I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 240: Taibao is attacked, the pilgrim arrives

Liangjie Mountain, Taibao Cave.

Liu Bochin collected his power and stood up from the stone couch. At that moment, he suddenly felt dizzy and his internal organs were burning.

Liu Bochin felt something was not right, and quickly formed a magic seal with his hands, clearing his mind and concentrating his attention, trying to keep his heart steady.

However, this was of no use. Liu Bochin only felt that his Dantian magic power, muscles, bones, and flesh were all burning.

Liu Bochin opened his eyes, and there was flames in them, burning them until they were burnt and charred.

But he heard a strange sound of a bird crying. Liu Bochin looked in the direction of the sound and dimly saw a bird standing on a stone outside Taibao Cave, emitting fiery red flames all over its body.

"Ah!" Liu Bochin screamed in pain, his eyes were immediately burned dry by the fire, but he stood still with his feet, allowing the fire to burn his body. He just grabbed with his right hand, and the bow and arrow immediately flew into his hand.

Then Liu Bochin closed his eyes, listened to the birds singing, drew his bow and shot an arrow. There was a "swoosh" sound, followed by a miserable cry of a bird from the front.

The next moment, the fire all over Liu Bochin's body was extinguished instantly, and his boiling magic power and body gradually stabilized.

But he had been severely injured by the fire and could not even see. He had no choice but to throw away the bow and arrow in his hand and sit cross-legged on the ground helplessly.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint sound of footsteps was heard in the Taibao Cave. Liu Boqing had sharp ears and immediately asked in a weak voice, "Is it the Minister of Fire Spirit?"

Fire Spirit Immortal quickly stepped forward, looked at Liu Bochin, whose body was charred and smoking, and asked, "Daoyou, what happened?"

Liu Bochin sighed and said, "I don't know why, but I was suddenly caught in a fire just now, so I was seriously injured."

At this point, Liu Bochin hurriedly said, "Shangshu, go outside the cave and see if there is a fiery red bird on the stone on the right side of the cave."

Upon hearing this, the Fire Spirit Immortal immediately took out three elixirs from his sleeve, used his magic power to deliver them to Liu Bochin, and said, "Daoyou, you can take these elixirs to heal your wounds."

Liu Bochin did not act pretentiously. He nodded and said, "Thank you, Minister." Then he swallowed the three elixirs into his mouth.

The Fire Spirit Immortal walked out of Taibao Cave and came to the stone on the right side of the cave that Liu Bochin mentioned to check.

Sure enough, I saw a bird with a fiery red body lying there with a feather arrow stuck in its body.

Immortal Huo Ling immediately reached out and picked up the bird and brought it into the cave. At this moment, after taking the pill, Liu Bochin had begun to practice internal energy to refine it and heal his injuries.

Immortal Huo Ling looked at the strange bird in his hand that was pierced by a feather arrow, and then he looked carefully around Taibao Cave.

About half an hour later, Liu Bochin slowly stopped practicing his skills and opened his eyes.

Looking at the tall and graceful Fire Spirit Immortal standing in front of him, Liu Bochin quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Minister."

Fire Spirit Immortal turned around, looked at Liu Bochin and asked with a smile: "Is Daoist friend okay?"

Liu Bochin said: "Thank you Shangshu for the magic pill. I am basically fine now, but my eyes are still a little dry and blurry. But as long as I take good care of myself, I will be able to recover."

"Yes." Fire Spirit Immortal nodded, then handed the strange bird in his hand to Liu Bochin and said, "Is this the strange bird you are talking about?"

Liu Boqing took it and looked at it carefully, then said, "It is exactly this. I just finished my training and was fine, but after it appeared, I was suddenly attacked by fire, which was hard to defend against. If I hadn't been born with superb archery and shot it to death by following the sound, I'm afraid I would have died by now."

Hearing this, the Fire Spirit Immortal looked serious and immediately said, "Fellow Daoist, can you hand over this strange bird to me?"

