I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 157 Heavenly Law Deterrence and Conquer Huang Feng

The first heaven, the residence of Jade Supreme Lord, the Demon-Subduing Hall.

Zhuang Yan tapped the pottery jar in his hand, and the Yellow Wind Monster immediately fell out of the jar, rolling to the ground with a plop.

Then Zhuang Yan raised his hand and added a 'self-healing' to the Yellow Wind Monster. A green light quickly lit up on the Yellow Wind Monster's body, and his injuries healed at an extremely fast speed.

After only ten breaths, the Yellow Wind Monster felt that his injuries had disappeared and he had recovered to his full strength.

The Yellow Wind Monster somersaulted to his feet and looked at Zhuang Yan with fear in his eyes.

General Bi Zhen, who was standing by, immediately scolded him, "You daring beast! You are not to be rude in front of the Lord!"

Zhuang Yan waved his hand gently, then said with a smile: "Yellow Wind Monster, although you are the king of the mountain and have kidnapped Tang Monk, I see that you have great magical powers and outstanding martial arts, so I want to convert you and take you as my general. Are you willing to surrender?"

When the Yellow Wind Monster heard this, his eyes rolled and he clasped his hands and said, "How dare I resist the might of the True Lord? It's just that I followed the order of the Tathagata Buddha and returned to the mountain. I dare not resist the Buddha's order and I really can't surrender to the True Lord."

Zhuang Yan laughed when he heard this, "Do you call that a hidden nature returning to the mountains? When did you hide your nature? And when did you return to the mountains? Gathering a group of demons, occupying the mountains as king, eating people and committing evil, robbing houses, do that what you call a hidden nature returning to the mountains?"

At this point, Zhuang Yan added, "Besides, don't use the words of Tathagata Buddha to pressure me. Now that you have been captured by me, you only have two choices. Either you abandon evil and do good and work for me, or you are transferred to the Thunder Department and go to the Demon Slaying Platform. It's your choice."

When the Yellow Wind Monster heard this, he immediately said, "Since the True Lord says so, I am willing to go to the Demon Slaying Platform and be executed."

Zhuang Yan smiled inwardly, knowing that he still had some hope and wanted to negotiate terms with him.

But how could Zhuang Yan be controlled by a Yellow Wind Monster? After hearing this, he didn't hesitate at all. He raised his hand and pointed at the Yellow Wind Monster. The Yellow Wind Monster immediately found that he could no longer move.

Then Zhuang Yan said to General Bi Zhen: "General Bi Zhen, take my talisman and escort the Yellow Wind Monster to the Thunder Department to be executed."

General Bi Zhen took a step forward, then bowed and said, "As you command."

General Bi Zhen then stepped forward, grabbed the Yellow Wind Monster, turned around and left the Demon Subduing Hall, then rode on a cloud and soared into the sky.

Until they arrived outside the majestic and solemn Thunder Palace, the Yellow Wind Monster thought that Zhuang Yan just wanted to scare him.

Until General Bi Zhen really sent him to the Ministry of Thunder, and escorted him directly to the presence of Yisheng Zhenjun, the Grand Envoy of the Heavenly Court.

At this time, Tian Peng Zhen Jun, the chief envoy of the Five Thunder Court, and Tian You Zhen Jun, the chief envoy of the Exorcism Court, were also sitting high in the main hall of the Heavenly Court, discussing the affairs of the Thunder Department with Yi Sheng Zhen Jun.

When the Yellow Wind Monster was escorted to the main hall, he was directly captured by the Thunder General in the main hall. Afterwards, General Bi Zhen reported first and then handed over Zhuang Yan's talisman.

After reading Zhuang Yan's talisman, Yisheng Zhenjun took a look and said with a smile, "Then let's do as Yuji Zhenjun wishes."

Hearing this, Tian Peng Zhenjun, who was sitting in the center, asked, "What's the matter?"

Yisheng Zhenjun laughed and said, "This Yellow Wind Monster occupied the mountains and became the king in the human world. He also kidnapped Tang Monk, who was seeking Buddhist scriptures. After being captured by Lingtai Zhenjun, he refused to mend his ways, so Lingtai Zhenjun sent him to the Thunder Department for punishment."

