Mythology: Erlang Shen begins to show his divine power in the heavens

Chapter 179: No conspiracy theory but everyone is in a mess in Journey to the West
Huaguoshan.

The stone monkey jumped out of the stone. At first, he was confused, like a baby, with confusion in his eyes.

Suddenly, he heard bursts of playful noises coming from not far away. Curious, the stone monkey followed the sound.

At first he staggered and staggered, falling after every step, as if the earth was against him.

But this stone monkey was born with intelligence, and after falling several times, he was able to stand steadily.

Then he started walking quickly, and in a blink of an eye he was moving through the mountains and forests like the wind, as if he was a monkey that had lived in the woods for many years.

The growth rate is extremely fast.

Not long after.

The stone monkey came to the source of the sound.

I saw a group of monkeys playing and fighting among the branches, as nimble as flying.

The stone monkey watched with fascination and suddenly felt like imitating the figure.

Although he had just begun to learn how to run, he was able to do it by himself, imitating the monkeys, leaping forward, grabbing onto branches, and swinging back and forth.

He was a little clumsy at first, but after a few tries, he mastered the trick and became as agile as lightning, even more steady than those experienced monkeys.

The sharp-eyed monkeys in the group discovered this new "alien" and immediately surrounded it, chattering, as if they were discussing the origins of the stone monkey.

The stone monkey was not afraid of the stage, but grinned, as if to say:

"Look, I can be like you!"

A monkey said:
"Where did you come from, monkey? You look strange, but you are very agile."

The stone monkey was stunned for a moment and said:
“I came from the top of the mountain.”

"On the top of the mountain?"

Although the monkeys were suspicious of the new stone monkey, they stopped thinking about it when they saw that he was very skilled and had no ill intentions. They surrounded him and pulled him to join their play.

The stone monkey was not polite either. He followed the monkey group, tumbling and jumping among the branches, sometimes chasing and playing, sometimes swinging through the treetops, as if he was born to be a part of this forest.

As the sun was setting, the monkeys gradually became tired, so they stopped playing and each picked some fruits.

The stone monkey didn't know what to do at first, but when he saw the monkeys sharing food with each other, he went over.

The monkeys shared the fruits in their hands with him, as if they had treated him as one of their own.

The stone monkey grinned, took the fruit, and felt warm in his heart.

But when the stone monkey picked up the round peach, the sunlight filtering through the leaves suddenly turned blood red.

He followed the example of the other monkeys and brought the peach flesh close to his fangs, only to see thousands of painful faces appearing on the surface of the peach skin - those were actually the spirits of countless monkeys!
Wisps of green smoke rose.

The stone monkey felt as if the peach in his hand had instantly turned into something extremely corrosive. A burning pain came from the palm of his hand, as if countless tiny poisonous needles had pierced into his flesh and blood, penetrating his bone marrow.

He was startled and threw the peach away in a hurry.

But when he looked at his palms, there was no sign of injury.

It seemed like it was just an illusion.

A voice suddenly came from the sky.

"What a natural and natural monkey! Since you have an innate foundation, why do you still covet the peaches of this turbid world?"

The stone monkey looked up suddenly.

But then an immortal appeared in the sky.

The immortal was dressed in a light yellow robe, his wide sleeves surging with chaotic aura, and the golden bow at his waist was emitting a faint divine light.

The most fascinating thing is the vertical lines on the forehead, which seem to contain the divine power of creation.

The monkeys had already fallen to the ground and trembled, but the stone monkey was the only one who looked straight into his divine eyes. In a trance, a majestic shadow wearing golden chain mail and holding a golden cudgel seemed to emerge in the depths of the stone monkey's pupils.

The man in heaven spoke:

"Have you seen the scene just now? This is the filthy stuff of the mortal world. If you are greedy, it will pollute your spiritual roots. Even if you have a talent that can reach the sky and penetrate the earth, it will be covered by dust and it will be difficult to display its brilliance."

The stone monkey said:
"What should I do then?"

Heavenly Man Road:

"I can teach you a method that will allow you to breathe in the essence of the sun and the moon. You don't need to drink ordinary water or eat ordinary food. It can also strengthen your body day by day, making you gradually extraordinary."

"Would you accept it?"

The stone monkey was startled, remembering what he saw when he was about to eat the peach.

I broke out in a cold sweat.

So he said:
"I am willing."

The man in heaven smiled and nodded:
"In that case, come over here."

