I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 32 The Eight Immortals Gathered Outside Chaoyang Cave

Xiniu Hezhou, Dingyuan Prefecture, thirty miles away from Chaoyang Cave.

The sound of the flute is clear and gentle, the breeze is pleasant, Han Xiangzi is sitting cross-legged on a large bluestone, the jade flute in his hand is emitting pleasant and celestial sounds.

"Stop blowing." Zhongli Quan was sitting there with his chest and breasts exposed, holding a palm leaf fan in his hand. He fanned himself and said to Han Xiangzi, "When we fail to capture the Golden Lady of Yaochi, you can blow it again when we get to the grave."

Han Xiangzi really stopped playing the flute. He looked at Zhongli Quan and said, "It's not that serious, right? If we didn't have the Kunlun Mirror, we would have caught both of them long ago."

Zhongli Quan said, "Hey, as long as we didn't come down to earth to experience tribulations, have we ever missed any of the Peach Banquets? It's really embarrassing that we ate so many peaches but couldn't even do such a small thing."

Lu Dongbin leaned against the stone, glanced at He Xiangu who was fiddling with lotus leaves not far away, and asked curiously: "Xiangu, what are you doing?"

He Xiangu smiled and said, "Write an epitaph for Brother Zhongli."

When Zhongli Quan heard this, he fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan and said, "Don't write anything else, just write 'Zhongli Quan hereby apologizes to all the peaches.'"

"Hahaha." Lü Dongbin laughed loudly, then raised his left hand and stroked his long beard, saying, "Daoyou Lan Caihe has gone to ask the Lingtai Mountain God to come. It's about time now."

At this time, Cao Guojiu said to He Xiangu: "Hey, Xiangu, give me some lotus leaf rice."

He Xiangu rolled her eyes at Cao Guojiu, while Lü Dongbin said with a smile, "How can we have rice without meat? Xiangu, give me a portion of dog meat."

He Xiangu smiled, then raised her hand and pointed to the ground in front of her.

Suddenly a tender bud broke through the soil, shining with fairy light. The bud soon grew into a lotus flower half a person's height, with green lotus flowers and seven bowl-sized buds on the lotus.

He Xiangu pointed at the seven flower buds and said, "Pick whatever you want to eat."

After saying this, He Xiangu gently raised her slender fingers and plucked a flower bud into her hand. In the clear and fairy light, the flower bud slowly opened, revealing a cup of nectar.

He Xiangu lightly held the jade cup and began to drink, while the other six fairies came forward and each picked a flower bud.

When all the flower buds were picked, the lotus flowers instantly withered and died, and the six immortals all got the delicacies they wanted from the flower buds.

As they were eating, a shout suddenly came, "Well, I told you to come down and subdue the demons, but you hide here and drink and eat meat! You are not worthy of being sons of men, you are not worthy of being sons of men."

Everyone looked up and saw Lan Caihe flying down. Lü Dongbin laughed loudly, holding the dog meat in his hand and waving, "Come, come, the dog meat is delicious, let's share it."

Lan Caihe refused righteously, "Hey, I won't go along with you."

As Lan Caihe finished speaking, Yao Hua Xianjun and Zhuang Yan also flew down.

As soon as they saw Immortal Lord Yao Hua, a trace of embarrassment flashed across their faces, and then they quickly put away the delicacies in their hands, stood up, and bowed, saying: "Greetings to Immortal Lord Yao Hua."

Yao Hua Immortal Lord gently waved his whisk and bowed in return, then asked, "My fellow immortals, is that evil creature still in Chaoyang Cave?"

"Yes." Tieguai Li said, "We have been keeping an eye on them."

Yao Hua Xianjun nodded slightly, and He Xiangu asked Lan Caihe, "Fellow Daoist Lan, have you invited the Lingtai Mountain God?"

Lan Caihe immediately pulled Zhuang Yan aside and introduced him, "Everyone, let me introduce you to this person. This is the Lingtai Mountain God."

The seven fairies all looked over and then bowed to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Greetings to the Mountain God."

Zhuang Yan also bowed his head and returned the greeting, saying, "I am the Lingtai Mountain God Zhuang Yan, and I am honored to meet all the immortals."

Yao Hua Xianjun said: "Since the Lingtai Mountain God has arrived, let's go to Chaoyang Cave immediately to capture those two evildoers."

"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.

Then a cloud of immortals rose into the sky, and the immortals stood side by side on the cloud and flew towards Chaoyang Cave.

At this time, Lu Dongbin suddenly turned around, took out the dog meat and started eating. While eating, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned his head and saw that Zhuang Yan had turned around at some point and was staring at him intently.

Lu Dongbin smiled, stretched out his hand and tore off a piece of hind leg meat and handed it to Zhuang Yan, "Want some?"

"Thank you." Zhuang Yan thanked him and took it. At this time, He Xiangu's voice came from the front: "That is Chaoyang Cave."

