One day, an old monkey died. The stone monkey didn't understand what happened.
The wise old monkey said: "Your Majesty, all living beings will be born, old, sick and die one day. Unless there are immortal immortals who jump out of reincarnation and live forever, there is a limit to their life span. The old monkey has reached the end of his life span."
This sentence had a huge impact on Stone Monkey.
Living carefree all day long was thought to be the best situation, but on this day I realized that there was still the test of death.
He will die when his lifespan is up, and everything will be in vain after death. Stone Monkey is unwilling to accept such suffering.
"Old monkey, is there any way to live forever?" Stone Monkey asked.
"Your Majesty, I originally thought that there were Taoist scriptures left by ancient immortals in this Shuilian Cave. By practicing Taoist scriptures, we can get rid of the limit of life span. However, we have explored the entire cave and found no Taoist scriptures that can be cultivated. If we want to live forever,
It’s impossible not to die.”
After saying that, Stone Monkey became angry.
"No, it can't be like this. I can't die. How could I die? This day is so annoying. Why do we want people to die?"
The stone monkey looked up at the sky and the earth for the first time.
The way he looked at the world changed. For the first time, he felt that the world was like a prison, restricting his own life and death.
You can never do this yourself.
The old monkey's eyes wandered, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there is no way to live forever."
"Oh, there is a way, great. Old monkey, please tell me." Stone monkey shook the old monkey excitedly.
"Ahem, please let go, Your Majesty. The old monkey's body is about to be shaken apart by Your Majesty." The old monkey said helplessly.
"Haha, say it quickly, or I will scatter you, haha!" Shihou said with a smile.
"That's it, that's it."
later……
The stone monkey left, listening to the old monkey's narration, and planned to cross the sea to go to the overseas fairy mountains that the old monkey told about, to find an expert to obtain the Taoist scriptures of immortality.
Stone Monkey stepped onto the bamboo raft and looked towards the Huaguo Mountain where he was about to say goodbye. This was the place where he was born and the place where he spent the happiest time.
If the death of the old monkey had not reminded him that he could not live forever, Stone Monkey thought that he would have been happy without restraint.
"My King, you have to be careful. The wind is high and the waves are strong. The old monkey is also based on the legends of his predecessors. He doesn't know exactly whether there are real immortals. You must be careful." The old monkey said uneasily.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go and look for immortals overseas? Wouldn't it be better for us to have fun and have fun?"
There are also monkeys who are worried that the stone monkey is about to leave.
But Stone Monkey was very determined, "No, I must find the immortal. What's the point of living if you can't live forever? You all should go back and don't try to persuade me. During my absence, just listen to Old Monkey. If you are in danger, go ahead."
Hiding in the Water Curtain Cave, if someone bullies you, just bear with it, and when I return after learning the immortal magic, I will avenge you, and I will go back."
The Stone Monkey couldn't bear to part with the monkey group or the Flower and Fruit Mountain, but it couldn't be done.
If he can't live forever, everything will be in vain. In the end, digging a small hole to bury his bones like an old monkey is not what he wants.
He hates all restraints and likes to be free and unrestrained.
Although I occasionally have some strange thoughts, such as the sky is displeasing to my eyes and I hate the earth without a ring, why is it like a cage to imprison myself, why can't I travel around the nine heavens, and why can't I test how deep the earth is?
Now, the biggest constraint before us is that we cannot live forever.
It is simply unreasonable that one day he will die. This is not okay, this is not okay!
We must find an immortal and learn the secret of immortality.
With a firm goal in mind, even if what the old monkey said was illusory and a long-standing legend, he was still going to give it a try.
Because this is the only news I can get.
That’s it!
One raft, one monkey, one pole, it’s hard to find a way out of the hurricane and waves!
In the violent storm, the stone monkey scratched its ears and head anxiously. After the rain passed and the sky cleared, the stone monkey took over this refreshing and beautiful scenery.
He has lost his way, and he doesn't know how many times he lost his way in the storm.
There are many small islands along the way, and every time I pray expectantly and devoutly, I end up with no one in sight.
Shi Hou never thought of giving up. Most people had been in countless near-death situations where most people would have died long ago, but he managed to survive time and time again. I don't know if it was an arrangement of fate or man-made arrangements.
At least Stone Monkey didn't know and thought he was lucky.
This journey, the journey of seeking knowledge from teachers, lasts for nearly sixty years.
Stone Monkey finally set foot on the land of Xiniu Hezhou on this day.
In an area where humans live, Stone Monkey saw humans for the first time, but the wise old monkey once told him about it.
What Stone Monkey likes to do most in Huaguo Mountain is to listen to the wise old monkey tell his "few" insights and stories.
The wise old monkey told him about this human race many times. At the beginning of the period, the stone monkey was very excited. He didn't know how big the world was until he came out.
