I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 161: There is a King in the Tiger Cave

The Kingdom of Sravasti, the Hanging Golden Temple, and the Garden of Ten Thousand Flowers.

The white flowers are gorgeous, each one competing for beauty, and the thousands of them are evergreen. The green trees are shady, the grass is fragrant, and the green trees are evergreen.

In the flower paths of the forest garden, immortals, gods and bodhisattvas were talking and laughing. On this side, there were thousands of evergreen flowers, and on that side, there were evergreen trees.

A goddess with a beautiful and graceful figure in the crowd smiled and said, "I heard that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva became a monk in this Xuanjin Temple?"

"That's right." Samantabhadra, who was wearing a colorful cassock and had five knots on his hair, nodded and smiled, "This Wanhua Forest Garden is the garden that I opened when I was practicing in Xuanjin Temple. I planted some flowers that I like. Now it's the season for flower viewing, so I invite all Taoist friends to come and enjoy the flowers."

At this time, a Bodhisattva with a dragon bun on her head, wearing a white silk robe, with eyebrows like a small moon, eyes like two stars, a happy face, red lips, and holding a willow bottle, came over. It was the compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea.

I saw Guanyin Bodhisattva came in front of the goddess and Manjusri Bodhisattva, put his hands together, bowed slightly and said: "This poor monk greets you, Yuanjun."

This goddess is none other than the Taoist master, the Mother of Mount Li, who is also known as the 'Jade Purity Saint Ancestor Ziyuanjun'.

When the Mother of Mount Li saw Guanyin, she smiled slightly, returned the greeting, and then asked, "Fellow Daoist, aren't you leading the pilgrimage recently? How come you have the time to come to the Wanhua Forest Garden to appreciate the flowers?"

Bodhisattva Guanyin smiled and said, "I am here because of the invitation from Taoist friend Puxian. As for the matter of obtaining the scriptures, now that the people who are going to obtain the scriptures have gathered, I don't need to worry about the rest."

Lishan Laomu asked: "I heard that the pilgrim has to go through 81 trials and tribulations before he can reach the West and obtain the true scriptures?"

"Yes." Guanyin Bodhisattva nodded.

Lishan Laomu asked again: "How many difficulties have you overcome now?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said: "Since I set out on the journey to obtain the scriptures, I have now passed the five difficulties."

"It's still early." Lishan Old Mother said with a smile: "I wonder if the pilgrim's heart is firm?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "The eighty-one difficulties are to sharpen the heart of Taoism, to help the pilgrims to strengthen their faith and obtain the true scriptures."

Upon hearing this, Lishan Old Mother nodded, and suddenly she became interested and said, "How about we go and test the Daoist heart of the pilgrim after appreciating the flowers?"

Hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva's eyes lit up and he smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant."

At this time, Manjusri Bodhisattva also came over and stood beside Samantabhadra Bodhisattva with a smile. Lishan Old Mother glanced at him and said with a smile: "Well, after we enjoy the flowers, we will go and test the character of the pilgrim."

Upon hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva all smiled and nodded.

A month later, the flower season was over and the flower viewing party ended. The immortals and gods came to bid farewell to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and left.

The Mother of Lishan Mountain stayed behind specially and traveled leisurely with Guanyin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas in the direction of the pilgrims.

Another two or three months passed, in late autumn, Lishan Laomu, Guanyin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra finally arrived at Ziluo Mountain.

After entering the mountain, the Mother of Lishan and the three Bodhisattvas changed their appearance. The Mother of Lishan turned into a middle-aged beautiful woman with lingering charm, while the three Bodhisattvas, Guanyin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra, each turned into a beautiful, well-behaved, dignified and pretty young girl.

The three girls walked forward, bowed slightly to the beautiful Lishan Old Mother, and called out with a smile, "Mother."

The Mother of Lishan laughed, and the three Bodhisattvas also laughed. Then the Mother of Lishan raised her hand and pointed. A fairy light flashed in the mountains and forests behind her, and a group of houses and manors appeared immediately.

In the very center of this estate, there stands a magnificent and elegant mansion with painted rafters and carved beams.

The Mother of Lishan and the three Bodhisattvas entered the mansion and waited for the arrival of Tang Monk and his disciples.

At the same time, deep in the Zi Luo Mountain, there is a cave.

This cave is built against the mountain and is magnificent and vast, just like a palace hidden in the mountains.