Then the fairy cloud under his feet quickly fell down, and Zhuang Yan quickly walked to the side of the Fairy Lord Yao Hua in front.

Immortal Lord Yao Hua suddenly smelled the aroma of meat, turned his head and saw the big piece of dog leg meat in Zhuang Yan's hand.

Zhuang Yan saw Yao Hua Xianjun looking at the dog meat in his hand, so he asked, "Xianjun, do you want to eat it?"

Yao Hua Immortal Lord shook his head, and Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Immortal Lord, to call out the Golden Lady of Yaochi."

"I'll go." Lan Caihe said and flew out.

Lan Caihe flew to the outside of Chaoyang Cave and shouted a few times, but there was no movement inside the cave.

Lan Caihe flew back in confusion and asked Tieguai Li and the others, "Why is there no response? Did he run away?"

"It's impossible." Tieguai Li said, "We can't defeat Kunlun Jian, but we can defeat the two of them. With us watching, they can't hide from us even if they want to run."

"I'd better let me go." Yao Hua Xianjun said, "I can feel her energy is still in the cave."

After saying this, Yao Hua Xianjun held his whisk and flew to the outside of Chaoyang Cave on the cloud light. "Girl Jin, I am Yao Hua Xianjun. Come out and see me quickly."

There was still no response from inside the cave, and Yao Hua Xianjun said calmly, "Girl Jin, please come out, I have something to tell you."

There was still no response from the cave, so Yao Hua Xianjun said, "Girl Jin, I am here to help you today. If you don't want to cause a big fight, come out immediately and we can talk face to face."

This time, there was finally a reaction in Chaoyang Cave. A beam of fairy light flew out of the cave and turned into two figures in an instant.

The figure on the left is wearing a white robe, with his hair tied in a bun, he is tall and has a strong face. It is none other than Master Tianmiao.

The person on the right is wearing a fairy dress with pleated golden cloud patterns, pearl tassels and jade necklaces, a gorgeous crown with spiritual pearls. She is naturally beautiful, graceful and noble, with an unparalleled face and a charming expression. She is none other than the Golden Girl of the Yao Chi.

Yao Chi Golden Girl first glanced at the Eight Immortals behind her, then set her sights on Yao Hua, and immediately bowed and said, "Little sister greets Sister Yao Hua."

Yao Hua Xianjun asked: "Golden girl, are you willing to go back to Yaochi with me?"

When the Golden Lady of Yaochi heard this, she immediately took out an eight-treasure white jade mirror and said, "Sister Yaohua, I have made up my mind to stay with Tianmiao in the human world for the rest of my life and I will never go back to Yaochi."

Yao Hua Xianjun nodded, and then said: "In this case, then you don't have to call me sister anymore."

The Golden Goddess of Yaochi looked gloomy. She nodded her head and said, "Yes, Yao Hua the Immortal." Then she asked, "I wonder what the Immortal Yao Hua has come for?"

Yao Hua Xianjun smiled and said, "It's no big deal. You stole the Kunlun Mirror from the Queen Mother, and the Eight Immortals can't defeat you. So I specially invited a master. If you can defeat him, then from now on you can stay with this Master Tianmiao in the human world, and no one will disturb you anymore."

Upon hearing this, Master Tianmiao and Yao Chi Golden Girl's faces lit up with joy, but soon became worried again. Since Immortal Lord Yao Hua said this, it meant that the master must be a powerful person.

The Golden Maiden of Yaochi raised her head and looked at Master Tianmiao, who said with a firm face, "We are of the same mind in life and in the same grave in death."

Upon hearing this, the look in Yao Chi Golden Girl's eyes became firm, and then she said to Yao Hua Xianjun: "Okay, Xianjun, you must keep your word."

"Of course." Immortal Lord Yao Hua nodded, then turned around and flew back.

Zhuang Yan in the back was speechless. Yao Hua Immortal Lord's words had put him in a desperate situation. If he couldn't catch the Golden Girl of Yao Chi, then it would all be his fault.

"My Lord, you don't leave me any way out." Zhuang Yan said to Immortal Lord Yao Hua.

Yao Hua Xianjun smiled softly and took the uneaten dog meat from Zhuang Yan. "Peaches are much more delicious than dog meat, aren't they? Mountain God, please, I'll hold the meat for you first."

“That’s right.” Zhuang Yan said, and picked up a piece of cloud gauze that exuded the fragrance of lotus to wipe the oil off his mouth and hands. This scene made the Eight Immortals behind him stunned.

Yao Hua Xianjun also widened his eyes. Zhuang Yan sensed that the atmosphere was not right and was stunned for a moment. He lowered his head and realized that he was using the sleeve of Yao Hua Xianjun's immortal robe. "I'm sorry, Xianjun, you just took the meat, so I thought it was you who handed over the silk handkerchief."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan quickly flew on the clouds towards Master Tianmiao and the Golden Girl of the Jade Pool in front of him.

(End of this chapter)