Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 44 Three Years Passed in a Flash
On Lingtai Mountain, Taoist Guanghui stood behind Patriarch Bodhi, and looked at the water mirror in front of them together with the Patriarch, feeling half relieved and half emotional.

"Master, you are indeed very clear-sighted. I never thought that Junior Brother Niu Yi would have such tenacity in his bones~"

Upon hearing this, the master nodded slightly and looked at Niu Yi in the water mirror, who seemed to have been fished out of the water, with a gentle gaze.

"A hundred years later, after surviving the thunder tribulation, the great path can be expected."

When Niu Yi opened his eyes again, what he saw was the roof of his own hut.

"Are you back?"

Niu Yi sat up slowly, and when he thought of the thunder tribulation pouring down from the sky in his spiritual state, he suddenly shuddered.

"I wonder what kind of heaven-defying method the ancestor taught me, the movement diagram, is."

"It's just a diagram of operation, but it caused the heaven and earth to block it, and the thunder tribulation came, and it even chased it into the spiritual realm."

Fortunately, at the end of that day, he was able to successfully practice the magic power circulation diagram!

Niu Yi quickly closed his eyes and immediately felt that his own magic power was connecting the major acupoints according to the magic power operation diagram, forming a furnace shape, and was slowly running.

Niu Yi tried to mobilize his magic power, and only after discovering that his magic power could still be mobilized freely did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Niu Yi then began to practice the Heart Sutra of Paramita, but found that his Heart Sutra of Paramita did not seem to be affected at all and he could still practice normally.

Niu Yi tried several times in succession, but found that his magic power was just running in the shape of a furnace, no different from usual.

Niu Yi's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he murmured:
"What the ancestor passed down must be extraordinary. I think it's because the crucial spell is missing, and secondly, the thunderbolt didn't fall, but was delayed for a hundred years."

"This kind of heaven-defying method cannot be practiced without first surviving the thunder tribulation. Does the ancestor think that the time is not right yet?"

Niu Yi suddenly remembered the terrifying thunder tribulation and shook his head.

If he were to endure the thunder tribulation now, it would be no different from seeking death!
Not only did he have little magical power at this time, but he also had no life-saving magical powers and no magical weapons to protect himself. How could he survive the thunder tribulation?

A hundred years later?
A sense of urgency gradually surrounded his heart, as if there was a thunder tribulation hovering above his head, ready to fall at any time.

Because of this sudden sense of urgency, Niu Yi felt a sense of irritation rising in his heart.

Niu Yi felt the irritation rising, and at the same time he felt something was wrong.

He forced himself to close his eyes and said:

"The Great Dao is invisible, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth. The Great Dao is ruthless, yet it moves the sun and moon. The Great Dao is nameless, yet it nourishes all things."

As the "Classic of Purity and Tranquility" was recited, Niu Yi felt that the irritability in his heart was gradually soothed. Then a breeze came from between heaven and earth, blowing on him, and instantly blew away the irritability and worry.

Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes, and a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes.

".The inner demon's disturbance, is this also part of the obstacles of heaven and earth?"

If he was filled with fear and irritability every day because of the thunder tribulation, and was in a state of panic all day long, and his mind was unstable, how could he practice?

This is a hidden demon in his heart, ruining his cultivation...

Fortunately, he had the gift of a mind as sharp as a spirit platform, and he realized it and woke up early. He also had the "Classic of Purity and Tranquility" to protect him, so he didn't let the unpredictable inner demon take root in his heart.

"Just in case, from today on, recite the 'Clarity Sutra' once every morning, noon, and evening. Don't give your inner demon any chance to exploit."

As for practice?

Just continue to follow the routine, eat and drink as needed. The more impatient and worried you are, the easier it will be for someone to take advantage of you. Moreover, even without the threat of the thunder tribulation, his daily training has already been fully scheduled. He, Chief Niu Yi, has always been the most hardworking bull on Jindou Mountain!

Moreover, it has been less than fourteen years since he was reincarnated.