"That's how it should be." Liu Bochin said, and then handed the strange bird corpse in his hand to the Fire Spirit Immortal.

The True Immortal Huo Ling immediately took out a jade box, put the body of the strange bird in it, and then sealed the jade box and put it away.

Seeing this, Liu Bochin couldn't help but ask, "Shangshu, do you want to study this strange bird?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal shook his head and told Liu Bochin about the deaths of the immortal officials in Hezhou, Xiniu in recent years. After hearing this, Liu Bochin was surprised and said, "The Minister is doubting."

At this point, Liu Bochin nodded and said, "That's possible. Otherwise, I was fine just now, why would a strange bird appear and I suddenly get burned?"

Fire Spirit Immortal said: "I have already reported this to Xuandu Zhenjun and came down to investigate this matter. I was just about to ask you some questions, but I didn't expect to see you being attacked. It seems that my guess is correct."

After saying that, the Fire Spirit Immortal looked at Liu Bochin and said, "Daoyou, take a good rest in the cave and be more careful in the future. If there is really someone who wants to use the power of robbery to harm the immortal officials, I believe he will not give up."

After saying this, Fire Spirit Immortal handed Liu Bochin a jade talisman and said, "If you encounter the same thing as today again, you can immediately crush this jade talisman. Then I will have divine power to help you."

Liu Bochin took the jade talisman, then bowed and said, "Thank you, Shangshu."

The Fire Spirit Immortal nodded, then said goodbye and left.

Not long after, the Fire Spirit Immortal arrived at the Danchi Ridge Divine Palace. Tiger Vanguard was greatly surprised to see the Fire Spirit Immortal and hurried forward to greet him, "Minister, why did you have time to come down to the mortal world today?"

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled at Tiger Vanguard and said, "I have also seen your memorial."

"Oh?" Tiger Vanguard was a little surprised when he heard this. "I submitted my memorial to the Ministry of Humanity. How did the Minister see it?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "Have you forgotten that I am also in charge of the Human Ministry?"

Hu Xianfeng suddenly realized and said with a smile: "I really forgot, I really forgot." After that, Hu Xianfeng hurriedly invited Huo Ling Zhenxian to come into the mansion and take a seat to serve tea, but Huo Ling Zhenxian shook his head and said: "I came to the lower world to investigate the case, so I won't sit down."

"Investigating a case?" Tiger Pioneer asked hurriedly, "Is there another big case? Do you want me to help?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "I don't need your help for now. The only thing you need to do now is to take care of your little piece of land."

As he spoke, the True Immortal Fire Spirit took out the corpse of the strange bird and showed it to Tiger Vanguard, and told him about Liu Bochin's attack.

"All immortal officials under the jurisdiction of Lingtai Divine Palace must pay close attention to this matter. You too, must notify me immediately if you discover any trace of this strange bird." said the True Immortal Huo Ling.

Tiger Vanguard took a close look at the strange bird and copied its description with his magic power. Then he nodded to the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Please rest assured, Minister."

The Fire Spirit Immortal nodded, and then left the Lingtai Divine Palace again.

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

During the past six months, apart from collecting the corpse of a strange bird from Liu Bochin that day, the True Immortal Huo Ling had no other clues about the deaths of many righteous immortal officials.

The Fire Spirit Immortal stood on the Xiangyun Peak, letting the breeze blow her clothes. She was under a lot of pressure at the moment.

The pressure naturally came from the Human World Department. In half a year, they only found a few clues, and the appointment of immortal officials in the Human World Department was also suppressed for half a year.

It is conceivable how much resentment those who were about to be appointed as the official immortals in various places had in their hearts. At the beginning, True Lord Xuandu could still suppress it, but later those people began to bypass True Lord Xuandu and report the matter directly to the Divine Xiao Jade Palace.

