The Tao follows nature, and you can live wherever you want.
Li Changshou was lying on the rocking chair on the Fangcun Mountain of Lingtai, feeling the warm sunshine, and there was a little smile on his face that resembled a child with white hair.
Daxing in the West has nothing to do with him, so what does Jin Chan's birth have to do with him
It is meaningless to train the monkey well, and take the opportunity to bury some nails, and engage in a wave of Daozu and Tiandao before the Westward Journey.
If you win, the world will be peaceful, if you lose, you will escape from chaos.
Having said that, Monkey King is indeed born strong.
It happened to be Sun Wukong's 100th day of going up the mountain. Today, he was explaining the scriptures in the front hall, and the monkey could already sit still and listen to the lecture, carefully understanding the meaning of the scriptures.
The performance is very outstanding.
Speaking of teaching monkeys, Li Changshou didn't do much for the time being except for creating an equal, free, and kind atmosphere for the Three Star Cave of the Oblique Moon.
With more than ten years of tempering in the common world, Sun Wukong quickly became one with his brothers and sisters.
With Li Changshou's acquiescence, Sun Wukong has mastered the basic practice method by relying on the Taoism learned from his senior brothers and sisters; , are not necessarily paths that can be traveled.
At this point, Li Changshou can no longer watch the show, and must start to take over the guidance.
Otherwise, you will miss the 'golden time' when the monkey becomes stronger.
He has a lot of ways to prescribe small things to monkeys; when he explained the scriptures in the hall today, he has solved this matter perfectly.
What did he do
In fact, it is just taking advantage of the trend and giving the monkey a little hint.
At that time, Li Changshou asked the disciples if they had any doubts or unclear points after he finished his lecture on the Taoist scriptures and the Taoism.
A few "class representative" disciples who performed well on weekdays asked some routine questions about scripture explanations, and Li Changshou answered them one by one.
After all, Wukong couldn't hold back and asked a question on his own initiative.
"Master! Hey hey hey, master, can I inquire about it, the disciple is practicing the law of longevity?"
Li Changshou replied blankly: "There is no supreme law in the world. The three thousand avenues remind you that every avenue can enter the realm of longevity, and it depends on your chance and good luck."
How could Wukong fail to hear that this was actually a perfunctory remark
He hurriedly bowed, knelt on the futon and said:
"The disciple doesn't have the slightest intention of disobedience, and he doesn't dare to talk about the Dao.
It's just that the master and the disciple are stupid. It has been more than ten years since they came out, and they haven't seen the shadow of the immortal law yet.
If the master has the Dharma, can you give the disciple a letter of assurance, so that the disciple can feel at ease. "
"Why," Li Changshou frowned slightly, "I hear what you mean, if you don't have the method of longevity as a teacher, you will defect to another sect?"
"How dare you, how dare you," Wukong prostrated and kowtowed, "I didn't take any gift, so you accepted me, Master, I'm not such a heartless creature!
It's just, Master, you...
The disciple wants to know whether there is hope or no hope for longevity in the future. If there is no hope, the disciple will go back to Huaguo Mountain to arrange monkey grandchildren, and then come back to honor the master! "
Li Changshou said indifferently: "Do you know how old you are as a teacher?"
Wukong was stunned for a moment.
A senior brother laughed and said:
"Junior Brother, you come from the common world, so it is understandable that you don't know the name of our teacher.
The teacher is a great power in the world, walking in the prehistoric times, respecting himself as an ancestor, and being called a senior.
Although there are not many such immortals as you envy, you must be respectful and respectful when you see the teacher, and they will disappear as soon as the teacher points them out. "
Wukong's eyes lit up: "Oh? Seriously?"
"You hozen!"
Li Changshou was really laughed at by the monkey head, and flicked at Wukong with his fingers.
A few images suddenly appeared in front of Wukong, and he felt a deep and ancient Taoist rhyme, which has existed in the world for a long time.
The stone monkey no longer had any doubts, and knelt down again and again to apologize.
Li Changshou said: "Cultivation is not about being competitive, it is the path for souls to pursue the Dao.
Wukong, when you entered my door, you have already set foot on this road, but where and where you can go, you have to grasp it by yourself.
Being a teacher can teach you the method of practice, but it cannot help you overcome the bottleneck.
Being a teacher can teach you to feel the Dao, but cannot put this Dao in your arms.
Therefore, as a teacher, I will not talk to you or to you about the state of longevity or how to live forever.
What you practice is the Tao, and what you should pursue is the true self, return to the true self, be at ease, find the true meaning in the void, and explore the true self from the mist.
Do you know? "
All the disciples bowed their heads in agreement, and Wukong bowed his hands again and again.
Li Changshou continued:
"Now that I've said this, let me say a few more words.
Wukong, you have been in the beginning for a hundred days, and you are considered to be sincere and motivated. As a teacher, I see it in my eyes, and I consider you a disciple.
