話說楊明遠方把褚道緣燒死，只聽外面有人放聲大哭，說：「道緣，沒想到你死的好苦！罷了，罷了，老夫白去了一回，也未能將寶貝請來。竭了完了，連濟公、伏虎羅漢都完了，這就是你我修道人的下場頭。」楊明遠一看，來者是東方太悅老仙翁，那半片破瓢拿著，沒捨得摔。
话说杨明远方把褚道缘烧死，只听外面有人放声大哭，说：「道缘，没想到你死的好苦！罢了，罢了，老夫白去了一回，也未能将宝贝请来。竭了完了，连济公、伏虎罗汉都完了，这就是你我修道人的下场头。」杨明远一看，来者是东方太悦老仙翁，那半片破瓢拿着，没舍得摔。
Now, Yang Mingyuan had only just burned Chu Daoyuan to death when they heard someone outside weeping aloud. “Daoyuan! Who’d have thought you’d die so cruelly! It’s no use, no use. This old man made the trip for nothing and couldn’t bring the treasure back after all. It’s finished, all finished — Ji Gong, the Tiger-Taming Arhat, all of them finished. So this is how it ends for people like you and me who cultivate the Way.” Yang Mingyuan looked: the newcomer was the Old Immortal Dongfang Taiyue. He was holding the broken half of his gourd; he couldn’t bear to throw it away.
書中交代：老仙翁跟褚道緣分手，實指望找長眉羅漢借降魔寶杵，可以救濟公報葫蘆之仇，焉想到來到九松山正碰見悟禪，悟禪連忙行禮，說：「仙翁從哪來？」老仙翁說：「悟禪，可了不得了，皆因你火燒了萬花山，現在八魔在金山寺擺魔火金光陣煉你師父。我去怎么勸，八魔怎么不答應。我打算拿乾坤奧妙大葫蘆，要把八魔裝起來，焉想到六合童子悚海神通廣大，他把我的葫蘆炸碎了。我正同褚道緣放聲痛哭，幸遇白雲仙長徐長靜，野鶴真人呂洞明，二人指我一條明路，叫褚道緣找他師爺爺李涵齡借斬魔劍，我來找長眉羅漢借降魔杵，去救濟公。要不然，八魔把你師父煉死，也必來找你。不用說八魔都來，就來一個一晃魔火幡，你就得現原形。你這五千年的道行也算完了，你也活不了。」悟禪一聽唷了一聲，說：「事已至此，也無法。我去瞧瞧我師父去。」老仙翁說：「你這孩子胡說，你如何去得？你是禍頭，八魔正找你找不著，你去豈不是自投羅網？你跟我見見長眉羅漢，你給你這個師父磕頭，連我求他雙關著，可以求他救你那個師父。」悟禪說：「我這個師父沒在廟裡，要在家，我還不同你進去？」老仙翁說：「哪去了？」悟禪說：「走了幾十天了，被紫霞真人約了去朝北海，留下我跟通臂猿猴看廟。」老仙翁一聽這話，愣了半天，說：「我到廟裡等一天，倘如你師父回來，也未可定。如不回來，那可就沒法了。」悟禪說：「也好。」同老仙翁來到松泉寺廟裡，讓到東跨院北上房屋中，悟禪給老翁烹過茶來，正說著話，只見由外面進來一個大白猴，渾身白毛，兩隻紅眼，手提一個小籃，摘了一籃果子。見了老仙翁，趴在地下，給老仙翁磕了一個頭。悟禪說：「這就是通臂猿猴，每逢摘了好果子，就給老方丈送來。」老仙翁點了點頭，說：「無量佛，善哉，善哉。畜類也知道修道，怪不得人家說，‘叩戶蒼猿時獻果，守門老鶴夜聽經’，這話一點不錯。」
书中交代：老仙翁跟褚道缘分手，实指望找长眉罗汉借降魔宝杵，可以救济公报葫芦之仇，焉想到来到九松山正碰见悟禅，悟禅连忙行礼，说：「仙翁从哪来？」老仙翁说：「悟禅，可了不得了，皆因你火烧了万花山，现在八魔在金山寺摆魔火金光阵炼你师父。我去怎么劝，八魔怎么不答应。我打算拿乾坤奥妙大葫芦，要把八魔装起来，焉想到六合童子悚海神通广大，他把我的葫芦炸碎了。我正同褚道缘放声痛哭，幸遇白云仙长徐长静，野鹤真人吕洞明，二人指我一条明路，叫褚道缘找他师爷爷李涵龄借斩魔剑，我来找长眉罗汉借降魔杵，去救济公。要不然，八魔把你师父炼死，也必来找你。不用说八魔都来，就来一个一晃魔火幡，你就得现原形。你这五千年的道行也算完了，你也活不了。」悟禅一听唷了一声，说：「事已至此，也无法。我去瞧瞧我师父去。」老仙翁说：「你这孩子胡说，你如何去得？你是祸头，八魔正找你找不着，你去岂不是自投罗网？你跟我见见长眉罗汉，你给你这个师父磕头，连我求他双关着，可以求他救你那个师父。」悟禅说：「我这个师父没在庙里，要在家，我还不同你进去？」老仙翁说：「哪去了？」悟禅说：「走了几十天了，被紫霞真人约了去朝北海，留下我跟通臂猿猴看庙。」老仙翁一听这话，愣了半天，说：「我到庙里等一天，倘如你师父回来，也未可定。如不回来，那可就没法了。」悟禅说：「也好。」同老仙翁来到松泉寺庙里，让到东跨院北上房屋中，悟禅给老翁烹过茶来，正说着话，只见由外面进来一个大白猴，浑身白毛，两只红眼，手提一个小篮，摘了一篮果子。见了老仙翁，趴在地下，给老仙翁磕了一个头。悟禅说：「这就是通臂猿猴，每逢摘了好果子，就给老方丈送来。」老仙翁点了点头，说：「无量佛，善哉，善哉。畜类也知道修道，怪不得人家说，‘叩户苍猿时献果，守门老鹤夜听经’，这话一点不错。」
