The worst scenario Xu Tonghui imagined did not happen.
Among the seven children selected by the young master, some were fast, some were slow, and some were so slow that they dragged their feet. But in the end, despite their drag, they still wrote their own "Tao poems."
In this process, Xu Tonghui had already thought carefully about one comment after another.
Excluding the first one, there are six more.
For Xu Tonghui, the difficulty is actually not that big.
This is thanks to something the young master said to him before. The young master said that there is a sentence in a Taoist scripture that goes like this: "Existence and non-existence create each other, difficulty and difficulty complement each other, long and short complement each other, and high and low complement each other."
The young master also said to him at that time: "Uncle Xu, your name is very good. Tonghui, Hui, is the sun, it can also be the stars and the moon, but Tonghui, what is it that shines with the sun?"
At that time, the young master pointed to the small river in front of the two of them and said, "It's water."
"Uncle Xu, look at the river surface illuminated by this wave of light. It's daytime. If it's night and the moon comes out, the moon's shadow will be clearly reflected in the water. We see the moon in the water. When we look up,
You can definitely see the moon in the sky."
"Uncle Xu, the same is true for spiritual practice. As for the great road, we can't see it, but the small roads reflected by the great road are like the water on the ground, omnipresent."
"What we have to do is first look carefully at the water on the ground, and then raise our heads and look toward the sky."
Xu Tonghui firmly remembered every word similar to this that the young master said to him.
And after that conversation, he realized that his name actually had such a meaning!
By the way, this name was given by my grandfather, but what my grandfather was thinking at the time must be different from what the young master was talking about, right?
So Xu Tonghui also understood that his name was like the "little path" the young master said, and what the young master saw through this little path was the big road.
For conversations like this, Xu Tonghui prefers to think of them as the young master's teachings to him, even though the young master usually speaks very casually and casually.
However, Xu Tonghui always remembered it firmly without missing a word, and then took it out from time to time and thought about it in his heart.
If you keep rolling over and over, you will realize something, gain something, and then use it.
Just like today.
One of the seven children wrote "water":
"The lake is foggy in the morning, and clear at noon. The lake is foggy again in the evening. It is true that the fog comes and the lake disappears, and the fog clears. I am on a high building, and I am not surprised by this. Looking at the lake in the morning and evening, it is just like noon.
"
This Tao poem written by a child who is about the same age as the young master, how should I put it, seems to Xu Tonghui to have some flavor.
But if it were before, he could only say that the writing was pretty good.
He couldn't tell what was good about it specifically.
But it's different now.
So when Xu Yishan asked him how the child was writing this song, Xu Tonghui just pondered for a moment and said:
"Senior brother, I like this child's Taoist poems very much. I think they are very well written."
"In terms of words, her song is just like what you said at the beginning, senior brother. There are no restrictions on words. So in her song, there are five words, seven words, and nine words."
"It's a refreshing read without any constraints."
"But the things written in her poems are restricted. The lake is covered by fog in the morning and fog at night. It is clear only at noon."
"I'm on a tall building and I'm not surprised."
"Why aren't you surprised?"
"The lake is obscured by fog and cannot be seen clearly, but I know the lake is there and it is still the same lake."
"It's like the sun in the sky is blocked by clouds."
"Look at the sun in the morning, and it's covered by clouds. Look at the sun at noon, and it's covered by clouds. Look at the sun in the evening, and it's still covered by clouds. Look at the sun tomorrow. When it rises, it shines all over the world, and the clouds turn into colorful clouds."
"It's like we encounter obstacles in our practice and are blocked by those obstacles."
"Looking at this lake in the morning and evening, it looks like it is noon."
"If we cultivators all have this kind of heart and thoughts, then no matter what obstacles come, no matter what clouds and fog cover us, we will not be afraid."
Xu Yishan laughed after hearing this.
Then he turned to the leader of the Sihaimen who had also been around him for a long time and said: "Huaimin, the lake this child wrote about is the Lingshui Lake behind the Juxing Tower, right?"
