Chapter 39: The Temptation of Ginseng Fruit
The first article of the holy monk: the holy monk has to pretend! Both externally and internally. Mysterious and unpredictable can make people cast a mouse taboo, always keep the hole cards, others can't figure out your bottom details, naturally will not take risks.
The second rule of the holy monk: life is the most important. If a gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, how can he risk his life as a holy monk. Cherish life, stay away from danger, and live is valuable.
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That's all for today's reading.
These two are simply guiding lights, illuminating the way forward for Town, which must be digested and comprehended well.
"Master, master, there is a Taoist temple in front of you!" The voice of Sun Wukong was heard in the distance, and I saw Sun Wukong falling from the clouds, standing in the middle of the road ahead, and saying loudly to everyone.
Townsend withdrew the book in his hand and put it close to him.
"Xiaobai, after walking for so long, I am tired of being a teacher, so let's take a rest in the Taoist temple in front of you." Townsend commanded.
He wasn't very tired, not even tired at all, reading the book, feeling that time had flown by, just looking at the two apprentices behind him who were tired enough, he should have walked quite far.
Zhu Bajie in the rear took the opportunity to put down his burden, put his hands on his knees, bent over, opened his mouth, and breathed heavily.
Along the way, the "carriage" ran fast, these two unlucky brothers had to chase after them, Sha Wujing was a little better, it was a marathon, Zhu Bajie was miserable, he was a weight-bearing marathon, the key is that this pick has to be steady, otherwise it will fall off if he runs too fast.
It's tiring enough for him to choke on the way.
It's really a pig walk.
However, I also heard the conversation in front of me, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed when I knew that I would be able to rest soon.
Turning his head and looking at the junior brother who was sympathetic to the same disease, he was the same as him at this time, and it seemed that he was tired enough.
"Humph!" Sha Wujing saw Zhu Bajie looking over, let out a cold snort in his nose, and turned his head, obviously still angry.
Zhu Bajie didn't care.
'Oh, this young man'.
He shook his head with a chuckle, looked at the carriage ahead of him and chased after him with his burden.
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"The Immortal Immortal Mansion, the same longevity as the sky. Oh, that's a big breath. ”
Sun Wukong looked at the majestic Taoist temple in front of him, read the couplet posted at the door of the Taoist temple, and couldn't help but snort coldly.
My grandson is not so crazy, and the owner of the Taoist temple in front of him is simply crazy.
Still immortal? Still living with the sky? Why don't you go to heaven?
Sun Wukong thinks he's bragging.
Tang Sen, who got off the carriage, just heard Sun Wukong say this, and immediately understood where he was.
This is to Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang view, the territory of the ancestor of the earth immortal Zhen Yuanzi.
Hearing Sun Wukong's disdainful tone, he knew that this monkey's arrogance had been committed again, and he shook his head gently.
"Wukong, don't be rude! This is the cave of the enlightened people. He said out loud at the moment.
He is not Sun Wukong, a monkey who doesn't know the height of the sky.
Do you really think that Zhen Yuanzi was afraid of Sun Wukong in the original book? That's just Zhen Yuanzi giving face to the two saints of Buddhism and the Buddha of Rulai, and accompanying you to act in the Westward Journey team.
Ginseng fruit, a famous spiritual fruit in the Three Realms, you can live forever if you eat one, turn into a feather and ascend to immortality, guess why no one dares to grab it? Oh, everyone knows it's looking for death!
Monkey king? Toys only! One move can be easily won with a trick.
Zhen Yuanzi is a big man of the same generation as Sanqing and the two saints in the West, but he is not unlucky enough, so he has not become a saint, even now, he is a first-class figure under the saint.
If the Buddha and the Ancestor of the Earth Immortals fought, who would win?
Tang Sen thought with interest.
But just think about these things, characters of that level generally don't become enemies easily, otherwise it is likely to be the result of endless death and defeat, and no one wants to see it.
