Three disasters refer to lightning disasters, fires and wind disasters. There are two ways to avoid three disasters, one is 36 changes and the other is 72 changes. The Monkey King learned seventy-two changes, so did God, and so did Niu Wangmo. From this point of view, change is an advanced spell in the westward journey world. Many goblins just take human forms and will not change anything. For example, the old fox in Kyubi no Youko who crushed Longshan, if she would change, would turn into a golden light and run away like a chief wooden wolf. Therefore, it can be inferred that the life span of Kyubi no Youko foxes is not very high. Judging from her doddering appearance, we know that she has no profound Taoism, at least she has not cultivated into a spiritual body to achieve immortality.
Is there a difference between 36 change and 72 change? It has been analyzed before, and the thirty-six changes are authentic, which probably means that the plough is superior to the detective. That's not true. What is the specific difference between the number of plows and the number of devils? It's not written in the original, so I won't elaborate on this question. There must be a difference. Plow and dungeon should be different principles, and they will be used and presented differently when they change. Pig Bajie and Friar Sand have all changed thirty-six, pig Bajie rarely changed, and Friar Sand changed once (driving late to China and becoming Sanqing stealing vegetables). Maybe they don't have much chance to show off in front of a big brother like the Monkey King. But from all aspects, the original seems to deliberately highlight the seventy-two changes rather than the thirty-six changes. Many goblins know that the Monkey King will become a little thing like bees and bugs. That's how Dapeng bird reminds the green lion essence. If Pig Bajie doesn't like getting smaller because he is "clumsy", will Friar Sand change? Theoretically, he should, but he is still the same.
The art of change is just a common method for cultivating immortals to avoid three difficulties. Is there any other way to resist the three disasters? It's true. Sun Wu ate the elixir of the old gentleman and turned himself into a king kong. After being caught by Shener, he pushed to the demon-cutting stage and used lightning strike. As a result, he was not injured at all. For the first of the three disasters, there is another way to avoid it, that is, you are tough enough to be struck by lightning. For example, when the Tathagata Buddha attained the Tao, he was in the golden body, and it was estimated that he was immune to lightning disasters.
It's actually very simple to really avoid a lightning disaster. If you turn yourself into a piece of iron, there is nothing you can do, let alone become gold. Visible lightning damage is not big, in the westward journey, few people use lightning attack, perhaps this type of attack really has no effect, everyone can be immune as long as the skin is thicker, pig eight quit said that his skin is as thick as iron. Therefore, it is very common for goblins to live casually over 500 years old.
The second of the three disasters is that there will be a fire in the year 1000, which is a dangerous fire. The fire we can know in Journey to the West is Samadhi fire, which is the kind used by Hong Haier. But the Monkey King is not afraid, because he wants to avoid fire, and of course he is not afraid if he doesn't burn it. But when he was put into a bottle of Yin and Yang, the fire dragon burned, making his ankles soft and his hair soft, except for three pieces sent by Guanyin at the back of his neck. It can be seen that the lethality of fire spells is still very high. At least the Monkey King's King Kong can't fight hard.
If you want to escape the fire, it's estimated that you can only turn an enemy into an enemy. True blue will never stain. In the westward journey world, the golden body is not the gold on our body, but a solid state like gold. Friar Sand ended up with a golden arhat, which is actually higher than the average arhat, because the Buddha is also golden. Those goblins who can resist fire must have learned to transform, and there are not many who can do this advanced spell, so goblins over one thousand years old are all at the lich king level. Niu Wangmo is one of them.
The end of the three disasters is a wind disaster. Wind spells have appeared several times in the westward journey, and the most powerful is the yellow-haired mouse essence. You must remember that the yellow-haired mouse is blowing the wind of samadhi. Except Sanqing, Yusi and Jade Emperor, all kinds of immortals within the three realms of heaven and earth were affected, and the Monkey King's critical eyes were cold and tearful when he blew. Judging from the losses caused by the three disasters, the wind disaster is bound to be greater than the fire. Lightning disaster is a physical injury, and the skin thickness can resist it. Fire is an internal injury, and it takes a certain amount of practice to get through it. Typhoon should be more advanced, probably hitting the soul directly, and has the function of dissipating the spirit.
