Chapter 38: Knowing for the Teacher(1/2)
The sun hangs high in the sky, and the snow in the airport slowly melts. Clear springs flow down the rocks.
In the cabin, the Nine-Headed Worm sat cross-legged, concentrating on healing her injuries.
The body was like a stove and the skin was red.
Drops of sweat slowly slid down from the forehead.
...
"Master-!" the monkey shouted in a long voice: "We are back!"
Xuanye hurried to the gate with a broom in his arms. The moment he saw the monkeys in the distance, the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be hidden.
However, it was only a moment. The next moment, it seemed that I thought of something, and the steps I took off unconsciously, just stood there holding a broom and looking at the monkey from afar.
The monkey, who had already opened his arms in the distance, was suddenly stunned and had to withdraw his hand awkwardly and scratched his face.
Behind him, a group of monsters looked at him with frowns.
However, Bai Shuang ran up first and squatted in front of Xuan Ye.
"Is the temple okay?"
Xuan Ye nodded heavily and looked at Bai Shuang and smiled faintly.
The priest, who was covered in dust behind the door, stretched his neck and glanced at the demons, and was so scared that he quickly shrank back.
The monkey glanced in the direction where the Taoist priest was and said, "What did he do to you, right?"
"No." Xuan Ye shook his head.
"Then you accept him as your disciple?"
"No, I said I only accept you."
Xuan Ye looked up at the monkey, and there seemed to be a bit of complaint in his eyes. However, the monkey just raised his eyebrows and said to him.
"Well, we brought you some rice. Isn't there much rice left in the temple?" As he said that, the monkey turned his head and waved to his fat intestines.
Feichan quickly stepped forward, put down the rice bag carried on her shoulders, and unbuttoned the bag.
The monkey grabbed a handful, let go of the rice grains and let the rice grains fall down, and said with a smile: "Look! I give it to you!"
However, Xuanye did not smile, but just looked at the monkey expressionlessly.
"Don't be a teacher."
"Why?"
"This is someone else's thing. A teacher can support himself, and... he can support his disciples. In a few days, a teacher will send you back what you eat and use others there."
As he said that, Xuanye raised his head high. His tender face had an indescribable stubbornness.
The demons looked at Xuanye, who was only tall at their waists with expressionless faces, and sighed helplessly.
...
The wind blew gently, and grains of snow fell from the treetops and fell to the ground.
Ao Tingxin brought Nuannuan and a group of crab generals to come on the snow. She saw the three-star cave of the slanted moon with the closed door.
One of the crabs stepped forward and gently patted the door.
"Are Master Subhuti here? The Fourth Princess of the East China Sea Ao Tingxin came to ask for a meeting. Can you open the door?"
...
In the main hall, Subhuti, who was writing words, raised his head slightly.
"Master, I'll open the door?" Shaoying, who was standing beside him, asked softly.
After thinking for a while, Subhuti said, "Where is the monkey?"
"I've gone out and said I'm going back to Xuanyin Temple."
"It's time to go back." After hesitating for a moment, Subhuti asked again: "Will you still live back?"
"It should be, he didn't say he wanted to move back."
Subhuti nodded silently and sighed: "He wants to practice Taoism, but it is better to live in the Three Star Cave of the Shallow Moon."
"Can you open the door? The Fourth Princess of the East China Sea Ao Tingxin asks to meet the Patriarch Subhuti!"
Outside the door, the sound of the crab general's scream came again.
Shaoying pointed in the direction of the gate in embarrassment.
Seeing this, Subhuti nodded knowingly and said, "Go and open the door, but tell them that they are sick and it is not convenient to see guests. If they bring gifts, they will go back directly. They will say that they will not receive any reward without merit."
As he said that, he coughed twice, tightened his cotton coat, and lowered his head and started writing.
"Disciple obeys the order."
...
As the monkeys arrived, Xuanye began to prepare tea from the ground.
Winter has not yet passed and the snow has not completely melted yet, so the tea-making place has been directly selected in the main hall.
