The wooden sliding door slowly opened to both sides, making Lin Yuan feel even more mysterious.
He stood at the door and glanced at the expressionless man in black, who said: "Please."
"So polite?" Lin Yuan felt uneasy in his heart. The attitude of the man in black was completely different from his previous attitude. He didn't know what was waiting for him inside.
Lin Yuan walked in, and as soon as he stepped into the door with his two feet, the wooden sliding door closed.
He looked around the entire room, which was very long. On the left was a huge wall mural, and on the right was a screen. On the screen was a landscape painting with mountains, gurgling streams, and smoke, as if
wonderland.
At this time, an old voice came from behind the screen.
"Young man, come in."
When Lin Yuan heard the voice, he could basically tell that it was an old man.
He walked towards the screen. The room was very quiet, so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat.
He walked around the screen and walked behind the screen. Behind the screen was a platform with a futon. Sitting cross-legged on the futon was an old man with an immortal spirit and a fluttering white beard. He was already extremely smart and had a beautiful face.
There were no wrinkles on her face, and she was as smooth as ice. She was wearing a white vest and large blue pants.
There was a burner of incense burning in front of the old man. The incense burner was two feet high and one foot wide. There were three index finger-thick incense burning in the burner, and whitened green smoke was rising.
Lin Yuan asked: "Did you come to me?"
The old man closed his eyes and nodded, extending his hand to motion for Lin Yuan to sit down.
Lin Yuan glanced at the old man, and there was a futon in front of him, only half a foot away from him. Lin Yuan saw that he didn't seem to be hostile, so he walked over and sat cross-legged.
Behind Lin Yuan was the incense burner. The aroma wafted out, and a strange aroma mixed with sandalwood hit his face.
Lin Yuan shrugged his nose and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for me?"
The old man smiled and said: "Haha, don't worry, I'll ask you for now, where are you coming from and where are you going?"
Lin Yuan was confused by the question and asked: "Why do you want to ask me this question?"
"Just answer it."
Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "I come from all things, and eventually return to all things." He only remembered this sentence, but he couldn't remember where he heard it.
"What are all things?"
Lin Yuanxin said: "Come here again, it's not over, right? Let's play with you first and see what tricks you do."
"All living things between heaven and earth, living and dead, running and flying, swimming and floating, moving and still, are all living things." Lin Yuan vaguely remembered the meaning of all living things and said based on his own understanding.
The old man brushed his beard and smiled, nodding and saying: "All things are born from Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang are two organs, two organs produce four images, four images produce Bagua, and all living things are stored in Bagua."
"The Book of Changes, you know a little bit about it." Lin Yuan felt very familiar when he heard the words in the Book of Changes.
"Ask again, what is the difference between humans and immortals?"
Lin Yuan kept looking at the old man. From the beginning to the end, he had no eyes. He sat there with his eyes closed and asked questions as steadily as a mountain. He felt a bit like an immortal. Listening to his question, Lin Yuan secretly wondered: "He asked
What’s this for?”
The old man said: "Just answer and don't raise any doubts."
"What's the difference? Humans are on earth, immortals are in heaven. Humans don't have immortality, immortals have immortality. Humans are born, old, sick and die, but immortals can live forever."
The old man shook his head and said slowly: "Fool, immortals are also humans before they become immortals. Since they are all humans, why should we make a distinction!"
"You have said everything, what else can I say?" Lin Yuan was a little impatient, thinking that I am not in the mood to chat with you here now.
The old man asked: "Why are you here?"
Lin Yuan sneered and said: "It's my turn to ask you this. I was forced to come here by your men, not of my own free will."
The old man smiled and said: "You could have escaped halfway, so why did you come here in a hurry?"
"How can I escape? You have so many subordinates, and I am just an ordinary person with no weapons. Am I stupid if I don't escape if I can?"
"You have a demon attached to you and it follows you. You could have asked the demon to save you on the way, but you gave up. Why?"
Lin Yuan was shocked. He had never expected that this old man seemed to know everything. In this way, he could confirm that this old man was not an ordinary person.
"how do you know?"
The old man laughed: "Haha, I naturally know that everything in this world is under my control, why don't you know?"
"Under your control? Are you some kind of god?" Lin Yuan vaguely felt that the temperament he exuded was unparalleled in this world.
The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan saw the old man open his eyes, swallowed, and looked into his eyes.
The old man nodded and said: "The talent is quite good, even if it is not polished, it can be turned into a tool after polishing."