Today, I will teach you the method of practice as a teacher, and you can also make your own choice. "
Sun Wukong laughed: "Master, what you teach, students will naturally learn."
"Don't be silly, just listen up."
Li Changshou said sternly: "I have a method called the way of unraveling emptiness. I can comprehend the principle of emptiness and darkness, and constantly correct my mind.
Do you want to learn? "
Wukong asked: "Master, how long will it take for this method to live forever?"
Li Changshou said: "If your understanding is deep enough, your practice is smooth and you don't encounter bottlenecks, you may live forever for five or six thousand years."
"It's too long, and this disciple still wants to help those old monkeys prolong their lifespan."
Li Changshou nodded, and said again: "As a teacher, there is another way, which can illuminate the mind and improve the longevity.
All you need to do is to comprehend from time to time, think a lot, and comprehend for three or four thousand years. If everything goes well, you can live forever. "
"Too long, still too long!"
Sun Wukong's eyes were full of anticipation, first he kept apologizing, and then asked: "Master, is there a way to achieve longevity for tens of hundreds of years?"
Most of the disciples on both sides couldn't help laughing.
Some disciples couldn't help but said: "Even if you go to practice magic skills, it is impossible to cultivate the fruit of longevity for hundreds of years."
"Wukong, don't make the teacher angry..."
"snort!"
Li Changshou changed his face on the spot, and said coldly: "Wukong, you are impetuous and hopeful of longevity, come forward!"
Monkey King trembled a few times, but he still walked forward quickly and knelt down in front of Li Changshou.
Li Changshou stood up, summoned a wooden whip, and hit Sun Wukong on the back three times, reprimanded:
"Take this as a warning, so that you can realize it!"
Afterwards, Li Changshou's figure quietly dissipated, leaving all the disciples looking at each other in blank dismay, and leaned over to scold Sun Wukong for a while.
They are all saying that Monkey King is rude and angered the teacher.
Monkey King has a hippie smile, and he has no shame.
Instead, they ignored two problems.
First, the monkey said that he wanted to grow into a fairy quickly, and then he went back to take his monkey grandson to cultivate happily.
One is the prehistoric tradition that the law cannot be passed down lightly, and the other is that acting in this way will add many variables to the teacher's school, and it may cause karma.
Second, when this group of disciples were getting started, the teacher didn't ask them what method they wanted to practice, and just threw a copy of the practice method at their faces, and even gave them different choices today.
Tsk, old discrimination.
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It's late at night, people are quiet, and Shou rests in peace.
In the three-star cave of the oblique moon, a figure swayed around furtively, and finally rushed out of the window of the 'high-end cave' where Li Changshou lived, and shouted softly there:
"Master, Master~"
It is Sun Wukong.
Seeing that there was no movement inside, Sun Wukong carefully opened the window, crept in, knelt beside Li Changshou's bed, and kowtowed a few times without saying a word.
"Master, I don't know if that's what you mean, let the disciple come here to see you in the middle of the night."
"You guys are not stupid."
While speaking, Li Changshou quietly opened the enchantment of immortal power here, sat up from the bed, and stared at the kneeling monkey in front of the bed.
Sun Wukong also raised his head and looked at him, his eyes were still so agile and clear.
Li Changshou said: "Get up, there will be no need for so many etiquettes in the future."
"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master."
Sun Wukong said repeatedly.
He speaks fast, and likes to repeat some short sentences, for fear that others may not hear them.
Li Changshou said: "Since you have realized it, as a teacher, I can teach you the immortal method you want.
But Wukong, before imparting the immortal method to you, I will ask you a few questions as a teacher first, and then make an agreement with you for three chapters, how about it. "
"The disciples are all under your arrangement, Master."
"Good," Li Changshou held his beard with a smile, "First of all, why do you practice Taoism? Apart from immortality and happiness, do you have any other ideas?"
Sun Wukong said: "I don't have much thought about it, I just want to learn the immortal method, so that monkeys and grandchildren can live forever."
Li Changshou asked warmly, "Those monkey grandchildren of yours are very important to you?"
"A disciple has no father or mother, and he doesn't know the seven emotions and six desires."
Sun Wukong's expression was slightly depressed, but he pretended to be as happy as usual, "But those children respect the disciple as a king, and the disciple can't ignore them."
Li Changshou said: "You know, even if you bring back the immortal law, most of your clansmen can't even cultivate Yuanxian."
"This... After all, there is a chance, so it's not like there are no opportunities."
Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Master, have you ever been a great king?"
"I haven't done it, how do you feel?"
"Very comfortable."
"Hahaha!"
Li Changshou leaned on his beard and smiled lightly, "Forget it, I will give you some demon clan cultivation methods as a master, but don't say anything about it, and what you teach as a master must not be passed on easily."
"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"
"Get up," Li Changshou had an extra whisk in his hand, and with a light sweep, Monkey King was already pushed onto the futon beside the bed, and sat down.
Li Changshou didn't hide his secrets, he took out the exercises given by Daozu, and led Monkey King to get started quickly and consolidate the Daoist foundation.
