ATPnovel Chapter 923 Sun Wukong in the Golden Immortal Realm
Chapter 923 Sun Wukong in the Golden Immortal Realm
Although Sun Wukong had been tempered in the human world for a long time, he still kept his mind simple and could not hide anything in his heart. Therefore, his abnormality was quickly noticed by his senior brother who had a good relationship with him!
After learning that Sun Wukong was worried that Patriarch Bodhi would not want to accept him as a disciple, the senior brother burst into laughter. After laughing enough, the senior brother explained the sect's rules to Sun Wukong!
From his senior brother, Sun Wukong learned that their sect had a rule: the Dao should not be lightly passed on, nor should it be withheld! This was to prevent the Dao from being entrusted to the wrong person and tarnishing the sect's reputation.
Generally, those disciples who are destined to be with Bodhi Patriarch will undergo a long period of assessment after entering the sect.
If you pass the test, then everything will be fine, and the patriarch will generously impart the Taoist teachings most suitable for your physique and comprehension!
If you fail to pass, it only means that you are not destined to be with Bodhi Patriarch and can only rely on the breathing techniques taught by the sect to prolong your life!
For example, Sun Wukong stayed at the mountain gate for a full fifty years before he was recognized by Patriarch Bodhi and truly became a disciple, practicing the Taoist methods taught by the Patriarch!
Sun Wukong breathed a sigh of relief after learning that he was not an isolated case, since the image of immortals disliking demons was too deeply ingrained in his mind!
After learning that he was not an isolated case, Sun Wukong resumed his normal life and began to quietly study the classic works of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism!
Of course, those classic works contain profound meanings, and Sun Wukong was a wild monkey without any lineage, so he could only read the so-called scriptures over and over again!
As for asking his fellow disciples for help, Sun Wukong did try, but he learned from them that each person's understanding of the Daoist scriptures was different. If he really asked his fellow disciples for help, it might affect Sun Wukong's understanding of the classic works and lead him astray!
After realizing that not helping him was actually helping him, Sun Wukong could only rely on himself to read and understand the profound meaning of these three classic texts again and again!
And so, Sun Wukong stayed in the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain for a full 108 years before he passed the "test" of Patriarch Bodhi and successfully learned the true Taoist magic!
Because there was still plenty of time in this life, Jieyin and Zhunti did not urge Subhuti to accelerate Sun Wukong's growth. Therefore, the technique that Subhuti passed on to Sun Wukong was not the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique" that could be mastered quickly and form combat power in a short time, but would damage his own potential!
Aside from this difference, the current prehistoric world is not the one that was broken and fragmented into four continents and countless small islands in the original timeline. The current prehistoric world is still prosperous and thriving, and it has even grown somewhat since Pangu successfully created it.
The growth of the primordial world is not only reflected in a more superior cultivation environment, but also in the increased breadth and depth of each realm. To give a simple example, where previously killing two monsters was enough to advance from level one to level two, now it requires killing three!
For this reason, even though Sun Wukong has a lot of the essence of the sun and moon that he has absorbed over the years, his cultivation speed is not very fast!
And so, Sun Wukong cultivated on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain for nearly a Yuanhui (a unit of time in Chinese calendar) before his cultivation level barely reached that of a Golden Immortal!
After such a long period of preparation, although the Western Sect has not yet successfully completed its transformation, Jieyin and Zhunti now have the leisure to deal with Sun Wukong's affairs!
When they saw Sun Wukong, whom Subhuti had trained, Jieyin and Zhunti were very satisfied. After all, given Sun Wukong's current foundation, as long as he doesn't lose his mind or damage his own foundation in the future, it's only a matter of time before he raises his cultivation to the level of Quasi-Saint!
It should be noted that in their Western religion, there are very few talented experts, and the number of quasi-saint level experts is the smallest among all the saintly religions!
It's not that Jieyin and Zhunti are unwilling to teach, but rather that those disciples are truly too useless; even if the Great Dao is clearly placed in front of them, they cannot comprehend it.