I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 30: The Golden Girl Desires to Become a Mortal, and the Minister Goes to Seek the Spiritual Altar

Zhuang Yan paid a visit to Patriarch Bodhi, sat in the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon for half an hour, and then returned to the mountain temple.

As soon as he returned to the temple, Zhuang Yan saw Lan Caihe sitting there, "Oh, Master Lan, what a rare guest."

When Lan Caihe saw Zhuang Yan, he immediately stood up from the sandalwood chair, walked quickly to Zhuang Yan and said, "Mountain God, you are finally back."

Zhuang Yan asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Lan Caihe said, "Two things. The first thing is, you were ordered to subdue the Fire Spirit Immortal. Why haven't you returned the order yet? Don't you want the credit?"

"Ah? Haven't I handed in the decree yet?" Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then took out the decree from his sleeve, and indeed he had not handed it in.

"Thank you for the reminder." Zhuang Yan thanked him and quickly walked to the shrine. He wrote a petition to submit the imperial edict and placed it into the shrine together with the imperial edict.

As Zhuang Yan submitted the imperial edict to heaven, the envoy of the Ministry of Humanity immediately delivered the edict and memorials to the Dongzhen Palace.

“Your Excellency Dongzhen, three years ago, the god of Lingtai Mountain, Zhuang Yan, was ordered by the emperor to subdue the Immortal Fire Spirit. He has now returned to heaven and handed over the imperial edict and memorial in his hand to the official beside him.

The official presented the decree and memorial to the Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor, and then asked in confusion: "It took the Lingtai Mountain God less than a day to subdue Nagarauluo, how come it took him three years to subdue a Fire Spirit True Immortal this time?"

Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu laughed and said, "Maybe you forgot to submit your imperial edict." After saying that, he opened Zhuang Yan's memorial and began to read it.

Then Zifu Shaoyang Emperor stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "See, you really forgot to submit your order."

After saying this, Zifu Shaoyang Emperor handed all the decrees and memorials to Chengwulang and said, "Record a third-class merit for the Lingtai Mountain God."

"Yes." The Chengwulang took the imperial edict and memorial, and walked down the steps after receiving the order.

The envoy Wen Ling took his leave and left. A moment later, the official came back to report to Zhuang Yan after recording his achievements. The Emperor of Purple Mansion Shaoyang asked, "How is the matter of the Golden Lady of Yaochi going now?"

Upon hearing this, the official said, "Reporting to the Supreme Lord of the Cave, the Golden Maiden of Yaochi has been abducted, and the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave have been ordered to descend to the mortal world to defeat the demon, but there has been no reply yet."

As soon as the official finished speaking, another messenger walked into the hall and reported to the Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor: "Your Excellency Dongzhen, there is a memorial from Master Li Xuan."

"Present it." Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu said hurriedly.

Cheng Wulang immediately presented the memorial, and Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu took it and read it carefully.

After reading it, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, then handed Tieguai Li's memorial to Chengwulang and rubbed his temples.

After reading the memorial, the official also took a deep breath and said in shock, "That golden lady from the Jade Pool actually stole the Queen Mother's Kunlun Mirror?"

Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu sighed. This 'Golden Girl of Yaochi' was a fairy beside the Queen Mother of the West. She was also one of the Queen Mother's adopted daughters and was deeply loved by her.

But this abduction of the 'Golden Girl of Yao Chi' is different from the last abduction of Fairy Nishang. Fairy Nishang was really abducted, while the Golden Girl of Yao Chi was 'wanting to go down to the mortal world'. In order to avoid taboos and embarrass the Queen Mother of the West, the Human World Department said that she was 'abducted'.

"Eight Immortals came out together, and although they defeated the 'Master Tianmiao', the Golden Lady of Yaochi sacrificed the Kunlun Mirror, and injured and repelled the Eight Immortals, and rescued Master Tianmiao. The Eight Immortals had no choice but to retreat temporarily, and Master Lan Caihe suggested going to Lingtai Mountain to ask the Lingtai Mountain God for help." When Chengwulang read this, he said to the Purple Mansion Shaoyang Emperor: "If the Lingtai Mountain God takes action, I wonder if he can defeat the Kunlun Mirror."

Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu said, "Go and invite Immortal Lord Yao Hua to come to the human world." "Yes." Chengwulang nodded, then turned and left.

