Chapter 321 Hard Work Pays Off

But upon closer inspection, I found that this woodcutter was dressed in an unusual way.

The bamboo hat worn on the head is made of the shells of newly grown bamboo shoots.

The cloth he wears is made of yarn twisted from wooden cotton.

The sash tied around the waist is woven from silk cords spun out by old silkworms.

The straw sandals worn on the feet are made of withered grass.

He holds a steel ax in his hand and holds a hemp rope.

It is far different from the ordinary woodcutter's dress.

After seeing him, the monkey immediately ran to him and shouted to him: "Old god, can I become your teacher?"

"I don't dare to take it. I don't dare to take it. How can a poor and impoverished stupid man like me be called a god?"

Hearing the monkey's words, the woodcutter quickly dropped the ax in his hand like the monkey proving that he was just an ordinary woodcutter.

"You are not a god. How can you sing like a god and understand things?"

The monkey didn't believe it and asked again and again.

"What a god knows."

The woodcutter didn't understand what the monkey meant.

"As soon as I ran to the stone monkey on the side, I heard you say, when we meet, we are either immortals or Taoists. Sit quietly and talk about Huang Ting. Huang Ting is the moral mantra. Isn't this what the gods say?"

The monkey continued to ask.

"To be honest, this was taught to me by an old god who is very close to my home. He saw that I often seemed very troubled because of my hard work at home, so he gave this to me so that I could be free from worries. Shihou read it, firstly to relax, and secondly to relieve difficulties. I had something to think about just now, so I read it, but I didn’t expect that you would hear it. "

When the woodcutter saw that Shi Hou was asking so urgently, he had no choice but to tell him all the details of the future.

"Why don't you follow the teacher to practice when your home is so close? You can also learn the magic of immortality."

Monkey asked curiously.

"I have an eighty-year-old mother at home, and I have no brothers or sisters. If I just leave and follow the immortals to practice, it will definitely violate my filial piety. Moreover, our mother and son have only depended on each other until now. I should take care of her stone. Monkey, how could I abandon her?"

The woodcutter told the reason why he did not practice Buddhism.

"Okay, I still need to chop firewood. Don't ask me anything. If you go a few miles further, you will find Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. There is a cave on the mountain called Xianyue Sanxing Cave. There are people living in the cave. The immortal I told you is called Patriarch Bodhi."

"There are countless people who have learned from the old immortal, and there are still twenty or thirty people who follow him."

Afraid that the monkey would delay him from cutting wood, he told him where the old immortal lived and urged him to leave quickly.

"Thanks for letting me know, I'll leave now."

The monkey thanked the woodcutter and left with the linnet.

"Did you hear that, Cardinal?"

"We are very close to the old fairy's home."

The monkey said excitedly to the cardinal.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly."

Cardinal quickly urged him to hurry up.

However, not long after they left here, the woodcutter who was chopping wood changed. His clothes and her appearance were far different from before.

Now he is full of nobility, but he doesn't like fireworks. He is obviously an immortal.

"Is this guy the one the master is waiting for? Master actually sent me to show him the way."

Looking at the monkey's retreating back, he said to himself.

The monkey followed the path mentioned by the woodcutter, which was about seven or eight miles away. After climbing a hillside, he saw a cave.

The smoke and clouds in this cave are scattered, the sun and the moon are shining, there are thousands of old cypresses, and thousands of knots are repaired.

But the cave door was closed and quiet, with no trace of people around. The monkey looked around and found another stone tablet.

This stone tablet is about three feet high and eight feet wide. On it are written ten characters: Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xianyue Sanxing Cave.

"Red Bird, after all the hard work, we finally found the immortal's residence."

The monkey shouted excitedly wearing the cardinal.

"Don't worry about this, go knock on the door and find the immortal to become your disciple."

Cardinal urged him that it was important to become a disciple.

But after hearing what the Cardinal said, the monkey was timid and did not dare to step forward, as if he was hesitating whether to knock on the door.

At this moment, the fairy's door opened with a creak, and a fairy boy walked out of it. He was majestic, with a strange appearance, and was different from ordinary people.

"Who are you? Why are you disturbing the peace at the entrance of Immortal Cave?"

Fairchild began to question the monkey.

"I am a disciple of Xue Xian. I disturbed the tranquility here because I was temporarily happy. Please forgive me."

Monkey said quickly.

"It seems that the person my master asked me to come out to pick up is you."

"Just now, in the middle of his lecture at the lighthouse, he told me that there was a man outside the door who came to seek immortality and seek enlightenment, so he asked me to come out to meet him."

Fairy Boy looked at the monkey and said with some uncertainty.

"It's me, it's me!"

The monkey said happily.

Then the fairy boy took him into the fairy's cave.

Inside this cave, there are deep pavilions, beautiful towers, pearl palaces and shells, countless quiet rooms and secluded residences, all the way to the Yaotai.

At this time, Patriarch Bodhi was sitting on the stage giving a sermon. After seeing Patriarch Bodhi, the monkey quickly knelt down and kowtowed to him.

"Where are you from, and what is your last name?"

Patriarch Bodhi raised his eyes and asked.

"I come from Dongsheng China, and I come from Huaguo Mountain. I have no parents, so they all call me Stone Monkey."

The monkey told his origin.

"You were not born to your parents, so what were you born from?"

Patriarch Bodhi asked curiously.

"There is a fairy stone on Huaguo Mountain. After the fairy stone broke into pieces, I jumped out of it."

The monkey answered truthfully.

"According to what you said, you were born from heaven and earth. Come forward and let me see."

Patriarch Bodhi probably had some idea in his mind.

After the monkey did as he was told, Master Bodhi waved him to sit down.

"Looking at the appearance of this root bone, it is indeed the Lingming Stone Monkey, one of the four monkeys in the world."

"He's the guy I'm waiting for."

Patriarch Stone Monkey Bodhi was a little happy after confirming his guess.

"Since you don't have a first and last name, I'll pick one for you."

"Looking at you, you look like a hozen. Take it from one of these. The word "猢" means "animal". It means Gu Yue. Ancient means Lao Ye. Yue means Yin. Lao Yin cannot transform and educate. Let me teach you. It would be nice to have a surname of '狲', but since you have become my disciple and asked Dao Wenxian to get rid of this beastly nature, let's call you Sun."

Patriarch Bodhi thought for a while and decided on his surname.

"You are the tenth generation to join my sect, and the tenth generation is the Wuzi generation. I will give you the Dharma name Sun Wukong."

Patriarch Bodhi then determined the Dharma name for the monkey.

"Thank you, Master, for the name."

After hearing that Patriarch Bodhi gave him a name, Sun Wukong quickly knelt down and thanked Patriarch Bodhi.

"I must learn the art of immortality and pass it on to the monkeys and cardinals in the tribe."

Sun Wukong secretly made up his mind.

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