The avenue has a beginning, and the avenue has no end.
Daoist Hongjun sat idle in the bamboo hut in the depths of the bamboo forest, looking at the jade plate of good fortune spread on the top of the low table, which showed the situation of the oblique moon and the three-star cave.
To evaluate the power of a treasure, you can actually refer to the clarity of their images;
Like the good fortune jade plate of the Taoist ancestor, it is easy to evolve the three thousand roads, and the shape of a grain of soil in the picture can be distinguished.
It shows:
Patriarch Bodhi was meditating in the back hall, and Sun Wukong was fighting and playing with several brothers and sisters in the open space in front of the hall. Everything was almost the same as the previous sixty years.
Daoist Hongjun didn't pay much attention to Patriarch Bodhi, but focused on Sun Wukong with some appreciation.
He suddenly laughed and said, "Friend Daoist, the monkey you mentioned is really lovable..."
After the words fell, Hongjun looked at the empty seat on the right side of the low table, and couldn't help laughing.
Instead, it's long gone.
Hongjun flicked his fingers lightly, and layers of mist appeared in the bamboo forest, as if he had crossed the long river of time and returned to a certain point in time long ago.
Three figures appeared beside Hongjun, either sitting cross-legged or reclining, all with relaxed expressions.
This is a projection of a memory.
Hongjun was sitting at the position at this time, but he didn't speak, his face showed a dignified expression, and a row of jade plaques were neatly arranged in front of him.
Beside him are two old Taoists, and sitting opposite him is a slightly fat Taoist with a reserved expression.
Amidst some laughter and conversation, the years flowed slowly like this.
There was a little dao rhyme fluctuating around him, Hongjun flicked his fingers lightly, these scenes quickly faded away, leaving him alone sitting at the low table, without those jade square tablets in front of him, only the jade plate of fortune.
"Fellow."
A whisper came from outside the bamboo house.
A gray-robed old man stepped forward and sat opposite Hong Jun.
Hongjun asked: "How?"
"Li Changgeng hasn't moved. He has been in the Kunpeng Secret Realm. Xuandu and the others seem to want to gather the prehistoric creatures who have escaped from the world. It's hard to make a deal."
The old man in gray robe said slowly:
"The eyeliner you and I have placed has been in the Kunpeng Secret Realm. Although we can't get in touch with Li Changgeng for the time being, we can indeed feel the operation of the Dao of Equilibrium.
Several times when Yun Xiao and Lan Ling'e entered and exited the hall, they could actually see Li Changgeng's figure.
He seems to be practicing hard, trying to comprehend the state after the perfection of the way of balance.
It is true that he has never left the Kunpeng Secret Realm. "
Daozu Hongjun smiled.
"It seems that you and I were indeed the ones who worried too much before.
Before he was driven out of the prehistoric world, he had only cultivated for a thousand years, and his accumulation was far from enough.
Although Chang Geng should not be underestimated, there is no need to overestimate him. In the final analysis, it is still too clear a calculation. "
The old gray-robed Taoist asked: "But friend Daoist, if Li Changgeng has been in the Kunpeng Secret Realm, do we have to wait all the time
Whether to take action to destroy the Kunpeng Secret Realm and force him to leave as soon as possible. "
"It's okay, just wait," Hongjun sat up straight, "If the pressure is too tight, it's easy to provoke him to fight with you and me, which goes against your and my calculations.
Although the Three Realms are all under your control, if he uses the Kunpeng to force his way to the heavens and the earth, you and I will also suffer unnecessary losses.
Now it's just a matter of watching and waiting patiently.
The power of living beings can no longer threaten the heaven and the earth, and the heavenly court is in front of the heavenly way. If there is a living being against the sky, the heavenly court can suppress it.
Compared with the world, creatures are impatient after all. We can afford to wait for a few yuan meeting or a few tens of yuan meeting. "
The gray-robed old man nodded slowly, and asked again: "How is the disaster of Journey to the West arranged?"
"Look," Hongjun said with a smile, "this monkey head is already in shape, and it will be usable for you and me in another hundred or two hundred years.
There is no need to worry about Buddhism, Jieyin has been secretly controlled by Pindao, and he has not struggled.
Now there are only variables like Yuan Shi left in the world, but Yuan Shi is hard to support alone, so there is no need to worry about him, he is the most difficult to deal with among the three Qings. "
The gray-robed old man also showed a little smile, and said: "Sheng Shun Tian, the heavens should not mess with the holy, and he is the only one left to be holy, so there is really no need to worry."