Not only those who are waiting to be appointed, but also some immortal officials and gods in the human world, as well as many immortal officials in the lower world who have a vested interest in this matter have opinions.

There were even more than a dozen memorials impeaching the True Immortal Fire Spirit submitted to the Jade Palace of Divine Heaven, and there were even some impeaching the three chief officials of the Human World Department.

The Jade Palace of Divine Heaven has also issued several decrees to supervise the matter. The positions of the chief officials of various divine departments in the human world have been vacant for half a year without any appointment. This is indeed a bit outrageous.

Therefore, Xuandu Zhenjun, the Supreme Lord of the Cave Realm of the Human World, is under great pressure now, and the corresponding pressure on Huoling Zhenxian is also not small.

Fire Spirit Immortal frowned slightly, and looked down the mountain through the morning mist. At this time, the actions of a group of monks caught the Fire Spirit Immortal's attention.

Seeing the familiar monkey figure, Fire Spirit Immortal raised his brows slightly, the worries in his mind temporarily dissipated, and a smile appeared on his face.

Tang Seng was riding on a horse, holding a long, thin bamboo stick in his hand, poking the air wall on the side as he walked forward.

As he walked along the air wall, Tang Seng's handsome and elegant face showed a strong impatience and he sighed deeply.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Master, why are you sighing? The journey to obtain the scriptures is already very difficult, but haven't we made it all the way?"

“But there has never been such a torture for a monk. An invisible wall suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, and everyone can pass through it except me. Look at the face of the purple dragon horse, it is all blue and purple.” Tang Seng said, pointing at the purple dragon horse under him.

The purple dragon horse let out a mournful cry and a tear rolled down its eyes. This time it was hit really hard.

Zhu Bajie said: "This is what we call a fire in the city gate that affects the fish in the pond. The wall is obviously coming towards you, Master. If it hadn't been carrying you, it wouldn't have hit the wall."

Hearing this, Tang Seng sighed again. At this moment, he suddenly poked the bamboo pole in his hand forward, but found it was empty.

Tang Seng was overjoyed and said, "Wukong, there is no wall here!"

Sun Wukong looked up and immediately laughed, "Master, you can't get through here even if there's no wall."

Upon hearing this, Tang Seng looked up and saw mountains stretching for hundreds of miles in front of him, like the sharp edge of a sword, standing straight in front of him, and it was impossible to climb over them.

At this time, Sun Wukong pointed to the front and said, "The mountain there is a little less steep, so we should be able to climb over it."

Tang Seng looked around with his hands on his shoulders, then sighed, "We still have to walk dozens of miles."

Xiao Bailong said, "Master, Senior Brother, this invisible wall definitely didn't come out of thin air. Anyone can get through it, but Master can't. It's obvious that someone is using this wall to force us to go over there and take a detour."

Sha Seng said, "From what Second Brother said, this person must be a monster, and he is coming for Master."

Zhu Bajie heard this and said quickly, "I will protect Master and watch the ceremony. Big Brother, Second Brother, and Junior Brother Sha, you go up and kill the monster."

Tang Seng looked at Zhu Bajie and shook his head helplessly, saying, "You stupid bastard."

Then he said to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, a monk's duty is to subdue demons and save all living beings. This monster is so hateful. When you see it, just beat it to death with a stick."

"Hey, Master has changed his nature today. In the past, he would chant Amitabha for half a year before killing a small demon, but today, he let Senior Brother kill a big demon without blinking an eye." Zhu Bajie said with a smile.

Tang Seng asked: "Bajie, are your ears itchy?"

When Sun Wukong heard this, he rushed forward and grabbed Zhu Bajie's ear, causing Zhu Bajie to scream in pain.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Fool, in the past, if you offended me, you still had the master to protect you. Now that you have offended the master, who will protect you?"

Xiaobailong and Sha Seng laughed loudly, and suddenly a happy atmosphere spread through the forest.

(End of this chapter)