"Superior? How tall? Is it higher than Guanyin Bodhisattva, such as the Buddha? Sun Wukong's tone was still disdainful, in his heart, the Buddha who suppressed him was the most powerful person, as well as his original master Su Bodhi, and then Guanyin Bodhisattva, as for the fourth in the world, it was naturally him Sun Wukong!
Others? The local chickens and dogs, the people who inserted the label and sold their heads, and the Jade Emperor, who was beaten by my old grandson, did not dare to come out of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.
Hearing Sun Wukong's unconvinced rebuttal, Tang Sen shook his head with a smile.
After all, it's just a short-sighted monkey who doesn't know the height of the sky.
Xia Worm can't say anything, it's useless to say it, Tang Sen is too lazy to waste his tongue, and he will understand when he has the opportunity to see and understand.
"You all stand down, and go up and knock on the door for the sake of the teacher."
Instructed Xiaobai to park the car, and seeing that the two apprentices behind him had also arrived, Tang Sen put on a Jinlan robe, straightened his clothes, and then revitalized his long clothes, extremely solemn, and said lightly to the apprentices.
All the apprentices were stunned, how could they have seen Tang Sen so solemn, even if they met Guanyin Bodhisattva, it was not as solemn as now.
Sun Wukong was also faintly uneasy in his heart, it seems, he was really, wrong?
He wasn't sure either.
"Knock knock." Tang Sen stepped forward slowly, walked up the steps, held the fallen robe from his right hand with his left hand, knocked on the door with his right hand, paused and knocked again every time he knocked, and after knocking three times, he put down his hand and stood quietly in front of the door and waited.
Men have to pretend! Tang Sen has learned and used it now, and it is not strange that many people have ceremonies!
"Squeak." The door slowly parted inward, and two small road boys with two buns were pushing the door with difficulty.
As soon as I looked up, I saw a formally dressed and handsome Tang Sen, standing at the door and waiting.
What a handsome monk with red lips and white teeth, personable, handsome and dashing!
Even if the two Daotongs followed Zhen Yuanzi to see a lot of knowledge, they had never seen such a person in this Wuzhuang Temple.
"Amitabha, two donors, the poor monk is polite." Tang Senli was thoughtful and did not slack off because he was just two boys.
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, poor and polite, where does the master come from?" Tang Sen's voice woke up the two boys who were still intoxicated by his beauty, and hurriedly replied.
"The poor monk came from the Tang Dynasty in the eastern soil, and was entrusted by the Tang King to go to the west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures."
"Huh? Are you going to Tang Sanzang in the West? The two boys were taken aback.
This morning, the master just told them that he had a friend who was going to pass through here in the past two days, and Tang Sanzang, who was going to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, was a friend of his previous life, and told them to entertain them well, and never slack off, but I didn't expect that the master had just left, and the people arrived at noon.
"The master, please, the master has advised, don't snub the master." Qingfeng Mingyue hurriedly welcomed Tang Sen into the view.
"I don't know if the commander is here?" When everyone was seated, the breeze and the moon served fragrant tea, and Tang Sen asked.
"The family teacher was invited by the Yuan Shi Tianzun to go to heaven to discuss the Tao, and he is not in the temple at this time." Qingfeng Mingyue glanced at each other, and Qingfeng, who was still a little older, walked out and replied respectfully.
"When will the master return, I have heard for a long time that the great immortal of Zhenyuan is profound, the Tao is vast, and the poor monks and gods have been friends for a long time, but it is a pity that I have seen it."
"This, the kid doesn't know, but I'm afraid I won't be able to return for a while." Qingfeng's face showed embarrassment, and he said hesitantly.
"That's a poor monk." Townsend said disappointedly.
Hearing the disappointment in Tang Sen's tone, Qingfeng Mingyue glanced at each other.
"Please also ask the master to take a break for the time being, the master has been instructed that the master is a friend of the master and should not be neglected."
