Build the Traveler Alliance from scratch

Not long after, the two came out of the forest and came to a villa with only dozens of people living there.

Nie Changchuan followed Liu Boqin to his home and found that the Zhenshan Taibao was indeed not boasting.

His family is quite prosperous. In addition to his mother and his beloved wife, there are four or five servants and a large house.

According to Liu Boqin's self-report, he is quite prestigious in these ten miles and eight villages. The young and middle-aged servants in his family are actually the juniors sent by the village elders to serve him and serve as apprentices to learn some skills in the mountains and forests from him.

This skill is not only about hunting, but also about making money and making a living.

Nie Changchuan originally thought that this so-called livelihood was hunting, but when he saw the scene in the house, he realized that his situation was small.

Although Liu Boqin had never read a book, he was really smart. He actually knew how to raise some roe deer, tiger and leopard cubs in the yard. After taming their wild nature, he took them to the Tang Dynasty and sold them to nobles.

Seeing this scene, Nie Changchuan couldn't help but stand in awe.

It’s no wonder that his family is well off. This pattern is different from that of hunters who only know how to skin and butcher meat.

Afterwards, Nie Changchuan stayed overnight at Liu Boqin's home.

After having a fast meal in the evening, Nie Changchuan heard that Liu Boqin's father had died of illness not long ago, so he volunteered to recite the death mantra for his late father, then prepared enough incense and paper money, and performed a whole set of rituals.

The next day, Liu Boqin's family waited at the door of the guest room before dawn. When they saw Nie Changchuan coming out, they all thanked him gratefully, saying that their father had given them a dream last night and asked them to thank the holy monk for his salvation.

Nie Changchuan had already expected it. After all, he had gained some respect in the underworld since the Land and Water Conference.

When Yama in the underworld saw him reciting the "Rebirth Mantra" for others, he was not allowed to serve him well, lest the holy monk would be angry.

He smiled slightly and declined the gift given by Liu Boqin's family. He only said that Liu Boqin would lead the way for him today.

Liu Boqin repeatedly urged, but Nie Changchuan remained resolute. As a last resort, Liu Boqin had to withdraw his thank you gift and promised to lead the way.

After breakfast, Liu Boqin's mother and wife hurriedly prepared some thick flour cakes and gave them to the holy monk as dry food.

Liu Boqin himself raised his strong bow and steel fork, and diligently escorted Nie Changchuan out of the villa.

On the way, Nie Changchuan looked at the mountains in the distance and couldn't help but ask, "What is the name of this mountain?"

Liu Boqin sighed and said: "This mountain is called the Two Boundary Mountains. The eastern half is under the control of the Tang Dynasty, and the western half is the territory of the Tatars. The wolves and tigers there are very brave and fierce. Although I am not afraid of them, But I have a wife and children at home, so I don’t dare to cross the line easily..."

Having said this, Liu Boqin showed a look of hesitation and embarrassment on his face.

Nie Changchuan knew what he meant, and immediately said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I will leave on my own when we reach Liangjie Mountain."

Liu Boqin handed over his hands in shame, embarrassed to speak any more.

Nie Changchuan didn't care and continued to ask: "The donor has lived here for a long time, does he know where the Five Elements Mountain is?"

Liu Boqin was slightly startled, and then explained: "Is it possible that the elders don't know that the two realms mountain was formerly called Five Elements Mountain. According to the old man in the countryside, this mountain fell from the sky when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and a divine monkey was suppressed at the foot of the mountain."

"In the past, when the Tatars were in chaos and had no time to look around, I went with my late father to the foot of the mountain to see him!"

"Oh?" Nie Changchuan's eyes lit up, "It turns out it's right in front of you!"

Sure enough, he knew that an Orion was spawned for no reason. He must be an important plot NPC!

Nie Changchuan was very interested and immediately followed Liu Boqin to Wuxing Mountain.

As soon as they got close, they heard a thunderous cheer coming from the bottom of the mountain.

"My master is coming! My master is coming!"

Nie Changchuan smiled knowingly, and immediately ignored Liu Boqin's dissuasion and went straight down the mountain to the foot of the mountain. Sure enough, he saw a monkey's head covered with weeds and dust at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing Nie Changchuan coming, the monkey's cheers suddenly stopped and his expression of ecstasy froze.

After a moment, he blinked his piercing eyes and looked in surprise at the nine-foot-six-foot-tall man in front of him. He was holding a forged iron weapon and his cassock was draped diagonally, revealing his strong pectoralis major muscles. Chinese.

"...who are you?"

Nie Changchuan smiled and said: "You call me master and then ask me who I am. Isn't it contradictory?"

The monkey looked Nie Changchuan up and down and asked suspiciously: "You are the monk sent by the King of the East to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures. How come this appearance is so different from what I, Old Sun, imagined..."

Nie Changchuan laughed dumbly: "What do you think I should look like?"

The monkey smashed the bar and said, "Kind eyebrows, kind eyes, compassion for others?"

Nie Changchuan shook his head: "If you are so kind and can be deceived, how can you withstand all kinds of disasters on the journey to the west?"

