Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 19: Incense Spectrum

At night, Niu Yi used earth escape to return to the top of Jindou Mountain with the Earth God, bringing today's harvest.

"The Earth God's escape method is truly mysterious. Once you enter the 300-mile range of Jindou Mountain, you can reach it in an instant."

"Hehe~ We land dwellers can only use the earth veins to move around in our own territory. Once we leave our own territory, our speed will be far inferior to your earth escape."

The God of Land held the tiger-shaped seal in his hand and sighed:
"If the ground veins of Tiger Roar Mountain are well sorted out, with the help of the power of the ground veins, anyone within a 500-mile radius of Tiger Roar Mountain can be reached in an instant. Then, by connecting to the ground veins of Golden Gauze Mountain, it will be convenient to travel back and forth."

"By then, your Green Bamboo Scroll will be able to refine much faster with the help of two earth veins."

"Unfortunately, I don't think about it in the short term. If I connect to the Tiger Roar Mountain veins now, the Golden Pouch Mountain veins will also be contaminated with the evil spirit, and then I will be in trouble."

Niu Yi pondered for a moment and said:

"According to the Earth God, with my participation, how long will it take to sort out the land veins?"

But the God of Land counted with his fingers, looked at Niu Yi and said:

"If we work hard, we might be able to sort it all out by early June, or even earlier."

Niu Yi nodded in understanding.

It was already mid-March, so the earth veins could be sorted out in less than three months, which was indeed much shorter than the previous three years.

This is fine. Just by reciting the Pure Land Sutra a few times every day, you can get many benefits. It is also necessary to make the local gods feel that it is worth it.

"Speaking of which, thanks to the God of Land, I have obtained some wonderful treasures. Please come into the house and have a look."

"Haha~ I am indeed curious about what treasures are left in Tiger Roar Mountain."

When the two men came into the house and closed the wooden door, Niu Yi tapped the ground lightly with the green bamboo stick in his hand, and two wooden boxes suddenly emerged from the ground, and the lids opened by themselves.

"crunch~"

"These spiritual fruits look familiar. They must have been collected from the area near Tiger Roar Mountain."

"Huh? Is this... Jade Agarwood?"

When the God of Land saw the emerald-like agarwood in another box, he quickly stepped forward and gently rubbed it twice with his palm.

"Good, good spiritual material!"

"Judging from its appearance, it should be a century-old jade agarwood?"

Niu Yi smiled and nodded, saying:

"Exactly. I don't know how Tiger Roar King got this thing. He put it in the secret room. It's a good deal for me."

The God of Land also stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction:
"Good! Your luck is still so extraordinary. This trip to Tiger Roar Mountain is really fruitful."

"Hey, this time we've harvested more than just this. God of Land, please take a look at this treasure."

As Niu Yi spoke, he took out the Tiger Roaring Stone from his arms, placed it on his palm, and handed it to the Earth God.

"Oh? This is."

The God of Land took the Tiger Roaring Stone handed to him by Niu Yi, looked at it carefully, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Tiger Roaring Stone?! Tiger Roaring Mountain actually gave birth to such a treasure? Now it's a bargain for you."

"Sigh, speaking of which, Tiger Roar Mountain treats Tiger Roar King so well."

Niu Yi nodded in agreement.

This is equivalent to a wealthy family in the previous life, who painstakingly paved the way for their children. As long as they proceed steadily and step by step, they can achieve the position that countless people dream of.

But this kid didn’t learn his lesson and ran off with a yellow-haired guy halfway!!!
That’s not all, this kid turned around and messed up his own family!

How can this not make people feel emotional?
The God of Land handed the Tiger Roaring Stone back to Niu Yi and said thoughtfully:

"Keep this Tiger Roar Stone. Perhaps it can be integrated into the Green Bamboo Scroll, enhancing its essence. Then, you can summon an Earth Tiger to aid you, creating a powerful magical weapon." "After all, it's a treasure nurtured by Tiger Roar Mountain. Once we've combed through the earth veins there, we should be able to do this with the power of Tiger Roar Mountain's earth veins."

Niu Yi was a little surprised to hear this and quickly bowed to express his gratitude.

