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

Chapter 20: Not Like a Student of Etiquette

There are no Jiazi in the mountains, and it is so cold that I don’t know the year.

Five years have passed since Jiang Yuan saw the lung palace and learned the secret of fire temperature from the ancestor. He is in the west during the winter solstice and in the east during the summer solstice, breathing in and out heavenly fire every day to forge Jin Gong, so that Jin Gong can take shape as soon as possible and protect the primordial spirit.

During this day.

The sky in the east was getting slightly brighter. Jiang Yuan was sitting cross-legged on an old mossy stone not far from the Xieyue Sanxing Cave, illuminated by the sun and breathing out heavenly fire.

He peered inside his mind and saw that the "lungs" were in the shape of a furnace. When a fire was lit in the furnace, the fire under the furnace was a fierce fire, burning fiercely, and the furnace was "red everywhere".

It is the summer solstice now, so sit in the east and light a strong fire.

There are many things to pay attention to when calcining gold.

What burns after the summer solstice is an eastern fire, a strong fire, a yang fire. Its fire is raging and burns with fierce fire.

The fire that is burned after the winter solstice is a western fire, a slow fire, a yin fire. Its fire gradually slows down and is calcined with a low fire.

Jiang Yuan inhaled and exhaled the heavenly fire for a long time, then stood up. This was a skill that required daily practice and could not be achieved overnight. Today he had completed his practice.

He was just finishing his practice and going to pay homage to his master.

He was seen raising his body, leaping seventy or eighty feet high, and flying towards the Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

As I jumped over the old trees in the forest, I suddenly heard bursts of crying.

Jiang Yuan clenched his fists, pulled his body back to the ground.

This cry is that of a baby.

I had heard from the woodcutter Zuo that his wife was pregnant. The crying baby must be a new baby in the woodcutter's family.

This happened ten months ago. I never expected that time passed so quickly and ten months has passed like this.

The woodcutter Zuo once told him from the bottom of his heart that Mr. Jin was a kind man, and now that the Zuo family has added another member, he should go and congratulate them.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan changed direction and headed towards Zuo's home.

Not long after, Jiang Yuan arrived at Zuo's house.

When Zuo the woodcutter saw Jiang Yuan coming, he was overjoyed. He took the baby out and said, "Master, there is a happy event in my family today."

Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded: "I was practicing in the mountains, and I heard a baby crying. I knew there was something happy in your family, so I came to congratulate you."

When Zuo the woodcutter heard that Jiang Yuan had come specially, he was overjoyed and said, "Master, come and see, this is a baby, it is my son!"

The woodcutter took the baby in his arms and showed it to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan looked at the baby's wrinkled face, loud voice, and strong acupuncture. He then looked at the baby's thinness, frowned and said, "Brother, newborns should be dressed in more clothes to protect them from cold."

Zuo's woodcutter said disapprovingly, "Master, you don't know that my parents also took care of my brother and me in the same way in the past."

Jiang Yuan said helplessly, "I expected that so many people in the Southern Continent would die young. It's not because of their life span, but also because of the lack of care."

The woodcutter Zuo had no idea what Jiang Tong'er was thinking, and was overjoyed and teased the baby.

Jiang Yuan said, "My old man, there is a happy occasion at home, so I came to visit you. However, I have nothing, so I will just save your son and keep him healthy for the rest of his life."

Say it.

He gently stroked the baby's crown with his palm, and the energy of the black and white fish flowed out from his palm and landed on the baby's body.

This monkey-mind energy can protect infants from illness and disasters while they are young, and help them grow up.

Zuo's woodcutter knelt down with his son in his arms, and burst into tears of gratitude: "Thank you very much, Master. Thank you very much, Master!"

Jiang Yuan smiled without saying anything, exchanged some pleasantries with him, and then went back to the Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

When he returned to the Xieyue Sanxing Cave, he walked to the Yaotai and saw the ancestor sitting high on the Yaotai.

Jiang Yuan approached and bowed deeply: "Disciple greets Master!" The master opened his eyes and said, "Boy, there is a living person in the Zuo family."

