Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 26: Divine Incense

Time flies, and ten days passed in a flash.

At this time, all the pink peaches on the tree on the top of the mountain had been picked. Niu Yi counted them and found that the peach tree had produced a total of 42 white peaches.

Among them, Niu Yi left five spiritual peaches to the God of Land at Jindou Mountain. The three gods who came to give him treasures also reciprocated the gift by giving each of them three spiritual peaches in return.

Since these three land officials were very polite and showed their willingness to make friends, Niu Yi was naturally willing to do so.

Niu Yi distributed most of the remaining 28 spiritual peaches to the bull spirits, leaving only 10 spiritual peaches to be placed with other spiritual fruits, to be exchanged for spiritual materials and treasures from monsters in other mountains in the future.

Just like the spiritual deer musk, as long as there are those spiritual deer next door, a stable batch can be harvested every year. You should know that in the fragrance spectrum, in addition to thyme and incense, there are several other spiritual fragrances that all use spiritual deer musk.

For the long-term plan, Niu Yi has asked Niu Feng and others to go and win over their feelings from time to time and make sure to keep this group of spiritual deer.

Although there are some other spiritual deer in the mountains, they are extremely difficult to find, which was also Niu Yi's previous plan.

If Niu Feng and his men couldn't find the musk, he would go out himself to search for it in these mountains.

But who would have thought that a group of spirit deer would plan to settle down next to his Jindou Mountain? He was extremely lucky.

In fact, it was not just this group of spirit deer, because some time ago, among the mountains within a thousand miles, only his Jindou Mountain was not affected by the disaster. Many mountain creatures ran to his Jindou Mountain, and it was extremely lively here at this time.

In contrast, areas like Huxiao Mountain and Baoquanjian seem a little deserted at this time.

On the top of Jindou Mountain, in a thatched hut.

Niu Yi looked at the ten seemingly ordinary brown incense sticks on the table in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

"In the past ten days, I have refined it more than ten times, and finally made this Ten-Bead Divine Incense."

This incense is made of the main ingredients of century-old pine resin and spirit deer musk that Niu Yi got from the land of Yunwu Mountain, combined with other spiritual materials.

Unlike thyme, the musk required for this incense must be the higher grade blue musk.

This kind of spiritual deer musk can probably only be produced by the spiritual deer leader, and the blue-grade spiritual deer musk that Niu Feng and his friends exchanged for was only the size of a palm, and now it has all been used up.

Fortunately, in the end, they became these ten incense sticks that can reach the gods.

[Tongshen Incense (Blue): A spiritual incense used to communicate with the earthly gods. Offering it with sincerity and lighting it is also beneficial to the earthly gods' spiritual practice.]

The earthly gods mostly refer to gods of land, mountains, cities, day and night wandering gods. Niu Yi knows very well that the biggest function of this incense is to negotiate terms with the earthly gods.

The world of Journey to the West is a world that pays great attention to cause and effect. These gods and goddesses accept offerings and benefits from people, and they must either contribute some effort, answer some questions, or meet some conditions.

Of course, there are also those who are unreasonable, but the fate of such gods is usually not good.
Niu Yi looked at the wooden box beside him, where there were already three thyme branches lying inside. Niu Yi picked up three incense sticks from the table in front of him and put them into the wooden box. He closed the lid of the box, picked it up, and turned to look at Guo Le'an behind him.

"I see that all your injuries have healed. Take this box of incense and go down the mountain."

As Niu Yi spoke, he handed the wooden box in his hand to Guo Le'an opposite him. Guo Le'an quickly took it with both hands, with a complicated expression, and opened his mouth.

"Senior, I..."

Niu Yi waved his hand at Guo Le'an, indicating that he didn't need to say more.

"You and I are not destined to be master and disciple, so there's no need to mention the matter of becoming my disciple. However, I've calculated that your Guo family will face three disasters within the next hundred years. These six incense sticks can ensure your Guo family's prosperity for a hundred years. Keep them well and memorize the magic formula I've given you."

When Guo Le'an heard this, he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the wooden box.

Having witnessed the extraordinary nature of Jindou Mountain and the senior in front of him, he believed in Niu Yi's words without a doubt!
After all, when he first came to this mountainous area, the person in front of him knew that he was looking for him. This person's ability to calculate is absolutely extraordinary.

"This matter is over. My fate with your Guo family has ended. Remember not to mention my Jindou Mountain in the future! And don't say that the incense was given by me, Niu Yi! Otherwise, I will not forgive your Guo family!"

