Chapter 44: The Mountain of Flowers and Fruits (Seeking Collection and Recommendation)

  But it is said that after Pangu opened up the sky and earth, the holy man was born, followed by the birth of human beings. The Three Sovereigns ruled the world, the Five Emperors established the social hierarchy, and the chaotic world was divided into four great continents: Dongsheng Shenzhou in the east, Xiniu Hezhou in the west, Nanmanbuzhou in the south, and Beijuluozhou in the north.

  Among them, Dongsheng Shenzhou is the most prosperous place in the four major continents, with outstanding people and spiritual land. The three purities of Taoism were all founded here.

  Shen Gong Bao rode on Nián Líng Yàn, following Liù ěr's rapid flight, and soon arrived at a certain place on the East Sea coast.

  In the Eastern State of God, on the edge of the East Sea, there is a spiritual mountain. This mountain is the ancestral vein of the Ten Continents, the source of the Three Islands, and was established since the beginning of clarity and turbidity. After the separation of yin and yang, it took shape. Later, a heavenly spirit monkey - the Great Sage Sun Wukong, the Stone Monkey of Spiritual Enlightenment, was born here. This mountain is self-evident, and it is none other than the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits.

  "Master, it's just ahead!" Liu Er said, pointing forward into the cloudy mist.

  Shen Gong Bao floated in mid-air, looking down and saw that in front of him, amidst the drifting clouds and mist, a beautiful and strange mountain was shrouded, bordering the East Sea. Near the East Sea, one could see the surging waves crashing against the coastline.

  Calming the vast ocean, the tide surges into the silver mountain fish cave; Pacifying the jade sea, the waves flip over the snowy waves and the mirage leaves the abyss!

  Suddenly, Sheng Gong's mind flashed with these two sentences from "Journey to the West", which reflected on what he saw in front of him, and had a certain epiphany.

  Parting the clouds and mist, only to see that on the cliff's strange rocks, brocade chickens are crying out, colorful phoenixes are flying and dancing; in front of the precipitous peaks and steep cliffs, qilin are lying sideways, apes are running and jumping. In the lush and dense forest, there are many towering trees, branches and leaves flourishing like a canopy, countless green pines and cypresses, evergreen all year round.

  Looking further ahead, only the divine birds and cranes are flying and calling on the trees, and there are many auspicious deer and foxes appearing in the forest. The spiritual grass and fruit are endless, and the auspicious fungus is continuous, it is indeed a fairyland on earth.

  "Go down!" Shēn Gōng Bào said lightly and then descended from the clouds, stepping into Huā Guǒ Shān.

  At this time, although the Honghuang Continent had experienced two heavenly tribulations, the spiritual energy was still dense and the blessed lands were not few in number. Therefore, although the scenery here was beautiful and the spiritual energy was dense, it was still unoccupied by anyone. If there was no Shen Gongbao coming to disturb, I'm afraid that in the end it would still be the Daoist temple of Lingming Stone Monkey.

  "Wow! Master, there are so many peach trees here, and even more monkeys, haha!" Liu Er exclaimed excitedly, then leaped into the air, flying to the top of a nearby peach tree, plucking a huge divine peach and savoring it with relish. At the same time, he didn't forget to toss two peaches to Shen Gong Bao and Nian Ling Yan, who had transformed into human form.

  After gently wiping the Shen Gong Bao, he put it in his mouth and took a light bite. A strong fragrance wafted through his nostrils, sweet and refreshing, deliciously juicy, truly worthy of being called an immortal peach grown in such a wonderful land.

  Eating the immortal peaches, Shengong Bao strolled slowly while walking, browsing the strange peaks and rocks of Huaguo Mountain, the auspicious flowers and grasses, leaving Nian Lingyan and Liu Er to play on one side.

  The arrival of the three, Shengong Bao, did not disturb the living creatures in this place. Perhaps it was because the place had been quiet and peaceful for a long time, with no fighting at all. As a result, many mischievous monkeys poked their heads out from the treetops, chattering and calling out to Shengong Bao, looking very cute.

  Sun Wukong was not here, he quickly passed through the large peach forest and arrived at the top of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits.

  But unexpectedly, the top of the mountain was blocked by an illusion array, and it was impossible to see everything in between. However, with the existence of "Huang Ting Nei Jing Jing" and having roughly understood Da Yu's memory, Shen Gong Bao broke through this illusion array formed by heaven and earth without much effort, and peeked at the true appearance of Lushan inside.

  As soon as he entered, Shen Gong Bao found that the spiritual energy inside was about to condense into liquid, and even a slight breath made him feel refreshed. With his eyes fixed on it, he saw a celestial stone standing proudly above, emitting five-colored clouds of light, with a height of three zhang six chi five cun, and a circumference of two zhang four chi; the height of three zhang six chi five cun corresponds to the 365 degrees of the celestial cycle; the circumference of two zhang four chi corresponds to the 24 solar terms; on top there are nine orifices and eight holes, corresponding to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

  Looking around, Shengong Bao found that this place was empty and desolate, with no towering trees to shade it, so the stone could directly accept the illumination of the sun and moon's essence. It seemed that before long, the world-renowned Heavenly Stone Monkey would be born.

