My Journey to the West on the Heavenly Road

Chapter 262 Yan Qingzhen

In the depths of the bamboo forest, there is a bluestone path paved. At the end of the path, two straight and thick purple-black spotted bamboos stand proudly.

The mottled bamboo is more than ten feet high, and the moonlight lingering between the branches and leaves is like clouds and mist. There are some tear spots on the bamboo, the color is like blood, the shape is like a jade pendant, and it is glowing red.

The clouds and mists are dense, the red clouds are faint, and there is another kind of ancient rhyme, which is fascinating.

Below the ancient spiritual object, there is a black and white chess game, and two immortal figures are playing the chess game.

The one holding the white hat wears a purple crown on his head, a crane cloak on his body, a dust tail with a rhinoceros handle in his hand, a face like a crown jade, a long beard under his jaw, eyes as clear as water, and an unspeakable charm all over his body.

The one holding the sunspot is an old man with white hair and a childlike face, holding a chess piece, thinking hard.

"Master, the guests are here."

The boy and the girl led Jiang Yuan here, bowed to Taoist Ziguan, then stood respectfully beside Taoist, staring at Jiang Yuan with curious eyes.

Along the way, the two carefully looked at Jiang Yuan several times, but they still didn't see any peculiarities about Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan didn't care about the gazes of these two people, his mind was on Taoist Ziguan and the old man.

The ancient tearful bamboo cloud lingers, full of charm, but it can't hide the clear and immortal spirit of the Taoist and the old man!
Jiang Yuan has also seen many extraordinary people. There are ten gods, dragon kings, and Hebo in the divine way. The practitioners include Dongyang Zhenren and Zen Master Putuoshan.

But even Dongyang Daoist, who is a god of immortality, doesn't have the immortal energy of these two people in front of him.

Especially the Ziguan Taoist, in Jiang Yuan's perception, there are only eight words to describe it - "No dirt, no leaks, no dust and turbidity"

These two are the real gods!

Jiang Yuan put on all his clothes and looked solemn, so he wanted to meet at the obeisance.

Snapped!
The old man suddenly dropped the chess piece in his hand, laughed and said: "The guest is here, so I won't delay the business of Yan Daoist. It just so happens that the old man has been bothering me for a long time, and I will take my leave. I will come again next time."

"Don't try to run!"

As he spoke, the old man was about to get up, but was grabbed by Taoist Ziguan opposite him.

Then the Taoist scolded angrily: "Okay, you old man, you are also a thousand-year-old man, how can you be so shameless? Your disciples are watching here!"

Beside the old man stood a handsome young man in blue clothes with thin lips.

The young man in Tsing Yi was staring at the chessboard, trying his best to think of a way to break the game for his master. Hearing this, he woke up suddenly, scratched his head and looked at the old man and the Taoist, and said with a sneering smile: "Uh, Master Yan has been out for a long time, too. It's time to go back."

"Oh, what Tuer reminded me!"

The old man clapped his hands immediately, and glared at Taoist Ziguan, "It's time for my chickens to be fed, old man, I have to go back quickly, let go!"

"I can't die from hunger, I must finish this game today!" Taoist Ziguan clenched the old man's arm.

The old man struggled: "It doesn't matter if you are hungry and thin! At that time, Tiangong will come to fetch the phoenix marrow, and it will be difficult to do business."

Taoist Ziguan snorted: "Something happened, I will go to Yaochi with you to explain."

"Hey, how can you force people to play chess?"

"Hehe, when you won the day before yesterday, you didn't let me go, and you thought the cave was noisy, so you insisted on dragging me here. Why, now that you've lost, you're starting to be foolish?"

"Nonsense, the game is not over yet, old man, I didn't lose!"

"Then finish this game!"

Seeing that the elders were arguing red-faced, the young man in Tsing Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, stepped back quietly, turned his head, met Jiang Yuan's gaze, was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "It's you?"

