Under One Person, the little witch only wants to collect elves

Chapter 19: Ma Xianer's thank-you gift, Yan Huan reads "Journey to the West" again

"Oh my god, is this something a human can make?" Deng Youcai raised his hand to block the scattered air waves and began to worry about his brother.

"Brother, are you okay?"

As they raised their hands, the bags they were carrying were blown away, and the delicate packaging was torn, revealing the corners of several heavy books.

Deng Youfu staggered to his feet and leaned against a sturdy sycamore tree. The strength of the strong wind was controlled just right, which not only shook his stable lower body, but also prevented the wind blade from damaging his body.

"Uncle Kunsheng, please go back. I'm sorry."

Yan Huan stretched out his palms, and a black aura gathered in the air. Liu Kunsheng snorted coldly and left.

Deng Youfu brushed off the dead branches and leaves that were stuck to his cotton shirt, squinted his eyes and retrieved his frameless glasses that had fallen far away. The left lens of the glasses was broken, just like a frozen lake that had been stepped on hard by someone, with all kinds of ice cracks and broken pieces.

"I didn't expect that Master Kunsheng's power could be exerted on you to this extent. It seems that my practice is far from enough." Deng Youfu clasped his fists and bowed solemnly, "Thank you."

After that, he bowed to the sky again and said, "I am a third-generation disciple of the Deng family. I am blessed. Sooner or later, I will be able to shoulder all the power of Master Kunsheng!"

The tone is firm, the words are powerful, and the determination is shown.

"Hey?" Yan Huan was quite surprised by Deng Youfu's reaction.

As a sorcerer, Deng Youfu does not stubbornly covet other people's magic. He maintains confidence in his family's skills after they are easily cracked, and even reflects on himself. Deng Youfu is indeed a good person. His pride for Ma Xian'er's lineage is engraved in his bones.

Seeing this, Yan Huan felt inexplicably relieved. It was worth his careful display to this disciple Ma Xian'er.

After this almost one-sided crushing competition, Yan Huan quickly stepped forward to help Deng Youcai and Hu Sixi sort out the scattered thank-you gifts.

Fortunately, the broken gift boxes contained only books and no valuables, but several boxes of deer antlers and wild ginseng were safe and sound.

"this is?"

Yan Huan brushed off the plaster on a book, and a few large characters appeared from the torn packaging.

"Did the young lady of the Guan family do this on purpose, or was it just a whim? Why did she give this book away?" Yan Huan laughed and opened the damaged package. The first thing that caught his eye was the three large cursive characters on the cover of the book -

Journey to the West.

After flipping through a few pages, Yan Huan saw a sentence from the first chapter's outline: "Spiritual roots nurture the source of flow, and the mind and nature are cultivated to give birth to the great way."

"I have been really lazy in the past few years. I have never thought of buying any books that I haven't read in my previous life." Yan Huan smiled bitterly, his eyes continued to look down the table of contents, and he saw another sentence "Comprehend the true and wonderful principles of Bodhi, eliminate demons and return to the origin to unite the primordial spirit."

This "Journey to the West" is not just a simple novel.

Yan Huan still remembers the saying "a restless mind", which caused a great psychological shock to the young him at that time.

This book connects the principles of the three religions as one: Buddhism, with the journey to the West as its basis in the Diamond Sutra and the Lotus Sutra; Confucianism, with the Tang monk and his disciples deducing the meaning of the River Map and the Luo Shu; Taoism, with the return to the truth, originated in the "Santong Qi" and "Awakening to the Truth".

What the three religions have studied and understood is too mysterious and profound. Yan Huan only dabbled in it but did not understand it too well. He only knew that what was passed down in the books was "reincarnation and killing, stealing creation, stealing yin and yang", and "following the innate will of heaven, and obeying the acquired will of heaven".

It also talks about "exhausting the principles", "fulfilling one's nature" and "reaching one's destiny".

"Hey? I thought the aunt gave me some witchcraft book, it turned out to be "Journey to the West"! Yan Xiaoyou, are you a literature major?" Deng Youcai came over with a bunch of thank-you gifts.

