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

Chapter 39: Mu Mu is difficult to say

However, it is said that Patriarch Bodhi was invited by the Western Saint Tathagata Buddha to participate in the Dharma Assembly, and he handed over all matters in the cave to Jiang Tong'er.

Jiang Yuan replied: "Disciple will guard the cave and not let the demons mess up the house, Master can rest assured."

The master nodded with a smile. How could he not be at ease with this disciple? He thought that among all the disciples he taught, only the boy received his true teachings. If he was not around, the boys in the mansion would be watching over him and there would be no trouble.

The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of the South Sea heard this and looked at the boy with his Dharma eyes. Seeing that the five people had returned to three, he was a little surprised and said, "Brother Daoist, when I saw this Guangxin before, he was very restless. It has been half a thousand years since then. How could he be so amazing? He is indeed a genius and has achieved success in the elixir."

The master shook his head and said, "The boy is naughty and unworthy of such comments from the Bodhisattva. The way of the elixir has not yet been completed, let alone the way of the Tao. I will not mention it, I will not mention it!"

Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara shook his head and said, "Brother Dao, why do you say that? The people of the Southern Continent, the two gods are greedy for power, and their original spirits are half hidden. Guangxin was born in the Southern Continent, and was born when his energy was exhausted and his achievements were defeated. He still has such practice. If he gets the right time, it will be a great fortune!"

Jiang Tong'er kept saying "I dare not".

The master smiled without saying anything. After a while, he called the Bodhisattva to go away with him, leaving the boy to look after the house.

Jiang Yuan saw the Master off from the Sanxing Immortal Cave, and then he saw the Bodhisattva leaving on the clouds. The Master also came on the clouds and went towards the west.

Wait for the master to leave.

Jiang Yuan went back to the cave abode and told the disciples of Sanxing Immortal Cave about the departure of his master. Then he went back to the quiet room and told them to calm their minds so that they could look for Mu Mu.

……

In the quiet room.

One day, Jiang Yuan put in enough effort, calmed his mind, and focused on teaching the Wood Mother to show up.

The five people correspond to the five internal organs: the monkey heart represents the heart, the will horse represents the kidneys, the metal man represents the lungs, the wood woman represents the liver, and the yellow woman represents the spleen.

The ancestor said that the Wood Mother is easy to find, so he went to see where the Wood Mother is.

Jiang Tong'er calmed his mind and saw that the liver was turbid and dark. He asked his mind to break through and then went in. He took a look and saw something vaguely appearing in the liver.

"Liver Pass..."

"The monkey in the heart resides in the heart palace, the gold man is in the lung palace, the will horse is in the water pavilion, and now I see the wood mother in the liver palace. Will you help me to pass the gate?"

"Master once said that Mu Mu is the one who can tell you. How can you tell it only if you see Mu Mu?"

Jiang Yuan taught his mind to enter the gate, and then he saw where the Wood Mother was, so he could invite her.

When other places enter the pass, a black wind blows up, dimming the sun and moon, making ghosts and gods weep, and poisonous demons and evil monsters are hiding there.

Jiang Yuan, however, was uneasy. He felt very sad and worried. Why was the situation like this?

The boy didn't understand, and the Mud Palace shook violently. The original spirit came to report that it was the Wood Mother who was hiding desires. During the day, his mind was as calm as water, because the Wood Mother kept his desires and taught him not to pursue them.

If you want to obtain the right path now, please ask the Wood Mother to help you. She will teach you how to resolve your desires, and then you can teach her to observe the precepts and ask her to do your bidding.

Jiang Tong'er said to himself, "Master said that Mu Mu can only be persuaded to keep the precepts and then the Tao can be achieved."

Tong'er left to invite five people, and there are only two of us left, so we should do it together.

Jiang Yuan put his mind into the pass to look for Mu Mu. It didn't take long before he saw a man sitting cross-legged in the pass. When he looked closely, he found that the man looked like him, but his face kept changing. Sometimes it was like a tiger's face, sometimes like a pig's face, sometimes like a dragon's face, sometimes like a wolf's face, and so on. There were eight faces in total. The changes were unpredictable, as if he had seen a real demon.

Mu Mu knew that the boy's mind was in chaos, so she didn't say anything and just sat in Guanzhong.

Jiang Yuanfang used his mind to go before the Wood Mother and pay his respects.

Mu Mu changed into a tiger face, baring her teeth and claws, and asked, "How do you do it?"

Jiang Yuan bowed and said, "We invited Mu Mu to come. Now the five of us are here to protect the Yuan Shen and practice the Dao of Alchemy together."

