I am a fairy in Journey to the West

It is not difficult to imagine why the Five Great Emperors would attach so much importance to Zhuang Yan's opinions, and it is even more easy to imagine why they would attach so much importance to Zhuang Yan.

The reason is very simple. It is because Zhuang Yan is strong enough. If they do not get Zhuang Yan's support, then Zhuang Yan will only need an imperial edict from the Heavenly Court to ruin their entire plan.

"But, my Lords, I don't understand why you insist on the 'Five Emperors' approach'? Please tell me clearly." Zhuang Yan asked with a bow.

The Five Mountains Emperors smiled slightly when they heard this, as if they had known Zhuang Yan would ask this question, so the East Mountain Emperor said, "We do this without any selfish motives, nor for ourselves to gain more power. We want to change the current situation of the Ten Directions Land God Dao."

At this point, the Five Mountains Great Emperor said to Lord Bingling who was standing below: "Three Mountain Gods, you can give the "Ten Directions Divine Palace Reform Plan" to the True Lord Lingtai for a look."

"Yes." Duke Bingling responded, then took out a jade book from his sleeve and handed it to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan took the jade book and started reading it. The Five Mountains Emperor and the Five Ghost Emperors did not urge him, but just drank tea calmly.

The more Zhuang Yan read, the more surprised he was, because this jade book described in detail the reforms that would be made to the palaces of every mountain god, water god, and land god on the earth.

It also clearly states that there are too many gods and spirits on earth today, even to the point of being redundant.

For example, in one county of Aolai Kingdom in Dongsheng Shenzhou, there are three mountain gods, two water gods, and twelve land gods. This is obviously a problem.

The answer given in the Jade Book is that one land god is enough for each county. As for mountain gods and water gods, there is no need to set up mountain gods for those tributary hills and tributary rivers.

It is only necessary to establish mountain gods and water gods in the main mountains and mainstream rivers. In short, this reform is to simplify the number of gods in the world as much as possible and strengthen their quality and authority.

It also made one point clear that water and soil are the foundation for the survival of all living things. The gods, accepting the incense of all living beings, must do their utmost to protect all living things and take the well-being of all living things as their own responsibility.

Therefore, on the basis of this point, it is emphasized that as long as the "mountain god", "water god" and "land god" receive incense from the human world, then all his actions in performing his divine duties and authority must be based on the lives of human beings.

Zhuang Yan spent an hour reading the jade book. At this time, the fairy attendants in the hall had changed his tea and added water for the third time.

After reading the Jade Book, Zhuang Yan pondered for a moment. Emperor Beiyue smiled and asked, "Lord Lingtai, what do you think of the strategy on this Jade Book?"

"It's ambitious," Zhuang Yan said. "If this is really implemented, then all living beings in the world will truly live and work in peace and contentment."

Emperor Nanyue said, "So you agree with the strategy in this jade book?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Of course I agree. This strategy will benefit all living beings and will not cause any harm. Of course I agree with it."

"But." Zhuang Yan changed the subject and said, "I think the Five Emperors' prescription book is inappropriate."

"Oh?" The emperors looked at each other again, and then Emperor Dongyue asked Zhuang Yan: "What do you think is wrong?"

Zhuang Yan said, "This Five Emperors' Book of Prescriptions looks like an attempt to coerce Heaven. As the gods of Heaven, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for us to do this."

“Hahahaha.” Upon hearing this, the Five Mountains Emperor and the Five Ghost Emperors all laughed.

After laughing, the Southern Ghost Emperor Du Ziren said, "That's not the case, Master Lingtai, do you know that even Master Erlang of Guanjiangkou has agreed to this memorial?"

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan was a little surprised and asked, "Has Master Erlang come?"

"No." Du Ziren said, "Erlang Zhenjun has not come to Dongsheng Shenzhou, but I have visited him in person and told him about this matter. Erlang Zhenjun agreed with the 'Five Emperors' treatment method' and promised not to interfere or resist it."

Zhuang Yan keenly grasped the key point in the Southern Ghost Emperor's words and asked, "Does True Lord Erlang want to co-sign with the other emperors to submit a book on Five Emperors' prescriptions?"

Hearing this, the Southern Ghost Emperor paused for a moment, then said, "Master Erlang only expressed his support, but did not promise to submit the Five Emperors' Book of Prescriptions with us."

Zhuang Yan nodded. Erlang Shen must have read the reform strategy on the jade book, so he expressed his agreement and support for this matter.

But with Erlang Shen's personality, he would definitely not get involved in something like jointly signing the Five Emperors' prescription book.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan also stood up and said, "My Lords, I have something to say."

The emperors all looked solemn when they saw Zhuang Yan like this. They knew that he was going to express his opinion, so the Emperor of Dongyue said, "Please speak, Lord Lingtai."

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "I was favored by the Jade Emperor. He first promoted me to the Lingtai Mountain God, and then to the Lingtai God Lord. In just a few hundred years, I have become a fourth-rank god in the heavenly court and was given the title of 'Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji Zhenjun'. Today, the emperors invited me to Taixuan Mountain to discuss matters and discuss the 'Five Emperors' Book of Prescriptions'. I am deeply grateful."

Hearing Zhuang Yan's words, all the emperors felt disappointed, and Duke Bingling on the side also felt a little regretful.

Emperor Dongyue smiled and asked, "So, Lingtai Zhenjun doesn't support the Five Emperors' Prescriptions?"

