I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 3: The Human Ministry gives rewards, and the Emperor gives an embroidered bag

When Zhuang Yan walked out of the mountain temple, he saw a middle-aged man standing on the clouds, wearing a "Qilin auspicious robe", a "green ribbon and white jade belt" around his waist, with a long beard hanging down to his chest and a fairy light surrounding his body.

From the immortal official robe he was wearing, it could be seen that he was a sixth-rank immortal official, two levels higher than Zhuang Yan's current eighth rank.

Zhuang Yan stepped forward, bowed and said, "I am the God of Lingtai Mountain, Zhuang Yan, I greet the envoy."

When the messenger Zhao Qingsi saw Zhuang Yan, he immediately pressed down his cloud and flew down to the ground. He walked up to Zhuang Yan and bowed in return. Then he took out a scroll of edicts from his sleeve and said with a smile, "Shan Jun, here is a decree for rewarding merits. Do you want to read it yourself or should I read it to you?"

Zhuang Yan asked: "Is there any difference?"

Zhao Qingsi smiled and said, "Of course there is a difference. If I read it to you, it will be more formal and you will have to bow your head and listen to my orders. If you read it yourself, there will be no such trouble."

Zhuang Yan was surprised and asked, "Is this possible?"

Zhao Qingsi smiled and said, "Of course it won't work if we talk about the laws of heaven, but sometimes it's better to keep things simple. If you're relaxed, I'm relaxed too, right? The world of the human world is different from the world of heaven after all."

Zhuang Yan also smiled when he heard this and said, "Then I'll just watch it myself. If the envoy doesn't mind, please come into the small temple and rest for a while?"

"Okay." Zhao Qingsi nodded, and the two of them went into the mountain god temple and sat down.

Zhuang Yan made tea and served fruit to Zhao Qingsi, who then handed the decree to Zhuang Yan, saying, "This is a routine decree from the Human World Ministry to reward you for helping Marshal Deng catch the evildoer. The Thunder Ministry sent this letter after checking your contribution. This kind of decree from the Ministry of Human World to the Divine Palace is usually not so formal. As long as it is conveyed, it is fine. No one will take it too seriously."

“But if it is signed by the chief gods of various major ministries, a special edict from heaven, or a decree from the emperors, then the formal process must be followed and we cannot act recklessly.” Zhao Qingsi explained to Zhuang Yan while drinking tea.

Zhuang Yan nodded, then unfolded his reward decree and read it carefully. The beginning of the decree was a formatted document, which named what merits he had made and when. The department that checked the merits was the 'Thunder Department' under the 'Shenlei Jade Mansion', and the department responsible for rewarding the merits was the 'Human Department' under the 'Shenxiao Jade Mansion'.

The top power structure of Heaven consists of three levels, with the Jade Emperor at the top being the supreme ruler who controls the operation of the Heavenly Way, the entire Heavenly Court, and the rules of the Three Realms.

Below the Jade Emperor are the Four Great Emperors, who assist the Jade Emperor and are in charge of the operation of the rules of Heaven and the Three Realms.

Below the Four Great Emperors are the two major Jade Palaces, namely the 'Shenxiao Jade Palace' and the 'Shenlei Jade Palace'. These two palaces are the heads of the civil and military affairs of the Heavenly Court, and are the places where all major affairs of the Heavenly Court and the Three Realms are in charge under the Four Great Emperors. They are also the highest authority in the Heavenly Court.

The Jade Palace of Divine Heaven is headed by the Great Emperor of Qinghua in the East, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, and the King Father of the East and the Queen Mother of the West serve as assistant emperors.

It has jurisdiction over the gods of the three realms, including the 'Taixuandu Province', 'Dou Department', 'Cai Department', and 'Renjian Department'.

The Jade Palace of Divine Thunder is headed by 'Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder Sound Universal Transformation Heavenly Lord' as the Chief Sovereign, and the Nine Heavens Demon-eliminating Patriarch Zhenwu Emperor as the Assistant Sovereign.

It has jurisdiction over the gods of the three realms, including the 'Thunder Department', 'Wind Department', 'Rain Department', and 'Lightning Department'.

To get back to the point, Zhuang Yan is the god of Lingtai Mountain in Xiniuhezhou, the world of Yamafu, and is under the jurisdiction of the "Humanity Department", so his contributions are also rewarded by the Humanity Department.

".The reward is thirty thousand purple coins, one large and one small Zhoutian Yuandan, and a real treasure 'Thousand Light Cloud Talisman'." Zhuang Yan read the reward given to him by the Human Ministry and looked at Zhao Qingsi with a puzzled look.

Zhao Qingsi smiled slightly, reached out from her sleeve and handed a green embroidered bag to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Everything is in there, check it out."

Zhuang Yan took the embroidered bag and found that it was actually a storage bag. He injected his magic power into it and immediately saw what was inside.

Thirty thousand jade coins emitting a light purple glow, two pills that glowed with spiritual light, and a jade talisman engraved with cloud patterns that emitted cloud light.

Zhuang Yan knew the jade coins. His salary was this 'purple coin'. This coin was made from the 'postnatal purple energy' collected from the outer space.

Each purple coin contains a wisp of acquired purple energy, and the acquired purple energy is the best thing for practicing Taoism and nourishing the body.

