Chapter 411 (1/2)
Along the way, Luo Xiyan continued to pay great attention to Xue Jiayi, booed the cold and asked the warm, ran before and after, and took good care of him.
Xue Jiayi only thought he didn't know. When he had nothing to do, he often went to hualanting to gossip. Hualanting was not afraid of the shadow. He neither took the initiative nor avoided suspicion. Luo Xiyan had a lot of city officials. He was muttering in his heart and pretended to be nothing.
The closer it is to Wuzhou, the more monks will go to the trade conference, and the road will become crowded and lively.
At noon that day, the three entered a restaurant in the town on the way for dinner.
After eating and drinking for a while, Hua Lanting began to gossip and asked Luo Xiyan, ”I heard that the folk customs in the bitter and cold place in the northwest are fierce. I didn't expect brother Luo that you have a beautiful chest and are proficient in literature and Taoism, but you have a family origin?”
Luo Xiyan replied, ”old man Hua is right. The ancestors of the Luo family moved from the southeast to the northwest. Although they do as the Romans do, they have become brave and martial, literature and affairs have always been a compulsory course for their children.”
Xue Jiayi doesn't know why. He likes to quarrel with Luo Xiyan for a day or two. Whoever agrees with him will oppose him. At this time, he said:
”An old man of cultivation recites poems all day long. It's a waste of time. I heard that Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Buddhism, didn't know one. After hearing the Enlightenment of the Vajra Sutra at the age of 24, Shenxiu and other colleagues have not been able to distinguish him. What's the use of knowing words? If you have seed, let the heaven know that you don't recognize books...”
Luo Xiyan opened his innocent eyes: ”sister, if you remember correctly, it seems that you said a few days ago that you can't repair to the extreme without cultural foundation...”
Xue Jiayi bit the chicken leg: ”really? Did I say that? I don't remember. You are such an adult. Don't you know that women are forgetful and changeable? At one time and another, they speak in a specific context.”
Luo Xiyan is tongue tied.
Hua Lanting said with a smile, ”I'd like to say a fair word for brother Luo. He has been such an old man since ancient times. That's the wisdom brought by previous lives. We are incomparable to ordinary people.”
”In fact, master Shenxiu, who is familiar with Buddhist classics, created a vein of northern Zen and did not lose to Southern Buddhism in preaching and disseminating Buddhism. He was just covered up by the light of the sixth ancestor. Both of them are worthy of looking up to as powerful Buddhist talents and genius.”
Luo Xiyan thought of Hua Lanting's rescue and gave him a high hat: ”speaking of genius, brother Hua's reputation has been at its zenith recently. Even in this small restaurant, many young friars are talking about brother Hua's feats in the central patio and say they want to compete with you.”
Hua Lanting shrunk his head: ”don't introduce it. My brother is just lucky. It's just the right time. Where can I say he is a genius.”
Luo Xiyan smiled, looked around and whispered, ”do you want my brother to identify you on the spot now? As long as I cheer up and shout, hualanting is here at the Vientiane gate! Countless people will come to measure with you and keep you. If you can't get to Wuzhou, you will be challenged by naval warfare.”
”The name of a man, the shadow of a tree, the glory of defeating the peerless genius hualanting, who doesn't want it now.”
Hua Lanting hissed, ”brother, be careful. You can hurt me.”
Luo Xiyan: ”brother, don't be afraid. Real gold is not afraid of fire. Our friars hope to become immortal. They are going against the sky and afraid of him. In this world, the stronger you are, the more you will be flattered, and the weaker you are, the more you will be trampled. If you want to stand out, you can't be afraid of being challenged.”
Hua Lanting sighed: ”the Tao Te Ching says: those who are high admire it, those who are low lift it, those who are surplus lose it, and those who are insufficient match it. The way of heaven, which loses more and makes up for the deficiency. The logic of the way of heaven is to weaken the strong and empower the weak, while humanity is going against the sky.”
”The function of the way of heaven is to rob the rich and help the poor. The rafters that stand out first rot. it's better to keep a low profile and don't provoke right and wrong.”
After a pause, Hua Lanting said, ”there is a saying called the law of fate balance. If you get more in one aspect, you will lose more in other aspects. Vice versa. People are always persistent in what they lose and ignore what they have, so they have trouble.”
Luo Xiyan disagreed: ”I don't have a backache when I stand and talk, but there is some truth in the balance law. For example, my Luo family has general skills and children's qualifications, so I have to work hard to develop refining tools, which has a foothold in Xianzhou.”
Xue Jiayi sniffed: ”so what? Can you become an immortal by these foreign things? I think in the last war, LAN Ting let you, otherwise there are few kinds of magic weapons left.”
Luo Xiyan refused: ”what's the matter with foreign objects? It's not without precedent to successfully become an immortal by relying on magic weapons. In the final analysis, people's flesh is also foreign objects and are all tools for cultivation. Last time, it was a friendly competition. Everyone didn't try their best, otherwise it's hard to say who will win.”
Xue Jiayi turned his eyes: ”well, I'll publicize here that Luo Xiyan defeated hualanting and let people from all over the world challenge you. Lanting and I are eating melons and watching the excitement. Cheer for you and see how long you can last.”
Luo Xiyan's face tightened. He refused to show timidity in front of his sweetheart: ”I think it's OK. Who's afraid of who? My brother came out this time to become famous. However, it's best to wait until I really beat brother Hua.”
Xue Jiayi said, ”excuse me. But then again, LAN Ting, you really have to be careful. Now you are the target of public criticism of young friars. It is estimated that many people will come to the southeast.”
Luo Xiyan said, ”sister Xue is right. We are not afraid of positive challenges. Winning or losing depends on our ability. We are afraid of stabbing in the dark. As far as I know, there should be many schools of genius like you. But don't worry, since we know each other, Jiayi and I won't stand idly by.”
Xue Jia looked at him in white: ”you are you and I am me. I can help LAN ting. I will only stand by and see how you made wedding clothes for him.”