The Monkey King

The next morning, before dawn, Xuanzang had already gotten up and washed himself.

The monkey leaned against the door with a golden cudgel in his arms. He looked at Xuanzang who had just washed his face and was wiping his hands and asked leisurely: "Are we about to set off? Don't you want to stay with that old monk Duhua Duhua for two more days?"

"The Great Sage thinks that the poor monk should transform into Master Jinchi before leaving?"

"Isn't that right?" The monkey tilted his head and said, "Isn't the reason why you have to walk step by step to Daleiyin Temple to prove the Tao? Your Tao is 'Pudu'. In this case, the person who needs to cross is there. We are here, why don’t we cross? If we just leave like this, what’s the point of this trip?”

Gazing at the slightly rippling clear water, Xuanzang smiled lightly and said, "The Buddhas in the West must have thought the same way, which is why the poor monk met Master Jinchi here."

"What's the meaning?"

"Does the Great Sage know what the first problem that a poor monk encounters when he follows the path of universal salvation?"

"What is it?"

"Then the first question is, what should I do if I still can't get through despite my best efforts?"

"This..." Monkey suddenly laughed and said with a frown: "That's true. What if you can't get through despite trying your best? What are you going to do?"

Xuanzang lowered his head slightly and sighed softly: "Xuanzang has already said what needs to be said. If we can't cross, it means the fate has not arrived. In this case, there is no need to blame yourself, just set off on the road. If we are destined, we will see you again." If we are really trapped here, how can we carry out the method of universal salvation?"

Holding the washbasin, Xuanzang slowly passed by the monkey and walked towards the courtyard.

As soon as he saw Xuanzang coming out of the room. The black bear spirit hurried over and snatched the washbasin from Xuanzang's hand, muttering: "It's better to let the younger one do this kind of thing, just let the younger one do it."

Holding up empty hands. Xuanzang silently stared at the back of the black bear spirit.

The monkey slowly turned his face and said with a smile: "You are quite perceptive."

"It's a long road to cross all sentient beings. If even the poor monk can't see through it, how can we cross it?" Xuanzang sighed and said, "Nothing is perfect. Every living being in the world has its own destiny." , everything cannot be left to us to do whatever we want. Perfect. It can only be our own mind. Becoming a Buddha is to cultivate our own mind perfectly and isolate all the dust in the world, so as to achieve bliss. Purdue, the same It’s about cultivating your own mind to perfection. The difference is that you have to use a perfect mind to integrate into this imperfect world. It won’t become incomplete because it is contaminated by cause and effect. This is the most difficult thing.”

Slowly turning his face, Xuanzang asked softly: "Can the Great Sage understand what Xuanzang said?"

After a while, the monkey regained his composure, scratched his head and said, "I can probably...understand it, but I don't understand it very well."

"Simply put, it is to stick to your original intention, change what can be changed in this world, and then accept what cannot be changed. Join the world instead of avoiding it, and try your best to change instead of blindly destroying and denying. However, the premise is to stick to the original intention. Heart. The most difficult thing among them is the four words 'Stick to the original heart'. If you can't do it, then everything will be in vain." Raising his head, Xuanzang sighed lightly, stared at the black bear spirit in the distance, and then said : "The black-haired benefactor is suffering in his heart. If there is a chance, the Great Sage should enlighten him."

"Shall I go and enlighten you?" Monkey waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't you want to cross all sentient beings? You can cross him as well. There is no rush, he will follow anyway, and he will cross when fate comes."

At this time, the black bear spirit had poured out the water in the basin and came back happily carrying the empty basin.

Xuanzang took a step forward, clasped his hands together and said, "Here comes the donor."

Seeing this, the black bear spirit was so frightened that he ran over quickly and reached out to help him: "Master, this is absolutely impossible. This is what children should do."

As he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at the monkey.

Xuanzang looked at the monkey, who was slightly startled, and had to turn to the black bear spirit and said: "I already said you are a 'friend', don't act like a servant, do you understand?"

The black bear spirit nodded quickly and bowed: "The great sage teaches you this, the great sage teaches you this."

"If you know it, you have to change it."

"It must be changed, it must be changed."

He said that he wanted to change, but the black bear spirit looked at the monkey and Xuanzang with the same awe. How could he look like a "friend"?

Under such circumstances, Xuanzang had no choice but to sigh, saluted the black bear spirit again, turned around and walked into the house, leaving only the monkey and the black bear spirit standing in the yard.

The black bear spirit looked at the monkey carefully.

"Don't hold back." Turning his back, Monkey said coldly: "Just go ahead and do what you have to do."

"Yes, Great Sage, I obey."

After saying that, the black bear spirit quickly turned around and left.

After the black bear spirit left, the monkey murmured to himself: "Stick to your heart, change what can be changed, and accept what cannot be changed... How do you listen to these words... Are the last two sentences specially meant for me? Hey...this Xuanzang..."

Turning around, he walked unsteadily to the side.

…

Jinchi hurriedly opened the door of the Zen room and rushed in. He pointed to the door and panted to Manjusri: "Honorable Sir, it's not good, Xuanzang is leaving."

