Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 142: 141. Comments on "The Journey to the Gods"

Today I would like to recommend a fantasy novel to you.

"Fengshen Daoxing", author: Mo Wen Chuxin, level 5 author.

Category: Xianxia-Mythical Cultivation.

【Introduction】

This is a story about becoming Shen Gongbao's apprentice in the world of Fengshen.

【Golden Ten Chapters】

Chapter 1: The Foolish Boy. Jiang Ziya descends the mountain to visit his sworn brother from forty years ago and discovers his family is celebrating a grandson's wedding. Amidst the joyous occasion, a foolish boy approaches, begging for food and throwing a tantrum when refused.

Chapter 2: Awakening the Spiritual Acupoint. Jiang Ziya casts a spell to open the spiritual acupoint for the protagonist, Lu Chuan. The protagonist awakens, but his spirit has traveled through time and space, and is unfamiliar with the local dialect. His feigned coma fails. He is shaken back and forth, banging his head against the ground, and finally falls unconscious.

Chapter 3. Yes, my father. Although he couldn't speak, and his memories of his past life were limited, he knew the man before him was his father, the one who had beaten him. The oil lamp in the room also indicated the primitive conditions. But the maid who had just entered, the porcelain bowl in her hand, could it be poison?
Chapter 4: Learning Taoism in Kunlun Mountain. The protagonist learns to speak from a maid, and finally has to face his father. After waiting for over a decade for this word, his father cries. The protagonist feels bad too. Then, his father takes him to see Jiang Ziya.

Chapter 5: Is it exciting enough? The protagonist follows his father to thank his benefactor, and it turns out to be Jiang Ziya. Memories of him surface in the protagonist's mind. This was a great figure. Jiang Ziya's eldest brother then brings up another matter.

Chapter 6, The Meat Grinder. The protagonist recalls the myths from Investiture of the Gods: the catastrophe of the Three Realms, the conflict between the Chan and Jie sects, the saints, the Celestial Lords, and the Daoist Patriarch Hongjun. It's a scene of devastation and imminent collapse. He wants to become Jiang Ziya's disciple, at least to learn some life-saving skills.

Chapter 7: Not Wanting to Get Married Yet. The protagonist sought Jiang Ziya's apprenticeship, but was unsuccessful for two reasons: His luck was limited. The protagonist's father brought him back and also wanted to arrange a marriage for him.

Chapter 8: We're both wanderers. After some analysis, the protagonist decides to try again the next day to find Jiang Ziya. After all, only by joining the Chan Sect can one have a chance of success. As it turns out, Jiang Ziya's marriage was arranged by his eldest brother: a 68-year-old virgin.

Chapter 9: First Visit to Chaoge. To arrange Jiang Ziya's marriage, the protagonist follows his father to Chaoge. The city is vast. He sees Huang Feihu's soldiers and, combined with previous information, realizes that the world is on the verge of chaos.

Chapter 10: Signing a body contract? The third son of the Song family comes to trouble the protagonist, wanting the protagonist to sign a body contract so that he can play a beast fighting game with a dog in the future. This is too much to bear. While helping in the kitchen, the protagonist thinks of the dog and a gleam in his eyes.

【Brief Comment】

Jiang Ziya went down the mountain to visit a friend, an old friend from forty years ago.

The two are also sworn brothers.

It happened that an old friend's son was getting married, but unexpectedly the celebration was disrupted by the housekeeper's stupid son.

Jiang Ziya used magic to open his mind, and the protagonist happened to travel through time and possess him.

When facing the real Jiang Ziya, the protagonist is both excited and afraid, because this is the big man who will hold the List of Gods in the future.

He originally thought that he could become his disciple, but unexpectedly he became Shen Gongbao's apprentice.

This isn't a good start!

The protagonist followed Shen Gongbao away, and clouds descended next to the big tree at the entrance of the village. The protagonist dug out the wine jar he had just hidden and wanted to give it to his master.

