Chapter 51: The Golden Cicada (I)
The mountain rain is empty, and the fairy trail is ethereal.
An empty mountain rain washed away the dust of the grass and trees, Tang Seng walked slowly, looked at the clouds and smoke in the distance, and said happily: "Apprentice, I have always come to the west, experienced many mountains and rivers, are the steep and steep places, not to mention the good scenery of this mountain, sure enough, it is very interesting, is not far from Tianzhu Leiyin?"
Sun Wukong rolled over, jumped down from an ancient tree branch, and said with a smile: "It's still early, Master is too anxious." Zhu Bajie looked thoughtfully at the towering peaks and mountains in the distance, and a trace of light disappeared in his eyes.
Mu Zha said with a smile: "The scenery here is quiet and elegant, although it is not the Buddha Land of Lingshan, but there is also a powerful immortal road to live in seclusion, it is better to take this parade to play slowly." ”
Tang Seng bowed his head and said: "Just follow what the practitioner says." ”
Mu Zha hurriedly turned to the side, folded his hands and said, "Since the Bodhisattva arranged for Mu Zha to worship under the master, he is the master's disciple, and he should respect him as the master." ”
Tang Seng nodded more satisfied when he heard this.
Zhu Bajie smiled, pulled the corner of Sun Wukong's clothes, and whispered: "Brother Monkey, since the entry of Muzha Walker, the master has been extremely friendly to him, do you think the third child will take the position of your senior brother halfway?"
Sun Wukong glanced at Zhu Bajie and sneered: "I'm afraid that he will rob you of your position.... Three junior brothers. ”
"Hey~" As soon as Zhu Bajie wanted to refute, he saw that Sun Wukong had already pushed aside the wild grass and vines on the side of the road and ran ahead to open the way.
"When did this monkey head grow brains?" Zhu Bajie touched his head and muttered, in his impression Sun Wukong's personality was unruly, irritable and irritable, and the whole person exploded like a cannon.
For 500 years, eating copper pills and iron juice every day, even if the spiritual consciousness is blinded and cultivated, it should be even more ignorant, why is it like a different person?
Mu Zha walked with a burden, passed by Zhu Bajie's side, and said with a smile: "Second senior brother, the master has gone away." The contemptuous gaze flashed, and Mu Zha smiled secretly in his heart, this pig's head, after being put into the livestock ascension path, even his brain was almost the same as that of a captive domestic animal.
The four of them walked in the mountains, but saw the mountains surrounding, the white cranes circled, there were birds in the forest with crisp sounds, and there were elks passing through the paths.
There were even a few spirit apes looking at the stone monkey walking in front of them from afar, and they joined their hands, completely practicing the Tao.
Zhu Bajie said with a smile: "Brother Monkey, the wild apes in this forest are also spiritual, and they will actually bow to you, isn't it that you have some relatives living here, and they mistakenly recognize you as someone else?"
Sun Wukong looked at the spirit ape hidden in the mountains suspiciously, scratched his head and said, "I don't remember that there was a child on Huaguo Mountain who left home and came here?"
When he raised his eyes, the golden light in his eyes was extinguished, but he found that the fiery eyes that had always been invincible could not even pass through the clouds and mist in the mountains, and only the faint breath emanating from the clouds made him feel jealous.
Just after the rain curtain, the mountain path was slippery, and Tang Seng and several people stopped and walked until noon, and only then did they come to the bottom of the main peak in the mountains.
The breeze blew, and even the clouds and mist that could not pass through the eyes of the fire were dispersed in the sudden breeze, Tang Seng held the crown, and when he looked up, he saw a cluster of pine fences in the mountains, and several floors of pavilions.
Tang Seng said: "Wukong, what do you think is the place to go?"
Sun Wukong's eyes narrowed slightly, put away his fiery eyes, and hesitated: "Look at the water chestnut in its attic, it is either a temple or a temple." ”
Mu Zha unloaded his shoulder behind him, took a few steps forward and said, "Master, I know what kind of place it is. ”
'Oh?' Tang Seng turned around, looked at Mu Zha curiously, and said with a smile: "Please also ask the walker to solve your doubts." ”
Mu Zha pointed to the main peak in front of him and said: "This mountain is called Wanshou Mountain, there is a view in the mountain, called Wuzhuang Temple, there is an immortal in the view, the road number is Zhen Yuanzi, and the name is the same as the world." ”
'With the same king of the world...... Sun Wukong's eyes flashed, and after glancing at Zhu Bajie, he sneered: "The mountains and fields dare to claim to be the same king as the world?"
