"Elder brother, don't worry. There are so many strange people in the sky and on the earth, in the mountains and mountains, and there will always be a healing tree fairy."
"With me here, uncle, you don't have to worry. You can also take this opportunity to practice some practice in this Feng Shui treasure place."
Li Zhi took the initiative to make a "bet" to Zhen Yuanzi. Within seven days, the senior brother Sun Wukong would be able to find a way to bring the "Ginseng Fruit" tree back to life.
Zhen Yuanzi naturally gave up and even threatened that if Sun Wukong could really find the medicine for the tree fairy, he would be willing to become brothers with different surnames and share weal and woe.
This was a "fixed" matter, so Li Zhi naturally wouldn't worry and persuaded Sun Wukong to leave peacefully.
As for the monks in Tang Dynasty, after going through such a big torment like Li Zhi's tribulation, they were not like those who endured several tortures in another time and space.
Zhen Yuanzi personally ordered people to loosen the bonds. At least he had a tea with Tang Seng in his previous life, and rearranged the residences of the master and disciples.
Just like what Li Zhi said, these masters and disciples cherished the almost liquefied spiritual energy here, and studied behind closed doors.
Li Zhi, however, was at ease. He had just survived the "Celestial Immortal" thunder tribulation, and his realm had reached the late "Celestial Immortal" stage, but he was not in a hurry to devote himself to new cultivation.
"I'll call you "Jiulang" as well. I wonder what Jiulang thinks of my "Wuzhuang Temple"? "
Li Zhi was at ease, but unexpectedly he was invited by Zhen Yuanzi.
It stands to reason that the two of them have no interaction with each other. Tang Seng and his disciples said they were guests at "Wuzhuang Temple", but in fact they were under "house arrest" in disguise.
Zhen Yuanzi did not go to find his "old friend" Tang Sanzang, but asked Qingfeng to call Li Zhi over.
Mingyue handed Li Zhi some fragrant tea from the side. Naturally, Li Zhi was not polite. How could Zhen Yuanzi serve it to entertain guests? How could he be an ordinary person?
Sure enough, after taking a sip of tea, Li Zhi felt that the spiritual platform was clear and clear, and his spiritual thoughts were clear. It turned out to be a good treasure to warm the heart and soul.
"Senior Zhenyuan is the ancestor of the earth immortals. Your "Wuzhuang Temple" can be regarded as one of the best cave heavens and blessed places in the earth world. "
Li Zhi lacks experience. This "Wuzhuang Temple" is the first immortal mansion he has ever visited. As for the "Hebo Mansion", "Yingchoujian" Crystal Palace and even Zen Master Wuchao's Wuchao that he has visited before, it is far worse. Don't make excuses.
However, he still did not dare to speak too fully. As far as he knew, the Great Leiyin Temple in Lingshan, also in Hezhou, Xiniu, was no worse than this "Wuzhuang Temple".
"If Pindao wants to invite Jiulang to live here for a long time, what do you think Jiulang would like?"
Zhen Yuanzi suddenly said seriously, which made Li Zhi confused.
"Thank you, Senior Zhenyuan, for your kindness. However, since I have just entered the immortal world, I should have more experience in the world of mortals."
"Furthermore, I am a member of the Tang royal family. If I want to become a monk, I must obtain the permission of my parents."
"This kid came from a mortal body and is not as magnanimous and lofty as Senior Zhenyuan. I'm afraid I will live up to Senior Zhenyuan's good intentions."
Although Li Zhi didn't understand why Zhen Yuanzi said such words, he still politely declined, just like he declined Guanyin Bodhisattva back then.
"Haha, it's okay. There are three thousand avenues, no one is limited to one. Maybe the path Jiulang wants to take is not something that a poor Taoist can understand."
"However, in the past few days while waiting for the monkey to come back, Pindao has gained some experience in practice. I wonder if Jiulang is free, so that you and I can discuss it."
Zhen Yuanzi didn't insist, so he retreated to the next best option.
Now that the conversation has come to this point, Li Zhi can no longer shirk it.
To put it nicely, it’s “discussion.” What would a man who came from ancient times and practiced for hundreds of millions of years have to discuss with a teenager like you?
Li Zhi knew very well that it seemed that this powerful man really wanted to get close to him.
The years in the mountains are easy to pass, but how long will it take to be busy in the world?
After Li Zhitong and Zhen Yuanzi discussed the Tao for six consecutive days, Sun Wukong finally came back, and what came with him was the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Sun Wukong can be regarded as a "monkey" in the past few days. This "somersault cloud" hit one after another.
indivual.
