Chapter 740: Teaching Monkeys (Part 2)

The road has a beginning and no end.

Hongjun Daozu sat idle in the bamboo house deep in the bamboo forest, staring at the jade dish of creation spread on the top of the low table. The jade dish showed the scene of the three-star hole with the slanting moon.

To evaluate the power of a treasure, you can actually refer to the clarity of their images;

For example, Taozu’s jade dish of creation can easily evolve into three thousand avenues. The shape of a grain of soil can be distinguished.

It shows:

Bodhi Patriarch is meditating in the back hall, Sun Wukong and several brothers are fighting and playing in the open space in front of the hall. Everything is the same as it was more than sixty years ago. Not much different.

Taoist Hongjun didn’t look much at Patriarch Bodhi, and focused his eyes on Sun Wukong with some admiration.

He suddenly laughed and said: "Fellow Taoist, the monkey you are talking about is really lovable..."

After finishing speaking, Hongjun looked at the empty seat on the right side of the low table. I couldn't help but laugh.

In fact, they are all gone.

Hongjun flicked his fingers, and layers of mist filled 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 next to Hongjun, either sitting cross-legged or diagonally, all with relaxed expressions.

This is a projection of memory.

Hongjun was sitting in this position, but he did not speak, with a solemn look on his face. In front of him was a row of jade plaques arranged neatly.

Beside him were two veteran Taoists, and sitting opposite him was a slightly fat Taoist with a reserved expression.

With a little laughter and chatter, the years flowed by slowly.

There were sudden fluctuations of Dao Yun around him. Hongjun flicked his finger, and these scenes quickly faded away, leaving him alone sitting at the low table. The jade square cards were gone in front of him, and only good luck was left. Jade plate.

"Fellow Taoist."

A soft call came from outside the bamboo house.

A gray-robed old man stepped forward and sat opposite Hongjun.

Hongjun asked: "How is it?"

"Li Changgeng has not moved and has been in Kunpeng's secret realm. Xuandu and the others seemed to want to gather the primitive creatures who had escaped from the world. , it’s unlikely to happen.”

The old man in gray robe said slowly:

“The spy you and I have been stationed in Kunpeng Secret Realm. Although we can’t contact Li Changgeng for the time being, it is true. You can feel the movement of the Balanced Avenue.

When Yunxiao and Lan Ling'e entered and exited the hall several times, they could actually see Li Changgeng's figure

He seemed to be practicing hard. , I want to understand the realm after the perfection of the Way of Balance.

I have indeed never left the Kunpeng Secret Realm."

Daozu Hongjun smiled.

"It seems that it was you and I who worried too much before.

Before he was driven out of the ancient world, he only practiced practice for a thousand years, and his accumulation was far from enough.

Although Chang Geng should not be underestimated, there is no need to take him too seriously. In the final analysis, it is just Tai Qing’s calculation."

Grey Robe.The old Taoist asked: "But fellow Taoist, if Li Changgeng has been in the Kunpeng Secret Realm, do we have to wait forever?

Should we destroy the Kunpeng Secret Realm and force him to leave as soon as possible?"

" It doesn't matter, just wait." Hongjun sat upright, "If you press too hard, it will easily provoke him to start a war with you and me, which will go against your plans.

Although the three realms are all yours. I control it, but if he uses Kunpeng to reach the sky and the earth, you and I will suffer unnecessary losses.

Now we just have to wait and see what happens.

Being alive. The power of heaven and earth can no longer threaten heaven and earth, and heaven is blocking the way of heaven. If there are creatures that rebel against heaven, heaven can suppress them.

Compared with heaven and earth, creatures are ultimately impatient. , we can all wait."

The gray-robed old man nodded slowly and asked: "How are the arrangements for the disaster in Journey to the West?"

"Look," Hongjun said with a smile. This monkey head already has some appearance, and it will be available to you and me in another hundred or two hundred years.

There is no need to worry about the Buddhist side. Jie Yin has been secretly controlled by the poor Taoist, and he has not struggled. .

