The Monkey King: Chapter 512 : to cross the river
On the 35th day, outside the Miluo Palace, Master Taiyi paced back and forth, occasionally raising his eyes to look at the dao boy standing with a blank face, looking a little anxious.
Not long after, the gate of the Milo Palace slammed open.
A Taoist boy in white came out from the inside, cupped his hands and said, "Senior Taiyi, Master has a request."
Master Taiyi opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to say something, then hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Junior Brother, lead the way."
Entering the Milo Palace, the two walked along the spacious corridor. Along the way, Taiyi Zhenren only met two or three Taoist boys. The huge palace seemed empty.
Halfway through, the Taoist boy who was leading the way suddenly turned a corner.
This staggered, and immediately, both of them were stunned.
The Daotong said quickly, "Senior brother, please come here."
"What?" Master Taiyi said softly, "Aren't you going to the main hall?"
The Daotong replied respectfully, "Master will meet you in the backyard."
"The backyard..." Master Taiyi couldn't help frowning.
"Yes, in the backyard. Master Tongtian is also there."
Real Taiyi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
went all the way around the corridor, passed the lotus pond, and the two came to the backyard with lush vegetation.
From a distance, the two of them saw Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Master drinking tea in the pavilion, talking and laughing, with a comfortable look.
walked slowly in front of the two, and the boy knelt on his knees and reported loudly: "Master, uncle, senior brother Taiyi is here."
Taiyi Master hurriedly took a step forward. Kneeling down on his knees, he bowed and said, "Disciple Taiyi, see Master, see Master Uncle."
Yuanshi Tianzun, who was sitting high in the courtyard, looked down at Master Taiyi and said to the boy, "Go down first."
"The disciple obeys."
Wait for the boy to turn around and leave. Yuanshi Tianzun pointed to the back of Taiyi Zhenren, and said lightly: "Sit down."
turned his face slightly, and then Taiyi real person realized that a simple chair had already been prepared behind him.
He propped on the ground and slowly got up, cupped his hands and said, "Master Xie." Then he turned and sat on the chair.
After sitting, the three of them fell silent.
Tongtian sect master looked at the real Taiyi, and then looked at Yuanshi Tianzun, and was slightly taken aback. He smiled and said, "It seems. Your master and apprentice are going to have some whispers. In that case, the old man will leave first."
Saying that, Master Tongtian is about to stand up.
On the side of , Yuanshi Tianzun stretched out his hand and patted the table lightly, motioning the Tongtian Sect Master to sit down, and then slightly raised his head and said to Taiyi Zhenren, "Speak, it's alright."
Real Taiyi nodded and glanced at Tongtian Sect Master. He cupped his hands and said, "Master, Xuanzang's location has been found."
Suddenly, the three of them were silent again, but their expressions were different.
Taiyi Zhenren maintained a posture of bowing his hands, carefully looking up at his master.
Tongtian sect master turned his face and stared at Yuanshi Tianzun with deep meaning, but Yuanshi Tianzun only slightly raised his head and looked at the sky with his long beard.
After a long time, the Marshal Tianzun asked softly, "Why are you looking for him?"
"Master." Taiyi Zhenren asked cautiously: "Could it be that you really want to let him?"
Hearing the words, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't help laughing: "Then what do you think? You can offend Buddhism, or can you offend that demon monkey?"
"This..." Taiyi Zhenren was at a loss for words. That brow furrowed tightly.
"Xuanzang?" Tongtian Sect Master turned his face and asked, "Is this the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi?"
Yuanshi Tianzun nodded and asked casually, "Junior brother also knows?"
"Of course I do." The Master Tongtian took a deep breath and sighed: "Your Majesty has sent me a few letters, saying that the demon monkey came out again, but it didn't cause trouble, but escorted the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. Westbound. I went to find the Tathagata to argue the law."
Yuanshi Tianzun smiled faintly, stretched out his hand and picked up the teapot, filled the tea for the Tongtian Sect Master, poured another cup, and pushed it forward.
Immediately Taiyi Master bowed forward knowingly, holding the teacup, and then retreated back to his original position.
Yuanshi Tianzun sighed and said, "What do you think about this matter, Junior Brother?"
