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

Chapter 74 Three Levels
In the quiet room, Jiang Yuan sat cross-legged on a cushion and ordered five people to protect their mind. He looked inward at the golden tripod and jade furnace under his navel and took out the elixir of Hunyuan. He then ordered Huang Po to bring the elixir and enter the tailbone gate together.

When they first entered the Weilu Pass, they felt that the five people encountered resistance. This pass was like a river with undercurrents surging. They saw the waves rolling and the world was dark. Every step they took encountered resistance, and the five people were unable to move forward.

When Jiang Yuan saw it, he realized that this road was called "Caoxi". The ancestor said that taking this road would lead to the Jiaji Pass.

Weilu Pass, Lu means gathering, where water gathers, this road is called Caoxi, which is just as it should be. However, if he wants to reach Jiaji Pass, he needs to go upstream. The five of them have been nourished in various parts of their bodies, and their power has increased. They did not expect that the resistance of this road is so great. If he has not warmed up his body, the five of them will not be able to move forward.

Now that the five men have received help from their bodies, this river cannot hold them.

Jiang Yuan looked inside and saw five people going upstream, with the black and white fish leading the way. The black fish was rushing forward, and the white fish was assisting it, breaking through the water path. After walking for a long time, they suddenly saw a majestic pass standing in the middle of the road, blocking their way. This pass was not the other pass, but a hidden pass.

This is not difficult for Jiang Yuan, because the master has been preaching for many years and once said that these three barriers can be broken. What he was worried about was the demonic obstacle on the Caoxi Road, not the obstacle at this barrier.

The coccyx gate is located at the end of the spine. The Yin gate is closed and cannot be opened without pure Yang. The pure Yang is none other than the monkey mind. The monkey mind should be used to attack the Yin gate and break it.

Jiang Yuan then ordered the mind monkey to break through the barrier. The mind monkey immediately attacked the barrier after receiving the order. The waterway gate appeared in front of the mind monkey, but it was broken after nine fierce attacks.

Once the Yin Pass was broken, the five men protected the elixir and went upstream. Not long after they went upstream, they saw a sheep cart parked on the road. No matter how turbulent the water was, the cart could not be shaken. It was truly mysterious.

Jiang Yuan saw the sheep cart and did not dare to move rashly. He did not know where the demonic obstacle was. He originally taught the five men to go around the sheep cart. However, when the five men approached the sheep cart, the water flowed rapidly, and the five men, whose power had greatly increased, could not move forward.

The boy thought to himself, "This Cao Creek is difficult to navigate, difficult to navigate! However, the sheep cart is not affected by the current. Perhaps we should rely on this sheep cart to reach Shuangji Pass."

He then ordered the five men to ride on a sheep cart and use the cart's power to go to the next level, but he asked the five men to be on guard to avoid encountering any dangers from the demons.

The five people got on the goat cart, but they saw the goat pulling the cart, moving slowly and steadily, and the rapid water flow did not block its way. Not long after the five people got on the cart, they saw that many gold, silver and jewelry appeared on both sides of the river, as if there were beautiful women in the water inviting them, and magical weapons were hidden in them.

Jiang Yuan knew clearly that the demonic obstacle at this level was the deity of desire blocking the road. He used all kinds of things to arouse desires and told the five people to get off the car. If they got off the car, his plan would fail.

He looked carefully and saw that the Monkey King, the Idiom Horse, Mr. Jin, and Mrs. Huang were not moved by anything. Then he looked at the Wood Mother, who was just like the four of them, unmoved. Her eyes were clear and her mind was focused on the right path. After being cooked, the Wood Mother was no longer the same as before. Besides, she had help from various parts of her body, so how could she be moved by this?

Jiang Yuan calmed down and looked inward, he knew that this was the last fight of the God of Desire, he would make the elixir, and the God of Desire and the God of Consciousness would have no more power to do anything, and they would have no more chances.

He concentrated his mind and calmed his breath, observing the Caoxi Road inwardly to prevent any changes.

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Before I knew it, three years had passed.

Jiang Yuan observed the Caoxi Road every day and did not dare to slack off. Finally, after three years, he saw the Jiaji Pass from afar. This pass was different. The waterway was small, so it was a small road. There were two small roads. At the end of the road, there were two majestic passes, which represented the principle of yin and yang.