Zhuang Yan replied, "Your Majesty, this is not important. What is important is that I only listen to the orders of His Majesty the Jade Emperor." "I understand." The Great Emperor Dong Yue nodded and smiled at Zhuang Yan, saying, "Lord Lingtai just spoke from the bottom of his heart. We naturally understand and will not force you."

After that, Emperor Dongyue said to Zhuang Yan: "Since this is the case, I would like to ask Lingtai Zhenjun for a promise, how about it?"

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."

The Great Emperor of Dongyue said, "After all the gods gather in a few days, we will present the Five Emperors' Prescription Book again after the Taixuan Mountain Conference. Before His Majesty the Jade Emperor gives a clear order, please do not disrupt this matter."

Zhuang Yan laughed when he heard this, and after a moment he said, "Please rest assured, I, Zhuang Yan, also agree with your 'reform strategy'. As long as His Majesty the Jade Emperor does not explicitly reject the Five Emperors' Book of Prescriptions, I will not cause trouble to you and the gods in the world."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, the Five Mountains Emperor smiled. "In that case, how about asking Lingtai Zhenjun to stay in Taixuan Mountain for a few more days and return after the Taixuan Mountain Immortal Feast ends tomorrow?"

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "There are still many matters in the palace that have not been dealt with. It is inconvenient for me to stay outside for long. I will bid farewell to the emperors now."

Emperor Dongyue and others nodded and said, "Well, then, Three Mountain Gods, you will escort Lingtai Zhenjun out of the mountain on behalf of the other emperors."

Duke Bingling bowed his head and said, "I obey your order."

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan bowed again and walked out of Zixia Palace with Duke Bingling.

"Lord Lingtai, are you going back to the Qingping Mountain Divine Palace now?" asked Lord Bingling.

Zhuang Yan nodded and smiled, "That's right, fellow Taoist, please stop here. There's no need to see me off any further."

Duke Bingling smiled and said, "Your Majesty has ordered it, so how can I not send it off?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, fellow Taoist." Zhuang Yan said.

Duke Bingling said, "What are you talking about, Master? I still want to thank you."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan asked in surprise, "Why are you thanking me?"

Duke Bingling said, "My fifth brother, Xuanling Hou Sulai, is useless and can only abuse his power. We all opposed him coming to Dongsheng Shenzhou at first, but he insisted again and again, so father had no choice but to let him come and try. As expected, he made a mess. If it weren't for Lingtai Zhenjun who arrived at Xiangling Mansion in time, I don't know how much sin he would have committed. At that time, he would not have been so relaxed. I'm afraid father couldn't protect him."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said, "As the son of the emperor, he has always been high and mighty. It is impossible for him to be a mountain god and not be good at wielding power."

At this point, Zhuang Yan asked Duke Bingling, "Do you think the Five Emperors' Prescription Book will be successful this time?"

Duke Bingling smiled and said, "There is an 80% chance of success."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan was a little surprised. It was probably not low.

Duke Bingling saw Zhuang Yan so surprised, and immediately said, "I won't hide this from you, Zhenjun. Ninety percent of the righteous gods in Dongsheng Shenzhou have obeyed Dongyue Shenfu. This is the layout of my Dongyue Shenfu for thousands of years. In addition, the Five Emperors have also won the support of Dongwanggong, Xiwangmu, Zhongtian Fanqi Doumu Yuanjun, Zhenwu Emperor and other emperors in the Heavenly Court. They all think that we can try the Five Emperors' governance method first. If it can improve things in the world, for the sake of all living beings in the world, the Heavenly Court can make an attempt. If the Five Emperors' governance method fails, then we can investigate the responsibility and correct the mistakes at that time."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly. If we don't talk about "power", then we can also try the "Five Emperors' Prescriptions for Governance".

It is obvious that this is what the emperors mentioned above thought. Anyway, it does not involve the power in their hands, so it is not a bad idea to promote the "Five Emperors' Governance" policy, improve the Shintoism in the world, and benefit all living beings.

As they were talking, the two of them had already flown out of Taixuan Mountain. Zhuang Yan said to Lord Bingling, "You don't need to see me off, fellow Taoist. Please go back."

Duke Bingling bowed to Zhuang Yan and said, "Okay, take care on your journey, my Lord."

Zhuang Yan nodded, said goodbye, performed the "teleportation", and disappeared from Binglinggong's sight in an instant and returned to Qingping Mountain.

Lord Bingling stood there in a daze, sensing Zhuang Yan's aura that suddenly disappeared. After a while, he finally reacted and said in amazement, "Sure enough, his magical powers are vast. I'm afraid there aren't many such powerful flying methods in the Three Realms."

After sighing, Duke Bingling turned around and returned to Taixuan Mountain.

Five days later, all the gods who participated in the "Conference of the Gods" arrived at Taixuan Mountain. The conference was held as scheduled and was extremely smooth. It only took one day for the Five Mountains Emperor to unify the opinions of all the gods who came to the conference.

On the sixth day, a new "Book of Five Emperors' Prescriptions" and the attached "General Guidelines for Prescriptions" were submitted to the Human World Department with the signatures of the Five Great Emperors of the Mountains, the Five Ghost Emperors, and all the gods.

After receiving this memorial, the Human World Department did not dare to neglect it and immediately sent it to Daluo Heaven in person, and handed it over to the Chief Emperor of the Divine Heaven Jade Palace, 'Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun'.

Therefore, the Heavenly Court once again convened a court meeting on the "Five Emperors' Book of Prescriptions". The court meeting was held in the Lingxiao Palace, convened by the Jade Emperor and presided over by the Four Imperial Emperors. All the immortal officials and gods above the fifth rank in the heavens participated in the court meeting. (End of this chapter)