Journey to the West: The Great Sage's Guide

Chapter 76 The Stone House Without a Roof

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Just fifteen minutes later, Wei Xian looked lively and energetic again.

Moreover, she exudes a vibrant energy from the inside out, giving people the feeling of comfort, like a forest on a green meadow in springtime.

This surprised both Wang Lin and Han Yi quite a bit.

They reminisced about what they had learned from each other, finding it all magical.

Wang Lin went even further and asked directly, "Senior, I have heard my elders mention the correspondence between the five internal organs and the five elements."

"But why did your more intense application of liver-wood energy just now fail to ignite the liver fire further, instead extinguishing it all at once?"

Han Yi, standing beside him, had a lecherous look on his face, staring adoringly at the fairy-like girl in her pale yellow and green dress.

Xiao Xingxian is indeed outstanding in appearance, especially her oval face, which is delicate and pretty, full of charm.

This captivated Han Yi, who felt ashamed of his own inferiority. He felt that this fairy, with her superb medical skills and ability to save lives, truly deserved to be called a celestial being.

Xiao Xingxian stood with her hands behind her back, her expression still very calm.

But this time she didn't fail to explain; instead, she said very seriously and carefully, "The mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements only applies to inanimate objects."

"However, the internal organs and the five elements within the human body are even more complex. If one only treats them according to the principles of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements, it would be strange if the person did not die."

Xiao Xingxian pulled Han Yi over again, then struck out with her palm, which was enveloped in a bluish-green light that seeped into his body.

She said, "Don't resist. This stream of green wood energy, though seemingly fuel, is like a large amount of wood entering the vessel."

"It should be known that wood can be used to start a fire, but if the trees are by the sea or are damp all year round, then even the biggest fire will not be able to start a fire."

After such a simple, easy-to-understand, and clear analogy,

Wang Lin, who hadn't yet been treated, suddenly understood and immediately praised with a shameless grin, "Truly worthy of being called the Immortal Physician, your understanding is exceptionally brilliant!"

Little Fairy Xing snorted when she heard this.

Wei Xian and Han Yi, who were standing nearby, also had strange expressions on their faces.

The aristocratic scions who were once high and mighty in their eyes never expected that they would show such disdain when they met this fairy descended from heaven!

Xiao Xingxian then sent a stream of pure green wood spiritual energy to the remaining Wang Lins, and said to them, "Alright, your imbalance of the five elements, the raging fire in your hearts, and the burning of your source of energy are now resolved."

"Now that I'm cured, I'm going back to heaven."

"Don't forget to light an incense stick afterward and sincerely offer sacrifices to express your gratitude."

"As for the recipients of the prayer rituals, just ask your patrons."

Little Fairy Apricot, with her pale yellow and green dress brimming with youthful charm, seemed poised to gracefully soar into the sky with a flick of her sleeves.

Wei Xian and Han Yi immediately knelt down, expressing their deepest gratitude.

Wang Lin's eyes darted around, planning to ask his uncle about the fairy's background later.

If he has a chance to become an official in heaven someday, he must get close to this fairy!

Little did they know that Little Fairy Apricot had just floated up into the sky and hadn't gone far when...

Wei Xian suddenly cried out, his voice turning mournful as he desperately pleaded for help from the heavens. He knelt down on the ground, and a ghostly blue flame burst forth from within him.

This sudden turn of events terrified both Wang Lin and Han Yi, who both shouted loudly for the fairy in the sky to return quickly.

The little apricot fairy, who was originally full of confidence and about to fly away, suddenly saw this change and immediately turned around and accelerated downwards.

She returned to the ground and watched as the blue flames emerged from Wei Xian's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Her delicate and intelligent eyes widened in surprise.

Little Apricot Fairy's big eyes widened in disbelief as she blurted out, "Kidney Yin Fire! When did it come?"

She dared not delay, and immediately reached for the embroidered pouch at her waist, pulled it up, and released hundreds of fine silver needles.

Each needle was of varying lengths and thicknesses, spreading out like embroidery needles, piercing Wei Xian until he looked like a shimmering silver hedgehog.

This finally stopped the eerie blue flames flowing from the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, but that was all.

Wang Lin and Han Yi, their voices trembling, asked questions from the side.

"Stop bothering me!"

Xiao Xingxian raised her eyebrows and glared at them.

