I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 208: Seeking the Dragon and Asking the Land, Encountering a Fairy on the Road

"Is this the land temple?" Wu Zhao asked in surprise, looking at the low and broken mound in front of him.

Shu Baoer nodded and said, "Yes, the previous temple collapsed, and this one was built by me for the land god."

Wu Zhao was speechless. The land temple in front of him was no more than three inches high. It was not only short but also very dilapidated. If you didn't look carefully, you would have thought it was a pile of mud played by children.

After Shu Baoer finished speaking, he stepped forward and knocked on the mud temple, and asked, "Is the Land God at home?"

A puff of green smoke rose from the mud temple, and soon a short land god with a dog's body, long hair and beard, looking like an old man, appeared in front of Shu Baoer and Wu Zhao.

"Hey, Baoer? How come you have time to come to see me today?" asked the land god with a smile.

Baoer said happily, "Look, Grandpa Land, this is Baoer's new friend, Wu Tou'er, this is the Land God of Feng Wanlin."

Wu Zhao was shocked to see the God of Land appearing with his own eyes. He bowed and said, "Wu Zhao pays respect to the God of Land."

The land god looked at Wu Zhao and was stunned for a moment when he saw the Taoist robe she was wearing. Then he said, "Little girl, there is no need to be polite. Where are you from?"

Baoer rushed to say, "Grandpa Land God, Wu Tou'er is the Taoist child in our Fengwan Forest."

"The Taoist boy in the maple forest?" The land god was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding.

Wu Zhao then said, "Replying to the Earth God, I am a Taoist child in the Zhuoxian Garden in the Maple Evening Forest."

"Oh?" The land god was stunned again when he heard this, and asked, "When did Zhuoxianyuan become a Taoist temple?"

After saying this, the land god couldn't help but take out the land book and opened it to check. After seeing this, he suddenly realized, "Oh, Li Zhongquan's family moved away, and a man named Zhuang Yan bought Zhuoxian Garden. Haha, this Zhuang Yan is not simple, his name is also shining with gold. Ouch!!!"

The land god reacted suddenly and quickly closed the land book. He blinked his eyes, an embarrassed look on his face and a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.

After waiting for a while and seeing nothing unusual, the land god finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had survived a disaster.

Wu Zhao saw this scene and asked in confusion, "Lord of the Land, what's wrong with you?"

"Haha." The land god quickly put away the land book and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay."

At this point, the land god stared at Wu Zhao for a moment, then asked Shu Baoer: "Baoer, what do you want me to do today?"

Shu Baoer said, "Grandpa Land, Wu Tou'er wants to ask you something."

"What's the matter?" The land god looked at Wu Zhao.

Wu Zhao bowed and asked, "Does the Earth God know where there is a real dragon?"

"Real dragon?" The land god was stunned for a moment, and then asked in surprise, "What are you looking for a real dragon for?"

Wu Zhao said: "My master gave me a Taoist method, but to practice this method, I need to refine a true dragon energy."

When the land god heard this, his expression became serious and he asked, "Who is your master?"

Wu Zhao said: "It is the current master of Zhuxian Garden, Master Zhuang Yan."

The land god immediately stood up in awe, bowed to Wu Zhao, and then pointed to the east of Fengwan Forest and said, "Go east from here, and after you walk out of Fengwan Forest, you will reach the Chanshui River, where the Chanhe Dragon King lives."

Wu Zhao asked: "Is this Chan River Dragon King a real dragon?"

The land god nodded and said, "It is a real dragon, but it does not belong to the Five Directions Dragons, nor does it belong to the Four Seas Dragon Clan. It is just a blue dragon."

Wu Zhao bowed and asked, "May I ask the Earth God, are there any levels of real dragons? What is the difference between the Five Directions Divine Dragons and the Four Seas Dragon Clan?"

The land god stroked his long beard and said, "In this world, true dragons are divided into three categories. The first category is the five divine dragons and the four sea dragons. The five divine dragons are 'the central yellow dragon, the eastern blue dragon, the northern black dragon, the southern red dragon, and the western white dragon.'"

"The four sea dragons are the four sea dragons of the east, south, west and north. However, the blue, white, red and black dragons among the five divine dragons mostly come from the four sea dragons, so the 'five divine dragons of the four seas' are the most noble of the dragons."

"The second is the miscellaneous dragons. Although miscellaneous dragons are also true dragons, their bloodline is not pure after all, and their talents are limited. Therefore, they are ranked below the true dragons of the five directions and four seas."