Upon learning that it was just black dog blood, Shen Gongbao certainly wouldn't want it, because black dog blood is of little use.

On the way to Chaoge, they rested in a dilapidated temple.

Shen Gongbao asked the protagonist to pick up some branches to make a fire, but he met a mysterious woman who fell into the water.

After being fooled, the protagonist quickly ran away. He had read many stories about Xiaoqian.

The ghost cultivator almost took the protagonist's life. Fortunately, Shen Gongbao arrived and dealt with the ghost cultivator, but his soul was eaten by his mount.

Later, we encountered a magical white fog, which delayed us for a long time.

During this period, Shen Gongbao and Jiang Ziya were still good brothers.

Entrusted by Jiang Ziya, and considering that the protagonist had the aptitude to cultivate immortality, Shen Gongbao not only accepted the protagonist, but also tested that the protagonist was a smart person, and then passed on the cultivation method to him.

Shen Gongbao's series of actions made the protagonist look at him with admiration and was deeply moved.

It seems that it is not a bad thing to recognize him as a master, which is much better than being a servant in the Song Mansion. At this time, the master and disciple are heading all the way to Chaoge. What exactly do they want to do?

Is Shen Gongbao going to be the national teacher?

The early part of this book is quite exciting. The author is very clear about the various settings in "Investiture of the Gods" and his understanding and analysis of the great catastrophe of the three realms is very accurate.

Although he could not become Jiang Ziya's disciple, Shen Gongbao was also a good choice, after all, he was also an important disciple of the Chan Sect.

However, in the later part of the book, it is said that the story is no longer about cultivating immortals, but about falling in love instead.

The protagonist Lu Chuan, who has already become the True Martial Emperor, has Red Boy standing in front of him.

Red Boy's life experience is actually related to Tathagata.

Lu Chuan gave Red Boy a decree, and this guy actually went directly to Lingshan to fight.

Lu Chuan was helping Ma Lingyao and the Six Generals of Meishan deal with the evil dragon of the Yangtze River.

As the emperor, he is extremely busy.

All in all, this book is quite interesting. Although the latter part feels a bit impulsive, it is definitely worth reading.

【Cang's Ramblings】

This book first refers to the story of "Investiture of the Gods" and arranges Shen Gongbao to be the master of the protagonist.

My first feeling was that the protagonist was going to die, but I didn’t expect that he would persevere.

He also achieved the throne of emperor.

It can be seen that many mythological stories are combined, and even "Journey to the West" has been interpreted in a variety of ways.

The author actually gave Red Boy to Tathagata. I remember that he was related to Laojun before.

Moreover, the title of this book is quite similar to "The Swordsman in the Snow".

Are you trying to scam me?

But then again, ever since Meng Rushenji's "The Buddha is the Tao" created the Honghuang genre, countless people have written Honghuang novels.

For example, to get back to the topic, in addition to "My Senior Brother is Too Steady", his "The Legend of Erlang in the Wilderness" is also very good.

Although "The Great Monkey" by "The Turtle is Not a Turtle" is a Journey to the West story, it also interprets Buddhism, Taoism, humans, ghosts and monsters very brilliantly.

I'll review it when I have time.

Or go watch his unfinished work "The Great Demon Monkey"!
It’s really hard to imagine how the person who could create “The Great Monkey” could fail in “The Great Demon Monkey”?
He also produced a wave of fantasy works, but I can't even remember the names.

Oh yes, the author of this book also wrote "Rebirth: Journey to the West", no wonder the connection from Investiture of the Gods to Journey to the West is so natural.

If you are interested, you may want to go and have a look.

It is recommended that you read this one first. After all, the serialized book is the main source of income for an author.

Besides, he still took Shen Gongbao as his master.

This version of Shen Gongbao is not the discriminated leopard spirit in the movie.

He can also be considered a famous teacher.

Therefore,
Fellow Taoist, please stay!

(End of this chapter)