After saying that, True Lord Yisheng handed the talisman book in his hand to True Lord Tianpeng. True Lord Tianpeng read the talisman book carefully and then glanced at the Yellow Wind Monster.

Then Tian Peng Zhenjun returned the talisman to Yi Sheng Zhenjun and said, "Then behead it."

True Lord Yishen nodded, then signed the Thunder Department's talisman, summoned General Yunlei of the Eight Directions, and issued an order, ordering that the Yellow Wind Monster be escorted to the Demon-Slaying Platform to be executed.

General Bafang Yunlei received the talisman and immediately escorted the Yellow Wind Monster out of the hall and went straight to the Demon-Slaying Platform.

The Yellow Wind Monster was confused from the beginning to the end. When he saw the demon-slaying platform flashing with a cold light, he finally came to his senses and quickly said to Bafang Yunlei beside him: "Are you going to kill him now? Aren't you going to interrogate him again?"

General Dongfang Yunlei said, "You have a demonic aura that is overwhelming. Why do we need to interrogate you?"

"Aren't you afraid of wrongfully killing a good person?" The Yellow Wind Monster asked hurriedly, "What if it's wrongfully killed?"

General Southern Lightning said, "You don't look like a good person. Which good person has such a strong demonic aura?"

General Xifang Zhuifeng laughed and said, "Besides, if you catch ten monsters in this world and kill ten of them, there might be some who were killed unjustly, but if you catch ten and kill nine of them, there will definitely be some who slip through the net!"

"This is discrimination against monsters... There are good monsters too, and monsters' lives are lives too..." The Yellow Wind Monster said, and then immediately said, "I don't want to die anymore."

Generals Yunlei of all eight directions glanced at the Yellow Wind Monster, then said with a fake smile: "Now that we are here, it is not a question of whether you want to do it or not."

When the Yellow Wind Monster heard this, he hurriedly begged, "Generals, please don't send me to the Demon Slaying Platform yet. I want to see the True Lord of the Spiritual Platform. I have something to say to him."

The Northwest Ghost-Exorcist General said, "You are a monster, what good words can you say? Besides, can you see Lingtai Zhenjun whenever you want? Come on, stop having these bad ideas, it's useless. Look how cool it is on the Demon-Slaying Platform, hurry up and get on it."

After saying that, General Bafang Yunlei immediately sent the Yellow Wind Monster to the demon-slaying platform, tied up his limbs with Gengjin chains as thick as his arms, and then sent him to the execution platform.

The Yellow Wind Monster looked up, and saw the 'Demon-Slaying Sword' above him flashing with a cold light, with lightning bolts as thick as fingers surrounding the blade.

General Dongbei Xuanyuan adjusted the head of the Yellow Wind Monster and pointed his neck at the edge of the 'Demon Slayer Sword' covered with thunder, then said: "Don't be afraid, it will only take a moment. With one strike, the head and body will be separated, the soul will be annihilated, the body will die, and the soul will go straight to the underworld. There will be no pain at all."

After saying that, General Xuanyuan of the Northeast stood up and walked down the demon-slaying platform with several other generals.

The next moment, General Lei, who was in charge of the execution on the Demon Slaying Platform, walked up to the platform, holding a talisman in his hand. He checked the time and said, "There is only one cup of tea left before the execution."

General Bafang Yunlei nodded, then stood there quietly and waited.

It was indeed cool on the demon-slaying platform. The Yellow Wind Monster was now covered in cold sweat and his whole body was trembling slightly. He had wanted to bargain with Zhuang Yan, but he didn't expect that Zhuang Yan was not joking and would really kill him if he said so.

"I want to see Lingtai Zhenjun." The Yellow Wind Monster shouted again.

But no one paid any attention to him, and no one responded to him. Only the cold wind from the Demon-Slaying Platform blew silently on his cheeks.

Huang Fengguai Huang Fengguai swallowed his saliva, his eyes were blurred by the cold light of the demon-slaying sword, and the fear in his heart began to spread.

