Chapter 8 Knock me three times, I sleep
Bodhi said coldly, "Humph, he is sleeping peacefully in the back mountain."

"what?"

Lingyun looked depressed and dumbfounded.

Is this what you call understanding?

What did he understand?

"Master, I'll go call him."

"Go quickly."

"Yes."

Lingyun rose up and came behind the mountain in a moment. He pushed the wooden door with his hand, but it was locked.

At that moment, he could only knock on the door anxiously: "Wukong, wake up, wake up."

There was no way to hide, so Sun Wukong waited for him to knock for a long while, and when he heard his tone becoming more and more impatient, he slowly got out of bed:

"Here I come, here I come, who is it? Why are you keeping me awake in the middle of the night?"

Then he opened the wooden door and pretended to be surprised:
"Senior Brother Lingyun, you want to sleep with me?"

Lingyun frowned and said:
"Wukong, stop talking nonsense. Let me ask you, what did the teacher mean when he knocked you on the back of the head three times?"

"Didn't the old man say that if you want to learn this and that, you will bite off more than you can chew. You should proceed step by step and don't be impatient."

"that's it?"

Sun Wukong scratched his head, looking very honest at first glance:
"There is anything else, please teach me, Senior Brother Lingyun."

"Hmph, Master means that you should go find him at three o'clock in the morning and go in through the back door."

"really?"

"nature."

Sun Wukong suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Oh no! It's almost four o'clock in the morning. It's too late. I'll go at three o'clock tomorrow night."

As he said that, he went into the hole.

Everyone in Lingyun was numb.

What's this?
He was quite smart when sweeping the floor and wiping the table.

Why do I become confused when I listen to the sutra?

I have to say, monkeys are monkeys, after all, they don’t have the wisdom of humans.

"Wukong, wait a minute."

"Senior brother, is there anything else?"

Lingyun had always had a very good impression of Sun Wukong and thought he was just a little dull, so he said gently:
"Wukong, isn't it the fourth watch yet? If it's not the fourth watch, it must be the third watch. You should go find your master quickly. Don't miss the opportunity."

Sun Wukong knew he couldn't escape, so he pretended to be enlightened:
"Yes, yes, yes, it's not the fourth update, it's the third update, thank you for your guidance, senior brother."

After saying that, he turned around and ran out very fast.

He ran halfway up the mountain and burst into laughter.

It was late at night and everything was quiet; his laughter seemed abrupt and scary.

"Hahahaha, Master is going to teach me magical powers, Master is going to teach me magical powers..."

There seemed to be infinite joy in his words.

Everyone in Lingyun was numb.

"Don't shout, Wukong. Don't shout, Wukong."

"Hahaha, Master is going to teach me magical powers, Master is going to teach me, Old Sun, magical powers..."

Lingyun hurriedly stepped onto the auspicious cloud, caught up with him in a moment, and grabbed Wukong, his eyes full of helplessness.

Bodhi knocked on the back of his head three times, meaning it was the third hour of the night and he should go in through the back door.

Why through the back door?
In Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, except for Patriarch Bodhi and Lingyun, most of the other disciples are ordinary disciples.

Just a tool.

Bodhi doesn't want to teach magical powers randomly.

But other disciples should know that Sun Wukong, who came later, was the first to obtain supernatural powers.

How could they be willing?

"Wukong, don't make a sound."

"Uh... Senior Brother Lingyun, I, Old Sun, was so happy that I couldn't help myself. I shouldn't have disturbed Master's rest. Please punish me, Senior Brother."

Seeing that he had a simple and honest face and was admitting his mistakes in a low voice, Lingyun felt that he was a little dull and shook her head helplessly.

"Hurry up and get up the mountain."

"Yes Yes."

...Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.

When Patriarch Bodhi heard Sun Wukong’s scream, his face turned green.

"You evil beast, you are as stupid as a pig. Lingyun, oh Lingyun, you can't even handle a small matter properly, huh."

Not long after.

Lingyun's voice rang out from outside the door: "Master, Wukong is here."

Bodhi took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes: "Come in."

"Yes."

Sun Wukong and Lingyun both bowed: "Greetings, Master."

"Well, Lingyun, please step back."

"Yes."

With a clang, the cave door closed. Bodhi changed his expression and said with a smile:

"Wukong, in the daytime, I hit you on the back of the head three times. What did that mean? Tell me."

"Master, Senior Brother Lingyun has already told me to come to you at four o'clock to learn the Dao. I didn't want to disturb you to rest, but he said it would be four o'clock before three o'clock and I had to come quickly, so I came."

After hearing this, Bodhi felt confused.

What do you mean by "learning the Dao at the fourth watch"? It's the third watch.

There are less than three more hours left, then four more hours… There are less than four more hours left, then three more hours…

Monkeys are animals after all, and their wisdom is shallow.

Even what you say is incoherent. How can you learn the Dao like this?

Forget it, forget it, let’s not bother with him, let me teach him the magical powers first.

After a long while, Bodhi finally calmed down and said calmly:

"Okay, okay, Wukong, I see that you have a deep wisdom and a determined character. I have a technique for hiding and changing into a form of invisibility. There are two types of techniques. One is the technique of thirty-six transformations."

As he spoke, he suddenly emphasized: "One has seventy-two variations, which one do you want to learn?"

Sun Wukong pretended to think, but he was laughing secretly in his heart.

What are thirty-six transformations and seventy-two transformations.

When talking about the Seventy-Two Transformations, he deliberately emphasized the tone, which was to guide me to learn the Seventy-Two Transformations.

Seventy-two Transformations, the full name of which is Seventy-two Earthly Transformations. Every god in heaven knows a few of these, and it is an ordinary set of magical powers.

The Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang are different.

This magical skill is still used even by today's saints. It is truly a top-level magical skill.

Among the thirty-six transformations, the 'Golden Light Flying to the Earth' is more than a hundred times faster than the 'Somersault Cloud'.

If you want to learn, learn the Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang.

But then I thought again, that’s not right, I’m just a stupid monkey and I don’t know which martial arts technique is so magical.

Moreover, I have already given up, but I still choose the Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang, which is not in line with the principle of giving up.

He immediately bowed and said, "Master, whatever you teach, I will learn."

Seeing that the plan was going smoothly, Bodhi laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I will teach you more. I will teach you the seventy-two transformations."

"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master."

Sun Wukong pretended to be grateful, lay on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Okay, okay, get up."

……

Day two.

It's bright.

Bodhi waved his palm-leaf fan and said, "Go, and practice diligently when you return."

He spent a whole night teaching the Seventy-Two Transformations.
But Sun Wukong recited the formula in a disorderly manner, and it took him half the night to recite it.
I finally memorized the formula clearly, which made him so angry that he almost died.

He was concerned about his status and couldn't get angry, so he held it in for half the night.

As soon as Sun Wukong closed the cave door, he could not help cursing:
"Stupid guy, you spent an entire night memorizing just a few dozen lines of formulas. I am so angry..."

With this progress, how can we get rid of him as soon as possible?
"Lingyun, tea..."

On the other side, there is the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.

Sun Wukong walked down the mountain road and saw from afar several disciples sweeping the square with brooms. He immediately had an idea:
"Old man, you don't want other disciples to know that you taught me magical powers, but I will let them know."

(End of this chapter)