"This technique of change is actually somewhat similar to driving clouds, and it also depends on the mind. The patriarch said to Sun Xiaokong:

"Before you can change everything, you must first have the outline and appearance of this thing in your heart. "The patriarch said:

"Once you have the appearance of this thing, then you say to yourself with your mind: 'I am this thing, I am this thing' and with a spell, and gradually you can become this thing!"

"Of course, you're still a beginner at the beginning, and your process of change may be slower. For example, if you become a teacher, something becomes in the blink of an eye, and it may take you a while to become it. ”

"When you're a novice, it's possible that your changes will be distorted. Let's say you were going to be a fox but you turned out to be a dog, or you were going to be a dog and you were missing a tail. All of these things are possible. ”

The patriarch said, "When you change, you have to start with the simple, from the simple to the complex, and finally change the complex things." For example, you should start with a simple object that can't speak, such as a tree, a table, or a bench, and then move on to complex objects such as houses, animals, and large scenes. The patriarch went on to say:

"Of all the things that can change, 'human' is the most difficult to change, and this is also the highest rank of the sixty-four changes. --Because people are a complex complex of voices, movements, expressions, and thoughts, if you can't get the heat, the person you conjure up may have no voice or no expression. ”

The patriarch said: "Change is not arbitrary, there is a principle of change, and that is the principle of 'one-to-one'. That is to say, if you were originally a person, then you can only become one thing, whether it is a tree, a table, or a house, and they will all be one when you are transformed, not two trees and two tables. ”

"Hmm," Sora nodded. The patriarch went on to say, "There is another principle of change, that is, before and after change, the weight of two things is the same. For example, if you originally weighed 100 pounds, then the conjured things also weighed 100 pounds. The tree that becomes is also a hundred catties, the table is also a hundred catties, and the house is also a hundred catties. ”

Xiaokong interjected and said, "There are small trees and big trees, and the house is so big, how can it be the same weight as the original person?"

The patriarch nodded and said, "That's exactly what I'm going to say. When a person becomes a small tree or a big tree, it seems that the weight of the small tree and the big tree are not the same, which is wrong; So how can a big tree be the same weight as a small tree? That's because they're made of different materials. For example, the small tree he conjured might be made of pine, and the big tree might be made of paulownia, and in the same way, the house he conjured might be made of hollow bricks, or the walls would be as thin as papier-mâché. In conclusion, both of them weigh equally before and after the change. This is called 'quantity parity' in changing terms. So, in order to comply with the principle of 'equal quantity', you should try not to make things too big, such as the sea, the lake, the city, the mountains, etc. Otherwise, it's hard for you to operate. ”

The patriarch glanced at Xiao Kong and said, "The change spell is so powerful, can't you tell it?" As the saying goes, 'everything never deviates from its origin', no matter how similar you become, even if you can confuse the real with the false, you can still distinguish it. How to tell the difference?-- is to look at his details. The patriarch swallowed and foamed at the mouth and continued:

"Let's say you were originally a dog, and now you're a rooster. In this case, after becoming a rooster, the rooster will still retain some dog characteristics more or less. For example, if a dog likes to wag its tail, then it is possible that the rooster still has the habit of waging its tail. ”

"Let's say that he was originally a man, but he is going to change into a woman. It is possible that after becoming a woman, she still retains masculine features. For example: Adam's apple; Because men's movements are generally rougher, women's movements are generally gentle. Then, if you find that this woman moves roughly, and she has an Adam's apple, then you can conclude that this is a man's change. ”

Xiao Kong listened with relish, as if listening to a story. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Then how can you change back after you change?"

The patriarch replied, "You still have to use your mind! That is, you say to yourself with your mind, 'I want to change back,' 'I want to change back,' and at the same time, with a mantra, and gradually you change back." ”

"I see, this art of change doesn't seem to be difficult to learn. Sora said with a smile.

So Patriarch Kunlun began to teach Xiaokong step by step from shallow to deep to practice the art of change.

However, this art of change is not as easy to learn as Sora said. In the process of changing, he realistically reproduced the cases mentioned by his ancestors: when he wanted to become a fox, he turned out to be a dog, when he became a dog, he lost a tail, and when he changed into a woman, she was rude and had body hair, and so on. And he couldn't change back when he became a kitten once, and he kept looking at the ancestor with "meow" and "meow" in his heart. The funny patriarch laughed.

