Gou Zai Xi You Dao Chang Sheng

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The sable and the jade rat had also finished getting ready.

The sable had a small cloth bag hanging around its neck.

Inside are the star-patterned stones, moon dew, and other spiritual items it has accumulated.

The jade rat carried a bundle that was larger than its own body, bulging and puffy.

I don't know how many pine nuts, spirit fruits, and shiny stones were stuffed inside.

Li Yan smiled and sorted the spiritual herbs, alchemy furnaces, and array materials in the courtyard, storing them in his storage bag.

Then, he carefully moved the Earth Spirit Seed, which had grown to about ten feet tall, out, placed it in a spirit jade basin, and put it into the spirit plant bag.

One last look at this little courtyard.

The old plum tree stands still, while the spirit pool ripples gently.

"Let's go."

He turned around, and the gray sable leaped onto his shoulder, while the jade rat clung to his clothes and crawled into his arms.

Under the waning moon and starlight, we walked toward the mountain gate.

Before the Three Star Cave, it was not yet the hour of Yin (3-5 AM).

Sun Wukong was already waiting there.

The monkey was dressed neatly today, his outfit was clean and his hair was combed.

He was holding something covered with a cloth in his hands. When he saw Li Yan arrive, he grinned and said:

"Senior brother, what do you think of my gift? Is it acceptable?"

Lifting the lid revealed a wooden carving.

The carving depicts the image of Bodhi Patriarch preaching.

The patriarch sat on a futon, holding a whisk, his face gentle and his eyes filled with starlight.

Below, two small figures are carved: a monkey scratching its ear and a young man listening attentively. They are Sun Wukong and Li Yan.

The wood carving is only about a foot tall, but the carving is simple and unadorned, yet full of charm.

In particular, the compassion and wisdom in the patriarch's eyes and brows bear a striking resemblance.

What's even more remarkable is that the wood used for the carving is a branch from the thousand-year-old Enlightenment Tea Tree on the back mountain.

At this moment, it subtly exudes an aura of tranquility and peace.

Li Yan praised, "Junior brother, you've put in a lot of effort."

Sun Wukong scratched his head: "I'm clumsy, I carved seven or eight, and this one is barely acceptable."

He placed the wood carving on the stone steps in front of the Three Star Cave, next to Li Yan's painting.

The scroll painting exudes a Taoist charm, while the wood carving embodies profound meaning.

The two gifts, one bearing the weight of time and the other inscribed with the scene of teaching, are not expensive, but full of heartfelt sentiment.

The two stood side by side in front of the cave, facing the tightly closed cave door. They straightened their clothes and solemnly knelt down, kowtowing nine times.

I am grateful for your guidance in spreading the teachings.

Thank you both for your kindness in resolving my doubts.

I express my deepest gratitude for your support.

I am deeply grateful for our shared alma mater.

I thank you for your guidance five times.

Six thanks for your tolerance.

Seven times I thanked them for their forbearance in parting.

I thank you for your blessings on the road ahead.

Thank you nine times... We'll meet again someday.

After bowing nine times, the two stood up.

The cave entrance remained tightly shut, and all was silent inside.

But Li Yan's heart stirred slightly, and he vaguely sensed that the warm and vast aura inside the cave seemed to fluctuate for a moment.

Like a gentle breeze across a deep pool, creating a ripple that quickly returns to calm.

Sun Wukong's eyes were slightly red, but he forced a smile and said:

"Senior brother, let's go! If we don't leave now, it'll be dawn!"

Li Yan nodded.

The two turned and headed towards the mountain gate.

Behind them, the Samsung Cave remained silent.

On the stone steps in front of the cave, scrolls and wood carvings are quietly displayed.

A ray of dawn pierced through the clouds and fell upon them.

The mountain scenery in the painting shimmered with a faint light, making the features of the master woodcarver even more vivid.

There was no gate at the mountain gate.

Only two ancient pine trees, each over a thousand years old, stand facing each other, with a narrow path winding its way into the sea of ​​clouds between them.

At this moment, at the third quarter of the Yin hour, the eastern sky is just beginning to lighten, precisely the time of the transition between Yin and Yang.

Between the two ancient pine trees, the mist surged and gradually revealed a gap.

The gap is narrow and long, allowing only one person to pass through at a time.

The interplay of light and shadow within suggests the ever-changing phenomena of the mortal world, or the boundless and profound emptiness of space.

It is precisely the narrow gap that the patriarch spoke of.

Li Yan stood silently for a moment.

The gray sable on his shoulder nuzzled his cheek.

The jade mouse in her arms poked its head out, its little eyes curiously gazing at the crack.

Li Yan looked back one last time.

The seventy-two peaks appear and disappear, their spiritual energy flowing as always.

