From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

But Tang Sanzang still called him "Wukong".

We will meet.

Looking at this Tang Monk who had reincarnated ten times and had long lost the memories of the original Jin Chanzi, Jiang Liu smiled.

It's all because Jin Chanzi has finally managed to shed his skin!

That's how it is.

The four left the Salvation Temple and gazed at the starry sky until dawn broke in the east. The first rays of sunlight shattered the darkness, and Jiang Liu took his leave.

Although Bajie and Bajing were reluctant to part with their master, even though they shared the same path, they could not stay together for a lifetime. They each needed to have their own cultivation and their own path of practice.

The people of Chenjiazhuang got up early and, finding Jiang Liu and his group missing, beat their chests and stamped their feet, lamenting, "The sorcerers have ascended to heaven! We've practically let the immortals and Buddhas run away!"

Afterwards, they went to the Salvation Temple to offer incense and took the fruits, vegetables, and rice they had offered home to feed their own stomachs, hoping for peace and protection.

Let's leave that aside for now.

Meanwhile, Jiang Liu and his group rode the clouds and mist eastward, heading towards Mao Er Village. Knowing it was his turn to disembark, Bajie said, "Brother, I'll head back to our home first!"

The way of elixir restoration is to return to the origin and trace back to the source.

The mother element is the liver, and the two earthly branches, Mao and Zi, were located in the primordial world, precisely where the liver resides.

"Old pig, guard it!"

So Jiang Liu and Ba Jing bid farewell to Ba Jie and continued eastward.

A short while later.

The two arrived at Eagle's Sorrow Gorge.

Ba Jing understood the fundamentals and bid farewell to Jiang Liu, saying, "Senior Brother, the path of the Elixir of Immortality leads back to the Primordial Source. Eagle Sorrow Stream corresponds to the kidneys of the Great Man's body in the Primordial World. There are thousands of orifices and pores in the mountains and rivers, which I need to guard."

"Go."

Jiang Liu smiled lightly.

Ba Jing bowed three times to the river. Though reluctant, he understood the path of cultivation and was unwilling to fail. He transformed into a jade dragon and plunged into Eagle's Sorrow Gorge.

thereafter.

Jiang Liu traveled east alone. Seeing that the Southern Continent was in the midst of war, he did not linger. Instead, he crossed the East Sea and returned to the territory of the Eastern Continent, Aolai Kingdom, and Huaguo Mountain.

But we see:

Its might subdues the vast ocean, its tides surge like silver mountains, fish retreat into their burrows; its majesty pacifies the Jade Sea, its waves churn like snow, mirages depart from the abyss.

High mounds of earth rise in the corners of water and fire, towering peaks rise over the Eastern Sea. On the crimson cliffs, phoenixes sing in pairs; before the sheer walls, a lone unicorn lies. From the summit, one often hears the cry of a golden pheasant; in the grottoes, one often sees dragons entering and leaving. In the forest dwell long-lived deer and immortal foxes; in the trees perch spirit birds and black cranes.

Rare herbs and exotic flowers never fade, green pines and cypresses remain evergreen. Immortal peaches always bear fruit, and tall bamboos always retain the clouds. A ravine is densely covered with vines and creepers, and the surrounding banks are covered with fresh, vibrant grass.

It is the pillar that holds up the sky where all rivers converge, and the unmoving root of the earth through countless eons.

Since the fall of the Monkey King, the wonders of Flower Fruit Mountain have faded into history, but it has now regained its former glory.

"My worthy brother has returned!"

In the mountains and forests, the Bull Demon King led the Iron Fan Fairy and Red Boy out to greet them, followed by many mountain spirits and monsters, most of whom were brought along by the Bull Demon King's family during their eastward journey, and all of them had come to Flower Fruit Mountain.

"You've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not Sun Wukong," Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"I know, your name is Gu Yueyuanjue."

The Bull Demon King didn't care at all, laughing heartily as he led the way to four cages of different sizes, arranged from left to right, each holding a Jade Mantis, a Cloud-Walking Deer, a Golden-Armored Rhinoceros, and a Phoenix-Winged General.

It was a spirit creature transformed from the Great Sage's armor set from back then.

“Brother, after I arrived at Flower Fruit Mountain, I saw the Cloud-Walking Deer. I felt that its aura was familiar, and I knew that your armor from back then had become sentient and transformed over the past five hundred years, so I captured them all.”

The Bull Demon King explained, then laughed, "Now that you've been reincarnated, you should have a fine set of clothes. Quickly kill them and restore the Great Sage's original form!"

Jiang Liu simply untied the cage and released the four sentient beings, letting them roam freely.

"Brother, what's going on?"

The Bull Demon King was puzzled.

“All living things are free. Once they have become sentient and have wisdom, they are no longer inanimate objects. It would be wrong to take their lives.”

Seeing the Azure Mantis flapping its wings, the Cloud-Walking Deer running about, the Golden-Armored Rhinoceros leaping joyfully, and the Phoenix-Winged General jumping, Jiang Liu smiled knowingly, “Even a stone that stays for a long time will nurture a celestial embryo and experience all things in the world in order to become a saint. How much more so for them? Go and experience it for yourselves.”

"But what if one is unarmed—"

The Bull Demon King was worried.

"That's enough."

Jiang Liu drew his Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff), smiled calmly, and appeared quite carefree.

Before heading up the mountain, he took off the gourd from his waist and threw it to several frog spirits among the mountain spirits and monsters, saying, "Your elder brother is inside, named Boligelang. He has been with me for many years and has achieved some success in his cultivation. He can give you some pointers."

