I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 21: Visiting the Master in the Mountains, the Deer Demon Asks About Love (4K)

Zhuang Yan stood in front of the mountain god temple with his body bowed, listening to Zhao Qingsi, the messenger from Xiniu Hezhou of the Human World Department, reading out the imperial decree of the Taixuandu Province word by word.

The moment Zhao Qingsi finished reading the decree, the Immortal Official Jade Certificate in his spiritual altar lit up with a golden divine light, and then the Immortal Official Jade Certificate of the Eighth Rank Mountain God was immediately upgraded to the Immortal Official Jade Certificate of the Seventh Rank Mountain God.

Moreover, the divine power of the Immortal Official Jade Certificate also expanded from the original 300-li Lingtai Mountain range to cover all the mountains and rivers of the 3,000-li Guangci Prefecture.

At the same time, a new set of immortal official robes appeared in his immortal official jade book, which were the 'Nine-Sky Cloud Crane Robe' and 'Green Ribbon and White Jade Belt' of the seventh-rank immortal official of the Lower Yuan Dynasty.

However, the robes of the seventh-rank immortal officials are the same as the robes of the eighth-rank immortal officials. They are both "spiritual treasures", but they do not have many functions. They can only prevent dust and cracks.

“In the future, you should encourage and motivate yourself, respect the way and value virtue, and do not let me down. When your achievements cover all three realms in the future, the emperor and his ministers will rule together in the Lingxiao Palace, which will be a great story for countless eons.” Zhao Qingsi finally announced the Jade Emperor’s oral order to Zhuang Yan.

After listening to the Jade Emperor's instructions, Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "I will obey your majesty's orders and remember your teachings to live up to your majesty's high expectations."

"Congratulations, Lingtai Mountain God." Zhao Qingsi handed the decree to Zhuang Yan, congratulated him first, then looked at him with envy and said, "Whether you are a human or a god, ability is always the most important. Lingtai Mountain God, you are in the emperor's heart now."

Zhuang Yan smiled and did not respond. Instead, he invited, "You must have had a hard time on the journey, envoy. Why don't you come into the temple and sit for a while?"

Zhao Qingsi shook his head and said, "I won't sit down. I will go back and report immediately. Your edict was issued by the Jade Emperor from the Taixuan Province. I will go back and report immediately."

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Well, when I have time in the future, I will do my best to be a good host."

Zhao Qingsi bowed and said goodbye, then stepped on the clouds and went straight into the sky.

After Zhao Qingsi left, Zhuang Yan returned to his mountain god's abode, changed into a new seventh-grade robe, and looked at his immortal official jade book again.

All matters related to the duties of immortal officials can be found in the Immortal Official Jade Book.

Previously, his monthly salary as an eighth-rank immortal official was six thousand purple coins, but now that his official rank has been promoted to a higher rank, his salary has increased by two thousand to eight thousand purple coins.

Then he looked at his Shinto incense. Since he subdued Garuda, the number of Zhuang Yan's incense had doubled.

Everyone talks about merit and virtue. What is merit and virtue? Merit is good deeds, virtue is a kind heart. When the heart and the action are united, it is merit and virtue.

Gods, Taoists and Buddhas save all living beings, making them respect and fear them, do more good deeds and less evil, and worship them devoutly, which will generate incense.

The fact that gods, Taoists and Buddhas do not have incense does not mean that they have no merits, but there is no doubt that the more incense, the greater the merits of the gods, Taoists and Buddhas.

After Zhuang Yan checked the incense in the Immortal Official's Jade Book, he put it into his spiritual altar, then sat cross-legged in the temple and began to practice in meditation.

This sitting lasted for three months. After Garuda was subdued, the number of incense offerings in the mountain temple increased, but there were fewer things to do.

That is why Zhuang Yan was able to sit in the monastery for three months without any unexpected incidents during this period.

Over the past three months, Zhuang Yan practiced diligently, and as soon as the monthly purple money salary came in, he absorbed it all by refining it into acquired purple energy.

