It was sunny after the rain.
The mountains and forests are filled with clouds and mist, reflecting the colorful colors under the sunlight.
Yu Yuan raised his head and looked around, and saw the lush flowers, plants and trees around him, and the fragrant fragrance of flowers filled the air.
The peaks in the distance are verdant, and the clear stream flows down from the high cliffs, like a giant silver dragon swimming downstream along the mountain.
Nearby is a gorgeous sea of flowers, with colorful flowers blooming one after another, and all kinds of strange flowers swaying in the breeze. Bees are flying among the flowers, butterflies are jumping among the petals...
But what really caught Yu Yuan's attention was a woodcutter who was chopping wood with an ax in the woods.
The woodcutter looked to be about forty or fifty years old, with vicissitudes of life, his eyes were cloudy, and his silver hair was wearing a worn-out bamboo hat. He was wearing simple blue clothes, with silk on top and straw sandals on the bottom. He was chopping down the tree trunk with an iron ax and composing a song loudly in his mouth: "Watching chess and killing woodcutters... When we meet, we are either immortals or Taoists. We sit quietly and talk." Huang Ting..."
Huang Ting?
Yu Yuan was a little surprised, seeing that the woodcutter was just a mortal, how could he know the meaning of a Taoist scripture like the Huangting Sutra?
He stepped forward and said hello: "Fellow Taoist, I've invited you. I have something to ask about."
The woodcutter seemed to be frightened and lost his ax in a hurry. When he saw a tall young man in a green robe appearing in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "Old man, I'm just a You bastard, if the Taoist priest has anything to ask, just ask."
Yu Yuan smiled: "When I first arrived at the precious land, I heard you sing: 'When we meet, we are either immortals or Taoists. Sit quietly and talk about Huang Ting'... This Huang Ting is the moral mantra of Taoism. If fellow Taoists are not members of the same Taoism, what will happen? Do you know the Huangting Sutra?"
"The Taoist Master misunderstood!"
The woodcutter smiled and shook his head, "These words were taught to me by an old immortal who passed by. He said that if you recite these words often, you can get rid of troubles and eliminate fatigue. So whenever I chop wood, I will Read a few words.
By the way, the old immortal is on the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain in front of you. Does the Taoist want to go find him? "
Lingtai Fangcun Mountain?
Yu Yuan's heart moved slightly.
He remembered that Lingtai Fangcun Mountain was located in Hezhou, Xiniu, and was the secluded place of Patriarch Bodhi.
The origin of this Bodhi Patriarch is mysterious. No one in the Three Realms knows his origin, and he is also unknown in the ancient times.
"Is there a Xianyue Sanxing Cave on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain?"
Yu Yuan asked tentatively.
The woodcutter glanced at him in surprise, "How could the Taoist master know that? Could it be that he has been here before?"
Yu Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Although I have never been here, I have heard about it."
"Oh, no wonder." The woodcutter suddenly said: "The old immortal has great magical powers, and his reputation must have spread far and wide. It's not surprising that you have heard of Taoist Master."
Yu Yuan nodded, looked at the woodcutter and said, "I have one last question... I wonder if there are any Western temples nearby?"
The woodcutter was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "What is Western religion? I have only heard of Buddhism, but I have never heard of Western religion."
"Buddhism?"
Even though Yu Yuan was prepared, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Even Western religion has become Buddhism. It seems that he has indeed traveled to an era that is extremely far away from the conferring of gods and calamities.
After figuring out the era he was in, he didn't chat much with the woodcutter. After asking for the location of the Sanxing Moon Cave, he directly took off into the sky and sped away in the direction pointed by the woodcutter.
The rumored Patriarch Bodhi has great supernatural powers. I wonder if there is any way to return him to the age of becoming a god.
It's just that he walked for a long time, but he still didn't see the three-star cave with the setting moon that the woodcutter said.
Wait a minute!
He pressed Xiangyun hard.
woodcutter?
There isn't even a single family in this barren mountain. Where did the woodcutter come from?
A translucent and graceful figure appeared in front of him, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she whispered: "There seems to be something wrong with that person just now."
"There is indeed a problem!"
Yu Yuan gritted his teeth.