Really open a small stove.
This is actually one of the few opportunities for Li Changshou to have close contact with the stone monkey. Li Changshou carefully observed the stone monkey's aptitude, and soon seemed to be bored with old vinegar.
This monkey has such good aptitude that it can break the Dao heart of ordinary golden immortals!
However, in the end, practice still needs to be steady and steady, step by step; the situation of making a small fuss like a monkey will become the norm in the future.
The three chapters of this agreement are also quite interesting.
Those are the few rules that Li Changshou asked Sun Wukong to follow - don't hurt fellow disciples, don't show off your supernatural powers, and don't tell others anything about your own practice.
Sun Wukong understood that the exercises he was taught were quite different from those practiced by his brothers and sisters.
And Sun Wukong also gave soul torture:
"Master, why don't you pass on this wonderful method to the brothers and sisters together?"
Li Changshou groaned a few times, and said seriously: "Do you think this is a bit unfair?"
"The disciple feels...it's really unfair."
"But you are the beneficiary of this injustice."
"That's still a bit unfair," Sun Wukong wondered, "Teacher, it's impossible for your practice to be tailor-made for students."
Li Changshou said with a smile: "This method was born before you were born. Those who are not physically tyrannical cannot practice it, and those who are not full of primordial spirit cannot practice it. You are the only one who can pass such a threshold."
Only then did Sun Wukong accept this statement.
On the first night when he came to open Xiaozao, Sun Wukong officially started the road of cultivating Taoism, and since this night, this guy's cultivation base has started to go up and down.
Which one is better at practicing cheats, Hongjun in Zixiao Palace is busy!
As Li Changshou told him, Sun Wukong didn't show it off to anyone.
This made Sun Wukong quite uncomfortable.
But for the sake of longevity, Sun Wukong could only hold back and endure; he went to find Li Changshou in the dark every few days, and his cultivation level rose rapidly, and there was no danger of overturning.
Just like that, when you don't feel it in the mountains, there are no waves in the long river.
In the blink of an eye, it was more than sixty years.
In the past 60 years, Li Changshou took the time to go out and travel once, looking for a place to drive dozens of nails, which can be regarded as "not forgetting the right work".
Although Tiandao kept observing this place all the time, he was paying attention to the monkey, not him, the Bodhi Patriarch.
The wind and clouds in the sky and the earth are still, the wind is calm and the sea is calm, and nothing major happens.
The common customs in Nanzhou are stable everywhere, and the great merchant kingdom hundreds of years ago is rarely mentioned, and most of them are criticized.
For example, Emperor Xin, at this moment, has been scolded as a fatuous king in the common world, and was given the evil posthumous title of 'Zhou', and all the crimes were placed on this King Zhou.
But Di Xin's real situation at this time is to be an idle fairy god in the heaven, and have a good time with Daji.
Although he didn't win, it wasn't too bad.
The Heavenly Court is also developing steadily. The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals did not expand infinitely, but maintained at a stable level as suggested by Li Changshou.
A batch of elite soldiers and strong generals is better than filling up numbers.
The Three Thousand Worlds is generally stable, and Lintian Temple and Xianmeng have become the right-hand men of the Heavenly Court, assisting the Heavenly Court to manage the Three Thousand Worlds.
However, the reputation of these two forces has gradually become 'smelly' in the mouths of Qi refiners.
This is actually unavoidable.
Order will restrict individual freedom, and excessive freedom will in turn destroy order.
For the creatures in the Three Thousand Worlds, the Lintian Palace and the Immortal League represent order; and the Qi Refiners feel uncomfortable with them, so they will not give a good face.
Back to Lingtai Mountain.
In just sixty years, the monkey's cultivation has reached the late stage of the True Wonderland.
Of course, the monkey didn't know what the true immortality was at this time, and just followed Li Changshou's guidance to pass through one realm after another.
The hidden spiritual power in his body has been induced, and he is making great strides towards the immortal state.
Not only the Dao realm, the monkey has learned all kinds of fighting skills and supernatural powers in the past sixty years, and the seventy-two transformations can be regarded as a formal introduction, and flying through the clouds and riding the fog is no problem.
The monkeys entered the country like this, and it was inevitable that two lemon trees would be planted on Fangcun Mountain.
Just like today, before Li Changshou was about to open the altar to give a lecture, a male disciple told him that Junior Brother Wukong had been a disciple for a long time, but he still looked like a monkey, and he refused to transform into an innate Taoist body.
Li Changshou just shook his head with a smile, watched Sun Wukong playing with several disciples in the mountains, and said slowly:
"It doesn't matter, he can choose his own way and avenue, and he can also choose how to live.
Disciple, you are restless. "
The disciple looked ashamed, bowed his head in salute, and left hastily.
Li Changshou thought about it, pinched his fingers and calculated, and soon chuckled.
Play it safe and arrange for this male student to travel tomorrow to avoid any teaching accidents.
Teach Monkey, he means it.