This cave is called "Tiger Spirit Cave". In the cave lives a Tiger Spirit King who came here hundreds of years ago, opened up mountains and built a palace, captured monsters, reclaimed fields, and raised livestock. It is like a "monster kingdom".

At this time, the Tiger Spirit King was meditating and practicing in his cave. Suddenly, a golden light appeared in the Tiger Spirit King's mind, and a figure appeared in front of the Tiger Spirit King.

When Tiger Spirit King saw the figure, he immediately bowed and said, "This subordinate pays homage to the True Lord."

Zhuang Yan smiled slightly and said nothing. He just raised his hand and pointed at the Tiger Spirit King. Three fairy lights flashed in the Tiger Spirit King's spirit platform, and then Zhuang Yan's figure slowly disappeared.

"Farewell, my lord." When King Hu Ling saw Zhuang Yan's figure disappearing, he hurriedly bowed to see him off.

Yes, this Tiger Spirit King was the Tiger Vanguard who was ordered to go down the mountain.

After Zhuang Yan's manifested body left, Tiger Vanguard hurriedly checked the three things that Zhuang Yan had sent to his spiritual platform.

The first thing is a magical power called "Shocking God Roar". When Shocking God roars, all gods and Buddhas are stunned.

The second item is a magic weapon called "Bi-Hit Jade". If you wear this jade pendant, all attacks will hit the target.

The third item was a talisman, on which was written: "Stop the pilgrim, and wait for my order when to let him go."

After reading it, Tiger Vanguard immediately put away the talisman, then put on the 'Sure Hit Jade', and then incorporated the magical power 'Shocking Roar' into the Yuanshen Taoism.

At this time, Tiger Vanguard opened his eyes. A hundred years ago, Zhuang Yan had given him and Chi Ling a "Xuanli Vajra Pill", so they had already cultivated an indestructible body of Vajra.

Now he has the 'Heavenly Sword' as his weapon, the 'God-Shocking Roar' as his magical power, the 'Jade That Hit the Mark' as his magic weapon, the 'Shock the Group of Spirits' as his spell, and his body is the 'Indestructible Body of Vajra', which are enough to compete with the monkey.

"Hehe." Thinking of this, Tiger Pioneer couldn't help but reveal an indescribable smile on his face.

But Chi Ling is not with him now. The two of them have opened up their own caves and are the demons themselves. Hu Xianfeng remembered that Chi Ling said in the letter that the place where she was was still 70,000 to 80,000 miles away from here.

Since the True Lord appeared and sent down the talisman, it means that the pilgrim will soon reach Ziluo Mountain.

Thinking of this, Tiger Vanguard immediately stood up, walked out of his own abode, and came to the main cave hall of Tiger Spirit Cave.

Tiger Vanguard called a group of little demons around him and told them, "Little ones, pass it on. Pay more attention when patrolling the mountain recently. If you see a monk riding a purple horse with four disciples entering the mountain, report it immediately."

The little demons followed the orders and returned to their camps, passing on Tiger Vanguard's instructions. After that, the demons of Ziluo Mountain increased their patrols of the mountain. Just one day later, a little demon came to report: "My king, a manor appeared in the mountain without knowing when."

"Oh?" Tiger Vanguard asked in surprise, "An extra manor? Who lives in it?"

Xiao Yao said, "There is only a widow and three daughters. Oh, by the way, their surname is Jia."

Tiger Vanguard said with a smile: "I have been in Ziluo Mountain for hundreds of years, and no mortal has ever settled in the mountain. Isn't it strange that a family with the surname Jia suddenly appeared today?"

After that, Tiger Vanguard called a little demon and said, "General Leopard, take a few people and some wine and food to visit the manor and find out the origins of these people."

Upon hearing this, General Leopard bowed and said, "Yes, I obey your command."

Not long after, General Leopard brought a group of little demons and arrived outside the manor with wine and food.

General Bao walked forward and knocked on the door. Soon a beautiful middle-aged woman opened the door. It was the Mother of Lishan.

Lishan Laomu glanced at General Bao and the little demons behind him, and then asked, "Who are you?"

General Leopard pointed at his leopard head and said, "We are not human."

Lishan Old Mother smiled and said, "I know you are not human, so I want to ask where you come from."

General Bao said, "We are subordinates of the Tiger Spirit King of the Tiger Spirit Cave in Ziluo Mountain. Recently, the little demons patrolling the mountain discovered a manor in the mountain, where several orphans and widows live, so the king ordered us to send some wine and food to visit."

Lishan Old Mother was surprised and asked, "How could there be such a good demon king in the world?"

