Feng asked Ye Fan: "Old Ye, what's going on? Why do you feel like she has a prejudice against you?"
"Alas~" Ye Fan sighed and was about to explain when he saw Pu Xin walking back again.
"No whispering!" Pu Xin glared at Ye Fan and sat down on his side. "If you violate the rules again, you will be disqualified from the Zen exam."
Lu Feng glanced at Ye Fan sympathetically and smiled helplessly. He understood this situation without Ye Fan's explanation. The latter must have provoked Zen Master Pu Xin somewhere. His eyes returned to the scroll,
After taking a quick look at it, Lu Feng felt a lot more at ease.
Fortunately, the decision was made in time, and the paper scrolls were not changed, and the questions were still the same as before.
The Zen exam is no different from other sects' exams. There is no need to change the exam questions. Zen practitioners are very self-conscious and will definitely not let it out. After all, this is an act that damages Zen virtues for them.
If Lu Feng hadn't happened to have Miao Qing's relationship with him, he would definitely not have been able to get the exam questions.
It can be said that this also corresponds to the Zen saying that everything in the world arises due to causes and conditions.
In the dark, there is God's will.
"What are the five roots? Detailed explanation of the five roots of Zen?"
Looking at the many Zen questions on the scroll, Lu Feng recalled Miaoqing's words in his mind.
Under the corresponding item, it is written accurately: "The five roots are faith, essence, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom."
"The root of faith is the root of believing in the right path; the root of essence is the root of diligent practice; the root of mindfulness is the root of not forgetting mistakes; the root of concentration is the root of tranquility of body and mind; the root of wisdom is the root of understanding all dharmas."
While Lu Feng was writing, he couldn't help but secretly admire Miao Qing's memory. Not only did he memorize the three hundred questions intact, but he also kept the basic order exactly.
With this divine help, there will be no surprises in this meditation practice.
Half an hour later, Lu Feng and Ye Fan stopped writing at the same time.
When Ruoshui saw this and saw that he had just answered more than 180 questions, he couldn't help feeling anxious and sped up a lot.
Ye Fan turned around and handed the scroll to Zen Master Pu Xin.
Looking at the entire audience, he was the first to complete the meditation test.
Pushin was stunned for a moment, then took it and glanced at it.
"The handwriting is quite elegant, but the attitude is a little bit worse!"
Pu Xin stopped Ye Fan, who was about to leave, and said, "You still have many Zen questions that you have not yet answered."
Ye Fan smiled heartily, "It's okay not to answer such a superficial question. Wouldn't it be much more beneficial to talk to Huiwen for a few days later?"
Listening to Ye Fan's arrogant words, Pu Xin got angry for no reason and scolded: "How long are you going to keep pretending? I've asked the teacher, and he clearly doesn't recognize you."
Ye Fan was already familiar with the way Zen disciples spoke. He suddenly became playful and smiled pretending to be profound.
“I didn’t know it yesterday, and I don’t know it today, how can I know it tomorrow?”
"Knowing and not knowing, not knowing and knowing..."
"What does it mean to know?"
"Whether we know it or not, what does it mean to those of us who practice Zen?"
For a moment, Pu Xin was really surrounded by Ye Fan. When he came back to his senses, the latter's figure was no longer in front of him.
Although the sentence Ye Fan mentioned was casual and ordinary, to Pu Xin, who practiced Zen, he inexplicably felt that there was a profound Zen meaning contained in it, so he couldn't help but lose consciousness.
Looking at Ye Fan's answer sheet, he saw that there were exactly one hundred and seventy-eight questions filled in on it.
"Is he really some great hidden Zen master?"
For a moment, Zen Master Puxin actually had this idea.
In Zen practice, the number one hundred and seventy-eight contains a great meaning of Zen. It is said that the great Zen master who founded the Qing Zen sect passed away at the age of one hundred and seventy-eight.
