Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 31: The Art of Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow
"Today, I will teach you the 'Divine and Demonic Formless Art'. This technique secretly matches the forms of three thousand gods and demons, and has the potential to evolve into three thousand great ways. If you can choose one and comprehend it, you will have endless fortune."

"However, the path to enlightenment is extremely mysterious. It requires going through tribulations and also requires fate. One may attain enlightenment overnight, or it may take three thousand years, thirty thousand years, or even three epochs, but still not even a single step is enough."

"Just concentrate!"

At this moment, Patriarch Subhuti gave a light shout.

Hearing this, Xiao Chen was startled and his whole body trembled.

Master Subhuti pointed his finger, and a string of words surged into Xiao Chen's mind like a surging wave, and was imprinted on Xiao Chen's soul like a brand.

The feeling was wonderful. Without rote memorization, Xiao Chen could remember it very clearly as soon as he thought about it.

After imparting the Dharma, Master Subhuti withdrew from Xiao Chen's mind.

Xiao Chen looked at the words in his mind, and for a moment he seemed to understand something, but also seemed to understand nothing.

At this time, Master Subhuti's face actually showed a trace of fatigue. He waved his hand and said:
"Show me your current true form."

"Follow the orders of the ancestor."

Xiao Chen's mind moved, and his current true form was revealed, which was a thirty-meter-long golden toad.

Looking at the big toad in front of me, it looks so chubby, golden and cute.

Patriarch Subhuti couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed, "You are now a good toad, but you look a little bloated. I will teach you two methods to teach you how to make it big or small, whatever size you want."

"Thank you, Master, for teaching me the Dharma!"

Xiao Chen spoke in human language and said happily, "If he gets this method, it will be much more convenient for him to act in the future."

Patriarch Subhuti snapped his fingers and his own mantra entered Xiao Chen's mind, which were the methods of "following the laws of heaven and earth" and "big and small as desired". One could transform into heaven and earth, as wide as the sky and as high as the earth, increasing his strength a thousand times; the other could change his body shape freely, either big or small.

Xiao Chen got the mantra, and with a thought, he shrank into a small toad about ten feet long.

Patriarch Subhuti came forward and looked at the toad from top to bottom for a while. Seeing Xiao Chen's round belly, he reached out his hand, patted it, and said with a smile:

"You toad, you have such a good belly. It would be a pity if you don't use it."

"In ancient times, there was a tribe of sky-swallowing golden toads, whose innate magical power was 'the universe in their belly'."

"The golden toad has a world of its own in its belly. It can refine a piece of heaven and earth and contain all things. But now, it has been lost. This magical power is suitable for you, so I will teach it to you today."

Patriarch Subhuti patted Xiao Chen's belly and transmitted his own method into Xiao Chen's mind, which was the "Universe in the Belly" technique of the ancient golden toad.

Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself:
"I really don't know what kind of person this Subhuti Patriarch is. It's okay for the Taoist magic meeting."

"How come you can even use the methods of these demon tribes so easily?"

"Sun Wukong is a monkey, so we taught him the 'somersault cloud', the 'incarnation' of monkey hair turning into a monkey."

"I am a toad, so just teach me the secrets of my heart. This is to teach the demon race in accordance with their aptitude and prescribe the right medicine for their illness."

After finishing all this, Master Subhuti asked Xiao Chen, "Do you have anything else you want to learn?"

"The art of flying! Grandmaster, I want to learn some more techniques of flying!"

Seeing such an opportunity today, Xiao Chen said anxiously.

In the world of Journey to the West, it is common to be unable to defeat others. There is no shame in running away.

No matter what, he had to learn a way to escape. It was just like "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no fear of running out of firewood." If he became powerful in the future, he could fight back.

"The way to fly."

Patriarch Subhuti waved his hand, and the two of them arrived at the back mountain in an instant.

Patriarch Subhuti said:

"Fly one and show me."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen rolled up a gust of black wind, climbed to a height of several hundred feet, and rode the wind.

Afterwards, Xiao Chen landed on the ground and bowed, "Grandmaster, this is my current flying method. I can only fly a hundred feet high or a hundred miles far. It's hard."

"Toad?"

"Toad?"

"A flying toad?"

Patriarch Subhuti pinched his beard, stared at Xiao Chen, thought for a long time, and looked a little embarrassed.

Xiao Chen knew the dilemma of Master Subhuti, so he somersaulted on the ground and used his gestures to indicate:

"Master, although I am a toad, I can do somersaults. Please teach me the somersault cloud!"

At this time, dawn broke in the east, the red sun was rising, and the bright moon was hanging high in the sky and had not yet faded.

Patriarch Subhuti stared at the sun and moon in the sky, thinking for a long time, and suddenly laughed:

"There is a three-legged golden crow, which turns into the sun, the extreme of yang; there is a three-legged toad, which turns into the moon, the extreme of yin."

