Chapter 15: Apprenticeship to Bodhi

After the scholar and the monkey arrived in Xiniu Hezhou, they still searched for immortals everywhere, but they found nothing. On this day, I walked to a high mountain, only to see a thousand peaks open halberd, ten thousand thousand open screens. The sun reflects the light and locks the green, and the rain is cold and green. Withered vines entangle old trees, and the ancient crossing realm is secluded. Strange flowers and grass, bamboo and pine. Cultivating bamboo and pine, evergreen and blessed land; The cry of the bird is near, and the source is clear. The valleys are surrounded by Zhilan, and the cliffs are mossy everywhere. The ups and downs of the dragon vein are good, and there must be a master with an anonymous name.

As the saying goes, if the mountain is not high, there are fairies, and if the water is not deep, there are dragons. Lu Yu looked at this mountain and found that the Tao rhyme was deeply hidden, as if looking at the sea through the jungle, which made people feel open. There seemed to be a voice in his heart telling him that the immortal fate he was longing for had arrived, and he couldn't help but say to the monkey happily: "This mountain road is full of meaning, it must be the abode of the gods!"

At this moment, I suddenly heard a singing voice from a distance: "Watching chess is rotten, logging Ding Ding, Xu Xing in the valley of the clouds, selling salaries and wine, laughing wildly and cultivating himself." The autumn is high, and the pine roots of the moon pillow are bright. Recognize the old forest, climb the cliff and cross the ridge, and break the withered vine with an axe. 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 heard this, he immediately became energetic and said: "Sit quietly and talk about the Yellow Court, and you are a god." He also learned a lot of things with the scholars during this time, so he naturally knew that this Huang Ting Jing was a Taoist mantra, and he didn't wait for Lu Yu to finish speaking, and jumped out with a brush, leaving Lu Yu alone in the same place.

Looking at the back of the monkey, Lu Yu shook his head amusedly, and walked forward slowly, at this moment he was already able to determine that the high mountain he was on was Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, but it was less of a sense of gain and loss than the monkey.

After a while, I could see the monkey talking to the woodcutter, and I saw the monkey waving his hairy hand excitedly and saying, "Scholar! After saying that, he ran to the top of the mountain in a hurry.

After Lu Yu thanked the woodcutter, he also quickened his pace and walked towards the legendary dojo, passing through the deep forest, a mountain road paved with bluestone slabs came into view, and after a while, he suddenly opened up in front of him, and a fairy cave came into view.

There are strange flowers and plants growing around, exude bursts of fragrance, two old pines grow lushly, full of interest, there is a stone tablet standing on the cliff head of the cave house, there are ten big characters written on it: "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, oblique moon three-star hole". Lu Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It is the Immortal Cave Mansion.

Look carefully but did not find the figure of the monkey, but couldn't help laughing when you looked at it, it turned out that the monkey who had always been bold had already lost his previous spirit at this time, and he didn't dare to knock on the door when he arrived at the fairy cave, only one person hid in the pine tree to eat pine nuts and play.

"Scholar, don't laugh at me, I just see that these pine nuts are really delicious!" the monkey said while jumping down from the tree, and at the same time handed a handful of pine nuts to Lu Yu, Lu Yu tasted one and found that the aura inside was compelling, and the taste was really as delicious as the monkey said.

At this moment, with a squeak, the originally closed door of the cave slowly opened, revealing a little baby from the door, only to see that the well-fitting Taoist robe was very cute. That Dao Tong was not afraid of people, looked at Lu Yu and the two and asked, "But the two cultivators that the master said?" Lu Yu and the two hurriedly turned around and said, "It's us, it's us."

"Just now, the master came to the altar to preach the Fa, and before he got out of the house, he asked me to come out and open the door, only to say that two cultivators had arrived and asked me to come out to receive them, even so, you can come with me!" After speaking, he led the two of them towards the cave.

After the gate of the cave, the eyes suddenly opened, only to find that there is a cave in the cave, layer by layer of deep pavilion Qionglou, as soon as you enter the Pearl Palace Beique, you can't say that the quiet room is secluded, until the Yaotai is under the Yaotai. I saw that the Bodhi patriarch was sitting on the platform, and there were thirty little immortals standing under the stage on both sides.

Lu Yu secretly looked at the patriarch and found that it was indeed a Taoist priest with fairy wind and bones, and the surroundings were full of spiritual charm, and he forgot to look at it. Hurriedly pulled the monkey down to worship, kept kowtowing and said: "Master, master, disciple Zhixin salute!

Bodhi Patriarch said: "Who are you two people?" "The disciple is a scholar of Chen Guoyi in Nanzhan Buzhou, just because he heard the rumors of an immortal family, he sent a Taoist heart to find immortals all the way to this point, and I hope that the patriarch will take him in!" Lu Yu bowed again after speaking.

"Yes, yes, it's amazing to find the way all the way, so who are you?" Lu Yu asked the monkey after appreciating it. The monkey hurriedly told him where he came from.

Lu Yu listened to the conversation between the patriarch and the monkey, and at this time he felt that he was in this mythical world, and he couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of life, and on the other side, the monkey was given the name by the patriarch, and Sun Wukong was already happy to dance. Under Lu Yu's pull, he found that he was a little out of shape, and hurriedly thanked the patriarch.

It is said that Lu Yu and Wukong worshiped the ancestor and got the Taoist number, so they stayed in the Sanxing Cave, and talked about the Tao with all the brothers all day long, learning words and burning incense. In his spare time, he sweeps the floor and hoes the garden, raises flowers and trees, looks for firewood and fires, and carries water and pulp. The patriarch preached once every five days, and the content of the lecture was all-inclusive, and the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism came with their hands.

This day coincided with the opening of the altar of the patriarch to preach, and I saw the patriarch sitting on the yaotai, looking at the many disciples below and saying: "Everyone in the world envy the immortality of immortals, do you know the classification of immortals?" all the disciples shook their heads.

"There are five immortals in the world, they are heaven, earth, people, gods and ghosts, and these five immortals can all live forever, but they are different. ”

"Dare to ask the patriarch what is the difference between these five," a disciple asked the seat.

"The three flowers of the immortals gather at the top, and the five qi are the yuan. The earth immortals do not tie the three flowers on the top, and the five qi in the chest are combined with the cave sky. The immortals do not tie the three flowers on the top, do not cultivate the five qi in the chest, and only cultivate the original god to seek to be a feather ascending immortal. The immortals use the power of incense or cast the immortal body, and the incense does not extinguish the longevity. Ghosts and immortals seek to survive to death, based on yin energy, and crisscross the underworld. ”

After the patriarch's sermon ended, everyone withdrew in turn, and Lu Yu was just about to go out with his brothers but didn't want to be pulled by the monkey and said: "Scholar, I have found a good place, and you can come with me to have your benefits!"

Sun Wukong is a Lingming stone monkey, through change, knowing the sky, knowing the place, moving the stars and changing the bucket, naturally able to find some good things. When Lu Yu heard his words, he naturally knew that the monkey had found something good, so he quietly followed the monkey outside.

It turned out that the monkey found a peach forest when he was chopping firewood in the back mountain, and it was when the peaches were ripe, so the monkey invited Lu Yu to have a full meal with him. The monkey comes from Huaguo Mountain, where it is famous for its many flowers and fruits, and the fruit that can make the monkey feel good must be a kind of spiritual fruit, which can strengthen the body and prolong life after eating it for a long time, and once you step into the path of cultivation, it is more conducive to cultivation.