Mu Zha was displeased when he heard this: "What's so strange about this, overseas demon monkeys still call themselves Monkey King." ”
"You are looking for death!" A fishy wind suddenly gushed, the wind swept the surrounding grass and trees rustling, Zhu Bajie hurriedly stepped forward half a step, supported Tang Seng who was blown down by the air waves, and said hurriedly: "Master, are you okay?" ”
"It's okay to be a teacher. Tang Seng's face turned pale, and he looked at Sun Wukong who jumped up in horror, and said tremblingly: "Wukong quickly stop it, if you don't stop it, you will have to recite the mantra as a teacher." ”
The long stick came to a standstill, and the torn air left a shallow wound in front of Mu Zha's forehead like a sharp blade, blood slid down the bridge of his nose, and the stinging pain in his forehead made Mu Zha feel inexplicably excited, and the red light in his light black eyes flashed darkly, faintly revealing a more violent aura than Sun Wukong.
The golden light flowed, Sun Wukong turned away, the golden hoop stick in his hand turned into a golden thread and put it in his ears, looked at Mu Zha inexplicably, and smiled at Tang Seng and said: "Master is in a hurry, I'm just joking with the third junior brother." ”
In an instant, the blood marks on Mu Zha's forehead had healed and disappeared, hiding the violence in his eyes, Mu Zha's hands folded together and said: "It was my false words that angered the senior brother, and I hope the master will not blame." ”
Tang Seng stretched out his hand to help Mu Zha, turned around and reprimanded Sun Wukong, and several people returned to the road.
Walking to the monument, Tang Seng stopped to admire, and said softly: "Wanshou Mountain blessed land, Wuzhuang view of the cave sky." ”
Mu Zha said with a smile: "This is the dojo of Zhenyuan Daxian, this person is known as the ancestor of the earth immortals, also known as the same king of the world, not only because of his extraordinary strength, but also because there is a spiritual treasure in his manor." ”
Tang Seng was already mortal in the flesh, and the concept of 'Lingbao' was extremely vague, so naturally he was not so interested.
Zhu Bajie saw Mu Zha's gaze, his expression moved, and he said, "I don't know what kind of spiritual thing it is?"
Mu Zha said with a smile: "It is the beginning of chaos, the beginning of Hongmeng's judgment, and when the heavens and the earth are not opened, this spiritual root is produced." Covering the four continents of the world, but the five villages of Xiniu Hezhou view this, calling the name of the grass and returning the dan, and the famous ginseng fruit. It blooms once in 3,000 years, bears fruit once in 3,000 years, and is ripe in another 3,000 years, and it takes 10,000 years to eat. It was as if in ten thousand years, only thirty fruits were produced. The appearance of the fruit is similar to that of a child who is not yet full of three dynasties, with all four limbs and salty facial features. If a man is destined to get a smell of it, he will live three hundred and sixty years, and if he eats one, he will live forty-seven thousand years. ”
Zhu Bajie was 'surprised' and said: "Isn't this more rare than the queen mother's peach?"
Sun Wukong said: "When I visited Xiandao five hundred years ago, I also heard that ginseng fruit is grass and pill, and people can prolong their life after eating it, but they don't want to be here?"
Tang Seng heard the three of them muttering beside him, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Approaching the gateyard, before someone stepped forward to knock on the door, he saw the door babbling open, and hurriedly walked out of two Taoist children, with a delicate appearance and a long breath, red lips and white teeth, dressed in Taoist clothes.
Mingyuekong bowed her back and came out to greet her: "Master, you are out of welcome." ”
Qingfeng smiled: "The two masters have been waiting for a long time, and they also asked the master to enter the palace with me." ”
Tang Seng was stunned when he heard this, and went to the main hall with the breeze and bright moon to watch.
Walking into the courtyard, the four masters and apprentices found that the five halls here were all carved lattices with bright tops and dark bottoms. Qingfeng Mingyue pushed open the lattice, invited Tang Seng to enter the hall, only to see that the wall was hung in the middle of the colorful "heaven and earth" two big characters, set up a vermilion carved lacquer incense table, there is a pair of gold stove bottles on the several, there is convenient incense by the hearth.
And under the 'heaven and earth', there are two people, one is fairy-winded, and the other is handsome, gentle and peaceful.
When they approached, Tang Seng found that there was actually a person in the hall, but behind Zhou Bai, there was a woman in red standing at some point, wearing a red dress like flames, such a bright color should have been seen at a glance, and the extremely restrained aura on the other party's body had already dissolved her in the void, which could only be seen and imperceptible.
Her hair was like a waterfall, and a woman's knot was coiled, which also diluted her cold and indifferent breath a little.
Zhu Bajie's eyes lit up, he swallowed his saliva and looked away, and when he entered the hall, he found that Zhou Bai and Hongyu were the men and women who pierced the void that night and met under the moon.
If it was an ordinary female cultivator, it would be nothing for him to take a few more looks, but the other party was an existence that could be on an equal footing with Zhen Yuanzi, and in the face of such a great power, even if he took a few more looks, he might cause trouble.
Tang Seng bowed down to the two, Zhou Bai and Zhen Yuanzi glanced at each other, and bowed their heads in return.