"Yin and Yang complement and counteract each other. The extreme of Yang is Yin, and the extreme of Yin is Yang."

“Could it be that this is also a fixed number?”

At this point, Patriarch Subhuti looked at Xiao Chen and said with a rare teasing smile: "You toad, I will teach you the method of the golden crow turning into a rainbow, how about it?" "The method of the golden crow turning into a rainbow!"

Xiao Chen was extremely surprised when he heard this.

This method of turning the Golden Crow into a rainbow is a secret of the ancient demon clan, the Golden Crow clan. It is a high-level escape technique that can travel a thousand miles in one breath and 120,000 miles in one escape. It is a first-class travel method. In Journey to the West, it seems that only Taoist Lu Ya knows how to do it.

But Master Subhuti actually knows this?
"Little demon, please teach me the Dharma, Master!"

Xiao Chen didn't care about being shocked, he immediately bowed down and asked for the Dharma.

"No need to salute, no need to salute."

Patriarch Subhuti stared at Xiao Chen's four legs, thought for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and changed his words:
"But, that three-legged golden crow only has three legs."

"You are now a toad with four legs, not three. You have one more leg. If you force yourself to learn the method of turning the golden crow into a rainbow, it will be flawed. It will not be a method, and it will not be beautiful."

"Your true form is a golden toad, which represents the metal element of the Five Elements."

"How about I teach you the art of flying golden light?"

"Longing the golden light?"

"This thing seems to be a magical power among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Powers. It must be inferior to the Golden Crow Transforming into a Rainbow."

"Four legs are not allowed, but three legs are?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen's brain worked rapidly, and he came up with some quick wits, and said quickly:

"Grandmaster, I'd better learn the technique of turning the golden crow into a rainbow!"

After saying this, he did not wait for Master Subhuti to respond.

Xiao Chen had already raised his left frog hand, put it behind his back, and said repeatedly:

"Master, look, when I fly, I put this hand behind my back."

"Forget this hand, just pretend that it doesn't exist, and don't use it, then you only have three legs, how about that?"

Upon seeing this, Patriarch Subhuti was also stunned. He pondered for a while, and finally said with a smile:

"That's great, you use this clever trick, it's a great 'golden toad turning into a rainbow' trick!"

“Well, I will teach you both the technique of the Golden Light Flying to the Earth and the Golden Crow Transforming into a Rainbow.”

“But you must remember, unless it is a critical moment, do not reveal the technique of the Golden Crow turning into a Rainbow,” Master Subhuti advised.

"Grandmaster, I've made note of it."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen nodded repeatedly and thought to himself:
"Golden Light on the Earth is a spell among the Thirty Heavenly Gangs. It doesn't matter if many people know it."

"The Golden Crow Transforming into a Rainbow is a unique skill of the Golden Crow clan. Legend has it that the Zen Master Wuchao in the Journey to the West was the transformation of the Taoist Lu Ya, and his true form is a three-legged Golden Crow."

"As the saying goes, a skill should not be passed on lightly! If that Taoist Lu Ya knew that I had learned the secret skills of another clan, I would be in a lot of trouble for nothing."

Afterwards, Master Subhuti taught Xiao Chen the method of turning the golden crow into a rainbow and shining golden light on the ground.

Opportunities cannot be sought, and once lost, they will never come back.

Seeing that Master Subhuti was so generous today, Xiao Chen naturally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make some money, so he wanted to ask for the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Techniques and the Seventy-Two Earthly Evil Techniques.

Unexpectedly, Patriarch Subhuti waved his hand, a trace of fatigue appeared on his face, and said:
"You, go down first."

Seeing this, Xiao Chen had no chance to speak for a moment, so he had to give up, bowed, and left.

……

"Supernatural powers are minor virtues. Tao is the great virtue. Don't neglect one while focusing on the other."

"Xiao Chen, do you understand what your Dao Heart is now?"

"What path do you want to take?"

"The monkey understands it now, but do you really understand it?"

"Since you have come to this world, you are already a player in the game. Don't enter the game as a bystander..."

Behind Xiao Chen, the faint voice of Master Subhuti fell into Xiao Chen's ears.

“What is my Dao heart?”

"What is the path I want to take?"

Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard the words, his eyes a little confused. He bowed to Master Subhuti again and left silently.

……

Patriarch Subhuti looked at Xiao Chen's receding figure and stood there for a long time.

On this chessboard, the controlled chess pieces are like puppets. They are already planned and the results are predetermined. No matter how they are modified, they will be corrected to their original positions.

And it is the uncontrolled chess piece that will make the amazing move, isn't it?
Patriarch Subhuti looked up at the sky and said softly:
"Will I lose this round again?"

Good advice tastes bitter, spray me, spray me, spray me!
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(End of this chapter)