I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 37: Three Flowers Gathering at the Top of the Head to Form the Primordial Spirit, Five Qis Returning to the Origin to Become an Earthly Immortal

Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave and Lecture Hall.

Zhuang Yan and Patriarch Bodhi sat opposite each other, while Immortal Fire Spirit stood behind Zhuang Yan.

"My friend, how about trying this tea?" Patriarch Bodhi personally brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan quickly reached out to take the teacup and said, "Thank you, Master."

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "The word 'Patriarch' is too distant and does not describe the relationship between us. Since I call you my young friend, you can just call me 'old friend' or 'Bodhi fellow'."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately put down his teacup, bowed and said with a smile: "I will follow your advice, old friend."

“Haha.” Patriarch Bodhi stroked his long beard and laughed, then said to Zhuang Yan: “My friend, you have now reached the realm of refining emptiness and merging with the Tao, and you are on your way to becoming an immortal.”

Zhuang Yan immediately said, "I came here to ask you, Taoist friend, what is the most important thing on the road to becoming an immortal?"

"Realm." said Patriarch Bodhi.

Zhuang Yan said seriously, "Please give me some advice, fellow Taoist."

Patriarch Bodhi said: "The so-called immortal way is the way of heaven and earth. The way of heaven and earth is to feel and understand. The state is enlightenment. All great ways have "right enlightenment". If you get right enlightenment, the great way will be completed by itself, and all things will come into being by themselves."

Zhuang Yan asked, "How can one cultivate the state of mind, and how can one attain enlightenment?"

Patriarch Bodhi thought for a moment and said, "If you don't mind, come to my place every day at the hour of Mao to listen to my teachings, okay?"

Zhuang Yan heard this and asked in confusion, "I have never been a disciple before, can I come and listen to the teachings?"

Zhuang Yan had no intention of taking a master. No matter whether it was Laozi, Buddha, or Bodhi Patriarch, he would not take him as a master.

Because to him, becoming a disciple has no meaning except adding some cause and effect. He was originally a plug-in incarnation, and there is nothing to learn from becoming a disciple.

I came to ask Patriarch Bodhi for advice now, just because I wanted to take a shortcut to become an immortal sooner and absorb more power of the Heavenly Dao every month.

Even without Bodhi Patriarch, he could become an immortal on his own, it just would take a lot of time, or require a lot of elixirs and immortal fruits.

Upon hearing this, Bodhi Patriarch smiled and said, "You and I are close friends. What's the point of talking about Taoism? You don't need to become my disciple. If you have free time, you can come and listen to my teachings anytime."

Zhuang Yan immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Then I would like to express my gratitude to you, fellow Taoist."

Patriarch Bodhi waved his hand, pointed at the cushion and said with a smile: "My friend, you are too formal. Please sit down."

Zhuang Yan sat down again. At this time, Patriarch Bodhi looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal behind Zhuang Yan and said, "If your Xuanyang True Fire were in ordinary Taoism, it would be considered as an upper-middle grade, but it lacks some mystery after all."

Hearing this, the Fire Spirit Immortal first looked at Zhuang Yan, then bowed to Patriarch Bodhi and said, "Please enlighten me, Patriarch."

Patriarch Bodhi said: "I have a method that can enhance the power of your Xuanyang True Fire."

"Then please feel free to give me some advice, fellow Taoist." Zhuang Yan said quickly with a bow.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and nodded, then said to the Fire Spirit Immortal: "Come here."

The True Immortal Huo Ling immediately stepped forward, and the Solitary Crane Boy beside him immediately placed a cushion, and the True Immortal Huo Ling knelt down on the cushion.

At this time, Patriarch Bodhi said: "I have a method here, called 'Fire Control Technique', stretch out your hand."

Fire Spirit Immortal quickly raised his right hand and stretched his palm in front of Patriarch Bodhi. Patriarch Bodhi raised his right hand and wrote the word "control" on Fire Spirit Immortal's hand with his index finger.

After Patriarch Bodhi finished writing, the word "control" immediately emitted a golden light, which shone directly into the eyes of True Immortal Huo Ling.

The next moment, the word "control" disappeared into his hand, but the method of "fire control technique" appeared in the mind of Fire Spirit Immortal.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "Go back and practice well. If you can master this skill, you will be able to 'control the divine fire to enter the mysterious', and make your Xuanyang True Fire burst out with great power, which is not inferior to the Samadhi True Fire."

Upon hearing that it was not below the Samadhi True Fire, the Fire Spirit True Immortal became extremely excited and immediately kowtowed to Patriarch Bodhi and said, "Thank you very much for the grace of the Patriarch for bestowing the Dharma."

"No need to be so polite, get up and go back to meditate carefully." Patriarch Bodhi said with a smile.

"Yes." Fire Spirit Immortal responded respectfully, then stood up and walked back to stand behind Zhuang Yan.

Then Zhuang Yan stayed in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave for another stick of incense, and then stood up to say goodbye. Patriarch Bodhi personally escorted Zhuang Yan out of the cave, and only returned to the cave after seeing Zhuang Yan leave with the Fire Spirit Immortal on a cloud.

Therefore, for a long time afterwards, Zhuang Yan went to the Three Stars Cave every day at the hour of Mao to listen to the teachings of Bodhi Patriarch. And Bodhi Patriarch really treated Zhuang Yan as a close friend. He set up a seat for Zhuang Yan on his left side and sat side by side with him.

It looked like Zhuang Yan came not to listen to the sermon, but rather to give a sermon.

