Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 56: Sincere Prayer, Seeking and Rescuing the Suffering

Chapter 56: Sincere Prayer, Seeking and Rescuing the Suffering

In the dark night, more than 150 miles east of Jindou Mountain, at the home of the village chief of Shangtang Village.

A man, holding a bowl of noodle soup in his hand, looked at the old man with a haggard face kneeling in front of the statue with an expression of pity.

"Dad, you've been kneeling here for a whole day and night."

But the old man still ignored it, and continued to kneel down and worship the statue in front of him, saying in a hoarse voice something like asking Xunsheng Jiuku Tianzun to appear and save them.

The man looked at his old father and couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help but persuade him again:
"Dad, Aunt Xu and the others are already packing up and getting ready to leave. Let's pack up and leave quickly too."

"You heard that bull roar yesterday. There's clearly a demon in this place! Even though trade routes have been reopened here, don't forget that a demon plagued this place ten years ago!"

The man became more and more impatient as he spoke, and his voice became a little hurried. The old man finally stopped moving, slowly turned his head, and stared at the man with slightly turbid eyes.

"You also think that coming here was a wrong decision, right?"

Hearing his father's increasingly serious tone, the man slowly lowered his head, not daring to look the old man in the eye.

In the entire Shangtang Village, his old father, as the village chief, has always had the final say. As an elder and one of the only two literate people in the village, he is respected by the whole village.

Even though the villagers were frightened by the terrifying bull roar this time, no one came forward to criticize the village chief. They just made some small moves and gossiped.

Although it was the village chief who insisted on coming here to rebuild the village.

The old man looked at his useless son, a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he sighed:
"If not here, where else can we go?"

"Even if our village is not flooded, just look outside."

"It's a chaotic situation right now, with bandits everywhere. The surrounding villages have been ravaged. If you don't leave now, will those beasts come and steal your wife and kill your children?"

"Besides, our current food supply can no longer withstand the toss. We only had three cows and two mules along the way. Now only one cow and one mule are still able to move. The remaining three are already exhausted. It is hard to say whether they can survive this."

"Besides, your wife had just given birth and was exhausted from traveling so much that she fell seriously ill. She has only just recovered a little."

"You said go, where are we going?"

After the old man finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to him, but continued to kneel down devoutly towards the statue in front of him, chanting words praying for the Lord of Rescue to appear.

Hearing his old father's extremely calm tone, the man couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

He knew that his father was also frightened by the deafening roar of the bull, but at this moment, they really did not have much choice.
The man looked at the clay statue on the altar with a complicated expression.

The stone statue was of an old man with an immortal look sitting on the back of a nine-headed lion. The nine-headed lion was lying on the ground, seemingly dozing off, while the old man had a smile on his face, looking straight ahead.

This is the statue of the Heavenly Venerable who saves the suffering and hears his cries, which has been passed down from his ancestors.

Their Shangtang Village was originally a mountain village two hundred miles away from the boundary of this mountainous area.

More than two months ago, their Shangtang Village suffered a terrible flood. The reason why they were able to survive the flood was because their father said he had received a warning from the Heavenly Venerable who came to save the suffering, and he ignored the opposition and took everyone to the mountain.

His old father even sent him to warn the surrounding villages, but they wouldn't believe him. How could a flood just come in broad daylight? In the end, no village was willing to move, so they drove him away.

However, only two days later, his father's words came true.

That day, the originally clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, lightning, thunder, and strong winds!
Immediately afterwards, there came a torrential downpour!
In just one night, the riverbank burst its banks, sending a torrential flood hurtling downriver. Only their village, having evacuated early, had managed to avoid the flood. When the rain subsided and the flood receded, everyone returned downstream to find only ruins and the occasional body washed down.

From then on, all the villagers agreed with what his father said.

The reason why he chose to bring everyone in the village here was the day when the flood receded. My father said that he received guidance from the Heavenly Venerable who helps the suffering people to find a new home.

The villagers naturally agreed, but now
The man finally sighed, feeling sad.

He put the noodle soup in his hand aside, walked to his old father's side and knelt down, kneeling down together with his father towards the Heavenly Venerable who came to help him.

"Greatly compassionate and merciful, great saint and merciful Heavenly Venerable, please appear again and show us a way out."

"Greatly compassionate, great vows, great saint, great mercy, seeks out and saves the suffering."

In the spiritual state, Niu Yi was concentrating on reading the medical book in his hand by the moonlight. He had already read the pharmacopoeia medical books on the first shelf to the 32nd bookshelf.

These medical books are really all-encompassing. Not only do they cover the medical treatment for humans, animals, and monsters, they even cover the medical treatment for trees, land, and rivers. This really opened Niu Yi's eyes.

These medical books seemed to dissect all things in the world and present them before his eyes in various forms.

Niu Yi knew in his heart that his master and senior brother asked him to study these pharmacopoeias and medical books so that he could have a deeper understanding of the universe from these books.

All of these will continuously accumulate his foundation of immortality and become his heritage.

"Great sorrow."

Suddenly, a vague voice coming from his ears startled Niu Yi. His mind couldn't help but shift away from the book in front of him, and he looked around in some surprise and doubt.

"Great Compassion, Great Vow, Great Saint, Great Mercy"

After a moment, the ethereal voice in his ear came again. Niu Yi listened carefully, but found that the voice seemed to come from a very far place, but this time he could hear it more clearly.

Faintly, Niu Yi seemed to feel as if he had heard the Earth God express this kind of feeling during a casual chat.

"Greatly compassionate and merciful, great saint and merciful Heavenly Venerable, please appear again and show us a way out."

This time, Niu Yi heard it clearly. After thinking for a moment, Niu Yi's face suddenly showed some realization and surprise.

He remembered that the Earth God had said that when the Shinto gods were worshipped and prayed to sincerely, the sound of prayers would be heard.

This scene is so similar to what the Earth God said.

"But what does this Shinto have to do with me? Isn't it the Heavenly Lord who seeks out and saves the suffering?"

Niu Yi frowned slightly, somewhat confused. Moreover, he seemed to have inexplicably established some connection with somewhere in the outside world.

At this moment, Niu Yi suddenly felt an inspiration in his heart, and lines of cause and effect quickly appeared in his eyes, outlining a picture in his eyes.

On Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

"Hahahaha~Brother Dao, please lend me your disciple~"

(End of this chapter)

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