Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 176 Sun and Moon Steel Halberd

But then the auspicious clouds in the sky slowly drifted down and soon landed in front of Niu Yi.

And on those auspicious clouds was the same handsome young Taoist boy who had opened the door for Niu Yi in the Tushita Palace.

Niu Yi stepped forward, smiling as he cupped his hands in greeting to the young Taoist priest:
“Fairy Boy, it’s been a long time.”

The young Taoist also smiled, returned the greeting with clasped hands, and then with a flick of his wrist, a wooden box about ten feet long appeared in his hand. The young Taoist then spoke to Niu Yi:
"Immortal Master, eighty-one days have passed in heaven, and this treasure has been completed. My master instructed me to deliver it to you, Immortal Master."

Niu Yi's face turned solemn. He stepped forward, intending to take the wooden box from the boy's hands, but found that the box was much heavier than he had imagined.

Niu Yi's expression remained unchanged as he used his hands to exert force, finally managing to take the wooden box into his own hands.

Seeing Niu Yi accept the box, the young Taoist priest cupped his hands and said:

"Since the immortal has accepted this treasure, I will return to the palace to report back."

"Please convey my message, Immortal Child: I thank the Supreme Dao Ancestor for bestowing this treasure. I am grateful for your help, Immortal Child."

"Please rest assured, Immortal Master."

Seeing the young Taoist priest ride away swiftly on auspicious clouds, Niu Yi, holding the long wooden box in his hands, slowly opened it. A sharp, eerie white light flashed out and shot straight into the sky! This cold light instantly severed a lock of Niu Yi's hair.

Niu Yi's eyes lit up with excitement as he lifted the lid of the wooden box and looked inside at the treasure.

Inside the box was a long-handled weapon, over seven feet long, with a sharp, white spearhead at one end.

On either side of the spear tip, there is a pair of crescent-shaped blades engraved with sun and moon patterns, which are connected to the spear tip. This weapon is a halberd.

"This halberd, with one handle, is called the Azure Dragon Halberd, and with both handles, it's called the Fangtian Halberd. This halberd is indeed the Fangtian Halberd. It's just that I wonder if the Supreme Dao Ancestor has named this halberd."

Niu Yi shifted his gaze from the halberd head downwards to the dark shaft, where he noticed a line of writing at the very bottom, right next to the pointed end.

"The Sun and Moon Steel Halberd weighs 21,000 jin."

Twenty-one thousand catties, no wonder.
Niu Yi gently placed the box on the ground, then grasped the dark shaft of the Sun and Moon Steel Halberd inside with both hands and slowly lifted it out of the box.

Niu Yi felt the cold, hard texture in his hand and the reassuring weight, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

Niu Yi stomped his foot, and a surge of earth elemental power quickly covered the entire Rotten Peach Mountain, protecting everything on it.

Niu Yi then gripped the halberd, deliberately concealing its extraordinary power, and began to wield it rapidly in the peach blossom forest!
"call----"

As Niu Yi continued to wield his halberd, even though he had already restrained its extraordinary power, a gust of wind still swept through, causing the peach blossoms in the entire peach grove to dance in the wind.

What Niu Yi didn't notice was that Daoist Guanghui, who had just returned to his sect with Guangwu and Aoxuan, was standing not far away, watching this scene with a smile.

Niu Yi moved with lightning speed, wielding his halberd with great force and power. In just a short while, he had completely mastered the halberd, wielding it as if it were an arm swinger.

After Niu Yi had finished dancing, he stood still, leaning on his halberd, his face showing excitement. Meanwhile, the peach blossoms that had swept across the entire Rotten Peach Mountain began to fall, creating a peach blossom rain on the mountain.

The slanting moon and three stars are in the cave.

The unexpected turn of events on the back mountain drew the attention of many disciples, who then began to discuss the matter.

"Hey? Senior brother, look! It's raining peach blossoms on the top of the back mountain."

"Could something have happened on the back mountain?"

“What could possibly happen to the patriarch on the mountain? I remember when I went up the mountain years ago, I met a senior brother of the Guang generation, whose name seemed to be Guang Yi? That senior brother should be cultivating on the back mountain.”

"Senior Brother Guangyi? I don't think I've ever seen him before."

"Junior brother, you joined the sect late, so it's normal that you haven't met them. Apart from the eldest brother and senior brother Guangwu, let alone the Guang generation, even the last senior brother of the Zhi generation went down the mountain two years ago."

The Bodhi Patriarch, who was meditating on a futon in the quiet room, slowly opened his eyes. He glanced gently at the direction of the back mountain, then looked eastward, as if he had crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to see a beautiful and spiritual peak.
Seven days later, at dawn.

In the peach grove of Rotten Peach Mountain, Niu Yi sat cross-legged on the ground, meditating with his eyes closed. Behind him, on the Nine-Turn Golden Wheel that appeared in a burst of precious light, the pattern of the Sun and Moon Steel Halberd was constantly emerging, and then it was completely formed.

