I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 149: The Merging of Spiritual Intelligence and Remnant Soul

An extremely luxurious fairy banquet was set up in Yuchan Palace, and Taiyin Star Lord personally toasted to thank Zhuang Yan for his great help to Taiyin Star Palace this time.

In particular, she was the one who benefited the most this time. Not only was the hidden danger of Taiyin Star gone, but she also inherited the 'Taiyin Gold Seal'.

After eating and drinking, Zhuang Yan stood up to say goodbye. Taiyin Star Lord did not try to keep him, after all, it was not appropriate to allow gods from outside to live in the Moon Palace.

But when Zhuang Yan stood up to say goodbye, the fairy Chang'e came up with a jade plate with a white jade gourd on it.

“True Lord Yuji, here is a gourd of ‘Xuanshuang Baoyan Pills’, which are the unique elixirs refined by my Moon Palace. No matter whether men or women, taking this pill can mend their ways, purify blood and flesh, cleanse tendons and bones, balance yin and yang, nourish the complexion, and make the skin young and fragrant. True Lord, please help me this time. This pill is just a token of my gratitude and cannot repay you in the slightest. From now on, if you have any orders, I will never refuse.” The Star Lord Taiyin personally handed the white jade gourd to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan reached out to take the white jade gourd containing the Xuanshuang Baoyan Pill, then bowed and said, "Thank you, Star Lord. I'll take my leave now."

Taiyin Xingjun smiled and said, "I will see you off."

Zhuang Yan said, "No need, please stay, Star Lord."

However, Taiyin Star God still insisted on personally sending Zhuang Yan out of Taiyin Star Palace, and thanked him again and again, telling Zhuang Yan that if he needed help in the future, she would never refuse.

After leaving the Taiyin Star Palace, Zhuang Yan went directly to the mortal world through the Western Heaven Gate. Because Daluo Heaven was the center of the Heavenly Palace, he could only fly on the clouds, so it took some time to get from the Taiyin Star Palace to the four heavenly gates.

After Zhuang Yan descended to the mortal world through the West Heaven Gate, he did not return to the residence of Jade Extreme Lord, but landed directly on Danchi Ridge of Lingtai Mountain.

Now with Zhuang Yan's promotion to 'Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji Zhenjun', the original Lingtai Divine Palace has also become 'Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji Zhenjun Palace'. As for Danchi Ridge, it has become Zhuang Yan's dojo on earth.

After entering the Zhenjun Mansion, Zhuang Yan released a trace of Qi, and the True Immortal Fire Spirit immediately came out from the Mountain God Temple to greet him.

"True Lord? You're back." The True Immortal Fire Spirit was in high spirits, and now he had a hint of awe-inspiring majesty.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "During the time I was away, you have been taking care of the affairs in the mansion."

Fire Spirit Immortal said with a smile: "True Lord, what are you talking about? I can achieve my current righteousness thanks to your support. The affairs of a mere prefecture are not worth mentioning. It is my honor to share your worries."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "You are getting better and better at speaking nicely. When you first seized Tianci Temple, you were not so easy to talk to."

The Fire Spirit Immortal smiled, then turned aside and respectfully invited, "Please enter the hall, Master."

Zhuang Yan nodded, then walked into the Mountain God Temple. As soon as he entered, he saw Miao Yu sitting cross-legged there, with a red, strange Buddha light surrounding her.

Miaoyu also opened her eyes at this time, but there was no emotion or warmth in her eyes anymore, only blankness and dullness.

Fire Spirit Immortal said immediately: "True Lord, I was just about to report to you that Taoist Miaoyu seems to be seriously ill recently. He just couldn't speak before, but now he has lost all his emotions and temperament."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately turned on the 'Search for the Secret' and made some calculations. After a moment, he knew the whole story.

It turned out that Miaoyu was born with incomplete intelligence, and had only a trace of spiritual intelligence after birth. As Buddhism in the three realms is gradually recovering from the great calamity between Buddha and demon, Miaoyu's only trace of spiritual intelligence is about to dissipate.

As long as the last bit of spiritual intelligence disappears, Miaoyu will completely become an empty shell.

But preserving intelligence is more difficult than preserving a residual soul, and it is meaningless. After all, a residual soul can be independent and have its own consciousness.

But Miaoyu had only a trace of incomplete intelligence from the very beginning, without even a soul, and everything he did was based entirely on instinct.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan immediately said to the Fire Spirit Immortal, "Go and set up an incense table, the incense table of Guanyin Bodhisattva."

"Yes." The Fire Spirit Immortal nodded, then immediately walked out of the Mountain God Temple and set up an incense table for Guanyin Bodhisattva outside the temple.

Zhuang Yan walked to the shore, lit a stick of incense, and gently inserted it into the incense burner, saying, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, please come."

Fire Spirit Immortal: “???” She looked at Zhuang Yan’s back with confusion on her face. Is it possible to pray to the Bodhisattva in this way?
But just as the Fire Spirit Immortal had this thought, he saw a wisp of green smoke rising from the fragrance, and suddenly a ray of Buddha's light appeared in the sky, followed by auspicious clouds and colors in the sky. The compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva actually appeared!
The Fire Spirit Immortal bowed quickly and said, "This little immortal pays respect to the Bodhisattva Guanyin."

