Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 175 Two-Pole Magnetic Hairpin

Niu Yi and Taibai Jinxing both turned their heads to look at the middle-aged Taoist priest behind them, who was carrying a long sword, with an air of otherworldly elegance, wearing a Taoist robe and a Huayang turban, and slowly walking out of the Great Chunyang Wanshou Palace.

At that moment, Lü Dongbin, holding a jade folding fan, came to the two of them and handed it to Niu Yi in surprise.

"Daojun, this fan is made of Kunlun jade as its ribs, and the fan surface is woven by the Weaver Girl from lotus root silk from Yaochi. I think that if this fan is given to you to refine treasures, it will be much better than those paintings."

"This is a real person."

"Hehe~ Daoist Lord, I have everything I need in my palace, but after much thought, there is one thing I may need to trouble you with. I would like to use this fan to exchange for a promise from you."

Niu Yi turned and exchanged a glance with Taibai Jinxing, who chuckled and waved his whisk before turning and leaving, clearly indicating that he had no intention of participating in the matter any further.

Seeing this, Niu Yi had no choice but to turn to the Pure Yang Sword Immortal, cup his hands, and say:
"What kind of promise do you desire, sir?"

Lü Dongbin straightened his expression, held his folding fan, and cupped his hands in greeting:
"To be honest, Daoist, it is possible that I will have to descend to the mortal realm several hundred years from now. However, I cannot be sure of the exact date of my descent."

"I know that you, Daoist, are very capable. I only hope that when you descend to the mortal realm in the future, you can protect me for a while before I can unravel the mystery of the womb."

After Lü Dongbin finished speaking, he thrust the folding fan in his hand toward Niu Yi.

Niu Yi looked at the folding fan in Lü Dongbin's hand and suddenly realized why this Pure Yang Sword Immortal had asked him for a promise. He had been wondering what he could do to help this person, but...
Niu Yi bowed slightly to Lü Dongbin, but his expression turned solemn as he said:
"I really like this fan that you took out, but I have a question that I don't know whether I should ask it or not?"

"Please ask, Daoist Master."

“Master, this matter must be of great importance to you. We are merely strangers who met by chance. Why did you choose to entrust this matter to me?”

Seeing this, Lü Dongbin smiled and stroked his beard, saying:

"Hehe~ It seems that I haven't chosen the wrong person since Daoist Lord can ask so frankly~"

But then Lü Dongbin flipped his hand, and a golden compass appeared in his palm, its pointer pointing directly at Niu Yi.

Niu Yi looked at the compass in front of him, sensing the cause and effect mixed with other unfamiliar Dao auras on it, and nodded in realization.

"Daoist Lord, this treasure was forged by the Supreme Dao Ancestor and later given to me. Today, I was using this treasure to calculate matters in the lower realm, but now it points to you. It seems that I will indeed have to trouble you with this matter of protection."

Niu Yi looked at the folding fan that was handed to him again, and this time he reached out and took it, nodding solemnly.

"In that case, I agree to this."

Looking at the divine physician Daoist before him, Lü Dongbin knew perfectly well that although the man hadn't made any solemn promises, he understood that the man had taken the matter very seriously. He couldn't help but laugh and nod, saying:

"Haha~ Since that's the case, then it's settled!"

After Niu Yi and Lü Dongbin finalized the matter, their relationship became noticeably closer, and they even addressed each other as fellow Daoists, agreeing to visit each other frequently in the future.

After leaving the Great Chunyang Longevity Palace, Niu Yi looked at the folding fan in his hand with a somewhat sentimental expression.

If he wasn't mistaken, this person who descended to the mortal realm would later go to spread Taoism. At this time, Lü Dongbin was just one of the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave, but in the future, he would become the famous "Master Lü".

Today, he had intended to find a scroll, but unexpectedly, he obtained an excellent folding fan from Lü Dongbin. Taking on that task was therefore worthwhile. Moreover, since they were both members of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), it was only right for them to lend a hand.

"This folding fan is truly remarkable. If we use it to refine a treasure, we can create a Dragon-Tiger Fan that will be far superior to the Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl painting we prepared earlier. However, I will have to trouble Senior Brother and Senior Brother Guangwu to work with me to re-determine the method of refining this treasure."

Now that the matter was settled, Niu Yi first went to the Qiming Hall to express his gratitude to Taibai Jinxing before descending to the mortal realm to deliver the folding fan to Rotten Peach Mountain.

"This is Junior Brother Guangyi's divine incarnation!"

On Rotten Peach Mountain, Guangwu held his folding fan and watched the figure quickly disappear into the sky, his eyes filled with curiosity.

Master Guanghui stood aside and smiled:

"When you see your junior brother Guangyi in this guise in the future, be sure to address him as the Divine Physician Daoist Lord. Don't let it slip!"

Guangwu nodded repeatedly, a hint of excitement on his face, clearly finding the matter quite interesting.

On the other side, Niu Yi's divine incarnation returned to the Dao Lord's Palace. Upon entering the palace, he saw Fang Cheng, whose hair had turned somewhat white, sitting in a secluded corner, holding a brush and earnestly writing something on a table.

At this time, Yuan Ze was in charge of looking after the incense.

Niu Yi stood behind Fang Cheng without disturbing him, and nodded slightly as he looked at what Fang Cheng had written.

After a while, Fang Cheng put down his pen, rotated his slightly sore wrist, looked at the sheets of paper on the table covered with writing, and sighed softly.