  It is said that in the past, the goddess Nüwa refined the five-colored divine stone to repair the sky and bring blessings to all people. In the end, there was an extra piece of five-colored divine stone, and it's unknown whether it was intentional or unintentional, but she casually threw it away, and it fell into the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, giving birth to the last one of the four monkeys in the primordial chaos - the intelligent stone monkey.

  This colorful spiritual stone is also a great spiritual treasure of the universe. If it can be refined into a magical artifact, its power will not be small either. Shen Gong Bao actually wants to collect this colorful spiritual stone and refine it into a magical artifact, but he doesn't dare to do so. He fears that as soon as he touches this stone, he will attract the attention of at least two saints, one of whom is naturally Nüwa Niangniang, and the other is that shameless Zhunti Daoren who is similar to himself.

  This stone was refined by Nüwa, and has a sacred cause-and-effect relationship with Nüwa. The stone monkey born from it can be said to be the person of Nüwa. If Shēn Gong Bào moves this five-colored spiritual stone, he fears that Nüwa, who founded the teachings, may come searching for it.

  As for the Zhunti Daoist, it's even more unnecessary to mention that this stone monkey born from the Xian Shi is a key figure related to the prosperity of his Western teachings. Under the response of the Heavenly Way, Shen Gong Bao would rather not move this five-colored spiritual stone unless he wants to be told by the Zhunti Daoist: "Fellow Taoist, you have a fate with my Western land!"

  Shen Gong Bao inserted his divine consciousness into the five-colored spiritual stone to explore, and found that there was a vigorous life energy contained within. However, only one vague and unformed soul existed, which seemed to be a monkey-like creature. It would likely take a very long time to accumulate the essence of the sun and moon, settle down, and finally take shape, transforming into a being.

  After frowning and thinking for a long time, Shen Gong Bao finally stroked his goat-like beard and muttered to himself: "Let's make plans later, we still need to consider it carefully!"

  He then glanced around and casually laid down a reduced version of the Chaos Grand Array around it, guarding its surroundings while also preventing others from entering.

  Then, Shen Gong Bao came out of the big array and saw Liu Er and Nian Ling Yan wandering outside, unable to see through the big array and enter it.

  "Huh? Master, you're out. This illusion array is really troublesome, we can't get in!" Liu Er said with a sullen expression, hanging his head down.

  Shen Gong Bao smiled and comforted them, "After bringing you back, I will explain the formation method to you, so that you won't suffer losses in this aspect in the future."

  "Heh heh, thank you, Master!" Liu Er scratched his forehead and cheeks, chuckling.

  "Hmm... Master, I think this place is pretty good. Why don't we just make it our second dojo?" Yan Lingyan said in a muffled tone.

  Shen Gong Bao shook his head and said, "This place will also be a place of many troubles in the future. Having one Xingzhou Immortal Island is enough. Being greedy for more won't bring good fortune, occupying so many immortal mountains and blessed lands, aren't you afraid of being envied by Heaven?"

  "Haha......" Liuer teased, and then continued: "However, Master, the few oldest peach trees here need to be moved to Yingzhou Xian Island. Haha, this way I'll have peaches to eat."

  "Heh heh, mischievous monkeys love to eat peaches, I suppose. Alright, let's transplant a few trees then." said Shen Gongbao with resignation.

  After a moment of contemplation, Shen Gong Bao suddenly came up with a sentence that left Liu Er and Nian Ling Yan speechless: "Since we've already moved, hmm, let's not miss out on these matured immortal flowers and auspicious grasses either. Let's take them all to the Xingzhou Immortal Island, it'll be a nice decoration, anyway they're just going to waste away here!"

  Liuer and Nián Língyàn opened their mouths, but in the end decided not to say anything. Compared to Shēn Gōng Bào, they were just kids' stuff. They only wanted to move a few peach trees, while Shēn Gōng Bào was going all out, preparing to relocate the immortal flowers and herbs of Huāguǒshān.

  Shen Gong Bao did this, but he considered that after the sealing of the gods, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was scarce. Wanting to find so many precious medicinal materials would be extremely difficult. Although the Xuanzhou Immortal Island also had many spiritual herbs, who would be dissatisfied with these things?

  Ignoring the two, Shengong Bao began to search for treasures in Huaguo Mountain. After a thorough search, he found many precious medicinal materials that were several tens of thousands of years old, which made Shengong Bao overjoyed. Later, after finding an expert in alchemy, he refined several furnaces of golden elixirs, which greatly reduced the time needed to condense his spiritual power and rapidly increased his cultivation.

  Three people, like locusts passing through the border, turned the entire Huaguo Mountain upside down, collected all the precious medicinal materials they saw, and then left Huaguo Mountain together, returning to Penglai Fairy Island. They transplanted all the spiritual materials one by one in the opened medicine circle, laid out the gathering spirit array and other auxiliary arrays, only then did they stop.

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