"The worst is the Jiaolong. Jiaolong is not a real dragon, but is classified as a demon. It is also the lowest class of 'dragon'. Even the dragon tribes of the four seas do not recognize them as dragons."

Wu Zhao suddenly realized, and then asked: "Among the five divine dragons mentioned by the Earth God, is the Eastern Azure Dragon one of the four great gods?"

"No." The land god smiled and said, "The Azure Dragon in the East, the Vermillion Bird in the South, the Black Tortoise in the North, and the White Tiger in the West, these four gods are not actually 'divine beasts' or animals, but 'Dou Su'. The Azure Dragon in the East is the 'Eastern Cang Su', also known as the Eastern Cang Dragon Seven Constellations, which are composed of the seven major constellations of 'Jiao Mu Jiao, Kang Jin Long, Di Tu He, Fang Ri Tu, Xin Yue Fox, Wei Huo Hu, and Ji Shui Bao'. Because the arrangement of these seven major constellations on Zhou Tian resembles a Cang Long, these seven constellations are collectively called 'the Cang Long Seven Constellations' or 'the Azure Dragon Seven Constellations'."

"I understand." Wu Zhao bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, God of Land."

The land god waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's nothing, but although the Chan River Dragon King is only a blue dragon, he is a river dragon king after all. If you want to get his true dragon energy, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Wu Zhao asked: "Does the land god have any solution?"

"How can I do anything?" The land god shook his head and laughed, "I am just a piece of land."

Then, the land god turned to Wu Zhao and said, "You should ask your master, maybe he has a solution."

Wu Zhao frowned and said, "The master just told me to figure it out myself. No matter what method I use, as long as I can get a true dragon's energy, I will succeed."

The land god smiled and said, "This should be your master's test for you. In this case, you can only rely on yourself."

"It's okay." Shu Baoer said to Wu Zhao, "Wutou'er, Baoer will help you!"

"Yeah." Wu Zhao looked at Shu Baoer and nodded.

The land god saw this and said nothing more, but just warned: "You two must be very careful, don't take any risks, use your brains more, especially you, Baoer, you are stupid and stubborn, don't send yourself to the Dragon King for a feast when you can't get the dragon energy, your squirrel meat is not enough to fill the Dragon King's teeth."

Hearing this, Baoer shrank his neck in fear, then nodded repeatedly and said, "Baoer will remember what Grandpa Land said!"

The land god reached out and touched Baoer's head, then smiled and said, "It depends on your luck."

“???” Baoer looked at the land god in confusion, only to see that he had turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared in the mud temple.

Then Baoer took Wuzhao back to her tree hole nest, took a large bag of pine nuts and put it on her back, and then the two of them walked all the way to the east of Fengwan Forest. The two of them walked for eight or nine miles, and Baoer jumped all the way, getting more and more excited as she walked. It was the first time for her to be so far away from home.

But Wu Zhao had lived a life of luxury since childhood. At the age of seven, she had to walk eight or nine miles along a mountain road, which was beyond the limit of her small body.

"Baoer, stop, don't go away." Wu Zhao shouted to the front.

Baoer in front stopped, turned around and came to Wu Zhao and asked, "Wu, what's wrong?"

Wu Zhao sat down on the ground without any image, then took off her shoes and pulled up her pantyhose. Her feet were covered with blisters and her pair of snow-white and tender calves were swollen and thicker than her thighs.

"Ah!" Baoer exclaimed, and quickly squatted on the ground, grabbed Wu Zhao's swollen left leg and said, "How could this happen?"

Wu Zhao groaned and said quickly: "Don't move my legs, it hurts."

Baoer was startled again, and quickly let go of Wu Zhao's left leg, letting it fall. Wu Zhao cried out in pain again, glaring at Baoer and said, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Baoer's face flushed, and he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Wu Tou'er, I didn't mean it."

Seeing her panic, Wu Zhao's heart softened and he said in a slow tone, "It's okay, Baoer, let's rest here for a while."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Wutou." Baoer nodded.

At this moment, the sky was dark, the setting sun was dim, and the mountain peaks were getting colder. Wu Zhao couldn't help but tighten his clothes.

Seeing this, Baoer asked, "Wutouer, are you cold?"

Wu Zhao nodded and said, "Cold."

"Then I'll go collect some firewood and make a fire. Then it won't be cold anymore." Baoer said, and got up to collect some firewood.

But at this moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from a patch of grass not far away. The next moment, a quack was heard from the grass, and a huge toad jumped out from it.

The toad was half a man's height, with warts all over its body. Its eyes were full of evil, and its big mouth opened from time to time, spewing out gusts of fishy air.

