“…… Harvest into a load, in the song market, easy rice three liters. There is no competition, the price is mediocre, there will be no clever calculations, no honor and disgrace, and tranquility will prolong life. Where they meet, they are not immortals, and they sit quietly and talk about the Yellow Court. ”

When the Monkey King heard this, his heart was full of joy, and he said happily: "Okay, well, it turns out that the old fairy is hiding here, hurry up, Wang Xiu, we will come forward to meet you together." ”

"Monkey, you wait......"

The Monkey King was also anxious, and he was tumbling and jumping and running forward, only to find that it was a woodcutter, who was there with an axe and chopping wood, while singing this fairy song and verse.

The Monkey King bowed forward at the moment.

"I've seen the old fairy. ”

The woodcutter was a sturdy man in his thirties, but he was a little extraordinary, wearing a hat on his head, which was the first kind of bamboo shoots to take off, and he was wearing cloth clothes, but it was a yarn twisted from cotton. The waist is tied with a ring, which is the silk of the old silkworm's mouth. Stepping on the grass is the coolness of withered sand. Holding a steel axe in his hand, he is holding a hemp rope.

said that it was a woodcutter, but it was an unusual, generous woodcutter, although the clothes were not gorgeous, but also simple, although the complexion was not rich, but also healthy, at this time, I saw this inhuman-looking Monkey King smiled and came to say hello, and he was not as surprised as ordinary people, but should drink and laugh:

"Hahaha...... I make a living by collecting firewood, and my food and clothing are not comprehensive, how dare I be a fairy, hahaha......"

Wang Xiu had already followed at this time, and he also bowed like the Monkey King, and said: "No wonder, no wonder, my companion who yearns for immortals and holy Buddhas, just now I heard your lyrics and said, 'Where you meet, if you are not an immortal, you will be the way, and you will sit quietly and talk about the Yellow Court.'" But I misunderstood that you were an old immortal. ”

"Oh, hahahaha...... I see, but the two misunderstood, this word, the name is full of Tingfang, is an old fairy taught to me, the fairy and I give up next to each other, he saw my family work, daily troubles, teach me when I encounter troubles, that is, the word is recited, one is scattered, the other is to solve the difficulty, I just now is a little lacking in thought, so this thought, did not want to be heard by the two. ”

At this time, the Monkey King was no longer the original monkey who didn't understand anything, and when he heard this, he asked suspiciously:

"You can be adjacent to the immortals, why don't you practice from him and learn the art of immortality?"

The woodcutter shook his head and smiled: "I have a hard life, I was raised by my parents until I was eight or nine years old, and I didn't know what to do, unfortunately my father was lost, and my mother was widowed. There are no more brothers and sisters, just me, I have no choice but to serve in the morning and evening. Now that the mother is old, she doesn't dare to leave. However, the countryside was barren, and there was not enough food and clothing, so he had to cut two bundles of firewood, pick up a few pennies and buy a few liters of rice between the dust, cook his own food, arrange some tea and rice, and provide for his old mother, so he could not practice. ”

The woodcutter said clearly, but he couldn't let go of his family, so he didn't follow the old fairy to practice, which made the Monkey King, who had been pursuing the long way, incomprehensible, and said: "But this ......"

Wang Xiu stepped forward and grabbed the Monkey King's arm and said: "Monkey, don't say much, you must know one sentence, there are no unfilial immortals in this world, but this gentleman's choice is right, he is a gentleman who practices filial piety." ”

When the woodcutter heard this, he nodded and said: "Yes, the Bodhi Patriarch also said this, there is no unfilial immortal in the world, if I abandon my mother and the ancestor to practice, then I am not a son of man, what kind of immortal can I do." ”

"Listening to what you say, this Bodhi Patriarch is really a true immortal, but I hope you can point out the immortal residence of the two of us, so that I can wait to visit. ”

The woodcutter said: "Not far, not far, this mountain is called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, there is a three-star cave in the mountain, there is an old fairy living in the cave, the name is Su Bodhi Patriarch, the ancestor went out of the apprentices are countless, and now there are thirty or forty people from him to practice, you two follow the path, keep going forward, about seven or eight miles, is his home." ”

"It's just that there is a strange thing, I have to tell the two of you, this patriarch is an old immortal with magical powers, after his disciples went out, his reputation also spread, and people often come to look for apprentices, and the patriarch doesn't like to make noise. ”

"Later, I don't know why, if someone wants to see it again, outsiders want to visit and they can't see it, and they don't know what's going on, and it is said that they can only see it if they have the opportunity to understand. ”

"Oh, is that so?" Wang Xiu listened thoughtfully, and thanked him.

The Monkey King still couldn't understand the woodcutter's reluctance to practice, so he stepped forward and grabbed the woodcutter and said, "That's it, brother, why don't you take me and wait there, and if you can still get benefits, I won't forget your guidance." ”

The Monkey King still wanted to take the woodcutter to meet the Bodhi Patriarch.

The woodcutter still shook his head in disagreement: "I have already said that if I go, my mother will take care of me?" Needless to say, I still have to chop wood, you wait to go, go by yourself." ”

After the woodcutter finished speaking, he carried the firewood on his back and went down the mountain, and the Monkey King didn't say much when he saw this, so he let him go.

At this time, Wang Xiu pondered in his heart what the woodcutter had just said, Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and the three-star cave of the oblique moon...... Serendipitous understanding......

Looking at the back of the woodcutter, he suddenly realized something, and shouted loudly to the back:

"You just said that you can walk seven or eight miles from this trail to the three-star cave of the slanting moon, right?

Eh, why do I suddenly want to ask this question? Wang Xiu's heart suddenly fluctuated, and the Yuan Shen in his body suddenly fluctuated, and after thinking for a while, after a period of clarity, Wang Xiu realized that he had asked a question that should not be asked.

At this time, I saw that the woodcutter did not look back, but he could still hear the voice from a distance:

"Then I don't know, I only know, I only need to walk seven or eight miles to find it, others, some can't find it, some walk a hundred and ten miles, some may be two or three miles, it's also strange. ”

The voice was faint, and when Wang Xiu was about to ask again, the figure of the woodcutter had disappeared into the mountain and forest paths.

"Let's go, Wang Xiu, go and find the old immortal. ”

"Monkey, there is something ......" Wang Xiu already knew something in his heart at this time, and suddenly wanted to say something.

The Monkey King stopped and said, "What's the matter, let's go, you can find the old fairy by walking seven or eight miles ahead, don't delay the time, I think this is a real immortal." ”

"En......" Wang Xiu hummed lightly, thought about it, and finally didn't say anything, and stopped talking.

You can find it by walking seven or eight miles ahead, but I may not be able to.

There was a burst of clear light in the primordial spirit, and I don't know when, the primordial spirit that had condensed all his previous spirits, beliefs, and souls was affected by an unknown influence, and it wasn't until he asked the question just now that he came to his senses.

At the moment, Wang Xiu frowned in his heart: Damn, he shouldn't have asked that question.

But it is unavoidable.

The reason why he asked this question was that Wang Xiu thought that he took Sun Monkey to find this Fangcun Mountain about seven years in advance, according to the original book, it would take about ten years for the monkey to come here, and it was only three years at this time. [.]