I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 112: Hongming Garden Banquet, Disaster Originated from the Glass Cup

Seeing Zhu Lie coming with Zhuang Yan, Nezha was very surprised and asked, "Marshal Tianpeng, why are you here?"

Zhu Lie first bowed his hands in greeting, then said, "Marshal, I am here on the orders of the Great Celestial Lord to help the Heavenly Army capture the two immortals Feng and Yang."

Hearing this, Nezha was even more shocked and a little bit unbelievable. "This..." He looked at Zhuang Yan and asked, "Lord Lingtai, have you reported the situation here to His Majesty truthfully?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Of course I will report it truthfully. Third Prince, Marshal Tian Peng is gifted and is not afraid of the erosion of the Weak Water River. Among all the generals in the Heavenly Court, he is the only one who can swim across the Weak Water River. That's why the Great Heavenly Venerable sent Marshal Tian Peng to help."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Nezha immediately looked at Zhu Lie in surprise and asked, "Marshal Tianpeng, can you really swim across the Weak Water River?"

Zhu Lie smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Prince. I am not the Marshal of the Tianhe Navy for nothing."

"Okay, okay." Nezha immediately smiled and said, "In that case, please ask Marshal Tianpeng to use his magical powers to help my army swim across the Weak Water River."

Zhu Lie was startled at this moment, and then he said, "Marshal, I can only swim across by myself, and I can't bring anyone or anything with me."

"What's the use of that?" Nezha said in surprise, "The army can't get through, and you alone can't defeat the two immortals Feng and Yang."

Zhu Lie took out the pottery jar with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Marshal. With the help of the pottery jar of Lingtai God, I will definitely be able to capture the two immortals Feng and Yang."

Nezha looked at the pottery jar in Zhu Lie's hand, opened his mouth, and finally ran out of words, "In that case, please ask Marshal Tianpeng to set off immediately."

Zhu Lie nodded in response to the order, first refined the pottery jar and put it into the spiritual platform, then walked to the platform under the gaze of all the heavenly soldiers and generals.

Zhu Lie took off his armor and then his clothes, putting them into the Niwan Palace, leaving only a pair of knee-length shorts.

Only then did Zhuang Yan realize that Zhu Lie had a strong build, a solid frame, was tall and sturdy, and had an imposing manner.

The Zhu Lie I had seen before was always wearing armor and looked like an ordinary strong man. But only now did I see his muscular body and tall and strong physique.

Coupled with that tough face, he is indeed very heroic.

At this time, the twelve Yuanchen, the thirty-six Tiangang generals, the seventy-two Disha generals and the ten thousand heavenly soldiers all shouted loudly: "Marshal Tianpeng! Marshal Tianpeng! Marshal Tianpeng!"

Zhu Lie turned around, clasped his fists and said, "Please wait here for a moment. I will go and get the great achievement and share it with you when I come back!"

In an instant, the cheers became several times louder, and the sound shook the four directions. Even Nezha shouted, "Marshal Tianpeng, if you can wipe out the rebellion and make great contributions, I will toast you at the celebration banquet."

When Zhu Lie heard Nezha's words, he was immediately encouraged. He clasped his fists and saluted the heavenly soldiers and generals, then jumped into the Ruoshui River without saying a word.

At this moment, the shouting from the shore suddenly stopped. Waves of weak water surged past, but there was no sign of Zhu Lie.

Nezha stared at the water with a serious expression.

But soon, a wave suddenly appeared on the water surface ahead, and then Zhu Lie's head emerged from the water. It turned out that he had dived more than ten feet away.

Suddenly, earth-shaking cheers erupted in Shenxianwu. Seeing Zhu Lie pop up and swim towards the other side at a very fast speed, Nezha immediately said, "Quick, beat the drum to cheer!"

In an instant, all thirty-six thunder drums were erected, and the thirty-six Tiangang generals personally stepped forward to beat the drums.

For a moment, there were rumbling sounds of drums between heaven and earth, and a strong wind was blowing in the world. It could truly be said: Golden flags and thundering drums were sent out from the sky, with majestic and awe-inspiring divine power. Today, Tianpeng swims across the river, and Qingfeng destroys the enemy.

Amid the fluttering flags and the rumbling of thunder and drums, Zhu Lie swam to the other side of the Weak Water in just half an hour.

At this time, on the other side of the Weak Water, there were already tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals arranged by the two immortals Feng and Yang, ready to fight against Zhu Lie as soon as he came ashore. Those ghost soldiers and generals would immediately rush up to kill him.