Taoist Ziguan and the old man had mysterious auras, Jiang Yuan's mind at the beginning was completely attracted by these two immortals, but he ignored the young man in Tsing Yi, and only noticed the young man when the quarrel started, and his eyes immediately showed surprise.

The young man exclaimed, and Jiang Yuan clasped his fists immediately: "Friend Zhou, long time no see."

The young man in Tsing Yi was one of the three disciples from Shizhou and Sandao who gave Jiang Yuan a bamboo order and invited Jiang Yuan to participate in the "Fuyue Meeting".

The three disciples, two men and one woman, were named He Maocai, Zhou Junzi, and Qiu Bao.

The young man in Tsing Yi in front of him is that gentleman Zhou.

After saying hello, Jiang Yuan's eyes could not help but fall on the old man, so, this is the god from Shizhou and Three Islands?
The old man, who was tugging with Ziguan Taoist, stopped his movements, turned his head to look, and asked curiously: "Xiao Shi, do you recognize this fellow Taoist?"

The young man in Tsing Yi glanced at Jiang Yuan, and replied softly: "Master, he is the Jiang Yuan that the Dragon King of Jinghe was looking for."

The old man immediately became interested, looked Jiang Yuan up and down, and said with a smile: "I heard that fellow Taoist and the monkey head of Huaguo Mountain have a good relationship?"

Jiang Yuan was surprised.

It is not surprising that the god of ten continents and three islands knew him.

According to what Cao Cao said, his grievances with the Jinghe Dragon Mansion had already stirred up the Ten Continents and Three Islands, and, in the Jinghe Dragon King's lawsuit, he also gave a testimony in favor of him.

The relationship between Jiang Yuan and that fairy land is only Zhou Junzi's three brothers and sisters, but these three, after all, are disciples, so I'm afraid they can't talk, so the one who came forward at that time must be his elders.

That is their teacher, the old man in front of him.

What surprised Jiang Yuan was that the fairy opened his mouth and asked him about his relationship with Monkey King.

He originally thought that the old man was helping Zhou Junzi and the other three, but when he said this, Jiang Yuan suddenly realized that it was related to Monkey King.

On the one hand, Jiang Yuan couldn't help feeling that he had really received a lot of favor from Monkey King, on the other hand, he faintly revealed that the Ten Continents and Three Islands did not completely ignore Monkey King.

Various thoughts were swirling in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. The old man's words fell, Jiang Yuan paused, and first he cupped his hands and bowed: "Jiang Yuan, my junior, I pay my respects to the two elders."

Then he saluted and thanked the old man and the young man in Tsing Yi: "For the matter of the Jinghe Dragon Mansion, thank you senior and fellow Daoist Jiang for speaking out righteously. I am very grateful!"

"As for me and the Great Sage."

Jiang Yuan straightened up, and replied in a loud voice: "Since I entered the Tao, every time I have received the favor of the Great Sage, such as fairy wine from the Yaochi Lake, like passing on the skills and guiding the way, in this world, the one I am most grateful to is the Great Sage."

At this time, Taoist Ziguan suddenly interjected and asked: "You have cultivated the avenue of that monkey head?"

Jiang Yuan turned to look at the Taoist, and replied calmly: "Exactly."

"No wonder there are such mysterious supernatural powers." Ziguan Taoist showed admiration.

Jiang Yuan's heart moved, the Taoist was probably talking about his dharma body, and he seemed to be very familiar with Monkey King,

"It's no wonder that you are so capable of tossing around, and you dare to slaughter dragon sons just after entering the practice."

The old man shook his head, then glanced at Taoist Ziguan who was holding on to his arm, and shouted angrily: "You still want to leave the guest here to pester me?"

Taoist Ziguan shook his head, "I can't let you go until the game is finished."

After finishing speaking, the Taoist tilted his head, winked at the old man and said, "Why don't you admit defeat?"