The frog spirits obtained the gourd, uncorked it, and the waves leaped out of its mouth and eyes. They had no physical bodies but possessed primordial spirits. Their appearance was no different from those flesh and blood bodies, but they had gained immortality, living as long as heaven and earth and sharing the same age as the sun and moon.

thereafter.

Jiang Liu and the Bull Demon King's family traversed the forest and leaped onto the cliff, arriving at the stubborn rock where the body of the Monkey King had turned after his fall.

"You've arrived."

The old monkey sighed.

"I am coming."

Jiang Liu nodded.

"You shouldn't have come."

The old monkey sighed again, speaking in riddles.

"But I want to see if I look more handsome with the golden headband on."

Jiang Liu's lips curled up slightly as he teased the one-kick bodhisattva in front of him.

"..."

The old monkey was speechless and could only guide the river flow into the stubborn rock.

Chapter 1564 Our Perspectives Are Different

A world of its own is formed within the stubborn rock.

Jiang Liu boarded the old monkey's boat, surveyed the dim world, and teased, "Aren't you going to reveal your true form, Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

"Hey--"

The old monkey sighed, his form shifted, revealing the true form of Guanyin Bodhisattva. "You monkey are still as mischievous as ever, not much different from back then."

"There are still some differences."

River Flow Channel.

"What's different?"

Guanyin asked.

"I now truly have the ability to recreate the earth, fire, water, and wind."

Jiang Liu answered.

Guanyin: "..."

There's no way to respond to that!

So she started recounting the scene from her memory, pointing to the moment when Sun Wukong took a liking to the Dinghai Divine Iron, and berated Jiang Liu, saying, "When you see something good, you have to get it. If others don't give it to you, you steal or rob it. This ruthless habit is no different from that of the Black Bear and Jinchi."

"You can't say that. After all, that stick was originally mine. It's just returning it to its rightful owner. Besides, it was given to me by the old Dragon King. How can you call it stealing or robbing?"

Upon hearing this, she pointed to the scene of Sun Wukong going to heaven to become an official and said, "What a mischievous monkey! Being a king and a saint on earth is not enough for him; he has to go to heaven to ask for an official position. But when the Queen Mother didn't invite him to the banquet, he flew into a rage and acted recklessly, wishing he could turn the heavenly palace upside down. This habit of getting angry at the slightest sound is just like that weasel; it can't be tamed, it can't be tamed!"

"Speaking of which, back then, it was the Heavenly Court that came down to invite him to Heaven to serve as an official, not him asking for it, right?"

Jiang Liu chuckled, "As for being unable to tame someone, please, you're a Bodhisattva, don't you understand this basic principle? The Jade Emperor doesn't even give you a salary, just a title, and you expect people to open their hearts to you? You're dreaming!"

Guanyin was momentarily speechless. She could only point to the scene of Sun Wukong and his two junior brothers making the three immortals drink urine in Chechi Kingdom, and shook her head and sighed, "How do you define that? They have absolutely no manners. Not only did they urinate on the statues of the Three Pure Ones, but they also threw them into the latrine. They have no respect for their elders, they idolize themselves, and they never take the teachings of the Buddha and their master to heart. They are obsessed with their noses and are no better than that Yellow Eyebrow."

"This is to guide those three demons back to the right path. Instead of praying to gods and Buddhas, it's better to take charge of your own lives."

Jiang Liu remained calm and composed, and said with a smile, "If you want to say that he calls himself an idol, isn't your Buddha the same?"

Just because the king of Srihali didn't believe in Buddhism, he turned the entire country into rats. What a 'compassionate' religious leader!

As for throwing the Three Pure Ones into the realm of the Five Grains and their reincarnation, it is precisely to fulfill the natural order and facilitate spiritual practice.

After all, the Tao is in excrement and urine.

Hearing Jiang Liu's sophistry, Guanyin laughed in anger and scolded, "What a clever-tongued monkey!"

However, the you of the past shattered the lover of the past three times in a row, thinking that you would no longer have any attachments, but in your heart you never let go at all, otherwise you would not have become a Buddha and still insisted on escaping Mount Ling.

Taste evokes thought, and excessive affection leads to heartbreak.

No matter where I am, I am forever a prisoner of this treacherous sea of ​​love and sin!

Jiang Liu simply stretched and leaned against the bow of the boat, saying leisurely, "First of all, I want to correct one point: Lady White Bone is not my lover. Back then, I was merely an object of her admiration."

Secondly, although most love in the world can be summarized by the saying "Husbands and wives are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly away separately," does pure love not exist?

There are also those in the world who dare to break through their own limitations for love, who are not seduced by worldly prosperity, and who forge ahead triumphantly.

Love is the number one driving force in the world!

At last.

You, Bodhisattva, have cultivated yourself since childhood, first practicing Taoism and later Buddhism. Although you save people from suffering and can observe the various emotional debts and karmic entanglements in the world, you yourself have never experienced them even once.

How can one transcend the world if one does not engage with it?

Therefore, you are still just a Bodhisattva, and a one-legged one at that, far from being the Tathagata of True Dharma.

Guanyin understood what "One-Kicked Bodhisattva" meant, but she was still somewhat puzzled about the attainment of "Righteous Dharma Illumination Tathagata".

But she didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she pointed to the various demons who had once sworn brotherhood with Sun Wukong and said, "Look, those are all your former friends."

"Back then, I was naive and only made some fair-weather friends," Jiang Liu said.