I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 145: The First Heaven Opens the True Palace
"Bang!" With a loud bang from the alchemy furnace, golden light flashed and the whole room was filled with fragrance.

Taishang Laojun quickly took out a red gourd from his sleeve, raised his hand and retracted it, and immediately thirty-six golden pills flew into the gourd.

But this was not the end. Dozens of golden elixirs flew out of the cauldron. Taishang Laojun took out a red gourd again and collected all the golden elixirs in it.

Taishang Laojun held a red gourd in each hand, and gently shook it next to his ears. There was a sound of pills clattering, and Taishang Laojun said with a delighted look on his face: "Seventy-two golden pills, this is the amount for two furnaces. Yuji Zhenjun, your method is really effective."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "If you have other alchemy furnaces, please take them out and I will bless them all."

Hearing this, Taishang Laojun shook his head and smiled, raised his hand to put the two gourds back on the treasure shelf, and then said: "Too much is as bad as too little, this alchemy furnace is enough."

As he spoke, Laojun said to Zhuang Yan: "If there are other alchemy furnaces that need blessing in the future, I will tell you."

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Okay, Master, please don't be polite to me."

"Haha." Taishang Laojun stroked his long beard and nodded, saying, "Okay."

At this point, the Supreme Lord pointed to the treasure gourds on the treasure rack and asked, "Do you want to take another gourd of golden elixir to eat?"

“No, no.” Zhuang Yan waved his hand quickly and said, “I haven’t even finished the golden elixir that Laojun gave me last time.”

Taishang Laojun waved his whisk and said with a smile: "Okay, if you want to eat the golden elixir next time, just tell me."

Zhuang Yan cupped his hands and said, "Yes, thank you very much, Master."

Taishang Laojun smiled and said, "Master Yuji, please go to the front hall to have some tea and rest. I, the old Taoist priest, will refine a few more furnaces of pills while I am in a good mood."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately said goodbye, "Master, please be busy first. I have other things to do, so I will take my leave first."

"Okay." Taishang Laojun said with a smile, "Come and sit more often when you have time."

"How dare I disobey your order." After saying this, Zhuang Yan bid farewell to Taishang Laojun and left the Tushita Palace.

Just after walking out of the gate of Tushita Palace, before he had taken a few steps, Zhuang Yan suddenly stopped, raised his hand and pointed to the right rear, and the state of "Break" was activated.

There was nothing on the right rear, but when Zhuang Yan pointed, there was a "bang" sound, and the originally empty space immediately shattered like a mirror.

Then a colorful figure appeared from the void, and took several steps back before it stabilized its body.

"Third Prince, peeping is not a good habit." Zhuang Yan said with a smile to the bright red figure.

Nezha laughed and said, "What do you mean by peeping? I'm here to enjoy the scenery. Why are you disturbing me?"

"Oh? So you were hiding here to enjoy the scenery. I'm so sorry." Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

Nezha rubbed his shoulders, then walked forward and said, "You are getting more and more powerful. Not only can you see through my concealment technique, but you can also break my spell directly."

"Haha, Third Prince, you're too kind. I'm just lucky." Zhuang Yan said.

Nezha walked up to Zhuang Yan and asked, "You have been in there for so long, did Laojun give you the elixir?"

"No." Zhuang Yan shook his head. "I'm not lying to you. I really don't have any."

Nezha scratched his head and said, "Oh, Laojun's elixir is really delicious. His Majesty the Jade Emperor is the best. Every day when I sit in the palace, Laojun will offer me elixir to eat."

Zhuang Yan asked with a smile: "Why? You want to be the Jade Emperor too?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't say that." Nezha looked around quickly, and when he saw no one was around, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Zhuang Yan, "Don't hurt me."

Zhuang Yan laughed, reached out and patted Nezha on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go down first."

"Where are we going?" Nezha asked.

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "Of course he went to the lower world. Where else could he go?"

"Oh, I thought you were going to the underworld." Nezha said with a smile.

Zhuang Yan rolled his eyes and said, "I won't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving now."

Nezha said, "Please go slowly. Come and visit us often."

"Do you think this Daluotian belongs to you?" Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

Nezha said: "I am on duty here, so of course I have a share."

Zhuang Yan didn't bother chatting with him. He flew out of the West Heaven Gate on a cloud and arrived at Taixuan Zhenfu in a blink of an eye.

As soon as he returned to the Yuji Hall of Taixuan Zhenfu, he saw the Dongzhen Hall's attendant waiting there. Zhuang Yan asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

When Cheng Wulang saw Zhuang Yan, he hurried forward and bowed, saying, "Your humble servant greets True Lord Yu Ji."

"Get up, is there anything wrong?" Zhuang Yan asked.

The attendant stood up and said, "Replying to the True Lord, I am here to wait for the True Lord on the orders of the Supreme Lord of the Caverns. The Supreme Lord said that if the True Lord returns, please go to the Caverns Palace to have a chat."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "I'll be there right away."

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan and Cheng Wulang came to the Dongzhen Hall together, where they saw Emperor Zifu Shaoyang, True Lord Xuandu and True Man Wenshi all sitting at the top of the hall.

Seeing Zhuang Yan coming, the three of them immediately stood up and bowed to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Master Yuji." Zhuang Yan also bowed and said, "Greetings to the three Masters."

After the two sides exchanged greetings, Emperor Zifu Shaoyang pointed to the newly added jade throne on the left and said, "True Lord Yuji, please take a seat."

Zhuang Yan nodded, then walked forward and sat down on the jade throne.