He went to various places in Heaven, relying on his connections in Heaven, and even broke into "Tushita Palace". Unfortunately, Taishang Laojun failed to give him an accurate idea.
He also wandered around the East China Sea and visited the three-star "Fu Shou Lu" on Penglai Island. The three elders were also helpless.
In the end, when he was desperate, Sun Wukong unexpectedly returned to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave where he had been away for hundreds of years.
The mountain gate remains the same, with no sound or appearance.
The deathly silence was originally a rare blessed land, but now it was lifeless. It couldn't even catch up with ordinary mountains. At least you could still encounter some mountain birds and beasts.
"Ancestor, disciple...disciple is back——"
Such a stubborn Sun Wukong knelt on the cold stone road, which was the same road when he entered the mountain gate. A monkey's head touched the ground, and the sound it made was the collision of gold and stone.
Yes, today's Sun Wukong is no longer the Monkey King who caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, nor is he the Monkey King who studied here in the past. He is just a Buddhist guard with a tight band on his head.
"Wukong, do you know your sin?——"
After kneeling for a long time, a voice suddenly came out, a voice that had not been heard for hundreds of years. Although it was a bit ethereal, Sun Wukong heard it really.
"Grandmaster, are you the Patriarch?——"
Sun Wukong took a few steps on his knees and headed in the direction of the hall where Patriarch Bodhi gave his lecture.
"Grandmaster, this disciple realizes his mistake, please ask the patriarch to give you some advice on how to heal the tree, right?"
"You monkey, you are always causing trouble. That's all. There must be a healing tree in the vast South China Sea. Just go ahead -"
After all, he was the disciple he taught himself. Although he couldn't show up to meet him due to various agreements, Patriarch Bodhi still gave Sun Wukong a suggestion.
"Thank you, Patriarch. Disciple, can...can I see you again?"
Ever since he descended from Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Sun Wukong has seemed to have infinite scenery in the past hundreds of years, but he has encountered some sincerity, and only he knows the pain in his heart.
"When you left, I said that if I never see you again in this life, you might as well go -"
It was still the same voice, but it couldn't hide the sadness.
"Ancestor...disciple, farewell——"
Sun Wukong wanted to try again, but suddenly thought of his current situation, feeling secretly sad in his heart, he finally chose to give up and turned around to leave.
"Well, wait a minute, raise your head—"
The Patriarch's voice sounded again, seemingly with a hint of surprise.
"Ancestor——"
Sun Wukong naturally obeyed his master's instructions and looked around, but where could he find his master?
"It's strange, it's strange, after hundreds of years of not seeing each other, your appearance has changed a lot?"
"You are one of the four monkeys in the world, and you also have the blessing of being a son of the era, but you are not restrained by your nature. You are destined to be plotted by others, and there is no way to save it."
"This time I saw that your appearance has changed drastically. Now that the catastrophe has begun, I can't predict your ending. However, it is already a very dangerous situation. No matter how many calculations those people make, what can they do?"
"Forget it, I will give you another skill as a master."
As he said this, he saw a flash of white light in the void, and a cool feeling on Sun Wukong's altar. It turned out to be a handprint.
"My master calls this hand seal the "Heaven-cutting Seal". It can intercept a glimmer of life in the dark. You can use this hand seal to refine something with your own blood. "
"Leave this thing to the most trusted person for safekeeping. Even if your soul is gone and your body is dead, there is still a certain chance of being resurrected."
"This method cannot be used twice. It must be kept by someone you trust most. Remember, remember..."
The voice of the Patriarch was just like the earnest teachings back then. Sun Wukong knelt there in a polite manner, listening to every sentence and every word, many times more seriously than before.
The thousand-year-old stone monkey finally shed tears.
Because, when he heard his ancestor calling himself "master" again, did he still recognize him as his disciple?
"Thank you, Patriarch, for your grace——"
The barren hills remain the same, the walls of the ruined courtyards are in ruins, and the ancestor’s voice is never heard again.
If it weren't for the shining handprint in the spiritual platform, Sun Wukong would have thought that it was just his illusion.
"Why did the Patriarch teach me this mudra? Could something happen to me, grandson?"
Sun Wukong knew that the Patriarch would not talk lightly about misfortunes and blessings. Calculating the time, he had only been out for two days. It only took half a day's journey from here to Nanhai Chaoyin Cave.
Sun Wukong, on the other hand, was not in a hurry, so he sat down cross-legged in the Three-Star Cave of Xianyue, took a drop of his own blood, and refined it according to the handprints passed down by his ancestor.
Two a day, three a day.