Not long after, a third-rank immortal official wearing a 'five-colored heavenly robe', a 'purple gold crown' on his head, and a 'red ribbon and white jade belt' around his waist walked into the Dongzhen Palace.

She was of average height, with a natural beauty and a peerless appearance. She was none other than Yao Hua, the Minister of the Yao Palace in the Yaochi fairyland, the Taoist temple of the Queen Mother of the West.

The "chief steward" of the Queen Mother of the West's Taoist temple has the same immortal official rank as the Emperor of Zifu Shaoyang.

Yao Hua Xianjun held the whisk in his arms, walked gracefully, bowed slightly to Zifu Shaoyang Emperor, and asked, "Daoyou, how is the progress of the eight demon-suppressing masters?"

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang first invited Yao Hua Xianjun to take a seat, and then asked: "Daoyou Yao Hua, the Golden Girl of Yaochi stole the Kunlun Mirror and came down to the mortal world. Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter?"

Hearing this, Yao Hua sighed and said, "It's not that I concealed it on purpose, but I was afraid that if I told the immortals, they would shirk responsibility even more."

“If you don’t tell me, the immortals won’t refuse, but they can’t bring back the Golden Lady of Yaochi. How can the Kunlun Mirror be an ordinary item?” Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu shook his head and said, “Although the Eight Immortals defeated Master Tianmiao, the Golden Lady of Yaochi sacrificed the Kunlun Mirror and injured the Eight Immortals. Now the Eight Immortals have to retreat temporarily.”

At this point, Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said tentatively: "Why not report this matter to the Divine Thunder Jade Palace?"

"No." Yao Hua Xianjun said quickly: "If we report this to the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, this matter will not be resolved peacefully. Your Majesty does not want this matter to become a big deal, nor does she want Yao Chi Golden Lady to be punished by the Heavenly Law."

Simply put, the Queen Mother of the West did not want too many people to know about this matter, and she also wanted to save the life of the Golden Girl of the Jade Pool.

If the fairy wanted to descend to the mortal world and the Divine Thunder Jade Palace knew about it, the Heavenly Law and Criminal Law would be no joke. Even though the Queen Mother of the West had a high status, she could not openly challenge the majesty of the Heavenly Law.

"Fellow Daoist, you are making things difficult for me." Zifu Shaoyang Emperor shook his head and said, "My human department is still capable of subduing those demons from the lower realms, but this kind of matter of the gods from the upper realms coming down to earth is not under the jurisdiction of my human department, and we have no ability to do anything about it."

Yao Hua Immortal Lord stood up, bowed and said, "The Queen Mother asked me to ask the Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor on her behalf to do her best to bring back the Golden Girl of Yaochi."

Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu felt his scalp tingling. What kind of noble position did the Queen Mother of the West hold? Yet she begged him so humbly for face. This was not begging at all; it was clearly putting him on the fire.

"Alas." Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor sighed deeply, "Since we cannot alert the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, we can only ask the Thunder Department Marshals for no reason. Then there is only one way."

Yao Hua Xianjun heard this and asked, "What method?"

Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu issued a decree and ordered Chengwulang to deliver it to Immortal Lord Yao Hua, "Please ask Daoyou to personally go down to the mortal world and deliver this decree to the Lingtai Mountain God."

"Lingtai Mountain God?" Yao Hua Xianjun frowned and asked, "What does a small mountain god have to do with this matter?"

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said with a smile: "Daoyou, do not underestimate this Lingtai Mountain God. He is a person with great supernatural powers. Now that the Eight Immortals have retreated, Master Lan Caihe has gone to Lingtai Mountain to ask for help from this mountain god. But if nothing unexpected happens, Master Lan Caihe will not be able to ask this mountain god to help. Daoyou, take my decree with you and maybe you can ask him to help."

"Oh?" Immortal Lord Yao Hua raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and said, "I didn't expect that there would be such a powerful person among the lesser gods in the lower realm."

After saying this, Yao Hua Immortal Lord put away the decree, then bowed to Zifu Shaoyang Emperor and said, "In that case, I will go to Lingtai Mountain in person. Thank you, Shaoyang Emperor."

Afterwards, Yao Hua the Immortal Lord bid farewell to the Emperor of Zifu Shaoyang, left Taixuan Zhenfu, and went straight down to Lingtai Mountain in Xiniu Hezhou.

(End of this chapter)