Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 332 Making Animals
As the group traveled, Niu Yi was not in a hurry. He would stop from time to time to give pointers to the people around him. Even Yan Chixia had two more secret manuals in his hands, and his eyes were full of excitement as he looked at them.

With the visualization method Niu Yi had given him earlier, Yan Chixia's strength, which had initially stagnated, had actually been steadily improving, and he was getting closer and closer to the Dao Realm.
On this day, the group drove their horse-drawn carriage to a mountain village.

Xiao Hai, who rarely has a moment of leisure, was driving his horse-drawn carriage when he saw an old farmer leading a herd of cattle and sheep along a mountain path.

Xiao Hai was observing the cattle and sheep with great interest, but as the herd passed by him, the young master suddenly called out to him.

"Xiao Hai, stop the car."

"Oh, very well, young master!"

Xiao Hai quickly stopped the carriage and saw his young master and Master Yan getting off the carriage together and coming to the farmers who were herding cattle and sheep.

"Please wait a moment, everyone."

"I wonder what brings you here, young master?"

Upon seeing this, the leader frowned, his expression becoming somewhat wary.

Although the young man who suddenly stopped them didn't seem dangerous, the bearded man next to him looked like someone to be trifled with.

These days are chaotic and war-torn; I hope he doesn't run into any trouble.
Niu Yi looked at the sorrow and despair in the eyes of the cattle and sheep, cupped his hands and smiled:
"Please don't misunderstand, my elders and I are not here to cause trouble. We just want to ask you for directions. We don't know where this place is."

Seeing that Niu Yi was quite polite, the man softened his tone.

"Ahead lies Bailiu Village. If you are in a hurry and need to find a place to stay, you can stay at Bailiu Inn for a day. Their chive pancakes and meat pancakes are famously delicious."

"Young master, do you see these cattle and sheep? These plump and strong cattle and sheep were all bought from the shop owner's wife; they are raised by her own family."

Niu Yi nodded thoughtfully, a barely perceptible line of cause and effect flashing in his eyes.

"Meow————"

Just then, a white sheep suddenly charged towards Niu Yi like a madman, but before it could run two steps, a strong man grabbed its horns and whipped it several times.

"You beast! Behave yourself!!!"

"Meow————"

The white sheep bleated in agony, lying on the ground with tears streaming from its eyes, while the surrounding cattle and sheep all looked at it with expressions of human sorrow.

Yan Chixia frowned slightly upon seeing this scene, then smiled at the leader:

"Brother, could you sell these cattle and sheep to us? To be honest, my nephew loves cattle and sheep the most. He's been traveling a lot lately and doesn't want to keep going. He wants to find a place to settle down."

The leader glared, about to tell them to get lost, when he heard the burly, bearded man quickly say:
"Don't worry, brother! We will definitely not let you suffer any losses. How much money did you spend on these cattle and sheep? We are willing to pay double."

As Yan Chixia spoke, he took out a gold ingot from his sleeve and waved it in front of the man.

The man's eyes widened at the sight of Jin Yuanbao, and he swallowed the curses he was about to utter. After a moment's thought, he looked at Niu Yi and his group with regret in his eyes.

Unfortunately, I finally encountered a fat sheep in this lifetime, but in the end, I had to let it go...

"I'm sorry, but my master ordered us to buy these cattle and sheep. Who would dare to sell them without his permission?"

"So I'm really sorry, if you two want to buy, you should go to the White Willow Inn up ahead and inquire."

As he spoke, the man brandished his long whip again, ignoring Niu Yi and the others, and continued to drive away the cattle and sheep in front of him.

Niu Yi and Yan Chixia looked at each other, and Niu Yi sighed:

"There's no other way. We can't really let them take the 'person' away. We can only apologize to them." Yan Chixia weighed the gold ingot in his hand, his meaning clear.

Niu Yi nodded with a smile, silently chanting an incantation. A crystal-clear drop of water quickly gathered in front of Niu Yi's finger.

Niu Yi pointed the water droplet above the cattle and sheep that were about to leave, and the droplet quickly flew out, turning into a shower of rain in mid-air, which evenly sprinkled on the cattle and sheep.

"Hey!! Who's there?!"

The group of people, who were suddenly drenched in the rain, were all stunned. Then they shouted and looked around angrily.

Before they could find the man, they were astonished to see that the cattle and sheep they had bought had all collapsed to the ground and were rolling around.

"What...what's going on?!"

"These beasts have gone mad?!"

The group was both shocked and furious. Before they could even raise their whips, the cattle and sheep suddenly emitted puffs of white smoke and transformed into naked human figures, who then got up from the ground in a daze.

The group stared in disbelief at the scene. A moment later, a terrified scream echoed throughout the area.

"ah-------"

On the other side, Yan Chixia casually tossed the gold ingot in his hand, which turned into golden light and was stuffed into the pocket of the leading man. He then exchanged a glance with Niu Yi.

"It truly is a method for creating animals, and the most wicked one at that."

"Hmm, it seems that the landlady of the Bailiu Village Inn must be the mastermind. From what that man said, this shouldn't be the first time. It looks like she has harmed quite a few people."

On the other side, Zuo Qianhu and Xiao Hai were watching this scene with expressions of astonishment.

Xiao Hai turned to look at the Poison Witch and asked:
"Poison witch, could it be that demons are at work here?"

The sorcerer glanced at the people behind him who had transformed back into humans from cattle and sheep, and said calmly:
"This is not the work of any demons, but the method of creating animals."

"This is a rather sinister form of witchcraft, and there are many different kinds of it."

"That one just now was the most bizarre one."

"It is estimated that the food is cultivated using unique witchcraft to drug people and turn them into livestock. Even ordinary people cannot tell the difference. Without the antidote, they are no different from real livestock."

"Hmph! This is utterly outrageous! It's completely immoral and intolerable!!"

Upon hearing this, Commander Zuo's face turned furious. Looking at those people who would have been slaughtered like livestock if not for his young master and Hero Yan's discovery, a surge of anger erupted from his heart.

The Poison Witch glanced at Commander Zuo but ignored him. As a witch ancestor who had lived for four hundred years, he naturally knew about this witchcraft.

However, although this method of creating animals is witchcraft, it was by no means transmitted from their southern border, but was created by the people of the Central Plains who learned witchcraft.

Even in the southern borderlands, this witchcraft is completely forbidden. If anyone practices it, they will be thrown into the Ten Thousand Insect Pit and bitten to death.

At this moment, Niu Yi and Yan Chixia also returned together.

"Xiao Hai, let's go, let's stay at the White Willow Inn for the night."

"Yes, son!"

(End of this chapter)