Jinling Academy, ninety steps, the scenery turns, the moxibustion is now outside a cave, but see that on the wall of this cave, there are three vermilion characters engraved "Eight Immortal Cave". Calmly walked into the cave, inhaled a puff of dust head-on, and was choked and coughed. It was because the cave had been sealed with dust for too long, and it was mostly cobwebs and dust. Shen Jiu Ye walked a few steps towards the cave, and suddenly heard the sound of wings stirring, it turned out that the bat on the top of the cave was startled by the footsteps, flapped its wings and flew out of the cave.

Shen Moxibustion night went to the depths, saw that this cave has a hole in the sky, there is a broken temple located here, the temple pillars are rusty, in front of the temple door is mostly cobwebs, dust, so I found a broom, dustpan to clean it. When I entered the temple, I choked on the dust again. There are eight statues of gods in this temple, namely Tie Guan Li, Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin, He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi, Lan Caihe and Uncle Cao Guo. The statues of these eight immortals are full of cobwebs and dust, and the ground is also dirty. Shen Mo wanted to find sackcloth to sweep the statue at night, but he searched all over the temple and could not find anything that could be used as sackcloth, so he tore off a small piece of the hem of the white brocade robe he was wearing to make sackcloth. Then he saw a deep well in a corner outside the temple, and he probed into the well, and saw that the water of the well was clear, so he made a bucket and soaked the brocade robe. was about to scrub the idol of Tie Guan Li, but the idol suddenly scolded: "Boy, are you rude to scrub me with such muddy water." ”

Shen Jiu Ye was stunned, bowed to the idol of Tie Guan Li, and said respectfully: "Dare to ask the immortals, where do you want to use the water to clean?" However, the water needs to be sincere to ask for it. Therefore, when you go to fetch water, you can't use your spiritual power to hurry, but you have to go step by step in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Shen Jiu Ye nodded, looked for a bucket, and went to pick up the mountain spring water, and two hours passed this time. Finally scrubbed the statue of Tie Guan Li, and was about to scrub the idol of Han Zhongli, but when he heard Han Zhongli's idol, he said: "Boy, you actually used the water that has scrubbed the iron crutch to scrub me, do you look down on me?"

Shen Jiu Ye bowed to Han Zhongli's idol and hurriedly said, "Shangxian, I'm sorry, I didn't think about it. Then he went to the mountain spring again, picked up a bucket of water, and came back to scrub the statue of Han Zhongli.

The night of the gods gradually figured out some of the doorways of these idols, and these idols were unwilling to use the water used by other idols to scrub themselves. The god moxibustion ran back and forth eight times back and forth at the mountain spring water at night, and it was as sweet as food, and only this scrubbing of the statue of the gods, unconsciously passed a day. At this moment, Shen Jiu Ye picked up a broom and wanted to sweep the temple, but as soon as he swept it, it was dusty, choking Zhang Guolao's idol and coughing. Zhang Guolao's idol said: "Stop, stop, stop, you kid, why are you so hairy and frizzy, you can't choke the old man to death?"

Shen Moxibustion Ye bowed to the statue of Zhang Guolao, and said apologetically: "Shangxian, I'm sorry, I'll be careful next time." ”

Seeing that there is too much dust in this temple at night, I am afraid that it will be dusty again, so I picked ten buckets of water in the well and dumped it in the temple, first dust, and then sweep, unconsciously, half a day has passed, and I haven't had time to take a breath, and suddenly heard the statue of Lu Dongbin say: "The roof above me is broken, you go and repair it for me." ”

"Good. "Shen Ji worshiped the statue of Lu Dongbin on the night, left the temple, and flew up to the roof. Xu is movement was too loud, and the noise hit the idol of Lan Caihe, and the idol was dissatisfied: "You made me sleep." Shen Moxibustion knew that he was wrong, and he was busy apologizing, but he was afraid that he would make too much noise, so he carefully repaired the roof, and it took an hour due to the slow speed.