Since entering the hall, Sun Wukong and Mu Zha have become unusually quiet, Sun Wukong has seen Zhou Bai, but he has never seen Hongyu. The other party's breath seemed to be real and virtual, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, obviously visible to the naked eye, but there was no one in his perception, and this discomfort was like a small hand constantly scratching his heart.
The golden light in his eyes went out, just when he wanted to see through the true appearance of the red jade with his fiery eyes, the red jade looked at it with a sense of feeling, and this glance made Sun Wukong's heart fall to the bottom, and the golden light in his eyes was dimmed, and now he only felt that he was in an endless sword domain.
Countless sword qi passed through him, each of which was enough to severely damage him, or even annihilate him.
For a while, he thought of the helplessness when he was suppressed by the Buddha, this woman's strength may not be as good as the Buddha, but it is by no means something that he can resist as a Taiyi Xuan Immortal.
The sense of prohibition lasted for less than a breath, and as the sword qi in the sky faded like a tide, Sun Wukong came to his senses, and at this time, he realized that the other party just glanced at him, and this glance alone already made him frightened and inexplicable.
After obtaining the fragment of memory left to him by Zhou Bai at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, he learned a lot about the flood wilderness and the secrets of the cultivation world. It also includes the 'common sense' that everyone knows, but no one wants to tell him.
There is a golden immortal above the Xuan Immortal, and there is Da Luo above the golden immortal, and the gap between each realm is like a heavenly moat that cannot be crossed.
As a Taiyi Xuan Immortal and a Lingming Stone Monkey, he is almost invincible in the same realm, but the woman in front of him is a supreme immortal sword with a grade of innate spirit treasure, and his realm cultivation has also broken through the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and reached the late stage of the Golden Immortal.
Such a gap can not make Sun Wukong frustrated.
At the same time, Mu Zha beside Sun Wukong also showed the same expression of loss, and when Hongyu looked away, he was also affected by the swept sword intent, but what was hidden in his slightly narrowed eyes was extreme resentment and gloom.
Unlike the three of them, who had different thoughts, Tang Seng and Zhou Baizhen Yuanzi had a very happy conversation.
Glancing at Sun Wukong and the others, Zhen Yuanzi said with a smile: "Poor Dao has already prepared tea, and asked Daoist friends to move to the side hall." Tang Seng hesitated and said, "My three apprentices ....."
Zhen Yuanzi stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "I have ordered Qingfeng Mingyue to arrange the side room and fast food, and Daoist friends can rest assured." ”
"In that case, the poor monk will thank you, sir. Tang Seng bowed and said happily.
Seeing Tang Seng go to the side hall with Zhou Bai, Zhu Bajie pulled the corners of Sun Wukong and Mu Zha's clothes, and whispered: "Master is gone, do we want to follow?"
Sun Wukong let go of the distracting thoughts in his heart, reached out and pinched Zhu Bajie's ear, and said with a smile: "This Zhen Yuanzi wants to invite the master to eat ginseng fruit, since he didn't call us, it doesn't have our share, isn't it ugly to be ugly with the past?"
A puzzled look flashed in his eyes, and Mu Zha said: "Master is the reincarnation of the Buddha's personal disciple 'Golden Cicada', and five hundred years ago, he personally served tea to Zhenyuan Shangxian at the Orchid Bon Festival. ”
It's just that why did Zhou Bai appear here? Mu Zha only felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and just listened to the three of them, he learned that Zhou Bai was Zhen Yuanzi's sworn brother, could it be that this time he passed through Wuzhuang Guan by chance?
Shaking his head, Mu Zha didn't believe it, but he was helpless, maybe only the presence of the Bodhisattva could suppress this bold Zhou Bai and prevent him from having the idea of acting rashly, right?
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The side hall is near the window, three long cases are placed in front of him, the table is empty, only three jade plates are placed in front of the four people, the four people sit at the table, and the jade plates in front of Zhou Bai and Hongyu are placed in two spirit fruits, which are like children and tail sheng.
"This...."Tang Seng looked horrified, pointed to the spirit fruit on his table, and muttered speechless.
Zhou Bai smiled: "Daoist friends don't have to worry, this is not a fetal child." As he spoke, he lifted the ginseng fruit, pointed to the stalk on the tail and the branches and leaves on the top, and said: "This is one of the ginseng fruits of heaven and earth, and it is the same as ginseng, but it is just humanoid." ”
Tremblingly picked up the ginseng fruit in front of him, and after observing it carefully, Tang Seng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wry smile: "Everything in the world is strange, but the poor monk has lost his temper." ”
Zhou Bai waved his hand and said, "What Daoyou said is extremely true, even when I saw the ginseng fruit for the first time, I couldn't help but be startled." With his left hand reaching into his sleeve, Zhou Bai naturally continued: "Although the ginseng fruit is rare, I have an even more rare treasure here. ”
The golden light flashed in his sleeves, and an inexplicable light disappeared in his eyes, Zhou Bai smiled: "Have you ever heard of the 'Golden Cicada'." ”