Therefore, Zhuang Yan's cultivation has now reached the state of 'Refining the Spirit and Returning to the Void', and he only needs an opportunity to break through directly into the state of Refining the Void and Merging with the Tao.

At the same time, during these three months, Zhuang Yan collected a total of 18 points of "Heavenly Dao" power.

The realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void allows him to collect 3 points of heavenly power every month, and the seventh-grade immortal official position also allows him to collect 3 points of heavenly power every month.

Zhuang Yan looked at the 18 points of Heavenly Dao Power and pondered. 18 points of Heavenly Dao Power were far from enough to restore a "big function" and it would take a long time to save them.

However, adding or upgrading a small function is more than enough. The so-called big function is "adding status", and the small function is adding small items such as "weakness, dodge, must hit, self-healing, and critical hit" under the status.

After much thought, Zhuang Yan decided to upgrade 'Dodge'. Now his dodge distance is 'within ten feet', and it is difficult to dodge when encountering an opponent as large as Garuda.

But on second thought, he decided to accumulate some Heavenly Power. Once he accumulated 200 points, he could upgrade 'Dodge' to a major function, and then he would be able to dodge at an unlimited distance.

However, Zhuang Yan soon thought of the fact that the sealing power he used to seal Garuda was broken in Heaven. He was not really surprised. Most of the powerful people have mastered the "power of rules", so it was not surprising that they could break his seal with just a thought.

His power is also a rule, but it is a rule that is independent of the Way of Heaven. When he fully recovers his power in the future, he will naturally be able to override all rules.

So Zhuang Yan collected his thoughts, stood up and stretched his muscles in the temple.

Then he walked out of the temple, took out the Thousand Light Cloud Talisman, and went for an inspection. In fact, he had not inspected his jurisdiction for three months.

But as soon as he walked out of the monastery, he found that the altar in his mountain temple was completely new. The originally broken altar had disappeared, and it was replaced by a brand new peach wood altar.

When he walked out of the mountain god temple, he found that the tiles on the roof of the temple had been refurbished, a new flagpole had been erected in front of the temple, and the outside of the temple was filled with colorful god flags.

Zhuang Yan knew that this must be the time when he was in seclusion and practicing, and the people living at the foot of the mountain renovated the temple for him.

This kind of thing is very common, and Zhuang Yan doesn't care much about it. No matter how well the mountain god temple is built, he only lives in that small house, so he just lets things take their course.

After thinking about it, Zhuang Yan flew up to the clouds, first patrolled the 300-li Lingtai Mountain, and finally came to Fangcun Mountain and landed in front of the Xieyue Sanxing Cave.

There are white clouds in the distance, ancient cypresses and pines, and young monks in Taoist robes are practicing in front of the cave gate.

As Zhuang Yan showed up, the Taoists immediately looked at him.

When Zhuang Yan walked into the mountain gate, a Taoist priest came forward and bowed to him, saying, "My humble servant is here to greet you."

Zhuang Yan returned the greeting and said, "I am here to visit Patriarch Bodhi."

Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest bowed again and said, "We are the disciples of the ancestor. If you want to pay respect to the ancestor, please allow us to inform you."

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Okay."

The Taoist turned around and was about to enter the cave to report, but unexpectedly a boy walked out of the cave. It was Xianyun, one of the two boys "Xianyun" and "Guhe" beside Bodhi Patriarch.

The Taoist priest immediately bowed to Xianyun Tongzi and said, "Brother, this Taoist friend wants to see the ancestor, and I was just about to go and inform him."

Xianyun Tongzi pointed at Zhuang Yan and said to everyone, "Remember this fellow Taoist, he is the god of Lingtai Mountain and a good friend of the Patriarch. If he comes to visit in the future, you must not stop him."

Hearing this, all the Taoists were surprised, and then quickly bowed in agreement.