A word of explanation: when the Old Immortal Elder parted from Chu Daoyuan, he had fully expected to borrow the Demon-Subduing Pestle from the Long-Browed Arhat, so that he could save Ji Gong and avenge his gourd. How could he have known that when he got to Mount Jiusong he would run straight into Wuchan? Wuchan hastened to bow to him. “Where have you come from, Immortal Elder?” he said. “Wuchan,” said the Old Immortal Elder, “this is terrible. Because you set fire to Mount Wanhua, the Eight Demons have now laid out the Demon-Fire Golden-Light Formation at Jinshan Temple to burn your master in it. However I pleaded, the Eight Demons wouldn’t agree. I meant to catch the Eight Demons in the Great Gourd of Cosmic Mysteries, but who could have guessed that Songhai, the Boy of the Six Directions, had such vast powers? He blew my gourd to pieces. I was crying my heart out with Chu Daoyuan when luckily we met the Immortal Master Baiyun, Xu Changjing, and the Perfected One Yehe, Lü Dongming. The two of them showed us the way out: Chu Daoyuan was to go to his grand-master, Li Hanling, and borrow the Demon-Slaying Sword, and I was to come to the Long-Browed Arhat and borrow the Demon-Subduing Pestle, to save Ji Gong. Otherwise, once the Eight Demons have burned your master to death, they’re bound to come after you as well. Never mind all eight of them coming — let just one come and give one shake of a Demon-Fire Banner, and you’ll be turned back into your true form. Your five thousand years of cultivation will be done for, and so will your life.” Wuchan gave a gasp when he heard this. “Since it’s come to this, there’s nothing for it,” he said. “I’ll go and see my master.” “Nonsense, child!” said the Old Immortal Elder. “How can you go? You’re the root of all this trouble. The Eight Demons are looking for you and can’t find you. If you go, you’ll be walking right into their net. Come with me and see the Long-Browed Arhat. You kowtow to this master of yours, and with me pleading too, between the two of us we can beg him to save that other master of yours.” “This master of mine isn’t in the temple,” said Wuchan. “If he were home, wouldn’t I have taken you in already?” “Where has he gone?” said the Old Immortal Elder. “He left some tens of days ago,” said Wuchan. “The Perfected One Zixia asked him along on a visit to the North Sea, and he left me and the Long-Armed Ape to mind the temple.” When the Old Immortal Elder heard this, he stood dumbfounded for a long while. “I’ll wait a day in the temple,” he