"What, are you not satisfied with your 'Hundred Herbs Elixir Classic'?" Fang Cheng was startled when he heard the voice behind him. He quickly turned around and bowed to the person behind him.

"Fang Cheng pays his respects to the Daoist Master."

"No need to be polite."

Niu Yi shook his head, slowly walked to the desk, looked at the sheets of paper covered with writing, and nodded and smiled:
"It's clear that you've mastered everything I taught you, and even incorporated your own ideas. These prescriptions are written in a way that's easy to understand, which is excellent."

Fang Cheng respectfully said:

"Thank you for the compliment, Daoist. Fang Cheng was thinking that if this book is to be passed down to future generations, it would be best to keep it simple."

"How fortunate Fang Cheng is to have been personally taught medical skills by Daojun, but he is also afraid that his knowledge will be lost. As long as he can pass this book on to future generations, Fang Cheng will have lived a life without regrets."

Niu Yi looked at Fang Cheng in front of him. Although his hair was a little gray, he was still energetic and looked like a middle-aged man who was nearly fifty years old. But who would have thought that Fang Cheng was actually over sixty years old and sixty-three years old?

This guy recently bid farewell to two old friends, and knowing that human life has its limits, he has such sentiments.
Niu Yi shook his head and slowly walked towards the statue of the Divine Lord, leaving only his voice echoing in Fang Cheng's ears.

"Fang Cheng, once this book is completed and passed on to the world, you will have accomplished your great task."

“I have seen everything you have done over the past twenty years. I do not intend to seek another temple keeper in the future. When your merits are complete, I will personally guide you to become a god.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Cheng froze on the spot, his eyes glazed over, clearly stunned by the news.

The Daoist Master Chengshen said, "Guide him to become a god?!"

Coming to his senses, Fang Cheng was so excited that he trembled all over. He immediately knelt down and bowed deeply to the statue of the Divine Physician Daojun.

The worshippers who entered Daojun Palace to offer incense were surprised to see this scene. They wondered what had suddenly happened to the temple keeper. Only Yuan Ze, standing to the side, smiled and looked at the right side of the statue of the Divine Physician Daojun, where a majestic turtle general statue, accompanied by a divine turtle and holding a sword, stood.

It is likely that in the future, another statue will appear to the left of the Dao Lord God in the Dao Lord Palace.

Niu Yi's divine avatar went straight into the pavilion of the incense space and arrived at the third floor where thousands of copper coins were floating.

At this moment, more than thirty golden rays of merit were floating in the center of this third level.

This is the golden light of merit he has received over the years for protecting the people on both sides of the Tongtian River. Once Fang Cheng's Hundred Herbs Elixir Classic is completed and passed on to the world, he, as the mastermind and source of all this, will surely gain even more merit.

"In another hundred years or so, I think we will be able to collect a hundred merits and condense the merit wheel."

Eleven years have passed on Rotten Peach Mountain. Niu Yi looked at the Hunyuan Furnace in front of him, a flash of precious light in his eyes. Behind him, the Nine-Turn Golden Wheel quickly appeared in a burst of precious light.

But then, on the golden wheel, the golden bamboo pattern representing the Ten Thousand Leaf Golden Bamboo Sword was constantly changing, slowly transforming into the shape of an ancient hairpin.

At the same time, within the Primordial Furnace burning with Primordial Qi Fire, a burst of golden and silver magnetic light suddenly shone brightly, constantly distorting the surrounding space. An invisible magnetic force carried Niu Yi and the Primordial Furnace slowly into the air.

As Niu Yi's hand gestures changed continuously, the magnetic light gradually receded, and the hairpin pattern on the Nine-Turn Golden Wheel behind Niu Yi also took full shape after the magnetic light completely receded.

A smile appeared on Niu Yi's face. He changed his hand seals again, and a simple hairpin with gold and silver colors flying out of the Hunyuan Furnace quickly landed in Niu Yi's hand.

At the same time, Niu Yi and the Hunyuan Furnace slowly fell back to the ground.

Niu Yi looked at the simple hairpin in his hand, adorned only with a gold and silver Tai Chi pattern at the end, and couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this hairpin didn't make a big fuss when it was created, and it didn't even have the same imposing presence as when the Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl painting was completed.

In fact, if he hadn't been operating the Hunyuan Furnace at full power to suppress the strange phenomenon of the hairpin's birth, the entire Rotten Peach Mountain would probably have been destroyed by the bipolar magnetic force, along with the distorted space.

Niu Yi held the hairpin, and with a slight thought, the hairpin instantly transformed into a gold and silver sword, which appeared in Niu Yi's hand. The blade of the sword was flashing with a sharp and cold light.

Niu Yi's divine sense stirred again, and he saw that the sword once again transformed into a hairpin, which instantly split into thousands of parts, with the magnetic force flowing around it.

Niu Yi smiled slightly, flicked his wrist, and the thousands of hairpins disappeared instantly. Then he used the hairpin in his hand to tie up his hair.

What he just displayed was merely some of the abilities that the Myriad Leaf Golden Bamboo Sword had retained in these two Extreme Elemental Magnetic Hairpins. The true abilities of these hairpins are far more complex than that.

Not only is it incredibly powerful, but it's also specifically designed to counter metal-based magical artifacts. However, it's simply not very effective on Rotten Peach Mountain.

Niu Yi suddenly looked up at the auspicious cloud drifting in the sky, a smile on his face.

Today is truly a day of double happiness for him.

(End of this chapter)