The only variable left in the world is Yuan Shi, but Yuan Shi is alone, so there is no need to worry about him. He is the most difficult person to deal with among the Three Pure Ones. ”

Hui. Pao Laodao also showed a slight smile and said: "The Holy One obeys the Heaven, and the Heaven cannot mess with the Holy Spirit. He is the only Holy One left, so there is really no need to worry."

"It is enough to use Jie Yin as a restriction. ”

Daozu Hongjun tapped his fingers on the jade plate of creation, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"But for some reason, Pindao is always a little uneasy."

"What are you worried about Li Changgeng knowing?"

"Yes," Hongjun He said slowly, "Although all the truth has been covered up by you and me, Pindao always feels that Li Changgeng has mastered some secrets that he should not have access to through some methods that you and I cannot determine.

For example, how did he get to the ancient world?

Most of what he told me before was not credible. Maybe he already understood the principle of [True Spirit Travel] at that time. ”

"Although I have read them, I may not know the contents. What kind of information is hidden?"

Hongjun said solemnly: "At this time, I 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 truth about balance. The understanding of balance is better than that of you and me.

According to his temperament, 30% of his success will be revealed, 30% hidden, 30% buried, and 10% will be used as a last resort.

What you and I have seen before are really his true state?

I have doubts about this. ”

The gray-robed old man couldn’t help but be silent.

Taozu Hongjun calculated with his fingers for a while, and said in a low voice: "Whether there is that guy's back-up plan, you and I both missed it."

The gray robe said: " There is no way that person can hide this from you.”

“It’s impossible to say, I’m not that guy who has roundworms in his stomach. "

Taozu Hongjun's face showed a little emotion. He breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Continue to monitor the Kunpeng Secret Realm. There is no need to worry about other creatures. Just look for Li Changgeng. "

"Good. "

The old man in gray robe nodded slightly, and his figure was about to disperse, but he solidified again.

"Would you like to make Haotian more obedient? "

"No need. "

Taozu Hongjun thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "He is just acting on his own initiative, and he understands in his heart that without the support of you and me, the word "Emperor of Heaven" 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 Taoist nodded slowly and said: "To prevent it from happening, it is better to lock the shackles of heaven on Li Changgeng's friends and disciples." "

"No need," Hongjun said slowly, "If there is no threat to the way of heaven, the living beings are living beings, and there is no need to take action against them. "

The old man in gray robe said calmly: "You still have compassion for Li Changgeng. "

"Fellow Taoist misunderstood," Hongjun smiled slightly, "Pindao just thinks that living beings are actually quite wonderful. Since we have controlled the three realms and eliminated most hidden dangers, there is no need to make them embarrassed.

After all, living things are also part of the world. The more colorful they are, the more colorful they can be.

Such a stable prehistoric world is the most beautiful, isn’t it? "

"What my fellow Taoist said makes sense," the gray-robed old Taoist 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 gray-robed old Taoist disappeared with the wind.

The smile on Daozu Hongjun’s lips gradually faded, as if he was thinking about something, and soon he looked down at the jade plate again. Situation.

Where is the next step?

Chang Geng is actually right.

Tiandao gave birth to something similar to the living being. Consciousness, this is not a good thing, because Heavenly Dao is thinking about how to protect the world and suppress the power of living beings.

Daozu Hongjun tapped his fingers on the jade plate a few times, and various scenes appeared on it. .

In a sparkling water mansion, surrounded by iron ropes, the leader of Tongtian yawned boredly, seemingly not caring much about the current situation.

The one thing that stood out was one. Unrestrained and unrestrained.

In the Zixiao Palace, the seal of Taiqing is extremely stable. Without the full strength of the Heavenly Saint, it would be difficult for Taoist Hongjun to break the seal. Understand.

Originally, Li Changshou’s biggest support was that the Sanqing was Pangu Yuanshen, and the Taiji Diagram, Chaos Bell, and Pangu Banner were combined into one to form the God’s Axe, at the expense of destroying the world. , killed him, the Taoist ancestor and the way of heaven.

And his biggest reliance is that they are not the ones who live in the body of the ancient Fuxi.

What's more, he is a dignified Taoist ancestor, how can he do it without his trump card?

