Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 14: Longevity Valley
"Is this right here?"

"That's right, Chief Niu, this is it! This place is shrouded in a magic circle and is a cave paradise. Walk around this stone pillar three times to the left, three times to the right, and silently chant, 'Valley, open!' You will then see the entrance."

In a cave on an unnamed mountain five hundred miles away from Jindou Mountain, Niu Yi and the old monkey demon were in the deepest part of the cave, looking at the towering natural stone pillars in the cave.

When Niu Yi heard this, he inexplicably felt that the spell seemed very familiar, but he looked at the old monkey demon, turned left three times and right three times around the stone pillar, and finally stood still, while silently chanting in his heart, Valley, open!

As the cave trembled slightly, a circular magic circle emitting light and resembling water ripples slowly appeared on the stone wall inside the cave.

Niu Yi had an idea and walked towards the circular magic circle with the old monkey demon.

Through the circular magic circle, Niu Yi suddenly saw a lush valley surrounded by fairy mist behind the magic circle. A large number of low-level spiritual roots were planted in the valley, and many of them had already produced fruits.

Among them are several kinds of spiritual fruits that Niu Yi has seen during this period.

However, with this magic formation blocking the way, even though Niu Yi coveted these spiritual roots, he could only watch.

Niu Yi could feel that although this magic circle looked fragile, it was actually connected to the entire valley and cave, and could not be destroyed at all. Even if there was someone with great magic power who could destroy this magic circle, the entire cave would be destroyed as well.

"Master Niu Yi, according to what the immortal said, the magic circle here opens once every five years, and each time lasts for seven days. It has been two years since the last opening. In another three years, it will be open again."

After hearing the old monkey demon's introduction, Niu Yi looked at the old monkey demon with some emotion.

This is a causal law.
According to the old monkey demon, it was originally an ignorant little monkey on the mountain, but it accidentally broke into the cave. It happened that the cave was opened, so it entered and met an immortal.

The immortal was also a little curious about the arrival of the little monkey, and thought that the little monkey had some kind of fate with him, so he kept it by his side.

The little monkey ate some magical fruits every day, which enlightened his spirit and gradually turned him into a monster.

One day, the immortal left this place and gave the method to open the cave to the little monkey. He never came back and decades have passed since then.

Every five years, the monkeys would come back and take out the many ripe spiritual fruits in the cave and give them to the nearby monkeys to eat. Gradually, they became a tribe and lived in the deep mountains without any worries.

Until a while ago, the leopard demon suddenly appeared and killed most of their companions. Only at the old monkey's plea for mercy did they leave a dozen monkey demons as cannon fodder.

Niu Yi knew everything that happened next.

Because the leopard demon was killed by him, the group of monkey demons also took advantage of the chaos to escape, but the old monkey was also very conflicted at this time.

This incident made it see clearly that if it did not find a backer, a wolf king or a lion king might pop up, and then the monkey group it had worked so hard to gather would be completely destroyed by other monsters.

It is already old, but none of their monkey demons can hold up this banner.

Instead of keeping this cave and taking its secrets into the ground, it is better to exchange it for a trustworthy backer who can protect this group of monkey demons.

After much consideration, he chose Niu Yi, who had a good reputation, was low-key but powerful, and rescued them.

"Does this cave valley have a name?"

"Some leaders, according to the immortal, this place is named after the single character 'Shou', and is called Shou Valley."

"Did that immortal introduce himself?"

"No, I'm ashamed to say that I've been with that immortal for over ten years, and I've never heard him mention these things. Perhaps he did mention them back then, but I was ignorant at the time and didn't remember."

"But I clearly remember that the immortal looked at the valley and sighed that his fate with this place was over, and then he left." Niu Yi thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, I understand. When you get back, find a place near Jindou Mountain to settle these monkey demons. If you need anything, you can come to me."

"But one thing is for sure, don't cause any trouble! If you do, I won't let you off easily!"

Niu Yi looked at the old monkey demon with a happy expression and a serious look.

Seeing this, the old monkey demon nodded quickly, his furry face still showing joy as he said:

"Don't worry! These children of mine will never cause you any trouble, let alone any trouble!"

Only then did Niu Yi nod with a relaxed expression.

Although he agreed to accept these dozen monkey demons for the sake of this cave, some things should still be made clear to prevent these guys from causing trouble.

And having this group of monkey demons stationed near Jindou Mountain would also make it convenient for him to have his group of little bull demons keep an eye on them.

Of course, if I can really develop some feelings with these monkey monsters in the future, then maybe I won’t have to go through so much trouble.

Niu Yi guessed that the old monkey was also scared to death by what had happened in this mountain world during this period, so he stopped testing him and suddenly came over. After repeated pulling by Niu Yi, he directly used this cave as a life-saving talisman in exchange.

When Nezha dealt with these monsters, he would often kill them all directly and decisively. He had heard from the monsters he had seen before that a magic sword fell from the sky, splitting the mountain in two, and hundreds of fire wheels flew down, like a world-destroying rain of fire.

For these monsters who don't know the truth, everything that has happened recently is too terrible.
Niu Yi was more clear about it.

As far as he knew, in addition to the four most famous magic weapons, namely the Wind-Fire Wheels, the Fire-Tipped Spear, the Mixed Sky Ribbon, and the Universe Ring, Nezha also carried with him a set of weapons to exorcise demons and monsters.

There are six items in total: the demon-slaying sword, the demon-chopping knife, the demon-binding rope, the demon-subduing pestle, the hydrangea, and the fire wheel.

These six are top-notch weapons in the Three Realms. They are extremely powerful and are specially used to subdue demons and monsters. According to legend, these magical weapons can transform into various forms to attack the enemy, which is very powerful.

The magic swords and fire wheels in the eyes of those monsters should be the monster-slaying sword and the fire wheel.

Alas. The demon-slaying knife, the demon-slaying sword, just hearing the names, you can tell how difficult the situation of the demon clan is now.
After seeing this cave, Niu Yi picked up the old monkey and used earth escape again. Before dark, he traveled more than 500 miles and returned to Jindou Mountain.

After explaining everything, Niu Yi entered the spiritual state of mind without hesitation and began to tidy up the side halls on both sides of the central hall.

What puzzled Niu Yi was that there was no sign of any Taoist deities or Buddhist Buddhas being enshrined in either the central hall or the side halls.

In general Taoist temples, they will honor a certain person as the ancestor of their lineage. Even if they do not have a statue of the deity, they will still offer tablets to heaven and earth.

Write a name on it, for example, to enshrine the true god who is the ruler of all spirits in the three realms of heaven, earth and ten directions, like this.

But this Taoist temple does not have any statues or tablets of gods.

I don’t know if they took it away when they left or what, but Niu Yi looked around since the first day he came here, but he didn’t see any trace of such things.

Niu Yi was busy in Lingtai state of mind all night. After hearing the familiar loud crowing of a rooster, he opened his eyes and began to prepare for the trip.

(End of this chapter)