The boy Xianyun came to Zhuang Yan, bowed and said, "Mountain God, my ancestor said that if you come to the Xieyue Sanxing Cave from now on, you can go straight into the cave to see him at any time. No one can stop you, and you don't need to inform him."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Grandmaster. This time, I am in seclusion and will go out to inspect the mountains and rivers. I passed by Fangcun Mountain and came to ask you about it."

The boy Xianyun said, "The master has prepared some magical tea in the cave, please come in, mountain god."

Zhuang Yan followed Xianyun Tongzi into the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave and came to the small pavilion where Bodhi Patriarch was. When he saw Bodhi Patriarch, Zhuang Yan immediately bowed and asked, "Master, how are you these days?"

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "Very good, please sit down, young friend."

Zhuang Yan didn't say anything polite. He walked straight forward and sat down cross-legged on the cushion.

Patriarch Bodhi personally brewed a cup of tea for Zhuang Yan. Zhuang Yan reached out to take the teacup. Then Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "Congratulations, young friend, for your great contribution and promotion."

"Thank you, Grandmaster." Zhuang Yan took a sip of the spiritual tea and said, "I passed by here while patrolling the mountains. I came here specially to visit you. I have nothing else to do."

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and nodded, saying, "Earlier, I wanted to teach you some magic skills to protect you, but now it seems that it is not necessary. With your skills, there are not many people in the world who can hurt you."

Zhuang Yan said: "The Dharma is not passed down lightly. Since I have not yet become a disciple, how can I rashly accept the Dharma bestowed by the Grandmaster?"

Having said that, Zhuang Yan really doesn't have much interest in those magical powers because he himself is a cheat.

After drinking a few cups of tea and chatting for a while with Master Bodhi, Zhuang Yan stood up and said goodbye.

Patriarch Bodhi personally escorted Zhuang Yan out of the cave, watched him leave on a cloud of light, and then returned.

In the next few days, Zhuang Yan inspected the 3,000 miles of mountains and rivers in Guangci Prefecture. After confirming that there were no abnormalities in all the mountains and rivers, he prepared to return to Lingtai Mountain.

".The four gods are above, I, the young cultivator 'Lu Hanzhi', respectfully greet you. I was originally a white deer in Luping Mountain who cultivated to become a human."

Suddenly, he heard the sound of burning incense and praying. Zhuang Yan stopped and listened carefully. It turned out that a deer demon named "Lu Hanzhi" was burning incense and praying to the gods of all directions.

Since Zhuang Yan was the mountain god in charge of all the mountains, rivers and land in Guangci Prefecture, Lu Hanzhi's wish was first conveyed to him.

Zhuang Yan listened attentively, and after a moment he finally understood that the fairy named Lu Hanzhi was in love with a mortal man.

But what is this Xiniuhezhou? At the feet of the Buddha, the place where the Bodhisattvas practice, what is most lacking is monks.

Therefore, Lu Hanzhi's evil relationship with the mortal man "Zhong Jing" was soon discovered by "Elder Guangde" of Tianci Temple, so Elder Guangde came forward to expose her identity as a demon, took Zhong Jing away and drove her away with magic power.

Unwilling to give up, Lu Hanzhi went back to look for Zhong Jing many times, but was stopped each time by the magic weapon and talisman left by Elder Guangde.

Later, Lu Hanzhi went directly to find Elder Guangde. The two sides had a conflict. Lu Hanzhi was beaten and defeated by Elder Guangde and fled into the mountains. The more she thought about it, the more dissatisfied she became, so she wanted to ask the four gods to come and give her justice.

After knowing the whole story, Zhuang Yan retracted the cloud light and flew down.

Lu Hanzhi, who was praying over and over again, saw three sticks of fragrant green smoke suddenly gather together in front of her, and then a divine light flashed, and Zhuang Yan appeared in front of Lu Hanzhi in his divine form.

"Lu Hanzhi, I am the god of Lingtai Mountain. I was passing by here while patrolling the mountain and heard you burning incense and making statements, so I appeared in the form of a god to see you." Zhuang Yan said in a clear voice.

