Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 22 Library

At night, Niu Yi once again entered the Lingtai state of mind.

"Library Pavilion."

Niu Yi looked at the nine-story attic in front of him.

This attic on the left side of the Taoist temple is also the tallest building in the temple.

This is also the last place left undone by Niu Yi in this Taoist temple.

Niu Yi, with a feather duster stuck behind him and a broom and dustpan in his hands, pushed open the wooden door of the attic in front of him.

"crunch~"

The first floor of the library remained the same as when he first came here, with no changes.

Moreover, except for the ninth floor, the eight floors below this library are exactly the same.

Apart from a wooden desk and bench for reading and writing, the rest were rows of neatly arranged, empty bookshelves covered with cobwebs and dust.

It is worth mentioning that these writing desks all have a complete set of pens, ink, paper, inkstone, candlesticks, paperweights, and Boshan stoves.

As for the ninth floor, a huge bronze bell hangs in the center. There are no walls around it, only four pillars standing, from which one can see the entire panoramic view of the Taoist temple.

Niu Yi didn't delay any longer. He took out the feather duster from behind and quickly started cleaning.

Among all the buildings in the Taoist temple, cleaning the library is probably the most troublesome yet the simplest cleaning task.

The trouble lies with the rows of bookshelves. Niu Yi counted and found that there are 360 ​​bookshelves on each layer, which is exactly the number of one circle. It is naturally very troublesome to clean them up one by one.

The simplicity lies in that there is nothing complicated in the objects in this library. You just need to pick up a feather duster and dust off the dust on the bookshelves, tables and countertops layer by layer, and then sweep the floor with a broom.

"Whoa whoa----"

As the night passed and the roosters crowed, Niu Yi counted and found that he had cleared exactly 120 bookshelves in one night.

If we continue like this, it will take three days to complete each layer.

He had to clean the entire library, and he also had to clean up the new dust in other buildings from time to time. It would probably take a month to finish cleaning the library.

Niu Yi was really looking forward to that time, and he wondered if there would be any other new changes in this Taoist temple.
The next morning.

Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes and looked at the Huxiao Mountain, which looked more lively than yesterday. He stood up with the help of his green bamboo stick.

With the Five Elements' Earth Escape Technique, he could clearly sense the changes underground. The Tiger Roaring Mountain vein seemed to have come alive again.

"It should be today. It can be seen that the four land gods have already made their full efforts. They have even begun to try to connect the four earth veins to help the Tiger Roar Mountain earth vein to do the final cleansing of the evil spirit."

Niu Yi stretched, took out the incense book from his arms, held it in his hands, and began to study it again.

This incense book is profound and extensive. What it contains is not just a simple technique of making incense. In other words, what this incense book teaches is not a simple technique, but the art of incense!

The more Niu Yi studied it, the more he felt that this incense chart was unfathomable. It contained many things, but he was not knowledgeable enough and his cultivation was not deep enough to see it.

Still need to work harder.
"Tsk, these guys are really hot on my heels. I've already used up all my lime powder and Ecstasy Powder, but I still haven't gotten rid of them."

Guo Le'an touched his empty sleeves and shook his head with some heartache.

If Guo Xiuwen knew what Guo Le'an was thinking at this moment, he would probably curse at the Guo family for producing such a bad boy, while at the same time secretly giving Guo Le'an a thumbs up!

Hey, this kid! He learns really fast! Let him!
When you are out there, the people you face the most are often those with bad intentions. Just because you don't have any feelings for others doesn't mean that others won't have any feelings for you.

People who are simple-minded and easily trust others usually don't live long, and no matter how high their martial arts skills are, they can't decide everything. If Guo Le'an is not careful enough, no matter how high his martial arts skills are, he will be knocked out by a small packet of knockout drugs!
Fortunately, Guo Le'an learned these things quickly. "Now I can only continue to move deeper into the mountains. But it's really strange, how could they still find me so accurately in these vast mountains, from such a distance?"

Guo Le'an knew that there were some ways to track people by using special smells, but at this time, he had smeared some grass juice on his body and his package to cover up the smell. But the other party came back last night.
Guo Le'an, who couldn't figure it out for a moment, had to hit the road again, quickening his pace and continuing towards the predetermined escort route.