From beginning to end, Xuan Ye never asked any questions about whether Monkey and others should live in Xuanyin Temple or Xiyue Sanxing Cave. However, this question should be clear to each other.
As for the problem of changing the masters whom I knew very well, I didn’t mention it.
Xuanye didn't ask, and the monkey didn't speak. Both sides were silent. As for Dahong and Heiwei, they had already started to wink each other wildly, for fear that Xuanye would keep him, and even more for fear that the monkey would agree directly.
However, this squeamish thing is just an inner drama.
The entire main hall was so quiet that only the sound of boiling water was left.
Oh, no, there are also the occasional moans of the Taoist priests.
Gradually, everyone's eyes were attracted by the Taoist priests.
Who would have thought that the Taoist priest who showed off his might and forced Bai Shuang to leave his hometown would end like this?
Since the monkey stepped into Xuanyin Temple and his roster, he has been like this, huddling in the corner, with his disheveled face and his hair disheveled. He stretched out his hand to draw with the gaps in the floor tiles, and then looked at the eaves and smiled foolishly. The eyes that occasionally looked at the monkey and the demons were filled with fear, but he was just a little different from Xuanye.
It seems... it's completely crazy. It looks so desolate.
"What do you plan to deal with him in the future?" the monkey suddenly asked.
"Stay here." Xuan Ye replied.
"Save him?" the monkey asked again.
Xuan Ye nodded: "If you drive him away, he will starve to death."
"Then you don't want the rice I brought back? This is a bit more, and you don't work."
Xuan Ye did not answer, but just lowered his head slightly and was silent.
Dahong's eyes on the side suddenly flashed slightly, as if he had seized some opportunity, and quickly said, "It's good that this is the case. The master wants to save all living beings. If the Taoist priest in front of him doesn't pass, how can he save all living beings? Right? But if we come back, relying on these few pieces of land, I'm afraid there will be insufficient food. And the fat intestine is already used to eating and drinking in the Seiyue Sanxing Cave."
At this point, Feichan was shocked and said quickly: "I didn't say anything! I didn't say anything! Don't blame me!"
"Why are you just dependent on you? Didn't you eat a bunch of them one day?"
"I ate a bunch of them, but I didn't say I won't come back!"
"You have to be able to support you when you come back!"
With every word, Fei Chan and Dahong started arguing.
The monkey didn't say anything, but just glanced at Xuanye intermittently. Xuanye didn't speak, just lowered his head slightly.
As the argument arose, Heiwei also joined the battle.
"Just admit that you want to stay in the Three Star Cave of the Shallow Moon!"
"I didn't say why I should admit it!"
"You told me before you came, saying that you don't want to go back to Xuanyin Temple anymore! You said that the rice at Xiyue Sanxing Cave is delicious! Why are you changing your mind now?"
"Yes, yes, don't be afraid. If you say it, the master will understand."
"Actually, it's good to stay in the Three Star Cave of the Shake Moon. After you finish your studies, we will come back to learn to save all living beings from your master. You're right?" As he said that, Niu Tou gently pressed the monkey's back with his elbow.
"I really haven't said it..." You said everything, everyone can make money, and you can't argue with your fat heart. You have to hold your head and slip out the door with a sad face.
The monkey still didn't speak, and Xuanye didn't speak either.
The water was already boiling, but Xuanye seemed to be unable to hear it, sitting blankly without any intention of taking action.
As soon as the fat intestines left, several "actors" could not continue singing the show, so they had to calm down again.
Helplessly, Bai Shuang reached out to make tea.
A cup of hot tea was placed in front of everyone. It seemed that in order to cover up the embarrassment, everyone lowered their heads and sipped the tea. However, Xuanye did not, just stared quietly.
...
"Are you ill in the Patriarch Subhuti?" Ao Tingxin asked with a little hesitation.
"Are you joking?" Nuannuan said, "What kind of cultivation is the Patriarch Subhuti? How can he be sick? Only ordinary people will…"
To be continued...