Sun Wukong and Immortal Zhen Yuan floated outside the pitch-black canyon. A shining wall of water intertwined in the sky above the entire canyon, illuminating their faces.
"How about this?"
Zhen Yuan Daisen looked at the wall of water and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, right?"
Monkey King slapped his forehead. "Great Deity, you dragged me here in the middle of the night just for the appearance?
I don't think the appearance of the barrier needs to be changed anymore! "
"Hmm … Let's do it for now!"
Zhen Yuan Daisen's answer made Monkey King feel a little helpless.
This great deity was good at everything, but for some reason, he was very concerned about the appearance of the barrier and wanted to change it every two to three days.
Monkey King landed on the ground and waved his hand to sweep away the leaves on the ground, revealing the rocks underneath.
"I've planned the nodes of the Flower and Fruit Mountain."
He placed a piece of paper on the rocks. Zhen Yuan Daisen walked over and looked at it. He nodded. "Using the Eight Trigrams to arrange the nodes, good idea."
Monkey King said, "We can start tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Zhen Yuan Daisen was a little shocked. "Isn't that too fast?"
"No."
Monkey King put away the paper and said, "Our research has reached a bottleneck. Why don't we clear the nodes first before continuing?"
He felt that if they didn't start making the nodes, they wouldn't be able to discover many problems.
Zhen Yuan Daisen frowned. "But what kind of treasures are you using to suppress the nodes?"
To maintain such a huge barrier, of course, many treasures were needed. The Spirit Nexus was a complicated spiritual energy network, and the nodes were the transfer stations for spiritual energy to gather and connect. However, Zhen Yuan Daisen had never seen Monkey King looking for treasures to store spiritual energy.
"I have an idea."
Monkey King plucked out a few strands of hair and blew at them. They turned into several immortal stones.
"What do you think of these stones?"
Monkey King asked Zhen Yuan Daisen.
Zhen Yuan Daisen caressed the immortal stones. Each of them could be said to be a real immortal stone. He couldn't help but look at the Monkey King, sizing him up.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, is your fur that powerful?"
"It's just a small path."
The Monkey King replied. Every strand of hair on his body could transform, so it wasn't difficult for him to transform them into celestial stones.
Moreover, he was born from immortal stones, so it was easier for him to turn into an immortal stone than a monkey spirit.
"Can these immortal stones be used as nodes?"
Monkey King asked.
Zhen Yuan Daisen inspected it and said, "No, I have to refine it again."
The Monkey King furrowed his brows and plucked out a strand of hair from the back of his head. It turned back into a celestial stone and asked, "Where is this stone?"
"That's enough."
Zhen Yuan Daisen looked at the celestial stone in shock: "A Worthy Younger Brother, why is the hair on your head more powerful than the rest of your body?"
The Monkey King retracted his hair and replied, "I specially nurtured it to be a treasure weapon."
He wanted to nurture three life-saving monkey hairs on his head, but he hasn't succeeded yet.
Zhen Yuan Daisen was amazed. No wonder A Worthy Younger Brother hasn't taken human form, it's because all of his hair is a treasure!
After dawn, the two of them began to set up the nodes.
Each node had to be carefully designed to ensure that it couldn't be destroyed by outsiders.
The Monkey King prepared to set up 72 nodes. There were 72 caves in Mount Huaguo, with each demon guarding one node.
The nodes could provide abundant spirit energy for the demons, and the network of nodes was very complicated. Even if a part of it was destroyed, it wouldn't affect the entire barrier's operation.
This was a task that would last for several years.
During this time, Zhang Liang left Mount Huaguo for the blood staunching grass trade.
The blood staunching grass was the same as spirit items, viewed as insignificant goods by the immortals.
However, this herb caused a huge uproar in the human world.
All the major countries wanted to monopolize the blood staunching grass trade, including the Han Dynasty in the South Continent.
The person in charge of the largest country in the human race was called Lu Zhi. After the death of her great ancestor, she killed many meritorious officials and monopolized the power.
Zhang Liang was one of the few meritorious officials who didn't get punished. He left the court early on and cultivated in Mount Huaguo, so he had a good relationship with Empress Lu.
Empress Lu called him back and asked, "I want to buy all the grass seeds in Mount Huaguo, is that possible?"
Zhang Liang was prepared and quickly shook his head. "No, the blood staunching grass has a strong life force, it can't be monopolized."
He was speaking the truth. The blood staunching grass had been nurtured by the demons several times, and its growth ability was similar to that of wild grass. It could grow everywhere.
Even if the Han Dynasty monopolized the grass seeds, it would only take a few years for the blood staunching grass to spread.
Lu Zhi felt it was a pity. "What a pity for this rare grass!"
"It's just a blood staunching item, why do you care?"
Zhang Liang said.
Lu Zhi laughed. "Zhang Liang, you've become an immortal, but you've forgotten that I'm still a mortal."
She looked at the blood staunching grass emotionally. "You don't know how many people this grass can save."
Although Lu Zhi wasn't a good person in the eyes of the world, she still loved this land that she had painstakingly conquered, just like her great ancestor.
Lu Zhi's eyes flashed.
"I will order the planting of blood staunching grass everywhere."
She said, "My great ancestor once let the world learn the Heavenly Works Creation, making the Han Dynasty rich. I can't lose to him."
Zhang Liang was full of admiration for her politeness.
When leaving the palace, Zhang Liang saw his youngest son, who was working in the palace.
"Do you want to come with me?"
He asked.
The youth shook his head. "Father is focused on seeking the Dao, and I'm slow-witted. It's better for me to stay here."
"Fine!"
Zhang Liang nodded, then looked back at the palace and sighed.
Empress Lu was not an extremely bad ruler, but the power struggles and political struggles in the human world were complicated and dangerous.
In comparison, Zhang Liangcai realized that Mount Huaguo was indeed a rare paradise.
He left Chang 'an, and his heart left with him.
Under Empress Lu's promotion, the blood staunching grass bloomed everywhere in the South Continent, and it soon became unstoppable, causing the human countries to follow suit.
Every human body was injured, and the blood staunching grass was worth more than a thousand taels of gold!
However, after the herb spread, the grass seeds became cheap, and every household could grow it. There was no one in the world who didn't sing praises for it, and the name of the sage monkey of Mount Huaguo spread more and more.
In the North Continent, an old man with white hair realized the value of the blood staunching grass, so he led his only grandson to Mount Huaguo.
"Grandpa, why are you going to Mount Huaguo?"
His only grandson asked.
"I'm going to beg the sage monkey." The old man stroked his grandson's head. "I'll ask him to help me complete the Hundred Herb Sutra."
The Hundred Herb Sutra was a medical book. Ever since the old man read the Heavenly Works Creation ten years ago, he had wanted to edit a medical encyclopedia.
However, in the past ten years, he had only managed to complete a fraction of the work, even though he had tried his best to verify the evidence, correct the errors, and worked hard to edit it.
This book was not something he could write.
"I think the sage monkey is very knowledgeable about medicine," the old man sighed.
He originally thought that the sage monkey only cared about craftsmanship, but he didn't expect him to cultivate the blood staunching grass. "I should let him complete the Hundred Herb Sutra."
"But …"
His only grandson was curious. "Will he agree?"
"If he really is the sage monkey …"