"The past is like smoke. We don't talk about the master of the army, so as not to increase sadness. Today, we... only talk about tea and only talk about the Tao!"

Master Xuansheng sighed, and then he looked melancholy. In fact, in the four wildernesses, few people know about his friendship with Taoist Master Lingnong. Only he himself knows that he is lonely for half his life and his close friend for the rest of his life is Lingnong...

"The old man is not here, there is no need to drink this old tea. This time I meet, let me add another pot of new tea to you!"

"Then I'll be in trouble." At this time, Zhong Tianhao calmed down for a moment, and then bowed and replied.

Just as Zhong Tianhao looked at him, Master Xuansheng smiled slightly, and then took out a pinch of tea from somewhere.

The tea leaves are very delicate. After smelling them carefully, they also have a little fragrance. When Master Xuansheng put them into another brand new tea cup, the green tea leaves were covered with white porcelain, which made people feel an alternative and refreshing feeling.

"There are two types of tea added, one is to make tea, and the other is to make tea. The time it takes to make tea is long. I know that you are eager to practice and don't have much time to spare. Therefore, I will make a pot of tea for you."

During Master Xuansheng's explanation, Zhong Tianhao also became more interested. He just watched this operation carefully, and his eyes never changed for a moment.

"This tea-making water requires high temperature, but it should not boil. The boiling ratio of 60% to 80% is just right!"

As Master Xuansheng said, he picked up the water-boiling kettle, tilted it slightly, and added water to the cup.

Then, after the thin and weak tea leaves were dissipated by hot water, they immediately burst and rolled wildly. Until finally, when the water flow became calm, the tea leaves were divided into two parts.

Some of them, because they are slightly larger and have not been soaked open, sank directly into the bottom of the water; while the other part, they stretch and float to the surface as soon as they encounter water!

Gradually, the unique fragrance of the new tea also dissipated with the freezing heat, gently swept through Zhong Tianhao's nose and slowly penetrated into his body.

At this moment, deep in Zhong Tianhao's nerves, the string that was always tense slowly relaxed, and his whole body seemed to be moistened, becoming very relaxed and quiet!

Zhong Tianhao smelled the smell of new tea!

At first, the tea leaves with relatively high density were always sinking to the bottom of the water, but as time went by, the tea leaves became very loose and stretched from its original dry appearance.

Then, just when Zhong Tianhao thought the tea leaves would resuspend again, they had just risen and sank violently again.

This scene was a bit illusory. In that small tea cup, it seemed like there was magic. The tea leaves seemed to be pulled. They gradually floated up, but when they rose to halfway, they slowly fell down.

This is repeated many times until finally, when the tea leaves in the cup stabilize, most of the tea leaves are completely trapped at the bottom of the cup, and only a small part of them are relatively thin and crumbly, will continue to rise and fall!

At this time, the color of the tea leaves also turned dark green. They seeped out green juice and directly dyed the cup of clear water into the emerald green color.

"The world is rolling, there is no you or others, I pity my world, I am like a floating tea!"

At this moment, Master Xuansheng put down the kettle. He looked at the tea in the cup, then turned his eyes, glanced at Zhong Tianhao next to him, and continued: "You don't like Buddhist preaching, but today I have to say it, I hope you will forgive me!"

"The master is serious. What I don't like about is not the true Buddhist philosophy, but the fake monks who deceive the world under the guise of Buddhism!" Zhong Tianhao frowned and answered quickly.

"A person wanders in the world, and there are always ups and downs, but in the end, he will slowly settle down completely in the vortex of time, buried by dust, submerged by time, and forgotten by others.

By then, the only thing he could keep was the essence that he oozed out, and only his lifelong hard work. It was like... tea!"

On the stone table, the tea in the cup gradually became colder, but at this moment, Master Xuansheng did not care about Zhong Tianhao. He picked up a tea cup, put it to his mouth, and drank it.

"Perhaps, this cup of tea is far less fragrant and strong than wine, but its elegance is always irresistible. The wine is hot and spicy, the tea is bitter, but only the aftertaste of the tea... is sweet!

All the flavors of life are all in this tea tasting!”

"What the master said is extremely true. Forgive the younger generation to be stupid and do not know how to understand this 'life is like floating tea, and tea is like life'?" Zhong Tianhao thought about it. He pondered for a moment and then asked.

Hearing this, Master Xuansheng smiled faintly. He did not reply, but gently pushed another tea cup on the stone table to Zhong Tianhao and said, "Donor Zhong, please use new tea!"

Zhong Tianhao was no longer polite about this. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and swallowed it slowly.

At this moment, Zhong Tianhao felt that this new tea filled his mouth and the taste melted. Although the tea juice had a bitter feeling, after this bitterness, it still had a hint of sweetness and mellowness, which made people feel endless aftertaste!