When General Bao heard this, he couldn't help but say proudly: "The only one in the world who is so good is my king."

Then General Bao said to Lishan Laomu, "Madam, please open the door so we can bring in the wine and food."

"Okay." Lishan Laomu nodded and opened the door.

Afterwards, General Leopard led the little demons to unload the wine and food from the cart and moved them all into the mansion.

Lishan Laomu walked back to the backyard and called out Guanyin, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra. She shouted in front of General Bao: "Zhenzhen, Aiai, Lianlian, quickly set up the tables and chairs and prepare some tea to entertain these generals from the mountains."

The three Bodhisattvas responded in a sweet voice: "Yes, mother."

Soon, several tables and a dozen chairs were set up in the yard, and the monsters also moved all the wine and food into the yard.

General Bao asked, "Madam, where is your warehouse? We can just move the wine and food to the warehouse, and you won't bother to worry about it later."

Lishan Old Mother smiled and said, "Don't bother. My warehouse has a lot of valuables and they are all full. Just put these wine and food here for now."

Hearing this, General Leopard nodded with an indifferent expression on his face.

This scene made Lishan Laomu and the three Bodhisattvas very strange. This was not like the style of monsters. Ordinary monsters would probably start snatching things immediately after hearing this.

But soon Lishan Laomu reacted and smiled at General Bao and his party, "Generals, please sit down and have a cup of tea."

General Bao did not refuse. He waved his hand and asked the little demons to come over and sit down to drink tea. General Bao handed over a form and said, "Madam, this is the gift form for my king's visit."

Lishan Laomu took it and looked at it, and saw that it was written: thirty jars of sake, three hundred kilograms of rice, and three hundred kilograms of meat.

The Mother of Mount Li handed the form to the three Bodhisattvas, who were also filled with surprise.

Lishan Laomu first asked General Bao to take a seat, and then began to thank him: "Your king has sent us so much wine, meat and food. I am really grateful."

General Bao laughed and said, "What's the big deal? Our cave storehouse is filled with wine, meat and food, enough to feed all the goblins in our cave for ten years."

"So much?!" Guanyin Bodhisattva asked, "Where do all these wine, meat and food come from?"

General Bao said: "We grow the food ourselves, the wine is made from the food we grow ourselves, and the meat is from the livestock and poultry we raise ourselves."

The three Bodhisattvas and the Mother of Mount Lishan looked at each other in surprise when they heard this. They didn't believe it at first, but when they saw that there was basically no demonic aura in the monsters before them, and each of them was honest and simple. If it weren't for their monster-like appearance, they would really be no different from ordinary farm boys.

At this time, General Leopard also asked, "Where did the old lady and the three young ladies come from? This manor did not exist a few days ago. Since you were able to build a manor in a short period of time, you must not be an ordinary family, right?"

Hearing General Bao's question, Lishan Laomu smiled slightly, glanced at the three Bodhisattvas, then turned to General Bao and said, "General, there is no need to ask more questions. Please thank your king for me when you go back."

As soon as he finished speaking, General Bao and the others suddenly saw a white mist floating in front of them. The next moment, they were sent out of the manor and appeared on a mountain ridge.

General Bao came to his senses, raised his head and looked down the mountain. He saw that the manor was still standing in the forest at the foot of the mountain. There were chickens crowing, dogs barking, and smoke rising from the manor.

At this time, a little demon asked in confusion: "General, weren't we just drinking tea in that garden?"

General Bao said, "They sent us out. That old woman is not simple. I was about to ask them about their origins when she sent us out. Let's go and report to the king."

So General Leopard brought a group of little monsters back to the Tiger Spirit Cave and reported the matter to Tiger Vanguard.

After listening to General Leopard's report, Tiger Vanguard immediately said with an unhappy face: "This person is so unreasonable. He didn't even let you finish your tea before asking you where you came from. It's too unreasonable. Well, since they are so overbearing, I will go and meet them in person."

After that, Tiger Vanguard called General Wolf, General Badger, General Jackal and others, and then asked, "Where is General Bear?"

General Jackal said, "My king, General Bear has prepared the cave, and he is well fed and well watered, and is preparing to hibernate with his whole family."

Tiger Vanguard nodded and said, "Okay, then don't call him. The rest of you follow me down the mountain."

General Leopard, General Jackal, General Wolf, and General Badger all responded immediately and said, "Yes."

With Tiger Vanguard and four generals, they went down the mountain in a menacing manner and arrived outside the manor after a while.

(End of this chapter)