Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 151 The True Man’s Magical Method Recognizes Six Ears, and One Body No Longer Has Two Minds (Additional Update, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket)
Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, with the slanting moon and three stars in the cave.

Jiang Yuan is teaching Chongyang in the Yaotai class.

I only heard the Immortal saying: "To make the golden elixir, one must start with five people. This is very difficult, because each of the five people has his own magical powers, which corresponds to the number of heaven and earth. It is because there is no previous one in the body, so it exists..."

The Immortal talked about the reasons for the five people, and the uses of the five people, etc., but he did not make it clear, only saying that Chongyang had to figure it out on his own. Chongyang listened attentively, not daring to make any mistakes.

When the Immortal was halfway through his speech, he suddenly felt the cave shaking. He felt something in his heart and looked outside the cave.

Chongyang was awakened from the hearing and said, "Master."

The Immortal waved his sleeves, and a gentle breeze blew, calming Chongyang's heart. He said, "Don't let your heart be disturbed. I am in the mansion, so there will be no problem."

Chongyang bowed and said, "Yes, Master."

The immortal said, "You should go back to your room and meditate for a while."

Chongyang obeyed the order and bowed three times before leaving the Yaotai and returning to his quiet room.

Jiang Yuan had just left Yaotai. He was about to go out of the house to take a look when suddenly a voice was heard, and it was the master's.

"Boy, that monkey has come with two minds. Subdue it and don't let it disturb the peace of the mountain."

When Jiang Yuan heard this and understood what had happened, he turned around and bowed to the master in his quiet room from afar, then went out of the mountain.

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When they reached Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Liu'er became even more ferocious and started fighting with the Great Sage again. His two iron rods shook the sky, and each of them displayed their martial arts to show their strength. One said you are fake and I am real, while the other said I am real and you are fake, and neither of them would give in.

The Great Sage held up the six-eared iron rod and said, "You demon, now that we have reached Fangcun Mountain, there is no way you can survive."

Six Ears' eyes flickered as he cursed, "How dare you, fake one, say such things? Go to the senior brother and he will recognize you and kill you, the fake one."

The Great Sage sneered and said, "What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. This is my home, not your home, a demon. You will surely die."

Liu Er said, "Come with me to see the eldest brother, and then you will know that disaster is coming."

As the two men shouted and cursed, the whole mountain was in turmoil. The spirit beasts fled in panic. The golden lion trembled with fear, the jade elephant was in misery, the black ape lowered its head and prostrated itself, and the mountain deer bowed sincerely. How could there be any peace in the mountain?

The two men fought excitedly and even made a big fuss in Fangcun Mountain, using their magical powers. One of them used three heads and six arms, while the other used his mouth to bite a hair, and thousands of monkeys came.

Just as the two were fighting, a sound suddenly arose.

"Goku."

When the two monkeys heard this, they trembled and panicked, both of them filled with awe. They looked up and saw the Immortal coming with auspicious light, landing not far in front of them.

The two monkeys rushed forward to explain it clearly so that the eldest brother could make the distinction.

How could the Immortal let the two monkeys speak? He pointed at the two monkeys and said, "You monkeys, where are we? How can I allow you to be so presumptuous? You have disturbed the mountain. Are you going to overturn it to make peace? Since you have disturbed the quiet cultivation, please share my magical powers. I understand that you have no magic power to cause trouble."

Say it.

The immortal spread his sleeves lightly to the wind, and rushed forward to capture the two monkeys. He used his great magical power of "the world in his sleeves" to capture the two monkeys in his sleeves.

The second monkey knew that his eldest brother was angry, so he dared not make trouble anymore and waited in his sleeve.

Jiang Yuan subdued the two monkeys, but saw that many trees in the mountain were destroyed by the two monkeys. While he was thinking about it, he saw a breeze blowing, and the fallen trees stood up again, just as before, without any change.

Jiang Yuan knew that it was the work of the founder, so he bowed towards the Sanxing Immortal Cave. After that, he returned to the Sanxing Immortal Cave.

