novelaction Chapter 743: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 3
Chapter 743: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 3
The most famous transformation techniques in Journey to the West are the Thirty-Six Transformations of Marshal Tianpeng, also known as Zhu Bajie, and the Seventy-Two Transformations of Sun Wukong. Among them, the people who have known the Seventy-Two Transformations include Sun Wukong, Erlang Shen Yang Jian, and the Bull Demon King.
It stands to reason that in this situation, it would be more convenient for Ruyi to go to Sun Wukong to learn the Seventy-Two Transformations. But regardless of whether Sun Wukong would agree, even if he really learned it, it would be easy for him to be connected with the Chan Sect. After all, Sun Wukong's Seventy-Two Transformations were passed down to him by Patriarch Bodhi. Once Ruyi uses it, it will have a cause and effect relationship with the Chan Sect. Then when he participates in the Journey to the West to get some of Tang Monk's meat or something, he might have to share some of the merits with the Chan Sect.
As long as Ruyi thought of the three great saints of the Chan sect, who accepted disciples just to take on calamities for themselves, then Nezha, Yang Jian, and even Sun Wukong were all deceived miserably. She no longer had the slightest thought of owing any karma to the Chan sect.
Ruyi still thought it would be better to go find Ruoshui. After all, she had been in contact with Ruoshui for so long that she didn't know how much karma she owed to him. It didn't matter if it was a little more. Although she was not sure that Ruoshui must have the method of practicing the thirty-six transformations, Ruyi felt that with the information that Ruoshui could get from the range of the flow in the heaven, even if there was no such thing, she would definitely know where it was, and perhaps there were other transformation techniques besides the thirty-six transformations and seventy-two transformations.
After Sun Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain, he went to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea and took the Dinghaishenzhen (the magic needle that stabilizes the sea) as a weapon. After returning, the lively and restless Sun Wukong began to fly on the clouds and mist every day, traveling around the world and enjoying himself in the mountains. Gradually, he got tired of the scenery and had enough of playing around the world, so he began to visit the demon kings near Huaguo Mountain, first fighting with them to show his strength, then playing with his magic and making friends.
In this way, he successfully made a name for himself and became sworn brothers with the other six demon kings nearby, including the Bull Demon King, the Dragon Demon King, the Peng Demon King, the Lion King, the Macaque King, the Yu Ape King, and even the Monkey King himself. This group of demon kings gathered together all day long to play, eat, drink and have fun, and the momentum was so great that even the Jade Emperor in the sky could not stand it.
Sun Wukong is now a rookie and is full of vigor and vitality. Ruyi has not thought of persuading him. She just added a protection to the cave where he lived in the Water Curtain Cave before going to find Ruoshui, and reminded the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain that if something happened in Huaguo Mountain one day, they can run to this cave to take shelter.
The atmosphere in the Heavenly Palace is finally no longer chaotic. After the incident of Yang Jian and Yao Ji, the heavenly soldiers and generals resumed their daily patrol and guarding. Now there are many heavenly soldiers and generals standing guard near the Heavenly River. When Ruyi returned to heaven, he met the patrolling Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears. If he had not jumped into the Heavenly River at the first moment, he would have been discovered by Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears with the cover of the Heavenly River.
"Strange, I seemed to see a little fairy I didn't recognize over there just now, how come she disappeared in the blink of an eye, is it because I am dazzled?"
"Hey, Wind Ear, did you hear anything?"
Shunfenger shook his head, stretched out his ears and listened carefully. After making sure that he didn't hear any other sounds, he shook his head and said, "You must have seen it wrong. I didn't hear any other sounds in the heaven."
"Did I really see it wrong?" Qianliyan was still a little doubtful. After looking around several times to make sure that he didn't see anyone else in the Heavenly Palace, he believed that he must have seen it wrong before.
In the Heavenly River, Ruoshui used the water mirror to see the conversation between Qianliyan and Shunfenger clearly. She tilted her head and reminded Ruyi: "During this period, the Heavenly Court has resumed its previous control. You must be careful when you go out next time."
Ruyi nodded seriously, "That's why I came here. Before, the gods in the heaven were busy fighting with Yang Jian and his men and had no time to pay attention to the situation in the heaven, so I was able to get by with this fairy costume."
"It's different now. The Heaven Court is under martial law. I want to know if you, Ruoshui, have any transformation skills that I can learn."
"The art of transformation?" Ruoshui lowered her eyes, thought carefully, and said, "I don't have the art of transformation, but Marshal Tianpeng once practiced thirty-six transformations by the Milky Way. I can use the water mirror to recall the scene at that time. I wonder if this is useful to you?"
Ruyi thought about it. There was no spell book, no oral explanation, but video teaching was not bad. Anyway, it was all self-taught. Although it was difficult to learn this way, it did have the least risk and the least cause and effect. So she nodded, "It worked for me. Thank you, Ruoshui!"
It is indeed difficult to learn a magic by watching others practicing. Ruyi could not learn anything at the beginning. Later, he asked Ruoshui for the footage of other gods in heaven using or practicing the art of transformation. After that, Ruyi began to study it seriously.
After repeatedly watching their movements, formulas and gestures when performing the art of transformation, Ruyi gradually comprehended some rules from it. The Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang include mediating the creation, reversing yin and yang, moving stars and changing constellations, returning the sky to the sun, calling the wind and rain, and shaking the mountains and the earth.
The 72 transformations of Disha include opening the secluded space, driving away spirits, carrying mountains, prohibiting water, borrowing wind, spreading fog, praying for clear weather and praying for rain.
In these two transformation techniques, the technique of changing into another person or other things as desired is only a small function. It is more about the understanding and perception of the world. The simplest understanding is like when the wind blows on the lake, ripples appear on the lake. This is a change of the wind and also a change of the lake. If a person who is not proficient in the technique uses the transformation method, and only remembers to create wind but not ripples, it will be easy for people to recognize the problem.
In the original plot, the reason why Sun Wukong lost to Yang Jian was because he forgot his tail when he transformed into a temple, right?
Therefore, if one wants to learn the art of change, the most important thing is not the formula, but the perception of the dynamic influence of all things in the world. Ruyi slowly calmed down and began to feel the changes in things around him. One day, two days, and three days passed, and Ruyi was immersed in his perception and never woke up.
Until one day, many celestial horses suddenly poured into the Milky Way. Ruyi was awakened by Ruoshui's angry voice, "Oh, what's wrong with these celestial horses? Why did they all run into the Milky Way and pollute my water!" Ruoshui complained and cast a spell to throw the celestial horses that sank into the Milky Way back to the shore.
"Ruoshui, what's going on?" Ruyi looked up. The water of the Milky Way above her was filled with pegasus' hooves. These hooves were paddling around in the water, trying to stop themselves from sinking. The scene was truly chaotic and hilarious.