I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 194: Rich and Honored, Still Remembering the Old Favor

Chapter 194: Rich and Honored, Still Remembering the Old Favor

Jiang Minghan was led to the hall. He looked up and saw Zhen Yuanzi sitting high in the hall with a whisk in his hand. His body was pure and quiet, and his appearance was ethereal and otherworldly.

Jiang Minghan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, “I am Jiang Minghan, and I pay my respects to the Master of Zhenyuan Temple.”

Zhen Yuanzi waved his whisk, and suddenly a breeze rose from under his feet, immediately lifting Jiang Minghan up.

“How do you know me?” Zhen Yuanzi asked Jiang Minghan with a smile.

Jiang Minghan bowed quickly and said, “I saw an old ghost at home. Before the ghost left, he took out something and gave it to me, asking me to bring it to Wuzhuang Temple and give it to the abbot Zhenyuanzi.”

When Zhen Yuanzi heard this, he was slightly surprised. He counted with his fingers, but found nothing.

So he asked Jiang Minghan, “What did the old ghost give you? He asked you to bring it to Wuzhuang Temple.”

Jiang Minghan quickly took down his bag, took out the sandalwood box inside, held it in his hands and said, “This is exactly it.”

Qingfeng walked over, took the sandalwood box from Jiang Minghan, turned around and handed it to Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi took the sandalwood box and flicked his finger, and the sandalwood box opened by itself.

The next moment, rays of light burst out, and the hall was shrouded in a layer of jade-colored bright clouds. Pure acquired Yi wood energy flowed out, which surprised Zhen Yuanzi greatly.

In a moment, an old root covered with long whiskers flew out from the sandalwood box and hovered quietly in front of Zhen Yuanzi.

The surrounding disciples were all stunned, and Mingyue even asked, “Master, what is this?”

Zhen Yuanzi looked at it for a long time but couldn’t recognize it, so he had to reach out and grab it.

But at the moment when Zhen Yuanzi reached out to grab the old root, the secret of heaven appeared before his eyes, and Zhen Yuanzi immediately saw the secret of this thing.

“Red Dust Immortal Root?” Zhen Yuanzi was slightly surprised, but when he saw the origin of this thing, he was even more surprised, “It turned out to be Lingtai Zhenjun.”

After a moment, Zhen Yuanzi laughed, waved his hand and put the Red Dust Immortal Root into his sleeve, then said to Jiang Minghan: “The old ghost you saw is not a real ghost, but the incarnation of the Heavenly Spiritual Platform True Lord.”

“Master Lingtai?” Jiang Minghan was stunned for a moment, feeling unfamiliar with the title.

Then Zhen Yuanzi asked again: “Did Lingtai Zhenjun say anything else to you?”

Hearing this, Jiang Minghan hesitated for a moment and said, “Master Lingtai said that as long as I deliver this item to the temple master, I will have a great opportunity. Immortality and becoming an immortal will be a common thing.”

Zhen Yuanzi smiled slightly and said, “In that case, I will grant you a great opportunity and accept you as my forty-ninth disciple. Are you willing to become my disciple?”

Hearing this, Jiang Minghan was overjoyed. Having just witnessed many strange and miraculous phenomena, he knew that the abbot of Zhenyuanzi Temple in front of him must be an immortal. Being able to worship an immortal as a teacher was a blessing that was difficult to obtain in many lifetimes.

Jiang Minghan immediately bowed and said, “I am Jiang Minghan, and I would like to take the master as my teacher. Master, please accept my disciple’s greetings.”

After saying that, Jiang Minghan knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhen Yuanzi. Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said, “Since you have accepted me as your master, you should escape from the worldly web. You can no longer use this worldly name.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Minghan immediately bowed to Zhen Yuanzi again and said, “Master, please give me a name.

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said to Jiang Minghan, “You came from the southern continent of Jambu. For a promise, you went through all four seasons. You did not change your mind despite wind, frost, rain, and snow. You traveled thousands of miles. You did not change your mind despite hunger, cold, and hardship. You are determined and determined. You deserve the word ‘zhi’. I will call you ‘zhidu’.”

Jiang Minghan asked: “Master, what are the two words? I accidentally learned to read.”

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said, “Stretch out your right hand.”

Jiang Minghan quickly stretched out his right hand, and saw Zhen Yuanzi waved his whisk, and immediately the words “Zhi Du” appeared on the palm of Jiang Minghan.

When Jiang Minghan saw these two words, he liked them more and more. He immediately kowtowed and said, “Master, I, your disciple, bow to you with all my heart and soul!”

Zhen Yuanzi nodded slightly and said, “Get up.”

Zhidu stood up, and Zhen Yuanzi said to Qingfeng Mingyue, “Qingfeng Mingyue, from tomorrow on, you will be responsible for teaching Zhidu to read, recognize characters, and interpret and draw symbols.”