"I've read a little bit, but not in depth." Yan Huan replied, it's time to change the habit of quantum reading in this life. "I haven't read "Journey to the West". It is said that the original is much more depressing. I watched the TV series, the 86 classic, and I was obsessed with it at that time." Deng Youcai took over the conversation and recalled his childhood.

This thought was a little out of control, and gradually, he began to feel a sense of regret.

"Alas, when I was little, I liked the Monkey King's battles against heaven and earth. He was so powerful, free and unrestrained, and arrogant. Now that I'm older, I'm paying attention to the Queen of the Kingdom of Women, the Jade Rabbit Princess, and the Peacock Princess. They are all beautiful in their own ways, nothing like the characters in the entertainment industry today. Tsk tsk tsk tsk... It's hard to say, hard to say."

"But, if you let me watch it again now, I would probably just feel pity and regret for the Monkey King!"

Yan Huan held it in his hand and glanced to the side, as if smiling.

After spending a few times together, this talented guy always inadvertently revealed a side of himself that was inconsistent with his personality in front of him.

Yan Huan shook his head and asked Deng Youfu who was walking in front of him, "Brother Youfu, what do you think?"

Deng Youfu pushed his damaged glasses and began to talk about science.

"The first romantic chapter-style novel about gods and demons in ancient my country, it has profound philosophical thoughts and rich cultural connotations, expresses the ancient theme of punishing evil and promoting good, cleverly criticizes social reality, and embodies the indomitable spirit..."

Yan Huan frowned.

See? This is called professionalism.

But that's not what I'm talking about!

"Brother Youfu, just look at this sentence." Yan Huan put his hand on the sentence just now, "To understand the true and wonderful principles of Bodhi, to eliminate the devil and return to the original spirit."

"What do you think is the answer?"

Deng Youfu thought for a while, "To understand the truth first and then to stop thinking, to understand thoroughly comes first and to stop the evil comes later, it probably means to understand first and then to act..."

Ok?
This sounds like a reminder for the beginning of spiritual practice.

"Yes." Yan Huan nodded. "First understand, then practice. Understand to practice, practice to verify understanding, integrate knowledge and practice, and finally return to the origin and merge with the primordial spirit. From the beginning, this book tells you that it is about practice."

"If you only look at the first part, the Monkey King sought the truth and traveled to the Western Niuhe Continent, where he realized the profound principles of Bodhi. This is the concept of exhausting the principles. Eliminating the demons and returning to the origin is the concept of fulfilling one's nature. He took the golden hoop from the East Sea, put on a golden armor, deleted the book of life and death in the underworld, entered the heavenly palace and became the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and was forged in the Eight Trigrams Furnace. This is the concept of fulfilling one's destiny."

“But even so, the Monkey King, who was “destined”, was still sealed under the Five Elements Mountain. And his fellow apprentices Wu Neng and Wu Jing, one was Marshal Tian Peng and the other was General Juan Lian, both were “destined” people, but the last one was born into the wrong pig womb, and the other fell into the Quicksand River. Why is that?”

Smoke began to come out of Deng Youcai's big felt hat, and he had no idea what Yan Huan was talking about.

Deng Youfu's face became uglier and uglier. After a long while, he suddenly realized, "These three people are just dying!"

Yan Huan smiled with relief, "Besides, Xuanzang is an eminent monk with profound Buddhist knowledge, but he has a hard time crossing the Five Elements Mountain, Yunzhan Cave and Flowing Sand River alone. Guess why?"

"Then he will not be able to survive." Deng Youfu, who was always calm, slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Only when master and disciple work together can they complete the journey to the west. This is called..." Yan Huan stretched out his tone, waiting for the person next to him to respond.

Fortunately, Deng Youfu was not disappointing and immediately blurted out, "Those who cultivate their destiny must cultivate their nature! Those who cultivate their nature must cultivate their destiny!"

Damn, this is still the Journey to the West that I watched! ?
(End of this chapter)