Journey to the West: From the Primordial Era

Chanjiao, Yuquan Mountain, Jinxia Cave, and the cave residence of Jade Ding Zhenren.

Hundreds of years passed in a flash.

"Master, Senior Brother Yuan Hong wants to see you!" That day, Jade Ding Zhenren's boy Qingyun came in to report.

Yu Ding nodded.

Soon, Yuan Hong followed Qingyun into Jinxia Cave.

"Master, I have memorized all the spells."

Yuan Hong presented the Heavenly Book of Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts with both hands and said, "I have come here to return the Heavenly Book."

"Hmm!" Yu Ding nodded, and with a sweep of the whisk in his hand, a magical power lifted up the heavenly book and placed it in his hand.

After returning the heavenly book, Yuan Hong hesitated and refused to leave.

"Is there anything else?" Yu Ding was still worried about Yang Jian's affairs for a long time. Seeing that Yuan Hong had not left yet, he looked at him puzzledly.

After some ideological struggle, Yuan Hong said, "Master, I have a question for you."

"What's the problem?" Yu Ding asked.

"Master, what is Tao?"

"Tao...what is it?" Yu Ding was stunned.

This question is a bit beyond the scope, I haven't encountered it before, how to answer it? It seems that he needs to think carefully about how to deal with it perfunctorily, no, how to seriously explain it to his apprentice.

Although he doesn't have any real skills, he can't mislead the young people.

"Yes, after I broke through the Heavenly Gate and reached the peak of Taiyi Xuanxian, I should not only accumulate mana but also seek the Dao. However, I do not even know what the Dao is, so I can only come to ask the Master for help."

Yuan Hong had a face full of shame, as if it took a lot of courage to ask this question. Now his realm was only one step away from the Golden Immortal, and a breakthrough was only a matter of time.

"It's okay. This is the only way for everyone to practice."

Yu Ding pondered for a moment and said, "What is Tao? I once had the same doubt as a teacher."

"What happened next?" Yuan Hong asked puzzledly.

"Listen carefully, the following passage may help you find the answer." Jade Ding Zhenren said seriously.

Yuan Hong quickly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

"The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nothingness is the beginning of heaven and earth; existence is the mother of all things."

Yu Ding chanted softly, "So always be without desire, so as to observe its wonders; always have desire, so as to observe its boundaries. These two things come from the same source but have different names, and are both called mysterious. The more mysterious, the more mysterious, and they are the door to all wonders."

After saying that, he looked down at Yuan Hong.

This is the Tao Te Ching, which I memorized from the library of the Chan sect when I started practicing.

This first article was also his reply to Yuan Hong after careful consideration.

It's like a student asking a question to the teacher, and the teacher gives him a reference answer sheet and tells him that the answer he wants is in it.

"Tao, Tao, Tao..."

Yuan Hong frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Yuan Hong's brows suddenly relaxed, and the confusion in his eyes disappeared, and he said clearly: "Master, I understand."

Yu Ding looked at him in surprise. Is this ape so intelligent?

"only……"

Yuan Hong was not in a good mood and asked, "Master, where is this path?"

How would I know where the Tao is? I haven’t even figured out what the Tao is.

Yu Ding glanced at Yuan Hong indifferently and said unhappily: "Disciple, have you forgotten what your master told you before?"

"Of course I dare not forget Master's teachings. I know that Master hopes that I can find my own way." Yuan Hong smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that I really can't figure it out this time. I don't know where the so-called Tao is... Master, I was wrong!"

But before he could finish his words, he saw Yu Ding sighing, and a familiar look of disappointment was about to appear on his face.

"No, you're not wrong."

Yu Ding shook his head and sighed, "It's because your expectations of you are too high. That's all. I'll just give you a little hint and guidance."

Yuan Hong looked conflicted.

He really wanted to say, "I don't need a master anymore, I can figure it out on my own."

However, he honestly chose to keep his mouth shut.

Then Yuan Hong saw Yu Ding pointing upwards, then downwards, and finally at him.

"Disciple, have you realized it now?"

Yu Ding looked at Yuan Hong kindly and asked softly.

If you can’t figure it out, then be good and go down and figure it out slowly!

Yuan Hong frowned again.

Master is pointing at above, below, and himself...what does it mean?

Yuan Hong looked up and then down, his mind wandering as he considered his master's intentions.

Suddenly, Yuan Hong's body shook, and he said with a blazing gaze, "Master, I understand. I understand."

After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed three times.

"What, you realized it again?"

Qingyun, who was standing by, called out before Yuding: "What did you realize?"

He also listened to Yu Ding's words, but he didn't understand anything!

Yu Ding was no less surprised than Qing Yun, but at this moment he still had a calm face: "What did you realize?"

"When Master points to up and down, he means heaven and earth. When he points to me, he means my heart."

Yuan Hong said happily: "Master, what you meant is that the Tao is both between heaven and earth and in my heart. Thank you Master for clearing up my doubts."

After saying this, his entire temperament suddenly changed, with a sense of transcendence.

"The heart is in harmony with the Tao... and you attain the Tao?"

Yu Ding stared at the disciple in front of him in astonishment. Is this even possible?

At this time, it can be said that Yuan Hong has already stepped one foot into the Golden Immortal realm, and he is probably only one step away from becoming a so-called Golden Immortal, that is, overcoming the tribulation.

Yu Ding felt like a lemon was stuffed in his mouth, it was so sour. He practiced for tens of thousands of years before he was able to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and then with the help of Master Qin Hua, he broke through to the Daluo Golden Immortal. Now, Yuan Hong has gone from a celestial immortal to the peak of Taiyi Xuanxian in just a few hundred years!

Yu Ding was extremely envious.

call out!

At this moment, suddenly, a ray of light flew from the sky, penetrated into the Jinxia Cave, and flew towards the Jade Tripod.

"Master, be careful!"

Yuan Hong was shocked and jumped up, grabbing the spiritual light in mid-air.

Unfortunately, he was still a beat too slow, and the jade slip passed by his eyes and flew straight towards the jade tripod.

"Master!" Yuan Hong exclaimed.

Then, he could only watch the spiritual light fly towards his master, and finally... stopped in front of his master?

Yuan Hong looked stunned.

Yes, that spiritual light floated quietly in front of Yu Ding, its brilliance was restrained, and it turned into a jade slip. It’s a long story to tell, but it happened in just a short moment.

"Hmm?" Yu Ding blinked as he looked at the thing that stopped in front of him.

Generally speaking, the higher the level of cultivation, the faster the reaction.

The jade slip came so fast that he couldn't react for a while.

Among the three of them, only Yu Ding, who had the highest cultivation level, reacted. Yuan Hong was also a beat or two slower. It was estimated that Qingyun Tongzi, a Xuanxian, took seven or eight beats.

Qingyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is a sound transmission jade slip, used to pass on messages. Someone should be passing on a message to the master."

Oh, this is the sound transmission jade slip?

Yuan Hong had the same thought in his mind.

I have seen this jade tripod in books before, but this is the first time I have seen it in real life.

Suddenly, Yuan Hong clasped his fists and said nonchalantly, "Well, Master, I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

Yu Ding was surprised and asked, "Don't you have a question to ask?"

Yuan Hong said: "Disciple suddenly feels that there is a clue."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of Jinxia Cave without looking back.

It's so embarrassing!

He didn't even recognize the sound transmission jade slip and made such a big fool of himself in front of his master. I guess that little bastard Qingyun will laugh at him for a long time.

But... Master is Master, his concentration is really high!

Even when the thing was right in front of him, his expression didn't change at all.

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