As time passed, the feeling of waiting for death almost made Huang Fengguai collapse. After shouting a few more times and no one responded, the fear in Huang Fengguai's heart had swelled to the extreme.

At this moment, the Yellow Wind Monster began to chant: "Praise to Lingji Bodhisattva, who has great magical powers and a compassionate heart. I hope you will have mercy on me and save my life."

“Praise to Lingji Bodhisattva.”

The Yellow Wind Monster kept praising Lingji Bodhisattva and praying that Lingji Bodhisattva would have mercy on him and save him, but as time passed, Lingji Bodhisattva did not show up.

At this moment, General Lei suddenly said, "The time has come."

Generals Yunlei of all eight directions immediately shouted in unison: "Behead."

The Yellow Wind Monster screamed in fear, his face instantly filled with despair, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Buddha, Bodhisattva, save my life."

At the moment when the demon-slaying sword fell, a gentle and compassionate voice slowly sounded, "Generals, spare his life."

As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of Buddha's light slowly flew over and steadily held up the demon-slaying sword that was falling at a high speed.

The Yellow Wind Monster turned his head hurriedly to look, and saw auspicious signs filling the sky, Buddha's light shining brightly, and Lingji Bodhisattva riding on auspicious clouds slowly flying to the demon-slaying platform.

"Lingji Bodhisattva!" Huang Fengguai was overjoyed. Lingji Bodhisattva really came to save him.

Bodhisattva Lingji only glanced at the Yellow Wind Monster, then shook his head, and then said to General Bafang Yunlei: "My fellow generals, although this evil beast has done some evil, please spare his life because of the heaven's benevolence and the fact that this evil beast is still useful."

Generals of the Eight Directions, Thunder Generals who were in charge of execution, and the surrounding heavenly soldiers all saluted Lingji Bodhisattva. Afterwards, General Dongfang Yunlei said, "Bodhisattva, it's not that we don't want to, but this order was issued by True Lord Lingtai and True Lord Yisheng. We have no right to release this Yellow Wind Monster."

Bodhisattva Lingji smiled and said, "Please, all the heavenly generals, put this evil beast down first. I will go and explain the matter to True Lord Yisheng and True Lord Lingtai."

"Okay." General Bafang Yunlei nodded when he heard this, then stepped forward and put the Yellow Wind Monster down from the demon-slaying platform.

As soon as the Yellow Wind Monster was released, he hurried forward, knelt down in front of Lingji Bodhisattva with a look of relief, and kowtowed, saying, "Disciple thanks Bodhisattva for saving my life."

Bodhisattva Lingji shook his head and said, "Just follow me." Then, Bodhisattva Lingji took the Yellow Wind Monster and General Bafang Yunlei to the Thunder Department Heavenly Court to meet True Lord Yishen.

When Bodhisattva Lingji explained the situation to True Lord Yisheng, True Lord Yisheng smiled and said, "Bodhisattva, it was True Lord Lingtai's intention to execute the Yellow Wind Monster. It was also True Lord Lingtai who captured the Yellow Wind Monster. If Bodhisattva wants to save the Yellow Wind Monster, you need to ask True Lord Lingtai for help."

Bodhisattva Lingji put his hands together and said with a smile: "I was about to go to the residence of True Lord Yuji, so I came to explain this to True Lord Yisheng first."

Yisheng Zhenjun said: "It's easy for me to say. As long as Lingtai Zhenjun hands over another talisman, this case can be cleared."

When Lingji Bodhisattva heard this, he immediately bowed and thanked him, then took his leave and left, bringing the Yellow Wind Monster with him from the West Heaven Gate to the lower world, and went straight to the palace of Yuji Zhenjun in the first heaven.

After being informed by the heavenly soldiers, Lingji Bodhisattva brought the Yellow Wind Monster to the Yuji Palace.

When Zhuang Yan saw Lingji Bodhisattva arriving, he first stood up and saluted, and then ordered General Bi Zhen to set a seat and serve tea for Lingji Bodhisattva.

