Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 462 Teach some real skills

At this moment, the Earth God was celebrating with a group of people in the Golden Gourd Cave, while Ao Xuan, Jin Feng, and Jin Yun took Dou Dou and the Black Qilin to the Heavenly Palace, and the mountaintop became empty for a while.

Niu Feng thought for a while but still couldn't figure it out, so he decided to take some peaches down first.

Niu Feng stomped his foot and landed on a tree branch. He grinned at the pink peaches in front of him and was about to reach out and grab one when he suddenly heard a rustling sound. Then, a hairy-faced, thunder-mouthed figure suddenly emerged from the leaves, grinning at him.

"Eh!!!!"

This scene startled Niu Feng, and the next moment a golden light flashed in his eyes, and he finally saw whose face it was.

"Great Sage!!! It's you!"

Niu Feng patted his chest to calm himself down, staring wide-eyed at Sun Wukong, suppressing the golden light emanating from his horns.

"Hehe~ You little bull, you're too easy to tease."

Sun Wukong reached out from the leaves, grabbed Niu Feng's shoulder, and pulled him down from the tree to the ground. He then stuffed the peach basket full of peaches into Niu Feng's hands.

"Here you go~ I've eaten quite a few peaches this year, I'll bring some more from my Flower Fruit Mountain for you little bull demons to have a taste~"

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he turned to leave, but Niu Feng quickly said:

“Great Sage, a banquet is currently being held in the mountains. My chieftain said that you are not an outsider. If you have nothing else to do, why not move to the Golden Gourd Cave? We can join in the fun.”

"Hey, thanks for the offer~ I originally came looking for my senior brother, but since he's not here, I'll go to Daojun Mountain to find him."

Sun Wukong casually waved his hand, somersaulted into the air, and left Jindu Mountain on his somersault cloud.

On the other side, outside the small mountain village where Liu Yanchang and his son lived.

After seven days, Yang Jian left, leaving only Daojun to guard the place.

Daojun had been observing Liu Yanchang and his son for the past seven days and had gained a general understanding of their situation.

Furthermore, this Liu Yanchang doesn't seem to be as inflexible as some people think. When teaching Chenxiang, he is both strict and lenient, being strict when necessary and gentle when appropriate, and he has disciplined the child very well.

However, because only his father was by his side, rumors about his mother would often circulate in the village and among his friends, causing the boy great distress.

At the same time, Chenxiang is, after all, the child of a god and a mortal, and has the bloodline of the Third Holy Mother. Occasionally, he will uncontrollably display some strange abilities, which makes the children of his age somewhat distant from him.

This reminded Daojun of the two children born to Kui Mulang and Princess Baihuaxiu. However, without his and Taibai Jinxing's intervention, even if those two children had survived, they would have been no different from demons.

From this perspective, Liu Yanchang has done his best for Chenxiang, far better than Kui Mulang and Baihuaxiu.

"Daojun, Daojun~"

Upon hearing the familiar voice from the sky, a glint of light flashed in Daojun's dark eyes. He looked up and saw Venus descending towards him on an auspicious cloud.

A white cloud rose from beneath Daojun's feet, heading towards Venus.

"Star Lord, you've really worked hard this time."

Venus, looking at the Daoist Lord who had approached, stroked his beard and smiled:

“There’s no need for that. I’m quite familiar with the Third Holy Mother and Yang Jian. If I can help them, that would be a great thing. However…” Taibai Jinxing hesitated for a moment before taking out the jade token from his sleeve and handing it to Daojun.

"Daojun, this is a message from His Majesty the Jade Emperor sent to you privately. I don't know exactly what it is."

Daojun nodded and accepted the jade token. However, in the next instant, as the light on the jade token flashed, a familiar and majestic voice entered Daojun's ears.

"If you're going to teach, then teach real skills."

Upon hearing this, Daojun's heart settled. He floated the jade tablet in front of him and respectfully said "Yes." The jade tablet then turned into specks of light and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Although he had some suspicions about the matter of the Third Holy Mother, the Jade Emperor's words finally reassured him.

Although he had a very close relationship with his elder brother Yang, in the end, only His Majesty the Jade Emperor could make the final decision on this matter. Moreover, he was also promoted by the Jade Emperor himself, so it was still necessary to see what the ruler of the Three Realms thought.

He had previously asked Taibai Jinxing to investigate this matter. Now it seems that Taibai Jinxing is still magnanimous. However, due to the status of the Third Holy Mother, he had to make a statement, but he also tacitly approved of Yang Jian's actions.

In Niu Yi's view, when Yang Jian split the mountain to save his mother, perhaps His Majesty the Jade Emperor used the same method as he does today.

The rest depends on whether Chenxiang can achieve the same success as his uncle Erlang Shen back then.

"Daojun, I have delivered the message. Seeing your expression, I can rest assured."

Seeing the smile on Daojun's face, Venus stroked his beard with satisfaction and nodded with a smile.

"But as of now, apart from those beings, only the saints of Meishan and you and me know about this matter. And it seems that many things will have to be done by Daojun."

"Rest assured, Star Lord. Although this is my first time taking on a disciple, it is not my first time teaching someone to cultivate. It's just that Brother Yang will have to suffer for a while."

Venus looked toward Chenxiang, who was frowning as he read a book in a house in the opposite mountain village.

"What Daojun says is true. I hope that Chenxiang will understand his uncle's good intentions towards him in the future."

"However, speaking of which, the temple of the Cleansing Altar Messenger seems to be not far from here."

Several more days passed, and one day a schoolteacher arrived in this peaceful little mountain village.

"Sir, are you really planning to stay in our small village and open a school?"

After a brief conversation with the middle-aged man in front of him, who had black hair and a black beard and was dressed as a scholar, the old village chief of Baihua Village was impressed by the man's demeanor and speech.

He had seen the world in his day and knew that the person in front of him was no ordinary person.

"That's why I achieved some success in my studies in my early years, but later I was ostracized and became disillusioned with worldly affairs. Later, I joined a dojo and learned a lot of medical skills."

"Now I see that Baihua Village is beautiful and quiet, and I plan to build a hermitage here, open a school, practice medicine in peace, and teach children to read."

At this moment, many villagers from Baihua Village also rushed over upon hearing the news, surrounding the village chief and the schoolteacher in a circle. Liu Yanchang and Chenxiang, who had been dragged over by their neighbors, were also among them.

"Since you've put it that way, how could I refuse? However, the population of Baihua Village is small, and everyone has their own affairs to attend to..."

"Don't worry, old village chief, I have my own plan for this matter."

(End of this chapter)