For experts who use the wind, the yellow hair mousetrap itself should be very wind-resistant, so there are certain ways to avoid the wind disaster. In addition to practicing to a certain extent, magic weapons such as eating wind beads will also have certain effects. There are not many goblins recorded in The Journey to the West who can escape three times. One of them, long live the fox king, is the cow's father-in-law, the jade-faced fox, and her father. Long live the fox king. How did he live for ten thousand years? It is not mentioned in the original work, but it is very doubtful that Niu Wangmo entered Moyun Cave. What does the old cow want? Is it necessary to find out the mystery of Long Live the Fox King to avoid the typhoon? Moreover, if the fox is really immortal, how old is Princess Jade-faced and has a high level of practice? We will answer these questions for you in the subsequent interpretation of Niu Wangmo's family.
There are seven Lich Kings in Huaguo Mountain, the Monkey King. Except the Monkey King, who studied Buddhism, and Niu Wangmo, who eventually converted to Buddhism, the whereabouts of the other five lich kings are unknown in the original work. The Monkey King is about 900 years old and Hong Haier is about 300 years old. Hong Haier said that Niu Wangmo had been eating people for more than 1000 years, which is hard to estimate. It is hard to say whether Niu Wangmo is over 1500 years old. We really have to doubt the real intention of Niu Wangmo to enter the Magic Cloud Cave. Except Niu and the Monkey King, the remaining five saints, judging from their abilities, should all change their skills. Because Niu Wangmo said that he wanted to meet Pig Bajie and Friar Sand, the pig's ability was not ranked among the lich kings, which shows that the ability of other lich kings is really not low. Pig Bajie and Friar Sand can change thirty-six tricks, but there is no reason why the demon king who is more capable than them will not change. This can refute a guess that some people have interpreted that all the other five saints died of natural disasters.
Since the five sages did not die of natural disasters, why did they disappear? This is also one of the unsolved mysteries of Westward Journey. But today, let's put aside this mystery and talk about this disaster.
There is another explanation for natural disasters, that is, the flat peaches of the Queen Mother's family that everyone loves to pull. Some interpreters have linked natural disasters with flat peaches, saying that eating a flat peach can resist natural disasters and so on. Friends who have read Hong Shao's previous chapters must know that personally, no one can interpret flat peaches better than me. Hong Shao has interpreted flat peaches as only for people to eat, and this is the limit.
First of all, the real function of flat peach is to improve physical fitness and prolong life. I ate a big peach and basically died in Tianqi. Natural disasters are a physiological cycle every 500 years, regardless of life span. It's like someone will come at you with a knife every 500 years. Even if you are the Tang Priest, it doesn't mean that you can live after being chopped. So deal with natural disasters, or hide so that it can't find you; Or put on Iron Man's armor so that it can't cut you. I really don't know what those people who use flat peaches to explain natural disasters think. It doesn't seem to make any sense!
As for whether there will be a second wave of three disasters after 1500 years, I really have to ask Long Live Fox King. How many natural disasters will this old fox experience when he lives for ten thousand years? Hong Shao personally thinks that after the three disasters, there should be no more. As a demon, whether you can become a king is a hurdle at the age of 1500. Live in the past and live forever; If you can't live, even if I give you a big peach to eat, when it expires, you will be finished. I really don't take the flat peaches on the journey to the west seriously. The Monkey King ate so much that he was overwhelmed by the three mountains of Yinjiao Wang, and his body almost died. If you don't believe me, try another fourth mountain.
With regard to natural disasters, this article ends here. If you think that there is only so much power in heaven and earth, you are all wet. At the beginning of the journey to the west, the heavens and the earth were several hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years old, one yuan. This yuan is the real time limit of heaven and earth. There are very few immortals who can grab the beginning and the end. Avoiding three evils is not a great skill. It is the ultimate pursuit of the immortals that the Jade Emperor can avoid 1750 robbery.