Qingfeng and Mingyue bowed and said, “Yes, Master.”

After giving Zhidu instructions, Zhen Yuanzi got up and went to the yard where the ginseng fruit tree was planted.

I saw Zhen Yuanzi standing in front of the ginseng fruit tree. He stretched out his hand to take out the “Red Dust Immortal Root” from his sleeve, and then threw it, and the Red Dust Immortal Root immediately flew under the fruit tree.

As soon as the Red Dust Immortal Root approached the ginseng fruit tree, it emitted sixty-nine immortal lights in an instant, and then the sixty-nine roots penetrated into the ground and connected with the main root of the ginseng fruit tree.

Then, with a humming sound, the Red Dust Immortal Root slowly sank into the ground and completely merged with the main root of the ginseng fruit tree.

In an instant, thousands of rays of light appeared on the ginseng fruit tree, and spring buds sprouted like rain among the swaying branches and leaves.

In just a moment, the ginseng fruit tree went through the three processes of germination, flowering and fruiting, and the tree was full of fruits.

Zhen Yuanzi only took a quick glance and counted the number of fruits. There were ninety-nine of them.

Zhen Yuanzi looked at the ginseng fruit tree full of fruits, stroked his long beard and smiled, and immediately called out to the outside of the courtyard: “Songjian.”

A middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe and with a dark face walked in, bowed and said, “Master.”

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and pointed at the ginseng fruit tree and said, “Look.”

Song Jian looked up and saw the tree was full of fruits. He exclaimed, “Master, how come the precious tree has so many fruits?”

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said, “Your junior fellow Zhidu was enlightened by Lingtai Zhenjun and came here only to give me the immortal root to increase the fruitfulness of my treasure tree. After the immortal root and treasure tree merge, each ripe fruit can produce ninety-nine fruits. This is the first ripe fruit after the immortal root merged.”

Upon hearing this, Song Jian counted carefully and found that there were indeed ninety-nine fruits. Song Jian asked happily, “Master, will this fruit tree still ripen once every nine thousand years?”

Zhen Yuanzi nodded and said, “That’s right.”

As he said this, Zhen Yuanzi ordered, “Go and call a few fellow apprentices over, bring the golden hammers, hit forty-nine fruits, and give one fruit to each of them.”

Song Jian was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately bowed and said, “Yes, thank you, Master. I will go right away.”

Seeing Song Jian leave happily, Zhen Yuanzi smiled, and then said with emotion: “Lingtai Zhenjun is really an honest gentleman.” Since eating the ginseng fruit, Zhidu only felt that he felt light and healthy, immune to cold and heat, all the turbidity in his body was discharged, his body was fragrant, and his mind was clear.

I heard from my senior brothers that the ginseng fruit he ate that day would allow him to live for 47,000 years.

Zhidu couldn’t believe what he heard, but he was also extremely excited. After all, who wouldn’t like to live that long? Everyone said that living to be a hundred years old was considered longevity, and living to one or two hundred years was considered longevity, so what was it that he could live to be forty-seven thousand years now?

This is indeed a great opportunity. That old ghost, no, Lingtai Zhenjun is such a kind and compassionate god. My journey of more than ten thousand miles has not been in vain.

During these days, he followed his two senior brothers Qingfeng and Mingyue to learn to read and write, interpret words and draw symbols, while listening to his master’s lectures and practicing Taoism.

Before he knew it, another month had passed. On this day, Zhidu had laid a preliminary foundation for the Tao. The essence in his body turned into five kinds of Qi, and he entered the realm of ‘refining essence into Qi’.

That day, Zhidu finished his training and stood up, feeling a warm spring breeze blowing on his face, carrying the fragrance of mountain flowers. He suddenly remembered something.

Zhidu turned around and entered the temple, where he found Qingfeng and Mingyue practicing swordsmanship.

“You two senior brothers have great swordsmanship.” Zhi Du praised as he stood aside.

Qingfeng Mingyue stood still after hearing this, and then asked, “What’s good about it?”

Zhi Du quickly said, “Anywhere is fine.”

Qingfeng laughed and pointed at Zhidu and said, “Zhidu is dishonest. He is clearly trying to flatter you and me.”

Mingyue turned her wrist and sheathed her sword, then looked at Zhidu and said with a smile: “If you don’t know how to flatter, don’t flatter. Watch out or the horse will kick you and paralyze you.”

Zhidu scratched his head and said with a smile: “My two senior brothers know that I am not well-versed in culture and cannot come up with any good words.”

Qingfeng shook his head and smiled, “Junior Brother Zhidu, have you finished your meditation practice today?”

Zhi Du nodded and said, “Brother, I have to practice the Dao method for 108 cycles every day, and today is the end.”

“Yes.” Mingyue nodded and asked, “Then why did you come to see us?”

