Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 117: Star Chess

"Hahahaha~ That Taoist priest, please obediently enter my stomach and help me practice!"

There was undisguised covetousness in Black Hawk's words. He saw that this Taoist was very impressive, with a light and ethereal aura. He must be someone who had attained the Tao. If he could eat it, it would be no less than a panacea and would definitely be a great tonic!
But this Black Hawk was not one of those brainless monsters. Suddenly, gusts of black evil wind blew up around him, making the sky seem a little darker, and blew those gusts of black evil wind towards Niu Yi.

Niu Yi just stood on the ground, looking at the eagle demon indifferently. Even though the surrounding trees had been uprooted by the evil wind, Niu Yi remained motionless as a mountain.

When Black Hawk saw this scene, he was about to increase the evil wind, but suddenly he saw a flash of golden light in front of his eyes, his forehead felt cold, and then his consciousness fell into complete darkness.

"boom!!"

Niu Yi saw the eagle demon falling towards the ground, and a golden light quickly flew back to his side.

As the golden light revealed its true form, it turned out to be an exquisite golden bamboo leaf.

Niu Yi retracted the Bamboo Leaf Flying Sword, walked slowly forward, and looked at the corpse of the eagle demon.

This monster is only at the level of a monster general. For him, a bamboo leaf flying sword is enough.

Niu Yi looked around, his soul and spiritual consciousness quickly sweeping around, and after confirming that there were no living creatures around, Niu Yi stretched out his hand calmly, and his Heaven-Seizing Hand talent began to operate automatically.

Soon, unspeakable rays of light flashed on Niu Yi's palm, pulling something out of the black eagle demon's body, falling into Niu Yi's hand, and turning into a ball of purple light that was constantly rising with spiritual energy.

[Black Hawk Demon Spell Extracted: Black Evil Wind (Purple)]

[Black Evil Wind Spell: Can stir up a black evil wind. This evil wind contains a black evil aura, which is powerful and can stir up the wind and clouds!]

Niu Yi looked at the Black Evil Wind spell in his hand with some surprise. This was the first time he had used the Heaven-stealing Hand to obtain this purple-grade spell, which surprised him quite a bit.

Niu Yi looked at the Black Evil Wind spell, thought for a moment, and decided to integrate it into the Qi Condensing into Gang spell.

If he had obtained the Black Evil Wind spell when he was heading towards Jindou Mountain, he would probably have integrated it into himself, but there is no need for that now.

His focus had long since shifted from spells to magical powers. He hadn't mastered all of the magical powers, so this purple-grade spell was of no use to him.

[The Black Evil Wind spell has been consumed, and the Qi Condensation spell has been improved]

[Condensing Qi into Gang (Blue) — Dharma Image (Purple)]

[Dharma Image: Use your magical power to condense a thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image of your true self behind you to use against the enemy.]

Niu Yi looked at the spell that condensed Qi into Gang and turned into a Dharma Image spell, and nodded slowly.

However, although this Dharma Image spell is called a Dharma Image, in his opinion, it is somewhat unworthy of its name. The Dharma Image condensed is only a prototype of the Dharma Image. Not only does it lack all kinds of magical powers, it also consumes a lot of mana.

The so-called thousand-foot-tall original Dharma image had to be condensed by him using his magic power before it could be transformed into a thousand-foot-tall Dharma image.

"Heh~ it's better than nothing."

Niu Yi smiled, looked at the huge black eagle demon corpse in front of him, and stomped his feet.

With a burst of dust, the body of the black eagle demon quickly disappeared completely in the flying dust.

Niu Yi continued on his way, heading east, but before he had walked for long, Niu Yi looked at the mountain in front of him, and his expression changed slightly.

He was just far away, but he didn't see the mountain.
However, at the foot of the mountain, there was a stone staircase facing Niu Yi, as if inviting him to go up, and on the top of the mountain, there was a stone pavilion standing.

Niu Yi looked at the mountain for a while, but could not see any clues at all. Even with the help of the Earth Road, he could not see any problems. It was as if the mountain was just an ordinary peak and it had always been there.

But with his eyesight, it was impossible that he had seen it wrong just now... It would be better not to set foot here easily.

Niu Yi walked to the side, intending to go around the mountain, but not long after he walked, his face changed slightly. He saw that the mountain was blocking his way again without him knowing when.

It seems that he must be invited up.
Niu Yi shook his head helplessly, and no longer had the idea of ​​taking a detour. The fact that a mountain blocked his way twice without him noticing already explained a lot.

Niu Yi took out three cause-and-effect hexagram coins and quickly used his cause-and-effect hexagram theory to predict whether this trip would be good or bad. However, he suddenly felt that the destiny was in chaos and there was nothing he could do this time.

this.
Niu Yi stared at the mountain in front of him in silence. With his current abilities, he could easily counterattack him. He wondered which big shot was targeting him again.
"No problem~"

Niu Yi was startled when he heard the familiar voice suddenly coming to his ears, and then a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Master?"

That old and gentle voice belonged to his master, Patriarch Bodhi.

When Niu Yi heard the sound, he felt relieved. He walked towards the mountain in front and stepped onto the stone steps.

With Niu Yi's fast legs, he soon reached the top of the mountain.

But in the pavilion on the top of the mountain, a tall and majestic figure wearing a gorgeous white shirt with cloud patterns and a jade crown on his head was sitting on a stone bench with his back to him, looking at the chessboard on the stone table.

Niu Yi looked at the person in front of him, bowed, and said respectfully:
"Junior Niu Yi, nice to meet you, senior."

Respect and courtesy are necessary for the existence that the ancestor in front of you would remind you of.

"Come, sit down."

Hearing the deep and majestic voice, Niu Yi said yes, then came to the front of this person and glanced at him.

But I saw this man with black hair and beard, full face, solemn appearance, and a majestic look without anger. He was holding a black piece and looking at the chessboard in front of him with a thoughtful look on his face.

Niu Yi slowly sat down on the stone bench opposite this person, looking at the chess game on the stone table, but he couldn't understand it at all.

The man slowly put the chess piece aside, looked up at Niu Yi opposite him and said:

"Well, can you solve this chess game?"

Niu Yi looked at the chessboard on the stone table, then looked at the senior in front of him and said honestly:
"I dare not hide it from you, Senior. I am really a terrible chess player."

But the man looked at Niu Yi in surprise, looked him up and down, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha~ Good, good, good, what a terrible chess player~"

Niu Yi's face inexplicably turned red when he saw this.

Speaking of which, Tianzun gave him the Starry Chessboard, but he just used it as a magic weapon and didn't study the art of chess at all. There really weren't many people studying chess on his Jindou Mountain.

Don’t be fooled by the appearance of the Earth God of Jindou Mountain, who should be an old man who is proficient in chess. In fact, he is just as bad at chess as him.

The man laughed for a moment and then stopped laughing, looking at Niu Yi opposite him.

"How about this? Answer me a question. If your answer satisfies me, I'll give you a reward. How about that?"

(End of this chapter)