Jiang Yuan said: "Master, I have seen it. Use the energy of the monkey to protect him and keep the young man safe."

The master was satisfied: "Very good, the Zuo family is a peaceful place. How is your practice going, boy?"

Jiang Yuan replied: "My disciples light the mild fire at the winter solstice and the strong fire at the summer solstice. The Golden Lord has not yet taken shape, but it is helpful to my disciples' practice."

The yin and yang fire in his lungs was ignited, which was indeed beneficial to him. His body became lighter and it was said that he had great magical powers.

The master looked up and down and said, "Yes, there is a magical power. I have something that I need you to do in your spare time."

Jiang Yuan knelt down and said, "I will follow your orders, Master."

The master smiled and said, "I see that the boy is very talented. There are some diabolo here. We need to write about humanities etiquette, chess skills, and various theories. It would be best if the boy could take care of it."

Jiang Yuan replied "yes", knowing what the master meant, and taught him to write books on bamboo slips to supplement his knowledge in the cave.

The master then gave him many blank bamboo slips, along with writing brushes and ink.

Jiang Yuan accepted the assignment and did not dare to hesitate. He returned to his quiet room and devoted himself to writing about humanities and etiquette, chess skills, and some of the knowledge from the great dreams and hundreds of schools of thought.

……

Time flies.

It has been more than three or four years since Jiang Yuan took over the master's assignment. Every day he exhales heavenly fire, writes on bamboo slips, and listens to the master's lectures, and his magical powers gradually increase.

On this day, Jiang Tong'er, as usual, stayed in a quiet room, writing on bamboo slips to supplement his knowledge of the cave. Over the past three or four years, he wrote a lot, and his knowledge of the cave became more and more complete. He thought that it was a place for immortals, and there were many theories about it.

"Child, come here."

The master's voice entered the room.

Jiang Yuan did not dare to delay. He put the pen away and placed the bamboo slips in an empty space so that the writing on the slips could dry quickly.

When he arrived in front of the Yaotai, he saw the master sitting high up. He walked up to him and bowed to him.

The master pointed to the outside of the cave and said, "There is a man learning etiquette outside. Boy, go and receive him."

Jiang Yuan was shocked and suddenly realized that the master was waiting here to teach him how to write personal etiquette.

In the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon, there is an indescribably quiet and secluded room, and it will eventually be occupied by someone.

Jiang Yuan responded "yes" and walked out. When he got outside the cave, he saw a young man with dark skin and a full-moon face waiting for him.

The young man was over three meters tall, and just when he was standing, he was half a body shorter than Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded, surprised and surprised, thinking to himself: "Could this person be from Xiniu Hezhou? No! People from Xiniu Hezhou are sixteen cubits tall, this person is far less than that, but this person is also six cubits tall."

Seeing Jiang Yuan, the tall young man was at a loss and said, "Master, I am a man who is learning etiquette. I saw the sun and moon shining here and had a hidden inspiration. I came up the mountain and asked a passing woodcutter. He told me that there was an old immortal here, so I came here to learn etiquette!"

Jiang Yuan said, "My master called me out and said that a student of etiquette had come. He asked me to receive him. I thought it was you. Come in with me."

After that, open the door.

The young man walked in and followed Jiang Yuan into the cave. They didn't say a word all the way to the Yaotai.

Jiang Yuan replied: "Master, the one who learned etiquette has been brought here."

When the young man saw Patriarch Bodhi, he knelt on the ground and said, "Old Immortal, I sincerely want to learn etiquette. I come here to learn from you. Please teach me, old immortal!"

The master sat on the altar and asked, "Where are you from? Please tell me your hometown, name and surname."

The young man said, "Old immortal, I am from Liujie country in Hezhou, Xiniu, and my name is Ram."

Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "This person is indeed from Hezhou, Xiniu. His face is like a full moon, and his figure is not as recorded. I will ask Master later. However, this person is covered in dust and has a restless mind, which is the most taboo for learning etiquette. This person does not look like a person who learns etiquette at all."

(End of this chapter)