Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

The stone monkey originally thought that when he arrived at the mountain gate, he would be like in "Journey to the West," first seeing the boy and being rejected, and then waiting until the wind and snow covered his whole body before the Bodhi Patriarch would see his sincerity and lead him into the gate.

However, to the stone monkey's surprise, as soon as he raised his hand to knock on the door, he felt the world spinning around him.

The stone monkey felt a wave of dizziness and instinctively closed its eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back at sea, only the bamboo raft he had brought there had turned into a small boat.

The stone monkey was completely bewildered. He looked around and soon spotted an island in the southeast. He rowed hard and quickly arrived at the island.

The stone monkey leaped onto the small island. He looked around and saw that the island was deserted, with only a few thin fields and a bamboo grove. At the edge of the field at the front, there was a wooden house. The door of the wooden house was open, and the inside was empty, with only a bed, a table, and a few chairs. There was nothing else.

The stone monkey slowly began to circle the island, and when it reached the other half, a figure came into view.

At first glance, he appears to be a Taoist priest with white hair and beard, dressed in an ancient Taoist robe, exuding an air of otherworldly wisdom.

Then he appeared as a young man with sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, and a refined and scholarly demeanor, dressed in a blue robe.

Upon closer inspection, this person turned into a bald monk.

The stone monkey rubbed its eyes and looked again. The man had turned back into an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard. The old Taoist priest was holding a hoe and cultivating the land.

The hoe fell, breaking open the soil. The old Taoist priest scattered the seeds from his bosom into the soil and then smoothed out the marks.

The stone monkey stared at the edge of the field for a long time, then felt a wave of confusion wash over him.

He didn't know if this was still the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, nor did he know if the person in front of him was the Bodhi Patriarch, because this was completely different from the "Journey to the West" he had seen in the system!

The stone monkey stood there, stunned, not knowing what to do.

While working in the fields, Bodhi Patriarch took a moment to examine the stone monkey. Upon seeing it, Bodhi Patriarch's lips curled up, and his eyes were full of satisfaction. He thought to himself, "As expected of a creature born of heaven and earth, and the chosen one of this era. With such talent, even if we don't have a predestined master-disciple relationship, I would still want to form a master-disciple bond with him."

Thinking of this, Patriarch Bodhi waved to the stone monkey from afar.

The stone monkey hesitated for a moment before running over.

"You monkey, where did you come from, where are you going, and how did you end up on my Samsung Island?"

"Samsung Island? But wasn't I just at the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain?"

Bodhi Patriarch smiled and said, "There is no difference between Three Star Island and Three Star Cave; it's just that everyone sees them differently."

Upon hearing this, the stone monkey knew he had come to the right place, so he immediately said, "Immortal, I am the stone monkey. I came from Flower Fruit Mountain and traveled eastward in search of immortals and the Dao. Before I knew it, I had drifted here to see you, Immortal."

As he spoke, the stone monkey used his Golden Eyes of Truth to look at Patriarch Bodhi.

To look at Bodhi Patriarch with ordinary eyes, one can only see that he had an extraordinary temperament, but otherwise he was just an ordinary farmer.

But if you look again with the Eyes of Truth, you will see a completely different scene.

In the eyes of the stone monkey, the Bodhi Patriarch, dressed in a flawless Daoist robe with white hair flowing down his shoulders, simply stood there, yet he was enveloped by countless rays of the Great Dao, gathering and dispersing, like a banished immortal, transcending the mortal world.

The stone monkey was stunned! He swore that since he was born, he had never seen anyone with such an aura.

The stone monkey used its magic to activate its Golden Eyes of Truth, attempting to look deeper into the depths.

But soon, a sharp pain came from his eyes. It seemed that the Golden Eyes of Truth had violated some taboo, and immediately lost their brilliance, returning to normal.

Bodhi Patriarch smiled calmly, looked at the stone monkey, and shook his head, saying, "It's impolite to look at people like that."

Upon hearing this, the stone monkey scratched his head and immediately feigned a bewildered expression. He relied on his lack of worldly experience to use his Golden Eyes of Truth to see through the true nature of Patriarch Bodhi, and he figured Patriarch Bodhi wouldn't blame him.

Bodhi Patriarch was unaware that the stone monkey had already read "Journey to the West" through the "system" given to him by Bai Jing. He simply thought the stone monkey was ignorant of the ways of the world, so he warned him: "You must not abuse your innate supernatural powers like this. If you encounter someone with a bad temper, one glance from you can provoke them, and you will most likely be killed on the spot. The more ruthless ones will even destroy your true spirit."

Upon hearing this, the stone monkey blushed, nodded earnestly, and cupped his hands, saying, "Please forgive me, Immortal, I will never dare to do it again."