“Hahaha!” The toad actually spoke human language, staring at Wu Zhao who was sitting there with a pair of evil eyes and said, “What a pair of virgin’s jade feet! I’m lucky today, Grandpa.”

After saying that, the toad opened its mouth and spit out something with a "whoosh" sound. A scarlet tongue flew out from the toad's mouth four or five feet away, and with a "snap" sound, it wrapped around Wu Zhao's right leg and ankle.

Wu Zhao cried out in surprise and struggled, swinging his legs, trying to shake off the wet, sticky and disgusting tongue that was wrapped around his ankle.

But with a surge of great force, the toad spirit retracted its tongue, and Wu Zhao's body was dragged towards the toad spirit with a "swoosh".

"Baoer!" Wu Zhao exclaimed.

Baoer's reaction was not slow either. She first shouted "Wutou'er", then rushed forward without saying a word and hugged Wu Zhao's body.

But Baoer was too weak, and hugging Wu Zhao was of no avail. Instead, the two of them were dragged over by the toad spirit's tongue.

Wu Zhao reacted quickly. In the moment when Baoer hugged him, he grabbed a branch nearby.

With a 'bang' Wu Zhao's body was pulled straight, but her body stopped in mid-air. The tongue on her feet continued to give her a huge pulling force, and Wu Zhao felt that her hands holding the branch were slowly slipping.

She quickly said to Baoer who was hugging her, "Go hit its tongue, quickly."

Baoer quickly stood up, ran forward, stretched out his fist and started beating the tongue that was wrapped around Wu Zhao's ankle.

But when her little fist hit the tongue, it was like hitting a rubber band, it just bounced lightly without any harm.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zhao couldn't help but shout: "Stupid, cut it with a knife."

"I don't have a knife." Baoer was almost crying in anxiety, and while saying this, he punched and kicked the tongue.

Wu Zhao was very desperate when she saw this scene. She immediately realized that she had to rely on herself to escape. She glanced around and saw a broken branch in front of her. Her eyes lit up and she immediately let go of her right hand that was holding the branch.

As soon as the hand loosened, Wu Zhao's body was immediately pulled over by the tongue, but Wu Zhao was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He stretched out his left arm and hugged Baoer's body to slow down the speed.

At the same time, Wu Zhao stretched out his right hand and grabbed the branch on the ground, and then at the moment when his speed slowed down, he stabbed the sharp end of the branch towards his ankle.

In a flash, with a "pop" sound, the sharp branch slid down Wu Zhao's calf, cutting a long gash on her delicate flesh.

Then, the sharp end of the branch, with all of Wu Zhao's strength, finally pierced the toad spirit's tongue that was wrapped around his ankle. A flash of blood burst out, and the toad spirit's tongue was pierced in an instant.

"Ah!!!" The toad spirit roared, then quickly released Wu Zhao's ankle and retracted its long scarlet tongue.

Wu couldn't take care of the injury on his leg. He endured the severe pain and climbed up. He grabbed Bao'er and said, "Run!"

But before the two of them could run a few steps, the toad spirit leaped directly over their heads and landed in front of them.

"Little girl, you are so naughty, you must be punished." The toad spirit's tone was three parts angry and seven parts vulgar.

Wu Zhao's face changed, and he turned around with Bao'er and ran to the other side, but he only heard a soft "whoosh" sound behind him, and then his waist was tightened.

Wu Zhao looked down and saw that his slender and delicate waist was tightly wrapped by a bloody tongue. Then a strong force came and Wu Zhao was sucked over by the toad spirit's tongue.

"Wutou'er!" Baoer exclaimed and hurriedly chased after him.

But the toad spirit had already opened its bloody mouth, and Baoer was about to be swallowed by the toad spirit. At this moment, Baoer was so anxious that he even cried out.

However, in the blink of an eye, an iron crutch was suddenly inserted into the toad monster's mouth, and then it was poked hard into the toad monster's upper jaw. With a "pop" sound, the toad monster's upper jaw was immediately pierced by the iron crutch.

The toad spirit let out a scream instantly, its tongue loosened its grip on Wu Zhao, and it leaped back to pull the iron crutch out of its mouth.

But after the toad demon fell to the ground, he rolled over in pain. The iron crutch stabbed the toad demon so fiercely that it pierced his entire upper jaw. Blood gushed out from both his face and mouth.

Hearing the toad spirit's screams, Wu Zhao, who had just escaped death and was still in shock, quickly looked up and saw a young man in a cloth robe, with tied hair and no beard, limping towards her with a bloody iron crutch.

(End of this chapter)