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The homeowner was surprised.

Gu Ming smiled: "I met Elder Tang in Chang'an before, and I heard him talk about scriptures."

"So that's how it is..."

Tang Seng asked suspiciously: "I didn't expect to meet Mr. Gu here. I don't know where Mr. Gu is going on this trip?"

"Aimless, traveling all the way, wherever you go."

Sun Wukong took the opportunity and said: "Since that's the case, why not walk with us, so that everyone can be taken care of."

"Well, that's fine!"

Soon after, the homeowner prepared some meals for Gu Ming and others.

After eating, they chatted with each other for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

When everyone was quiet, Sun Wukong saw that his master was already sound asleep, so he tiptoed out of the room, and then disappeared with a "whoosh".

The next day, the homeowner enthusiastically equipped the white dragon horse with a set of saddles, and prepared some food for Tang Seng, who asked the group to eat on the road.

Tang Seng bowed to thank him, walked a few steps, and when he turned around, he found that there was nothing behind him...

Only then did Tang Seng understand that the owner of the house was not an ordinary person at all, and most of them were gods who secretly helped him.

At noon, the group found a leeward place to rest.

Sun Wukong watched his master close his eyes and meditate, then quietly came to Gu Ming's side, and pulled out a few flat peaches the size of a sea bowl like a magic trick...

"Shangxian, this is a 9000-year-old flat peach..."

"Eh?" Gu Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Great Sage, where...where did this come from?"

"Hehe, Lao Sun quietly went to the Heavenly Palace last night and picked a few in the Peach Garden..."

Bai Suzhen: "..."

This monkey is really restless.

Gu Ming glanced at Tang Seng subconsciously, and then asked in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

"Don't worry, my old grandson is familiar with the road... Cough, I only picked a few, and those who guard the garden will not find out. Even if they find out, it is impossible to go to war for a few flat peaches.

You are kind to Lao Sun, these flat peaches are considered a little kindness from Lao Sun. "

"But this..."

"It's okay, take it."

That being the case, Gu Ming no longer refused, accepted the flat peach with a smile, and said: "Then thank you, Great Sage."

"Why are we so polite... By the way..."

Speaking of this, Monkey King quietly took out the golden hoop: "You are right, my master urged me to wear it several times, but I didn't wear it. Tell me, do you want to throw it away?"

"You don't need to throw it away, just don't wear it, and your master can't force you to wear it."

"But... what if Empress Guanyin insists on letting me wear it?"

"No, although she came up with the idea, it was through Tang Seng's hands. As long as you insist on not wearing it, they can't help it. Once you put this thing on, it's very difficult to take it off."

Sun Wukong sighed and said, "It's thanks to you reminding me, otherwise my old grandson would be fooled again."

"Actually, as long as you don't make principled mistakes, they can't do anything to you."

After talking for a while, Gu Ming couldn't stand the temptation of the flat peach, so he took out one and handed it to Bai Suzhen: "Suzhen, you eat one too."

"No, no, this... this is too precious..."

Naturally, Bai Suzhen also knew how precious the 9000-year-old flat peach was, so she repeatedly waved her hands and refused.

"Take it!"

Gu Ming couldn't help but take her hand and stuff it.

"I still have five here, and Xiaoqian and the others also have them."

"Okay, thank you son, thank you Great Sage."

"You're welcome!"

Sun Wukong knew that Bai Suzhen was a woman, but Tang Seng didn't. After all, the naked eye could not tell that Bai Suzhen was a woman disguised as a man.

This flat peach looks quite big, but it is like a liquid when it enters the mouth. It melts in the mouth. A flat peach the size of a sea bowl is quickly swallowed by Gu Ming.

A warm stream of heat flowed down his throat, and he suddenly felt refreshed, as if his whole body was full of strength, and at the same time became extremely light, as if a single thought could fly into the air...

9000-year-old flat peaches are not something ordinary gods can enjoy, at least they must be Taiyi Jinxian or above to be lucky.

Of course, it is not just good luck, it is also very helpful for cultivation, and at the same time, life expectancy will also be greatly increased.

"When there is a chance, Lao Sun will go to Lao Jun to steal some elixir..."

Sun Wukong laughed.

It was almost time to rest, and the group just got up and continued on their way.

Even with an ox fork mount like the white dragon horse, the journey is still quite slow, and you can only walk forty or fifty miles a day.

After all, everything has to be accommodated to Tang Seng.

After a while, he was thirsty.

After a while, he was tired.

After a while, he was hungry.

After a while, he was sleepy.

After all, it is just an ordinary person's physique, and it is the first time to walk such a long way.Even when riding a horse, I still suffer from back pain and leg cramps.

However, it doesn't matter to Gu Ming, just take it slow, anyway, he is not in a hurry.

After all, now is the time for Nie Xiaoqian, Yu'er and others to practice in seclusion.

For ordinary people, more than ten years may be a long time, but at Gu Ming's level, what is more than ten years?

If it were someone else who had reached his level, it might take a hundred years to retreat sometimes.

Besides, he can go back at any time... Of course, the premise is that there are enough points.