Zhu Lie had no time to put on his armor, so he immediately took out his precious Qinjin Rake, then covered in water light and bare-chested, he rushed forward to meet the tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals.

For a moment, the golden rake swept across, and the divine light was fierce. None of the tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals could be a match for Zhu Lie. They were killed by the golden rake in just one encounter.

In Chenxianwu, one could see ghost soldiers flying across the other side and ghost generals wailing. Zhu Lie, holding a golden rake, was like an empty space among tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals.

In less than a cup of tea, those tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals were defeated by Zhu Lie alone and fled in all directions. A large number of them were so frightened by Zhu Lie's divine power that they jumped into the Ruoshui River and sank to the bottom of the river.

At this time, several fairy lights flashed by. Zhu Lie looked up and saw that Yang Xian was painting in the air with a paintbrush in his hand. Then, one weapon after another came straight towards him.

Zhu Lie picked up the golden rake and attacked without saying a word, then used his thirty-six transformations to knock all the weapons and magic tools away, and approached Yang Xian at an extremely fast speed.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xian immediately flew backwards, and then another immortal flew out, it was Feng Xian.

As soon as Zhu Lie saw Feng Xian, he immediately shouted, "All ready!" and then took out a pottery jar from the Niwan Palace.

Over there, Feng Xian was still trying to capture Zhu Lie, but he didn't know that the moment Zhu Lie offered up the pottery jar, everything was over.

"Collect." Zhu Lie shouted, and the next moment the two immortals Feng and Yang turned into two beams of immortal light and flew into the pottery jar.

Seeing how easily Feng and Yang were captured, even Zhu Lie himself was stunned for a moment. Then he quickly lowered his head to look inside the pottery jar, only to see that Feng and Yang had been sealed inside.

Zhu Lie laughed loudly, then put the pottery jar directly into the Niwan Palace. He then rested for a while, and after recovering some strength, he jumped into the Ruoshui River again.

Another half an hour later, Zhu Lie finally landed at Chenxianwu. He was immediately welcomed like a hero. All the heavenly soldiers and generals surrounded him and praised Zhu Lie highly.

Zhu Lie was putting on his clothes and armor, laughing loudly amid the praises of everyone.

At this time, even Nezha came forward and said to Zhu Lie: "Marshal Tianpeng, you are the first one in the Three Realms to swim across the Weak Water alone and wipe out the rebellion."

At this moment, all the heavenly generals also bowed and said, "Congratulations to Marshal Tianpeng for his great achievement!"

Zhu Lie was full of pride and complacency until he saw Zhuang Yan not far ahead of him, and then he suddenly woke up.

Zhu Lie then waved his hands and said, "No, no, if it weren't for the Lingtai God's pottery jar, I wouldn't have been able to capture the two immortals Feng and Yang. If it weren't for my colleagues fighting in front of me, I wouldn't have been able to get such a great achievement for nothing."

At this point, Zhu Lie took the pottery jar out of the Niwan Palace and held it in his hand, saying, "This is all the work of everyone."

For a moment, the heavenly army was overjoyed and in high spirits. Seeing this, Nezha immediately gave an order: "All the rebels have been arrested. Pass my order to withdraw the troops and return to heaven."

In an instant, thunderclouds rose, the heavenly army stopped fighting, burned Chenxianwu with fire, and then withdrew their troops back to heaven.

After returning to heaven, Feng and Yang were escorted directly to the Ministry of Thunder.

Nezha led all the heavenly generals and immortal officials who went to the Tongming Palace to report back to the emperor, including the five marshals of the Thunder Department and the Eight-Direction Cloud Thunder General who had fought before.

After everyone met the Jade Emperor in the Tongming Hall and reported back, the Jade Emperor was very pleased and immediately issued an edict to reward and record their achievements.

Nezha got a top-notch merit, and all the other heavenly generals, including Zhu Lie and Zhuang Yan, got a medium-level merit.

As for the heavenly soldiers who went on this expedition, they all achieved inferior merits.

These merits were to be used for future promotions, but because the official positions above the fifth rank in the Heavenly Court were already full and there were no more scattered titles and honors, it was not so easy to be promoted above the fifth rank.

Therefore, the Heavenly Court will record the merits, and those with great and numerous merits will be given priority for promotion when there are vacancies in the future. If the accumulated merits are too great, then the Jade Emperor will directly set up an official position for you, or appoint you as a great god.