"It is enough to use the guide as a constraint."
Daozu Hongjun tapped the good fortune jade plate with his fingers, a bit of worry flashed across his eyes.
"But for some reason, Pindao is always a little uneasy."
"Are you worried about what Li Changgeng knows?"
"That's right," Hong Jun said slowly, "Although all the truth has been covered up by you and me, Pindao always feels that this Li Changgeng has mastered some secrets that he shouldn't have access to through some methods that you and I can't be sure of.
For example, how did he get to the prehistoric world.
Most of what he said to me before was unbelievable, maybe he understood the principle of [True Spirit Shuttle] at that time. "
The gray-robed old man was silent for a while, and then asked: "Didn't fellow daoists have read all the classics in the Kunpeng?"
"Although I have seen it, there may be some messages hidden in it."
Hong Jun said in a deep voice: "At this time, Poverty Dao still can't figure out why Li Changgeng was able to understand the way of balance in such a short period of time, and even understand the way of balance better than you and me.
According to his temperament, out of ten successes, 30% will be displayed, 30% will be hidden, 30% will be buried, and 10% will be used as a means of escape.
What you and I have seen before is really his real state
Pindao has doubts about this. "
The gray-robed old man couldn't help but remain silent.
Daoist Hongjun pinched his fingers and calculated for a while, then said in a low voice: "Whether there is that guy's backhand, you and I have neglected it."
But the gray robe said: "That person can't hide it from you."
"It's not certain, the poor man is not a roundworm in that guy's stomach."
Hongjun Daozu looked a little emotional, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Continue to monitor the Kunpeng Secret Realm, other creatures are nothing to worry about, just look at Li Changgeng."
"good."
The gray-robed old man nodded slightly, his figure was about to disperse, but he solidified again.
"Do you want Haotian to be more obedient?"
"No need."
Taoist Hongjun thought for a while, shook his head and said: "He is just a little emotional, and he understands from the bottom of his heart that if the word "Emperor of Heaven" is not supported by you and me, it is just a joke.
What's more, with his wife and daughter in Yaochi, he has no way to retreat, and nowhere to go. "
The gray-robed old man nodded slowly, and said: "To prevent it from happening, it's better to put the shackles of heaven on Li Changgeng's friends and disciples."
"No need," Hong Jun said slowly, "If there is no threat to the way of heaven, the living things are living things, so there is no need to take action against them."
The gray-robed old man said indifferently: "You still have compassion for Li Changgeng."
"Fellow Daoist misunderstood," Hongjun smiled slightly, "Poverty Daoist just thinks that living beings are actually quite wonderful, and since we have controlled the Three Realms and eliminated most hidden dangers, we don't need to embarrass them.
After all, living beings are also a part of the heaven and earth, and if they are more colorful, they can also make the world more colorful.
Such a stable prehistoric world is the most beautiful, isn't it? "
"Fellow Daoist is right," the gray-robed old man nodded slowly, "everything is for the eternity of heaven and earth."
"Goodness, everything is for the eternity of heaven and earth."
The figure of the old man in gray robe dissipated with the wind.
Hongjun Daozu's smile gradually faded, as if he was thinking about something, and soon looked down at the situation in the jade plate.
Where are you next
Chang Geng was actually right.
Tiandao gave birth to a consciousness similar to living beings because of his cooperation, which is not a good thing, because Tiandao thinks about how to protect the world and suppress the power of living beings.
Daozu Hongjun tapped the jade plate a few times with his fingers, and various pictures appeared on it.
In a shimmering mansion in the water, the leader of the Tongtian Church surrounded by iron chains yawned boredly, as if he didn't mind the current situation very much.
What stands out is a chic and uninhibited.
In Zixiao Palace, the seal of Taiqing was extremely stable, if there were no sages of the heavenly way to do their best, it would be difficult to break the seal.
In fact, Hongjun Daozu didn't understand.
Originally, the biggest reliance in Li Changshou's hands was that the Sanqing was Pangu Yuanshen, and the second was that the three treasures of Taiji Diagram, Chaos Clock, and Pangu Banner were combined into one to open the Heavenly God Axe.
And my biggest reliance is that they will not touch the world.