For example, the Qiankun Cauldron, which can summon the power of the origin of heaven and earth, and the four guardian beasts of the ancient times that were refined by him in ancient times and made into the infinite four-image formation of heaven and earth... and so on.

He also has a trump card. If the Great Tribulation of the Gods ends, Li Changshou will choose not to leave, but to confront each other head-on.

The outcome of both sides is unpredictable, but the lives will inevitably suffer heavy casualties.

When Li Changshou chose to leave, in the view of Taoist Hongjun, if Li Changshou had not prepared any powerful trump card that could defy the will of heaven, as time goes by, Li Changshou's chances of winning would become lower and lower. .

After all, he, the Taoist ancestor, would not sit still and wait for death.

What’s next?

It’s time to make final preparations and devour this heavenly way.

Detached?

That is actually nonsense. If the heart is far enough, the sea of ​​chaos is nothing more than a cage.

So a long time ago, he, the Taoist ancestor, had already embarked on another path.

Using the prehistoric world as his Tao body, transforming into an ultimate creature that has never existed, and contacting those consciousnesses that set the rules of true spirits, this is his way to transcendence.

Taozu Hongjun looked at the jade plate in front of him, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

That smile was exactly the same as the expression on his face when he deliberately frightened Li Changshou in Zixiao Palace.

"Hey, it's still too shallow."

...

Hmm...

Why does it feel like someone is behind you? Scold yourself?

At the Sanxing Cave in the setting moon, Li Changshou opened his eyes, held back his yawn, sorted out the weak insights he had gained from practicing at this time, and felt a little emotional.

It is really not easy to modify Jiekong Avenue.

The immortal consciousness fell on the monkey and found that the monkey was jumping around, free and happy.

Several female disciples stood by and kept teasing him.

The monkey jumped left and right with joy, intercepting the bouquets they threw around, making many male disciples on the side have sour eyes.

No way, Wukong is too popular with female disciples.

As for why this is so, Li Changshou also analyzed it carefully.

First, this stone monkey is just a stone. He knows nothing about men and women, and he has not left any gaps in his Taoist heart.

His heart is only for the Tao, and his Tao is only for the heart.

Secondly, Stone Monkey is smart enough, can say some compliments, and flatters him endlessly. When he first started, he praised him so much that all the senior sisters regarded him as a real brother.

Thirdly, Wukong himself did not make the male disciples feel 'pressure'.

He is more like the mascot in this Taoist temple, although his strength has exceeded that of the disciples at this time.

The fourth is that Wukong is good at fighting. He can often defeat the superior in combat, and is especially good at close combat.

During several trials in nearby mountains and forests, Sun Wukong rushed to the front and casually killed some powerful monsters, exuding an indescribable heroic spirit in his bones.

How could such a Monkey King be so popular?

Li Changshou chuckled, stood up and walked near the door of the room, sitting on the rocking chair and watching the disciples playing.

Living like this is actually pretty good.

But the calmness in front of us is just an appearance. If the Taoist ancestors are not eliminated and the will of heaven is not wiped out, the entire prehistoric era will be like a small sailboat drifting on the boundless sea.

If the sea is in a good mood, it will naturally allow the sailboat to move forward smoothly;

But as long as there are some waves or storms in the sea, the sailboat will be swallowed up by the waves in an instant.

This is not a hidden danger, this is an obvious danger.

Soon.

There are still two to three hundred years.

When the monkey returns to Huaguo Mountain, he can escape from Wubuzhou. If Tao Ancestor chooses to kill Patriarch Bodhi, he will have no choice but to flip the table.

If Dao Ancestor chooses to let Ancestor Bodhi go, then he can make up for the missing chance of winning, and fully control the initiative in the final game.

A long time has passed in the blink of an eye since the original body left the primitive world. In fact, two to three hundred years can pass very quickly.

Sometimes, the years are like this, just open and close your eyes, and decades pass by.

Li Changshou always maintained an alert state of loosening the outside and tightening the inside. He carefully taught the monkeys the exercises given by Taozu, and also taught the monkeys the magical powers that Taozu did not give.