Under the careful teaching of Kunlun Patriarch, Sun Xiaokong finally mastered the art of change after hard study. At first he could only change into a tree and a table, but slowly he could become a puppy and a kitten, and then he could change into a temple and a palace, and finally he learned to become a man, and the person he changed was so subtle that it was difficult to distinguish. Sun Xiaokong calculated the time for learning and changing, no more, no less, exactly seven hundred and forty-nine days.

On this day, everyone had practiced for a day, and when everyone was tired, the bell rang in the temple. When everyone heard this, they were all happy, and it turned out that it was time for dinner. The Taoist boys thumped their arms and legs, stretched their waists, and entered the dining room. Sora found that today's dinner was particularly sumptuous, with a large table of dishes, and many of them were his favorites. Little Hollow thought, this is not common. You must know that the life in Guanli has always been very hard, and the usual meals are mainly green vegetables and porridge, and the life of the ancestor is relatively simple, never extravagant and wasteful.

At the dinner table, the patriarch was also seated, and he always ate with everyone. It's just that Sora feels that the atmosphere today is a little different. The patriarch beckoned everyone to eat and said, "Eat, eat, eat, eat more, don't waste it." So everyone gobbled it up, and Sora also moved his chopsticks, he hadn't eaten such a delicious meal in a long time.

At the end of the meal, the patriarch looked at Xiaokong and said, "Xiaokong, today is a special day, do you know?"

Xiaokong thought about it for a while, and didn't feel anything special. He asked, "What day is it?"

The patriarch said, "Today is exactly three years and six months since you came here. ”

Xiao Kong thought about it, and felt that there was nothing special about it. Just looked straight at the master.

The patriarch continued: "You have been here for more than three years, you have learned martial arts, and you have grown up, so it's time for you to go down the mountain!"

When Xiaokong heard this, as if he had been struck by lightning, he said, "Is the master going to drive me down the mountain... Tears were already flowing from his eyes, and his voice was choked.

The patriarch was also emotional, and his eyes were slightly red. said: "As the saying goes, 'birds always have to fly out of the nest when they grow up', you have become a mature, there are still many things waiting for you to do outside, you can't always stay here... ”

Xiao Kong knew that the ancestor had already made up his mind, and it was useless to beg.

The patriarch said, "You go back and clean up, and you will go on the road tomorrow, I have already calculated, tomorrow is an auspicious day of the zodiac." ”

Sora choked up and left the dining room.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Xiaokong packed up and came to bid farewell to the master. When he entered, he found that the patriarch and the other Dao children were already waiting here. Xiao Kong looked at the kind face of the master in front of him, and didn't know how to say a thousand words for a while. For a moment, the corners of his eyes moistened again.

The patriarch tightly held Xiaokong's hand and said: "Men don't flick when they have tears, and the big husband should make meritorious contributions, how can he always condescend to this view, and put away the children's private feelings, replace them with that pride and ambition, and sail away!"

Xiaokong thanked him for his kindness, said goodbye to the senior brothers one by one, knelt down to worship the master, and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Xiaokong said goodbye to his master and walked out of the view, he walked under the big tree, and watched the two thousand-year-old trees refuse to leave for a long time. At this time, the patriarch seemed to remember something, and chased him out in three steps and two steps. When the master came to Xiaokong, he said to him in a serious tone:

"You must remember to be a teacher, you must take the world as your own responsibility, and do something useful for the people of the world. The patriarch paused and said, "I will give you something for the teacher, which may be useful when you are in danger in the future." With that, he wrote a few words in the palm of Xiaokong's hand, dipped his fingers in spittle.

Sora left the temple. He looked back at the place where he had lived for more than three years, and he was full of infinite affection for every flower, grass, tree and tree here. However, the most reluctant thing for him is the master, what a kind old man this is, he taught himself kung fu, taught himself to be a man, took care of his own life, and never scolded himself, he treated himself like a father who loved his children, but now that he is going to separate, he thinks that he may never see each other again in the future, and his heart is as uncomfortable as a knife. He looked at all this in front of him with great nostalgia, and he only felt that his throat was clogged。。。。。。