After a hundred years, how difficult will it be to survive the heavenly thunder tribulation?
Thinking of this, Niu Yi waved his hand lightly and summoned a jade agarwood incense from the wooden box. He placed it on the edge of the table and easily ignited it after a flash of golden light.

In an instant, the thatched cottage was filled with the fragrance of emerald green, making it seem like a fairyland.

Time flies like a galloping horse.

The magical peach tree on Jindou Mountain bloomed and withered nine times under the nourishment of the spiritual spring. Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

However, more than three years have passed, but for Niu Yi and the bull spirits on the mountain, nothing seems to have changed.

"After more than three years, this Tiger Roaring Picture has begun to take shape."

At this time, Niu Yi was in the pavilion on the mountain, looking at the picture of a roaring tiger on the stone table and nodded with satisfaction.

On the green bamboo scroll on the table, there was a huge white-browed tiger standing on the top of the mountain with its big copper bell eyes staring and roaring like a tiger. It looked so lifelike, as if it would pounce at any time!
At this time, the Tiger Roar Stone in Niu Yi's hand was only the size of a goose egg. Obviously, half of it had been refined into the Tiger Roar Diagram.

"Heh~ My cultivation has now reached the middle stage of the Demon General, and my magic power has greatly increased. Refining the Tiger Roar Stone has become much easier."

"Plus, the Green Bamboo Scroll has been integrating with the Tiger Roar Stone to improve its grade. I think in just two years, this magic weapon will be completely completed."

Niu Yi was also a little excited. This speed was much faster than he expected.

In fact, not only the Tiger Roaring Diagram, but even the refining of the Golden Spirit Jade Bamboo will be much faster. I think in another fifty years, he will be able to complete the refining of the Golden Spirit Jade Bamboo and have another treasure in his hands.

Even though he currently does not have any method to refine any magic weapon, he can still use the Golden Spirit Jade Bamboo to hit people very easily.

During this period of time, with the continuous refining of these treasures, the amount of treasure energy he could condense every day broke through again, directly reaching fifty strands, and he could synthesize one every two days.

The recovery speed of the karma hexagram money has increased a little.

Niu Yi shook his wrist and put away the Tiger Roaring Diagram, but did not continue to practice. Instead, he looked towards the direction of Tiger Roaring Mountain thoughtfully.

"Back then, the Earth God said he would need to guard Tiger Roar Mountain for three years. Now, three years have passed, and there's still no sign of him. Could something have happened?"

Niu Yi took out three cause-and-effect coins from his arms. His eyes became deep and ethereal, and a cause-and-effect line suddenly appeared, extending towards the direction of Huxiao Mountain.

Niu Yi silently recited the spell, and the cause and effect line suddenly fell and turned into a red line in Niu Yi's hand.

Niu Yi tied the red thread to the three cause and effect coins. As his magic power was activated, the cause and effect coins on the thread suddenly trembled. Deep in Niu Yi's pupils, threads of cause and effect were quickly woven, outlining a picture.

In the picture, the figure of the God of Land quickly appeared, but this time his face was full of helplessness and bitterness. He was tied to a tree with a vine. The wooden stick in his hand was long gone, and his face was black.

As the picture continued to expand, a group of little demons were seen below the Earth God, looking at the upside-down Earth God. They poked him with wooden sticks from time to time, and then let out a burst of malicious shrieks.

"Hahahaha~ What do you think, little old man! Do you think you can lecture my king?! You can burrow underground, right? How about now? Hahahaha!"

The scene stopped abruptly here. Niu Yi's eyes quickly regained clarity, but his expression looked a little strange.

"This Earth God is a righteous deity after all, so how could he be kidnapped by a group of little demons? From what the little demon said, some kind of king has appeared on Tiger Roar Mountain? Interesting."

It is said that the first time he met the God of Land, he saw that the God of Land was framed by Niu Feng and a few other little demons and was hanging on a tree and swinging. Now, the God of Land has experienced it again.

Niu Yi shook his head with a smile, picked up the green bamboo scroll on the table, activated his earth escape ability, and fled towards Tiger Roaring Mountain.

(End of this chapter)