Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 124 Rotten Peach Mountain

Oblique Moon Samsung Cave.

"There are twelve characters in my sect: Guang, Da, Zhi, Hui, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Wu, Yuan, and Jue. They are used to assign names. When it comes to your generation, it is the Zhen generation."

"I see that you have a pure heart and are good at understanding and thinking. I will give you a Dharma name, Zhensi. How about that?"

"Yes, Zhensi thanks you Master."

Upon hearing this, He Xi hurriedly knelt down and, under the gaze of the master and many disciples, respectfully kowtowed three times to the master, performing the ceremony of becoming his disciple.

Patriarch Bodhi looked at He Xi below, smiled kindly and nodded, then turned his gaze to Guanghui.

"Guanghui, take Zhensi down with you and teach him, along with the other disciples, how to clean and deal with things, and how to maneuver."

"Yes, Master."

Guanghui immediately bowed and accepted the order, came to He Xi's side, and took him out of the hall. The other brothers also bowed to the ancestor and followed the pace of Taoist Guanghui.

Before leaving, He Xi glanced at Niu Yi. Seeing Niu Yi smiling at him, he couldn't help but smile as well and left with Taoist Guanghui.

Niu Yi couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. Now that the little guy He Xi has entered the door, the next step is to follow these many senior brothers and start learning "cultivating the mind".

"Guangyi, you stay for now."

"Yes, Master."

Niu Yi, who had already changed into a simple Taoist robe, turned around and bowed when he heard the words of the ancestor, then stood still.

The ancestor and the Guangwu boy beside him slowly came to Niu Yi.

"Now that you have arrived at the mountain gate, what are your plans?"

Niu Yi quickly said:
"Everything is up to the Master's arrangement."

"In that case, why don't you go to the back mountain to practice?"

Niu Yi was stunned when he heard this, then looked at the master and nodded quickly.

"Yes, Patriarch."

"When I give a lecture in the future, I will order Guangwu to go find you. As for the rest, everything else will remain the same."

After saying this, Patriarch Bodhi slowly left the hall, while Guangwu winked at Niu Yi and followed Patriarch Bodhi away.

The back mountain, and the hint from Senior Brother Guangwu just now.
Niu Yi stood in the hall thoughtfully. After thinking for a moment, he bowed respectfully to the departing figure of the ancestor, walked out of the hall quickly, and headed straight for the back mountain.

At the mountain gate, Taoist Guanghui arranged accommodation for He Xi and made arrangements for his daily homework before turning around and leaving.

"Big brother."

Hearing the voice behind him, Taoist Guanghui couldn't help but stand still, looked at the burly man in Taoist robes who followed behind him, and said with a smile:
"Junior Brother Dayou, what's going on?"

But the burly man in the Taoist robe scratched his head and said:
"Big Brother, I'm just a little curious. I've been studying Taoism with Master in the mountains for decades now, and I seem to have never seen or heard of Brother Guangyi."

"In the future, when we are all together in the Taoist temple, if we want to interact with this senior brother, we should also learn more about this senior brother Guangyi."

Taoist Guanghui shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, Junior Brother Dayou, Junior Brother Guangyi won't appear often in the Taoist temple in the future. The Grandmaster has other arrangements for Junior Brother Guangyi."

Taoist Guanghui said this and no longer paid attention to Junior Brother Dayou, turning around and leaving. Dayou looked at Taoist Guanghui's back as he left, but his face was somewhat uncertain, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look.

Among the disciples of the founder, there are only three Guang generation disciples still in the mountain gate: Guanghui, Guangwu, and Guangshan who returned to the mountain gate some time ago.

Senior Brother Guanghui is usually not seen except when the master is giving lectures. When the master is around, Guangwu serves the master, but is rarely seen at other times.

This was especially true for Senior Brother Guangshan with the white beard. Every day he was either reading books in the library or studying herbs in the house. He hardly communicated with them.

Apart from these three, he was the first one to become the master's disciple among all the disciples. Many of his fellow disciples called him "Senior Brother Dayu", which made him quite proud. But now, suddenly there is another "Senior Brother Guangyi", which makes him quite uncomfortable.

He also didn't know what kind of personality this senior brother had, but now he heard what the eldest senior brother said, this brother would look like the other three senior brothers of the Guang generation in the future.
These senior brothers of Guangzi's generation are all mysterious.

You have to know that they were in the mountains and the master was in meditation all year round. They could only see the master a few times a year, and that senior brother Guangyi was actually left alone by the master.

Normally, only Senior Brother Guanghui would receive such treatment.

Niu Yi was not aware of what was happening in the mountain gate. At this time, he had already arrived at the foot of the back mountain.

Niu Yi looked at the beautiful mountain in front of him and walked straight up the mountain.

"This mountain doesn't seem to have anything special."

Niu Yi saw that the scenery of this mountain was beautiful, much better than the Jindou Mountain in the past, but there seemed to be nothing surprising. He only saw some wild rabbits and deer in the mountains occasionally, which would show their heads from time to time and look at him curiously.

Niu Yi climbed up all the way and soon reached the top of the mountain. However, he found that the top of the mountain was flat and mostly open space. There was only a peach tree with peaches and a gourd vine with a gourd in it.

The plump peaches had been ripe for a long time, but many of them had fallen off and no one was there to taste them, leaving the ground littered with rotten peaches.

"Rotten peach. Could it be that this mountain behind is Rotten Peach Mountain?"

Niu Yi looked around, but felt something was wrong. There seemed to be only this one peach tree on the entire mountain. How could it be called Rotten Peach Mountain?

Niu Yi walked slowly forward, looked at the half-rotten peach under the tree, picked it up slowly, and looked at the exposed core. He couldn't help but smile, as if he thought of something interesting.

If the monkey comes here in the future and sees that there is only one peach tree on the top of the mountain, I wonder if he will be disappointed.

According to what his eldest brother told him when he came yesterday, the master accepts disciples every thirty years. Now it should be about one hundred and thirty to one hundred and seventy years before Sun Wukong comes to become his disciple.

And now, he should still be living happily as the Monkey King in Huaguo Mountain.

"However, since Master asked me to cultivate here, and there is only this one peach tree on this mountain, why don't I plant more peach trees on this mountain, and then I can return to my old profession~"

As Niu Yi spoke, he stomped his feet slightly, and saw the rotten peaches on the ground quickly fly up and scatter evenly towards the top of the mountain. They fell to the ground one by one, and then were quickly swallowed up by the land and disappeared.

Niu Yi waved his hand, and dozens of wisps of precious energy quickly appeared and flew into the fruit cores buried in the ground, so that each fruit core was nourished by this wisp of precious energy and strengthened its origin.

Then, Niu Yi waved his hand towards the ground beside him. Soon, with a rumbling tremor on the ground, a stream of clear spring water was quickly led by Niu Yi from the river at the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and then poured towards the places where the peach pits were planted.

Feeling the vitality emanating from the peach kernel in the ground, Niu Yi flipped his palm and saw that the rocks where the water was diverted were shaking. As the rocks continued to gather together, a stone well quickly took shape.

Niu Yi couldn't help but smile as he looked at the new stone well that was quickly taking shape.

In the past, when he wanted to dig a well in Jindou Mountain, he had to ask the Earth God to come out and divert the mountain spring to the top of his mountain. Now, with his supernatural power of the Five Elements Escape Technique, he no longer needs that trouble.

Now these peach pits have fallen into the ground. As long as he continues to practice the Sun and Moon Dew Technique, these peach trees will surely grow well.

(End of this chapter)