He drifted for a month, not knowing how far he drifted, but for the first time he clearly felt that the world was very big and he was very small.
The wise old monkey also said that every moment in the sky, the stars are a world, and there are gods or creatures.
It should be the guidance of the wise old monkey that opened his heart to explore and opened up a heart unwilling to be ordinary.
Along the way, he encountered fishermen and woodcutter. After a lot of hard work, under the guidance of the woodcutter, Shihou learned that not far from here, there was a Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xianyue Sanxing Cave. There was an ancestor Subhuti in it!
It is said that he is a person with great supernatural powers, has many disciples, has the method of immortality, and has the ability to soar into the clouds and ride in the mist.
Just the expert I was looking for.
Patriarch Subhuti was one of the corpses killed by Zhunti.
The perfect cultivation of the quasi-sage began to hide from the world after the establishment of Buddhism. Non-sages could not see that this was the beheading of quasi-sage, and thought he was a great virtuous man.
Ever since Stone Monkey left Huaguo Mountain to seek enlightenment, everything has been under his control.
Bodhi is the good corpse of Zhunti.
Although the beheading of corpses is based on the deity, it does not mean that there is no self-consciousness.
If it were just a puppet, it wouldn't be called a corpse but a clone.
Many of Shanshi Bodhi's ideas were completely different from those of Zhunti, and he was even more like a saint than Zhunti.
When the good corpse was beheaded, Zhunti was still Zhunti, but the Zhunti at this moment may not be the same Zhunti before.
Shanshi Bodhi can also feel the changes in the deity, and feels a sense of danger.
Fortunately, Zombie Killer is not a puppet. In addition to the fact that the three corpses are compatible with one source, other quasi-propositions cannot make it difficult for Corpse Killer, let alone beheading and other actions.
It's a very mysterious feeling. One of the two is the current Buddha, and the other is a corpse-killer who is proficient in the three paths of Buddhism, Xuan and Immortality.
What happened to the stone monkey was difficult for Bodhi to accept.
It's cruel to fool an ignorant monkey and control half of his life.
But thinking about the persecution of the great saints in the immortal world and the helplessness of Buddhism, Bodhi believed that it was not only Buddhism that caused the monkeys' suffering, but also the shameless major forces in the immortal world.
You are an important part of it.
Thinking of this, Bodhi thought: Well, Stone Monkey will suffer a lot in the future, so I will give him a pure land of soul.
He used the quasi-sage to perfect his cultivation and the saint's realm to observe the stone monkey at close range, and found that the stone monkey was more magical than what was said in the fairy world and what the deity told him.
Powerful root source, two completely different breaths, one as gentle as spring breeze, the other as manic and devastating.
Bodhi couldn't figure out what kind of origin this was, creating such completely different yet mutually reinforcing existences. It was indeed the root of the gods and demons in heaven and earth, and it was hard to understand.
It is said that in the ancient times, the Yin and Yang ancestors were in conflict with each other, and the Five Elements ancestors were in conflict with each other. The ancestors of Qiankun, Xuanhuang, etc. were also in this way.
I didn't have a chance to see it, and I thought it was impossible for the two to coexist. But the moment I saw the stone monkey, I understood that there is indeed such a mutual support.
Maybe this is the difference, Bodhi thought.
"Disciple Shihou, please see the teacher." Shihou was very smart and called him "teacher" without saying a word. This experience was taught to him by the old monkey.
"Haha, you hozen, who has agreed to accept you as a disciple?" Bodhi laughed.
The Bodhi disciples around him also smiled slightly, and some even looked disgusted.
"If the teacher does not accept the disciple, the disciple will not be able to kneel down, and the disciple will not be able to kneel down."
"Bang bang bang!"
After kowtowing a few times, Stone Monkey was inexperienced and could only do this instinctively, which was a bit of a trick.
"Haha" Patriarch Bodhi stroked his beard and laughed.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I will accept you as my disciple." Bodhi said.
"Thank you, Teacher, thank you, Teacher, haha, I have a teacher, I have a teacher." Stone Monkey somersaulted excitedly, making the disciples around him look down upon him, and accepted the one wearing fur and armor. Many disciples disapproved of it.
"Do you have a name?"
"Name?" Shihou was stunned. The monkeys called him Shihou, and later the king. He didn't have a name?
"Teacher, the disciple has no name."
"No name?" Bodhi was not surprised, as expected.
"In this way, you are originally a monkey, and the monkey is connected with the sun. How about your surname being Sun?"
"Okay, okay, okay." Stone Monkey said happily.
"You have a tiger and a rose in your heart. The two coexist, and the two coexist. One side is manic and destructive, and the other side is kind and bright. My teacher hopes that you will blend the two. The Dao heart will be persevering and empty of external objects. Only by understanding the emptiness of the heart can you
If you can balance the Tao and not be empty, I will call you Sun Wukong!"
"Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong, I have a name, I have a name." The stone monkey, also known as Sun Wukong, was so excited that he could not control himself. He had a name.
after……
After paying homage to his master, Wukong began his path of seeking the Tao by following Patriarch Bodhi.
Fast forward nearly a hundred years.
Sun Wukong found that he had learned nothing except listening to Bodhi's sermon.
The other brothers and sisters have all learned more or less magic and some small abilities, but he is the only one who listens to the same teacher teaching the same Tao.
Other brothers and sisters, after listening to the teachings, understood the exercises, spells and minor supernatural powers, but their own hearts only became a little empty and their thoughts became a little clearer, but nothing else was gained.
Sun Wukong was confused for a moment, why was he like this?
On the other side, Bodhi, who is in retreat, is also facing difficult choices.
I'm here to urge you again.
"My dear, you should understand that Sun Wukong is a piece of jade and needs to be carved carefully, instead of rushing him to learn a lot, which will harm him." Bodhi said.
How could Zhunti not know, but he sighed: "Friend Bodhi, it takes a lot of time for me to communicate with you in the immortal world, so I will keep it short, I hope you can understand...Brother Jie Yin and I also understand that this stone monkey is jade."
, but we don’t have time to carve it carefully. Since Stone Monkey was born and since Stone Monkey became a disciple, there have been countless people watching. They don’t allow you to carve carefully. I hope you can understand the difficulties I have with Senior Brother Jie Yin.”
"But? If you can't make up for Sun Wukong's mind, it will harm him, and it will make him take a lot of detours."
"Fellow Taoist, he is living in illusion, what do you think?" Zhunti said one sentence, which left Bodhi speechless.
Bodhi was stunned, yes, Sun Wukong was living in illusion, and his training in the sea was done by himself.
I have recently developed a love for talents and want to lay a solid foundation for Sun Wukong, but it doesn't work.
If you do this again, you may not be able to help Sun Wukong, but may even harm him.
For example, he made an accident and disappeared, and a new Buddhist disciple came to teach Sun Wukong.
By then Sun Wukong's fate may be even more unpredictable.
"My dear, I understand, at the latest two hundred years, Sun Wukong will reach the level of Golden Immortal and become a disciple." Bodhi said weakly.
"Good, fellow Taoist, it's good that you understand. Cross-border message transmission is difficult, so I'm leaving." Zhunti disappeared from Bodhi's soul.
Bodhi was left with a confused look on his face.
Bodhi's eyes were closed, and through the obstacles in front of him, Bodhi saw a monkey with his legs crossed and his legs crossed on his pillow, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, looking at the sky in a daze.
"No matter what, no matter what, you were gifted by Tao Zun after all, and are the legacy of Saint Nu Wa who refined stones to mend the sky. Even if they go too far, they dare not kill you. With the incense and love between Dao Zun and Saint Nu Wa, your life is meaningless.
Hidden dangers, the rest is up to you. Only through hardship can you achieve extraordinary things, monkey, you have to work hard!"
…
Bodhi, who had changed his mind, no longer made any special distinction when he preached again.
Previously, in order to lay the foundation for Sun Wukong and replenish his mind, he carefully selected the sermons. What Sun Wukong heard were all Taoist teachings that stabilized his mind and replenished his spiritual wisdom.
But this time without screening, Shun Wukong suddenly found that he was smarter and had an epiphany.
When I came to be a Celestial Immortal, I listened to Bodhi's sermons for a hundred years, and finally made a breakthrough this time. I went from the early stage of Celestial Immortal to the middle stage. This is a huge progress.
Sun Wukong laughed excitedly.
This aroused the resentment of the fellow teachers, but also aroused Bodhi's attention.
"Wukong, you have been a beginner for a hundred years. This time you have made some small progress. I would like to ask you, what kind of Taoism do you want to learn from me?" Bodhi finished his sermon this time and did not leave as before, but asked Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong was excited and said hurriedly: "Teacher, I want to learn the method of immortality."
Immortality is also the Golden Immortal. All the disciples seemed to have heard the joke. If you want to live forever, you need the Immortal Golden Immortal. This hozen has such a big tone. How can immortality be so simple?
"You are such a bad person, you have such a loud tone, you should be beaten!"
"Bah bang bang!"
Bodhi hit Sun Wukong three times on the head, then ignored him and left.
There was left a group of disciples who disdained and laughed at Sun Wukong.
But Sun Wukong was confused. He thought too much for a while. The teacher didn't say there was no way to live forever. He just hit himself three times. Could it be that he was testing himself?
Do you want to go find him by yourself in the middle of the night?
Sun Wukong thought so.
And I did what I thought of, and at midnight, I actually found Bodhi.
In the middle of the night, the conversation between the master and the disciple was very mysterious.
Bodhi taught many Dharma methods, but Sun Wukong only wanted immortality.