Zhi Du said, “My two brothers, I want to go down the mountain, is that ok?”

“Oh?” Qingfeng and Mingyue looked at each other and then asked, “What are you going to do?”

Zhidu then told Qingfeng Mingyue about the banshee ‘Xiaokan’ showing him the way. Qingfeng Mingyue smiled upon hearing this, and then Qingfeng said, “Although she was a banshee, she showed you the way and she was a favor to you. It is reasonable for you to go back and thank her.”

Mingyue said: “Although many people in the world are glamorous and beautiful, they are not necessarily kinder than the monsters in the mountains and forests. Since you want to go back and thank her, then the two of us, as your senior brothers, will help you.”

Upon hearing this, Zhidu immediately bowed and said, “Thank you very much, Senior Brothers.”

“No problem.” Qingfeng smiled, then sheathed his sword and flicked his long sleeves. Instantly, a white cloud rose from under his feet. “Mingyue, Zhidu, come up quickly.”

Mingyue smiled, grabbed Zhidu and jumped onto the white cloud. Then Qingfeng thought about it, and the white cloud immediately took off into the sky and flew thousands of feet high.

“Ziluo Mountain, right?” Qingfeng asked.

Zhi Du nodded and said, “It is Zi Luo Mountain.”

“Okay.” Qingfeng nodded, then urged the white clouds to fly straight towards Ziluo Mountain.

Zhidu stood on the top of the clouds, looking at the mountains and rivers rushing by below. He felt excited and envious, even more excited than when he knew he could live forty-seven thousand years.

Ziluo Mountain, Qianteng Cliff.

Xiao Kan was knocked to the ground by a slap in the face, and the one who did it was a charming woman.

Xiao Kan fell to the ground with a bright red slap mark on her face. She raised her head and looked at the woman, her eyes full of grievance.

“Bitch, I asked you to seduce a man to replenish his yin and yang, but you can’t do it. I asked me to collect herbs, but you can’t do it either. Don’t you know how to serve someone?” The seductive woman cursed at Xiao Kan.

Xiao Kan said aggrievedly: “Mother, this is not my fault. No one taught me to distinguish herbs. I don’t know which ones are the elixirs you want. And I am not a fox demon like you. I don’t know how to seduce men.”

When the woman heard this, she raised her hand and slapped Xiao Kan in the face again, cursing, “How dare you be so stubborn? I don’t know what bad luck has befallen my family, that a weirdo like you was born in this den of foxes.”

After that, the woman continued, “You can’t seduce men, you can’t pick herbs, I can tolerate you, why don’t you go when I ask you to serve King Liuxi? Don’t say you can’t, you can’t do something that can be done with your legs spread open?”

Xiao Kan said, “Mother, how can I serve the Liuxi King, who has such a big body?”

“So what? As long as King Liuxi is satisfied and can take your two younger brothers into his cave, it doesn’t matter if you suffer a little?” the woman said as a matter of course.

Xiao Kan said, “Mother, the demon will die. I heard that none of the women of King Liuxi could survive a night.”

The woman said nonchalantly, “For the future of your two disciples, what’s wrong with you sacrificing your own life?”

When Xiao Kan heard this, she was immediately chilled to the bone and said, “Mother, I am also your daughter. How can you say such a thing? Why don’t you go and serve the Liuxi King?”

The woman became furious upon hearing this, and she rushed forward, grabbed Xiao Kan and started beating him violently, leaving him with a bruised face and a bleeding head.

Xiao Kan didn’t dare to resist and could only curl up and silently take the beating. After an unknown amount of time, the woman, who had gotten rid of her anger, grabbed Xiao Kan’s hair and lifted her up, saying, “Come back with me now and serve King Liuxi. Remember, serve me wholeheartedly. If anything goes wrong, watch out for yourself. I’m not trying to scare you!”

Just as the woman was grabbing Xiao Kan and dragging her into the cave at the back, suddenly there was a loud bang from the cave, followed by flames shooting up into the sky and gold everywhere.

A man flew out with a flash of blood, and then fell heavily at the woman’s feet.

The woman looked down in panic and saw a handsome man at her feet, but his neck was broken and there was a big bloody hole where his heart was. It was obvious that his heart had been taken out.

The man died after only a few thrusts and turned into a gray fox. The woman’s legs softened and she burst into tears. She knelt on the ground and hugged the dead gray fox, crying out in pain, “Husband!!!”

At this time, Xiao Kan also reacted, his face changed drastically, and he looked at the gray fox in the woman’s arms and shouted, “Father!”

Then there was another loud ‘boom’, and the entrance of the cave was shattered by a gilded light. Amidst the flying debris, a huge monster with a golden body and a sharp horn on its forehead walked out, holding two crying teenagers in his hands.

(End of this chapter)