Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 260 The medicine cures the disease
A fishy smell? The divine wind of Samadhi?
Speaking of which, in the past month, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong's group had already subdued the White Dragon Horse at Eagle Sorrow Gorge, passed by Guanyin Temple, where Guanyin Bodhisattva subdued the Black Bear Spirit who coveted the cassock, and then passed by Gao Village, where they accepted Tang Sanzang's second disciple, Zhu Wuneng.

Judging by the time, the three of them should have already reached the 800-mile-long Yellow Wind Ridge, where they encountered the Yellow Wind Great Sage who had stolen the Buddha's incense and candles from Mount Ling and attained enlightenment.

It must be said that the Great Sage Yellow Wind was quite capable, able to fight Sun Wukong to a standstill. While Sun Wukong had the ability to create numerous clones from a tuft of monkey hair, the Great Sage Yellow Wind also possessed a divine power that astonished even gods and ghosts: the Samadhi Divine Wind.

It seems that the Great Sage Yellow Wind has already stirred up this Samadhi Divine Wind.
Niu Yi looked thoughtful. After a moment of contemplation, he flipped his hand, and the Heavenly Treasure Bottle appeared in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, Niu Yi opened and closed his lips, and a golden talisman flashing with golden light quickly appeared in front of him, splitting into three parts. One of them, carrying the Heavenly Treasure Bottle, quickly flew towards the direction of Golden Gourd Mountain.

After Niu Yi finished doing all this, he looked at the scorpion demon who had somehow picked up the pipa and smiled:
"Thank you so much this time. Having witnessed that thieving bird's methods, I am now three times more confident in dealing with him."

"Hmph~ There's no need for that."

The scorpion demon glanced at Niu Yi with surprise, secretly thinking that her exhaustion and injuries had not been in vain. She then said frankly:
"If you intend to deal with that thieving bird, be sure to call me. I will carefully prepare a dose of poison for it during this time, enough to make it suffer greatly!"

"Don't worry, you won't be left out of this matter."

"Hiss, Old Sun's eyes!"

Eight hundred miles away at Huangfeng Ridge, Sun Wukong rubbed his eyes, which were streaming with tears. His vision blurred, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

The fat-headed, big-eared Pigsy carried his nine-toothed rake and searched all over the mountains and fields for Sun Wukong. After a long time, he finally found the Monkey King covering his eyes.

"Brother! Brother! What's wrong with you! That strange wind just now was really strong, it even blew me away."

"That monster must have used some kind of magic to bewitch my eyes."

"Fool, go find a house nearby and ask for a cure for your eyes. Once your eyes are healed, we'll go find our master."

"Hey! Don't worry, Monkey King!"

Just as Pigsy was leading Monkey King in search of a home, an old man's figure appeared in a clearing in the mountains, rising with a wisp of pure air.

"This must be the place."

The Earth God of Jindu Mountain glanced around, then quickly tapped the ground with his wooden staff. A thatched hut rapidly appeared in the area, gradually solidifying and becoming almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

The Earth God took out the Heavenly Treasure Bottle from his bosom, then spun around once, and his figure quickly transformed into an old man in simple clothes from the mountains.

As the local earth god conjured up a thatched hut in the mountains, not long after, Pigsy appeared not far from the hut, carrying luggage and leading the white dragon horse, while Monkey King was carried on the horse's back.

Upon seeing the thatched hut not far away, Pigsy immediately perked up and called out to Monkey King on horseback:
"Brother Monkey! There are houses ahead! Just bear with it a little longer, I'll go ask them right away!"

Hey! Is anyone there? Is anyone there?

As Pigsy shouted, he ran quickly toward the thatched hut, while the White Dragon Horse dragged Monkey King closely behind him.

The local earth god, who had transformed into an old man from the mountain village, hurriedly came out of the courtyard, looked at the anxious Pigsy, and welcomed him and his group in. After understanding the reason, he and Pigsy helped Sun Wukong into the house.

The two put Sun Wukong on the bed. Zhu Bajie saw the old man return to the inner room, rummage around for a while, and then come out with a somewhat old-looking porcelain bottle.

"When you encountered the Great Sage Yellow Wind, he possessed an extremely powerful wind technique known as the Samadhi Divine Wind." "This Samadhi Divine Wind can darken the heavens and earth, cause ghosts and gods to grieve, split rocks and collapse cliffs, and instantly kill people. Only immortals can escape unscathed."

Sun Wukong covered his eyes, seeing only a blur, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but speak up:

"No wonder, no wonder. Although I am not a god, even a god should be called the Great Sage. Yet I was still blinded by this divine wind."

"Don't worry, young elder. This bottle of medicine in my hand was bestowed by a divine Taoist priest. It can cure all eye diseases. I see that you seem to have a chronic eye ailment. Perhaps my spiritual water can also cure it."

Although Sun Wukong's eyes were in extreme discomfort, he still replied upon hearing this:
"Old man, my old eye ailment is called Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils. It's not something I acquired from elsewhere. It was caused by the smoke when I was imprisoned in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace during my rampage in the Heavenly Palace. It's not something that can be easily cured."

Bajie, watching Monkey King still showing off at this point, felt a little anxious and shook his hands, saying:

"Hey~ Brother Monkey! Why are you saying all this at a time like this? Just tell me already, or let someone take a look at it for you."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir. Thank you."

The old man nodded and said:
"Don't worry, don't worry."

Pigsy watched as the old man opened the porcelain bottle, poured out two drops of medicine, and dripped them onto Sun Wukong's left and right eyes respectively.

Soon, Sun Wukong's eyes stopped tearing, and he soon fell into a deep sleep.

"Hmm~ That's good. He just needs to rest for one night, and his eyes will be fully recovered tomorrow."

Pigsy nodded quickly and said:
"Yes, yes, thank you so much, sir."

Pigsy watched over Sun Wukong without leaving, sitting on the ground to keep watch, and eventually fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Pigsy suddenly felt a slight pain in his ear, and a familiar voice rang in his ear.

"Idiot! Idiot!"

Pigsy quickly opened his eyes, stood up and looked behind him. He saw his Monkey King standing behind him, scratching the back of his hand and grinning at him. He was obviously alright now.

"Brother Monkey, your eyes are healed! That old man's medicine really worked!"

Pigsy looked around again and found that he had been sleeping while leaning against his bundle of luggage, while the White Dragon Horse stood quietly to the side, and there was no thatched hut or courtyard around.

"Huh? What's going on with this family? They moved out overnight without telling us!"

Sun Wukong looked around and saw a small porcelain bottle on the ground not far in front of the two of them. He jumped two steps, picked up the small porcelain bottle, and saw that there was a note attached to the porcelain bottle.

Take once a day, and old ailments will naturally disappear.

Sun Wukong, feeling the refreshing sensation in his eyes, excitedly scratched his cheek, shook the bottle of 'eye drops', and said with a glint in his eye:

"Hehe, you fool, that's not some old man. He's probably some old acquaintance of mine from heaven, here to lend me a hand. Thank you so much! Thank you!"

(End of this chapter)