I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 35: Making Friends at Danchi Ridge and Building the Eight Immortals Pavilion

Lingtai Mountain, Danchiling Mountain Temple.

The Eight Immortals and Zhuang Yan flew on swords and landed outside the temple, and the Fire Spirit Immortal immediately came to meet them.

"Greetings, Lord of the Mountain." Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said.

Zhuang Yan smiled slightly and introduced to the Fire Spirit Immortal: "General Shoushan, come and meet the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave."

Fire Spirit Immortal was surprised. The Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave? They were the eight famous Taoist immortals in the Heavenly Palace.

This great reputation does not mean how powerful they are, but it means that they are very famous and have countless followers in the world.

The Fire Spirit Immortal hurried forward, bowed his head and said, "I am the Guardian General of Lingtai Mountain, Fire Spirit, and I am here to greet all the Immortals."

Lan Caihe said with a smile: "This is the Fire Spirit Immortal who stole the Buddhist incense. He is now the mountain guarding general under the Lingtai Mountain God."

Hearing this, the other seven immortals immediately stood in awe. Tieguai Li shook his head and said, "How dare you, an earthly immortal, steal the incense of the Buddhist sect? You are so audacious."

The Fire Spirit Immortal said awkwardly: "I don't know how high the heaven is, indeed..."

“Hey.” Zhongli Quan interrupted the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, “What he meant is that you should wait until you have reached a higher level of Taoism before trying to rob. That way, no one will be able to subdue you.”

Fire Spirit Immortal: “.”

"Alright, alright." He Xiangu said with a smile, "Why are you teasing a young man?"

Zhuang Yan smiled at the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Go and clean up the side room quickly, and then invite all the immortals to take their seats."

Lü Dongbin said, "Shan Jun, your mountain temple doesn't just have a main hall and a side room, does it?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and smiled, "It's a bit shabby, but it's no problem for the nine of us to sit down."

"Well, since it's a gathering, there should be wind, moon, mountains and water." After Lu Dongbin finished speaking, he turned to Tieguai Li and said, "Brother Li, don't you have a 'spiritual pavilion' that you can't find a place to put it? What do you think of Danchi Ridge?"

Upon hearing this, Tieguai Li turned around and looked around, then nodded and said, "Well, the mountains are beautiful, the water is clear, the wind is strong, the clouds are bright, and the springs are clear. What a blessed place and fairy mountain."

"How about placing the Ling Pavilion on Danchi Ridge?" Lu Dongbin said with a smile.

Tieguai Li pondered for a moment, then asked the others, "What do you think, fellow Taoists? I originally planned to use this pavilion as a regular gathering place for the Eight Immortals, so I would like to ask for your opinions."

Zhongli Quan said: "I agree with Fellow Daoist Chunyang, this place is indeed nice."

Zhang Guolao, Cao Guojiu, Han Xiangzi, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe and others all expressed that they had no objection. Tieguai Li nodded and immediately raised his hand. A jade-colored attic with carved beams and painted buildings and covered by fairy light appeared in Tieguai Li's hand.

Tieguai Li asked Zhuang Yan, "Shan Jun, do you have any objection to building a pavilion on top of your mountain temple?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I have no objection. Master Li, please let him go."

Tieguai Li nodded, then raised his hand and waved. The exquisite building immediately flew to the top of the hundred-meter cliff of Danchi Ridge, and then emitted a fairy light.

Everyone saw a fairy light shining brightly on the top of the peak, followed by a loud "boom". A moment later, a pavilion with carved beams and painted buildings, ancient style, red roofs and green tiles, and three floors appeared on the top of Danchiling.

The top of the mountain is surrounded by cliffs that are hundreds of feet high. This pavilion stands on top, and only immortals can climb up there.

"Okay." Tieguai Li said, "Please come and give this building a name."

Lan Caihe said: "Lingyun Tower."

"There are too many people with this name." Tieguai Li shook his head.

He Xiangu asked, "How is Fuxia Pavilion?"

Tieguai Li shook his head again and said, "It's hard to pronounce."

Uncle Cao said: "Lingxiao Treasure Pavilion!"

Everyone looked at Cao Guojiu in surprise. Zhongli Quan pointed at Cao Guojiu with a palm leaf fan and said, "Come here, drag him down and behead him." "Haha." Cao Guojiu stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "Since this pavilion is located on Danchi Ridge, let the Lingtai Mountain God name it."

"Good idea." Lu Dongbin said, "God of Lingtai Mountain, you come up with a name."