But it's not too difficult at all. The world of Journey to the West is full of monsters and goblins, so you don't have to worry about earning points. At worst, you just go for a walk around to earn points.

On this day, the group encountered another group of robbers blocking the road.

Gu Ming and Bai Suzhen didn't do anything, Sun Wukong stepped forward and killed one, wounded three, and scared away the rest...

For this reason, Tang Seng became angry again and kept scolding Sun Wukong, saying that his six sense organs were not clean, he was prone to commit anger, and even violated the precept of killing.

With his previous temper, Sun Wukong would definitely contradict him again.

However, after communicating with Gu Ming several times, I also learned to maintain a normal heart, you say what you say, I will listen.

As for whether you can listen to it or not...that's another matter.

However, Gu Ming couldn't stand it... To be precise, he was about to start brainwashing Tang Seng slowly.

So he walked up and said with a smile: "Elder, when you scolded Wukong, why didn't you violate the precept of anger?"

"Uh……"

Tang Seng has always been good at eloquence, but Gu Ming didn't know how to answer one sentence.

That's right, he was indeed very angry when he saw Sun Wukong attacking and hurting someone again, and he even yelled at him loudly. Isn't this a violation of anger?

"Amitabha, ashamed, ashamed..."

Tang Seng was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but take a long breath, trying to make himself calm.

"Actually, I have long wanted to communicate with the elders. Taking today's events as an example, Buddhism pays attention to the word cause and effect.

Then the elders, if they are people of duty and did not appear here to rob, that is to say, they do not have this evil cause, how can they taste the evil result now? "

"Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful, even if they have such evil deeds, my Buddhist disciples should teach them..."

"Elder, enlightenment also has to be divided into objects, and we can't generalize them.

According to your philosophy, all living beings are equal, right? "

"It's natural."

"Okay!" Gu Ming smiled and raised his finger to the white dragon horse: "Then, the elder and the white dragon horse are equal, so why does it become the elder's mount? Carrying you all the way to the west to learn scriptures?"

"This……"

"As the saying goes, without rules, there is no square. Everything in the world, and the creatures in the world, all have their own rules of survival, and all have their corresponding positions.

If everyone can be educated, what is the need for the law?

Take monasteries as an example, if disciples make mistakes, will they be punished?Or even drive out the gate wall?

In other words, this is actually etiquette and law...

Just like you scold Wukong, you are the teacher and he is the disciple, so you are higher than him in status, so he must listen to you.

If it is changed, if he scolds you, it is disrespectful, disloyal, and disfilial, does the elder think so? "

Tang Seng was in a cold sweat, his thoughts turned sharply, thinking about how to deal with it.

If he wants to veto it, doesn't it mean that it is wrong for him to scold Monkey King?

Before Tang Seng could speak, Gu Ming said again: "I'll ask the elder again, do flowers, plants and trees have life?"

"This...of course there is."

"Okay, so here comes the problem. You always say that you don't kill or kill, so what do you eat? Have you ever eaten wild fruits?

Is not the wild fruit life?

If you eat the wild fruit, it means that you have killed..."

"This...this naturally cannot be compared..." Tang Seng argued anxiously.

"Why can't they be compared? Didn't you just admit that all living beings are equal?

Since they are all life, why should they be divided into high and low?

Is the life of flowers and plants necessarily lower than that of animals?Elder Tang, you have to know that there are many flower fairies in the sky. Can you say that their lives are not as good as a rabbit or tiger? "

"No...that's not the case..."

Tang Seng was sweating profusely, and the rhythm was completely taken away by Gu Ming, but he didn't know how to justify the pitiful scriptures.

"No, in your mind it is. Because you only think that what you think is right is right.

For example, a rabbit is a fresh life in your eyes and cannot be killed.

But if a fruit is in your eyes, it is not life but food.

In the same way, in the eyes of the common people, rabbits, sheep, tigers and the like may also be food.

Since it's all food, why can the elders eat it but they can't? "

"Everything cannot be generalized. It can only be said that our two ideas are different..."

"Then it's fine, since you know that your ideas are different, why does Elder Tang insist on imposing your own ideas on others?

Everything in the world has its own law of survival, if this law is forcibly broken, the world will inevitably be in chaos.

For hundreds of millions of years, nothing remains the same.

Therefore, elders sometimes need to learn to be flexible, not to be stubborn, and to prioritize everything.

Your mission this time is to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, not to be eaten by wild beasts or killed by robbers on the way.

Wukong protects you along the way, whether it is killing wild animals or robbers, it is for the purpose of protecting your safety.

But you don't appreciate it, blindly accusing, it seems too pedantic, and if it is more serious, it will inevitably give people a feeling of narrow-mindedness...

If even you can't have the world in your mind... It doesn't matter if you don't take the scriptures on this trip, just go back to Chang'an and recite scriptures behind closed doors all day long. "

Gu Ming's conversation was quite serious, which made Tang Seng feel like he couldn't get off the stage, his face flushed, but he couldn't find a good reason to refute.

At the same time, he was also reflecting on Gu Ming's words.

Although some strong words are suspected of being unreasonable, they are not unreasonable.

Maybe he is really too pedantic...