The stone monkey looked around:
"How can I do that? You are in the sky, and I can't fly like you."

Heavenly Man Road:

"With your foundation, flying shouldn't be easy. Listen to my words and comprehend them carefully."

As he spoke, he recited in a low voice:

"In the beginning there was Qi, which transformed into Yin and Yang. The interaction of Yin and Yang gave rise to wind and thunder."

“You should close your eyes and concentrate your mind, so that the Baihui acupoint can receive the light from the sky and the Yongquan acupoint can connect to the earth’s veins.

With one exhalation, the pure Qi is drawn into the Huangting, and with one inhalation, the turbid Qi is transformed and returned to the Jiuyou.

Take the spirit as the pivot and the qi as the wings."

The stone monkey heard this, although he was confused.

But it seems that I found a feeling spontaneously.

Subconsciously.

He followed that feeling, and his body actually floated up!
At first he couldn't control himself and was about to fall.

But not for a moment.

He was able to steady his body, then control the direction and head towards the immortal in the sky.

The stone monkey was very happy:

"I can fly! I can fly!"

When he came to the side of the heavenly being, his expression became full of anticipation:
"Immortal, please teach me the method of breathing in the essence of the sun and the moon!"

The man in heaven laughed and scolded:

"You monkey, you are so impatient!"

"Please concentrate and listen carefully. I will only explain it once. If you can understand it, it is your destiny!"

The stone monkey nodded repeatedly.

"The sun and the moon are the eyes, the stars are the orifices, the yin and yang energies enter the purple palace from the nose orifice, pass through the twelve floors, and transform into the Samadhi True Fire."

"As the saying goes, eat red crow tail in the morning and drink jade toad juice in the evening. Knock on the gate of heaven at midnight and step on the underworld at noon. Thunder and fire are hidden in the triple burner, and black frost is pregnant in the dantian. The stars roll back when you breathe in and out, and the sea turns into dust when you breathe in!"

Having said this, the celestial being stopped talking.

When the stone monkey heard this secret, he suddenly felt his mind clear.

But then a shadow of a yin-yang fish appeared under his feet, with red flames rising from the left half of his body and cold frost condensing on the right half.

Three inches above the head, there appeared a strange vision of the sun and the moon shining together, and between the pores all over the body, there was a faint sound of starlight flowing.

"What a monkey!"

There was a flash of surprise in the eyes of the man in heaven.

The natural person among all beings is Lin Yuan.

While the stone monkey was playing with other monkeys, he watched from the side and wondered what to do with him.

immediately.

Lin Yuan thought of an explanation.

The stone monkey originally had an innate foundation and a pure body, but because he drank ordinary water and ate ordinary food, his foundation became polluted, and only his innate intelligence and wisdom remained.

In other words.

This is the state that the stone monkey learned from Patriarch Bodhi later.

In fact, it is a state of a polluted body, and his talents have not been fully utilized.

And this statement.

It actually makes a lot of sense.

However, those with great supernatural powers can easily refine the impurities no matter how much mundane food they eat.

But for a stone monkey like this, he was just born and knew nothing. Those worldly things remained in his body for a long time. Even if he practiced again in the future and got rid of the filth, it would still have some impact to a certain extent.

therefore.

Lin Yuan had a question:
"How strong can a stone monkey that has never been polluted by worldly affairs and has always maintained a pure body become?"

So he did.

And now.

He had witnessed the stone monkey's full talent.

It's simply outrageous!

Shortly after.

The stone monkey recovered from breathing in the essence of the sun and the moon.

He looked at Lin Yuan in surprise and said:

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

Lin Yuan nodded and said:

"Go now. Remember in the future, when you are hungry or thirsty, eat the essence of the sun and the moon. Don't touch those mundane fruits again."

"Even if you want to touch it, you have to wait until you reach a certain level before you can touch it."

"As for what realm it is, you will know it in the future."

The stone monkey nodded.

After a while.

Lin Yuan looked at the stone monkey and said:
"Why don't you come down? What are you doing beside me?"

The stone monkey said:
"Can I pass this method on to other monkeys?"

Lin Yuan nodded:

"can."

The stone monkey said:
"They can't eat peaches either?"

Lin Yuan said:
"They are originally acquired bodies, so it doesn't matter whether they eat or not."

The stone monkey nodded, thanked him again, and asked:

"May I ask what the immortal's name is?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said:

"You will know it later."

Say it.

He flew away into the clouds and disappeared from the stone monkey's sight in the blink of an eye.