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled slightly, nodded gently to the Fire Spirit Immortal, and then asked Zhuang Yan: "Master Yuji, what is the important matter that you summoned me for?"

Zhuang Yan said to the Fire Spirit Immortal, "Go and bring the wonderful words out."

The Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said, "Yes." Then he stood up and entered the Mountain God Temple. After a while, he came out with a dazed look on his face.

As soon as the wonderful words appeared, Guanyin Bodhisattva knew what was going on. She smiled and said to Zhuang Yan, "Master Yuji, her spiritual wisdom is incomplete. It was born with incompleteness. Now that Buddhism has been restored between heaven and earth, it is natural for her spiritual wisdom to disappear."

Zhuang Yan said, "If that's the case, then if only this body is left, she doesn't have to stay here any longer. It's the same if she returns to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea."

Hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva slowly said: "She is a demon incarnate. If she goes to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea, she will be refined and destroyed within a hundred days. God is merciful. Only by staying with Zhenjun can she have a chance of survival."

Zhuang Yan asked, "What is the glimmer of hope that the Bodhisattva is talking about?"

Bodhisattva Guanyin smiled and said, "If there is a remnant soul of an immortal or god, and it merges with this Dharma body and spiritual wisdom, there will be a glimmer of hope. However, now that the reincarnation cycle between heaven and earth is complete, even if an immortal or god dies in response to the calamity, his soul must be preserved and re-enter the reincarnation cycle. It is not easy to find a trace of the remnant soul of an immortal or god."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan smiled, but did not say much. He just said, "I understand."

Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded and asked, "Master Yuji, do you have anything else to ask? If you don't have anything else to ask, I will take my leave now."

“No more.” Zhuang Yan said with a smile, “Go slowly, Bodhisattva.”

Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded slightly, then retracted the wonderful Buddha's light, put away the auspicious light and mist, and slowly disappeared into the sky.

After Guanyin Bodhisattva left, Zhuang Yan asked Huo Ling Zhenxian to remove the incense table and bring Miao Yu back to the mountain temple.

Then he looked into Miaoyu's eyes and said, "I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying now. I have a remnant soul of an ancient god here. If your spiritual body is willing to merge with her remnant soul, then you don't have to react. You can merge with her later. If you don't want to, just blink now."

A hint of emotion finally appeared in Miaoyu's dull eyes, but it was not an emotion of resistance or rejection, but an emotion of desire, a desire to survive.

After an unknown amount of time, Miaoyu's body struggled hard for a while, and then made a stiff movement.

Zhi Miaoyu stretched out her hand stiffly, took out an elegant plum blossom from her sleeve and handed it to Zhuang Yan.

Seeing this scene, the Fire Spirit Immortal said in surprise: "True Lord, this is the plum blossom she picked on the cliff before her spiritual wisdom dissipated. That day I saw her holding this plum blossom into the Mountain God Temple and standing in front of your statue. I thought it was normal at the time, but now it seems that she wanted to offer this plum blossom to you, but before she could offer the flower in front of the altar, her spiritual wisdom dissipated for the most part. I put the flower back into her sleeve for her."

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he immediately reached out and took the plum blossom, which still had a hint of the cool fragrance of winter plum blossoms.

"Who doesn't care about half truth and half falsehood? Every blade of grass and every tree has feelings." Zhuang Yan looked at the plum blossom in his hand, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the trace of emotion in Miaoyu's eyes disappeared.

Zhuang Yan didn't think any more about it. He placed the plum blossom on the altar beside him, then took out a pottery jar from his sleeve and released Wangshu's remaining soul.

As soon as Wangshu's residual soul appeared, she immediately noticed Miaoyu in front of her. She only took a glance and said in surprise: "Huh? This girl has no soul or spirit, only a trace of spiritual intelligence remains. What happened to her?" Zhuang Yan said: "Don't ask too much. Daoist Wangshu, are you willing to merge with her?"

"Oh?" Wangshu asked in surprise, "Merge with her?"

"Yes, but you have to preserve her intelligence." Zhuang Yan said.

Wangshu suddenly realized and said, "So it's to preserve her spiritual intelligence." Then she smiled and said, "To put it simply, spiritual intelligence is just a consciousness. After I merged with her, her consciousness and mine became one. From now on, there will be an additional consciousness of hers in my soul, and we can't tell one from the other."

"That's right." Zhuang Yan nodded.

By then, Miaoyu will be Wangshu and Wangshu will be Miaoyu, and the two will become the same person.

At this moment, Wangshu stretched out his hand and put it on Miaoyu. The next moment, she said in a slightly shocked tone: "What a powerful force. Who was her previous incarnation?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "It is the body of the Buddha and the devil."

"Buddha Demon?" Wangshu's face changed, "Demon King Po Xun?"

Zhuang Yan asked, "Do you know him too?"