Mu Mu is also him, there is no need to speak in secret, he is the one who knows, he needs to convince Mu Mu before he can teach her to help him.

Mu Mu bared her teeth, acting like a wolf, and said, "What's so good about the alchemy? Why don't you go down the mountain, find a good man, and carry on the family line? You are now the ancestor, and you have half immortality. You can be free and easy down the mountain, so why bother with this hardship of cultivation!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "If you don't know the way to the elixir, your practice will be in vain. No matter how good or wonderful you are, it will all be in vain. This suffering is the beginning of making honey." Mu Mu pretended to be a pig again and said, "Practicing is tiring. With your ability, you can go down the mountain to be a head of a family, teach countless beauties, and have fun every night. You must remember to enjoy life while you can."

Jiang Tong'er said: "Practicing is also fun."

The Wood Mother took the shape of a dragon and continued, "You are practicing the Dao of Alchemy, but you have to endure such hardships for hundreds of years. The essence of heaven and earth in Dongsheng Shenzhou is easily available. How can you practice it?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "I have my own way, why should I care about others? Immortality is for me, why should I compare myself with others?"

He said, "How can a person like Jian be moved by just a few words?"

Seeing that the boy could not be persuaded, Mu Mu's face suddenly changed, and she acted like the 'Ladi' she had been when she traveled west in the past. She said viciously: "You have cultivated the way to immortality, but how do you know that I and others cannot cross the sea of ​​suffering! How can you cultivate immortality while I and others cannot cross the sea of ​​suffering!"

Jiang Yuan said: "All living beings are in a sea of ​​suffering, and only they can save themselves. The Tao is always there."

The boy is no longer the same as he was in the past. When he was traveling along the Golden Road to the West, he was easily deceived by the "appearance of all living beings".

Seeing that water couldn't get into Jiang Yuan and needles couldn't pierce him, Mu's mother simply stopped talking and just closed her eyes and ears, ignoring the child.

Jiang Yuan said, "Why does Mu Mu have to do this?"

Mu Mu ignored her.

Jiang Yuan fell silent. Knowing that Mu Mu didn't want to talk to him, he could only let his mind go away.

In the room.

Jiang Tong'er opened his eyes, walked out of the Sanxing Fairy Cave, and saw that the sky in the east was slightly whitening. He didn't realize that a night had passed.

He was surprised, for he had not expected that his conversation with Mu Mu would last the entire night.

The Mu Mu was adamant and difficult to deal with, but she still needed some advice.

"The Wood Mother has no precepts, but has eight phases and manifests eight natures. Even if I have a sharp tongue, how can I convince the eight natures and make the Wood Mother sincerely convinced and work for me?"

"What the Wood Mother requested is indeed different from the Heart Monkey, the Gold Lord, and the Intentional Horse."

Jiang Yuanning wanted to have a fight, and didn't want to rely on "talking" like this.

He stood outside the fairy cave for a while, then returned to the quiet room and met a fellow apprentice named "Ru Hai" on the way.

This junior fellow apprentice was born in Hezhou, Xiniu, and practiced the way of the "movement" sect, taking red lead, and replenishing yin and yang as his practices.

Ru Hai came over to bow and said, "Brother, take care!"

Jiang Yuan stopped and asked, "Is there anything?"

Ru Hai said, "Brother, I want to go down the mountain, so I'm saying goodbye to you. I'm practicing the Dao of the 'Movement' sect, but I can't practice it on the mountain."

Jiang Yuan pointed to the middle gate of the Immortal Cave and said, "The road is under your feet. The master is not in the cave, so no one can stop you."

When Ru Hai heard this, he was overjoyed and went out of the cave without saying goodbye.

Jiang Yuan looked at the distant sea without commenting, just as he had said to Mu Mu, the Tao is always there.

But as soon as the master left, the disciples in the fairy cave could no longer hold back and all wanted to leave.

Who would have thought that after leaving the Sanxing Immortal Cave, one would be far away from the Tao. Just like Dahui in the past, he was lazy and deceived people, thinking that he had achieved true cultivation, but later he became food for mountain tigers.

The master taught him to look after the house. When the disciples of the fairy cave wanted to leave, he could not stop them. He could only guard the house and not let the demons invade.

He does not have the great magical powers of his ancestors, but he still has some small magical powers. Even if real demons come, he is not afraid of them.

Jiang Tong'er went to the quiet room and thought of a way to persuade Mu Mu that he should make a concerted effort at this moment so that when the five of them returned to their positions, they could cultivate the golden elixir together. He dared not lose heart...

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