After the achievements were recorded, there were rewards in kind. Because Nezha had made top-notch achievements, he was rewarded with "twenty pots of imperial wine, twenty golden flowers, thirty four-sea spirit pearls, thirty sky-blue nourishing spirit talismans, and three hundred thousand purple coins."

After that, he achieved medium merit, and was rewarded with "ten pots of imperial wine, ten golden flowers, fifteen four-sea spirit pearls, fifteen sky-blue nourishing spirit talismans, and one hundred and fifty thousand purple coins".

Next came the lower-level achievements, for which he was rewarded with 'a pot of imperial wine, a golden flower, five four-sea spirit pearls, five sky-blue nourishing spirit talismans, and fifty thousand purple coins'.

Finally, those heavenly soldiers who died in battle will be reincarnated into the heavenly gods in the next life, and each will be granted three lifetimes of immortality.

The so-called three-life immortal fate is to give you three chances to become an immortal in the next life. If you fail to become an immortal in the first life, you can continue in the second life.
But if one cannot become an immortal in three lifetimes, then the Heavenly Court will have done its utmost.

But the possibility is extremely low. First of all, those who are reincarnated in the Heavenly God Way have extremely deep blessings. Even if they don’t have the fate of becoming an immortal, they can still become an immortal, let alone those who are born with the fate of becoming an immortal?
After the rewards were distributed according to merit, the Jade Emperor issued an edict to hold a fairy banquet in the "Hongming Garden" to celebrate the achievements of all the heavenly soldiers and generals who participated in the suppression of the rebellion.

Yes, not only the heavenly generals, but also the heavenly soldiers can participate in the celebration banquet. After all, in heaven, you don’t have to worry about not having enough space for so many people.

Let alone 30,000 heavenly soldiers, even if 100,000 heavenly soldiers gathered together, the space they occupied would probably not be as big as the pond in the Taiwei Yuqing Palace.

The Hongming Garden is filled with immortals, with the sound of stringed instruments and orchestras, and the fairy Chang'e dancing gracefully.

The Jade Emperor sat on the highest golden platform, with the Jade Fairies and generals accompanying him on both sides.

On both sides of the golden platform are the gods from the two most powerful departments in heaven, the Divine Sky Jade Palace and the Divine Thunder Jade Palace.

The gods of Shenxiao Yufu are seated on the left, with 'Dongji Qinghua Emperor Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun' as the first.

The gods of the Divine Thunder Jade Palace are headed by the 'Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Heavenly Lord' who sits on the right.

Next came the stars in the sky, the generals of the Thunder Department, and Nezha, Zhuang Yan, Zhu Lie and others were all seated according to their rank. However, in front of the seats of those who had made contributions this time there was a lantern to show their gratitude and honor.

At this time, the Jade Emperor was feasting his ministers, and all the immortals and gods stood up to toast, congratulating the Heavenly Court for its victory in suppressing the rebellion and wishing the Jade Emperor a long life.

After the toast was over and the gods and immortals had just taken their seats, a celestial general stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the celestial soldiers would like to toast and congratulate you."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor smiled and said, "If thirty thousand heavenly soldiers come to toast, I'm afraid there won't be enough space for so many people to stand on this golden platform."

The general reported, "Your Majesty, the thirty thousand heavenly soldiers have selected thirty toast-givers, and they will come to toast on behalf of the thirty thousand heavenly soldiers."

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor nodded happily and said, "Okay, it's approved."

The heavenly general immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he turned and left. Not long after, thirty tall and strong heavenly soldiers wearing helmets and armor and fully equipped came to the foot of the golden platform under the leadership of the heavenly general.

These heavenly soldiers were very reserved. When they arrived at the golden platform, they bowed and paid homage to the emperor.

The Jade Emperor ordered them to stand up, and then asked, "Why don't you change into your normal clothes when you come to the banquet?"

When the thirty heavenly soldiers heard this, the leader immediately replied, "Your Majesty, we are the divine soldiers of Heaven, your Majesty's wings. We will never take off our armor and will always protect the safety of Heaven and your Majesty."

The Jade Emperor burst into laughter upon hearing this, and then said, "Well, well, since you want to toast, come up to the stage."

The thirty heavenly soldiers immediately took orders and walked towards the golden platform. As it was the first time they saw the Jade Emperor at such a close distance, they were very nervous. Each of them held a wine glass, stared straight ahead, and their whole body was tense.