This Sun and Moon Steel Halberd became Niu Yi's sixth natal magic weapon, following the Causal Divination Coin, the Two Extremes Magnetic Hairpin, the Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl Diagram, the God-Locking Chain, and the Starry Chessboard.

As for Niu Yi's remaining three natal magic treasures, they have basically been confirmed to be the Five Elements Spirit Pearl, the Chaos Green Gourd, and the Primordial Cauldron.

"The Great Dao of Cause and Effect, the Great Dao of Primordial Magnetism, the Great Dao of Slaughter, the Great Dao of the Underworld, the Great Dao of the Five Elements, and the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos."

Niu Yi slowly opened his eyes. As a burst of light flashed in front of him, magical treasures appeared one after another, floating in front of Niu Yi.

He is now involved in many great paths, but there must be one path he focuses on comprehending. His divine avatar has been concentrating on comprehending the Primordial Chaos Great Dao. Although the progress is slow, it is real and continuous.

Now, however, he is preparing to specialize in the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, a path he has already completed halfway through.

Of course, he had something even more important to do.
Niu Yi slowly stood up and looked at his senior brother and Guangwu, who were walking slowly towards him not far away.

“Junior brother, I have made some progress in the forging of your Dragon Tiger Fan. You and Guangwu should listen to see if there are any oversights.”

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother."

Time flies in the mountains; thirty-eight years have passed since Niu Yi obtained the Sun and Moon Steel Halberd.

Everything on Rotten Peach Mountain was as usual. Eighteen years ago, Niu Yi and his two fellow disciples deduced the method for refining the Dragon Tiger Fan.

Niu Yi has now completely refined the Dragon Roar and Tiger Howl diagram into a single point of Dragon Spirit and Tiger Spirit. He is just waiting to fully refine the True Dragon Bone and White Tiger Bone into the treasure fan, and then use this pair of Dragon Spirit and Tiger Spirit to awaken the Dragon Tiger Fan's spirit.

On Daojun Mountain, where Niu Yi's divine incarnation was stationed, things were somewhat turbulent, with a storm brewing.

The reason is that the banks of the Tongtian River have enjoyed favorable weather and abundant harvests in recent years, becoming increasingly prosperous. This has attracted the covetousness of other regional forces, and several factions have emerged along the banks of the Tongtian River, engaging in open and covert struggles, all vying to monopolize this prosperous land.

Yuan Ze and Fang Cheng asked Niu Yi if they should intervene, but Niu Yi ultimately shook his head, telling Yuan Ze and Fang Cheng to just do their own jobs.

This is a conflict within the human race itself. It is only natural for things to decline after reaching their peak. It is neither a natural disaster nor a demonic disturbance. The gods will not, and cannot, intervene.

Just like now, neither the city gods nor the local deities on either side of the Tongtian River came to him; they were all just doing what they were supposed to do.

Niu Yi knew clearly that what he, as the Divine Physician Daoist Lord, needed to be wary of was the demons who, once the war broke out and the faith in the gods weakened, would be eyeing the situation and might take advantage of the chaos.

Jin Du Mountain is far away in the deep mountains, so everything is peaceful there. Now, with the many spiritual fragrances and fruits he sent, and the fact that Jin Du Mountain has long since become a secluded immortal mountain, filled with the Daoist energy of the earth element, the bull demons in the mountain have benefited greatly.

In particular, the three bull spirits, Niu Feng, Niu Ping, and Niu Li, have all cultivated their primordial spirits and reached the level of demon generals, with a lifespan of a thousand years. Even Niu Ping's younger brother, Niu An, is not far from reaching the level of a demon general.

Some time ago, Niu Yi took some time to meet a little bull spirit named Niu Yan. This little bull spirit had good talent and had now reached the level of a demon general. However, the little bull spirit called him "Grandfather," which still made Niu Yi feel a little dazed.

Now, he has become a legendary ancestor in Jindu Mountain, and only Niu Feng and a few others still call him their leader.

Unbeknownst to him, he had been cultivating for nearly three hundred years.
Among the myriad gods and Buddhas, he was still very young, but in the eyes of the little bull demons on Golden Gourd Mountain, he was already a legendary ancestor...

Thinking about it this way, it's not hard to accept Jin Cheng's title of "Grandpa Ox".

On this day, at the top of Rotten Peach Mountain.

Niu Yi looked at the Hunyuan Furnace, where a true dragon and a white tiger were flying up and down around the jade fan above the Hunyuan Qi Fire. The sounds of dragon roars and tiger howls were constantly coming out of the Hunyuan Furnace.

At this moment, the jade fan already had lifelike images of a dragon and a tiger on its surface, indicating that the magic weapon was not far from being fully refined.

Just then, Niu Yi suddenly felt a sudden urge, and he couldn't help but turn his head to look at the entrance of the Xieyue Sanxing Cave, his eyes gleaming with precious light.

But then, not far from the mountain gate, a figure dressed in plain clothes appeared.

Upon seeing that figure, Niu Yi's pupils constricted, and he abruptly stood up!

After all these years, the monkey has finally arrived!
(End of this chapter)