Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 23 Origami Spells
Inside Jindou Cave.

"Yes, these are exactly what I need."

Niu Yi looked at the piles of incense-making materials sorted in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

Among these ordinary materials, there were actually some spiritual materials, which surprised Niu Yi.

Niu Yi wrote down these spiritual materials just thinking of letting Niu Feng and the others try to find them, but he didn't expect that they would actually get something.

Niu Yi picked up a piece of warm spiritual material that was as crystal clear as black jade, and turned to look at Niu Feng and Niu Ping behind him.

"Where does this spirit deer musk come from?"

Niu Feng scratched his head and smiled foolishly, still immersed in the joy of being praised by the leader. Niu Ping glanced at Niu Feng and said:
"Chief, a group of spirit deer came from the east of Jindou Mountain and seemed to want to settle down nearby. When I went to negotiate with them, the spirit deer handed over the musk as soon as they heard that it was the chief who wanted it."

Niu Ping saw Niu Yi frowning slightly and said quickly:
"Of course! Boss Niu Li and I have always remembered what our leader said before, that we would not take advantage of them. We gave them many spiritual fruits in exchange!"

This time, Niu Yi relaxed his brows and nodded.

"You've done very well. It's normal for the other party to show goodwill when they first arrive, but we can't take advantage of them."

"Yes! I understand!"

To put it bluntly, Niu Yi's move was because he didn't want to be involved in any unnecessary cause and effect. There was such a large amount of Linglu Musk on the ground. If he really took it for free, he would probably be involved in some matter.

The simplest thing is, if you accept someone's gift and something happens to them, how can you just sit back and do nothing?

Exchanging with spiritual fruits is different. This is an equal transaction without any responsibility for cause and effect.

"Okay, take care of these things. I have to go out again."

"what??"

Niu Feng and Niu Ping looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Has our leader changed his ways? He could count the number of times he'd gone down the mountain in the past eight years on his two hooves. So why, after just two months out, is he going down again?

"Heh~ Someone with whom I have a karmic connection is about to arrive. I'm going to meet him and save him some physical pain."

"Speaking of which, Niu Ping, Niu An's arm has fully recovered, right?"

"Yes, thanks to the chief and the land god, my brother's arm has fully recovered."

When talking about this, Niu Ping's eyes were filled with gratitude.

"It's good that you've recovered, Niu Ping. Go back and thank the God of Land."

"Let's go, let's go~"

As Niu Yi spoke, the ground beneath his feet rippled like water and swallowed him up.

"Oops!" Niu Feng suddenly slapped his forehead, stroking his horns in frustration and looking at Niu Ping, "Oh no! I forgot to tell the leader that the peaches on his mountain are ripe, and the peach blossom wine seems to be brewed too!"

"I see, you've been craving it for a long time, haven't you?"

"Hehe~~"

"Little thief! Where are you running!!!"

When Guo Le'an heard the shouts and curses behind him, he ran into the mountains without looking back!
At this time, Guo Le'an's package was gone, and there were many wounds on his body. His hair was scattered and he looked extremely embarrassed with his hair disheveled.

Behind him, five or six men on horseback, looking menacing, were chasing him. The Taoist in the lead was riding a white horse that looked extremely stiff. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a vivid paper horse! Fortunately, Guo Le'an had mastered Qinggong to a very high level, otherwise he would have been caught up in no time!

"Where did this old Taoist priest with an ox nose come from? He even knows some magic!"

Guo Le'an cursed in his heart.

Even if six strong men attacked him together, he would not be too afraid. If he couldn't win, he would just run away. He also realized that they were just a group of horse bandits!
But the trouble lies with that old Taoist priest with a big nose! He actually knows some magic!
The one who had been tracking me was a paper crane magic. No matter where I hid, the paper crane could find me!

The wounds on his body were caused by the flying knives made of paper by the opponent! And the horse under the opponent's crotch was also folded by his own hands before his eyes!
"Boy! What you hold in your arms is a treasure from my Qingfeng Temple! Return it to me immediately! Then we will let you go!"

