I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 176: After the matter is over, each goes his own way

Sun Wukong was away for three days. After three days, Sun Wukong returned to the lower world and went to see Tang Seng first.

Tang Seng was taking care of Zhu Bajie himself. Sun Wukong was a little surprised when he saw this and asked hurriedly, "Master, what's wrong with this idiot?"

When Tang Seng saw Sun Wukong, he immediately smiled and said, "Wukong, you're back."

When Xiao Bailong and Sha Seng saw this, they also hurriedly called out, "Big Brother."

Then he told Sun Wukong about Zhu Bajie's illness. Sun Wukong laughed and said, "No wonder I smelled barbecue from so far away. Let me come and take a look."

After saying that, Sun Wukong stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Bajie's hand, and probed it with his magic power. Then he said with a smile: "This idiot has a demon in his heart. This is his calamity, and he has to bear it himself."

Xiao Bailong said: "The three old ladies said the same thing."

Sha Monk said: "Big Brother, Master has been working non-stop these past few days to take care of Third Brother."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he immediately said with emotion: "Thank you for your hard work, Master. I just don't know how much love and care you have for me. Does this fool know it?"

Tang Seng smiled and said, "You and Bajie are both my disciples. When a disciple is sick, a teacher will naturally take care of him. You are all the same."

Sun Wukong chuckled and said, "Master has a kind heart, and we disciples know it. But Master is responsible for the great mission of obtaining the scriptures, so you should also take care of your health."

Tang Seng nodded and said, "Okay, Master, I understand. Today, Bajie's body is not so hot anymore, and his speech is clearer. I will take care of him for a while."

Sun Wukong heard this and said, "Well, Master, I will go to pay my respects to my uncle first, and when I come back I will take over your care of Bajie."

Tang Seng smiled and said, "You should go and pay respect to Lingtai Zhenjun first. If it weren't for him, I would still be trapped in the Tiger Cave. Besides, as a son or nephew, filial piety should be the first priority. Go quickly."

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Master taught me to remember this. I will take my leave now."

Having said that, Sun Wukong bid farewell to Tang Seng, turned around and left the room, heading towards the small courtyard of the hermitage where Zhuang Yan was.

When he arrived outside the monastery, Sun Wukong straightened his clothes, smoothed his monkey hair, and then reached out to knock on the door.

"No need to knock, come in." But before Sun Wukong's hand knocked, Zhuang Yan's voice came from inside.

Sun Wukong grinned, then pushed the door open and walked in, seeing Zhuang Yan sitting upright on the couch, dressed in red clothes and feathered robes, looking like a true immortal.

Sun Wukong hurried forward, walked in front of Zhuang Yan, knelt down and bowed, saying: "Nephew greets uncle."

Zhuang Yan smiled slightly, raised his hand and gently patted Sun Wukong on the head. In an instant, a mysterious light flashed, and a magic formula immediately appeared in Sun Wukong's mind.

Sun Wukong suddenly raised his head and asked in surprise: "Uncle, what are you doing?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I will give you a magic formula."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong quickly checked the magic formula that Zhuang Yan had given him, and then he bowed with surprise and said, "Thank you, uncle, for the magic formula."

Zhuang Yan said, "This trick is called 'The Sure Hit Technique'. As long as you pinch this trick before fighting, all your attacks will hit the target within the next three hours. After three hours, just pinch another trick, and you can continue for another three hours. This trick can be used indefinitely."

Sun Wukong said happily: "Nephew understands, thank you uncle."

"Get up." Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

Sun Wukong responded, then stood up. He looked at Zhuang Yan, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Zhuang Yan said, "Do you have anything you want to ask? Just ask directly."

Sun Wukong heard this and asked with a smile, "Uncle, Brother Tiger..."

Zhuang Yan laughed, and after a moment he said, "I have asked him to take the monsters from Tiger Spirit Cave back to Lingtai Mountain first."

Sun Wukong scratched his head and said, "Uncle, that's not what I'm asking. I want to ask, how are you going to punish Brother Tiger when you return?"

Zhuang Yan asked in return: "How do you think we should deal with it?"

Sun Wukong thought for a moment and said, "Although Brother Tiger has captured Master and prevented us from obtaining the scriptures, he has not done anything evil, nor has he done anything that is against the will of heaven and earth. Uncle, please show some mercy and don't be too harsh."