"I want to talk about opinions..." Tongtian sect master stroked his long beard, closed his eyes and said leisurely: "We all know the way that Jin Chanzi has proved, but we didn't expect that hundreds of years later, after ten generations, He is still obsessed with this matter. If he proves it, then Buddhism will definitely change the style of sticking to the past, which will pose a real threat to my Taoism. Second, without the Tathagata's restraint, the demon monkey will be afraid again. No one can control it. This is another threat. In the end, going west is really harmful to my Taoism and not beneficial."
Real Taiyi hurriedly echoed, "Uncle Shi said yes."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Tongtian Sect Master take a sip of his tea and continued: "However, Subhuti assured me that the demon monkey will not make waves again. If there is any difference, he will personally go into battle to capture him."
After saying this, Taiyi's face turned gloomy again, but Yuanshi Tianzun laughed and said, "When that monster monkey didn't break the way of heaven, you and I couldn't do anything about him, your Immortal Zhuan. The sword formations are still broken in his hands. Is he alone, Subhuti, can he be captured?"
"It's just a rhetoric." The Master Tongtian sighed softly: "He is the teacher of the demon monkey. Although the demon monkey is daring, it has not yet reached the point of completely disregarding the etiquette. Master Yeen, will you do it? Besides, if there is a war, how can the three worlds be safe? Jin Chanzi wants to prove the Tao, but he himself created a big devil who harms the three worlds, how can this prove it?"
"Then I don't know about him." Yuanshi Tianzun sighed lightly, picked up his teacup, and tasted it carefully, as if it had nothing to do with him hanging up high.
Taiyi Zhenren cupped his hands and said: "Master, do you remember how the demon monkey gained power that day? In the end, it was because no one in the sky and the earth wanted to care and let it go. Now it's Xuanzang... If you let it go, it will become a big one in the future. Woe."
Marshal Tianzun slowly raised his eyes and said, "Really? You tell me, what will happen?"
"Then Xuanzang follows the way of Purdue. If it succeeds, Buddhism will spread, and then..."
Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly put down the teacup in his hand with a "pop", interrupting Taiyi's words, hehe laughed. Said: "He practiced the way of Purdue, which is beneficial to all beings in the Three Realms. Why not? Besides, he Purdue, doesn't my Taoist school persuade people to do good? My Taoism has been established for tens of thousands of years. It will never die. Don't worry about it."
Put that down. The corners of Taiyi's mouth twitched slightly, and he stared at Yuanshi Tianzun tightly, his brows getting tighter and tighter, but he could only lower his head.
The Tongtian sect master on the side glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun lightly, and he couldn't help but be puzzled, but he didn't explain it.
Yuanshi Tianzun said again: "This apprentice has many disciples and grandchildren, so it's not necessarily good. At first, you have the most disciples in the world, so what about you? Why didn’t you see the slightest improvement as a teacher? Humans, you have cultivated the way of heaven, you have one mouth and one body, and you only have three meals a day and one bed every night. How much sleep do you really need? Pursuing these flashy names, your master, I have long since become the Jade Emperor. How can I stay in this Miluo Palace idle clouds and wild cranes?"
Having said that, Yuanshi Tianzun laughed and gave Tongtian Sect Master a meaningful look.
At this sight, the leader of Tongtian was a little unhappy, and said sourly: "You just have to laugh at yourself, you can't even pull me together, right?"
"Are you still thinking about your old hatred?" Yuanshi Tianzun slapped the Tongtian Sect Master's arm with force and hummed: "Just kidding. The Battle of Conferred Gods has passed for so many years, why bother? These old acquaintances, don't you have to live or die?"
said, he enthusiastically picked up the teapot and filled up the tea that the Master Tongtian had just sipped.
Tongtian Sect Master didn't answer, lowered his head and sipped tea blindly, his expression looked a little unhappy.
Seeing this situation, the real Taiyi raised his head and was about to speak, but he heard Tianzun Yuanshi pointed at him and said: "It's nothing, just go back. If you are really busy, just help the teacher to pay attention to see if there is anything. What an interesting new thing. It's a boring day without any gadgets to pass the time."
Helpless, Master Taiyi had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips, and changed his mouth to say: "Disciple obeys."
sat quietly for a while, seeing that there was nothing else to say, Taiyi had to stand up and retire.
After the real Taiyi left, Tongtian sect master looked at Yuanshi Tianzun suspiciously, and asked softly, "Do you really care?"
