Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 8: Cause and Effect
After a while, as the sound of the Tao in his ears slowly faded away, Niu Yi came back to his senses.

"It actually combines the Buddhist theory of cause and effect with the magical method of divination of good and bad luck, one of the 360 ​​side branches of the Dao Sect."

[Obtain magic weapon, karma hexagram money]

[Cause and Effect Divination Coin (White): This treasure is both a treasure and a manifestation of supernatural powers. In its prime, it could observe the cause and effect of three generations and predict the future fortune and misfortune. However, this treasure has been severely damaged, and now only has some of its divination power left, sensing cause and effect.]

[Note: The original owner of this treasure calculated his destiny, causing a thunderbolt to strike, resulting in his death. This caused the magic weapon to be severely damaged, and the treasure was covered in dust. Its rank dropped to that of a white-grade magic weapon, leaving only a few weak abilities.]

"Does karma hexagram cost money?"

Niu Yi looked at the three copper coins covered with rust in his hand, his heart filled with joy. Although it was just a severely damaged lowest-grade white magic weapon, for him, it was his first magic weapon.

Niu Yi carefully put the three divination coins into his arms, but at this moment, a loud rooster's crow echoed throughout the room.

"Whoa whoa----"

Niu Yi knew that it was time for him to leave the spiritual state of mind again.

As Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes, he returned to his hut again.

He looked out the window. The sky was already turning pale, and a new day had begun.

Niu Yi looked at the sun rising in the sky, but he did not have the leisure to watch it today. He hurriedly reached into his arms and after a moment, took out three copper coins covered with rust.

"Karma Gua Qian, indeed, brought out this treasure~"

Niu Yi looked at the three square-holed copper coins and liked them more and more. This magic weapon was extremely magical and was a manifestation of supernatural powers. If he, Niu Yi, could fully understand this thing, he would definitely be able to learn this supernatural power of cause and effect divination.

Besides, he has a treasure in his hand that can strengthen his origin, so it may be possible for him to repair the cause and effect coin.

Not only that, with this magic weapon, the amount of precious energy he can produce every day will definitely increase by two strands, which will bring many benefits.

Also, causal divination. Why not try it now?
Niu Yi thought for a moment, and his heart was moved. The magic power in his body quickly surged out and poured into the cause and effect hexagram coins. After the three hexagram coins flashed slightly, Niu Yi threw them out quickly, causing the three hexagram coins to fall steadily on the wooden table in the room.

Niu Yi stepped forward and looked at the hexagram. A sense of enlightenment naturally arose in his heart.

"Does this hexagram indicate a slight disaster? Or a blessing amidst the disaster?"

"The hexagram points north, and danger is coming from the north. Isn't the north exactly the direction of Tiger Roaring Mountain? It seems that the eagle demon caused the trouble."

"Xiao Xiong, although there are some troubles, we can get through it smoothly. I roughly understand what this means, but what does this "good luck amidst the disaster" mean?"

Niu Yi thought for a moment, but he really couldn't figure out how the disaster at Tiger Roar Mountain would be beneficial to him.

"Fortunately, the one coming this time shouldn't be the Tiger Roar King, otherwise it wouldn't be Xiao Xiong. However, since we know in advance that there is a danger coming, we need to take some precautions."

To the north of Jindou Mountain, eight hundred miles away, is the Huxiao Mountain.

The mountain is covered with strange peaks and rocks, and looks like a roaring tiger, hence the name Tiger Roaring Mountain.

However, at this time, Tiger Roar Mountain was shrouded in a powerful demonic aura. Looking closely, not only was there no sound of birds singing, but the trees in the mountain were withered and yellow, and there was a dead silence. Pile of bones could be seen everywhere.

Tiger Roaring Mountain, Tiger Roaring Cave.

In the deepest part of the cave, a white-browed tiger demon with hanging eyes was lying on the throne with a wine glass in his hand. The wine glass was filled with bright red liquid and a bloody smell, but the white-browed tiger demon sniffed it again and again with great satisfaction.

Below the White Tiger Demon, four demon general realm monsters, a deer, snake, pig and python, are lined up on both sides, and further below are many demon general realm monsters.

At this time, the eagle demon with only one wing left was kneeling under the throne, reporting his experiences in Jindou Mountain with exaggeration.

Niu Yi tore off one of his wings, causing most of his power to be reduced. He half walked and half flew along the way, and it took him seven days to return to Tiger Roar Mountain!
The Eagle Demon was filled with hatred and described Niu Yi as extremely arrogant and hateful, saying how he looked down upon the Tiger Roaring King!

"So, that bull spirit named Niu Yi is here to attend the Immortal Meeting, right?"

Hearing the emotionless voice from above, the eagle demon, kneeling on the ground with only one wing left, wanted to say something but quickly said:
"Your Majesty!! Then..."