Wangshu said, "How could I not know? In ancient times, before Sakyamuni attained enlightenment, the Heavenly Demon King Poxun presented thirty-six peerless virgin beauties to Sakyamuni. They did their best to seduce him, but they could not shake Sakyamuni's determination to attain enlightenment. Sakyamuni resisted the lust and became the Buddha. Poxun then escaped into the outer world and became the Heavenly Demon King Poxun."

Seeing this, Wangshu was surprised to find that "she actually still has Buddha power in her body. It must be a Buddha magic image cut out by a certain Bodhisattva. No wonder her innate spiritual wisdom is incomplete."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "You are indeed a great ancient god. You are well-informed."

Wangshu smiled calmly, and then said: "Since this Dharma body has such a history, I am somewhat tempted. However, my remaining soul is not strong enough to merge with her, so I need your help."

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Okay."

After saying that, the remaining soul of Wangshu walked forward, used his divine power, grabbed Miaoyu's hands, and then clasped their fingers together.

The next moment, a red Buddha light appeared on Miaoyu's body, while a green moonlight appeared on Wangshu's body. In an instant, the two quickly merged together.

Then Zhuang Yan raised his hand and pointed, adding a "fusion" state to the two of them.

After a flash of brilliant light, Wangshu had completely merged with Miaoyu's body, and her clothes had turned into the 'Yuhua Zhuhong Yingluo Fairy Robe', which made her look charming, elegant and tranquil.

Zhuang Yan watched the entire fusion process of the two people just now. Miaoyu's intelligence was preserved and merged with Wangshu's residual soul. Now the two people have perfectly merged into one.

"Not bad, not bad. This body is indeed good. The power of Buddhism is very strong. With my Taiyin divine power, if I can complete the three souls and seven spirits and reunite the original spirit, I will be able to make further progress in the future." When she said this, she asked Zhuang Yan, "What was the original name of this body?"

Zhuang Yan said, "A witty remark."

"It doesn't sound good." She said, "Let's call him Wangshu. It sounds better."

Zhuang Yan said calmly: "It's up to you to decide."

"Then let's call him Wangshu." Wangshu said, and immediately asked doubtfully: "I seem to have some restrictions on me?"

Zhuang Yan said: "There is a ban, we cannot leave this mountain."

When Wangshu heard this, he immediately said, "I heard them call you Zhenjun?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I am honored by the Jade Emperor, who has recognized me as the Supreme Lord of the Wonderful Jade of the Spiritual Platform."

Upon hearing this, Wangshu immediately bowed and said, "I am the little immortal Wangshu, I pay my respects to the True Lord of Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji. I also ask the True Lord to remove the restriction and let me go down the mountain to find an opportunity to repair my three souls and seven spirits."

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "You are an ancient god, and you are so polite all of a sudden. I am not used to it."

Wangshu also laughed and said, "As the saying goes, 'A man has to bow his head under a low eaves'. Besides, I have been reborn. I am no longer some ancient god. I am now just an unknown little fairy."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Well, since you have been reborn, I will remove the restrictions on you."

As Zhuang Yan finished speaking, the restrictions on Wangshu were lifted. Wangshu, who felt the restrictions lifted, immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Master."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. If you break any laws in the future, it will be easy for me to catch you."

Wangshu nodded and said, "When others say this, I just think they are joking. I have seen your ability, Master."

At this point, Wangshu asked again: "Apart from the ancestors of Taoism and Buddhism, who is the most powerful person in the three realms now?"

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Of course it's Sun Wukong, could it be me?"

"Sun Wukong?" Wangshu was puzzled. This name felt very unfamiliar to her and she was sure that he was not a person who existed in ancient times.

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, this man was conferred the title of 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven' by the Jade Emperor. Later, he was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years by the Tathagata Buddha because of his disturbance in the Heavenly Palace. Now he is helping Tang Monk to obtain Buddhist scriptures in the West. If you don't believe me, you can wait for him on the way to obtain the scriptures. When he arrives, you can test his strength."

"The Great Sage Equaling Heaven? Making trouble in Heaven?!" Just by hearing these eight words, a magnificent scene appeared in Wangshu's mind.

After a moment, she came back to her senses and said with longing: "Sure enough, each generation is stronger than the last. Since he dares to call himself the 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven', I really want to meet him."

After that, Wangshu asked again: "Is he going to the Lingshan Mountain in the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, we have just set out and have just entered Xiniu Hezhou."

"Okay, okay." Wangshu said, "I'll go and block him on the way to the west." After that, Wangshu bowed to Zhuang Yan and said, "True Lord, goodbye."

Looking at Wangshu who was turning away, Zhuang Yan asked loudly, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by him?"

Wangshu turned around and said, "Being beaten to death by the 'Great Sage Equaling Heaven' doesn't seem shameful, right?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Indeed."

Wangshu left, leaving very decisively. Zhuang Yan smiled, very happily.

He turned to the Fire Spirit Immortal beside him and said with a smile: "Another difficulty has been arranged."

As for the fact that Zhuang Yan had undertaken the eighty-one difficulties, a confidant like the Fire Spirit True Immortal naturally knew about it long ago, and upon hearing this, he smiled and said, "True Lord, you are wise."

(End of this chapter)