The number of disciples he accepted also happened to be one hundred and seventy-eight.
Therefore, in the minds of meditators, the number one hundred and seventy-eight is of extraordinary significance and weight.
As everyone knows, Ye Fan came by chance and could only remember the one hundred and seventy-eight questions Miao Qing said.
Fortunately, in the meditation test, those who answered half of the correct answers can pass smoothly. After Ye Fan left, Lu Feng saw Ruoshui looking nervous, so he couldn't help but give up the idea of leaving early, and waited with the latter for a while.
It wasn't until Ruoshui stopped writing that Lu Feng stood up.
Pu Xin took the scroll from Lu Feng and read it carefully.
In total, I answered more than two hundred questions.
The handwriting is equally delicate and elegant, slightly sharper than Ye Fan's, and more neat and standardized. Each word is like an invisible grid, and the lines are perfectly distributed.
From an overall perspective, it is not an exaggeration to call it a standard and gorgeous calligraphy and painting.
Lu Feng's handwriting was not like this in the past, and this was also due to his formation skills. Although he is writing now, there will inevitably be traces of inscriptions, and this is why he is so neat and orderly.
While Pu Xin was reading, he inadvertently discovered something strange.
Frowning slightly, he compared Lu Feng's answer sheet with Ye Fan's.
He looked at the Zen questions on the scroll about the 'five sense organs'.
‘The root of mindfulness is the root of never forgetting mistakes’.
‘The root of mindfulness is the root of never forgetting mistakes’.
They both answered exactly the same.
But...it's the wrong answer!
What is not forgotten is not the mistake, but the memory of the mistake.
If you remember it, you can change it.
The correct interpretation should be: the root of mindfulness, the root of remembering without forgetting.
Out of his impression of Ye Fan, Zen Master Pu Xin thought that when the latter met him for the first time, he asked about the Zen exam... He felt that there must be something fishy about it, and it was unreasonable for the mistakes to be so similar.
After Ruoshui also submitted it, Puxin saw the same wrong answer appeared again, and his suspicions were immediately confirmed.
If there are only two people, a coincidence is possible, but if three people make the same mistake, the possibility of a coincidence is extremely low.
After Lu Feng and Ruoshui also left the scene, Zen Master Pu Xin called Miao Zhen to his side.
"Let me ask you, before the three of them participated in the meditation test, did any Zen disciples approach them?"
While questioning, he couldn't help but glance outside the Zen Heart Hall, where Miao Qing's figure was heading towards Lufeng.
Zen Master Pu Xin immediately had a clear understanding and changed his words: "Go and keep the Zen people outside the door. After this round of Zen examination, I have something to ask."
Miao Zhun immediately took the order and left.
At the same time, Pu Xin also carefully searched through the previous rounds of Zen response sheets.
The source of the error was quickly found.
"Qinshan Branch, Miaoqing!"
Looking at the signature on the answer sheet, Pu Xin's face darkened a bit.
Outside the Zen Heart Hall.
After Ruoshui followed Lu Feng out, he could not see Ye Fan. He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "Brother Feng, where are Brother Ye? Why didn't you wait for us?"
Lu Feng smiled and said, "Maybe he went to relax somewhere, let's wait for him here."
Miao Qing helped Leng Huaping approach and said, "I just saw that your companion seemed to be heading towards the 'Mercy Heart Hall'."
Lu Feng was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What does Cixin Temple do?"
Miaoqing responded: "That's where all kinds of pharmacopoeia are stored and where Zen doctors practice. Your friend should be a famous pharmacist, otherwise he wouldn't be so interested."
Lu Feng nodded.
Miaoqing said with a hint of worry: "Ordinary Zen practitioners are not allowed to approach the Compassionate Heart Hall. Your friend may be kicked out."
While he was talking, Miaozhen came up to him.
After conveying the words of Zen Master Puxin, Miaoqing was informed to wait in a side hall.