After the roof was repaired, he smelled the statue of Uncle Cao Guo and said, "Young man, the environment in this cave is really bad. If you have a heart, sweep it away. ”

"Okay, Shangxian. "Shen Ji worshipped the statue of Uncle Cao Guo on the night, and took a broom and dustpan to clean the cave. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, another hour passed unconsciously. After the cleaning was completed, I returned to the temple, but I saw that the small bridge and flowing water, the scenery was elegant, and the eight statues of the gods had all turned into true gods.

"Little friend, come, come, come, I'm waiting for you. ”

He Xiangu smiled and walked towards the night of Shenmoxibustion. This fairy is beautiful and charming. He Xiangu arrived at the night of Shenjiu, her ankle was weak, and she fell into the arms of Shenjiu Night. Shen Moxibustion Night was bumped into He Xiangu's arms, but he didn't think about it, straightened Xiangu, and quickly let go.

Han Xiangzi beckoned to the night of the divine moxibustion, and pointed to a bowl of stinky, dirty and muddy water: "This water will break your longevity for ten years, but it can increase your wisdom and help you awaken the divine beast, protect the world, and protect the world." Would you like to drink?"

Shen Moxibustion Ye took the bowl and drank it all, and the eight immortals nodded with a smile. Tie Guan Li said: "The kid is good, but he is talented." Kind-hearted, but humble and peaceful. All kinds of disasters arise, and the love word jejunum is broken, but it does not cause dust. Good thoughts have been born, and the heart to save sentient beings has been solidified. You've cleared the level, and you're ready to go. ”

Shen Moxibustion knelt down to worship the Eight Immortals at night, and after getting up, he had arrived at Jinling Academy, walked up ten steps, and suddenly asked an old voice: "Forbearance is the key to improving the heart." Anger and hatred, grievance, and patience with tears are the patience of ordinary people, and not being angry and hateful, and not feeling aggrieved is the patience of cultivators. There are 'six kinds' of this forbearance, from the bottom up, do you know which 'six'?"

Shen Jiu Ye thought for a while and replied: "The first is 'forbearance'. Forbearance is the initial stage of 'forbearance', people still have hatred in their hearts, but they can restrain themselves from attacking and retaliating. The so-called 'endure the anger for a while, so as not to worry about a hundred days', is to say 'forbearance'.

The second is 'forbearance'. There are too many rights and wrongs in the world, and people worship the 'strong', and if they are angry and do not return, they will end up with the title of 'heartless' or 'weak'. Forgetting everything requires a great measure and true wisdom to do it. In the "Disciple Rules", it is said that "gratitude is repaid, resentment is forgotten", which refers to this "forgetting forbearance".

The third is 'anti-forbearance', which is the stage that a cultivator must reach when he or she is beginning to cultivate his mind. Right and wrong, first introspect yourself, whether there is improper behavior, whether there is lack of wisdom, whether there is unworthiness of virtue, and whether there is not enough blessing before you are condemned by this. Always ask yourself, 'Because of the contention, I know that it is not my fault.'"

The fourth is 'contemplation and forbearance'. This view is to observe the ins and outs of the whole thing with a correct attitude, not to cling to superficial actions and behaviors, etc., but to observe the inner and the causes of the problem through the surface. As the so-called right and wrong are born by karma, fate comes and is born, and fate goes to perish, like a dream bubble, it will eventually be shattered.

The fifth is 'joy and forbearance'. Regard other people's insults, dislikes, and contradictions to oneself as people who have achieved their own virtues. When encountering all kinds of unreasonable things, others can't bear it, but they rejoice from the bottom of their hearts and are grateful to each other.