The stone monkey looked at the place where he disappeared, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

secretly.

Lin Yuan looked at the stone monkey who was playing with the monkey group again.

Laughing secretly:

"Does this count as aiding the enemy?"

After all, although he intervened in some things first, there is a high probability that the Stone Monkey will still go down that lawless path in the future.

After all, Lin Yuan didn't teach him how to behave.

"But this is quite interesting. I am looking forward to the expression on this monkey's face when he sees me in the future."

immediately.

He left an incarnation here and went towards Guanjiangkou.

As for his behavior.

Will it disrupt the original plan for the stone monkey?
Regardless of whether there really is such a conspiracy theory in this world, the stone monkey's future had already been arranged.

Even if there is.

Would Lin Yuan be afraid?
if there is not.

That's even more interesting.

Anyway, Lin Yuan estimated that there was a high probability that there was none.

otherwise.

He made such a big change to the stone monkey.

No one came forward to stop him.

Huaguoshan.

Played around for a while.

The monkeys were hungry again.

But think of what happened before.

The monkeys surrounded the stone monkey and said:

"The method that the immortal taught you earlier seems to say that you can survive without eating. Are you willing to share it?"

The stone monkey said:
"Of course I am willing! Please sit down and I will tell you right away!"

The monkeys were immediately surprised.

The stone monkey said:
"The method that the immortal taught me is the supreme method of breathing in the essence of the sun and the moon."

“As the saying goes.”

As he spoke, he danced and gesticulated, as if he had become an enlightened person.

However, the monkeys in the group were confused and looked at each other.

An old monkey scratched his head and asked doubtfully:
"Brother Stone Monkey, what do you mean by 'the sun and the moon are eyes, and the stars are orifices'? We only know how to pick fruits to eat, how can we understand these mysterious things?"

The other little monkey also scratched his head and muttered:
"Yes, yes, what is the concept of yin and yang? We have never even heard of it! Brother Stone Monkey, can you explain it in a simpler way?"

The stone monkey saw that the monkeys were all confused and felt a little anxious, but he still patiently explained:
“To put it simply, you need to close your eyes, feel the sun and moon in the sky, and imagine their light shining into your body.

Then, as you breathe in, imagine these lights entering your belly, and as you breathe out, imagine expelling the dirt from your body.

That way, you will become stronger and be able to survive without eating the fruit!"

After hearing this, the monkeys, although still a little confused, all nodded, thinking that what the stone monkey said made sense.

So, they sat down cross-legged, closed their eyes, and began to breathe in the essence of the sun and the moon like the stone monkey.

However, not long after, one of the monkeys couldn't help sneezing, opened his eyes and complained:

"Brother Stone Monkey, this method won't work! I can't see anything when I close my eyes, and my stomach is growling with hunger!"

The other monkeys echoed:
"Yes, yes, let's pick some fruit to eat!"

Seeing this, the stone monkey scratched his head:
"But, I just know how to do it. Why can't you do it?"

The monkeys looked at him and didn't know what to say.

However, monkeys are playful and forgetful by nature.

Soon.

They ate and put these things behind them.

The stone monkey still wanted to teach them along the way.

But the monkeys felt they could not learn it, so they all gave up.

The stone monkey had no choice but to give up.

in this way.

time flies.

Although the stone monkey only breathed in the essence of the sun and the moon when he was hungry every day, over time his physique became much stronger than that of other monkeys.

One is worth two. And this day.

A group of monkeys playing.

A young monkey accidentally fell off a cliff.

Just when the monkeys were frightened, the stone monkey took the lead, flew up out of thin air and caught it.

The stone monkey's actions made the monkeys cheer.

"Divine monkey! Divine monkey!"

They looked at the stone monkey with reverence.

The stone monkey scratched his head, and suddenly a sense of pride arose in his heart. He put the young monkey down and said to the other monkeys:
"You didn't learn how to swallow the essence of the sun and the moon from me before, so why don't you learn how to fly from me now?"

"In my opinion, this skill is simpler than swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon."

Monkeys' surprise:

"it is good!"

An old monkey said again:

"My group of monkeys in Huaguo Mountain has been leaderless for a long time. Now that we have a stone monkey like you who has extraordinary abilities, why don't we just make the stone monkey our monkey king!"

As soon as he said this.

The other monkeys immediately agreed.

"Okay! I agree! The stone monkey shall be made the Monkey King!"

