Serving as a Mountain Patrol Spirit Monkey for a hundred years, serving as a menial servant for a hundred years, and then as a Taoist Child guarding temples for another hundred years.
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The Little and Big Stone Ape finally got the chance to meet the Bodhi Ancestor.
The Little and Big Stone Ape were inherently uninhibited, unfamiliar with the concept of fear.
Others, upon meeting the Bodhi Ancestor, would surely kneel and bow nine times.
However, the Little and Big Stone Ape roamed the temple freely, occasionally teasing the disciples seated beside them.
"You two mischievous monkeys, why don't you quickly pay respect to the Ancestor?"
The disciples laughed and scolded.
The Little and Big Stone Ape approached the Bodhi Ancestor and knelt.
Then they bowed to the Bodhi Ancestor.
"Who are you kneeling before?" the Bodhi Ancestor asked.