After saying this, the stone monkey's expression became solemn. With a thud, the stone monkey knelt down on the ground and pleaded, "Immortal, the reason I left Flower Fruit Mountain was to seek immortality and learn the Dao. Please, Immortal, take me as your disciple."

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "You and I are indeed destined to be master and disciple. I will accept you as my disciple today. I see that you do not yet have a name, so I will name you Sun Wukong today!"

Upon hearing this, the stone monkey bowed and agreed. He didn't dislike the name Sun Wukong; on the contrary, he liked it quite a bit.

Sun Wukong then went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to collect bamboo, and built a simple bamboo house not far from the wooden house.

After building the bamboo house, Sun Wukong eagerly ran to Bodhi Patriarch and said with longing eyes, "Teacher, let me farm for you."

Although Sun Wukong didn't understand why the Three Star Cave in Journey to the West had become Three Star Island, he knew that if he wanted to learn supernatural powers and magic, he had to follow the Bodhi Patriarch.

After hearing Sun Wukong's request, Bodhi Patriarch looked at him with interest and then asked with a smile, "You really want to plant it?"

Sun Wukong nodded, adopting the demeanor of a dutiful disciple, and said, "As long as I can share my teacher's burdens, I am willing to do anything."

Without any pretense, Patriarch Bodhi tossed the hoe to Sun Wukong, saying, "Then you can do it."

Sun Wukong subconsciously reached out and took the hoe. The moment the hoe touched his hand, he felt that it was very heavy, unbelievably heavy. Even with his divine strength, Sun Wukong couldn't help but stagger.

"What is this hoe made of? Why is it so heavy?" Sun Wukong clicked his tongue in amazement. He had the cultivation of an Earth Immortal, yet he almost couldn't lift the hoe.

Then Sun Wukong took a deep breath, raised the hoe high, and brought it down hard.

"Bang!" The hard and heavy hoe fell to the ground as if it had hit an iron mountain, making Sun Wukong's hands go numb and causing him to sit down on the ground with a thud.

Sun Wukong, his face filled with shock, rubbed the ground with both hands, his voice trembling with astonishment: "Teacher, this ground..."

Bodhi Patriarch laughed and said, "Didn't you volunteer to hoe the ground for me?"

Sun Wukong's face flushed red: "It was this disciple's ignorance and arrogance. Please forgive me, Master."

Sun Wukong stopped wielding the hoe. He had already swung it with all his might, and now it felt as heavy as a mountain, impossible to lift. Bodhi Patriarch shook his head and said, "Wukong, you're new here today, no need to rush to work. Go back to your room and rest first. Now that you're here, you're part of the community, and we'll naturally assign you tasks."

"Yes, teacher." After saying that, Sun Wukong respectfully withdrew.

However, Sun Wukong did not return to the bamboo house, but instead circled the island and began to observe it more closely.

All the fields on Samsung Island combined amount to about a hundred acres of fertile land. These hundred acres of fertile land were divided into four equal plots. At the edge of each plot, there was a bamboo sign with the names A, B, C, and D written on it.

The field that Bodhi Patriarch was cultivating just now was the one with the "A" mark on it.

Sun Wukong thought to himself, "A, B, C, and D must be the classification of land grades. The higher the grade, the more difficult it is to cultivate. But what is the point of this classification?"

Sun Wukong was completely baffled, so he gave up trying and returned to his bamboo hut, where he began to sleep soundly.

Having drifted at sea for a long time without a good night's sleep, Sun Wukong was exhausted. This sleep, perhaps because he was completely relaxed, lasted for three days and three nights before he woke up.

After Sun Wukong woke up, he hurried to the front of the wooden house to pay his respects to Patriarch Bodhi.

With a wave of his hand, Patriarch Bodhi created a wooden table in front of Sun Wukong. On the table was a bowl of millet porridge, a dish of unidentified side dishes, and two pancakes.

Although it was simple, Sun Wukong ate it very happily. After he finished eating, he could clearly feel a warm feeling spreading from his stomach to his limbs and bones, making him feel warm all over.

After finishing his meal, Sun Wukong washed the dishes and then obediently went to Bodhi Patriarch's side to await his instructions.

Patriarch Bodhi led Sun Wukong to a field marked with a "T" sign and said, "There is no free lunch in the world. If you want to eat, you have to work. Today you will also learn to plow the land. My requirements for you are not high when you first learn to plow. If you can plow one fen of land today, you will have completed your task."

"One fen of land?" Since Huaguo Mountain is close to Aolai Kingdom, Sun Wukong naturally knew that one mu of land was equal to ten fen of land, and one fen of land was not much at all.

If he had never tried farming before, Sun Wukong would have readily agreed without hesitation.

