Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 427 Seclusion
As night fell, Niu Yi and Niu Sanjin returned home, they heard laughter coming from the Niu family's house.

Niu Sanjin heard one of the very familiar voices and laughed:

"It looks like your Uncle Bai has arrived. It's been a month since Yulin Hall started selling those two medicines. Let's go and see how much money these two medicines can help our Niu family make."

Niu Yi nodded with a smile and walked towards the gate with Niu Sanjin. Just then, Niu Sanjin pushed the gate open and laughed loudly:

"Bai Sheng! Why are you laughing so loudly? Is there some good news?"

Niu Yi followed Niu Sanjin into the Niu family home, where he saw a plump middle-aged man dressed in green, who smelled strongly of medicine, sitting there chatting happily with Bai Fangfang and Xiao Guangze opposite him.

When Bai Sheng saw Niu Sanjin return, although he still had a smile on his face, he snorted.

"Hmph~ I've already given all the good news to my sister-in-law. You two can discuss it yourselves tonight~"

As Bai Sheng spoke, he stood up, nodded gently to Niu Yi, and exclaimed in admiration:
"You've raised a fine son. Didn't you want to expand your pharmacy? Now you've got your wish."

Niu Sanjin realized Bai Sheng's intention to leave and asked in bewilderment:
"So you're not planning to eat here? I bought the wine a long time ago, and your sister-in-law bought the dishes. We're going to cook a big meal to reward you, our hero."

Bai Fangfang remained silent, but Bai Sheng shook his head repeatedly.

"We'll have plenty of time to drink this wine later, and I'm really craving the dishes my sister-in-law makes, but now's not the time to eat them."

"You have no idea, my Yulin Hall has encountered a lot of trouble because of these two medicines, and I have to deal with it. I have to take care of everyone involved."

As Bai Sheng spoke, he pointed to the sky and the ground towards Niu Sanjin. Niu Sanjin immediately nodded in understanding, realizing that Bai Sheng was referring to the officials and their men in Linjiang City.

Even though Niu Sanjin had never been involved in these matters, he knew they were not simple, especially the officials, who were sure to be the most troublesome.

"Well then, you've really had a hard time this time."

"What's so hard about this?" Bai Sheng waved his hand, looking quite smug. "The other two clinics in Linjiang City don't even have this opportunity yet. You have no idea how popular my Yulin Hall is lately. If I don't take advantage of this momentum and suppress these two, I, Bai Sheng, would be a fool!"

"Alright, alright, you all keep thinking about it. I'm leaving now."

As Bai Sheng spoke, he stepped out of the Niu family compound, patting Niu Yi on the shoulder affectionately as he left.

Bai Sheng has never had a wife or children, and he treats the two boys from the Niu family with great affection, always giving them little trinkets whenever they meet.

Speaking of which, the last time Niu Yi and his brother ate roast chicken at Yunyanlou, it was their Uncle Bai who treated them.

As soon as Bai Sheng left, Bai Fangfang excitedly picked up the small box at her feet and quickly went to Niu Sanjin's side.

"Three catties, this is what Bai Sheng just brought over, please count it, is it correct?"

Seeing this, Niu Sanjin nodded excitedly, took the box expectantly, and opened it to find some loose silver coins inside. This silver was different from the one Niu Yi had given him before; it was money earned by his family himself, so it felt incredibly secure.

In the dead of night, with a bright moon and few stars, Niu Yi glanced at Niu Guangze, who was already asleep beside him. A gentle breeze blew in from the cracks in the house, enveloping his figure and the clothes draped beside him.

As Niu Yi was enveloped by the breeze, his figure disappeared, and the breeze once again blew out from the crack in the door, heading into the distance.

After an unknown amount of time, the gentle breeze finally came to a stop in the silent mountain forest, and finally landed in front of a dark stone cave.

Niu Yi's figure then appeared, and without him making any move, streaks of light suddenly appeared from the cave in front of him. These were the lamps that had been stuck in the stone walls, which were now lit, illuminating the path in front of the cave.

Niu Yi's feet didn't touch the ground; his body floated in mid-air, propelled by the wind as he flew into the cave before him.

As Niu Yi walked several hundred meters, he arrived at the very center of the mountain, in the belly of the cave, where a vast, brightly lit stone cave space came into view.

The cave was flat and spacious, complete with stone tables, chairs, beds, and even a stone pot and stove. Under the illumination of the lamps on the walls, it was clearly visible even in the dark.

"What a waste of such a beautiful place where immortals lived in seclusion, it was destroyed by that corpse demon."

Niu Yi shook his head speechlessly. He thought back to when he first saw this cave a month ago, it was a mess because of the corpse demon. The cave was almost filled with white bones, and there was an unbearable stench fermenting in the cave.

Even the lamps on the stone wall were damaged in many places. Such bright lamps could not have been made by ordinary mortals; they must have been left behind by immortals.

Niu Yi put in a lot of effort to restore the cave to its original state, having used the techniques he had learned in this realm during this time.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have let that corpse demon get away with it so easily. I should have just had Fahai take him away."

"Well, given the temperament of that great monk Fahai, even the slightest punishment for a demon like the Corpse Demon, who wreaks havoc on the region, would probably mean he'd never be reincarnated."

Niu Yi shook his head slightly and slowly walked to the stone table, where he saw a delicate white jade gourd emitting a faint light.

With a wave of his hand, Niu Yi sent the white jade gourd slowly flying up and landing in his palm.

"My cultivation level is indeed a bit lacking. It took me half a month to refine even the prototype of this small Pot Heaven Magic Treasure."

"Fortunately, the Heavenly Treasure Technique is there, making the path of cultivation smooth. Moreover, I can directly comprehend the Great Dao of this world by relying on the miraculous power of the Primordial Furnace. Otherwise, I would probably have to do what I did in my previous life: combine the strengths of various schools and deduce various methods and techniques."

"And this time it was also lucky. The Corpse Demon's memory actually contained such a secluded cave where immortals lived, and most of the spiritual objects in the cave were still sealed and had not been destroyed by the Corpse Demon. Otherwise, it would have been difficult to find the prototype of the magic weapon that carries the Pot Heaven Space."

The person Niu Yi saw in the Corpse Demon's memories was a cultivator who had practiced the Heavenly Treasure Technique in his previous life. He had his eye on the magic weapon of the immortal who originally lived in seclusion in this place, but was discovered by that immortal, who then crippled his cultivation and drove him away.

However, later, this person found an extremely yin place, where he cultivated into a corpse demon, and then injected a wisp of his magic weapon's aura into the Heavenly Treasure Technique. If any cultivator comprehends the Ghost Head Nail magic weapon, they will be controlled by the corpse demon and eventually become its nourishment.

(End of this chapter)