After sitting down, Zhuang Yan asked, "My three Taoist friends, why did you ask me to come here?"

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said, "That's right. The Divine Jade Palace has issued an order to transfer the Demon Subduing Palace to the jurisdiction of True Lord Yuji, and has built a new palace next to the Great Mysterious Palace, named 'True Lord Yuji Palace'."

"Oh? You want to put the Demon Subduing Palace under my jurisdiction?" Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately asked, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

The three Purple Mansion Shaoyang Emperors looked at each other, then smiled and said, "This is what the three of us meant."

Zhuang Yan was stunned. You know, this was equivalent to dividing a part of the power in his hands. How could Zhuang Yan not be surprised?

At this time, I only heard Xuandu Zhenjun say: "It is like this. Since the death of the Eight Immortals, there has only been one demon-suppressing Zhenjun in the Demon-Suppressing Hall. Now that you have been promoted to the position of Zhenjun, there is no demon-suppressing Zhenjun in the Demon-Suppressing Hall."

Master Wenshi nodded and said, "Yes, the Demon Subduing Hall is now in name only. Rather than letting it be abandoned, it is better to put it under your jurisdiction."

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said: "So we took the initiative to report to the Divine Heaven Jade Palace, and put the Demon Subduing Palace under your jurisdiction, and asked the immortal master of the 'Heavenly Works Academy' to build a Jade Extreme True Lord Palace just for you."

"I see." Zhuang Yan nodded and asked, "Are there any officials assigned to him?"

Hearing this, Zifu Shaoyang Emperor and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment, and then Zifu Shaoyang Emperor said, "You will have to figure out a solution yourself."

Zhuang Yan was speechless. It was true that he had been given some power, but this also brought him a lot of trouble.

Without any assigned officials, he would have to select all the immortal officials in the Jade Extreme True Lord's Palace himself in the future.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "So the three Taoist friends are pushing the trouble to me."

Xuandu Zhenjun smiled and said, "Haha, there is nothing we can do about it. But Zhenjun, don't worry, if you need our help, we will never refuse."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan had nothing more to say. "But, the Demon Subduing Hall already has a Demon Subduing Assistant, and he must be given to me as well."

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said with a smile: "You don't need to tell me, he has already moved there."

"Thank you very much." Zhuang Yan bowed, then stood up and said, "Then I will go to the Jade Extreme Master's Mansion first. Bye."

The three Zhenqings immediately stood up, bowed, and saw Zhuang Yan off, watching him leave the Dongzhen Hall.

The palace of Jade Extreme Lord was built in a very grand and majestic manner, with palaces, towers, pavilions, corridors, halls, spiritual pools and fairy gardens.

There are three main halls here. The main hall on the left is called "Taixuan Jingshe", which is where Zhuang Yan lived.

The main hall in the middle is named "Yuji Hall", where Zhuang Yan holds office and serves as director.

The main hall on the right is called "Demon Subduing Hall", where all the Demon Subduing Immortals hold office and manage affairs.

The palace is equipped with three heavenly generals, who are in charge of the three main halls respectively. They each command one hundred heavenly soldiers, a total of three hundred heavenly soldiers who are responsible for taking turns to guard the Jade Extreme True Lord's Palace.

All the way into the palace, all the heavenly soldiers bowed and saluted along the way.

When Zhuang Yan arrived at Yuji Palace, he saw that the Demon-Subduing Assistant and the three heavenly generals who commanded the troops were already waiting in the palace.

Seeing Zhuang Yan enter the hall, the four of them hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings to Master Yuji."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "No need to be polite, get up."

"Thank you, Master." The four of them stood up and bowed. Then the three heavenly generals stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Master, we are the heavenly generals from the Thunder Department. We have been ordered to guard Master Yuji's mansion."

After saying that, the three heavenly generals introduced themselves respectively. One was called General Bi Huo, one was called General Bi Zhen, and one was called General Tian Wu.

After listening to this, Zhuang Yan said, "Then I will have to trouble the three generals from now on."

"No, no." The three generals bowed hurriedly and said, "This is our duty."

After the three generals paid their respects to Zhuang Yan, the other two generals bowed and left, each returning to the main hall where they were in charge. Only General Bi Zhen stayed in the Yuji Hall.

At this time, Zhuang Yan walked up to the steps of the palace and sat down. The demon-suppressing assistant Liu Yan immediately stepped forward and reported, "Your Excellency, the Sishui Dragon Palace has received a report from the Sishui Dragon King and the old Dragon King and his wife. They said they would come to the palace in person to thank you, Your Excellency."

Zhuang Yan took the report and took a look at it. He saw that it was full of words of gratitude. The Sishui Dragon King also said that he had found a way to refine the dragon energy in the chests of those mortal men who were caught by the Sishui Dragon Mother and thrown into the water. After confirming that there was no danger, he properly sent them out of the Sishui River and sent them back home.

Seeing this report, Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "This Sishui Dragon King is very capable. Those mortal men who were captured by the Sishui Dragon Mother and taken to the Water Palace should have died, but he found a way to rescue them and sent them back to their respective homes. That's great."

Zhuang Yan said, "You should inform the Humanity Department of this matter, and give credit to the Sishui Dragon King for this achievement."

"Yes." Liu Yan nodded and accepted the order, then asked, "What about the Sishui Dragon King and his family thanking the heavens?"

Zhuang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Write a letter for me and tell him that there is no need to thank him. In the future, you can manage the Sishui River well, fulfill your duties, and benefit the people. That will be the best way to thank me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yan immediately nodded and left.

(End of this chapter)