The sixth is 'forbearance'. Right and wrong in the human world, even those who are right and wrong, do not necessarily understand what they are doing, and what they do is only driven by emotions and caused by heavy karma. This 'compassion' is at the level of an arhat, and because he knows this, he has compassion for the evildoers and wants to save them from the sea of suffering. ”

The old man's voice said, "Now that you understand the 'Six Forbearances', if you can't achieve the 'Joy of Forbearance', then go down the mountain by yourself!" The old voice said: "Boy, do you think you can't reach the 'joy and forbearance' when you go down the mountain without hesitation?" "Yes, senior. Shen Jiu Ye replied: "I think I can do 'anti-forbearance', and this 'joy and forbearance' can be done occasionally, but not for long. The mind is still in the transition stage from 'anti-forbearance' to 'joyful forbearance', and has not yet reached the state of perfection of 'joyful forbearance'. ”

"You're a truthful person. The old voice smiled: "The hundred levels have passed, you can continue to move forward." He saw that the road he had just taken down the mountain was just a step in place, so he saluted into the air and continued to climb up. Walking to the one hundred and five steps, the spirit is out of the body. Suddenly, I heard the summons of the master, and saw that I drove the clouds and rushed over. However, this so-called master is not the master of this life, but the master of the first life of the night of divine moxibustion. This master is an old man with white hair and white beard, fairy wind and bones, dressed in white, standing above the clouds. The purpose of calling the gods to come at night was to inform him that there would be a great enlightened person who would go down to earth to preach the Dharma, and let him follow, listen to the holy sound, accumulate virtue and do good, and be a golden body and fruit.

Shen Mo saw himself leave at night and rushed to his senior brother. Yuan Shen thought to himself, if this senior brother knew that there was a great enlightened person who went down to earth to preach the Dharma, he would definitely follow. After going down to earth to practice, I don't know how much higher the golden body fruit position he is getting will be higher than himself, so he has the evil idea of letting him go down to earth later.

Seeing that he was casting a spell and wanted to call two "white dragons" to block the senior brother's way, Shen Moxibustion suddenly felt that something was wrong. Secretly, this white dragon is his true body. If the white dragon is called to block the way of the senior brother, there is a danger of revealing his identity. The green dragon is the true body of the senior brother, and if the green dragon is used to block it, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. So he wanted to control the Yuan Shen and let him use two green dragons to block his brother's way.

Seeing that the two green dragons blocked the way of the senior brother as he wished, Shen Mo seemed to see the master in a trance at night. The senior brother was asking him why there were two green dragons blocking his way when he came. The Master didn't answer, but those wise eyes seemed to see through everything. Shen Jiu Ye read a trace of clarity and helplessness in his eyes. Shen Jiu Ye vaguely felt that this inauthentic obstacle would become a catastrophe in his mortal world.

In the mortal world, Shen Moxibustion was very relieved to see that he was working hard to cultivate. Suddenly, one day the senior brother came to look for him, because of the obstruction of the upper realm, the original spirit was weak and ashamed to see him, so he chose to escape. However, because the escape was too hasty and panicked, he collided with his senior brother. The Yuan Shen was too scared, and the Shen Mo Ye was affected by it, and he was also inexplicably afraid, so he made the Yuan Shen invisible and escaped again.

Fleeing all the way, the Yuan Shen traveled to a place, and the face of the god moxibustion suddenly became familiar at night. The quaint mountain gate stands on the sheep intestine path, and there are some faint scratches on the black mountain gate pillars, interpreting the vicissitudes of time. The plaque of the mountain gate is engraved with a simple and atmospheric pattern, and the four words of "Jinling Academy" on the plaque are vigorous, revealing a Ling Ran's heroic righteousness.

Shen Jiu saw that he had easily crossed the mountain gate, and climbed all the way up. Seeing that he was about to reach the peak, an old monk was sitting here, looking at him lightly. Although the old monk did not speak, he suddenly felt panicked on the night of the moxibustion, and felt that he could not reach the apex. Unwilling, he still wanted to try his best, so he commanded the Yuan Shen to turn into a white dragon and rush to the top of the mountain. However, how high the white dragon chong, how high this mountain top will rise, always one step higher than the white dragon.

"The cause of the past life, the fruit of this life. If you are righteous enough, how can you be influenced by the original gods? Thou hast had three chances to mend his ways, but thou hast evil thoughts and have become even worse. The old voice sighed: "In the upper realm, you blocked the way of the senior brother, did not stop the behavior of the primordial gods, but were afraid of exposing yourself, and controlled the primordial gods to greet the green dragon; Thou shalt stop at one hundred and seven steps. ”