At this moment, Taoist Priest Ling Fei's face turned green and then red. This time, he had lost face instead. Sitting there, he felt extremely uncomfortable, always feeling that all the pilgrims below were laughing at him, laughing that he was not as good as the second - generation disciple of the Wudang Sect.
Fang Lin looked at his current prestige points and was extremely excited. Originally, with the prestige of the Wudang Sect, the prestige points increased by about ten points a day. To reach the next lottery draw requirement of 1,000 points, it would take at least three months. At this moment, after his first confrontation with Ling Fei, his prestige points immediately soared by eighty. Now, it was close to 200.
Fang Lin was really happy. He really hoped that after Ling Fei, several more people would come to the Wudang Sect to have a discussion on the Tao. Then, the lottery draw would be much easier. Moreover, it seemed that the prestige points could be increased by doing some artificial things. That would be easy. It seemed that he had to make more plans in the future. While thinking, he unconsciously became a little distracted.
Ling Fei was originally very ashamed, but seeing Fang Lin's absent - minded look at the moment, he was immediately filled with anger. This little Taoist Priest Sanfeng actually looked down on him so much.
Ling Fei thought that what happened just now was just a coincidence, so he said, "I have been taught. I wonder if Taoist Priest Sanfeng has any other instructions for me?"
Fang Lin now looked at Taoist Priest Ling Fei differently. He was completely like a machine for generating prestige. Such opportunities were rare and should not be missed. He had to have more discussions on the Tao with him.
Fang Lin would not let these opportunities go, so he said, "I don't dare to give instructions. How about I tell a little story to the Taoist Priest and everyone present?"
Fang Lin began, "Once, there was a traveling merchant. He believed in Taoism and constantly asked others for advice, trying to find the true Tao!
Three years passed. The merchant had no money left, but he was still seeking the Tao in his heart. However, he was so poor that he couldn't afford to eat, so he made a living by selling cakes.
But the money earned from selling cakes was not much. He couldn't even afford a place to live. So, the Taoist priest of a Taoist temple took him in and gave him a side room to live in.
The merchant sold cakes every day and then asked the Taoist priest some questions. He suddenly felt that the Taoist priest had a really high understanding of the Tao and could answer almost all of his questions. However, he still felt that this was not the ultimate place he was looking for.
But to show his gratitude to the Taoist priest for giving him a place to live and also for preaching to him, he gave the Taoist priest ten cakes every day.
And the Taoist priest asked someone to return one cake to him every day.
As time passed slowly, the merchant really couldn't bear it anymore.
He found the Taoist priest and asked, 'I give you ten cakes every day, but you return one to me every day. Are you looking down on me?'
The Taoist priest smiled slightly and said, 'You can give me ten cakes every day. Why can't I return one to you every day?'
After hearing this, Taoist Priest Ling Fei said, 'What kind of words are these from the Taoist priest?'
Fang Lin glanced at Ling Fei and said, 'Is this what Taoist Priest Ling Fei thinks? Then listen to me and finish the story.'
This time, Ling Fei really didn't think he was wrong. What this Taoist priest did really didn't make sense.
Even the common people listening to the story below were whispering, saying that the behavior of this Taoist priest was really strange.
Ling Fei said, 'Since the merchant gave him ten cakes, how could he care about the one cake the Taoist priest returned to him?'
Fang Lin said, 'That's exactly what the merchant said to the Taoist priest.'
Ling Fei smiled this time, feeling that he was not wrong.
The pilgrims below were also completely confused.
Fang Lin continued, 'The Taoist priest replied to the merchant like this: You give me ten cakes every day and don't think it's too much. But when I return one cake to you every day, you think I'm looking down on you, that I'm giving you too little, right?'
The merchant immediately replied, 'Yes.' Indeed, he gave the Taoist priest ten cakes and didn't think it was too much. But the Taoist priest had to return one cake to him. What else could it be if not looking down on him? It was just one cake.
The Taoist priest looked at the merchant with a smile and didn't say anything more."
This time, Ling Fei interrupted again, "This Taoist priest is really strange. What he did was really looking down on this merchant. It's not what a Taoist should do."
Fang Lin didn't say anything either. Just like the Taoist priest in the story who looked at the merchant with a smile, he also looked at Taoist Priest Ling Fei in the same way.
Fang Lin continued, "After that day, the merchant became a Taoist priest in that Taoist temple because he knew that he had found the Tao in his heart and had decided to leave the distractions of the mundane world."
Ling Fei was about to ask a question. He glanced at Song Yuanqiao and was very afraid that this Taoist priest would interrupt again and make him lose face. But seeing Song Yuanqiao looking deep in thought, could this story really have some new meaning?
Fang Lin said, "In fact, what the Taoist priest said was right. Ten cakes are not too many. Why think one cake is too little? This is originally a wrong view. One should regard everything as equal, which is the highest realm of Taoism."
Ling Fei still didn't understand. Fang Lin asked Song Yuanqiao, "Yuanqiao, do you understand?"
Song Yuanqiao replied, "Your disciple is stupid and still doesn't understand the profound meaning of Master."
Fang Lin continued, "Yuanqiao, do you remember the beginning of all things?"
Song Yuanqiao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes. His eyes were bright. He had understood.
Fang Lin really thought that Song Yuanqiao was intelligent at this moment, so he asked Sanxin, "Second disciple, do you understand?"
Sanxin thought for a while. His understanding of the Tao was higher than that of Song Yuanqiao. After thinking for a while, he also understood and said, "Thank you, Master - Brother, for your instruction."
This time, Ling Fei was really confused. He really didn't understand the profound meaning. Was his understanding of the Tao really so shallow? But his master once said that he was a rare genius in understanding the Tao in the Lingxiao Palace.
He didn't know that the teaching methods were different. Fang Lin's modern teaching method was to let them understand by themselves, not just read Taoist scriptures all the time. That was not good.
Fang Lin said, "The Tao gives birth to One."
After that, Sanxin and Song Yuanqiao said with him, "One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things!"
Fang Lin said, "Indeed, the merchant was wrong. The Taoist priest was actually guiding him to the Tao. One is the beginning of all things."
"All things are born from One," Song Yuanqiao said.
"One gives birth to all things, and all things are One," Sanxin said.
Ling Fei was not stupid after all. He also understood. At the same time, he understood more. He also understood that this Taoist Priest Sanfeng really had a high understanding of the Tao.
In the second round, Fang Lin still won. Fang Lin slightly said, "Boundless Heavenly Venerable." Then he turned and left.
Because at this moment, his prestige points had increased by another ninety. He really couldn't help it. As soon as he returned to his room, he started laughing heartily. He already felt that as long as he followed the plan just now, the lottery draw was not far away.