Top, 6 side doors on the left road
The so-called circuitous way is to achieve the purpose of prolonging life through some tricky methods, the most typical of which is the host of Kannonji, Elder Jinchi; When the Tang Priest and his party came to Kannonji, Elder Jinchi was over 270 years old. Although he is an old man, his eyes are full of spirit, and he thinks it is no problem to live for another 270 years. So, what is the secret of old Jinchi's longevity? Some people say that it is the protection of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and some people say that black bears use Dan medicine to prolong life. Maybe these two factors are both.
TOP, 5 life and death book
This book of life and death is a personal book in the three classics of heaven and earth, which records the life and death of all things in heaven and earth, Shou Yuan; The Monkey King once made a scene in hell and canceled the monkey record in the book of life and death; The Monkey King thinks that this can make the monkeys in the world live forever. As a wonderful book of heaven and earth, is it so simple? The real book of life and death should be in the hands of empresses, and Cui Panguan only has a medium; Only Emperor Taizong really modified Shou Yuan with the book of life and death. Cui Panguan used the judge's pen to add 20 years of Shou Yuan to the book of life and death, and also stated the reasons. With the approval of the queen, this is valid.
Top, 4 ginseng fruits
Ginseng fruit is the fruit of ginseng fruit tree, also known as Cao Huan Dan, planted in Wuzhuangguan of Zhenyuanzi Daxian; The growth of this ginseng fruit is extremely troublesome. "It takes three thousand years to blossom, three thousand years to bear fruit and one thousand years to mature." But the effect is also obvious. Smelling it can increase Shou Yuan's age by 360 years, and eating a Shou Yuan can increase 47,000 years. Although ginseng fruit has such miraculous effects, no one dares to make trouble, because this town, Zi Yuan Daxian, is the father of famous immortals, with a high degree of seniority, just like Sanqing. In addition to the Monkey King, who else will come to trouble Zhenyuan Daxian?
Top, 3 Tang monk meat
Tang Priest is the tenth reincarnation of the golden cicada under the Tathagata. This golden cicada was originally a wild animal-six-winged wild silkworm. Endless Shou Yuan can be added by secret method, and be taken back by the Tathagata Buddha and become a disciple. Later, the Tang Priest was enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva and went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. I don't know who leaked the news that eating Tang Priest's meat can live forever, so many demon kings on the road came to arrest Tang Priest, hoping to eat Tang Priest's meat and live forever. I don't know if eating Tang seng meat can live forever. Even if it is true, it may need a special method.
Top, 2 flat peaches
This flat peach refers to the fairy fruit in the flat peach garden of the Queen Mother. Eating this flat peach can not only increase Shou Yuan, but also improve the cultivation of immortality. It is a sacred product of the fairy world, which is basically only available at the flat peach meeting. And this flat peach is also divided into three classes. The smallest one is cooked once every 3,000 years, and it has become immortal and light physically. Medium-sized 6,000-year-old ripe, eating Xia Ju soaring, immortal; The biggest thing is that it has been cooked for 9 thousand years, as long as heaven and earth, and the sun and the moon shine together. Other immortals may not eat one for thousands of years, but it is admirable that the Monkey King ate all the flat peaches when he was a caretaker in Taoyuan. ...
TOP, 1 practice
Of course, the five methods mentioned above are all based on foreign objects, and the so-called immortality is empty; Real longevity depends on oneself, and only cultivation is the ultimate meaning of longevity; For example, scorpion essence, Niu Wangmo, and Sheng Yuan, the nine spirits, and other real great demons, are dismissive of Tang monk meat, because they have long been truly immortal. Another example is the Monkey King. Although Bodhi did not teach him the so-called immortal method, he did teach him the real immortal method. As long as he persists in practice and survives three natural disasters, he can truly live forever. There are also real cattle people such as Tathagata, Jade Emperor, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Zhenyuanzi Daxian and so on. It is estimated that it has already reached the point of immortality.
These are the six methods of longevity recorded in The Journey to the West's novels. It is not advisable to find another way. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false Tang monk meat, the conditions for modifying the book of life and death are too harsh, and ginseng fruit and fairy flat peaches are too rare. So the only reliable thing is to rely on yourself, but cultivating immortality is a kind of fate. All kinds of disasters can increase Shou Yuan, but crossing it is just a matter of losing your mind. Even if you go to Jin Xianxiu, you still have to fight for your life. Only when it's time to pick Jin Xian, can it be regarded as longevity and harmony.