"Haha~ Don't be in a hurry to thank me yet. We have to wait until the veins of Tiger Roar Mountain are sorted out. You should also get some rest early. After you arrange the Golden Pouch Mountain, we have to rush back to Tiger Roar Mountain as soon as possible tomorrow."

After the two talked for a while, the God of Land said goodbye and left.

Niu Yi looked at the two wooden boxes on the ground, used the earth escape technique to sink the box containing the hundred-year-old jade and agarwood into the ground again and hid it. Then he sat back on the bed cross-legged and entered the spiritual state of mind.

When Niu Yi opened his eyes again, he found himself standing in the right side hall of the Taoist temple again.

He had already cleaned up the two side halls on the left and right of the central hall, and was now cleaning up the right side hall. These two side halls were not as big as the central hall, so it did not take him too much effort.

Niu Yi went straight to the table in the side hall and used the feather duster in his hand to sweep away all the cobwebs on the lotus candlesticks on the yellow cloth table and the Boshan stove in the center.

This Boshan furnace has a lid that is high, pointed, hollow, and shaped like a mountain. The mountains overlap, and there are cloud patterns, figures, birds and beasts carved in it, which is extremely exquisite.

What surprised Niu Yi was that the lotus candlestick had run out of lamp oil long ago, but when he opened the Boshan furnace, he unexpectedly found that there was still half an unburned incense cake inside.

Niu Yi's treasure-hunting talent was not triggered. It seemed to be just an ordinary incense cake. Niu Yi leaned in and smelled it. The unique sweet and melodious scent of agarwood immediately rushed into his nose.

“It turns out that the incense cake is made mainly of agarwood.”

Niu Yi looked at the half piece of fragrant cake with some surprise.

Two days ago, when he was cleaning the left side hall, he found only some burnt incense ash in the Boshan incense burner on the table, while in the right side hall, there was half an incense cake.
He had just obtained some high-quality spiritual materials for making spiritual incense today, and when he entered the Taoist temple, he saw the agarwood incense cakes in the Boshan furnace.

Is it really such a coincidence?

Niu Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at the somewhat empty side hall thoughtfully. He took a step forward and began to carefully scan every inch of the side hall, as if he was looking for something.

After a while, Niu Yi really found some unusual things.

"Click~"

Niu Yi lifted the somewhat tattered tablecloth covering the table and pulled out a dusty wooden box.

Niu Yi blew lightly to disperse the dust on the box, and gently opened the lid of the old wooden box.

"Is this a fragrance recipe?"

Niu Yi was a little surprised when he carefully took out the old book from the box. He saw that there were only two big words "Incense Book" written on the book, and under the book, there were some incense sticks, incense pills, and incense cakes neatly arranged in slots.

Niu Yi slowly turned to the first page of the incense book.

"Thyme is a divine incense."

"Pure water fragrance, black hair fragrance, earth vein treasure fragrance"

"Huh? Is this... Jade Agarwood Fragrance?"

Niu Yi kept flipping through the "Incense Book", but found that this "Incense Book" was not as plain as its name, but was actually a complete book on making spiritual incense!
In the "Incense Book", the introduction, production method and precautions of each kind of spiritual fragrance are written in great detail.

Among these incenses, there is thyme that can be used to transmit sound over a hundred miles, and there is incense that can be used by gods to inhale for cultivation and to summon gods. This is the most common one.

Later, Niu Yi even saw an incense that could make mortals free from illness and disaster and prolong their life for a thousand years with just one breath. This kind of incense could no longer be called a spiritual incense, but a precious incense!

Of course, Niu Yi had never even heard of the ingredients used to make that incense.
Among them, what Niu Yi looked at most carefully was the fragrance of jade and agarwood.

As the name suggests, the main ingredient of this jade sinking wood fragrance is jade sinking wood.

When this incense is lit, it will emit a clear emerald scent. If ordinary people take a breath of it, all diseases will be cured and dirt will be eliminated from the body. For practitioners, it can even help them practice, and one breath of it can keep their mind clear and not be disturbed by inner demons.

And according to what this book says.
This jade has a nice agarwood scent.

(End of this chapter)