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

Chapter 35 Two Gods Block the Way
Before I knew it, another three years had passed.

Jiang Yuan was not satisfied with the Ma Men Dao, and sighed that the right path was difficult, but he never uttered a single "no" and continued to look for his way.

During this day.

Jiang Tong'er walked out of the cave and went fishing by the mountain stream to relax and calm his mind. He taught his master to fight with the two gods, so as to prevent them from gaining insight and defeating his practice.

He had been a Taoist for a long time and had spiritual energy. When he cast his fishing rod by the stream, even without bait, he would catch a lot of fish and shrimps. But since Zuo did not eat grains, they gave some to the Zuo family and released the rest.

Jiang Yuan took the fish and shrimp and went to Zuo's house.

He walked to the outside of Zuo's house and saw a young man outside, and he shouted.

The young man stepped forward and bowed: "Master!"

Jiang Yuan asked, "Where are your parents going?"

The Zuo family has passed two or three generations. The young men today should call the old man Zuo their ancestor. Zuo's son died many years ago, and the current head of the Zuo family is the grandson of Zuo's son.

It is said that the Zuo family has lived in the mountains for several generations, a long time ago.

When the young man heard this, he replied, "The head of the family went out to chop firewood and hasn't returned for a long time."

Jiang Yuan handed the fish and shrimp to the young man and said, "Since you are busy, I won't wait for him. You can keep the fish and shrimp and add some oil and water."

The boy took it, trembling with fear.

Jiang Yuan asked, "I am familiar with your family. You usually see me laughing and playing. Why do you look like this today?"

The boy put the fish and shrimp away and said, "Master, I am not afraid of you, but I am afraid of the fish and shrimp. Master, please don't blame me. When my parents come back, they will punish me."

Jiang Yuan said with a smile: "Your head is round and reaches up to the sky, your feet are square and touch the ground, and you have nine orifices and four limbs. How can you be afraid of fish and shrimp?"

The young man looked around and said, "Master, you don't know. My parents told me the other day that those fish and shrimps are mostly descendants of water dragons. If you eat too much, you will suffer."

Jiang Yuan found the young man's words interesting and said, "You live in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, how could a dragon harm you?"

The young man continued, "Master, my parents said that the water dragon has great abilities. It can grow big or small, rise or hide. When it grows big, it can create clouds and spit out mist. When it grows small, it can hide. When it rises, it can fly in the universe. When it hides, it can lurk in the waves. It likes hiding the most."

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he knew it was just a trick played by the Zuo family's head to fool people and did not take it seriously.

The boy was an expert in this field, and he said, "Master, you don't know, my parents say that water dragons love to change into different forms, hiding in places you can't imagine, like your eyes and ears, tormenting you every day."

Jiang Yuan shook his head, not afraid of such a trick.

What he should be looking for now is a horse with a will, so why is he here listening to the young man's story and having fish and shrimp delivered to him?

Jiang Yuan was about to leave.

Suddenly he recalled what the young man said about "in the eyes and ears", and thought that the lustful horse was in the kidneys. He searched all over his kidneys but couldn't find it, which made him at a loss. Today, he heard the young man say that maybe the lustful horse was hiding in a place he could not imagine.

It is said that "kidney qi flows to the ears, and when the kidneys are in harmony, the ears can hear the five tones."

The kidney is connected to the ear.

Yima...

Could it be hidden here?

That makes sense!
No wonder he tried so hard to find a kidney but came up empty-handed. It is true that those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things more clearly.

Jiang Yuan's eyes sparkled. He looked at the young man and said, "Boy, I will repay you for your kindness today."

Say it.

He went back to the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.

……

Return to the quiet room.

Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged on a cushion, thinking that his mind was clear and empty. He was told to enter a state of meditation and to look for his thoughts in his ears.

He was about to look for it, but suddenly resistance arose, making him uneasy and unable to concentrate.

He was not afraid, and used his mind to break through the resistance and enter his ears. Before it entered his ears, he felt a gust of cold wind blowing in from his fontanelle, blowing through his five internal organs, Dantian, and nine orifices, making him frightened. He felt in his heart that if he did not withdraw from his ears, he would be injured by the cold wind and die.