Lin Yuan didn't understand what he was talking about, so he didn't answer.
The old man continued: "The great road is invisible, giving birth to the world; the great road is ruthless, moving the sun and the moon; the great road is nameless, nourishing all things; I don't know its name, so I call it Tao."
Lin Yuan didn't know what he meant and was at a loss.
"Tao generates one, one transforms into two, two generates into three, and three generates into all things."
After Lin Yuan listened to a few words, sleepiness came over him, his brain was confused, and he had no idea where he was. His eyelids trembled, and he fell asleep as soon as the upper and lower eyelids closed.
When Lin Yuan opened his eyes again, he looked up and saw a tall stone platform in front of him, about two meters high. Sitting on the stone platform was an old immortal wearing a white gown and holding a whisk in his hand. His hair was as white as snow and his beard reached to his chest.
There is a bun on the head, with a hairpin crossing it.
Looking up again, there was a horizontal stone sign above the old immortal's head, with three words "Three Stars Cave" engraved on it.
When Lin Yuan saw those three words, several words immediately came to mind.
[Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xianyue Sanxing Cave]
Lin Yuan pointed at the old immortal and exclaimed: "Master Bodhi!"
As soon as he shouted, he realized that he had made a mistake, so he immediately covered his mouth and lowered his head.
"Kid, raise your head," the old immortal said.
When Lin Yuan heard this, he knelt on the ground and raised his head to look at the old immortal.
"Since you recognize me, do you know why you are here?"
Lin Yuan recalled that he was in a building just now, listening to an old man talking about Taoism, fell asleep while listening, and woke up here again.
Lin Yuan really couldn't figure out what was going on in these two places, so he shook his head.
Patriarch Bodhi said: "Between heaven and earth, all living things have their own destiny. Once they come, take care of them. Once you meet them, take them in. Lin Yuan, are you willing to worship me as your teacher?"
Lin Yuan clicked his tongue and exclaimed, astonished: "Master Bodhi, do you want me to worship you as my teacher?"
"Your qualifications are quite good, but although you are dull now, you can make something useful. I have been entrusted by others to accept you as my disciple. Are you willing?"
Lin Yuan thought of Sun Wukong. He also worshiped under the disciple of Patriarch Bodhi and learned the seventy-two transformations and the ability to soar into the clouds and ride in the mist. However, Lin Yuan was not Sun Wukong. He did not have such lofty ambitions as Sun Wukong, nor did he want to become the Monkey King.
What is the use of learning immortality?
He has always been taught that life is not about length, but width.
It was not his long-cherished wish to become an immortal and live forever. As long as he was worthy of himself, his family, and the human being he was born with, that was enough.
Lin Yuan kowtowed to Patriarch Bodhi and said: "Master Bodhi, I have never thought about cultivating Taoism and becoming an immortal. If I can worship you as my teacher, it will be a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes. I am afraid that I will never be able to cultivate this immortal fate."
You will never be able to cultivate it in your lifetime."
Lin Yuan kowtowed again and said, "This bow is to thank Patriarch Bodhi for looking up to me."
After saying that, Lin Yuan kowtowed again and said: "This time I bow, I would like to ask Patriarch Bodhi who asked you to accept me as your disciple. I want to know."
Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and said: "The time has not come yet, and the secret of heaven cannot be revealed."
"In this case, no matter who asks you to accept me as your disciple, I am just an ordinary person. If I refuse you, it will be disrespectful to you. If Patriarch Bodhi does not give up, I, Lin Yuan, am willing to worship Patriarch Puti as my teacher. Master again
Come on, let me bow to you again."
While kowtowing, he thought to himself: "MD, I have become that monkey's junior brother. Next time I borrow something from him, I think he will still dare to push back."
After kowtowing, Patriarch Bodhi said: "Lin Yuan, please get up."
Lin Yuan stood up, and Patriarch Bodhi said: "I already know what you want in your heart. If you don't want to seek immortality, that's fine. But since you worship me as your teacher, I will definitely teach you some skills.
Tell my teacher, what do you want to learn?"
Lin Yuan thought for a while and said: "Master, I think you also know that I am now working for the Heavenly Court. I am different from the monkey. I get along well with the Heavenly Court, so Master, you don't have to worry about me causing trouble outside.
I expelled my master. My disciple doesn’t want to learn those magic arts or Taoism. It will take me a few years, but my disciple doesn’t have the patience. So I want to ask the master, do you have anything that can increase the limit of human body’s ability? I can