If you use a large amount of acquired purple energy to nourish magic weapons and weapons, you can improve the quality and power, and even the grade of the magic weapons and weapons.

Therefore, this "purple money" is the universal currency of the three realms and is also the salary of the gods in heaven.

Then Zhuang Yan took out the Thousand Light Cloud Talisman and asked Zhao Qingsi, "Is this the Thousand Light Cloud Talisman?" Zhao Qingsi nodded and said, "Inject mana into it and you can summon a 'cloud of light'. This cloud of light can travel a thousand miles a day. You only need to inject mana when summoning it. No matter how long it flies, it will not consume mana at other times."

Zhuang Yan said, "That is to say, after I summon the cloud light, I can travel a thousand miles a day even if I sleep on it?"

"Okay." Zhao Qingsi said with a smile, "Just make sure you don't fly in the wrong direction."

Zhuang Yan stroked the smooth and jade-like Thousand Lights Cloud Talisman with his five fingers and said, "It's a good treasure."

Then he asked about the two pills, and Zhao Qingsi said, "These pills are given to you in consideration of your current level of cultivation. After taking the Great Zhoutian Yuan Pill, you can breathe in and out the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on your own, and circulate 108 Great Zhoutian, increasing your cultivation by 30 years. After taking the Small Zhoutian Yuan Pill, you can breathe in and out on your own and circulate 72 Small Zhoutian, increasing your cultivation by 10 years."

"If you take the big and small Zhoutian Yuandan at the same time, it can help you cultivate the five qi, form a golden elixir, and enter the realm of 'refining qi into spirit'." Zhao Qingsi said.

Zhuang Yan suddenly realized that he was now "refining essence into qi", that is, "cultivating essence into five qi, and the five elements in the body are mutually generated", which is the entry level of Taoism.

In other words, as long as he took the 'Big and Small Zhoutian Yuandan', he could immediately break through to the 'Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation' realm.

At this time, Zhao Qingsi finished the last sip of tea in his cup, stood up and said, "Well, the decree and reward have been delivered, I should return to heaven to report, goodbye."

Zhuang Yan quickly stood up and said, "Please wait a moment, Your Excellency. I will take out the contents of this embroidered bag and return it to you."

Zhao Qingsi waved her hand and said, "It's just an embroidered storage bag. I'll give it to you."

"How can this be done?" Zhuang Yan said, "No merit, no reward."

Zhao Qingsi turned around and said with a smile: "I have just performed a great service, how can you say that I have not performed any service? Well, you can accept this embroidered bag, and goodbye."

After saying that, a fairy cloud rose up under Zhao Qingsi's feet, carrying Zhao Qingsi out of the mountain temple. In the blink of an eye, it flew into the sky and disappeared.

Zhuang Yan walked out of the temple, watched Zhao Qingsi leave, then put away the embroidered bag and sent it into the "infinite space", and then went straight back to the mountain god's abode.

“Now that we have the big and small Zhoutian Yuandan, let’s first break through to the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage.” Zhuang Yan said slowly.

So Zhuang Yan sat cross-legged in the temple, preparing to take elixir and go into seclusion to break through.

But just when Zhuang Yan was ready, there were sounds of kowtows and apologies coming from the palace outside.

Zhuang Yan turned his head and looked outside, only to see a middle-aged man with a tiger's head and a simple and beautiful woman kneeling in front of the statue of the mountain god. They offered flowers, fruits, snacks and drinks, while kowtowing and asking for forgiveness.

Zhuang Yan listened carefully to their words of apology and realized that they were the parents of the two little tiger monsters "Hu Lailai" and "Hu Ququ".

After the two little tiger monsters returned, they asked the mountain god to judge the case. When they left, they told their parents about the matter concerning the mountain god. The tiger father and mother were so scared that they paralyzed on the spot.

Even though the tiger father and tiger mother have both attained the state of refining the void and integrating the Tao, they are still somewhat well-known monsters in Lingtai Mountain.

But compared to the Heaven Palace, they are not even as good as a speck of dust. In the battle to capture Ao Qu five days ago, those heavenly soldiers alone were all "earthly immortals". Their awe-inspiring power frightened all the demons and monsters in the mountains.

So the tiger father and mother quickly brought the best fruits and wine in the house to apologize to Zhuang Yan, asking Zhuang Yan to forgive the two little tiger monsters for their offense.

Looking at the trembling and kowtowing tiger father and mother outside, Zhuang Yan cleared his throat and said in a majestic voice: "Children's words are innocent. This god does not mind. I will leave the flowers, fruits, snacks and drinks for you. You can go back without worrying. In the future, practice well and do more good deeds, and God will bless you."

Hearing the divine voice coming from their ears, the tiger father and mother could not help but be overjoyed. They kowtowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for the grace of the mountain god for not blaming us. We will remember the mountain god's teachings."

The couple then kowtowed three times and bowed three times before getting up and leaving the mountain temple.

After the two men left, Zhuang Yan waved his hand and used his magic power to collect the fruits, snacks, and wine into the temple for storage. Then he took out the large and small Zhoutian Yuandan and placed them in front of him. He sat upright, cleared his mind, practiced Taoism, and began to practice.

(End of this chapter)