The two gods are here to block his way!
Now that the two gods have arrived, his guess is correct. The Yi Ma is indeed hidden in the ear, not in the kidney. No matter how hard he looks for it, he cannot find it.

"Second God, I wonder what magical power you have to stop me."

Jiang Yuan ignored the cold wind on his fontanelle and focused his attention on his ears. He thought the two gods had no intention of harming him and were just trying to scare him but could not hurt him.

Sure enough, the cold wind swirled around his fontanelle, but could do nothing to him.

Jiang Tong'er concentrated his mind and wanted to enter his ears, but resistance reappeared. He became more and more agitated and vowed to stop him and prevent him from entering his ears.

Jiang Yuan had never seen the two gods like this before. He already knew that this was the critical moment for them to achieve enlightenment. He was unwilling to give up, so he strengthened his foundation, wore down the resistance of the two gods, and looked for a chance to break the impasse.

If the boy can get the help of the horse, he can travel a thousand miles a day. From then on, the two gods will have no more obstacles and the golden elixir will be achieved.

If the two gods cover the boy's eyes and distract him from his teachings, over time the boy's practice will be in vain and he will die sooner or later.

……

Quiet room.

The master knew the situation, clasped his hands in praise, and said, "Good boy, you have really found the will horse. The two gods can't bother you. Now that the will horse is ahead, the right path will be established. The two gods are restless and afraid. Let me help you, boy."

As he said years ago, if we can get three out of the five people to rise to the occasion, the two gods will not be able to stop their power.

Jiang Tong'er got the Monkey King, who was used by Jin Gong. He taught them to surrender if he could get three out of five. There was hope for the Golden Elixir.

The two gods are determined not to retreat in this fight, it is a fight of life and death.

We need to help the children.

When the boy was calming his mind in the past, he taught the boy a Buddhist mantra, and today he taught the boy a Taoist mantra.

The monkey in the heart needs to be tamed, so use Buddhist mantras to subdue it, and the two gods need to be beaten, but Buddhist mantras are not as effective as Taoist mantras.

The ancestor said: "Guangxin, you must remember this mantra. I will teach you how to defeat the two gods and establish the foundation of the Tao."

Say it.

The patriarch chanted the mantra and passed it on to the children.

……

Jiang Yuan struggled with the two gods. Even though he brought along the Monkey King Jin Gong and taught Yu Ding to protect him, he was unable to repel the two gods.

The resistance from the two gods made him realize their strengths and weaknesses. For a while, he was in a stalemate and could not win.

Jiang Yuan felt extremely tormented and could not move forward even an inch.

Suddenly he heard the master’s voice coming, and knowing that it was the master who was helping him, he began to chant the mantra.

When you hear his magic spell, it is like a sharp sword that cuts through the resistance, breaks the stalemate, and the resistance disappears.

Soon, the two gods were unable to stop him. Their spells were powerful, and seeing that the boy was not afraid of the cold wind, they retreated completely.

The boy's mind followed the flow and went into his left ear, and saw that it was empty, without any trace of intention. He then went to his right ear and saw a black shadow in it, which looked like a long dragon.

This work fails to make a dragon.

Jiang Yuan looked closely and found that the black shadow did not have dragon horns, but looked more like a snake. He was about to take a closer look.

The black shadow disappeared in a flash, so fast that the black and white fish could not stop it.

Jiang Yuan didn't notice it for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he found that the black shadow had disappeared. But he was not in a hurry, because he had seen the black shadow return to the kidney. There was a way to practice in the future, and that was to subdue the black shadow.

The founder once said in his early years that the monkey in the heart is like the bridle of the willful horse, and it is very useful to subdue the willful horse. If the original spirit can get the willful horse, it will make rapid progress in a day. Now he has found the willful horse, and he is just waiting for an opportunity, or he may use the monkey in the heart to subdue the willful horse in one fell swoop.

When he sees this dark shadow and sees its character, he will know what to do to subdue it...

　I hope to read the new book soon.

　　Some friends feel that the pace is a bit slow, so how about speeding it up?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)