Yuanshi Tianzun's gaze slowly slanted towards the Tongtian Cult Master and asked, "Do you want to provoke that demon monkey?"
Tongtian sect master quickly waved his hand and said: "I don't want to, although the cultivation base of heaven is gone, but it is not enough. Besides, who can guarantee that he will not repair it? My old bones are not far from the catastrophe, and they can't stand it. toss."
Looking at the tea leaves floating in the cup, Yuanshi Tianzun said sternly: "So, we must not take action. The demon monkey is now looking for the Tathagata to seek revenge, and the disaster has already been drawn from the west. It is difficult to bring him back. I see. However, Taiyi will never give up on this. In that case, we will just watch from behind. If something goes wrong, we will be able to smooth things out. If we take action and catch a straight shot, then who will be? There is no end to it.”
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At this time, on the bank of the icy and snowy Quicksand River, the monkey group has been staying here for two days.
From the beginning of waiting on the shore, to letting Xuanzang be alone on the shore as a bait, and others in ambush nearby, all kinds of methods were used. However, seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, the quicksand river has a tendency to freeze, but the roller blinds can't even see a ghost.
In desperation, the monkey had to explain to others to protect Xuanzang, and went into the water to search for it himself, and did not return until sunset.
As soon as he got out of the water, he saw Xuanzang standing on the shore watching quietly.
Seeing the monkey coming back, Xuanzang folded his hands and nodded towards the monkey, and said, "The Great Sage will gain something from this trip."
"No." The monkey landed steadily in front of Xuanzang, and while using magic to get rid of the water on his body, he said: "The entire quicksand river has been searched, except for some little demons who can't even speak. , I didn't find anything. Unfortunately, there is no Dragon King here, so I can't even ask someone."
"Doesn't the Great Sage have a vajra carving? Use it to find where the Rolling Shutter General is?"
Monkey glanced at the vajra tucked on his wrist. Shaking his head, he said, "I tried it. I don't know why, but it didn't respond. It's strange."
"Then what is the Great Sage going to do next?"
"I don't know either." The monkey cleaned up his clothes, sighed and brushed past Xuanzang.
As night fell, the canopy lit a bonfire on the river bank. A group of people sat around, all night, you look at me and I look at you, without saying a word. The monkey lowered his head from beginning to end and seemed to be thinking about something.
Towards the end of the night, Lu Liuguai's adopted daughter Ying'er came with a few demon generals to **** Lu Liuguai back.
The things that have been said a long time ago did not surprise the monkey. Just repeated caution all the way. Lu Liuguai burst into tears. He kept guaranteeing that when the matter was resolved, he would soon return to Monkey to "do the duty of a loyal minister".
From beginning to end, the few demon generals who came to pick up Lu Liuguai even lowered their heads with Ying'er, and didn't even dare to look at the monkey.
Perhaps it was a subtle relationship between Lu Liuguai, they simply worshiped monkeys as gods, even more so than the demons in Huaguo Mountain.
sent Lu Liuguai away, and the party changed from six people and one horse to five people and one horse.
The canopy is still sitting by the bonfire and staring at the fire. From time to time, he would sway the branches with his hands, and the black bear spirit would sit cross-legged and close his eyes, and the little white dragon would be absolutely dead. Not only did he fall asleep, but he even purred.
Looking at the scene in front of him, the monkey felt more and more awkward. He scratched his cheek. He turned and walked to the river bank and sat down, looking at the river in a dazed way.
After a while, Xuanzang slowly came to the monkey with his front pendulum. He handed the bamboo tube in his hand to the monkey, and said softly: "The water in the quicksand river, but the poor monk has already filtered it with a cloth."
Monkey stretched out his hand and took the bamboo tube, brought it to his mouth and took a sip, then handed it back, wiped his mouth and said, "People who are in the spirit transformation realm don't care if they don't drink water."
Xuanzang took the bamboo tube and covered it. Holding the bamboo tube, he sat cross-legged beside the monkey, pointed to the river and said softly, "It looks like the entire Quicksand River will freeze soon."
Monkey looked up at the sky and sighed: "It should be. It's really cold today."
"The poor monk asked Marshal Tianpeng, and I heard that the Liusha River will not freeze even in the coldest times in ordinary years. Although there are exceptions, it is rare after all."