Guo Le'an sneered in his heart. Bullshit Qingfeng Temple! How could this old man be good with these bandits? And the other party had just attacked, but it was a deadly move everywhere, with no intention of sparing his life at all!
"Hmph! Stubborn!"

Seeing that Guo Le'an had no intention of stopping, a sinister look flashed in the old man's eyes. He waved his whisk and quickly took out a handful of yellow paper covered with scarlet runes from his sleeve, muttering something!
Then, the old man bit his tongue hard, and a mouthful of blood splattered on the stack of yellow paper!

The old man's aura suddenly weakened, but he gritted his teeth and swept the yellow paper with the whisk in his hand.

The runes on the yellow paper flashed a scarlet light, and the old man threw the yellow paper towards Guo Le'an!

"Please help me, Xuan Huang Hercules!!!"

But the stack of yellow paper flew past Guo Le'an quickly and stood not far in front of Guo Le'an. It emitted a bright yellow light and turned into two-meter-tall yellow paper giants!

Guo Le'an hurriedly stopped and looked at the eight yellow paper giants with scarlet light flashing on their faces who were surrounding him in front of him, and groaned in his heart.

The methods used by this experienced person were completely beyond his understanding and could not be guarded against.

Just like the eight yellow paper giants in front of him, they looked simple, but Guo Le'an instinctively felt a danger from these eight yellow paper giants that made his hair stand on end.

But the group of people behind Guo Le'an quickly chased and dispersed, and quickly surrounded Guo Le'an from behind.

"Pooh."

The old Taoist in the lead spat out a mouthful of blood foam, his face became increasingly gloomy, and there was a hint of ruthlessness in his hoarse voice as he looked at Guo Le'an who was surrounded by layers of enemies.

"Hmph! You've cost me two years of my lifespan for every drop of my blood! I'm going to tear your tendons and bones apart, little thief! To appease my hatred!"

He was originally the leader of this group of horse thieves. He had a fortuitous encounter in his early years and accidentally obtained the method of cultivating immortality, which is why he learned some origami magic.

But his talent was really average. After practicing for more than thirty years, he had only reached the middle stage of refining essence into qi. It was impossible for him to make any further progress in this lifetime.

Some time ago, by chance, he learned that Guojiazhuang had secretly obtained an extraordinary treasure, and then he began to ask around.

Finally, he bribed the old housekeeper of the Guo family, and unexpectedly learned that their eldest young master had gone on a trip to gain experience, and that the treasure was most likely in the hands of Guo Le'an, the eldest grandson of the Guo family!
Compared to the Guo family, in the old Taoist's opinion, Guo Le'an is the easiest to deal with. Even if the treasure is not in Guo Le'an's hands, it is also very good to use Guo Le'an to threaten the Guo family to hand over the treasure!

But it was this young thief before him! He had wiped out all his men! In the end, he had to capture him personally, and now he was even forced to use a spell that would drain his lifespan and blood to keep him alive!

If he can't get that treasure, he will suffer a great loss!!!

Guo Le'an looked at the horse bandits and those Xuanhuang strongmen who were gathering quickly with a grin, and quickly took out a small gold-thread bag from his clothes!
"If you take one more step forward, I will crush it with my own hands! You will get nothing!"

Guo Le'an's eyes were determined, and he exerted force with his hands, as if he really wanted to crush the contents of the gold-thread bag. The old Taoist's face changed when he saw this.

He had put in so much effort, wasn't it just for this treasure? If this brat really crushed it, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?!
Although he didn't know whether the thing in this kid's hand was real or fake, he had already paid such a price and was only a few steps away from the treasure. He really didn't dare to gamble.
But of course he would not agree to let this slippery little thief go!

"Boy! Hand over what you have in your hand. I promise to leave you a way out!"

(End of this chapter)