"I will never admit defeat!" The old man jumped up immediately, and after getting angry, his tone became weaker, "Why don't you draw?"

"Dreaming!" It was Ziguan Taoist's turn to be angry, "You have played with me for three months, and won so many times, it's finally my turn to win, and you will never draw!"

Suddenly, the two immortals were like two fighting cocks facing each other with their teeth and claws open!
Jiang Yuan, the young man in Tsing Yi, and the boy and girl beside Taoist Ziguan looked at each other silently, speechless and helpless.

After a while, the old man snorted, sat down, and said angrily: "Okay, my old man will finish this game with you, hehe, it's not certain who wins and who loses."

"So good!"

Ziguan Taoist laughed happily, and immediately let go of the old man's arm, "I also let you give way, and first entertained the guests, leaving you time to slowly crack."

"Go, go." The old man waved his hands impatiently, staring down at the black and white chessboard, frowning and pulling his beard, his face full of distress.

Taoist Ziguan showed a proud face, coughed and coughed twice, restrained his demeanor, got up from his seat and turned to Jiang Yuan, pinched his fingers with his fly whisk, and said in a clear voice:
"Please forgive me for neglecting the guests. My surname is Yan, my Taoist name is 'Qingzhen', and I am the Lord of the Nine Yi Mountain Cave."

Nine Yi Mountain Cave Heaven?
"Dongtian" is not something that can be called casually. Only the immortals above the gods live can be named "Dongtian Blessed Land".

Jiang Yuan's heart was shaken, and he asked tentatively: "Your junior has just entered the Tao, and his knowledge is shallow. I don't know, which cave is this place?"

Taoist Ziguan smiled lightly, and said casually: "Nine Yi Cave, Chaoxu is too innocent."

Jiang Yuan was completely shocked.

According to legend, there are 72 blessed places and 36 caves. The blessed places are the dwelling places of immortals, and the caves are the dwellings of earth immortals.

Jiuyi Mountain Chaoxu Taizhen Cave Heaven is one of the 36 Cave Heavens, that is to say, this Qingzhen Taoist is an Earth Immortal!
Jiang Yuan dressed solemnly, bowed his hands again and saluted: "I have seen Qingzhen Immortal!"

"Fellow Daoist, you don't need to be polite."

Yan Qingzhen raised his hand to help, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the old man holding a black piece and making gestures on the chessboard, his expression tightened immediately, he stopped greeting, and said directly: "You want to exchange the tear bamboo with the Tushi Huan Dan?"

Jiang Yuan maintained his respect for the Earth Immortal, nodded and said: "This junior really has this intention."

Taoist Ziguan listened, pondered for a moment, smiled suddenly, nodded and said: "That's good."

Before Jiang Yuan could react, the Taoist turned his head and told the sword-browed girl beside him: "Xiu'er, go and get a three-foot-three-inch tear bamboo and fellow Taoist, um, no less than 24 tear spots."

"Teacher?" The girl named Xiu'er was suddenly puzzled.

The boy even blurted out: "This is my Nine Yi Mountain treasure, how can I just give it away."

The Lord of the Cave of Nine Yi Mountain smiled lightly at the two disciples: "You two idiots, haven't you been complaining to me that the mountain god always comes to bother you? If that's the case, why don't you send the tearful bamboos away and change to a quiet place?"

The red-haired boy shouted angrily: "Then, that mountain god has no merit, no virtue, greed and disrespect, how can he contaminate the stele of King Yu!"

"If he really has no luck, he will naturally not be able to recruit the divine monument."

Immortal Qingzhen stroked his long beard with a smile, and then pointed at Jiang Yuan, "Furthermore, it is this fellow Taoist, not the mountain god, who I gave the tearful bamboo."

The boy glanced at Jiang Yuan, gritted his teeth and said, "He? I'm an idiot. I don't know what merits this person has. Can he receive my Jiuyi Mountain treasure?"

(End of this chapter)