Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 37: Sincerity
In the Jindou Cave, Niu Ping, who had gotten up early, picked up the books that had been carefully packed in a wooden box beside him and walked out of the cave.

While the other bull spirits in Jindou Cave were still fast asleep, Niu Ping had already begun preparing to recite morning lessons.

Compared with other bull spirits, he is indeed quite different.

Other bull spirits had no interest in the human books that were like heavenly books, but he was able to immerse himself in them. Even though he could only understand the pictures, he was still extremely obsessed with the human culture.

At the beginning, the other bull spirits were extremely exclusive to Niu Ping's unusual behavior, and only his younger brother Niu An was willing to support him.

This situation did not disappear until Chief Niu Yi came to the mountain, praised him highly, and even took the initiative to teach him the ethnic writing system. His status also rose slightly.

So over the years, he has been following Leader Niu Yi wholeheartedly.

"Ha~~"

Niu Ping walked out of the cave, facing the rising sun, yawned like the leader, stretched himself, opened the book in his hand and prepared to recite the morning lesson.

"One Day"

"Niu Ping."

"I'm here, Chief!"

Hearing the voice behind him, Niu Ping responded subconsciously, then turned around in surprise and looked at Leader Niu Yi who suddenly appeared behind him with a serious face.

"Chief? What are you doing?"

"When was the last time we met?"

Niu Ping was completely baffled by this incoherent question and asked in confusion:

".Wasn't it yesterday evening, Chief?"

When Niu Yi heard this, the seriousness on his face slowly faded away, turning into an excitement that was hard to conceal.

"Yesterday evening, good evening yesterday."

Niu Ping looked at Niu Yi with some worry. He rarely saw his leader lose his composure like this.

"Chief, are you okay?"

"Hahaha~ Niu Ping, don't worry, I'm fine, better than ever!"

Niu Yi said this and turned to walk towards the mountain with a big laugh, leaving Niu Ping standing there with a confused look on his face, holding a book.

"One night is equivalent to three days, which is six times longer."

When he thought of this, Niu Yi felt a little excited.

This is equivalent to Niu Yi staying in the Lingtai state of mind for three days every day. For every one hundred years in the outside world, he can stay in the Lingtai state of mind for three hundred years.

Even if Niu Yi needs to do some homework every day, it will still take an extra three hundred years!
A purple-grade talent could never be so miraculous. This purple-grade spiritual state talent was probably just a trigger, most likely from the ancestor.
When Niu Yi thought of this, he imagined the appearance of the ancestor and bowed respectfully.

For a great being like the Patriarch, it is not important whether there is a statue or tablet in front of him, as long as he is sincere in his heart.

On Lingtai Mountain.

Patriarch Bodhi, who was teaching many disciples how to grow flowers, suddenly had a smile on his face. He waved his whisk, took a square step, and walked towards the next flower bed.

Guangwu and Guanghui fell behind, and Guangwu looked at Taoist Guanghui beside him with some curiosity.

"Big Brother, the Grandmaster seems to be in a good mood today?"

Guanghui smiled without saying anything, patted Guangwu on the shoulder, and followed the master.

"Chief, the spiritual materials you requested are all placed under the thatched shed."

Niu Ping looked at his leader, who was sitting cross-legged under the peach tree, cultivating with a spiritual bamboo in his arms, with a look of worry in his eyes. "Okay, I understand."

Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes, looked at Niu Ping, smiled and nodded, then walked towards the thatched hut.

Niu Ping breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his leader seemed to have returned to normal. He called on the bull spirits who had come to deliver the spiritual materials to walk down the mountain together.

Niu Yi looked at the boxes of spiritual materials classified into different categories in the thatched hut and nodded with satisfaction.

"It was the right decision to teach Niu Ping how to read and write. At least we now have someone who can help with chores on the mountain."

There are actually only two people on Jindou Mountain who can help him, one martial artist and one scholar.

Wu is naturally Niu Li, with the cultivation level of a great demon. With his brute force and giant iron axe, he is quite powerful.

Wen is Niu Ping. Although he is a demon, he has read a lot of books. He is actually no different from those scholars among the human race. He has a quick mind and always does things in an orderly manner. He is best at handling internal affairs and some miscellaneous matters.

With the two of them around, Niu Yi can feel much more relaxed.

As for Niu Feng, the little bull spirit, I just hope he is happy.

Under the thatched hut, Niu Yi sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, recalling in his mind the method of refining the Tongshen Incense taught by Senior Brother Guanghui.

After making sure there were no mistakes, Niu Yi opened his eyes, then opened his palms, and an exquisite purple-gold tripod suddenly appeared in his hands.

This cauldron is exactly the Hunyuan furnace.

Niu Yi just handed it over casually, and the Hunyuan Furnace flew out and quickly grew bigger, and landed in front of Niu Yi with a clang.

As the golden magic power emerged from Niu Yi's body, it quickly flowed into the Hunyuan Furnace, and a ball of bright yellow flame suddenly ignited in the Hunyuan Furnace.

"Whoo~"

Niu Yi looked at the Hunyuan Qi Fire, and his expression changed slightly.

Mana is consumed very quickly
Niu Yi quickly concentrated and calmed his mind, took out the spiritual materials from the wooden box beside him one by one, and threw them into the Hunyuan Furnace.

However, these spiritual materials were seen floating above the Hunyuan Yiqi Fire, being refined rapidly and burning away all the impurities, leaving only some spiritual liquid or extremely pure spiritual material powder.

Although it was his first time using it, Niu Yi found it surprisingly easy to control the Hunyuan Yiqi Fire, and Senior Brother Guanghui also helped him lay a solid foundation. This allowed Niu Yi to continue the refining of the Tongshenxiang in an orderly manner even though he seemed a little unfamiliar at the moment.

After a while, Niu Yi put enough century-old pine resin into the Hunyuan furnace.

I saw these golden resins floating beside the already formed brown incense ball. The impurities in them were quickly refined by the Hunyuan Yiqi Fire, making the century-old pine resin become more golden and transparent, and its volume was constantly shrinking.

After the impurities in the century-old pine resin were completely refined, under Niu Yi's urging, the resin was quickly added to the brown fragrant ball floating in the furnace, and the two quickly merged together.

As a rich fragrance burst out from the incense ball, the divine incense was completely mastered.

A smile appeared on Niu Yi's lips, and he pinched his fingers to make some incantations. The incense ball quickly split into five small balls, which were evenly stretched into cylindrical shapes. Under the refining of the Hunyuan Yiqi fire, they were quickly shaped into incense.

Niu Yi waved his hand, and the five pillars of divine incense flew out and fell into Niu Yi's hands.

As Niu Yi cut off his magic power, the fire in the furnace quickly went out.

"This is a mid-grade Tongshen incense, almost reaching the top grade. This is already very good."

Niu Yi looked at the Tongshen incense in his hand. Compared with the first time he refined it, the color of these five Tongshen incense sticks was deeper and the smell was more restrained.

This is the best spiritual incense, much better than the first one he refined. If he hadn't grasped the timing a little bit poorly, he would have been able to refine it into a top-grade spiritual incense this time.

"The Hunyuan Furnace is good, but the amount of mana it consumes is too terrifying. I only practiced Tongshenxiang, but one-fifth of my mana was gone."

After all, my strength is still a little weak, and I can't use the treasure even if I have it. But as long as I can refine the jade and agarwood incense,
Niu Yi turned his head and looked at the emerald green piece of century-old jadeite beside him, with an expectant look on his face.

(End of this chapter)