The direction of Sanxingdong was shrouded in clouds and mist, making it difficult to see clearly.

Suddenly, he felt something in his heart, his eyes opened wide, and with the aid of the mirror of his mind, he carefully observed the feng shui of this small mountain.

Previously, being involved in the situation, I was unaware of anything unusual.

At this moment of parting, I leaped out of the mountains.

Upon further examination using the principles of geomancy found in the middle volume of the "Zhou Tian Xing Tu Xuan Shu Jing," a sense of unease arises.

While the mountains are indeed beautiful and the land is indeed prosperous, the overall layout subtly reveals a sense of returning to one's roots.

Seventy-two peaks surround the cave, like stars surrounding the moon, protecting the Three Star Cave.

However, this protective formation does not radiate outwards to nourish all things.

Instead, it draws inward, gathering spiritual energy.

The thirty-six streams eventually converge into a crevice in the back mountain.

The crack was dark and bottomless; Li Yan had once explored it with his divine sense and found it to be unfathomably deep.

Moreover, a faint, cold, and deathly aura seeped out. At the time, I only thought it was due to the peculiar nature of the earth's fiendish water veins, but now that I think about it...

More importantly, the main peak where the Samsung Cave is located has a unique mountain shape. It resembles a mound.

A chill began to creep into Li Yan's heart.

He recalled the prophecy in the book of fate, which said that he would disappear into the mountains and be reduced to ashes.

Then I thought of the desolation of the mountains, where all my fellow disciples had left and no one was left.

An amazing idea popped into my head.

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave...

Is it perhaps a tomb?

The Lingtai refers to the mind.

The square inch refers to the heart orifice.

The crescent moon and three stars still form the character for "heart".

The Tomb of the Heart?

Whose tomb is it?

Li Yan dared not think too deeply about it.

Beside him, the monkey saw that Li Yan had stopped and was looking serious.

He waved his hand in front of his eyes, his golden eyes blinking slightly:

"Senior brother? What are you daydreaming about? Are you reluctant to leave?"

"Let's go, let's go! If we delay any longer until dawn, that tiny gap the patriarch spoke of might close!"

"Junior brother, your cultivation has now reached the half-step Golden Immortal level, and your vision far surpasses mine."

As we prepare to depart, observing the geological formations and the subtle energy of the clouds at Fangcun Mountain, what unique features can we discern?

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong's golden eyes suddenly lit up, and two beams of divine light swept across the surroundings.

In an instant.

The mountains and waterways within a radius of hundreds of miles, the flow of spiritual energy, and the hidden laws of heaven and earth are all clearly visible.

The seventy-two peaks are as spirited as dragons coiled and tigers crouching, while the thirty-six streams are like jade belts encircling them.

The gentle, ethereal aura emanating from the main peak where the Three Star Cave is located truly reflects the supreme aura of the patriarch.

However, after looking around, the monkey scratched the fine hairs on its cheeks, a look of confusion on its face:

"What's unusual about it? The spiritual energy seems more concentrated than it was seven years ago, and the ley lines... well, they're calmer."

Nothing else...is anything special?

It is a wonderful blessed land, and the master's temple is naturally magnificent.

"Senior brother, what did you notice?"

Li Yan paused slightly.

With his cultivation at the half-step Golden Immortal level, Sun Wukong's perception of the laws of heaven and earth was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If there were truly a malevolent and deathly aura resembling a tomb, he couldn't have been completely unaware of it.

Am I just overthinking things?

Although the geomancy chapter of the "Zhou Tian Xing Tu Xuan Shu Jing" is exquisite, I am still a beginner and may have misinterpreted it.

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave, the supreme place of Bodhi Patriarch, how could it be a tomb?

Perhaps this place is a manifestation of the mind, created by the patriarch's supreme power to refine his mind into a realm and transform thoughts into mountains.

Because one's own understanding is not yet advanced, one misjudged its meaning of returning to concealment and gathering.

Thinking of this, Li Yan suppressed the chill and smiled at Sun Wukong:

"Perhaps this is my first time using geomancy to observe mountains, and my cultivation is shallow, so my views are inevitably biased."

Since my junior brother felt nothing, then I must have misunderstood.

Let's go, lest we be late.

Sun Wukong grinned: "That's more like it!"

Come on, come back to Flower Fruit Mountain with me, and I'll treat you to big, sweet peaches!

The two turned around, about to step side by side into the narrow crevice where the mist was churning.

Just then.

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a resounding tremor, reaching straight to the soul, came from the tightly closed stone door of the Three Star Cave behind them.

A mysterious, hazy stream of light emerged from the crack in the stone gate.

Its shape is ancient and simple, its texture is chaotic, and it seems to have tortoise shell patterns.