The immortal walked to the Yaotai, ascended the altar and sat on it, and called Ji Zhenjian and Red Boy to come and join them in the Yaotai.

Jiang Yuan instructed, "Junior brother, Red Boy, that monkey has become disloyal. Since he has come to our house to seek help, let us help him."

Zhen Jian smiled and said, "It's up to you, Senior Brother."

Red Boy said, "Master, I had many misunderstandings with him in the past and never apologized to him. He is my uncle after all, so I should help him."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Junior brother, you and Red Boy, guard the door together, don't let anyone leave Yaotai. Junior brother, you guard the middle door, and Red Boy guard the back door."

They both obeyed the order.

Jiang Yuan just took out the two monkeys from his sleeves like puppets.

The two monkeys put away their golden cudgels and did not dare to make trouble. They bowed down and said in unison: "Big Brother, please help me. There is a demon that has transformed into my appearance to do evil."

Jiang Yuan looked down and saw the Holy Embryo coming to help him. He used his energy and eyes. He never thought that he could not tell who the two hearts were, because the two hearts were originally one. So he asked, "You two monkeys, tell me everything."

The two monkeys then recounted the previous events. They had been deeply upset since they left Xiliang Kingdom. They had been beaten and killed by a thug and demoted by Tang Monk. They went to Luojia Mountain to complain. They saw a demon that had changed its appearance, so they went to Bodhisattva, Heaven, and Hell to make the case, but they were all unable to do so. So they came to Fangcun Mountain and asked the eldest brother to make the case.

The immortal heard this and laughed, "How did you end up like this, little monkey?"

The second monkey said again: "Big Brother, please don't make fun of me. I was attacked by an evil spirit, and it pretended to be me and did evil."

Jiang Yuan said: "I won't hide it from you, but I can't tell which of you two is the real Wukong and which is the fake Wukong."

The second monkey heard this and said, "Brother, you have great magical powers, how could you not be able to see it?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Although I can't see, I know where the fake Wukong came from." The two monkeys knelt on the ground and bowed, saying, "Please tell me, elder brother."

Seeing Liu Er in his present state, the Great Sage said angrily, "How can you not be ashamed, you demon in disguise? Pay homage to me, your eldest brother."

Liu Er said: "You are really shameless if you imitate me in bowing."

The two monkeys started to pull each other and started fighting again.

Jiang Yuan said, "You two should stop making trouble."

The two monkeys didn't dare to make any more noise.

Jiang Yuan said, "One of you is real and the other is fake. I can't tell them apart, but I know where they came from. Listen to me and I'll explain in detail. There are five categories in the universe: naked, hairy, feathered, finless, and scaled. Do you know these five categories?"

The second monkey replied, "Of course I know. To be honest with you, elder brother, I once forced the underworld to cancel the Book of Life and Death. At that time, I learned about these five categories. My monkey genus looks like a human, but it doesn't belong to a human name. It's like a naked insect and doesn't live in a country, so it's recorded in another book."

Jiang Yuan said, "But you know, there is another category that does not belong to the five categories. It is not naked, not hairy, not feathered, not cricket, not scaled, and is not the other thin boy you mentioned. That category is the fake Wukong."

The second monkey asked, "Big Brother, which type is it?"

Jiang Yuan said, "They are the four monkeys that are causing chaos in the world. They are the Lingming Stone Monkey, the Red-butted Horse Monkey, the Tongbi Ape Monkey, and the Six-eared Macaque. These four monkeys are causing chaos in the world and are not included in the Zhoutian. The fake Wukong is the Six-eared Macaque. The Six-eared Macaque is good at listening, can observe reason, knows the past and the future, and understands everything. It is born in the mind, and it is extremely difficult for it to be born. If it is born, it will definitely be a disaster."

The second monkey said, "Big Brother, the source of that demon is the Six-eared Macaque. I wonder if Big Brother has any way to find him and clear my name."

Jiang Yuan said: "I really don't have that kind of magic power, so I can't tell which of you two is real and which is fake. But although I don't have magic power, I do have another way."