Upon hearing this, Lu Hanzhi was extremely excited and immediately kowtowed and said, "Little cultivator Lu Hanzhi, I kowtow to the mountain god."

Zhuang Yan said, "I am aware of what you have reported, but I cannot help you to seek justice in this matter."

"Why?" Lu Hanzhi asked hurriedly, "Mountain God, as a god in heaven, are you afraid of offending that bald Buddhist thief?"

Zhuang Yan glanced at Lu Hanzhi and asked, "How many years have you been practicing?"

Lu Hanzhi said: "If you count the time before the transformation, the total is 370 years."

Zhuang Yan said, "You have been practicing for 370 years, but you are still so ignorant and naive, and you don't understand the ways of the world. In your situation, you should continue to practice in the cave, not enter the secular world, and certainly not fall in love with anyone."

Lu Hanzhi asked, "Mountain God, are you saying that falling in love with someone and pursuing love is wrong?"

Zhuang Yan said: "There is nothing wrong with pursuing love, but it is wrong for humans and demons to fall in love. This is the way of nature."

Lu Hanzhi stiffened his neck and said, "Mountain God, I don't understand the laws of heaven and earth, the way of nature. I only know to do what I like. I like Zhong Jing, so I want to be with him, marry him and have children with him."

Zhuang Yan said, "But the idea of ​​doing whatever you like is not applicable in the human world. There are differences between humans and monsters. Humans have human nature, monsters have monster nature. They are not on the same path and cannot travel together."

"It's wrong to differentiate between humans and demons!" Lu Hanzhi said, "I'm a human, so what's the difference between me and humans? Why can't we be together?"

Zhuang Yan smiled indifferently, then raised his hand and took out a two-hundred-year-old spiritual herb with green branches and tender leaves from the space. He presented the spiritual herb to Lu Hanzhi.

Lu Hanzhi's eyes lit up, she wrinkled her nose and sniffed the fragrance of the spiritual grass, then began to swallow her saliva.

"Does it smell good?" Zhuang Yan asked.

"Hmm, smells good." Lu Hanzhi nodded repeatedly, with a trace of crystal saliva even flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Look, even though you have transformed, you still have animal nature. If you were a human, you wouldn't drool over a blade of grass. This is the way of heaven and earth, the law of nature."

Lu Hanzhi quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, still unconvinced, "But, we really love each other."

"It's just a fleeting romance. If he truly loves you, he wouldn't be taken away so easily by Elder Guangde, and he wouldn't make it so difficult for you to even see him." Zhuang Yan said.

Lu Hanzhi was stunned for a moment, then said: "But I still don't want to give up."

"How about this." Zhuang Yan said, "Didn't you say that you two really love each other? You will go with me to Lingtai Mountain for three years of seclusion. After three years, I will personally take you to see Zhong Jing. If he is still waiting for you and has not fallen in love with someone else, then I will let you be together. How do you think?"

Lu Hanzhi's eyes lit up and she said, "Are you serious?" For her, three years passed in a single sleep.

"Would this God lie to you?" Zhuang Yan said.

Lu Hanzhi rolled his eyes and said, "Mountain God, can we high-five to swear an oath?"

"Okay." After saying that, Zhuang Yan and Lu Hanzhi high-fived to swear an oath.

Then, Lu Hanzhi saw Zhuang Yan take out a pottery jar, pointed the mouth of the jar at her and said, "Take it."

With a buzzing sound, Lu Hanzhi was directly sealed into the pottery jar by Zhuang Yan. Lu Hanzhi was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Hey, mountain god, why did you take me in?"

Soon she heard Zhuang Yan's words: "You should stay here and meditate in seclusion for three years. After three years, I will take you to see him."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan rode on the clouds and returned to Lingtai Mountain, and directly pressed the pottery jar under the statue.

　I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival in advance! Good health and happiness!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)