Zhuang Yan smiled and pointed at Sun Wukong, saying, "I know what you are thinking. You don't need to guess or test it. Just know it in your heart."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Thank you, uncle, for your guidance."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "Protect your master well while he goes to obtain the scriptures. It's time for me to go back as well."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan's body began to disappear. Seeing this, Sun Wukong bowed and said, "Farewell, uncle."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Yan’s figure disappeared into nothingness, without any trace left.

After Zhuang Yan left, Sun Wukong returned to the room where Zhu Bajie was, but before he entered the door, he heard a very loud cry coming from inside.

When Sun Wukong walked in, he saw that Zhu Bajie's illness had completely recovered. He was kneeling on the ground, bowing and crying to Tang Seng.

Although Zhu Bajie was very ill, unconscious and talking nonsense these days, he had a very clear impression of the care given to him by the people around him.

Just now, a light bulb went off in Zhu Bajie's mind, and the memories of the past few days flooded into his mind. He suddenly realized, let go of his obsession, got rid of his inner demons, his mind became clear, and his illness was cured.

At this moment, Zhu Bajie was heard kneeling in front of Tang Monk and crying, "Master, I will never forget your love and care. From now on, I will conscientiously protect you on your journey to the West to obtain the scriptures, and I will never have second thoughts!"

When Sun Wukong saw this, he immediately laughed and said, "Fool, have you finally come to your senses?"

Tang Seng helped Zhu Bajie up and said to Sun Wukong, "Wukong, Bajie's illness has just recovered, so please stop teasing him."

However, Zhu Bajie said, "Master, Monkey King is right. My mind has been confused for hundreds of years, but today I finally wake up."

Tang Seng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "What are you two brothers talking about? How come I don't understand?"

Zhu Bajie sighed, and suddenly asked Sun Wukong, "Brother Monkey, did you go to see Lingtai Zhenjun just now?"

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "Yes, I just came back from paying respects to my uncle."

Zhu Bajie asked quickly, "Is Lingtai Zhenjun still here? I want to thank him."

Sun Wukong was also stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Uncle just left."

Zhu Bajie couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and said, "I was able to suddenly realize the world and wake up from a dream, all because of the enlightenment of Lingtai Zhenjun. I owe him a huge favor." Sun Wukong smiled after hearing this and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to owe someone a favor? You can pay it back slowly in the future. They are not rushing you."

Zhu Bajie nodded and said, "By the way, Monkey King, you are the nephew of Lingtai Zhenjun. It would be the same if I return the favor to you, right?"

"Really?" Sun Wukong laughed when he heard this and said, "Why don't you call me Grandpa Sun first?"

Zhu Bajie's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said angrily, "You damned Bi Ma Wen, why do you always want to take advantage of me?"

Sun Wukong laughed loudly after hearing this and said to Tang Seng: "Master, this fool seems to be really well. We should continue on our journey."

Early the next morning, Tang Seng and his companions bid farewell to the Mother of Lishan, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, and continued on their journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

Lingtai Mountain, Danchi Ridge, the five generals Bear, Jackal, Leopard, Wolf and Badger followed the Tiger Vanguard to the peach forest outside the Zhenjun Mansion.

The two brothers Hu Lailai and Hu Ququ ran all the way to greet them. After not seeing each other for hundreds of years, the two father and sons hugged each other tightly when they met.

"Good, good, good." Tiger Vanguard looked at the strong bodies of his two sons, stretched out his hands and punched each of the brothers in the chest, and then said: "This is like a real man."

Then Tiger Vanguard turned around, pointed at the two brothers and said to the five generals: "These two boys are my sons. The older one is called Tiger Lailai, and the younger one is called Tiger Ququ."

Upon hearing this, the five generals hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, saying, "Greetings to the two young kings."

Hu Lailai asked, "Dad, are they your men?"

Tiger Vanguard smiled and said, "It was before, but it won't be anymore in the future."

"Oh? Why?" Hu asked.

Tiger Vanguard said: "From now on they will be your subordinates."

After that, Tiger Vanguard said to General Bear and the other four, "From now on, my two sons will take care of you. You should call them King and stop calling me King."

