I heard a man in the forest singing:

"Watching chess is rotten, logging Ding Ding, Xu Xing in the valley of the clouds, selling salaries and wine, laughing and self-indulgent. 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. ”

Jin Ye heard the singing and discerned the content, and suddenly, his spirit was shocked, and he knew in his heart that he had arrived at the place, so he quietly glanced around, and couldn't help but be a little more careful in his movements.

But it is said that the Monkey King does have a little bit of spirituality, if it is said that ordinary people, after listening to this song, they may not have any thoughts, but the Monkey King is different.

I saw the Monkey King happily scratching his cheeks with those monkey paws, and shouted happily, "It turns out that the gods are hiding here!"

turned around and shouted to Jin Ye again: "Big brother, come with us, we have finally found the immortal." As he spoke, the stone monkey jumped over again, pulling Jin Ye in the direction where the voice came from.

Jin Ye re-experienced the feeling of being a mortal during this time, because the mana in his whole body fell silent, all the way down, Jin Ye was already physically and mentally exhausted, and the long robe on his body was already in tatters.

The monkey pulled Jin Ye to the front, saw the woodcutter, and shouted, "Old fairy! ”

The woodcutter turned his head and saw that someone was calling himself a fairy, so in a hurry, he dropped his axe and hurriedly replied: "No! I can't afford it! I can't eat and clothe myself, how dare I be a 'fairy'?"

Jin Ye saw that the woodcutter saw the talking monkey, his expression was calm, and he didn't show any surprise, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he felt in his heart that this woodcutter might not be as simple as he said. Of course, it may also be that they are used to seeing the demon beast disciples under the Su Bodhi seat.

Seeing that the woodcutter did not admit that he was a fairy, the monkey couldn't help scratching his ears and cheeks: "You are not a fairy, how can you say the words of a fairy?"

The woodcutter laughed and said, "What kind of fairy words do I say?"

The monkey said: "You say: 'When you meet, you are not immortals, that is, the Tao, sit quietly and talk about the Yellow Court.'" "Huang Ting is a moral mantra, what is it if he is not an immortal?" said that Jin Ye and the monkey sought immortals along the way, although they did not meet any true immortals, the monkey's knowledge has increased a lot on the road, at least they will not ask a person, what kind of monkey he is.

The woodcutter smiled: "I won't tell you the truth, this word is full of Tingfang, and it was taught to me by an immortal." The fairy is next to me. When he saw that I was working hard in my household affairs and my daily troubles, he taught me to recite these words when I encountered troubles. One is to distract oneself, and the other is to solve difficulties. I have some inadequate thoughts, so I think about it. Unexpectedly, you listened. ”

Jin Ye had doubts in his heart and asked, "Since your family is adjacent to the immortals, why don't you learn from him to practice?

The woodcutter shook his head and said: "I have a hard life, I was raised by my parents until I was eight or nine years old, and I didn't know anything about it, and unfortunately my father was lost. Mother is a widow. There are no more brothers and sisters. I'm alone, helpless, serving morning and night. Now that the mother is old, she doesn't dare to leave. But the countryside was barren, and there was not enough food and clothing, so he had to cut two bundles of firewood and pick them up between the dust. A few pennies for goods, a few liters of rice, self-cooking. Arrange some tea and dinner for the elderly. So you can't practice. ”

When Jin Ye heard this, although he still doubted in his heart that the woodcutter was a hermit master, he couldn't find a flaw in the woodcutter's words for a while, and couldn't help but ponder on the side.

The monkey was still thinking about learning the method of immortality, his eyes rolled, and he interjected: "According to you, you are also a gentleman who practices filial piety, and it will be beneficial in the future." But I hope you will point me to the abode of the gods, but I will visit it. ”

The woodcutter said, "Not far, not far." This mountain is called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. There is a three-star cave in the mountain. There was an immortal in that cave named Patriarch Subodhi. There are countless disciples of the patriarch who went out, and I see that there are still thirty or forty people who have practiced from him. You follow that path, and go seven or eight miles south, and you will be his house. ”

The Monkey King was afraid of being deceived, so he grabbed the woodcutter by the hand and said, "Brother, you will go with me." If you have regained, you will never forget your guidance. ”

The woodcutter said a little impatiently when he heard this: "You man, why are you so ignorant. If I go with you, but I don't miss my business? Who will support my mother? I still have to chop firewood, and you can't delay, so you can find it yourself. ”

The Monkey King listened to the woodcutter's words, and deliberately forced the woodcutter to go with him, but he was afraid that his actions would be unreasonable and evil the old gods in the mountains, so he had to give up. Knowing that he couldn't take the woodcutter with him, he had to say goodbye to Jin Ye.

A man and a monkey walked out of the deep forest, found the path, crossed a hillside, about seven or eight miles away, and sure enough, they saw a cave. Stand up and watch, it is really a blessed land!

I saw the smoke and haze in the mountains, and the sun and moon shaking the light. Thousands of old cypresses, ten thousand knots to repair the fence. Thousands of old cypresses, with rain in the middle of the sky, green and rising; ten thousand festivals are repaired, containing smoke and a ravine. Strange flowers outside the door, the grass by the bridge is fragrant. The stone cliff is abrupt and mossy, and the hanging wall is high and green and long. When I hear the cranes, I see the phoenix soaring. When the crane is chirping, the sound vibrates in the sky and the sky is far away, and the phoenix soars, and the feathers are colorful and cloudy. The white deer of the ape is hidden, and the golden lion and jade elephant are hidden.

Seeing that the door of the cave is closed, quietly there is no trace, there is a stone plaque in front of the cave, about three zhang more than high, eight feet wide, there is a line of ten big characters, it is "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, oblique moon three-star hole".

With different thoughts, Jin Ye and the stone monkey came to the door of the cave, and the stone monkey was about to reach out and knock on the door.

But a boy walked out of the door and said in a childish voice: "You two are here to apprentice?"

Hearing this, the stone monkey nodded again and again: "Exactly." Precisely. ”

The boy said: "When the master was lecturing just now, he suddenly said that two cultivators came from outside to apprentice and ordered me to come to receive him. Now that I think about it, it's you?"

The monkey smiled and said, "It's us! It's us! We are here to apprentice, and we also ask the fairy child to introduce us." ”

Xiantong said: "You come with me." ”

Jin Ye and the monkey followed the boy inside, only to see layers of green pines and cypresses, stacks of strange peaks and strange stones, all of which revealed the meaning of Taoism and nature.

In front of the cave, there are three or five Taoist halls, and one side is an auspicious cloud pattern water Qin bluestone platform.

On the bluestone platform, a majestic and heroic old man is sitting on it.

I saw the old way: the hair is double silk, and the wide robe has two sleeves. The appearance and body are separated, and the heart is empty. Outside the long-term guest, the mountain eternal longevity child. Spotlessly clean, Jiazi is churning.

As soon as Jin Ye saw that old way, he immediately felt an invisible pressure, knowing that this person was the Su Bodhi Patriarch.