Three days later, Sun Wukong's hand seals were finally completed, and a monkey-shaped jade pendant suddenly appeared in front of him, bright red in color and with restrained divine splendor.
Sun Wukong thought for a while, and then copied all his past memories and what he had learned into this monkey-shaped jade pendant.
In this way, if the situation mentioned by the founder really occurs, if he can return, he can be resurrected instantly and possess his original magical powers and cultivation.
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva comes to the barren mountain of Pindao. I am not welcomed, I am not welcomed -"
He said he was not welcome, but Zhen Yuanzi did not greet him. He just stood up from his seat and bowed his head.
"Amitabha, my Buddhist disciples passed by the Immortal Mountain, and their stubbornness broke out and eventually led to catastrophe. I hope that the Immortal will forgive them for the sake of the golden face of Tathagata Buddha——"
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva didn't dare to let Zhen Yuanzi take him out. He wanted to talk about it from his mentor, so he had to call him "Uncle Master", right?
Although everything was a well-discussed plan, after all, it was his own Buddhist team that caused the disaster. Guanyin Bodhisattva took a few steps and entered the Mahavira Hall.
"The few fruits are not important, but the "ginseng fruit" tree is actually a companion of poor people, but it was pushed down by the monkey head..."
It was agreed upon, and although Guanyin Bodhisattva also came as promised, Zhen Yuanzi still kept the important things in mind.
"Amitabha, although this poor monk has low magical power, he happens to know some methods of healing trees, which may come in handy in this matter."
During the whole process, Li Zhi sat aside, watching the two people in front of him talking seriously, and couldn't help but feel funny in his heart.
The next thing is simple. Guanyin Bodhisattva uses the "Three Light Divine Water" in the pure bottle to bring the knocked down "Ginseng Fruit" tree back to life.
Zhen Yuanzi was naturally happy, but Guanyin Bodhisattva was secretly distressed.
What do you mean by "Three Light Divine Water"?
They are the golden Sunlight Divine Water, the silver Moonlight Divine Water and the purple Starlight Divine Water. They were originally owned by Yuanshi Tianzun, one of the Three Pure Ones.
When Guanyin Bodhisattva was still a Taoist priest named Cihang, she was favored by her mentor and gave her the "Three Lights Divine Water".
Although this "Three Light Divine Water" can also be collected through secret methods, it only takes a hundred years to get one drop. To save the "Ginseng Fruit" tree, half a bottle was used directly. How many years will it take to collect it?
"Thank you Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva for your mercy. From now on, I will never refuse to use the "Five Villages Avalokitesvara" wherever it is useful. "
When the "Ginseng Fruit" tree stood tall again, the entire "Wuzhuang Temple" was bathed in a sacred light. Zhen Yuanzi felt that he had not made any progress in cultivation for many years, as if he was rolling forward.
"Is this a sign that the "Three Corpses" are going to be killed? "
From the dawn of time to the present, there are only three ways to become a saint.
The first type is to become a saint through merit, such as Nuwa, who is a powerful monster in her own right. Later, she first has the power to mend the sky, and then has the virtue to create humans.
Among the disciples of Taoist Hongjun, she ranked last and had the lowest combat power, but she was the second one to become a saint after Hongjun.
The second type is the most common method of killing "three corpses" to become a saint, such as Sanqing and the two Western saints, Jieyin and Zhunti.
The third type has always existed in legends, but no one has achieved it.
It is "to prove the Tao with force", which means that the great power is attributed to oneself, and one's own body is used to suppress all the heavens and all the ways, and to become a saint by force.
To put it in layman's terms, if your fighting power is extremely powerful, if you don't give me success,
Holy, I will beat you until you sanctify me.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches at that time did not cultivate the soul, so they wanted to take this path, but unfortunately none of them could complete it.
Of course, Taoist Hongjun, the head of the seven saints, understood the "Jade Butterfly of Creation" left by the Great God Pangu, became a saint, and became the leader of all saints.
For hundreds of millions of years, Zhen Yuanzi has also been able to kill the "two corpses". Although there are not many people like him, there are always a few.
Now, the "Ginseng Fruit" tree has come back to life, and he has also had the opportunity to kill the "Three Corpses". Such great benefits are naturally worthy of his big promise.
Guanyin Bodhisattva is a person with a calm mind. When he heard Zhen Yuanzi's promise, he was suddenly excited.
You must know that the one who made the promise is Zhen Yuanzi, a powerful person who came from the ancient times. Unless the saints in the three realms come, he is the top existence.
With his promise, it is like giving Guanyin Bodhisattva an extra talisman.