Hearing this, General Xiong and his five companions hurriedly bowed to Hu Lailai and said, "Greetings to the Great King." They also bowed to Hu Ququ and said, "Greetings to the Second Great King."

Although the two brothers had been subordinates of the Great Sage Huangfeng for a long time, they had never been called "king" by anyone. Now that they were called "king" by the subordinates of Tiger Vanguard, the two brothers seemed extremely excited.

"Dad, are these all the five of your men?" Hu Lailai asked.

Tiger Vanguard pointed to the foot of the mountain and said, "There are still several thousand people at the foot of the mountain. By the way, the task of settling them is also handed over to you two brothers. You must do this for me."

"Dad, don't worry." Hu Lailai said excitedly when he heard that there were still thousands of people.

Hu Ququ said, "Oh, right, Dad, we are helping Aunt Huo Ling now, what should we do with her?"

Tiger Vanguard waved his hand and said, "I won't need you anymore now that I'm back. Go do your business and find a place for everyone to settle down as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the two brothers immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

Then Tiger Vanguard said to General Bear and the other four, "From now on, you will listen to these two guys. If they do something wrong, come to me and I will take care of them."

General Xiong and his four companions immediately bowed and said, "As you command."

Afterwards, the two brothers Hu Lailai and Hu Ququ took the five people down the mountain, and at this moment, the True Immortal Fire Spirit also appeared in the sight of Hu Xianfeng.

Tiger Vanguard quickly stepped forward and bowed to the Fire Spirit Immortal, saying, "I pay my respects to the Prime Minister."

Fire Spirit Immortal waved his hand and smiled, saying, "No need to be polite, get up."

Tiger Vanguard thanked him and stood up straight. Fire Spirit Immortal said with a smile: "These two guys, I usually tell them to do things but they are never so fast. After all, their father is back."

Tiger Vanguard laughed and asked, "Minister, where is Lan'er?"

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "You haven't come back for hundreds of years, so she ran away with someone."

"Ah?" Tiger Pioneer was shocked, and then he said angrily: "Which son of a bitch dares to seduce my wife?" Tiger Pioneer quickly asked Fire Spirit Immortal: "Who did she run off with?"

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "He ran away with Lu Hanzhi."

Hearing this, Tiger Vanguard's anger instantly disappeared. He patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "So he ran away with a woman. Fortunately, it's okay."

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled faintly and said, "Now that you are back, hurry up and clean up your own abode. You will be busy with the affairs of the mansion from now on."

Upon hearing this, Tiger Vanguard immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Prime Minister."

At the same time when Tiger Vanguard returned to Lingtai Mountain, Zhuang Yan also returned to the Palace of Jade Extreme True Lord of the First Heaven.

The Great Sage Huangfeng was lying on the cloud steps outside the Yuji Palace, sleeping with his hands on his head and his legs crossed.

Zhuang Yan walked up to him, and Great Sage Huang Feng felt someone blocking the sun, so he opened his eyes and took a look.

The next moment, Great Sage Huang Feng quickly stood up and bowed to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Master, you are back?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Didn't I disturb your sleep?"

“No, no, I’ve had enough sleep. I was just closing my eyes to rest.” The Great Sage Huang Feng said with a smile.

Zhuang Yan nodded and asked as he walked into the hall, "Is there anything important happening recently?"

The Great Sage Huang Feng followed closely behind him and said, "My Lord, there is nothing major. These are just small matters. I will be able to handle them quickly as long as the Demon Subduing Envoy gives me instructions."

"Yeah, very good." Zhuang Yan nodded.

The Great Sage Huang Feng said, "There is just one thing I want to report to the True Lord."

"What's the matter?" Zhuang Yan asked.

The Great Sage Yellow Wind said, "Last time, I followed the order of the Demon Subduing Envoy to go to the Dongsheng Divine Continent to subdue demons. I passed by a Taoist temple called 'Lingtai Temple', where you, the True Lord, are enshrined. I didn't take it seriously at first, but later I asked the Demon Subduing Envoy and learned that the True Lord has no Taoist lineage in the world. The arrival of this Taoist temple is strange, so I am reporting it to the True Lord now."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I already know about this matter. Let's ignore it for now. I will go down to the world to take a look in person in a few days."

After hearing this, Great Sage Huang Feng said no more, but bowed and replied, "Yes, True Lord."

(End of this chapter)