Just now, his attention was focused on other aspects, and he never thought that the woodcutter would have a problem.
"See where you can run!"
Yu Yuan swayed slightly, and thousands of figures immediately flashed around him, all of them exactly like him.
He took on thousands of incarnations, each riding an auspicious cloud, rushing in all directions, and directly launched a blanket search for the nearby mountains.
In just a moment, a cave was found, but the location was opposite to the direction pointed by the woodcutter.
Yu Yuan put away thousands of clones and came to the cave.
Looking from a distance, I can see the haze scattering colors, the sun and moon shining brightly, and a majestic and grand scene of the fairy family.
There is a stone tablet standing next to the gate of the cave, about three feet high and eight feet wide, with ten characters engraved on it: "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain Xie Yue Sanxing Cave".
At this moment, the door of the cave was closed, and Yu Yuan was about to knock on the door to pay his respects, when he suddenly saw a monkey wearing shabby clothes jumping from the forest in the distance.
The morning light fell down, illuminating the scene in the forest.
The monkey was extremely dexterous and moved around the big trees very quickly.
In just a moment, the monkey had already arrived, looking at the cave with his eyes gleaming and his expression full of excitement.
Although the long journey made him physically and mentally exhausted, his heart was full of joy and excitement at the moment.
At this moment, a curious voice sounded.
"You monkey are not from Huaguo Mountain, are you?"
When the monkey heard some movement behind him, he quickly raised his head and saw a majestic man in Taoist robes floating in the air on auspicious clouds. His eyes suddenly became eager and he shouted: "Old god! Disciple is bowing his head! Disciple is standing. I am a native of Shuiliandong, Huaguoshan, Dongsheng Shenzhou, and I beg the old god to accept me as his disciple!"
Yu Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked again: "Do you have a name?"
"My disciple has no name, but the men in Huaguo Mountain call me King, and the people in the villages and towns of Aolai Kingdom call me Hozen. I have traveled across the sea and across the world for more than ten years before I came here. , please ask the old god to show mercy and accept me as your disciple!"
After hearing this, Yu Yuan was 98% sure of his origin, and finally asked: "Don't you have parents?"
The monkey said: "It is true that I have no parents. I only remember that there was a fairy stone on Huaguo Mountain. That day the stone cracked and I got out of it."
"What a stone monkey raised by nature!"
A gentle laughter came from the closed cave.
Immediately afterwards, the door of the cave opened with a creak, and a dozen young Taoists wearing white robes filed out and divided into two rows in front of the door.
Then an old man with white beard and hair walked out slowly.
This old Taoist is as thin as a pine branch, with a faint smile on his tapered face. His plain white Taoist robe is decorated with colorful embroidery. He holds a whisk in his hand and has a nine-curved heavenly crown on his head, full of fairy spirit.
His eyebrows were like sword blades, his eyes were like lightning, and he looked like an old god with an air of immortality.
It only took a moment to attract the monkey's attention.
At the same time, Yu Yuan's eyes lit up and his fists clenched slightly.
Although the old man in front of him had changed his appearance, he could still recognize through his breath that he was the woodcutter who had deceived him before!
Obviously, he is the owner of Xianyue Sanxing Cave, Patriarch Bodhi!
At this moment, Patriarch Bodhi just glanced at him after leaving the cave, then looked away as if he didn't recognize him, then looked at the monkey and said: "You want to become a disciple, right? I'll stop now." …”
"Wait!"
Yu Yuan swayed slightly and landed in front of the monkey. He looked at the old Taoist and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist came a step too late. He is now a disciple of Pindao."
The monkey's eyes lit up and he knelt down and kowtowed with joy.
"Wait!" Patriarch Bodhi quickly waved the whisk in his hand to stop the monkey from kneeling down.
This means kowtow, but you really become the other party's disciple.
He glanced at Yu Yuan and said with a somewhat helpless expression: "This is not appropriate, fellow Taoist, because there is no reason to go to the entrance of other people's caves to snatch disciples?
Isn't this deliberately looking for trouble? "
Yu Yuan nodded, "You're right, I'm just looking for trouble with you!"
(End of chapter)