Promises in this world are not made lightly, especially for practitioners like them. Every promise will be imprinted on the way of heaven.
"That poor monk is unworthy of receiving the great gift from the great immortal——"
In this way, Guanyin Bodhisattva no longer feels sorry for her small half bottle of "Three Light Divine Water".
"Everyone, Pindao once said that if Sun Wukong could ask someone to heal my "ginseng fruit" tree, Pindao would like to be friends with him and become brothers. ".
"Now that the ginseng fruit tree is alive, I can't break my promise, so I will set up the incense table so that everyone can bear witness." "
"In addition, taking this opportunity today, Pindao is holding a small "Ginseng Fruit" party here, and I hope you can enjoy it. "
Well, when the town's Yuanzi was happy, he asked Qingfeng and Mingyue to pick "ginseng fruits."
The five masters and disciples of Tang Monk - little white dragon would not turn into a white dragon horse at this moment - plus Guanyin Bodhisattva, Li Zhi and Zhen Yuanzi, hit eight "ginseng fruits".
Li Zhi had never eaten it before. The last one was given to Mo Wen and Chun Wu, and he only had a few sniffs. This time he finally tasted it first.
Everyone in the field, Sun Wukong, Xiao Bailong and Tang Seng, actually broke through on the spot.
Tang Seng's strength is low, only at the "Golden Pill" level. It is reasonable to eat another "Ginseng Fruit" and break through to the middle stage of "God Transformation".
Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva was very helpless. This scene was completely different from what she had imagined.
However, now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing she can do. She can't just destroy Tang Seng's cultivation, right?
Instead, in front of everyone, he passed on Buddhism's "Six-Character Proverb" to Monk Tang.
When Tang Seng and Li Zhi met, they didn't dare to say anything more. In fact, Tang Seng secretly learned the "Six-Character Proverb" a long time ago. In this way, it can be regarded as justifiable.
Sun Wukong returned to the Taiyi realm and reached the middle stage of Taiyi Xuanxian. However, his peak period was in the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal. It will take time for him to fully recover.
Little Bailong was lucky. In another time and space, he could only break through to the Golden Immortal by virtue of his ability to carry the monk along the way, and was finally awarded the title of Eight-Part Heavenly Dragon Guangli Bodhisattva.
But here, after eating two "Ginseng Fruits" in a row, coupled with the "Nine Transformation Divine Dragon Art" he practiced, he broke through the "Golden Immortal" in an instant.
Fortunately, with Li Zhi's warning, Xiao Bailong did not dare to neglect. Before the thunder disaster of "Golden Immortal" came, he hurried to the depths of Longevity Mountain. He wanted to find a suitable place to ferry his "Golden Immortal" Tribulation.
In an instant, the incense table was set down, with the word "Heaven and Earth" still placed in the center.
"Brother Zhenyuan, I didn't expect that I, Sun, would be lucky enough to become your brother."
Who says monkeys don’t know what’s good and what’s good?
Although he also understood in his heart that the sworn sworn relationship with Zhen Yuanzi might be more formal, and it might not really be a deep brotherhood.
However, sworn worship is sworn worship, not to mention that there is heaven as proof, and there is also the Bodhisattva Guanyin present.
"Wait a minute——"
They were getting ready together. Just as Sun Wukong was paying homage, he suddenly heard Zhen Yuanzi’s voice.
Drink.
"Brother Zhenyuan, do you want to..."
Sun Wukong was a little puzzled, and even Guanyin and Tang Seng beside him frowned.
"Haha, brother Wukong, don't think too much. Pindao just thinks that our previous "bet" was because of Jiulang. Now that you and I are sworn brothers here, how can we let him stay out of it? "
Zhen Yuanzi said with a smile, his eyes clearly revealing an intriguing light.
"Amitabha, what does the Great Immortal mean?..."
After Guanyin Bodhisattva arrived, he naturally saw Li Zhi.
But from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want to see this person, especially she didn't want to see him appear in the Buddhist scriptures.
Just because of this person's existence, she felt that she had less and less control over the Buddhist team and the entire Journey to the West.
What's more, the "Celestial Immortal" calamity that Li Zhi passed through in the "Wuzhuang Temple" a few days ago was actually the "Purple Sky Divine Thunder" in the "Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulations", and he survived it safely in the end.
This made Guanyin Bodhisattva even more concerned, and even vaguely feared Li Zhi. It seemed that the matter was about to speed up.
Zhen Yuanzi and Sun Wukong became sworn brothers, and Guanyin Bodhisattva was naturally happy to see it come to fruition.
