In the Journey to the West world, there are at least four ways to achieve immortality.
The first method is to eat ginseng fruit.
According to the land lord, ginseng fruit is the spiritual root of the world, "three thousand years a flower, three thousand years a fruit, three thousand years to ripe, short ten thousand years to eat." If a man has the opportunity to eat one of the fruits, he will live for forty-seven thousand years."
Eat a ginseng fruit tree can live for 47,000 years, 47,000 years later eat a ginseng fruit, you can live for 47,000 years, if the ginseng fruit is continuously supplied, eating ginseng fruit will not only live forever, but also live with heaven.
However, although the effect of ginseng fruit is strong, the threshold for eating ginseng fruit is very high, after all, it is the treasure of Zhen Yuanzi's town view, and non-Zhen Yuanzi's old friends or top gods cannot enjoy it.
The second way is to eat peaches.
According to the land master of the peach feast, there are a total of 3,600 peach trees in the peach garden, "the first twelve hundred plants, three thousand years a ripe, people eat into the immortal Tao; the middle twelve hundred plants, six thousand years a ripe, people eat immortality; the back twelve hundred plants, nine thousand years a ripe, people eat with heaven and earth."
Nine thousand years of ripe peach, eat one can be with life and heaven, once and for all. Peach can be described as the most powerful immortal fruit in the Three Realms.
However, the threshold for eating peaches is also very high, because peaches are often only served at peach feasts, and only celestial immortals and earth immortals with heads and faces are eligible to participate in peach feasts.
The third way is to learn the art of immortality.
In the Journey to the West world, there are many great gods who do not eat ginseng fruits, do not eat peaches, and even have not eaten any elixirs that prolong life, why can they still live forever? It is the art of immortality that has been learned. The reason why Sun Wukong has the art of immortality is also because he learned the art of immortality by worshiping his master Bodhi Ancestor.
Although there is also a certain threshold for learning the art of immortality, it is far lower than eating ginseng fruits and peaches, and all sentient beings in the Three Realms can cultivate as long as they master the art of immortality.
The fourth method is to eat Tang monk meat.
During the period of sutra collection, there was such a news circulating in West NiuheZhou that it was the Tang monk who practiced for the tenth generation and could live forever by eating his flesh.
However, although Tang Monk meat has the effect of immortality, the risk of eating Tang Monk meat is extremely high, after all, he has a powerful bodyguard by his side- Qi Tian Dasheng Sun Wukong. Anyone who covets the meat of Tang Monk, if there is no prominent background, will often be killed by Sun Wukong.
We know that the yokai in the Journey to the West world are all eager for immortality, however, the above four methods of achieving immortality, two of which are not suitable for yokai, are eating ginseng fruit and peach, after all, the threshold of these two methods is too high.
The remaining two methods, in fact, eating Tang monk meat is not very suitable for the monsters, because the risk is too large. It seems that the only thing that is really suitable for the yokai is to learn the art of immortality, the threshold is low, the risk is small, and since the yokai can cultivate into a demon, the qualifications are certainly not low, and they can also practice this skill.
But what was strange was that the demons in the Journey to the West world rarely devoted themselves to cultivating the Art of Immortality, preferring to risk eating Tang monk meat.
So, why would the demons risk eating Tang monk meat instead of learning the art of immortality?
The reason is actually very simple, we just need to understand what we must do to practice this exercise, and we can see it at a glance.
In the second time of the original work, Bodhi Grandmaster taught Sun Wukong the art of immortality, saying: "Manifest the secret circle through the true magic recipe, but there is no way to say it in the cultivation of life." They are always energetic and firmly hidden. Hugh leaked, the body was hidden, and Ru was taught by me to spread the word from Chang. How beneficial it is to memorize the recipe, and to cool off evil desires. ”
Originally, before practicing the Immortal Technique, it was necessary to first abandon evil desires, maintain a pure and undesirable mentality, and make the body contain a fresh and pure spirit of essence, otherwise it would be like practicing the peerless martial arts without opening up the second vein of Ren Dou, no matter how hard you tried, you could only refine the moves, but could not practice the Successful Method.
Can the monsters do this? If they could maintain a pure-hearted mentality, they would not be able to remain yokai, and they would have already become otherworldly demons.
It was precisely because the demons could not maintain a pure and widowed mentality, and they longed for immortality, so they risked eating Tang monk meat. What do you think?