Chapter 9 Bodhi Ancestor

Along the way, the golden cicada was in a very low mood. He felt that Rulai was becoming more and more alienated from him, and a fear welled up in his heart, as if Rulai was constantly rejecting him. Thinking of this, Jin Cicada's head felt a swelling pain, and he hurriedly descended to the ground, meditated and rested, chanting and meditating.

After the golden cicada meditated, he wanted to know very much why Rulai would treat him like this, but if he asked Rulai, Rulai would not say it, and if he asked others, he would not know the reason, so he had to find the answer himself. But where to look, he was very confused, at this time, he suddenly thought that Rulai was still a mortal before he cultivated to the true fruit, and maybe he could find the answer he wanted in the mortal world.

Jin Chanzi thought that Rulai would let him go to Dongtu again to spy on information, and he had a bold idea, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity to learn about the lives and thoughts of mortals. So he immediately changed into a costume for the people of Dongtu, but his head was still bare, and there were nine ring scars on it, so he had to find a hat to wear it, so as not to make others suspicious.

In the mortal world of the Eastern Earth, Jin Chanzi has been a poor man for thirty-three years, a rich man for thirty-three years, and a civil official for thirty-three years...... Over the years, Jin Chanzi has changed countless identities, and he has learned and tried almost every industry, but he still has one more idea that lingers, that is, "learning the Tao". When he was in the Great Lei Yin Temple, Jin Chanzi often heard that the sect of Dongtu learned the "Tao" of seeking the truth of heaven and earth, which was different from the Buddhist search for the true self, and Jin Chanzi also heard that the magic of Taoism was to use the power of heaven and earth for his own use, which was different from the heart in Buddhism, but the power was comparable, which made Jin Chanzi very curious. But if he learns the Tao, he may contradict his own Buddhism, and the consequences will be unimaginable. But how can anything that does not understand Taoism help Buddhism? This time, for the sake of Buddhism, he studied Taoism with a spirit of sacrifice and fearlessness. However, Taoism is not like Buddhism, Taoism is passed on one by one, and some people practice alone, because they are all pure people who promise to be pure and have few desires, and they don't like to be disturbed, so most of them live on the cliffs.

In order to learn Taoism, Jin Chanzi committed the sin of binding his hair in Buddhism, begged immortals everywhere and asked, and spent a Jiazi time for that Taoist to be a Taoist servant to learn the Taoist method of prolonging life, in fact, it took sixty years to learn the method of living longer, and still didn't learn any magic. But the golden cicada has a foundation in Buddhism and medicine, and he can still see what the Taoist priest is doing, and the Taoist priest is only half a bucket of water, and he can't see that the golden cicada has mana. After a while, the Taoist priest failed to cross the catastrophe and turned into dust. And those Taoist skills and experiences are all in the hands of the golden cicada. After Jin Chanzi saw the fate of the Taoist priest, he was very shocked in his heart, because the cultivation method of Buddhism was not so terrifying. If the cultivation of the Tao is compared to climbing a mountain, then the Buddhist cultivation method is to dig steps to the top of the mountain, the Buddhist cultivation technique is very important to the combination of body and mind, step by step, one step at a time, go up, and compared to Taoism, it is like climbing up the mountain, starting to climb fast, to the back is getting slower and slower, if you are lucky, you are tired and have a place to rest, if you are tired and unlucky, you will fall down from the top, and your bones will be broken......

Jin Chanzi looked at those Taoist books, and his heart wavered, and if he continued to practice, he would not practice. For the sake of Buddhism, you must practice! Jin Chanzi made up his mind, took those books and read them, and practiced Taoism with the foundation of Buddhism, which was indeed somewhat effective, but it was not big, and he was very puzzled in his heart.

One day, a wandering Taoist priest passed by the cave of the golden cicada, came up to visit the golden cicada, and made an appointment to discuss the problems of cultivation with each other. Jin Chanzi readily agreed, because he happened to have a lot of things he didn't understand.

Before the discussion, the wandering Taoist priest said: "You and I are not people of the turbid world, so we don't need to ask each other where we come and go, what our surnames are, we only talk about Taoism." Jin Chanzi thought about it, this is fine, so as not to spoil the big thing, Jin Chanzi nodded and agreed. The two of them talked for a long time, and they talked very happily, and at the time of parting, Jin Chanzi asked the wandering Taoist: "Why do I only have a slight achievement in burning pills and refining mercury, but I have not improved in cultivation......?" After the wandering Taoist left, Jin Chanzi thought about it alone for a long time, and finally figured it out, mainly because of the conflict between Buddhist ideas and Taoist thoughts. The idea of Buddhism is that after oneself is separated from the world, one must save the world, that is, people are outside the world, and the mind is in the world, while the Taoist idea is that after oneself is separated from the world, oneself is at ease, regardless of the affairs of the world, that is, people are outside the world, and the mind is outside the world. And Jin Chanzi is a Buddhist idea of helping the world as a person, and it is of course not possible to cultivate the Taoist mind. When Jin Chanzi figured this out, he suddenly felt relaxed. After he practiced the Dao with a pure and inactive mind, his progress progressed by leaps and bounds, and he soon raised his cultivation to the top, and he also understood the difference between the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism. As Jin Chanzi's cultivation became higher and higher, his fame became bigger and bigger, and he gave himself a Taoist name, "Bodhi Zhenren", which was actually changed from his real name, but the Dongtu people couldn't tell the difference, so it didn't matter. Then, in order to have a deeper understanding of the differences between the various Dao methods, he accepted disciples, each of whom only taught one Dao technique, which led to him accepting a large number of disciples......

At this time, in the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor was still busy eradicating dissidents, and a large part of them had already been degraded and beheaded, resulting in the loss of a large number of immortal generals and immortal officials in the Heavenly Court......