In the Journey to the West, one of the four great masterpieces of China on Earth, the Monkey King, who was born to be a stone monkey, traveled across the sea and suffered countless hardships in order to seek immortality. At last, he became the disciple of Master Bodhi, who was extremely mysterious in the Journey to the West. Later, according to research, the so-called Master Bodhi was probably one of the leaders of the Western Religion. At that time, the Fairy Mountain where Master Bodhi lived in seclusion was Mount Lingtai and Fangcun, and the cave he lived in was the Crescent and Three Stars Cave.
Li Mu stood at the entrance of the cave, looking bewildered.
"Is it a coincidence that the place in the Journey to the West is here?
Or … "
The ape went into the cave and disappeared.
"Should I chase after it or not?"
A gust of wind blew, and Li Mu only felt a chill between his legs.
At that moment, he made up his mind.
"I'd better chase after it and have a look. Otherwise, how can I wear a grass skirt all the time? At least get the jade pendant that I used to store my clothes."
With a stir of his mind, the 24 flying broadswords fluttered around him like a flock of butterflies. Then, he strode into the cave.
The inside of the cave was winding, but it was spacious. The ground was flat as if it had been polished by man. After walking for less than 100 meters, Li Mu saw cyan stone steps. He walked up the steps. On the stone walls on both sides of the steps, there were illuminated shrines. However, the statues in the shrines had been destroyed, and the everlasting lamps had been burned out. Obviously, many years had passed.
Some shrines were densely covered with cobwebs.
The whole cave was dilapidated. Obviously, no one had lived in it for thousands of years.
Fortunately, except for the dilapidation, there were no tactical deployments or traps. Li Mu walked up the cyan stone steps. After hundreds of steps, he came to another flat road, and then another flight of stairs. Just like that, Li Mu walked several kilometers toward the inside of the cave. Then, the front suddenly opened up. The cave disappeared, and he came out of the cave.
There were no forks along the way, nor did he see any trace of the ape.
A small path appeared in front of him.
After crossing the Heaven's Line and looking again, there was a continuous stretch of ancient buildings made of green bricks and stone tiles in front of them. They were built against the mountain and had a circumference of a thousand meters. The scale was huge, but it was already in a state of chaos. Weeds and wild trees grew all over the place. Some houses had collapsed and the beams were rotten. The green bricks were full of holes from the rain and wind. Unknown vines were crawling over the broken walls. Even so, some tall palaces were still towering. At a glance, one could tell how glorious and prosperous this place was in the past.
"This is a dojo."
Li Mu knew at a glance.
Judging from the scale, this place could at least hold tens of thousands of people in the past, comparable to the mountain gate of some large sects.
Li Mu's spiritual force spread out like a tide.
Li Mu sensed some faint aura of Taoist magic arts lingering in the void and on the ground. Obviously, after a long time, no one had repaired it, so the protective tactical deployments that had been set inside and outside the Taoist field had lost their function. Time was really the most terrible force in the world. Whether it was a supreme being or an ant, they would all be turned into flying ashes. Li Mu could imagine that in its heyday, this Taoist field could definitely kill the so-called top nine Holy Clans on the Divine Land. But for some reason, it still failed.
After carefully sensing it, Li Mu found that the remaining aura of the Taoist magic arts were all the Great Way in the universe, not the star tactical deployments on the Divine Land. But now, they had lost their lethality. Li Mu saw the traces left by the ape when it fled among the broken walls. So, he followed an ancient path and walked into the Taoist field.
"Could this really be the Taoist field of Master Puti?"
Li Mu was doubtful.
In the Journey to the West, after Patriarch Subhuti drove Sun Wukong down the mountain, he moved and left the mountain empty. Later, when Sun Wukong pushed down the ginseng fruit tree and went to Mount Lingtai Fangcun to ask for help, he saw that the former Immortal's Cave had become ruins, the mountain gate was deserted, and Patriarch Subhuti was nowhere to be found … This was also one of the mysteries in the Journey to the West. In short, Patriarch Subhuti was full of all kinds of mysteries. In three years, he taught Sun Wukong all kinds of magical power.
Li Mu wondered if he had entered the scene of the Journey to the West.
Could this Taoist field be the place abandoned by Master Puti after he taught Sun Wukong his magic arts?
It was a little unbelievable.
As he went deeper into the site, Li Mu saw some houses of different heights. Most of them had collapsed, and the beams were decayed. Weeds grew in the vegetable fields, which should have been some former living quarters. He also saw a dried-up well and the outline of a decayed iron pot … Everything had been eroded by the torrent of time.
Then, if he went further in, he would probably reach the training field. There were some tall white stone statues, some standing and some falling, all incomplete. They were probably the statues of various ghosts and deities. Their faces were unclear, as if they had been deliberately destroyed by someone. Only a rough outline could be seen.
Li Mu saw a collapsed hall. On the ancient stone tablet at the door was engraved ancient seal characters. After careful observation, he could see the three big characters of "Magic Arts".