"The bitterness is sweet, what kind of tea is this?" Feeling the aftertaste in the tea, Zhong Tianhao asked again.

However, this time, Master Xuansheng still did not answer. He added some tea to Zhong Tianhao and added tea.

Seeing this, Zhong Tianhao also looked into the tea cup, and then he saw the tea leaves floating up and down in the cup. At the same time, there was a slight fragrance that overflowed.

Seeing that the tea was getting stronger, Zhong Tianhao couldn't help but want to pick up the teacup, but his subconscious action was suddenly stopped by Master Xuansheng.

"Donor Zhong, please wait a moment!" Master Xuansheng said, and he lifted the kettle and poured another strand of water into the cup.

Unlike before, the water added this time is not warm water, but boiling water!

"This..." Zhong Tianhao bowed his head again, and looked at the tea cups again, but saw that the tea leaves were even more messy, with no rules.

However, at this time, in the surrounding void, the more mellow and intoxicating tea fragrance was also spreading hard, drifting into the distance, as if the fragrance was everywhere!

"Master, why should I brew the same cup of tea with warm water and boiling water separately?"

Regarding Zhong Tianhao's many questions, Master Xuansheng no longer made a fool of himself. He stood up, slowly turned his eyes, looked at Zhong Tianhao, and gave his final explanation directly:

"Different use of water, the ups and downs of tea leaves are different. When making tea with warm water, the tea leaves are light on the water surface and cannot be used effectively; when making tea with boiling water, the tea juice is too rich and bitter.

And after brewing warm water first and boiling water again and again, the tea leaves were floating and floating, releasing the quietness of spring rain, the hotness of summer sun, the mellowness of autumn wind, and the freshness of winter frost.

Life is like tea, isn’t it just a pinch of tea with life? And destiny isn’t it just a pot of warm water or hot boiling water?

Tea leaves release deep fragrance because of boiling water; and life can only leave a series of fragrance in life if it encounters setbacks and ups and downs!”

Zhong Tianhao also empathized with Master Xuansheng's preaching, as if in the dark, he was destined to embark on such a path in life.

"As the master said, the hardships of the world's life seem to be condensed into a pot of small tea. This is... life is like tea, right?"

"I am making tea, first water, two water, three water, and four waters are the most essence!

When I was a teenager, I was confused about the world, as turbid as the first tea I had just brewed. At that time, only by discarding the foam and rinsing the tea set can the tea soup that was later clear and has a magical charm!

In youth, hard work is like two dishes of tea. At this time, it can be drunk. However, in the two dishes of tea, there are a lot of theophylline, and there are also more or less other miscellaneous flavors. Therefore, this tea has a stronger green and bitter taste when it tastes.

When you reach middle age, you begin to have results and harvests. Just like the third tea dish when you are tasting tea, this is the true manifestation of the good and bad tea leaves. This tea soup is the most mellow, sweetest and most charming!

Life enters old age, life is light and boring. You will often share your hard work experiences in your youth and middle-aged life with others and share the joy of harvesting results. This is just like when tea is brewed into the fourth tea soup, although the tea is light and elegant, it will still make people feel the refreshing charm of the previous one.

All of these are all kinds of... Life is like tea!"

"My younger generation... I've been taught!" Zhong Tianhao bowed deeply to Master Xuansheng again.

"Do you understand?" Master Xuansheng asked again.

"A half-knowledge, but it is enough!" Zhong Tianhao continued, "Life is like tea. Tea has only two forms, sinking... or floating; tea drinkers also have two postures, picking up... or letting go!"

"So, have you let it go?" Master Xuansheng asked again.

"Let go... I can't let go... I'm young, I can't let go!" Zhong Tianhao said.

"When you are calm, when you are floating, you are calm, life is just a cup of tea.

Whether it’s too much or too little, why are you fighting for?

Whether it is thick or light, it has its own flavor!

Whether it's urgent or slow, so what?

Whether it is warm or cold, look at each other and smile!

Whether it is hatred or hatred, it is better to... disappear...

Life is painful because of caring; it is hurt because of doubt; it is happy because of being underestimated; it is happy because of being underestimated!

Life is like tea, bitter head, sweet head, three aftertaste, and the world is like this…”

At this moment, Master Xuansheng actually looked directly at Zhong Tianhao and suddenly asked a heart-breaking question:

"Today, I am sending you over, can you... let it go?"

"Second answer, I still can't let go!" Zhong Tianhao knew what Master Xuansheng asked specifically, and he also knew what answer Master Xuansheng wanted in the end.

However, he could not lie, deceive, and disobeyed his persistence in order to satisfy Master Xuansheng!

"Forget it, I can't force you. As a Buddhist lineage, what I can do is enough. Ten thousand Buddhas can be punished, lotus, Vajra, Boruo, Huayan, and those who commit crimes can also be punished. But... those who have no cause or no result are still expected to keep their line of inheritance!"
Chapter completed!