This way, there is no danger, and we have passed the Weilu Pass. The difficulty of the Weilu Pass lies in the inconvenience of arriving at Caoxi for the first time, and the Yin Pass blocks the road. If the mind is not strong enough, the Yin Pass cannot be broken. Moreover, when riding the sheep cart, the five people must abide by their original intentions and not let the lustful spirit succeed.

Jiang Yuan knew that if he hadn't nurtured the five people, it would not be so easy to pass this test. However, for him at this moment, he couldn't stop it, just as Laojun said, "Before the heaven and earth, the great is insignificant."

On the Caoxi Road, five people came slowly in a sheep cart. When they reached Jiaji Pass and Yangguan Pass, the sheep cart stopped and stood still.

The five men then went down with the great medicine, and worked together to enter Guanzhong. Just as they entered Guanzhong, they saw a deer cart waiting outside the pass, which was the deer cart they were riding on to go up.

The five people were just about to ride on the deer cart when suddenly a man came to Guanzhong and stopped the five people. This man looked old, with disheveled temples, fluttering white hair, and swaying silver threads. He looked very old, and his brows were 50% similar to Jiang Yuan.

The old man said, "This road is blocked."

The five men stopped in their tracks. Seeing this, Jiang Yuan used his mind to see the old man in person. When his mind settled in Guanzhong, he asked, "Why are you blocking the way?"

The old man asked, "Who do you think I am?"

The old man lifted up the silver hair, revealing his face. This time without any hair blocking it, he looked 70% similar to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan said: "You are me."

The old man said: "I am the real you. You practice diligently, but I don't want to see your true face. You have been old for a long time, but you use the Taixuan Qingsheng Talisman to keep your youth. You want to live forever, but you dare not face your own old age. What is the point of your practice!"

Jiang Yuan heard this. He had practiced for hundreds of years and had many dealings with the two gods. How could he not know that this old man was the "conscious god"? He said, "conscious god, you blocked your heart in the past but could not stop me. Now you can't stop me either."

The God of Knowledge said: "It's not that I'm blocking your way, it's just that you don't know your true face!"

Jiang Yuan said: "Old or not old, what does it have to do with my longevity? You are using the external appearance to block my path. Don't you think this is absurd?"

The consciousness said: "How can you say such nonsense? The way I am now is your true form."

Jiang Yuan stood up and said, "As for the external minister's words, you can cultivate for a few hundred years and then talk to me again."

Say it.

He led five men outside the pass and taught them to ride a deer cart.

No conscious mind dared to stop him. He saw Jiang Yuan's determination to pursue the Tao. This determination was like metal and stone, unshakable and could not be moved by words.

Jiang Yuan led five people to ride on a deer cart. The Monkey King, the Horse King, the Golden Man, and the Wooden Mother protected Huang Po in the four directions to ensure that the elixir would not be lost.

After all five people were seated in the deer cart, it suddenly started running with great force, as fast as the wind, and headed up the road. It required the five people to work together to keep the cart steady, which was completely different from the slow and steady movement of the sheep cart at the Tailü Pass.

Jiang Yuanjiao let his mind disperse and observed the five people passing the levels. There was nothing blocking him at these two levels. Neither the spirit of desire nor the spirit of consciousness could stop him, so how could there be any obstacle blocking him at the next level?

He watched the five people walking up Caoxi Road quietly.

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This road is difficult to travel. It goes from Jiaji Pass to Yuzhen Pass. Even with the speed of a deer cart, it still takes more than three years to reach the destination.

Jiang Yuan looked at it and saw that Yuzhen Pass was also a majestic pass, but it was tightly closed. The pass was majestic and towering. Even with the strength of the monkey mind, it was impossible to break through the pass. Without the strength of five people, it was impossible to break through.

He then ordered the five men to leave the deer cart and pass through this pass together. From this point on, the Niwan Palace could be seen from afar in front of the jade pillow of the pass. The Yuanshen seemed to sense something and led the way with light.

His path will soon be fulfilled!

When the Tao is achieved, one will complete nine cycles of the Heavenly Dao and achieve the Golden Elixir. After hundreds of years of hard practice, one will finally achieve the Tao.

Jiang Yuan did not dare to be careless and dealt with it with his whole heart. He knew that after passing through Yuzhen Pass, there was still a way to Niwan Palace, where unknown kinds of demonic obstacles were waiting.

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