Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 105 Meeting the Patriarch and Travel Intentions

During the day, Niu Yi dispersed the Black Stone Mountain and watched the thunder crater within a radius of 200 miles come back to life. After repaying the cause and effect, he returned to the Golden Gourd Mountain with the Earth God.

The many bull spirits in the Jindou Cave couldn't help but cheer when they saw their leader return.

Niu Yi was somewhat surprised that Niu Li had broken through the demon general realm, which made him very pleased.

Whenever he travels in the future, he can rest assured knowing Niu Li is with him.

After a period of joy with many bull spirits, it was already night.

Niu Yi returned to the top of the mountain and looked at his thatched cottage which he had not visited for three years. There was some nostalgia in his eyes. Fortunately, the many spiritual fruit trees and spiritual fish on his mountain were taken care of by Niu Feng and Niu Ping, and they were still surviving very well.

However, the spiritual fish that were sent by the land god of Baoquanjian have died one after another over the years.

This made his pond look much emptier. Fortunately, five years ago, the God of Land of Baoquanjian sent a new batch, which made his pond lively again.

What surprised Niu Yi was that as the spirit fish died, its body sank to the bottom of the pond and turned into nutrients, which actually transformed all the lotus leaves and lotus flowers planted in the pond into blue-grade spirit plants.

Niu Yi walked into the thatched hut, sat cross-legged on the bed, and with some anticipation in his heart, slowly entered the spiritual state of mind.

However, what appeared in front of Niu Yi this time was not the library, but the backyard of a house, and the door in front of him was half open.

Niu Yi looked at the gate, straightened his clothes, took a step forward, and walked towards the gate.

Niu Yi went straight to the residence of the ancestor in front of him, looking at the door in front of him which was also ajar. Niu Yi bowed respectfully towards the house, stepped forward and gently pushed open the door.

"crunch~"

As Niu Yi closed the door with his backhand, he quickly stepped forward and respectfully performed the disciple's salute to Bodhi Patriarch who was sitting in meditation on the cushion.

"Master."

But the master slowly opened his eyes, with a kind expression, and nodded slightly at Niu Yi in front of him.

"You have now cultivated the Immortal Golden Body and have also mastered the Eight-Nine Profound Arts. What are your plans for the future?"

Niu Yi was stunned when he heard the master's words. He thought for a moment and then said:
"Master, I plan to take some time off and will be heading to Mount Futu soon. That Zen master was very kind to me back then, and it's only right that I pay him a visit after all these years."

“After this.”

Niu Yi said this, kneeling on the ground, bowing deeply to the master, and said earnestly:

"Please allow me to come to Fangcun Mountain and serve you."

Patriarch Bodhi looked at Niu Yi with a gentle smile in his eyes.

"That's fine."

Hearing the master's agreement, Niu Yi looked up in surprise and thanked the master again.

"However, when you come here this time, don't be impatient."

Niu Yi was startled when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he lowered his head and replied:
"Yes, disciple understands."

"This time, disciple will never use that magical power to hurry on. I will go step by step to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain to pay my respects to Master."

But the Patriarch nodded slightly and said in a kind voice:
"This journey is long, so you should feel it with your heart."

But when the master waved his whisk, Niu Yi felt dazed for a moment. When he came to his senses, he found that he had appeared in the central hall in Lingtai's mind.

Niu Yi slowly stood up, bowed to the ancestral tablet, glanced at the bright moonlight outside, turned around and walked towards the Sutra Library.

He knew very well that when the master told him not to be anxious, he was also asking him, who had lived in the mountains for a long time, to go down the mountain to take a look and walk around, which was nothing more than a way to temper his mind in the worldly world.

Niu Yi went straight to the first floor of the library, walked through the bookshelves, picked up the book he hadn't finished reading last time, and sat down by the window in his seat, where he had sat for over three hundred years. Under the bright moonlight, he flipped through the pages. In just a few moments, Niu Yi was once again immersed in the profound knowledge recorded in the book.

The somewhat impetuous state of mind that was caused by the excitement of refining the indestructible golden body and breaking through the demon king realm quickly calmed down.

However, ever since the three magical powers and one spell were added to the second floor of the library, Niu Yi would set aside half a night every day to look through the magical powers and spells.

Niu Yi had not yet mastered the three magical skills, but he had already figured out the spell of leaving the body.

For the next three days, Niu Yi worked just like he had done in the previous three hundred years. He worked during the day, cooked at noon, cleaned the Taoist temple in the evening, and returned to the library to continue reading at night.

Even though the master had taught him the great way, Niu Yi still wanted to do so every day and never got tired of it.

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, in the alchemy room.

"Brother Guangyi's character is truly remarkable."

Taoist Guanghui looked at the basin of water in front of him and nodded in admiration. Guangwu also nodded repeatedly, his face full of admiration.

The last time he broke through, he went out to play for three days without telling his senior brother. Unlike Junior Brother Guangyi, he calmed down and continued to practice in just one day.

Guangwu looked at Niu Yi who was reading a book, his face showing excitement, and murmured:

"Hehe~ Junior Brother Guangyi, Senior Brother said that you are coming to Fangcun Mountain. Senior Brother and I will wait for you on this mountain~"

Taoist Guanghui couldn't help but smile when he looked at Guangwu, then he waved the whisk in his hand, and the picture in the basin suddenly disappeared.

"Eh??? Senior Brother?"

"Instead of watching my junior fellow student reading, I should go and practice hard."

"Given your junior brother's progress, I'm afraid it won't take many years for him to catch up with you~"

After hearing what Senior Brother Guanghui said, Guangwu couldn't help but reveal a somewhat conflicted look on his little face. In the end, he just sat cross-legged and began to meditate.

Three days later, at the foot of Jindou Mountain, Niu Yi looked at the four people who came together in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

But he saw the land god of Baoquanjian, the land god of Yunwushan, the land god of Luoying Valley, and Yao Qing'er, each of them was carrying some gifts and looking at him with smiles.

The Cloud Mist Mountain God of Land put down the bucket of cloud mist pine cones in his hand and said with a smile in his old voice:

"Haha~ We heard a deafening bull roar that day, and we figured it was because Chief Niu Yi had made another breakthrough, so we came together to congratulate him."

Niu Yi nodded suddenly, then apologized:

"I'm sorry to bother you all again, but it's quite a coincidence that you all came. I was planning to go on a trip recently and was just about to say goodbye to you, but I didn't expect you all to come together~"

The people of Luoying Valley couldn't help but look at each other, and they all saw the surprise on each other's faces.

They have known this person for a hundred years. During these hundred years, he has always stayed safely in the mountains, but rarely came down the mountain, let alone traveled.

"Hehe~ Please come with me, everyone. The spiritual fruits on the mountain have a good harvest this year. I have a lot of peach blossom wine, fruit wine, and orange leaf wine left. It's just right for us to drink together~"

"Hahaha~ Fine~ Then we won't be polite."

Niu Yi got together with several land gods, and it was quite lively for a while. When they learned that Niu Yi was about to go on a long journey, several land gods couldn't help but express their reluctance to let him go and their blessings.

The banquet lasted until the evening. Yao Qing'er stayed until the end. She bowed to Niu Yi and said seriously:

"Qing'er's breakthrough to this level is entirely due to the help of Chief Niu Yi. Please rest assured, Chief Niu Yi, if anything happens in Jindou Mountain while you're away, I will definitely come to help~"

"Haha~Okay, thank you very much, Miss Qing'er."

(End of this chapter)