Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 428 White Jade Gourd
It's unknown how many people this Corpse Demon has harmed over the years. The damage to the Heavenly Treasure Manual was discovered by that immortal on his deathbed. He wanted to use the law of cause and effect to destroy the Heavenly Treasure Manual, but he was still a little short.

In Niu Yi's view, the immortal who lived in seclusion here was not highly cultivated, at most at the level of a demon king, which was comparable to the level of Bai Suzhen who had cultivated for a thousand years and the monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple.

Therefore, the method used by the other party failed to destroy the Heavenly Treasure Technique, and even decades after his death, the Corpse Demon occupied his former place of seclusion.

Fortunately, he set up a restriction here to protect his life's savings; otherwise, those spiritual materials would probably have been ruined by the Corpse Demon.

Having considered this, Niu Yi flipped his hand forward, and the phantom of the Hunyuan Furnace quickly appeared in his hand, while the white jade gourd also quickly flew into the Hunyuan Furnace.

As the somewhat illusory, dim yellow flames ignited, the exquisite little white jade gourd also began to emit bursts of light.

Jinshan Temple, downstream of the Yangtze River.

"Master, you are back!"

Fahai, who had just returned to Jinshan Temple, glanced at the young novice monk guarding the mountain, nodded slightly, and then walked expressionlessly toward the stone steps on the mountain.

The young novice scratched his head in confusion, sensing that his master's mood seemed rather strange.
After returning to Jinshan Temple, Fahai went directly into the main hall, put down the empty golden bowl and staff beside him, looked at the golden statue of Buddha above, and knelt down devoutly.

"Buddha, I have many questions lately, and I beg you to enlighten me."

Beneath the golden statue of Buddha, which stands tens of meters tall, Fahai kneels in worship with utmost devotion. However, the compassionate Buddha gives him no response, his eyes gazing serenely into the distance.

Fahai remained kneeling before the Buddha, and silence returned to the magnificent hall once more.

Meanwhile, Niu Yi had been in the cave for three hours.

The sky was already showing a hint of dawn, and the phantom of the Hunyuan Furnace in Niu Yi's hand was still burning fiercely.

Cloud patterns gradually appeared on the small white jade gourd in the Hunyuan Furnace, and its texture became increasingly warm and smooth, with faint spiritual energy constantly rising from it.

Another half-cup of tea time passed, until the last cloud pattern appeared on the gourd. The white jade gourd suddenly trembled for a moment, and then a white light quietly bloomed in the Hunyuan Furnace.

"It's done."

A smile appeared on Niu Yi's face, and the illusory image of the Hunyuan Furnace in his hand slowly disappeared, leaving only a white jade gourd radiating white light in his hand.

"A space a hundred feet long and wide, that should be enough. It's worth all my hard work."

Niu Yi gently exhaled a breath of fresh air, and the white jade gourd slowly flew out, its mouth pointing towards the ground.

Niu Yi formed a hand seal, and streams of spiritual energy began to swirl in the cave. At the very center of the ground, a sealing seal resembling a lion's head gradually appeared, but the lion's ear was clearly missing a corner, making the seal incomplete.

The corpse demon didn't have the ability to cut open the seal, so this missing piece was naturally deciphered by Niu Yi. The white jade gourd in his hand was also made from spiritual materials taken from it.

This immortal may have no disciples or descendants. His collection of thousands of years has been left here to await a destined person. However, what is placed outside the cave is mostly a cover, while the real collection is hidden here.

And Niu Yi is that destined person.

Niu Yi flipped his hand, and the seal began to flicker continuously. Then, the seal, which was no longer complete, gradually dimmed.

A moment later, the lion-head-shaped seal roared and then vanished, revealing the cave below and the numerous spiritual materials within that were constantly shimmering with spiritual light.

Niu Yi's hand seals changed again, and an irresistible suction force suddenly erupted from the mouth of the white jade gourd in the sky. The spiritual materials below quickly flew into the sky, shrinking to the size of grains of sand as they approached the gourd, and were continuously thrown into it. Soon, the last bit of spiritual light in the cave was also absorbed into this small gourd.

Niu Yi casually summoned the gourd back from mid-air, then took out a rope and hung it around his waist like a pendant.

"It's time to go back."

"As for this place, it should be sealed off for now. If my parents pass away in the future and I have to cultivate alone, this place will be a good place."

During this past month, whenever he had free time, he would come here to this cave, keeping an eye on the many spiritual materials that were sealed here.

Now that the magic pot treasure has been refined and all the spiritual materials have been taken out, there is naturally no need to keep it any longer.

Niu Yi glanced at the distant sunlight on the horizon, then transformed into a gentle breeze and flew towards Linjiang City.

As Niu Yi left, a glimmer of light quietly appeared in the silent mountain forest where the Corpse Demon had devoured all the surrounding creatures. At the entrance of the cave, a bull's head, shimmering with precious light, was sealed and vanished in an instant.

At the Niu family home, Niu Guangze, who had just woken up, stretched on the earthen bed and yawned as he slowly came to his senses.

"Hey bro, has Mom called us for dinner yet?"

Niu Guangze sat up sleepily, turned his head to look to the side, and saw his older brother standing by the earthen bed, dressed and ready, looking at him with amusement.

"Not yet, you little rascal, why do you want to eat as soon as you open your eyes?"

"Hey~ Doesn't this smell like the food at home lately?"

Niu Guangze chuckled and woke up at that moment. His eyes lit up when he saw the white jade gourd pendant that had appeared on Niu Yi's waist.

"Brother, is this pendant new? It's so pretty!"

Niu Yi answered casually:

"If you like it, I'll give you one later. Now, hurry up and wash your face, your mother will be here to call you for dinner soon."

He still had a few spiritual materials that could serve as the prototype for this Heavenly Treasure. Once his cultivation improved further, he could refine another one for Guangze without much trouble.

"Uh-huh!"

Niu Guangze nodded quickly, got off the earthen bed, and dressed on the ground.

After Niu Yi finished eating, he returned to the pharmacy with Niu Sanjin, while Bai Fangfang took Niu Guangze to Mr. Hu's private school.

Niu Yi hadn't forgotten that he still had an agreement with Zhong Wen.

Although he was unwilling to get too involved in worldly affairs, sometimes it was only the forces within the world that could handle such matters most conveniently.

Niu Yi had given Zhong Wen some pointers earlier precisely because he wasn't actually interested in the power behind Zhong Wen, since he was different from the monk Fahai.

All he did was leave a safeguard for the Niu family. With Zhong Wen looking after them, he could feel much more at ease even if he went out in the future.

(End of this chapter)