What Guo Le'an didn't know was that in a forest not far from him, a group of people were chasing him at full speed, and the three big men who had fought with Guo Le'an yesterday were among them.

Among this group of people, a skinny Taoist holding a whisk and with a gloomy face was standing at the front, followed by a paper crane engraved with runes and flying in the air, chasing towards Guo Le'an.
In the afternoon, at the foot of Huxiao Mountain.

Niu Yi, who was connecting with the aura of the cause and effect hexagram and comprehending the theory of cause and effect hexagram, suddenly sensed a clear and spiritual air rising from the ground. He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the Tiger Roaring Mountain behind him.

The clear and pure air blew across the entire Tiger Roar Mountain with a breath of life, sweeping away the heavy deathly atmosphere of Tiger Roar Mountain and bringing in a strong vitality.

The feeling was like a patient who had been bedridden for a long time and had just recovered from a serious illness, letting out a groan of extreme comfort.

"Hahahaha~~"

As bursts of joyful laughter were heard, four land gods appeared in front of Niu Yi in a burst of white mist.

The two beards of the landowner of Baoquanjian trembled, and he said with a look of relief:
"Finally, I have sorted out the veins of Tiger Roar Mountain. I can go back and repair my Treasure Spring Stream."

"Chief Niu Yi! I cannot thank you enough for your kindness! As soon as I return to Baoquanjian, I will immediately send those spiritual fish to Jindou Mountain!"

"That's right, that's right! When I return to Yunwu Mountain, I will deliver the Yunwu pine cones to Chief Niu Yi!"

"I will also deliver my three jars of cherry blossom wine to Chief Niu Yi as soon as possible!"

Niu Yi was also happy in his heart, but he looked calm and said with a smile:

"Don't be polite, my fellow land gods. Niu Yi is also very happy to be able to help you this time. This time, the veins of Tiger Roar Mountain have been straightened out, allowing the land of Tiger Roar Mountain to regain vitality. The merits of all the land gods are immeasurable."

"Hahahaha, I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it. This time, Chief Niu Yi deserves the credit!"

The five people chatted for a while, and then the landowner of Baoquanjian said goodbye and left impatiently.

Seeing this, the landowners of Yunwu Mountain and Luoying Valley also said goodbye and left. In the end, only the landowners of Jindou Mountain and Niu Yi were left here.

The local god of Jindou Mountain stomped the ground lightly with his wooden staff. Amidst ripples on the ground, a huge tiger-shaped boulder slowly emerged from the ground and appeared at the foot of Huxiao Mountain.

Niu Yi looked at the tiger-shaped boulder with some doubts, sensing the faint familiar aura on it. He looked towards the land of Jindou Mountain with some realization and said:
"Lord of the Land, is this the land of Tiger Roaring Mountain?"

But the land god of Jindou Mountain stroked his beard and nodded with a complicated expression.

"Well, come to think of it, we are old acquaintances. Now that he has gone through such a great ordeal, I don't know when he will wake up again."

Niu Yi was silent as he looked at the tiger-shaped boulder. If one had to say who suffered the most in the Tiger Roaring Mountain disaster, this person would be the worst off. As the land god with the largest land area within a thousand miles, in charge of the 500-mile area around Tiger Roaring Mountain, he had now become such a miserable person.

If he was not familiar enough with the aura of the earth gods, he would not be able to tell that the huge rock in front of him was transformed from the land of Huxiao Mountain.

The two of them looked at the boulder in silence for a while, and finally the land master of Jindou Mountain took the lead and said to Niu Yi:

"Now that this matter is over, you can return to Jindou Mountain and wait for those three to deliver the treasure. To be honest, I am really troubling you this time. Although the landowner of Baoquanjian is so anxious, the biggest beneficiary of your help this time is me."

"God of Land, given the relationship between you and me, why would you even bother to thank me?"

A gratified smile appeared on the old face of the Earth God, and he nodded and said:
"I may have to stay in Tiger Roar Mountain for a while longer to help it recover faster."

"If you need anything from me after you return to Jindou Mountain, just go to the Earth God Temple at the foot of the mountain and let me know. I will come back immediately."

(End of this chapter)