said. “Your master may come back; who can tell? If he doesn’t, then there’s nothing to be done.” “All right,” said Wuchan. He went with the Old Immortal Elder into Songquan Temple and showed him into the main room in the east side courtyard. Wuchan brewed tea for the Old Immortal Elder, and they were talking when in from outside came a big white ape, white fur all over and two red eyes, with a little basket in his hand, full of fruit he had picked. When he saw the Old Immortal Elder, he got down on the ground and kowtowed to him once. “This is the Long-Armed Ape,” said Wuchan. “Whenever he picks good fruit, he brings it to the old abbot.” The Old Immortal Elder nodded. “Limitless Buddha! Good, good! Even a beast knows to cultivate the Way. No wonder they say, ‘The grey ape knocks at the door, bringing fruit in its season; the old crane keeps the gate and listens to the sutras by night.’ That’s not a word wrong.”
老仙翁在廟中住了一天，心似油烹，次日長眉羅漢也沒回來，悟禪說：「仙翁你不用等了，我求你到金山寺去瞧瞧。要是我師父濟公死了，求你給我一口缸，把他成殮起來。我聽你回信，我在這廟裡大概八魔不敢來找我。我這個師父回來，我跪著給他老人家叩頭，求他、給我替師父報仇，到萬花山去拿八魔，也跑不了。你老人家瞧瞧去，我不放心。」老仙翁無奈，垂頭喪氣，出了松泉寺駕趁腳風，方來到金山，只見一片火光，把褚道緣燒的皮焦肉爛骨頭酥，老仙翁放聲大哭，說：「道緣，你死的好苦。」
老仙翁在庙中住了一天，心似油烹，次日长眉罗汉也没回来，悟禅说：「仙翁你不用等了，我求你到金山寺去瞧瞧。要是我师父济公死了，求你给我一口缸，把他成殓起来。我听你回信，我在这庙里大概八魔不敢来找我。我这个师父回来，我跪着给他老人家叩头，求他、给我替师父报仇，到万花山去拿八魔，也跑不了。你老人家瞧瞧去，我不放心。」老仙翁无奈，垂头丧气，出了松泉寺驾趁脚风，方来到金山，只见一片火光，把褚道缘烧的皮焦肉烂骨头酥，老仙翁放声大哭，说：「道缘，你死的好苦。」
The Old Immortal Elder stayed in the temple for a day, his heart frying as if in hot oil, and the next day the Long-Browed Arhat still had not come back. “Immortal Elder,” said Wuchan, “there’s no use waiting. Please go to Jinshan Temple and have a look for me. If my master Ji Gong is dead, I beg you, find a jar and lay him out in it for me. I’ll wait here for your news. I don’t think the Eight Demons will dare come looking for me in this temple. When this master of mine gets back, I’ll kneel and kowtow to the old gentleman and beg him to avenge my master for me. He’ll go to Mount Wanhua and take the Eight Demons, and they won’t get away. Please go and look, sir. I can’t rest easy.” The Old Immortal Elder had no choice. Hanging his head in despair, he left Songquan Temple and rode the foot-wind. He had only just reached Mount Jin when he saw a sheet of firelight and Chu Daoyuan burned till his skin was charred, his flesh in tatters and his bones gone to cinder. The Old Immortal Elder wept aloud. “Daoyuan,” he said, “you died so cruelly.”