Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 116 Shinto Magical Weapon
"Master, the Zhu family wanted to take you across the river on a large ship, so why did you choose this small boat?"

On the Tongtian River, a small fishing boat was sailing slowly on the river, heading towards the opposite bank.

Niu Yi turned his head and looked at the little turtle swimming nearby, who was looking at him curiously, and said with a gentle smile:
"Haha~ His big ship is nice, but it's nowhere near as quiet as this little boat."

But he saw that the little turtle was Turtle Six. At this time, Turtle Six's shell was intact, and the broken shell had obviously been repaired by Niu Yi long ago.

"What the Immortal said is absolutely right."

However, the white-haired old turtle with a tortoise shell on its back sitting opposite Niu Yi nodded in agreement, picked up the wine jug on the table, and was about to fill the cup in front of Niu Yi when he was stopped by Niu Yi.

The old turtle couldn't help but look up at Niu Yi, only to see that a wine jar appeared in the hands of the Immortal Guangyi in front of him.

Niu Yi slapped the mud seal on the wine jar, causing it to fall into the water. He smiled at the old turtle in front of him and said,
"Thank you for your hospitality during this period. Today, how about you try the orange leaf wine that I brewed myself?"

"Hahaha~ You're so polite, Immortal! I'd love to hear that~"

In the Zhu Mansion, the main hall of the Zhu family.

Mr. Zhu looked at the box of gold ingots lying untouched on the table with a complicated expression, and finally he sighed slightly.

Zhu San was a little confused, he just felt that his master's mood had become increasingly complicated since the departure of the Immortal Niu Yi.

"Master, although the Taoist priest didn't accept the gold, he did accept the two pieces of jade."

Mr. Zhu just glanced at Zhu San, closed the wooden box beside him, thought for a moment, and finally said:

"Go and take out the gold and exchange it for various medicinal herbs. Follow the path the Taoist priest took to give them as alms. Have people exchange them for the prescriptions the Taoist priest wrote. If anyone asks, just say it's the Taoist priest's kindness. Don't say anything else."

"Also, you must do this personally. You must not show off your power and must personally deliver each batch of medicinal herbs!"

"Master..."

Zhu San looked at his master in a daze.

He was present when the Taoist Guangyi and his master said goodbye and left. It seems that he did not give any instructions on this matter.
"Hurry up and go!"

"Yes Yes!"

When Zhu San saw his master glaring at him, he couldn't help but tremble all over and nodded quickly. He walked quickly to the table, picked up the box, and walked straight out!

Master Zhu watched Zhu San leave, but murmured with some regret:

"What's the use of having a fortune? To people outside the world, it's just dirt."

On the other side, Niu Yi controlled the water and sailed on the river for three days at a leisurely pace before arriving at the other side of Tongtian River. After bidding farewell to the old turtle, he continued to head east.

When he traveled all the way from Southern Continent to Jindou Mountain, the journey was quite tortuous. After all, his cultivation was still shallow at that time, so he had to be careful. If he encountered a crisis, he would naturally avoid it if possible.

Now, he doesn't need to be so careful, nor does he need to go through so much trouble. This time, he just follows the route taken by the four masters and apprentices who went west, and goes against the flow all the way to Futu Mountain.

After leaving Tongtian River, Niu Yi walked for another half day. In the evening, he found a cave to stay in and took out many copper coins from his snake bag.

After a while, Niu Yi couldn't help but smile as he looked at the pile of copper coins in front of him.

Each copper coin here represents a patient he treated. A rough calculation shows that there are at least thousands of copper coins.

Niu Yi waved his hand, and each coin in the pile flashed with a golden light. These tiny bits of light quickly gathered and flew into Niu Yi's hand. "I never thought that when I went to Shangtang Village, the words of practicing medicine to help the world and accumulating merit would actually come true. Even this kind of merit is really rare."

Niu Yi looked at the merit in his hand, but found that this merit was only one-sixth the length of the three merits he had obtained before.

Each of those copper coins represents the gratitude of the people he saved. If he knew some Shinto methods, perhaps he could use these copper coins to refine a Shinto magic weapon that would be similar to the Umbrella of All People and the Patchwork Clothes.

Unfortunately, most of his knowledge about Shinto came from the Earth God, so he knew very little, let alone refining the Shinto magic weapon.

But even so, this is a pleasant surprise.

Niu Yi put away this merit, slowly closed his eyes, and began to comprehend the theory of cause and effect hexagram with the help of the cause and effect hexagram money.

In the past many years, he had spent most of his time using the Earth Spirit Pearl to comprehend the Great Dao of Earth Path, and the time he had to comprehend the theory of cause and effect hexagrams was shortened again and again, which was why he had never been able to comprehend even a trace of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect.

But now, with the help of the karma hanging money and the karma hexagram theory, plus his centuries of accumulation, he is now very close to realizing a trace of the great way of karma.
At night, Niu Yi entered the spiritual state of mind without fail.

The next day, when Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes, he continued on his journey eastward.

On the seventh day after crossing Tongtian River, Niu Yi finally comprehended the magical power of "Seventy-two Transformations".

He stared at the eagle soaring in the blue sky in a daze, then flapped his arms like the eagle, and his body instantly turned into an eagle. He cried out and flapped his wings to fly into the sky!

The eagle flying in the sky suddenly saw another eagle of its kind flying towards it on the ground. It was stunned for a moment, let out a warning cry, and quickly turned around and flew away.

The eagle that Niu Yi turned into flew in the sky for more than ten circles before he had enough fun. He quickly flew back to the ground and turned back into the appearance of a young man in green clothes.

Niu Yi looked at his hands, still with a hint of excitement on his face.

What he just used was not some sleight of hand, but he really turned into an eagle, which was a magical transformation technique.

Now that he has mastered the seventy-two transformations, the rest will be much easier.

Although these seventy-two transformations can turn one into a mosquito, a fly, an eagle, a fish, or other small and flexible creatures, they cannot turn one into a huge creature.

The thirty-six transformations allow it to transform into an elephant, a lion, a tiger, or a boulder, but it cannot transform into something this small and flexible.

These two methods of avoiding the three disasters have their own merits.

Although Niu Yi was happy in his heart, he restrained the smile on his face and continued to walk towards the east.

In the second month after Niu Yi crossed the Tongtian River, he finally comprehended a bit of the great way of cause and effect, which greatly enhanced the power of the theory of cause and effect hexagrams and the power of cause and effect hexagram money. Now, even if he does not use the theory of cause and effect hexagrams, he can easily see and touch the cause and effect lines of others and observe their cause and effect.

The next section of the road was less populated, so even though Niu Yi was still treating patients and saving lives along the way, there was not much delay and his speed was much faster than before.

He also encountered many demons along the way, but the small demons were frightened by his aura and lost their courage and fled for their lives. Some big demons with great skills saw that his aura was light and ethereal, and at a glance they knew that he was a true cultivator, so most of them did not dare to make things difficult for him.

However, there was eventually a demon who thought he had extraordinary abilities and took the initiative to cause trouble.

On this day, Niu Yiben was walking in the mountains and forests, but suddenly he felt the sky darken and a gust of evil wind swept over.

Niu Yi raised his head and looked at the huge black eagle with flapping wings and sharp claws flashing with a cold light, and couldn't help but frowning slightly.

But the black eagle's wingspan was a hundred feet long, and its scarlet eyes were filled with greed.

(End of this chapter)