When all the heavenly soldiers came to the golden platform and stood still, the Jade Emperor slowly stood up and walked forward. At this time, thirty heavenly soldiers raised their cups and bowed in unison, saying, "We wish the Jade Emperor a long life and eternal immortality."

After saying this, the thirty heavenly soldiers drank the immortal wine in their glasses in unison.

At this time, the Jade Emperor had walked in front of the heavenly soldiers. After receiving their greetings, he was very happy and immediately raised his hand and said, "Bring me the colored glass cup."

At this time, a tall and strong general in golden armor immediately stepped forward and picked up the glass cup filled with immortal wine from the Jade Emperor's desk.

But at this moment, the golden-armored general was perhaps too anxious and did not notice that the hook of his sword at his waist was hanging on the corner of the jade table.

The golden-armored general suddenly stood up and immediately pulled the jade table. The table filled with immortal wine and delicacies instantly overturned, and the golden-armored general also stumbled forward and the glass cup in his hand flew into the air and flew straight to the back of the Jade Emperor.

At this moment, the thirty heavenly soldiers were shocked when they saw this. They were already very nervous about meeting the Jade Emperor at such a close distance, and now when they saw the glass lamp flying towards the Jade Emperor, they made an extremely inappropriate reaction in a hurry.

“Protect the emperor!” Someone shouted first, and then the thirty heavenly soldiers drew their swords at their waists and surrounded the Jade Emperor. The leading heavenly soldier even smashed the glass lamp with one sword.

At this moment, the fairy music came to an abrupt end, and the dancing fairies Chang'e looked even more frightened.

The immortal thunder generals on both sides were even more panicked and terrified, and the immortals and ministers below were all pale and stunned.

At this moment, the four words "smashing the cup as a signal" popped up in everyone's mind.

Could it be that the rebels failed in their attack on the Tongming Palace last time, and this time they bribed the general who rolled up the curtain beside the Jade Emperor, and teamed up with these heavenly soldiers to murder the Jade Emperor?

At this moment, the Great Emperor Zhenwu immediately stood up, raised his hand, and a magic sword immediately appeared in his hand.

Seeing that the Great Emperor Zhenwu was about to take action, the True Lord Tianpeng immediately shouted at the thirty heavenly soldiers: "What are you doing? Why don't you retreat immediately?"

Hearing what Lord Tianpeng said, the heavenly soldiers were stunned. At this time Lord Shenwei Dangmo Pili quickly stepped forward and waved his hand to send the thirty heavenly soldiers off the stage.

Afterwards, Tianyou Zhenjun and Yishen Zhenjun also quickly stepped forward and directly held down the general who had not yet stood up from the ground.

Then the Great Emperor Zhenwu, holding his magic sword, led Wang Lingguan, the True Lord of Divine Power and Demon-Dangling Thunderbolt, the Five Thunder Emperors, the Turtle and Snake Gods, the Nine Star Gods, and the Four Star Gods to protect the Jade Emperor in the center.

"Your Majesty." Zhenwu Emperor bowed to the Jade Emperor and said, "Are you okay?"

The Jade Emperor waved his hand calmly, glanced around, and then said calmly, "Return to Tongming Palace."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu sang in agreement, "As ordered."

The next moment, Taibai Jinxing, still with a look of shock on his face, hurried forward and shouted, "Your Majesty has ordered us to go to the Tongming Palace."

After hearing Taibai Jinxing's shout, the stunned gods and immortals below finally reacted and quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, we respectfully send you off."

Soon, the Jade Emperor, under the protection of Zhenwu Emperor and other gods, boarded the Eight-Scenes Paladin and left Hongming Garden, heading straight for Tongming Palace.

As the Jade Emperor left, the Emperor Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, who was in charge of the Divine Heaven Jade Palace, and the Emperor Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun, who was in charge of the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, immediately walked onto the golden platform.

Then Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun issued an order: "From now on, all immortals and gods are not allowed to leave Hongming Garden."

Jiu Tian Ying Yuan Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun even called Tian Peng Zhen Jun and issued an order: "Immediately tell all the generals of the Thunder Department to go to Hongming Garden and listen to orders. Order another 50,000 heavenly soldiers to come and seal off Hongming Garden."

Tianpeng Zhenjun bowed and said, "I obey your command." Then he quickly left Hongming Garden on a cloud.

(End of this chapter)