Then he cast a spell, pressing several acupoints near Wei Xian's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, and then channeled his magical power into his body to seal off the source of his kidney energy.

Xiao Xingxian then turned her head, revealing a delicate and beautiful oval face that was originally full of girlish charm, but now showed more confusion and bewilderment.

"Strange, strange, something's not right."

Xiao Xingxian frowned, her beautiful brows furrowed, as if she were explaining to the two of them, but also as if she were talking to herself, searching for a problem.

"Previously, the problems of the three of you were all related to heart and liver fire. This is a typical case where the fire starts from the heart and is then fueled by the wood element of the liver, thus generating a fierce fire of vital energy."

Xiao Xingxian's mutterings left Wang Lin, Han Yi, and Wei Xian, who had survived but looked decades older, all with strange and puzzled expressions.

They had naturally heard about this anger and resentment.

Especially Wang Lin, and his family of the Celestial Master's Mansion, even those families or sects that did not specialize in drawing talismans and incantations, often needed to understand the fundamental principles or learn to draw some simple and practical talismans to assist in their cultivation when they went down the mountain.

This Heart Fire is a special magical flame that is often used. Even ordinary people without magical powers can burn their vital energy to spew out flames.

When the liver's wood energy is used as an aid, the heart fire becomes even more intense, often referred to as heart-liver fire.

Wang Lin mustered his courage and asked, "But I wonder what kind of fire the fairy refers to as 'Kidney Yin Fire'?"

After hearing this, Xiao Xingxian glanced at their lower bodies out of the corner of her eye, then turned her head and said in a very flat tone, "The kidneys govern water and belong to Yin; they are the place where essence is stored and produced."

"This kidney yin fire is a special state that requires the kidney essence to be ignited, but it cannot be ignited by simple means."

"If it is a method of cultivation, then it is a unique method of cultivation."

"How did you get infected? What kind of enemy did you encounter?"

Little Fairy Xing thought this fire was too improper.

Wang Lin felt a chill run down his spine, and he felt a stirring in his kidneys.

Gradually, as soon as this thought arose, it stirred his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, and even wisps of eerie blue flames began to emerge.

But now Han Yi, who was standing next to him, understood that this was not fire at all.

Rather, it is the rapid loss of kidney essence and vital energy, which manifests as a kind of dark blue fire!

Wang Lin screamed in terror, "It's that evil Taoist! It's that evil Taoist! He must be practicing those despicable spells! Maybe some kind of life-draining magic that can so viciously burn our essence!"

Little Fairy Xing was also angry and began to use her tricks one after another.

First, keep the situation of these three people under wraps to prevent them from dying and ruining her reputation for having no dead under her command.

However, she also realized that this method only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. The three people's kidney essence and vital energy were still being regenerated continuously. If this method continued, it would eventually overflow like a reservoir, leading to a loss and an explosion.

"Stop shouting! Get up now and take me to that evil Taoist priest!"

Xiao Xingxian quickly said, while expressing her disgust at the three people's terrified and life-threatening appearance.

The three dared not say anything more, but Wang Lin stayed behind to wait for reinforcements.

Wei Xian and Han Yi volunteered, saying they had tracking skills and could keep up.

But after walking for a short while, Han Yi suddenly asked, "Why is the fairy going to find that evil Taoist? Can't we solve our problem first?"

This was clearly a stupid question, and Xiao Xingxian's expression darkened.

Wei Xian tugged at Han Yi's sleeve, signaling the idiot to shut up.

Clearly, the smug Xingxian from just now is now unable to resolve the situation!

That's why they were asked to take them to find that evil Taoist priest, to clarify the problem more clearly, and then perhaps a solution could be found.

……

And at this very moment, Cuiyun Mountain,

In a valley on the back mountain behind the mountain god temple,

Zhong Xuan looked at the rather tall stone house with great surprise.

The location is quite good.

The valley is surrounded by undulating, bluish-gray cliffs, with a few gnarled old pines growing obliquely from the crevices, their needles gleaming a deep, dark green in the afternoon sunlight.

A few wisps of mountain breeze swept in from the cliff mouth, carrying a faint sweet fragrance wafting from Peach Valley. They brushed against the rough walls of the stone house, making a soft whistling sound as they rubbed against the cracks in the stones.

A few monkey cries came from afar, short and cheerful, as if some small creatures were chasing and playing in the forest.

But this stone house isn't exactly beautiful.