Having experienced the difficulty of lifting the hoe before, Sun Wukong became much more cautious. He scratched his head and asked with an embarrassed look, "Is the ground as hard as the ground you cultivate, Master?"

Bodhi Patriarch shook his head: "You'll know once you try it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong ran to the field, picked up a hoe, and although the hoe was heavy, it was not so heavy that he could not lift it, and the ground was far less hard than the one that Bodhi Patriarch had cultivated before.

Sun Wukong breathed a sigh of relief and said earnestly, "Teacher, rest assured, your disciple guarantees to complete the mission."

"Then let's begin!" With that, Bodhi Patriarch's figure disappeared.

Today, Samsung Island enjoys rare good weather, with bright sunshine and intense sunlight shining down on the earth.

Sun Wukong raised the hoe, brought it down heavily, then raised it again, and brought it down again. Although it was tedious and boring, he felt a sense of peace in his heart. Here, he didn't have to worry about his future fate, nor did he have to fear the gods and Buddhas in the sky. How could he not feel at ease!

Sun Wukong was so engrossed in the atmosphere that he didn't notice that every time he plowed the land, a faint impurity would fly out from his body.

Seeing this, Patriarch Bodhi nodded in satisfaction. He had Sun Wukong farm not only to teach him the importance of being down-to-earth, but also to cleanse Sun Wukong's body and forge an unparalleled Dao body!
Sun Wukong was a naturally born being with an innate Dao body, but after so many years on Flower Fruit Mountain, eating ordinary fruits and drinking ordinary water, his body naturally accumulated many impurities.

Having Sun Wukong plow the land is like forging iron in a furnace, removing impurities so that Bai Jing can fulfill his requirement of making Sun Wukong's flowers bloom in nine grades.

Before he knew it, the sun was setting. Today, Sun Wukong had barely finished cultivating one plot of land. With heavy steps, he arrived at the bamboo house.

Patriarch Bodhi had already prepared the meal in advance. Without saying a word, Sun Wukong slurped down a large bowl of millet porridge, returned to the bamboo hut, and fell asleep immediately.

In the days that followed, Sun Wukong continued to cultivate the land, one fen (a unit of land measurement) each day without interruption. After ten days, Sun Wukong had finished cultivating one mu (a unit of land measurement).

In ten days, though a short time, Sun Wukong underwent a very noticeable change. His fur became more golden, shimmering with a silk-like luster, and his eyes were bright and piercing, like stars in the night sky, as bright as lamps!
However, his cultivation level declined instead of rising, falling from Earth Immortal to the peak of Refining Emptiness and Harmonizing the Dao.

Although his cultivation level dropped, Sun Wukong's foundation became even more solid.

In the days that followed, Sun Wukong worked hard to cultivate the land every day. For a period of time, it took him a whole day to cultivate just one acre of land.

Later, with experience, I could finish cultivating a plot of land in less than half a day.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed, and Sun Wukong had finished cultivating the Ding-shaped field.

On this day, after Sun Wukong finished tilling the land, he came to Bodhi Patriarch again. After eating, Sun Wukong washed the dishes and returned, respectfully saying, "Master, the Ding-character field has been tilled. Can we try the Bing-character field next?"

Bodhi Patriarch glanced at Sun Wukong and slowly smiled, "No rush, you should rest for two days. Excessive labor is counterproductive."

Sun Wukong nodded in agreement.

Having been able to rest for two days, Sun Wukong began to practice the "White Lotus Primordial True Explanation" after a long absence.

Bai Jing's technique was incredibly profound. Centered on Sanxing Island, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered and surged into Sun Wukong's body.

In just over an hour, Sun Wukong's aura suddenly intensified, and his cultivation level broke through from the peak of the Refining Void and Harmonizing Dao to the Earth Immortal realm.

This breakthrough to the Earth Immortal realm felt completely different to Sun Wukong than the previous one.

Sun Wukong could clearly sense that his current strength was at least twice as strong as before, and he could easily defeat two versions of himself from before.

Sun Wukong lay on the bamboo bed, his face full of excitement. This real progress made him very happy.

But Sun Wukong quickly calmed down. He knew that hiding on Three Star Island was not the way for him. Sooner or later, he would leave Three Star Island and face his own destiny.

After resting for two days, Sun Wukong went to see Patriarch Bodhi again. This time, Patriarch Bodhi allowed Sun Wukong to start cultivating the Class C field.

A month after planting, the first batch of cultivated fields, designated as T-shaped plots, reached harvest time, with golden wheat grains emitting a refreshing fragrance.

Sun Wukong harvested wheat, ground it into flour, and served it on the table. Bodhi Patriarch watched with satisfaction on his face.

(End of this chapter)