After Lingji Bodhisattva sat down, before he spoke, Zhuang Yan looked at the Yellow Wind Monster standing trembling beside him and said, "The Bodhisattva went to the Demon Slaying Platform to rescue the Yellow Wind Monster first, and now he comes to me again. Are you here to plead for this Yellow Wind Monster?"

Bodhisattva Lingji nodded and smiled, "Master Lingtai is as good as a god. I am here to plead for the Yellow Wind Monster. Master, this Yellow Wind Monster has extraordinary martial arts and magical powers. It would be a pity to kill him. Why not take him under your command and use him as a tool?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I gave him this opportunity, but he played tricks on me. If he knew that even though he has extraordinary skills, I don't have to accept him."

At this point, Zhuang Yan said calmly, "It's just a monster. No matter how powerful it is, it doesn't matter. Just kill it. There's nothing to regret."

Hearing this, the Yellow Wind Monster was so scared that he quickly knelt down. There was no arrogance in his eyes anymore, but instead his face was full of respect and awe.

"I am a little demon who is arrogant and conceited. I don't know my place and I don't recognize the majesty of the True Lord. I was rude and offensive before, but now I feel remorseful and I beg for forgiveness from the True Lord." After saying that, the Yellow Wind Monster kowtowed three times to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan smiled and asked, "Why don't you call me 'Little King' now?"

The Yellow Wind Monster didn't even raise his head, and said respectfully: "How dare I call myself a king in front of the True Lord? Besides, I am just a king. I am only summoned here to show off my power. From now on, I will never dare to call myself a king and do evil again."

At this moment, Bodhisattva Lingji also said to Zhuang Yan: "Master Lingtai, since he has repented and is willing to turn over a new leaf, why not take him under your wing and give him a chance to reform himself."

After saying this, Lingji Bodhisattva also stood up, put his hands together and said, "I also beg Lingtai Zhenjun to show mercy."

Seeing Lingji Bodhisattva like this, Zhuang Yan immediately stood up and walked down the steps of the hall, stepped forward to help Lingji Bodhisattva up and said: "How dare I accept such a great gift from the Bodhisattva? Bodhisattva, please stand up."

Lingji Bodhisattva stood up straight after Zhuang Yan helped him up. Then Zhuang Yan said to Huang Fengguai, "Since the Bodhisattva has mercifully interceded for you, I will spare your life and keep you in the residence of Yuji Zhenjun. If you dare to do evil again or disobey the law, you will be punished together. By then, not only the Bodhisattva, but even the Buddha will not be able to save you!"

The Yellow Wind Monster immediately kowtowed and said, "Little demon. No, I thank you for your forgiveness, Master. Please rest assured, Master, I will do my best and perform my duties faithfully in the future, and I will never be negligent."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan said, "Get up now."

"Thank you, Master." The Yellow Wind Monster hurriedly bowed and stood up, then bowed to Lingji Bodhisattva, thanking him for saving his life. He then walked to the side of the hall and stood there bowing.

Then Lingji Bodhisattva also said to Zhuang Yan: "True Lord, I will take my leave now."

Zhuang Yan asked in surprise, "Will the Bodhisattva not stay a little longer?"

Bodhisattva Lingji smiled and said, "I have some things to do in the Little Xumi Mountain, so I can't stay here for long. I hope you can forgive me."

"Okay, then I'll see the Bodhisattva off." Zhuang Yan said, and then he sent Lingji Bodhisattva out of the Yuji Palace. He watched Lingji Bodhisattva leave on the auspicious cloud, and then returned.

After returning to Yuji Palace, Zhuang Yan first wrote a talisman and submitted it to the Thunder Department Heavenly Court to withdraw the case against the Yellow Wind Monster.

Then he wrote another memorial, which was a memorial to the emperor, in which he recommended the Yellow Wind Monster as a subordinate celestial general of the Jade Extreme True Lord's palace.

Three days later, Taixuandu received an imperial decree, conferring upon Huangfengguai the title of 'General Dufeng', a seventh-rank immortal official of the lower Yuan Dynasty, under the jurisdiction of Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji Zhenjun, and granting him the immortal official jade certificate, immortal official robes, heavenly general armor and other items.

(End of this chapter)