The monkeys shouted loudly.

The stone monkey was surrounded by so many people, and he felt more and more proud. He said:

"Then from today on, I will be your Monkey King!"

Since then.

The stone monkey ascended the throne and hid the word "Stone" in his name, so he was called the Monkey King.

The Monkey King taught the monkeys how to fly.

however.

Just like last time.

No matter what he says.

The monkeys just couldn't learn it.

Without any choice.

The Monkey King had to give up.

And it was another day.

After a rainstorm, the steam from the Flower-Fruit Mountain condensed into a colorful rainbow bridge in front of a cliff.

The Monkey King was squatting on a crooked pine tree, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon.

Suddenly, I heard a ethereal echo coming from the bottom of the cliff.

He felt something in his heart and looked over with wide eyes.

"Look, children!"

His golden pupils emitted three feet of golden light, and he pointed at the roaring waterfall and shouted.

Behind the water curtain, a sharp outline can be vaguely seen, dark and dark, as if there is another world.

This is a small magical power that was spontaneously born after he breathed in the essence of the sun and the moon day and night. It seemed like a natural magical power. His eyes could emit golden light and see many hidden things.

"Is there a hole?!"

The monkeys were suddenly in an uproar, gathering around the edge of the cliff, looking out and trying to get closer, but were soaked by the splashing waterfall.

"There is a different world behind the waterfall. Children, wait a moment. I will go explore the way!"

The Monkey King laughed loudly, then tapped the branches with his toes, and a spiritual light appeared around him.

He walked in the air on the surging water mist, with a waterfall falling above him, which looked very dangerous.

"My king, be careful!" shouted an old monkey.

Upon hearing this, the Monkey King turned around and smiled at the old monkey, his eyes shining with golden light and full of confidence.

"Children, watch how I break into this water curtain cave!"

The Monkey King let out a long roar, and his body suddenly accelerated and rushed straight towards the waterfall.

He landed steadily at the entrance of the cave very easily.

"Come on in, kids! This is a great place!"

Upon hearing this, the monkeys cheered and rushed towards the waterfall.

With the guidance of the Monkey King, they were no longer afraid of the turbulent water and nimbly passed through the water curtain and entered the cave.

then.

This Water Curtain Cave also became their new base.

in this way.

The Monkey King enjoyed himself innocently, and hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.

Where is Lin Yuan?
During these hundreds of years.

He sent his incarnations to watch over the monkey's life from time to time.

On the other hand, he walked across the four continents.

Erlang Shen plays the role of the God of Destiny, except for fighting with the monkey when he makes trouble in Heaven.

Lin Yuan had no other clues.

During this hundred years.

He tried to slay demons and monsters, and although there was some improvement, he stopped at raising his acting skill to 30%.

others.

He even tried to establish the Yuanhuang Sect.

But found that it had no effect.

Among the four continents.

There are countless monsters in Uttarakuru, but the Great Emperor Zhenwu is currently clearing them out.

Xiniuhezhou is a Buddhist land, and Dongshengshenzhou is a Taoist land.

The Southern Continent is the mortal kingdom. It has the smallest area, but it is also the center of destiny of this world.

Lin Yuan is the last.

Also came to a conclusion.

This is indeed a Journey to the West world without any conspiracy theories.

The stone monkey had started practicing so long in advance.

No one cares at all.

If there really was a powerful person who deliberately arranged the stone monkey, even taking into account Lin Yuan's identity as the Jade Emperor's nephew, there would have been some actions in these hundreds of years, right?
But Lin Yuan didn't see it at all.

It seemed as if everyone had forgotten the stone monkey.

And the gods and Buddhas of this world.

how to say?

Lin Yuan felt that they were gods and Buddhas that were too quiet and inactive.

God is good too.

Buddha too.

They don't really care about anything.

Like old people living a retired life.

Every day is a daily responsibility, and even in daily responsibilities, we sometimes slack off.

In Xiniu Hezhou, demons are causing chaos at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.

Those Buddhas ignored it completely at the first moment.

They only suppress demons when they happen to encounter them, or when living beings are in real distress.

Dongsheng Shenzhou.

The Taoist sects frequently carry out operations to slay demons and eliminate evil.

But it's just like doing a task.

Kill the target and turn around and leave.

They don't eradicate the roots of the monster, and in the end, a big monster cave will often leave many small monsters behind and flee.

There is no conspiracy theory in this world.

But people’s lives were not that good either.