After all, it's not the guy who lived in Fuxi's body in ancient times.
What's more, he is a majestic Taoist ancestor, can he lose his trump card
For example, the Qiankun Cauldron, which can use the original power of heaven and earth, and the four divine beasts that guarded the prehistoric world, which were refined by him in ancient times and made into the four-element formation of infinite heaven and earth... and so on.
He also has the cards. If the Great Tribulation of Conferred Gods is over, Li Changshou chooses not to leave, but a head-on confrontation between the two sides.
The outcome of both sides is unpredictable, but the souls will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
When Li Changshou chose to leave, in Hongjun Daozu's view, if Li Changshou hadn't prepared any "heaven-defying" level cards, as time went on, Li Changshou's chances of winning would become lower and lower.
After all, he, the Taoist ancestor, would not sit still.
Where is the next step
It is also time to make final preparations to devour this heaven.
Detachment
That is actually nonsense, if the heart is far enough, the sea of chaos is nothing but a cage.
So a long time ago, he, the Taoist ancestor, had already embarked on another path.
Taking the prehistoric world as the Dao body, turning into an ultimate creature that has never existed, to contact those consciousness bodies that set the rules of the true spirit, this is his way of detachment.
Daozu Hongjun looked at the jade plate in front of him, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth inadvertently.
That smile was exactly the same as the expression on which Li Changshou was deliberately scared in Zixiao Palace.
"Wait, it's still too superficial."
…
Um…
Why do you feel like someone is scolding yourself behind your back
Li Changshou opened his eyes in the three-star cave in the oblique moon, resisted the desire to yawn, sorted out the faint insights he had gained from practicing at this time, and felt a little emotional.
It is really not easy to modify Jiekong Dao.
The sense of immortality fell on the monkey, and he found the monkey jumping around there, carefree and happy.
Several female disciples kept teasing him with 'Wukong come here' and 'Wukong follow'.
The monkey jumped left and right happily, intercepting the bouquets they threw back and forth, making the eyes of many male disciples on the side sour.
No way, Wukong is too popular with female disciples.
As for why this is so, Li Changshou has also carefully analyzed it.
Firstly, the stone monkey is just a stone, it doesn't know anything about men and women, and it doesn't leave any gaps in its heart.
His heart is only for the Tao, and his Tao is only for the heart.
The second is that the stone monkey is smart enough to say some compliments, and flatters him one after another. When he first got started, he praised him so much that all the senior sisters regarded him as his own brother.
Third, Wukong himself did not make the male disciples feel 'pressure'.
He is more like the mascot in this Taoist temple, although his strength has surpassed all the disciples at this time.
The fourth is that Wukong is good at fighting. When fighting, he can often defeat the upper hand, especially good at close combat.
During several trials in the nearby mountains and forests, Monkey King rushed to the front and killed some powerful monsters casually, exuding an indescribable heroism in his bones.
How could such a beautiful Monkey King lose his popularity
Li Changshou chuckled lightly, got up and walked to the door, sat on the rocking chair, and watched the disciples playing.
This kind of life is actually quite good.
But the calmness in front of him is just an appearance. If the Dao ancestor and the will of heaven are not erased for a day, the whole prehistoric is like a small sailboat floating on the boundless sea.
If the sea is in a good mood, it can make the sailboat move forward steadily;
But as long as there are some waves and storms in the sea, the sailboat will be swallowed by the waves in an instant.
This is not a hidden danger, this is a clear danger.
Soon.
There are two or three hundred years.
When the monkey returns to Huaguo Mountain, he can take advantage of the opportunity to escape from the land of Wubuzhou. At that time, if the Taoist ancestor chooses to kill the Bodhi ancestor, then he can only take advantage of the opportunity to turn the table.
If Daozu chooses to let Patriarch Bodhi go, then he can make up for the last missing chance of winning, and fully grasp the initiative in the final game.
From the moment the main body left the prehistoric world, it has been a long time in the blink of an eye. In fact, two or three hundred years will pass quickly.
Sometimes, the years are like this, when you open your eyes and close them, decades will pass by like this.
Li Changshou kept a tight vigilance on the outside and tight on the inside at all times, and he taught the monkey the exercises given by the Taoist ancestor with his heart, and also taught the monkey the magical powers that the Taoist ancestor didn't give him.
Unknowingly, he still carried Taoist ancestors behind his back, and passed some things that should not be passed on to monkeys, but also passed them on to monkeys.