Monkey stared silently at the pitch-dark river without saying a word.
After being silent for a while, Xuanzang said again: "If the river freezes, it is the best time to cross the river. What does the Great Sage think?"
"You think you should go?" the monkey asked rhetorically.
Xuanzang hesitantly said softly: "Can the Great Sage tell Xuanzang, what role will the rolling blind general play in the team?"
"No role, just a simple and honest person." Monkey sighed, turned his head to look at the black bear spirit, and said, "What he can do, black hair can do. Even his cultivation is not enough. Not necessarily taller than Black Hair."
"Then why is the Great Sage willing to wait here? Just because of the "Journey to the West" that the Great Sage mentioned?"
Shaking his head slowly, the monkey said softly, "I don't know either. There are actually a lot of mistakes and omissions in that thing. In the past, I tried so hard to get out, but I ended up falling in. Now I want to keep it as it is, but I don't know. Where to start."
Closing his eyes, he smiled slowly: "Actually, sometimes I envy those who are enlightened, like Lao Jun, when he did the same thing as me, he always paid a lot of money, no need to be as meticulous as I am. , I have to personally handle everything. In fact, I am afraid, because I can't see exactly which point may affect the final outcome, so I have to seize every point. "
reached out and wiped his face, the monkey smiled helplessly: "Actually, I'm a little messed up."
"If it's messed up, it's better to keep the same and respond to all changes. We just go west, and the rest will be decided by heaven. Just like what the poor monk thought at the beginning."
"Let it be decided by God?"
"Yes." Xuanzang nodded and said, "If the river freezes in the morning tomorrow, we won't have to wait any longer and just cross the river. There's no point in thinking about the rest of the way, how about that?"
Hearing the words, the monkey nodded and said, "Okay."
The next day, when it was gray and bright, the river that had been galloping really froze.
Looking at the white river, Xuanzang looked back at the monkey and sighed softly, "God's will."
After saying that, he leaned on his staff and walked towards the river step by step.
"Can this go?" Xiao Bailong stretched his neck and said in a long voice, "Be careful of falling into the river."
The monkey glanced lazily at the little white dragon, took a step to follow, and with a technique, strengthened the surface of the river in front of Xuanzang.
hesitated for a while, and the others followed quickly.
In the cold wind with remnant snow, the group of people walked unobstructed on the vast and boundless river, step by step towards Hezhou, the western cattle, as small as a few ants.
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At the same time, Puxian, dressed in emerald green monk robes and holding jade Ruyi in his hand, led his two disciples and slowly fell to the edge of a small stream hundreds of miles away from here.
It is sparsely populated, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Even in this winter, there is still the fragrance of birds and flowers. It looks like a paradise.
I saw Puxian lightly glanced at the surrounding scene, and raised his hand.
Suddenly, the surrounding vegetation and green leaves fell one by one, but the branches grew wildly again. In front of the three of them, houses grew forcibly.
Puxian pointed his finger in the air again, and the hare, sika deer, and even the birds flying in the sky fell down in front of him, and quickly transformed into villagers standing up one by one. One by one, they folded their hands and bowed to Puxian.
Upon seeing this, Puxian took another swipe. The original grass was lifted up and turned into plowed fields, and crops quickly grew in the fields. There was a bamboo fence growing on the ground, and even a bunch of morning glories climbed up.
In the blink of an eye, there are houses, farmland, cattle, and even children playing by the stream, and a small village quietly takes shape. Everything is there, and it looks like it's here.
Until then, Puxian put his hands away and looked at his achievements lightly.
The disciple on the side of bowed and said: "Master, I'm afraid, I can't fool the demon monkey..."
"When did the teacher say that he was going to lie to that demon monkey?" Puxian smiled and said softly: "There is someone else to wait for." (To be continued~^~)
PS: The day before yesterday, I said that I needed to update it vigorously, but it stopped yesterday... It turns out that things like codewords are really not just hard work. Everything I wrote yesterday has been overturned and rewritten today... Seeing the results of my whole day's hard work and deleting them one by one, what kind of feeling is that? Today, I added 5,000 words. Including what I owed yesterday and before, I still owe 7,000 words. Continue to work hard tomorrow, and strive to pay off as soon as possible~