After all, Sun Wukong is now a member of her Buddhist sect. After the two became sworn sworn brothers, at least in terms of face, the "Wuzhuangguan" lineage can be regarded as a pro-Buddhist sect.
However, when the two were about to become sworn brothers, Zhen Yuanzi actually mentioned Li Zhi stubbornly. What kind of trouble was he going to make?
"Pindao doesn't mean anything else. He just feels that he and Jiulang are destined to be together. I wonder if Pindao can ask Li Jiulang to become sworn brothers together? What do you think, brother Wukong?"
Even before the sworn vows were made, Zhen Yuanzi called him "Wukong's virtuous brother" one by one.
What can Sun Wukong say? He is eager to take Li Zhi with him.
"Hey, if you have any ideas, just leave it to Brother Zhenyuan to make the decision. Junior brother, come here quickly——"
He said he had no objection and wished he could go down and catch Li Zhi directly.
Li Zhi was confused by Zhen Yuanzi's operation.
The past few days have been the most fulfilling days since Li Zhi's practice. In front of the powerful Zhen Yuanzi, Li Zhi was like a hungry man, constantly absorbing everything he needed.
In the past, most of my practice was to explore on my own, whether it was "Cangming Jue", "Golden Eyes for Breaking Illusions", "Rainbow Technique" or "True Sun Fire".
In the past few days, Zhen Yuanzi did not teach him any magical powers. He only answered the matters needing attention at each stage of practice, the great powers that have appeared since the beginning of time, and the questions raised by Li Zhi himself.
All of a sudden, Li Zhi seemed to have changed from a newcomer to a high-ranking person, not because of his cultivation, but because of his vision.
Zhen Yuanzi even put forward his own guess as to the origin of the "Cangming Jue" he practiced.
Although it was just a guess, Li Zhi was unable to refute it.
Is it really the one who loves me so much?
Now, he was actually invited to the stage in front of everyone to have a sworn vow together?
"Kuroro, is it possible that you dislike Pindao because he is a little too old?"
Seeing that Li Zhi refused to come up for a long time, Zhen Yuanzi spoke again, making everyone around him roll their eyes.
Is there any lame reason than this?
What age should a practitioner pay attention to?
Besides, aren't you a bit older?
Billions of years!
"How could I dare to..."
"Pindao just asked you if you are willing?"
Zhen Yuanzi showed no power and rudely interrupted Li Zhi's words.
"Well...well, it's better to be respectful than to obey orders. Since the senior doesn't think the boy is vulgar, then the boy has the courage to overstep -"
Perhaps it was seeing the complicated look in Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes that made Li Zhi finally make up his mind.
"Hahaha, little junior brother, come here quickly. I will change my name to you as "third brother" from now on. "
These three people are sworn sworn friends, so naturally they are Zhen Yuanzi Xingyi.
Sun Wukong ranked second and Li Zhi ranked last.
Becoming sworn sworn friends to Zhen Yuanzi was another feeling, but being a true brotherhood to Li Zhi made Sun Wukong overjoyed.
In this way, the three of them prayed to heaven and earth, and swore an oath in front of heaven, agreeing that they would be brothers from now on, and they would not bear each other's blessings or misfortunes.
No matter how difficult it is to get together, there will eventually be a time when the gathering ends. However, the Buddhist scripture-seeking team left Wanshou Mountain and embarked on the journey to the west again.
Monkey King is still leading the way, Monk Sha is behind, Zhu Bajie and Li Zhi are protecting Tang Monk in the middle, and the white dragon horse is carrying the luggage.
It’s strange to say that all the scripture-seeking team ate two “Ginseng Fruits”. Tang Monk was promoted the fastest, and Xiao Bailong also survived the “Golden Immortal” calamity. The regular “Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation” was directly in the middle of the “Golden Immortal” .
Sun Wukong has returned to the middle stage of "Taiyi Xuanxian". Even if Zhu Bajie slacks off, he has already reached the "Golden Immortal" stage. Only Monk Sha has not seen any changes and is still in his "Golden Immortal" middle stage.
Although everyone was surprised, they didn't take it to heart and continued walking westward as usual.
As the saying goes, when Monk Tang traveled west, he was either walking in the mountains or on the way to the next mountain.
On this day, another big mountain appeared in front of us.
There are overlapping peaks and rocks, surrounded by ravines and bays. Tigers and wolves are walking in formations, and muntjac deer are traveling in herds.
"Third brother, there is a demon in this mountain. Do you want to play with it, or should I?"
Sun Wukong's abrupt words almost scared Li Zhi.
