The stone monkey didn't know where the three-star cave of the slanting moon was, so he could only try to follow the route in the book to find it.

The stone monkey crossed the South Ganbu Continent to the west, strung the Great Wall, traveled to the small county, and made a bamboo raft to float across the Western sea, and arrived at the boundary of Xiniu Hezhou.

Two hundred years earlier, naturally there was no woodcutter to guide the way.

Without seeing the woodcutter, the stone monkey stayed overnight, accompanied by books, visited famous mountains, and sought Taoism without the slightest wavering.

After looking for many years, one day, the stone monkey was visiting a high mountain, and suddenly saw a stone plaque standing on the cliff with ten big characters on it.

"Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Leaning Moon Three-Star Cave".

Seeing these ten big characters, the stone monkey was moved to cry.

He walked along the stele, crossed the hillside, and sure enough, he saw a cave.

At the entrance of the cave stood a fairyboy with a strange appearance.

Seeing the stone monkey coming, Fairy Tong smiled: "Are you here to seek the Tao?"

His master was preaching on the altar when he suddenly asked him to come out and open the door, saying that a seeker had come.

Fairy Tong didn't expect that it was a monkey who sought the truth.

"You come in with me. ”

Fairy Child led the whole stone monkey into the cave.

The two walked through the layers of deep pavilion Qionglou and arrived under the yaotai.

The stone monkey looked up and saw the Bodhi Patriarch with white eyebrows sitting on the platform, and there were thirty little immortals standing still on both sides.

The stone monkey didn't dare to slack off, and leaned down to bow: "Master, disciple is determined to salute!"

Ambition is to use a sincere heart to express convincing to the Bodhi Patriarch. This is a very sincere and single-minded will.

The patriarch didn't expect a monkey to say such a thing.

He stroked his beard and looked at the stone monkey, just a few glances, and knew that this monkey was born and raised, and he had a master-apprentice relationship with himself.

The strange thing is that this fate should not have appeared now, why did he come early?

The patriarch remained silent: "Where are you from? Say the name of the village first, and then it's not too late to worship." ”

The stone monkey hurriedly replied: "The disciple is a native of the Dongsheng Shenzhou Aolai National Flower and Fruit Mountain Water Curtain Cave. ”

The patriarch pretended to be angry: "Nonsense, how did you come here so far?"

"The disciple came all the way. ”

The stone monkey replied respectfully: "The disciple has walked for more than 2,000 days and nights, and it is not easy to get here. ”

The patriarch pinched his fingers and was secretly happy in his heart.

This monkey is not lying, he has been walking in the world for seven years, and he has not been contaminated with any cause and effect, which shows that he is dedicated to the Tao.

Although I don't understand how he came here so early, his fate is unpredictable, and even when the Buddha miscalculated, it is not surprising that he has changed.

The patriarch's mind turned, and he quickly made a decision.

"In that case, you can stay. ”

Patriarch Bodhi said to the stone monkey, "You get up and walk a few steps, and I'll give you a name." ”

The stone monkey then stood up and walked a few steps, and the patriarch really named him Sun Wukong as the book said.

The name is together, and the stone monkey has no doubts in his heart.

He is indeed the Monkey King in "Journey to the West".

After naming the Bodhi Patriarch, he looked at the stone monkey, and the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became.

This monkey is innocent and romantic, with excellent qualifications, which is different from ordinary disciples.

Although he couldn't see what this monkey would do in the future, the patriarch could vaguely feel that his future success would be great enough to shake the Three Realms.

The patriarch looked at the stone monkey with kind eyes.

"Wukong, what do you want to learn from me?"

"But by the teachings of the master. ”

The stone monkey bent down and replied respectfully: "As long as you can beat Rulai." ”

As soon as these words came out, the stone was shocked, and many disciples were all frightened.

"You-"

The patriarch's eyes widened in disbelief.

"I'm in trouble—"

The patriarch sighed in his heart, after the stone monkey said this, he suddenly understood why he couldn't see through the stone monkey.

This monkey is one of the great variables in the world.

He is an outlier from heaven and earth, so he came here in advance.

The patriarch regretted it in his heart, he knew that this was the case, and he should not have accepted this disciple.

However, as soon as the words came out, he and the stone monkey had a cause and effect, and if they didn't teach, they were afraid that they would be punished by heaven and earth.

The patriarch glared at the stone monkey, and after thinking about it, he couldn't kill him.

"That's it, let's see how far he can go. ”

The patriarch thought so, so he waved the dust.

"It's too hard to beat Rulai, and I can't help it. ”

The patriarch said to the stone monkey: "I can only give you a chance, if you can't do it, it depends on your understanding and creation." ”

The stone monkey hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Please Master, for advice!"

"I have a dharma called Wuxiang. ”

The patriarch said: "This method is formless and formless, and it can make you turn into a mirror, the moon is in the sky, and there is a shadow in the water, although you see it, you have nowhere to touch it." ”

He looked at the stone monkey with a deep gaze: "After this method is cultivated, no one will be able to control you, do whatever you want, and every move contains the philosophy of heaven and earth." ”

"I want to learn, I want to learn!"

The stone monkey was overjoyed.

"Don't rush to say yes just yet. ”

The patriarch shook his head again, and then said: "This method is called Wuxiang, Wuxiang is the true appearance, the nature is exposed, and it is only a thought to become a god and a demon. ”

The method of non-appearance does not restrain individuality, but it is extremely difficult to cultivate, and once it is unable to strengthen the Dao heart, the stone monkey will lose itself and cannot be controlled.

"Those who are not of great wisdom and perseverance will have no place to be buried when they die. ”

The patriarch looked at the stone monkey and suddenly shouted, "Wukong, do you learn or not?"

The stone monkey kowtowed: "The disciple is willing to learn." ”

"Good. ”

The patriarch nodded in satisfaction.

The stone monkey did not hesitate at all, the Dao heart was firm, and without such a firm Dao heart, it was impossible to cultivate the method of formlessness.

The patriarch waved the dust and let the other disciples lead the stone monkey out.

The stone monkey was puzzled for a while, didn't the patriarch say that he wanted to teach him spells?

Patriarch Bodhi would not lie, since he had already agreed, the stone monkey resisted his curiosity and stayed in the three-star cave of the slanting moon with peace of mind.

He bowed to the senior brothers and arranged a bedroom between the corridors.

From the next day, the stone monkey and his brothers learned the etiquette of sprinkling and sweeping, advancing and retreating. Preaching the scriptures and preaching every day, learning words and burning incense, life is also fulfilling.

He was the last in line, and he was often asked by his brothers to sweep the floor and hoe the garden, raise flowers and trees, carry water and carry pulp, and the stone monkey was not annoyed, and he did things safely and steadily.

Before he knew it, he spent a year in the cave.

One day, while listening to the patriarch's preaching, the stone monkey suddenly came to his senses.

It turned out that in the sermon of the Bodhi Patriarch, he implied the method of non-appearance, and if it was really formless, if he hadn't kept remembering this matter, he wouldn't have found it at all.

The stone monkey was enlightened, and then noticed that the ancestor's occasional every move seemed to hint at his deep meaning.

The stone monkey began to follow the patriarch and studied him deeply.

He followed the patriarch like a fart every day, causing the other disciples to laugh at him, but he didn't know that the stone monkey had gradually learned the method of formlessness.

His understanding grew day by day.

The patriarch watched from the side, surprised and delighted.

"This monkey is truly extraordinary!"

Of all the disciples he had taught, there was no one smarter than this monkey.