The area is roughly the size of a basketball court in my previous life, but it is built in a square shape, and a large part of the roof is not closed.

Zhong Xuan couldn't help but turn his head and ask curiously, "What's going on? Why can't we see a roof?"

Wukong's monkey face immediately turned red.

The tiger demon Junzhi chuckled and explained, "This little monkey doesn't know anything about building a roof. He happily cut these big stones into four walls and even knew to leave a door, but he just can't build a roof."

Wukong's face immediately flushed, and he bared his teeth and claws as he was about to shove the tiger demon, saying, "I've figured out what to do, but there's not enough time, it's too short."

The tiger demon laughed from the side, "Then tell me how you plan to build it? It's obvious that the stones will fall down as soon as you move them up there. You won't be able to build the roof, and you can't find a super big stone that big enough to cover it."

Wukong snorted, put his hands behind his back, and glanced at Zhong Xuan.

It walked in the middle of the square stone house without a roof, thought for a moment, pointed to the ceiling and said, "I'll go cut down some more trees! The tall and big kind, lay them horizontally on top, then put big stones on top of them, and that'll do it."

The tiger demon Junzhi said with slight surprise, "Oh! This actually works! I didn't expect you to come up with a solution! But I thought you would go find some monsters who know how to build houses or human carpenters to learn how to build houses."

Wukong snorted and said, "No need, I can figure out how to do it just by looking."

At this moment, they looked at the boy and found that Zhong Xuan was looking up at the skylight on the roof.

So I asked him what he was looking at and what he was thinking.

Zhong Xuan replied, "I was wondering how those arched bridges along the river, some of which aren't even supported by pillars, were built?"

Upon hearing this, the tiger demon Junzhi exclaimed in surprise, clapping her hands and saying, "Yes, how was it built? There isn't even a single pillar."

Wukong's monkey eyes darted around, then he immediately jumped up and said:

"It's mud! I've heard of it. You can glue two stones or pieces of wood together with mud, and once it dries, they'll stick together..."

"I've tried it before. It can stick for a while after it dries, but it falls off again after sticking on several pieces."

Wukong began to explain, or rather, to show off his intelligence, with great enthusiasm.

Zhong Xuan said with slight surprise, and also praised, "It's already been tested to this extent? Very good."

He added, "But that is indeed a problem. One or two small pieces can stick well, but if there are too many, they won't stick."

After being praised by his brother, Wukong happily let out two shouts, and then looked around at the monkeys and their offspring who were peeking and looking at him.

Several gray-brown monkeys squatted outside the stone house, huddled together in the long shadows cast by the cliff, their dark eyes fixed on the three people inside.

Wukong said with some distress, "Brother, you're the smartest. How can we build this roof up as quickly as possible?"

When Zhong Xuan heard this question, he was about to answer when a sudden inspiration struck him. He had an idea to give these children a physics lesson.

So he thought for a moment and then said, "Let's go find some materials and research what methods and principles we need to build this roof well, beautifully, and sturdily... It would be best if everyone could come up with ideas together, and perhaps Rabbit Xiaoyu and the others could offer some help."

But after hearing this, the tiger demon Junzhi pouted unhappily and said, "No way!"

"This was built by the little monkey and me. You can come and live here too. It was built by the three of us and these monkeys. No more people can come in."

She's a bit like a shy little girl.

However, the tiger demon transformed into a human. Although she was a thin white tiger, she was also a tall female Taoist with broad hips and a slender waist. She had a certain heroic and graceful feminine air, but her personality was like that of a little girl, which was quite a contrast.

Zhong Xuan was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter in surprise.

Although it's not a tapeworm in the stomach of this white-furred tiger demoness, we can still make a rough guess...

It turns out he still has such a childish way of thinking!

Is it because you don't want to be influenced by other people's opinions, and you only want to build a little secret base with a few close friends?

Wukong, however, disagreed, waving his hand and saying, "It doesn't matter! Whoever can come up with a good idea is the one who's good."

"Let's just listen. If it really comes down to fighting, we'll have to see what we're capable of. What others know is theirs, but what we learn is ours," Wukong explained.

Zhong Xuan was genuinely moved by the monkey's words.

In just twenty days, has the little monkey from Qing Shi Town really grown so much without us even realizing it?

At least for now, this approach is quite effective. It's good that we shouldn't be like those who avoid seeking medical treatment due to taboos.