Niu Yi's face was serious, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, which made Guo Le'an shudder all over. He held the wooden box and bowed, saying:
"Yes! Guo Le'an will remember the teachings of the seniors! I will never forget!"

"Hmm~"

Hearing Niu Yi's response, Guo Le'an finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he suddenly felt his body tremble unconsciously, and the grass under his feet suddenly turned into yellow soil! Guo Le'an looked up in surprise, only to find that he had suddenly appeared at the foot of Jindou Mountain. In front of him was the towering Jindou Mountain.

He actually transported himself from the top of the mountain to the bottom in just a moment?!

"Guo Le'an, let's go. The leader ordered me to take you out of the mountains."

Guo Le'an was shocked and quickly came to his senses. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a big man with horns as strong as an iron tower, carrying a huge black axe and holding a cloth wrapped in his hand, looking at him indifferently.

Niu Li casually threw the package to Guo Le'an and turned around to walk into the jungle.

Guo Le'an took the package and immediately found that it was the package he had lost when he was being chased. He turned his head and looked at Jindoushan with a complicated expression, bowed deeply to Jindoushan, and then ran towards Niu Li.

"Heh~ The Guo family is a group of people who know how to behave and are good people."

Niu Yi lowered his head, stroked the yellowish jade stone in his hand that contained the spiritual energy of the earth, and looked at the seven remaining incense sticks on the table.

"This leader personally calculated your fortune for the Guo family, continuing your family's legacy for a hundred years. This is also worthy of the Earth Spirit Jade that your family went through so much trouble to find."

He actually liked the people in the Guo family.

Most people in the world are heartless. Even though five years have passed, the Guo family still remembers the kindness they showed them. Guo Le'an suffered this disaster because they gave him the Earth Spirit Jade. In this way, Niu Yi is willing to help them.

At this moment, Niu Feng came running over, shouting excitedly as he ran:

"Guo Le'an, are you there? I'm here to listen to a story!"

"After his injuries healed, we let him go."

"what?"

After hearing Niu Yi's words, Niu Feng was stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head in disappointment.

In the past ten days, he often sat with Guo Le'an and listened to Guo Le'an tell stories about the human race outside. After a while, they became friends. Now, hearing that Guo Le'an had left suddenly, he felt a little sad.

"Speaking of which, I've also refined the Tongshen Incense. It's time to test its effects."

"Niu Feng, do you want to try for the leader?"

When Niu Feng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly:

"Yeah! Chief! I'll go, I'll go!"

Oh, this cow.
Niu Yi took three sticks of incense and used his earth-escape ability to bring Niu Feng to the land temple under the big tree at the foot of the mountain.

It was a Lei-shaped land temple with two stones as walls and a stone slab as the roof. Inside, there was a simple clay statue of the God of Land. It was a standard feature of land temples in the mountains.

Unlike local gods like the City God, who often have tall temples in human cities, land temples are not highly respected and are mostly simple in design, placed under trees or on the roadside.

"Niu Feng~ Go ahead, remember to burn incense with sincerity, and silently recite in your heart: This incense is dedicated to the land of Jindou Mountain."

This is because Niu Feng's strength and status are too low, so he has to do this. If it were Niu Yi, he would light the incense and stick it in front of the land temple.

Niu Feng looked at the land temple and his face became long.

During this period, he also roughly learned from Guo Le'an what incense is used for.

When he thought about burning incense to the old man who was hated by the cows, the excitement he had just felt was gone, and he felt extremely unhappy.

Niu Yi placed the three brown incense sticks in his hand into Niu Feng's hand. The golden light and magic power brushed against the top of the Tongshen incense, and the Tongshen incense was instantly ignited. Waves of rich fragrance began to rise.

"Niu Feng~ If your heart is not sincere, all the incense the leader refined will be wasted~"

Hearing the leader's light words, Niu Feng shuddered. He knew how much effort his leader had put into this thing!
Niu Feng quickly collected his mind, looked at the land temple in front of him, and silently said in his heart, "This incense is for the land god of Jindou Mountain." Then he inserted the three incense sticks into the ground in front of the land god.

The entire temple of the Earth God trembled slightly, and suddenly there was a bang on the ground! The Earth God actually rushed out from the ground with a puff of white smoke!
This made Niu Feng smile from ear to ear. He never thought that this incense could be used to blast the old man out of the ground!
(End of this chapter)