After all, it feels like the gods and Buddhas are just giving up.

Or they are only interested in spiritual practice.

Everything outside of practice.

I just do it as I please.

I don't deliberately care about the lives of mortals.

"so."

"Under the current circumstances, Jin Chanzi has not yet been reincarnated, and Tang Monk's journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures may still be something that Tathagata Buddha has not arranged."

"Not to mention arranging monkeys?"

"A world where all gods and Buddhas are in a slump and only barely fulfill their duties."

Lin Yuan looked towards the sky.

"Why is this world like this?"

He did not open his third eye directly to see through all the causes and effects of heaven and earth.

Traveled through many worlds.

He already understood one thing.

The reason why divinity expands.

Except that the power is even stronger.

It’s also because I know too much.

Sometimes, it is better to keep a certain sense of mystery between heaven and earth.

and so.

Unless necessary, Lin Yuan did not want to open his third eye and make himself seem omniscient.

otherwise.

There was no need for him to spend hundreds of years traveling around the world bit by bit and discover some of the world's appearances with his own eyes.

If you knew it in advance.

He wouldn't have the patience.

As to whether this is a meaningful thing.

Lin Yuan felt that this matter was very meaningful.

During the hundreds of years he has been walking on earth, he has seen a lot, saved a lot, and stood up for a lot of injustices.

The state of mind can be said to have been sufficiently tempered.

The mastery of some great principles is becoming easier and easier.

Like the cycle of life and death.

"Based on what I have obtained so far, 30 percent of Erlang Shen's memories."

"The only thing that has to do with why gods and Buddhas are so quiet and inactive"

"It's probably the cultivation system of this world."

This world is dominated by the immortal way.

Of course, Buddha is for the Buddhist path.

There are some differences between the two.

But at the end of the day.

It’s all in the heart.

Yes.

heart.

In the past, Lin Yuan speculated that the way to immortality in the prehistoric world system was nothing more than the routine of refining essence into qi, but it was more profound and detailed.

But came to this world that seems to be a primitive heaven and earth system.

Among them are the immortal and Buddhist paths.

But Lin Yuan was surprised.

"In the beginning, the gods and Buddhas of this world all emphasize taming one's unruly mind and will, so that one can finally have only one mind."

"The world of Black Mythology actually has something similar. Isn't the false mind the same as the original mind?"

"But this Journey to the West world has not experienced the same changes as the Black Myth world."

"After the gods and Buddhas have conquered their minds and desires, they seem to have only a firm heart left to seek the truth for the common people."

“I can only say that there is some concern, but not much.”

and.

All gods and Buddhas in this world must go through tribulations.

Those who are not divine but want to live forever have to endure the three disasters and five calamities, or eat some spiritual fruits.

Here, if a practitioner has made some achievements, he can get rid of the worries about his lifespan.

But although one's life span will not end, disasters may come, which is equivalent to a disguised worry about one's life span.

"The calamity is divided into small calamity and big calamity. In the memory, small calamity is just something that restricts the immortality of practitioners. If one enters the divine register, or has natural treasures, or masters some magical power to avoid calamity, one can achieve immortality."

"But the catastrophe is inevitable and everyone has to face it."

"If you make it through, you will achieve the perfect state of cultivation. If you can't make it through, you will have to wait until the world is reestablished and start all over again."

What exactly is the great catastrophe? If we can’t survive it, why can we wait for the heaven and earth to be rebuilt and start over again? What does it mean?

What does it mean to have completed a calamity and achieved perfection in cultivation?

In the memories that Lin Yuan has currently obtained.

Not known.

Requires a higher level of role playing to unlock.

"My mind is restless."

"The immortal system in this world does have some characteristics in terms of state of mind, but if in the end you end up cultivating yourself to be like those rotten gods and Buddhas."

"Not what I want!"

Lin Yuan expressed his rejection of the immortal path in this world.

What he pursues is the balance between humanity and divinity.

It is also about achieving a balance between human heart and Tao heart.

He does not want to become single-minded and selfless.

What he wants is the state of mind of helping the world when he is rich, and taking care of himself when he is poor.

"But this method of subduing the mind and desire can actually be used as a reference. They seek to completely eliminate it, but I..."

"Isn't it enough to find a way to coexist harmoniously with your mind and your desires?"

But this kind of thing is easier said than done.

Over hundreds of years, Lin Yuan has read many Buddhist and Taoist texts, but he only has a little clue.

(End of this chapter)