Unknown to him, he went behind Taozu's back and passed on some things that should not be passed on to monkeys.

Sun Wukong’s cultivation has improved steadily and rapidly, and he has no idea what the bottleneck is.

Most of the extremely powerful spiritual power contained in his body has been turned into his own magic power.

Cultivate the copper skin and iron bones, and cultivate the body's external incarnation;

Cultivation can fly through the clouds and mist, and cultivate the immortal golden soul.

Li Changshou sat in the heart of Bodhi, and with a wave of his hand, the years flowed rapidly around him, turning into wisps of dazzling brilliance.

And fast forward to——

[Sun Wukong overcame the tribulation of the Golden Immortal, and the Holy Spirit was expelled from the Lingtai].

On the 236th year after he entered the mountain, Sun Wukong smoothly passed through the Golden Immortal Tribulation, and also gained many benefits from the Tribulation.

When Sun Wukong came out of seclusion after practicing for several months and couldn't help but show off in front of his brothers and sisters, he was caught by the 'Bodhi Patriarch' and scolded him with a straight face.

‘Wukong, a poor Taoist teaches you the great way, but is it for you to show off? ’

Wukong hurriedly said that he knew his mistake. As smart as he was, he had already seen something on his master’s expression.

Sure enough, Li Changshou flicked his sleeves and cursed: 'The relationship between you and me as master and disciple has ended. You will leave today and don't come back. ’

Sun Wukong couldn’t help being shocked, and all his disciples were also surprised.

Among them, an Immortal Golden Immortal finally emerged. Why did the teacher have to drive him away so easily?

All the disciples began to plead for mercy, and Sun Wukong tried to say whatever they wanted, but Patriarch Bodhi had a heart of stone and 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.

It’s night.

Li Changshou lay on his side on the soft couch, facing the inner wall of the cave.

"Master..."

A slightly trembling voice came from the window, but it was the stone monkey who left and returned.

Li Changshou was silent, as if he was fast asleep.

With two squeaks, the monkey quietly climbed over the window and knelt in front of the bed. He wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so he just bowed his 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, why did my disciple displease you...Whether you hit him or scold him, I can't bear to let him go like this."

Li Changshou remained silent.

After a while, Sun Wukong sighed: "Master, is it inconvenient for you to tell your disciples?"

Li Changshou remained silent.

Sun Wukong couldn't help but close his eyes and take a breath.

"Master, can you say one more word to your disciple, just one sentence..."

Finally...

"Don't mention it to anyone in the future , you are my disciple."

When Li Changshou said this, Sun Wukong's defense was broken almost instantly, and his face became quite gloomy.

This guy is... nothing more.

Li Changshou explained:

"This is not because I think you are not worthy of being my disciple, but because you and I have indeed exhausted our relationship as master and disciple.

Wukong, do you still remember why you became a disciple?

Do you still remember what you said to your teacher when you knelt here on the first night? Disciple, disciple..."

Li Changshou said:

"Cultivation in the mountains is cultivation, and walking in the mortal world is also cultivation.

You cannot sit still. Xingzi, I just want you to leave because I feel that you have nothing to learn here.

Go ahead.

This world is vast enough for you to fight.

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Although this ancient world lacks many great powers, it is still exciting. You just have to try it out.

But remember, don’t mention you and I were masters and disciples. If you cause any trouble in the future, don’t come here to seek me as your teacher." After saying this, Li Changshou waved his hand.

Sun Wukong felt white mist surging around him, and when he reappeared, he was already at the foot of Lingtai Mountain.

It was when he came here that he encountered the woodcutter's place.

Sun Wukong was stunned for a while, only to feel the night breeze blowing, which was a little cool.

He is lowThe head sighed, kowtowed several times to the mountainside, stood up and flew away on the clouds, but couldn't help turning around on the clouds, and kowtowed several times to where Li Changshou was.

In the end, the monkey still had red eyes and rode on the clouds towards the way he came from when he was looking for the immortal.

Li Changshou:...

As soon as Tao Ancestor expresses his opinion, follow-up actions will be started immediately.