Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 119 Wuzhuang Temple

Niu Yi stopped and turned to look at the two Taoist boys who were running towards him. He had a puzzled look on his face, but he was secretly impressed in his heart.

These two Taoist boys are pure in spirit, beautiful in appearance, and full of spiritual energy. Anyone who sees them will call them good Taoist boys.

But the two Taoist children Qingfeng and Mingyue came quickly to Niu Yi. They looked him up and down, then bowed to Niu Yi together. The Taoist child Mingyue said:
"We two have seen the Taoist priest. His aura is pure and ethereal. He must be a true cultivator. May I ask, is he Taoist Guangyi?"

Niu Yi looked at the two Taoist children with a little surprise, bowed in return and said:

"I am Guangyi."

The two Taoist children couldn't help but show joy on their faces. They looked at each other, and this time the Taoist child Qingfeng said:
"Master Guangyi, before my master left, he said that a Taoist named Guangyi would be passing by here. He is a disciple of an old friend, and asked the two of us who guard the house to entertain him. We also ask Master Guangyi to come with us."

Disciple of an old friend?
Niu Yi was a little surprised to hear this. He never thought that the Great Immortal Zhenyuan would know of his existence and call him a disciple of his old friend.

This person is actually an old friend of the founder.
Niu Yi thought for a moment and agreed. Led by the two Taoist children Qingfeng and Mingyue, he headed towards the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain.

Qingfeng and Mingyue communicated with him all the way. Perhaps because they were both from the Xuanmen sect, although these two were a little arrogant in their bones, they were simple in nature. They were quite polite to Niu Yi and there was a lot of intimacy in their words.

From these two people, Niu Yi learned a lot about the Five-Zhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain.

According to these two people, Zhenyuan Daxian was invited by Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea to go out with many of his disciples to Chaoyin Cave on Luojia Mountain in Putuo District of the South China Sea to discuss scriptures and doctrines, leaving only Qingfeng Mingyue to guard the gate.

Speaking of the Great Immortal Zhenyuan, there are countless immortals among his disciples. Including Qingfeng Mingyue, he still has forty-nine disciples now, and all of them have attained enlightenment. Among them, Qingfeng Mingyue is the youngest.

However, even the two youngest ones are hundreds of years old, and Qingfeng is one hundred and twenty years older than Mingyue.

When the Great Immortal Zhenyuan left, he seemed to have only asked Qingfeng and Mingyue to entertain him, and did not mention anything else.

With the speed of the three of them, they arrived at the gate of the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain in just an incense stick of time.

Niu Yi looked at the stele on the left side of the gate and saw ten large characters engraved on the stele, which were Wanshou Mountain Blessed Land and Wuzhuangguan Cave Heaven.

As soon as Niu Yi entered Wanshou Mountain, he felt that this place was very different from the outside world. Not only was the spiritual energy extremely abundant, but even the thick underground veins extended from all directions, guarding and converging here.

Furthermore, the ley lines here seem to be somewhat different from those nearby.
However, Niu Yi only sensed it for a moment and then ignored it.

He was invited by the host to be a guest, so how could he do anything inappropriate?

If someone talks, he just listens. If someone doesn't talk, he doesn't ask too many questions out of curiosity, and he certainly can't pry into the secrets of other people's Taoist temples.

Niu Yi stood beside the stele, looking at the Taoist temple in front of him. Just like when he first met the statue of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, his heart was clear and he bowed respectfully towards the Taoist temple.

Qingfeng and Mingyue couldn't help but look at each other, and they saw the surprise in each other's eyes. Then the smiles on their faces became even more intense. After Niu Yi finished his ceremony, the two of them stepped forward, stood on both sides of the steps in front of the door, and led Niu Yi towards him.

"Master Guangyi, please~"

"Please, please~"

Niu Yi walked forward with a smile and came to the gate of Wuzhuang Temple with Qingfeng Mingyue, watching the two of them open the gate.

Niu Yi glanced at the two couplets on both sides of the gate.

A house of immortal immortals, a Taoist house with the same longevity as heaven.

This couplet alone fully captures the lifelong pursuit of a Taoist practitioner, and also reveals the aspirations of the Great Immortal Zhenyuan. Niu Yi entered with the two Taoist children, Qingfeng Mingyue, only to find them leading him directly to the main hall.

Niu Yi followed the two into the hall and looked at the two colorful characters "Heaven and Earth" hanging in the middle of the wall in front of him. His face became solemn. He took out three incense sticks from the incense box on the table beside him, lit them, and inserted them into the incense burner in front of the characters "Heaven and Earth" and bowed three times.

The Qingfeng Mingyue boy saw Niu Yi stand up after bowing, and smiled at him again:

"Master Guangyi, please come with us. It's almost time for dinner. Please go to the guest room and sit for a while. We will bring the meal to you shortly."

"Excuse me, you two."

In the evening, Niu Yi stayed in the guest room of Wuzhuang Temple. He slowly closed his eyes and used the Earth Spirit Pearl to comprehend the Great Way of Earth.

After a while, Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes, with some emotion in his eyes.

This Wuzhuangguan seems to be just an ordinary Taoist temple with beautiful scenery and nothing special about it, but it is filled with various Taoist rhymes, among which the earth element is the most important, which is also very helpful for him to comprehend the earth element.

However, what he saw now must be just the tip of the iceberg of Wuzhuang Temple.

Not to mention anything else, he had never seen the ginseng fruit, also known as the "Cao Huan Dan", which is said to bloom once every three thousand years, bear fruit once every three thousand years, and take another three thousand years to ripen, which is only ten thousand years away from being eaten.

The two boys Qingfeng and Mingyue did not mention the ginseng fruit tree, so he naturally did not ask much. He just didn't know whether the ginseng fruit was fully ripe at this time.

However, he was already quite satisfied to be able to come here as a guest and see the Wuzhuang Temple.

Tomorrow, he will prepare to say goodbye and leave, continuing his journey eastward to Mount Futu.

After seeing the scenery of Wuzhuang Temple, he was even more looking forward to the scenery of his own ancestor's Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

After thinking about this, Niu Yi slowly closed his eyes and entered into a spiritual state of mind.

On the other side of Wuzhuang Temple, in Qingfeng Mingyue’s room.

"Mingyue, what do you think of this Taoist Guangyi?"

"Well, I saw that he was quite respectful in his words towards our Master. He was neither humble nor arrogant during the whole journey, and his words and actions were quite polite. He is really amazing."

"Hmm~ That's right, I think so too. In that case, why don't we give him the things that Master left behind?"

"How about we wait a couple of days to see this?"

"You and I have been watching for a whole day. In my opinion, this Taoist Guangyi treats people sincerely and is definitely not a double-faced person. Why not give him the thing as soon as possible?"

".Hmm~Alright."

Early the next morning, Niu Yi found Qingfeng and Mingyue who were sweeping the floor in the courtyard and told them his purpose.

"Master Guangyi, are you leaving now? Are we two not treating you well enough?"

Niu Yi looked at the two boys, Qingfeng and Mingyue, who looked puzzled, but smiled and shook his head.

(End of this chapter)