"Hmm?" Hearing the sudden increase in the tone from above, the eagle demon's heart trembled, and he quickly knelt down, not daring to say another word!

"After the report, get out of here."

"If you're not as skilled as me next time, don't even mention my name if you die outside."

Hearing the cold voice of Tiger Roar King, the Eagle Demon's pupils shrank and he quickly responded in a low voice. Under the mocking gazes of many monsters in the cave, he left in disgrace.

Among the four demon generals under King Tiger Roar, the largest one, the pig demon with a pair of sharp fangs and carrying a wolf-tooth hammer, rolled his eyes. He stepped out of the line and came to King Tiger Roar, bowing and saying:
"Your Majesty! Although this time the Eagle Demon's skills were inferior to others and he deserved to be beaten, but that Niu Yi even dared to hit the people you sent. This clearly shows that he doesn't take you seriously. He should be taught a lesson! He should learn the rules!"

The Tiger King on the throne opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the pig demon below, and said:
"can."

"Chief Zhu, I'll leave this matter to you. Bring him here."

"If he resists, there's no point in keeping him alive. Capture his soul. My Soul Refining Banner happens to be missing a main soul."

Call ~
As the Tiger Roar King's voice fell, a black banner more than four meters high flew out quickly from behind the throne and landed in front of the pig demon.

Seeing the black banner, a hint of excitement flashed in the pig demon's eyes. This Soul Refining Banner is one of the magic weapons of Tiger Roar King. Most of the human beings and demons who dared to resist Tiger Roar King were captured. Their bodies were turned into blood food, and their souls were refined into this Soul Refining Banner.

When this banner is unfolded, thousands of wronged souls rush out and gather into a ghost array, hunting down and trapping the enemy, which is very powerful.

The fact that he was willing to hand over the Soul Refining Banner to him was enough to show that King Howling trusted him! His efforts to please the King were indeed of some use.

The pig demon said excitedly:
"Yes! I will definitely capture that bull monster!"

After saying that, the pig demon picked up the soul-refining banner, formed a seal in his hand, muttered something, and with a bang, he dived into the ground and disappeared.

Three days later, at the foot of Jindou Mountain.

"boom!"

With a loud explosion on the ground, the pig demon, holding a wolf-fang hammer in one hand and a soul-refining banner in the other, suddenly rushed out from the dust!

"Hey! Here underground, it has to be Master Zhu's Earth Dragon Cave magic! It's three times faster than the one with wings!"

The sturdy Commander Zhu hummed complacently with his long nose, looked at the beautiful mountains in front of him, and exclaimed:

"It's a beautiful mountain! What a pity it's been occupied by a group of bull spirits. Once I kill that Niu Yi, I'll take over Jindou Mountain and make it my own cave! That damn Tiger Roaring Mountain is no place for demons!"

Listening to what Commander Zhu of Huxiao Mountain said, it was obvious that he was aiming to kill Niu Yi directly and monopolize Jindou Mountain. He had no intention of forcing Niu Yi to Huxiao Mountain at all.

The pig demon thrust the soul-refining banner toward his side and shouted at the Golden Pouch Mountain in front of him:

"Niu Yi from Jindou Mountain! Your Grandpa Zhu is here! Hurry up and go out to greet him!"

boom----

At this moment, the pig demon felt a tremor underground, and his face changed involuntarily. A huge rock hand suddenly rose from the ground, enveloped him, and gripped him tightly!
“So brave!!!”

The pig demon was furious, his demonic energy rising. He quickly swung his mace and struck the fingers of the giant stone hand! With a burst of violent bangs, the pig demon quickly jumped up from the gap created by the smash!
The pig demon looked at Niu Yi who suddenly appeared in front of him and looked at him with a smile, and said angrily:

"You're so good, Niu Yi! How dare you sneak attack your Grandpa Pig! Watch me fight!"

Niu Yi looked at the pig demon who was raising his wolf-tooth hammer and charging towards him like a cannonball. A cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and a huge golden divine bull suddenly rose up behind him.

This pig demon has such a bad breath, it's really annoying!

At this time, what Niu Yi and the pig demon did not know was that a handsome young man with a jade face, red lips, bright eyes and white teeth, stepping on a wind-fire wheel and wrapped in a red silk and golden ring, was flying above the clouds and heading towards Tiger Roar Mountain.

"Huh? Is this a petition from the local land god?"

The Earth God of Jindou Mountain and Niu Yi might not have expected that Nezha, the great god of the Three Altars and Seas, who was thought to come down to the mortal world to subdue demons only when the Tiger Roar Mountain Immortal Meeting started, actually came down to the mortal world in advance, passed by their Jindou Mountain, and saw the letter from the Earth God.

(End of this chapter)