Zhuang Yan was not polite. He thought for a while with his hands behind his back, and then said, "I think it's simple. Since this pavilion was built for the Eight Immortals, let's call it 'Eight Immortals Pavilion'."

"Hey!" Zhongli Quan said immediately: "I agree, the Eight Immortals Pavilion is good, the Eight Immortals Pavilion is good."

Tieguai Li asked: "You said it's good, besides being worthy of my name as the Eight Immortals, what's the good thing about it?"

Zhongli Quan said: "It's good that this is Xiniu Hezhou!"

"Right, right, right." Han Xiangzi clapped his hands and laughed, "The Eight Immortals Pavilion is very good, very good."

Tieguai Li also understood, and looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "The Lingtai Mountain God knows how to name things. Okay, let's call it the Eight Immortals Pavilion."

After saying that, everyone took off into the air and flew into the Eight Immortals Pavilion.

He Xiangu used her magic to make lotus flowers grow all over the pavilion. The flower buds were large and round, shining with fairy light. When they were opened, they were filled with all kinds of fine liquors and delicacies.

At this time, the Eight Immortals each displayed their skills and conjured up all kinds of immortal treasures and fine wines, which soon filled up the lotus platform and jade table.

Zhuang Yan looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal standing beside him and said, "You should sit down and drink with us."

Fire Spirit Immortal was dazzled by the magic of the Eight Immortals. Hearing this, he quickly said, "Shan Jun and the other Immortals are here, how dare I act rashly?"

Hearing this, Lü Dongbin held up the wine cup and said, "You were not so cautious when you robbed the Buddhist incense. Come, come, sit down and drink with us. There are only a group of free and easy wine immortals in this building, and there are no real gods or immortals."

He Xiangu raised the lotus jade cup and said to the Fire Spirit Immortal, "Daoyou, please take a seat."

"Please sit down." Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

The Fire Spirit Immortal's face flushed slightly, with stars in his eyes. He bowed to everyone, then sat down and joined them.

Two hours later, after the small banquet, the Eight Immortals returned to heaven and reported the matter to Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu.

After hearing that Zhuang Yan had captured both Master Tian Miao and Yao Chi Golden Girl, Emperor Shao Yang hurriedly asked, "How did Zhuang Yan deal with Master Tian Miao?"

Hearing this, the Eight Immortals were stunned. After a moment, Tieguai Li bowed and said, "Please forgive me, sir. We forgot to ask about this matter."

Emperor Shaoyang waved his hand and smiled, "It's okay, if you didn't ask, then don't ask. You all have worked hard on this trip, please go back and rest first."

The Eight Immortals bowed and said, "Thank you, sir. We will take our leave now."

As the Eight Immortals left, the attendant on the side said, "Shang Qing, it's wrong for the Eight Immortals to forget to ask about Master Tian Miao."

Emperor Shaoyang smiled and said, "Master Tianmiao is a disciple of Tathagata Dingguang. It's not that they forgot to ask about this matter, but they can't ask."

At this point, Emperor Shaoyang said to Cheng Wulang, "We can't ask either. Just pretend that this person doesn't exist and let the Lingtai Mountain God decide how to deal with him."

Cheng Wulang hesitated for a moment and said, "What if the Lingtai Mountain God gets impulsive and kills the Tianmiao Master?"

Emperor Shaoyang's expression became serious when he heard this, but he said, "It doesn't matter if he is killed. The fault lies with Master Tianmiao and the Golden Maiden of Yaochi. Let alone killing Master Tianmiao, even if the Golden Maiden of Yaochi is killed as well, the Queen Mother of the West will not say anything."

But Shaoyang Emperor quickly added, "Please pay attention to this matter and see how the Lingtai Mountain God handles it. If he really kills Master Tianmiao, report it to me immediately."

Seeing Cheng Wulang's puzzled look, Emperor Shaoyang smiled and said, "If the Lingtai Mountain God really killed the Tianmiao Master, I will personally go to Dingguang Tathagata in Yuanjue Cave on Lingjiu Mountain and take over the cause and effect of this matter."

"This matter has nothing to do with the Lingtai Mountain God. We asked him to help catch people because we needed him. As the head of the Human Department, it is already very unfair of me to use him but not give him any credit. I cannot allow him to have cause and effect with a Buddha because of this." Shaoyang Emperor said slowly.

Cheng Wulang said nothing more, but bowed to Emperor Shaoyang and said, "I will obey your order."

(End of this chapter)