Gu Huaimin nodded and said that it should be, and then his face was full of happiness and joy. Half of this happiness and joy should be true, and the other half was added deliberately, so it looked like double happiness and joy.
"Master Xu, brother Tonghui, this child belongs to our Sihaimen Hua family. His name is Hua Qing'e, and he is the direct granddaughter of our deputy sect leader Hua Shengquan."
Gu Huaimin said this, then reached out and waved to Hua Shengquan not far away: "Shengquan, come here!"
Hua Shengquan came over, greeted and saluted.
However, Gu Huaimin said to him with some interest and eagerness: "Sheng Quan, just now both adults and Tong Hui were praising the kid Qing'e!"
Xu Tonghui did praise him, and he seemed to agree with it.
Do you praise Xu Yishan?
Xu Yishan actually praised it too!
Although he didn't speak or comment, if he hadn't found the Taoist poem interesting, he wouldn't have asked Xu Tonghui what he thought of it.
So Gu Huaimin was actually really happy at this time.
It doesn't take many things like being spotted by a big shot and then rising to the top in one fell swoop.
Not to mention outsiders, within their family or within their sect, if any junior is valued by their elders, with a few careful touches, that junior may surpass others in spiritual understanding and be one step ahead.
And this kind of one step difference often means a lifetime difference.
This is just the practice itself. As for things outside of practice, there are countless things.
If I am not afraid of boasting, if Gu Huaimin had been accepted as a disciple by Tianjie when he was a child, he would not be any worse than Xu Yishan now!
These old guys are incomparable.
but!
Xu Yishan and Xu Tonghui both praised that child just now!
This is like falling into the eyes of two such people at the same time!
Maybe, this is an opportunity for that child to reach the sky in one step, truly reach the "sky" in one step!
If Xu Yishan's heart is moved, he will be accepted as his disciple.
Maybe Xu Tonghui will do the same.
Even, a little disrespectfully, Gu Huaimin felt that if that child Qing'e followed Xu Tonghui, he would probably be better off than if he followed Xu Yishan!
Without it, just because of the Qingyun Road!
All the people present were very amused to see Hua Shengquan smile crookedly, and then bow and thank Xu Yishan and Xu Tonghui again.
Does this reaction seem too grand and exaggerated?
No!
Nothing grand or exaggerated at all.
Although almost all the other people present were slandering Gu Huaimin and Hua Shengquan in their hearts for such shameless "making a fuss out of a molehill", they also knew very well in their hearts that if it were them, they would do the same thing.
!
Not only at this time, they can even think of some future situations now.
For example, if Sihaimen visits Xu Tonghui again, he will definitely take the little girl named Hua Qinge with him. And if Xu Tonghui comes to Juxing Tower again, he will definitely see the little girl named Hua Qinge immediately.
Maybe this little girl will be assigned to serve tea and water.
Maybe as he was sending it off, he changed from being called "Senior Xu" to "Master".
Of course, the same goes for Xu Yishan.
This is entirely possible!
acid.
Sour!
Everyone present, one by one, focused their attention on the long case, scanning back and forth in front of the children of their own sects.
As long as there was anything written that was a little bit good or a little passable, they took the initiative to take it over.
"Mr. Xu, what do you think of this child's writing?"
"Brother Tonghui, where is this song? Can you help me read it?"
Xu Yishan suddenly became very busy.
Xu Tonghui is the second busiest.
And after all the children in the room had finished writing, well, some children even wrote more than one song.
The master of the Sihai Gate walked across the steps, surrounded Xu Yishan and Xu Tonghui, and jointly established a "professional appraisal team."
Xu Yishan is the team leader, a group of people including the leader of the Sihai Sect himself is the deputy team leader, and Xu Tonghui is the special commentator.
All the people commented with great interest on their own juniors and the juniors of other families. Of course, they also asked and referred to Xu Yishan and Xu Tonghui's opinions from time to time.
Among them, Xu Yishan’s opinions are the main reference.
From the beginning to the end, the focus of the Sihaimen's dignitaries' attention was three-quarters on Xu Yishan and seven-cent on Xu Tonghui.