The second monkey bowed and said, "I hope that the elder brother will teach me."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Which of you two is real and which is fake? Tell me the secret of the Golden Elixir Dao. If you can tell me, then it is real. If you can't tell me, then it is fake."

When the ancestors passed on the true Dharma, they often said, "The Dharma is not passed on to six ears." Don't think that the ancestors said it in vain. Six ears cannot know the secrets of the Tao. The ancestors passed on the Dharma, and only the ancestors knew it. The teachers who passed on the Dharma knew it, and there would be no three people with two minds.

Upon hearing this, the Great Sage stepped forward and confided the secrets of Tao into Jiang Yuan's ear.

Jiang Yuan knew the truth immediately after hearing what he said. He looked at Liu Er and shouted, "The truth has been revealed, why don't you show your true form quickly!"

When Liu Er heard what happened, he was terrified and quickly jumped up to escape towards the middle gate.

Zhenjian had already blocked the door and said, "Six-Ear, don't leave."

The six-eared macaque was horrified and started hitting him with his iron rod.

But Wang Zhenjian gently waved the leaf fan in his hand, and auspicious mist gathered, which made it impossible to hit him with the iron rod.

The Great Sage cursed, "You demon, where are you going to escape to?"

The Monkey King swung his stick and hit him on the head.

The Liu'er Sect had revealed its origins, so how could they dare to fight? They said "change", cast a spell, turned into a fly, and slipped through the crack in the door.

Jiang Yuan had a discerning eye and saw through the changes. He said, "How can there be flies in the gate of the Immortal Mansion? How dare you show off your skills? Where are you going?"

Say it.

The Immortal took out the ruler and hit the fly with it. With a light tap of the ruler, the Six-Eared Macaque revealed its true form. The Great Sage raised his iron rod and hit it, killing it with one blow.

The Great Sage killed the Six-Eared Macaque and from then on he no longer had any second thoughts. His practice was about to be perfected. The two gods in his body lost the six thieves, and with the help of the two minds, the five of them will be settled.

Wukong felt at peace after killing Liu'er. He turned around and knelt before Jiang Yuan, kowtowed countless times, and then bowed to Zhenjian, saying, "Junior brother, I am very grateful for the help of the first and second senior brothers. The two senior brothers are very kind, and I will never forget it."

Jiang Yuan stepped forward and helped Wukong up, saying, "I've already told you that if you need help, just go home. But you really shouldn't have caused unrest in the mountains and disturbed the peace."

Wukong said, "I was impatient at the time, please forgive me."

When Red Boy, who was at the back door, saw Wukong, he came forward and bowed, "Uncle, Uncle!"

Wukong saw this and said with a smile, "Red Boy, how could it be you? In the past you didn't believe that you and I were from the same family and that I was your uncle. Do you believe it now?"

Red Boy bowed and said, "I was ignorant before. I only realized it after I returned home and asked. It was my fault for being rude. I hope you will forgive me, uncle."

Red Boy bowed deeply again, he was truly a spiritual boy.

Wukong rushed forward to help him up, saying, "Good nephew, good nephew! Don't be so polite, get up."

Red Boy said, "Uncle, now I know that what happened is true. You are very capable and I admire you very much. But if I have some free time, I wonder if I can learn some martial arts from you?"

Wukong smiled and said, "My dear nephew, you are so well-behaved. If you want to teach me martial arts, I will teach you everything I know."

Jiang Yuan said, "You monkey, don't say too much here. Now that you are back, the master is in the mansion, you should also go in and pay your respects to him."

When Wukong heard this, he was trembling with fear and panicked, "Big Brother, I am afraid that Master will hate me. Master has already driven me away in the past."

Jiang Yuan said: "If the master really hates you, then you can't see Fangcun Mountain, so how can you enter the mansion? Just go and pay your respects with peace of mind. Now that you have achieved success in your practice, you will have the face to see the master."

Wukong knew that it would be unreasonable for him to enter the palace without paying homage to his master, so he walked towards the master's quiet room in fear.

(End of this chapter)