At that time, he remembered that in the Journey to the West, before Master Puti, who was proficient in all kinds of schools, taught Sun Wukong the magic arts, he once asked Sun Wukong to choose the "academic professional direction" and showed him the 360 unorthodox schools of Taoism, including the Magic Arts School's inviting immortals and seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, the Flow Arts School's reading scriptures and chanting Buddhist scriptures, the Silence Arts School's meditating, the Movement Arts School's collecting yin to supplement Yang, the Bow Riding, and so on … Among them, wasn't the Magic Arts School mentioned?
"Holy crap!"
"Is this really Master Puti's Taoist field?"
Li Mu jumped up and glanced around. He saw a similar hall about hundreds of meters away. There was also an ancient stone tablet at the door, on which the ancient seal characters "Flow Arts School" were engraved …
Li Mu stood still and began to ponder.
When he thought of the Journey to the West, he actually didn't quite believe it and ridiculed it.
But now … there were too many coincidences.
Coincidences were the same as misunderstandings.
If there were too many misunderstandings, they would not be misunderstandings.
And if there were too many coincidences, they would not be coincidences.
"If this is really the Taoist field of Master Puti in the myth, then …"
Li Mu looked up, and his eyes began to shine.
Patriarch Subhuti was a super big shot. Even if there was just a little bit of soup left in his dojo, it would still be a precious treasure.
Li Mu didn't have time to find the ape to take back his pants. Instead, he excitedly rushed into the hall of the "Arts School" in front of him in a grass skirt, hoping to find the martial arts secrets and cultivation methods that might have been left behind.
Compared with other houses, this hall was made of rock and had been strengthened by Taoist patterns. After all these years, it had not collapsed. The floor was paved with stone slabs, and there were no weeds or dust. However, to Li Mu's great disappointment, the hall was empty. There was nothing in it. It was even cleaner than if 10,000 mice had visited it. Not to mention the secret cultivation methods, there were not even cabinets, rush cushions, or statues. Obviously, they had been removed.
Li Mu scanned the hall with his Third Eye dozens of times to make sure that there was nothing missing.
That disappointed him.
Then, he walked all the way to the Magic Gate, the Movement Gate, and more than 30 other halls, and searched them one by one, but he found nothing. Almost every complete hall was empty, empty, empty, and empty …
Devil Li was very disappointed.
But it seemed to make sense.
Even if Master Puti had a big business, he wouldn't throw away all the secret books and Cultivation Methods in his sect as if they were garbage when he wanted to squander.
"Alas, I think too much."
Li Mu gave up the idea of wishful thinking, jumped onto a stone hall, and looked around for the whereabouts of the ape again.
"I'd better find my pants and put them on first."
Who would have known that he would jump in fright when he saw it?
Through his Third Eye, Li Mu found that ten meters away, a three-meter-tall ape was creeping up from behind with a strange golden stick in its hand. It was sneaking up on him with a very evil smile. It was stealthy and stealthy, as if it was going to sneak up on Li Mu … "Damn it, this ape can be invisible and wants to sneak up on me?"
The surprise in Li Mu's heart almost broke through the sky.
This Mountain Ape had really turned into a spirit. It was very cunning and actually came back to attack.
The moment the Third Eye scanned it, the ape was stunned, and then it immediately realized that it might have been discovered.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa …" It screamed, turned around, and ran away as if it had seen a ghost.
Li Mu immediately cast the Broadsword-commanding Skill and chased after it. "Clap, clap, clap!"
"Clap, clap, clap!"
The back of the flying knife, like a wrench, whipped the ape's butt like a storm.
"You stole my clothes."
"You mocked me."
"You stole my stick."
"You opened your butt first."
The ape screamed and screamed as if its chastity was about to be taken away. It desperately ran away. Along the way, it knocked over many stone walls and houses, and its butt was stabbed many times. It was almost on fire. At first, it sounded angry, violent, and seemed to be cursing. Later, it begged for mercy, wailed, and pleaded … Because it couldn't escape no matter what means it used. With a sweep of Li Mu's Third Eye, all the illusionary Taoist magic was destroyed.
In the end, the ape stopped running.
It lay on the ground, stuck its head into a tree hole, covered its head, and stuck its butt out to be beaten.
Li Mu smiled.
He took the jade pendant from the ape's torn clothes, took out the clothes stored in it, and put them on. Finally, he felt a little better.
"Tell me, where are the secret books and Cultivation Methods?"
Li Mu, who was still angry, grabbed the ape and beat it violently. He mercilessly vented his frustration that he had gained nothing in the Taoist field. In the end, the ape's nose and eyes were crooked, and its cheeks were red and swollen. At last, it knelt on the ground obediently. If it could talk, it would almost call Li Mu "daddy" …
In fact, the ape was also dumbfounded.
Because of some lucky chances, it had acquired the skills of incarnation, invisibility, and flying. With its thick skin, it was almost a tyrant in this area. No one dared to mess with it. But now, it was chased to the door and beaten like this just because it stole a few clothes … Was there any justice in this world?
It touched its swollen butt and face. It felt painful and regretful.
"Tell me, is there anything good in this place?" Li Mu demanded with a murderous look.
Obviously, the ape regarded this deserted Taoist field as its home, so it must be very familiar with it. Li Mu wanted to exploit it.
The ape covered its face and obediently pointed to the back. It gasped and cried, as if there were treasures in that direction …
"Lead the way." Li Mu condensed the 24 flying knives into the complete Samsara Knife and pressed it on the ape's neck.
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