Sun Wukong's cultivation has improved steadily and rapidly, and he has no idea what the bottleneck is.
Most of the tyrannical spiritual power contained in his body has been transformed into his own mana.
Cultivate copper skin and iron bones, and cultivate an incarnation outside the body;
Cultivate so that you can fly through the clouds and ride the fog, and cultivate yourself so that the golden soul will never die.
Li Changshou sat at the bottom of Bodhi Heart, waved his big hand, and the years quickly flowed around him, turning into strands of dazzling brilliance.
and fast forward to-
[Sun Wukong overcame the Golden Immortal, and was expelled from the Lingtai to show his holiness].
In the 236th year when Sun Wukong entered the mountain, he survived the Golden Immortal Tribulation smoothly, and also gained a lot of benefits in the catastrophe.
When Sun Wukong practiced for several months and left the customs, he couldn't help showing off in front of his brothers and sisters, but he was caught by the "Bodhi Patriarch" and reprimanded him with a straight face.
"Wukong, the poor Taoist preached to you, but it was for you to show off?" '
Wukong hurriedly said that he knew his mistake, he was as smart as him, and he had already seen something from the expression of his master.
Sure enough, Li Changshou flicked his sleeves and scolded: "You and I have exhausted the fate of master and apprentice, so you will leave today, don't come back." '
Sun Wukong couldn't help being shocked, and all the disciples were also quite surprised.
Among them, there was finally a golden immortal, why did the teacher drive it away so easily
All the disciples begged for mercy one after another, and Sun Wukong had a lot to say, but Bodhi Patriarch was as hard-hearted as he threw Sun Wukong tens of thousands of miles away with a flick of his sleeve.
Seeing that the teacher was really angry, these disciples did not dare to speak. Many female disciples had red eyes and went back to their residences to practice.
That night.
Li Changshou lay sideways on the soft couch, facing the inner wall of the cave.
"Master..."
A slightly trembling voice came from outside the window, but it was the stone monkey who left and returned.
Li Changshou remained silent, as if he had fallen asleep.
With two squeaks, the monkey quietly turned over the window and knelt down in front of the bed, wanting to speak, but didn't know what to say, so it just bowed its head and knelt down.
After kneeling like this for half an hour, Li Changshou still had no words.
Sun Wukong asked in a trembling voice: "Master, what did my disciple make you unhappy... You can beat me or scold me, but I can't stand letting me go like this."
Li Changshou remained silent.
After a while, Sun Wukong sighed: "Master, is there something inconvenient for you to say to your disciples?"
Li Changshou remained silent.
Sun Wukong couldn't help closing his eyes, and took a light breath.
"Master, can you say a word to the disciple again, one sentence is..."
finally…
"Don't mention it to others in the future, you are my disciple."
Li Changshou said so, and Sun Wukong was almost instantly broken, and his face was quite gray.
This guy... that's all.
Li Changshou explained in a voice transmission:
"It's not that you don't deserve to be my disciple, but that you and I have exhausted the predestined relationship between master and apprentice.
Wukong, do you still remember why you became a teacher
Do you still remember what you said to your teacher when you knelt here the first night? "
"Disciple, disciple..."
Li Changshou said:
"Cultivation in the mountains is practice, and walking in the world of mortals is also practice.
You have a restless temperament, and if you are asked to leave as a teacher, it is just because you feel that you have nothing to learn here.
go.
This world is vast enough for you to turn somersaults.
Although this prehistoric world lacks a lot of great power, it is still brilliant, and you just happened to make a breakthrough.
But remember, don't mention to others that you and I used to be masters and apprentices, and don't come to find a teacher if you cause trouble in the future. "
After saying that, Li Changshou waved his hand.
Monkey King only felt the white mist surging around him, and when he reappeared, he was already at the foot of Lingtai Mountain.
It was the place where he met the woodcutter when he came here.
Monkey King was stunned for a while, only feeling a little cool in the night breeze.
He bowed his head and sighed, kowtowed to the mountainside several times, got up to ride away on the cloud, but couldn't help turning around on the cloud, kowtowed a few times to where Li Changshou was.
In the end, the monkey's eyes were still red, and he rode the cloud towards the way he came from when he was looking for immortals.
Li Changshou: ...
When Daozu expressed something, he immediately started follow-up actions.