"Going to leave?" Manjusri, who was meditating with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes and said, "Why...does he want to leave all of a sudden?"

"The poor monk also doesn't know that the disciples of the poor monk tried every means to persuade Xuanzang to stay in the name of inviting Xuanzang to lecture on scriptures, but he just refused. Venerable Sir, what should I do now?"

Manjusri thought for a while and said softly: "You go and try to keep him. Try your best to find a way to make him stay. Just say that you are confused and ask him to explain it."

"Poor monk...poor monk, go now." Rolling up his cassock, Jinchi hesitated for a moment, then turned around and rushed out of the Zen room.

…

At the entrance of the monastery, the black bear spirit has already boldly carried his luggage on his shoulders. The little white dragon is holding the horse, and the monkey is watching quietly.

Xuanzang was saying goodbye to the monks.

"Master Xuanzang, stay! Master Xuanzang, stay!" Jinchi's voice came from far away.

Everyone turned around. Seeing Jin Chi running with his cassock rolled up, he was out of breath.

After finally running in front of Xuanzang, Jinchi held his knees and panted and said: "Master Xuanzang... please stay. The poor monk still has unanswered questions. I would like to ask the master to stay a little longer and help... help the poor monk to solve the puzzles." Confused."

For a while. The monks looked at each other in shock.

"this……"

Xuanzang turned his head and looked at the monkey, and the monkey turned his face and looked to the other side.

Looking at it, his gaze went directly to Manjusri through the courtyard wall.

"What do you mean by asking this old monk to keep someone?" A voice sounded in Manjusri's mind.

"Does the Great Sage know that the poor monk is here?"

"I knew you were here, but I just didn't bother to deal with you, lest I accidentally kill you."

"The Great Sage is joking."

Xuanzang on the side hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Since Master Jinchi said so, then... Xuanzang will stay for two more days."

"Are you really planning to stay?" Monkey was suddenly stunned.

Na Jinchi glanced at the monkey in panic. He quickly took Xuanzang's hand and said: "Master Xuanzang, please come here. The poor monk will discuss Buddhism with you in detail today. Come here! Help Master Xuanzang pack the luggage and tie the horse!"

After that, he took Xuanzang and walked towards the Zen monastery. The monks also came up to him with a slight panic and waved others to go in, but no one dared to approach the black bear spirit.

In comparison, although the monkey is also a monster. But after all, it is still humanoid, and only about the size of an ordinary person. But not the black bear spirit. With a body as big as a hill, he had to bend down even when he walked through the gate. Coupled with that face, it was truly terrifying.

The group struggled for a long time, but finally failed.

Xuanzang was immediately taken to the side hall by Jinchi, and he was forced to lecture him. The monkey was worried and followed him.

As for the little white dragon and the black bear spirit, they went straight back to the courtyard where they originally lived.

Halfway through, Xiao Bailong was suddenly startled. His eyes flickered and he looked away.

After finding a place where no one was, Xiao Bailong took out the jade slip from his waist. As soon as it was put to his lips, a woman's voice came from the other end of the jade slip.

"I told you to leave and you really never came back? What do you mean?"

"I...I have something going on here."

"Then are you coming back now or not?"

"This..." Xiao Bailong swallowed dryly and said cautiously: "I can't leave right now."

"Can't leave?"

"Yes, I really can't leave."

Hearing this, a scream came from the other end of the jade slip: "If you don't come back, then you will never come back again—!"

Xiao Bailong was so frightened that the jade slip fell to the ground. He quickly picked it up and shouted: "I am with the Great Sage. I am with the Great Sage!"

Suddenly, there was no sound from the other end of the jade slip. After a while, intermittent voices came again: "Great... Great Sage? You said you are with the Great Sage?"

Xiao Bailong breathed a sigh of relief and said leisurely: "Yes, you heard it right, the Great Sage, the Monkey King, the Monkey King. The Great Sage was suppressed by Buddhism at the foot of the mountain before. Now he has come out. I am with him." , just walk away and he will tear me apart, then prepare to be a widow."

"Where exactly are you now?"

"Guanyin Temple, even if I tell you, you don't know. Anyway, it's just a temple with a mountain next to it called Black Wind Mountain."

"Black Wind Mountain? There is a black bear spirit there, right?"

"Hey, you know all this? Um...wait a minute." Xiao Bailong was stunned for a moment and asked with a hint of confusion: "Why did your voice change?"

…

In a lonely cabin thousands of miles away, a fox demon slowly put the jade slip into Bai Su's hand and chuckled: "Thank you so much, Sister Su. I didn't expect that I got the Great Sage so quickly." 's whereabouts."

"Do you really believe that he is with the Great Sage?"

"Not long ago, my father had already said that the Great Sage might have returned. Now it seems that it is true. Ying'er has something important to do, so I'll take my leave."

After saying that, the fox demon bowed his hands and bowed, turned around and walked out of the door quickly, flying into the air, leaving Bai Su still sitting quietly, staring at the jade slip in his hand in a daze.

"The Great Sage...how could he get involved with the Great Sage?" (To be continued ~^~)

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