Patriarch Bodhi gave sermons from the hour of Mao to the hour of Chen every day, a total of one hour. After listening to Patriarch Bodhi's sermons, Zhuang Yan bid farewell to Patriarch Bodhi and returned to the mountain temple to handle daily affairs.

Time flies by in the ordinary life, time is like an arrow, the days and months pass by like a shuttle.

The scenery of Lingtai Mountain remained the same many years later, but early in the morning of this day, a auspicious cloud flew over the horizon.

The Fire Spirit Immortal who was practicing outside the mountain temple saw this scene and couldn't help but stand up and look up. After a moment, he said to himself: "This is auspicious sign of immortal light. Is someone going to achieve enlightenment and become an immortal?"

At this point, the Fire Spirit Immortal suddenly had an idea, "Could it be..."

She suddenly remembered that when Zhuang Yan went to Fangcun Mountain to listen to the teachings this morning, there seemed to be a blue cloud above his head. At that time, she just thought it was divine light, but now it seems
Just when the Fire Spirit True Immortal thought of this, he saw a auspicious light suddenly rising from the Fangcun Mountain, followed by a ray of fairy light shooting straight into the sky.

A moment later, a vast immortal power spread out, covering the 300-mile Lingtai Mountains in a flash.

At this moment, the Lingtai Mountain was filled with clouds and mist, and the fairy light was rising. The monsters and creatures in the mountain felt it and bowed down to the Fangcun Mountain one after another.

At the same time, in the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon, in the Lecture Hall.

Zhuang Yan sat cross-legged on a cushion, his whole body filled with immortal light and his spiritual altar was filled with five kinds of energy. Patriarch Bodhi stood beside him with a smile on his face, holding a whisk in his arms. The disciples also sat there quietly, quietly feeling the traces of immortal charm in Zhuang Yan at this moment.

At this time, above Zhuang Yan’s spiritual platform, fairy light was rising from the mysterious precious lotus formed by the condensation of the five elements.

At the same time, Zhuang Yan's soul and spirit merged into one, transformed into three flowers that rose up and landed directly on the mysterious precious lotus formed by the five elements.

'Om'

A mysterious fairy light suddenly lit up in the spirit platform. After the three flowers of the soul flew to the mysterious treasure lotus, the five qi of the lotus immediately merged with the three flowers.

The next moment, above Zhuang Yan's spiritual platform, "three flowers gathered at the top of the head, and five qi converged into one place, and a thumb-sized, golden little man, exactly the same as Zhuang Yan, appeared on the Xuan Xuan Baolian.

As soon as the little man appeared, he sat cross-legged on the precious lotus. He made a seal with his hands, circulated the Qi in his body, and three flowers gathered on his head, and five qi converged in his chest.

This is the 'primordial spirit'. When the primordial spirit appeared, Zhuang Yan's body suddenly became dazed, and he flew out of the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon with fairy light, and flew straight into the sky.

Zhuang Yan's body was transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a blink of an eye, Zhuang Yan's body was sublimated from a mortal body into an 'immortal jade body'.

At the same time, the Niwan Palace also became radiant with golden light, emitting the light of immortal appearance and precious brilliance both inside and outside.

And Zhuang Yan's magical power has completed the sublimation from mortal to immortal, from rivers to sea. At this moment, Zhuang Yan can truly be said to have immortal skin and bones, and a Taoist body.

Three flowers gather at the top of the head, five energies converge to the origin, the primordial spirit resides in the center of the spiritual platform, both hands are in seals, and a mysterious pearl is suspended in the middle of the palms, which is the Taoist fruit of "earth immortal".

Zhuang Yan gathered his magical power, the immortal light in his eyes faded, and he swept his divine eyes across the vast mountains. He let out a long roar and chanted, "The three flowers gather at the top of the head to reach the gate of heaven, the soul and spirit merge to form the primordial spirit. Once you escape from the web of the mortal world, you will have immortal roots that will last for thousands of years!"

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan lightly waved his robe sleeves, turned around and flew back to the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave. At this time, Patriarch Bodhi and his disciples had arrived at the mountain gate.

Zhuang Yan pressed the cloud down and flew down, then quickly stepped forward. Patriarch Bodhi smiled from afar and said, "My friend, you have listened to the teachings for ten years. Today, you have finally achieved your wish and attained immortality. This is truly cause for celebration."

Zhuang Yan bowed to Patriarch Bodhi and said, "If it weren't for my fellow Taoist who has been preaching the Dao every day for ten years, how could I have attained enlightenment so quickly and become an earthly immortal?"

After saying this, Zhuang Yan bowed solemnly to Patriarch Bodhi and said, "Please accept my three bows, fellow Taoist Bodhi, to thank you for your grace in achieving enlightenment."

When Patriarch Bodhi heard this, he did not try to stop Zhuang Yan, but stood there and accepted Zhuang Yan's three bows.

The grace of enlightenment is greater than heaven. Even though the two of them are just friends, Zhuang Yan would like to express his sincere gratitude to Patriarch Bodhi at this moment.

After Zhuang Yan finished his worship, Patriarch Bodhi stepped forward to help Zhuang Yan up, and said with a smile: "My friend, you have become an immortal, and we need to celebrate it properly."

As he spoke, Bodhi Patriarch said to the lonely crane boy beside him, "Boy, go to Danchi Ridge and invite the mountain guard general. Today, I will hold a vegetarian banquet in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave to celebrate the great joy of young friend Zhuang Yan's becoming an immortal."

The Solitary Crane Boy smiled and bowed, "Yes, Master." Then he stood up and flew to Danchi Ridge.

Patriarch Bodhi ordered his disciples to prepare a banquet, and then pulled Zhuang Yan into the cave.

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(End of this chapter)