"Wait a while, I will offer it with sincerity." Qingfeng said respectfully.
"Then the poor monk is respectful, it is better to obey his fate."
Tang Sen responded, Qingfeng made a look, and Mingyue took Tang Sen's master and apprentice to the backyard wing room to rest.
When Mingyue returned, Qingfeng asked hesitantly.
"What should I do, don't inform the master, this person is the master's best friend, I want to see the master, the master has told not to be lazy, in case I miss the master's business, we both have to be punished."
Mingyue was also hesitant and said tentatively.
"Otherwise, let's tell the master about the matter, and it's up to the master to decide whether he comes back or not, so it's none of our business."
"Okay, that's it!" After Qingfeng heard this, he took out the transmission note from his arms and told him the beginning and the end of the matter in detail.
I saw that after the words were finished, the transmission note slowly emitted light, and then it became fainter and fainter, and then it became fainter and weaker, and finally the light was great, but the transmission note disappeared.
"Okay, let the master worry about it, Mingyue, you go get the tray, I'll go to the warehouse to get the gold hammer, let's go to the back garden to hunt fruits." Qingfeng clapped his hands easily and said happily.
Before Zhen Yuanzi left, he asked them to beat two ginseng fruits to entertain this high monk, and they naturally did not dare to slack off.
The two of them came to the back garden with a tray and a golden hammer.
I saw the pavilions in the garden reflect each other, the green willows are like smoke, the pines are verdant, the strange flowers and fairies are open everywhere, the fairy treasures and exotic beasts can be seen everywhere, the colorful butterfly stamens are flying, the spirit deer is feeding on the grass, a spiritual spring passes through the garden, nourishing all things in the garden, the auspicious clouds are curling, the fairy mist is hazy, there is a towering tree in the middle, the branches are as thick as a dragon, the trunk stands on the earth like a pillar of heaven, towering into the clouds, the emerald green canopy is like an umbrella covering the sky, each leaf is as big as a fan, in the dense branches and leaves, Thirty fist-sized doll-shaped fruits are sparsely distributed, lifelike, as flawless and clear as perfect white jade, full of aura, and the breeze blows, these "dolls" shake among the branches and leaves, and there seems to be a child's playful laughter in the air.
"Senior brother, you hold the plate, and I'll shoot the fruit." With a clear breeze, an auspicious cloud appeared under the feet of the two of them, flying to a height of thousands of meters, which is exactly the position of the canopy of the ginseng fruit tree.
"The junior brother has taken it, and it must not fall to the ground." Qingfeng said again uneasily.
I really don't wonder him is so cautious, this ginseng fruit is golden, it blooms once in 3,000 years, bears fruit in 3,000 years, and takes another 3,000 years to mature, and it takes about 10,000 years to bear these 30 fruits, and it is afraid of the five elements, falling when it encounters gold, withering when it encounters wood, scorching when encountering fire, melting when encountering water, and entering into soil.
The plates of the fruit were all padded with silk handkerchiefs, and if one of them accidentally fell to the ground and spoiled a piece of fruit, the two of them would not be able to eat it and walk away.
The two of them carefully laid down two fruits, covered them with a spirit kerchief to prevent the spiritual energy from escaping, and then went to Tang Sen's wing.
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"Master, please use it." Qingfeng said respectfully.
Behind him, Mingyue served the plate and placed it on the table, then lifted the covered Lingpa.
"This, this ......" Looking at the ginseng fruit the size of two fists overflowing with aura in front of him, Tang Sen was stunned and speechless.
It's like a miniature version of a baby, and if you listen closely, you can hear the child's laughter.
I had only seen it in books before, but I didn't expect that such treasures of heaven and earth would be placed in front of me now, and I could reach it by stretching out my hand, which is a ginseng fruit that can be 360 years old when you smell it, and if you eat one, you will live 47,000 years old!
Who can withstand such temptation!