The strategy of conquering the national division begins with drawing Thangka

Chapter 28 Apprenticeship
Bai Zeqing was delighted, it was time to formally become a teacher!It's not that I'm brazenly yelling and playing!
"Yes, Master!"

She responded immediately, then went to the desk to find a pen and paper to write down neatly the Geng Tie, then brewed new tea, knelt upright in front of the Taoist priest, raised the teacup over her head, and said loudly: "Disciple Bai Zeqing, bow down to your benefactor I implore my mentor, to preach and teach, to enlighten and dispel doubts!"

She didn't know how to worship a teacher, but the master still did, and she felt that the reason should be the same.

The corner of the Taoist's mouth twitched, and he tapped the neatly placed Geng Tie on the table, took the teacup, took a sip, then put it down, picked up the Geng Tie, stood up and patted Bai Zeqing on the shoulder, saying: "Follow me Come." He walked out.

Bai Zeqing hurriedly got up, stepped up the steps all the way, and walked for two hours to the open space on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the moon was bright and the stars were thin, the Taoist looked up at the sky and said to Bai Zeqing, "Kneel down."

Bai Zeqing climbed up the mountain with his feet limp and his hands limp. At this moment, he couldn't speak, so he knelt down in response, and panted for breath with his hands on the ground.

"Kneeling!"

Bai Zeqing quickly stood up and knelt upright.

The Taoist waved out the Geng Tie in his hand, a little bit in the air, and the Geng Tie burst into flames.

"Wow!" Bai Zeqing secretly praised in his heart: "This is much better than the performances in the city."

The Taoist put his hands together, made a seal, and said to the night sky: "Disciple Li, choose Bai Zeqing as the No. 30 seventh generation single disciple of Xuan Dao Sect. The world is a lesson!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a loud thunder on the ground.Bai Zeqing was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground.Thinking of the scene of lightning and thunder in Po Taoist Temple again, I secretly said "routine operation" in my heart, and took a deep breath to calm my beating heart.

The Taoist priest only said to her lightly: "Bye!"

Bai Zeqing collected his mind, faced the bright moon of heaven and earth, and honestly performed three prostrations and nine kowtows.

The Taoist said: "Get up."

When Bai Zeqing stood still, the Taoist priest lightly touched her forehead with his index finger.

Bai Zeqing was stunned by the slightly cool touch, but this time it didn't seem to be fleeting when he opened his eyes, but stayed on her forehead.

The Taoist said sternly: "I gave you the mountain doctor's astrological divination, but the technique is based on external force and the heart is the foundation. I hope you will remember that you are a disciple of Xuandao Sect, and you need to focus on the continuation of the world's common people."

Bai Zeqing didn't understand everything, but with a heavy heart, she said earnestly: "Disciple, I would like to follow Master's instruction. With..." She frowned slightly and paused. She couldn't understand that sentence now, and she might not be able to do it, but There is one thing she can do, so she said: "Only master's orders are obeyed."

The Taoist didn't bother to correct her, so he exerted a little force with his fingertips.

In the next second, Bai Zeqing felt a warm current enter from the center of his eyebrows and flow to his limbs.She only felt that the soreness and discomfort all over her body disappeared, and she felt full of strength for a while, as if she could run a few more hills without feeling tired.

She remembered what was written in the story book, and asked: "Master, Master, have I washed my essence? Did I become a top master in the world overnight?"

The corner of the Taoist's mouth seemed to twitch, and the look in the eyes of the fool drifted away: How could he accept this guy as a disciple, the patriarch wouldn't kill me, would he?Is it too late to return it now?

Bai Zeqing was already very familiar with the expression of the Taoist priest, and immediately said with great awareness: "Master, I will read less scripts and practice hard."

Only then did the Taoist nod his head, and said, "It's just to open up the sea of ​​qi, so that you can perceive the aura, so that you can visualize and settle down."

Aura?Bai Zeqing hastily closed his eyes and perceived Zhou Chao, but there was no difference.What is visualization and how to settle down?

"Master, I haven't sensed the spiritual energy. Is it true? I haven't gotten through it yet, or can you get through it again?" Then he pressed his forehead to his fingers.

"There is no way to reach the sky in one step in everything, especially in cultivation. You have to rely on yourself."

The Taoist withdrew his hand in disgust, wiped his Taoist robe again, and said, "Go back. Don't you know how to draw Thangka?"

Bai Zeqing was greatly surprised: "Why, master, don't you teach me the puppet spirit technique? Shouldn't we sit here cross-legged to meditate, absorb the aura of heaven and earth, visualize, or break through the realm?"

What about reading less scripts?Forget it, there is no way to wash out the ones that have already been read.

The Taoist didn't bother to talk to her, so he walked down the mountain first, and said as it should, "Paint Thangkas and make money. First."

Bai Zeqing caught up again, only to feel that her footsteps became much lighter. She felt happy, and couldn't help asking: "Master, Master, can we walk with swords? Oh, there is no sword, and we can fight hard after earning money later." One! Then, fly back? Or teleport like you came back? Master..."

The Taoist priest rolled his eyes, looked at the sky and regretted: Patriarch, I think I was really wrong.

Sure enough, not accepting disciples was the correct choice.pity……

The Taoist closed his ears and quickened his pace.

……

In the early morning of the second day, the little monk who came to call for the morning class ran up the steps, turned around the flower garden, and saw two people, one tall and one short, in the yard outside the layman's room in the first ray of sunlight in the morning.

One half-squats in front of the easel in front of the flower garden, the other sits at the round stone table in the courtyard, one concentrates on painting, and the other concentrates on carving stones.

The little novice stood on the steps dumbfounded, and couldn't say the words "Almsgiver, it's time for morning exercise."

He was in a daze when he saw that the Taoist had just finished carving a formation stone, put down the carving knife, and looked up.

Startled, the little novice immediately stood up straight, and shouted: "Amitabha." Bai Zeqing was so frightened that his brush strokes became chaotic, and the hook line stopped in place.

Bai Zeqing hurriedly put away her pen and took a closer look, fortunately she is using the Ye Gou method ① now, and the place where she paused the pen happened to be in the middle of the Ye Wei line, so it is not impossible to remedy, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Bingzhuye spent a whole night drawing before she basically finished drawing the line. If a stroke was ruined, she would explode immediately on the spot.

She put down the little wolf hair that was stained with flowers, rubbed her wrist, looked at the little novice with some reproach and aggrieved, and said, "Little master, what are you calling? You scared me."

She remembered the reason why the little novice monk came, and hurriedly said to the Taoist priest: "Master, is it okay if I don't go to morning exercises today? I haven't slept all night!"

The Taoist turned to look at her and said, "Go early and return early. According to your current energy, you can complete the coloring after three days without sleep or rest."

Bai Zeqing: "???" Sleepless for three days?Is she still alive?

The Taoist saw through her thoughts at a glance, and said, "Don't worry. I won't die. Are you tired if you haven't slept all day?"

It really doesn't.

Is it because of the spot on the forehead after apprenticeship last night?

but……

I always feel that something is wrong.

The Taoist also added indifferently: "And you won't be hungry, and you will save time for eating."

Bai Zeqing looked at the Taoist priest's calm and emotionless eyes, and his heart was slightly cold: So before this thangka is finished, she will not sleep, eat or drink?And morning exercises, evening classes?
She felt a little hopeless for a while.

　Note ① Leaf hooking method: one of Thangka’s hooking methods, it is a method specially designed for hooking leaves. It is characterized by hooking thick leaf circumference and thin and numerous leaf veins. The leaf circumference line should be thick and thick in the middle. Thin at both ends.

　　
　
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