The monkey thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded and said: "That's the truth."

After finishing speaking, he said eagerly: "I want Master to know that I am Sun Wukong, the Monkey King who caused great trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago. At that time, I had a little dispute with the Tathagata Buddha of the West, so I was pressed here by the Buddha for five hundred years." years.”

"Not long ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva came here and said that there was a Buddhist scripture seeker from the east who was passing by here. As long as I became his disciple and protected him on his journey to the west, he could save me..."

"I see." Nie Changchuan nodded, looked at the monkey's fiery eyes, and asked seriously, "In that case, are you willing to follow the poor monk to the West to obtain scriptures?"

The monkey nodded repeatedly and said eagerly: "I am willing, I am willing!"

Nie Changchuan looked at him steadily for a while, then suddenly shook his head and said: "I think you are just anxious to get out of trouble, and you have no sincerity."

The monkey was anxious and quickly assured him: "Master, don't worry, I always know how to repay kindness, and I will never lie. Besides, I have promised the Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea. Even if you don't believe in me, you still have to believe in the Bodhisattva, right?"

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva?"

Nie Changchuan shook his head and said honestly: "The poor monk once had a fight with her. I am afraid that she is jealous, but I really can't believe it!"

"……ah?"

As soon as these words came out, not only Sun Wukong, but also Liu Boqin behind Nie Changchuan stood stunned on the spot.

Nie Changchuan did not pay attention to Sun Wukong's dull eyes and continued to ask seriously: "Sun Wukong, the poor monk asks you again, are you willing to go to the Western Heaven with the poor monk to obtain scriptures?"

Sun Wukong came back to his senses and ignored the strange feeling in his heart, and said quickly: "Old Sun is willing."

Nie Changchuan nodded and said, "In that case, I will rescue you right now."

Sun Wukong was overjoyed when he heard this and said quickly: "Master, there is a gold-inscribed post on the top of this mountain by Tathagata Buddha. You only need to go up the mountain and lift up the gold post, and you can save me!"

Sun Wukong thought that his cheap master would agree, but unexpectedly, this guy glanced at the gold-lettered Buddhist tapestry on the top of the mountain, shook his head, and said calmly: "Why bother!"

After saying that, he turned his right hand, took out a copper bowl, and threw it towards him.

In an instant, the bronze bowl bloomed with golden light, covering the confused Liu Boqin behind him.

Waiting to protect Liu Boqin, Nie Changchuan jumped up and flew into the air, his whole body glowing with golden light, as if the Buddha was alive, spanning the sky, and his treasure-like appearance solemnly overlooking the mountains and rivers below.

Seeing this scene, Sun Wukong and Liu Boqin both looked blank.

The former stared with a pair of fiery golden eyes and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wuxue Golden Body?!"

Before he finished speaking, Nie Changchuan's eyes widened in anger, he suddenly struck out with his palm, and shouted: "Open it!"

"Roar!!"

Golden light shone brightly in the sky, and a faint dragon's roar came from behind Nie Changchuan, resounding throughout the world.

In Sun Wukong's dull gaze, he saw a golden palm with a width of a hundred feet descending from the sky, suddenly landing on the top of the Five Elements Mountain, and colliding with the golden post with the six-character Buddhist mantra written on it.

"boom!"

The golden post bloomed with Buddha's light, but in front of the golden palm print of the same origin, it lost its terrifying suppressive power.

In just an instant, the golden Buddha stickers shattered into pieces, exploded into golden light spots all over the sky, and disappeared into the air.

And the huge golden palm print rumbled down, starting from the top of the mountain, splitting the Five Elements Mountain with great force, and hit Sun Wukong all the way.

Fortunately, the golden palm print had no power at this time, and it only made Sun Wukong feel a sense of oppression like a strong wind.

"Rumble--"

Amidst the deafening noise, the tall Five Elements Mountain separated from the middle and collapsed towards both sides.

Sun Wukong lay on the pile of rubble at the foot of the mountain, staring blankly at the golden monk slowly descending in the sky.

In a daze, he seemed to have become the helpless little monkey in the Tathagata's palm.

This scene was so deeply engraved in his heart that a hundred years later, after defeating the Buddha Cave in Mount Emei, Sun Wukong still told this story to Chen Xiang with emotion on his face.

"Back then, Master came to me at the foot of Five Elements Mountain. I asked him to take off the post and rescue me. He smiled and said why bother, then he flew into the sky, appeared in a golden body, and split it with one palm. Five Elements Mountain…”

Hearing the words of Sun Wukong, who had already defeated the Buddha in a battle, the young Chenxiang looked full of admiration and reverence.

But what Chenxiang didn't know was that when he left the cave and prepared to practice, Sun Wukong silently lit a cigarette and recalled the subsequent story.

At that time, the bald monk who had just split the Five Elements Mountain was glowing with golden light and landed in front of Sun Wukong. Then he looked into his eyes with a serious look on his face and asked him to think carefully about whether he wanted to go to the West to learn scriptures with his master. , still want to be sent to the west as a teacher...