I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 38: Hu Da joins Ren Xianfeng, the way of heaven is unpredictable and changeable

After the fasting banquet in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave was over, Zhuang Yan bid farewell to Patriarch Bodhi and returned to the Danchiling Mountain Temple with the Fire Spirit Immortal.

As soon as I came back, I saw a tall figure pacing back and forth in front of the mountain temple.

Zhuang Yan took a closer look and immediately called out, "Hu Da, what are you doing here?"

Hearing Zhuang Yan's voice, the tall figure turned around quickly. It was Hu Da, the father of the two little tigers Hu Lailai and Hu Ququ.

Hu Da quickly walked to Zhuang Yan and knelt down. He then held out a basket of fruits and presented them to him, then bowed and said, "Hu Da greets the Tiger King."

Seeing his attitude, Zhuang Yan asked with a smile, "What do you want?"

Hu Da said, "I am here to congratulate you on your enlightenment. These fruits and vegetables are spiritual things that my wife and I have collected while traveling all over Lingtai Mountain. I offer them to you with my heart and hope you will accept them."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "It's rare that you and your wife are so thoughtful. Thank you very much. Get up now."

At this time, the True Immortal Fire Spirit walked forward, and Hu Da hurriedly handed the basket of fruits to the True Immortal Fire Spirit, then he thanked him and stood up.

After Hu Da stood up, he first looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal, then looked at Zhuang Yan. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but lowered his head with some difficulty.

Seeing him like this, Zhuang Yan immediately smiled and said, "You didn't come here just to congratulate me on my immortality, did you? Tell me, what else is going on? A man shouldn't be fussy, just speak your mind."

Upon hearing this, Hu Da straightened his chest, knelt on one knee with a plop and said, "I want to ask for a job here at Shan Jun to support my family."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan asked, "Why can't you support two sons?"

Hu Da said in a deep voice, "It's not that I can't afford to support them, but my two children have grown up now, and they need more and more training materials. The purple money my husband and I earn every day is not enough, so I want to ask Shanjun for some work to earn some purple money to supplement the family expenses."

Zhuang Yan laughed and looked at Hu Dao who was kneeling on the ground, still looking majestic and tall. "I see that you are at the level of Lianxu Hedao. This level of cultivation is not easy to come by among the monsters in Lingtai Mountain."

Hu Da said, "Sir, please allow me to report. Since I was born with intelligence, I have drunk mountain spring nectar when I was thirsty and only ate wild fruits and herbs when I was hungry. I have never eaten a living person, so I have cultivated a breath of pure energy and practiced much faster than others."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "For someone as smart as you, it would be fine for you to work for me."

After that, Zhuang Yan pointed at the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Then you can be a pioneer for General Shoushan. I will give you 100 purple coins every month. How about that?"

One hundred purple coins, this is their family's normal income for four months.

Hu Da immediately bowed to Zhuang Yan with a grateful look on his face and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tiger, for taking me in. I will be loyal to you and repay you for your kindness."

Zhuang Yan took out a hundred purple coins and handed them to Hu Da, saying, "This is your salary for this month. Take it back and use it first."

Hu Da looked at the one hundred purple coins flying in front of him, was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out to catch it, with a trace of mist in his eyes.

General Hu put away the 100 purple coins, kowtowed to Zhuang Yan and said, "Shan Jun, I will remember your kindness in my heart."

"Alright, alright." Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't act like a little girl. Go back and rest first. Come back tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Hu Da. Now he should be called Hu Xianfeng. Hu Xianfeng bowed his head, then said goodbye and left.

After Tiger Vanguard left, Zhuang Yan said to Fire Spirit Immortal: "Now I remember that you have been with me for more than ten years, and I have not paid you a salary." Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said: "Since I followed the mountain king, I have gained a lot of benefits. How can I ask the mountain king for a salary again?"

"Let's put it this way." Zhuang Yan said, "Since you are my mountain guard general, you still have to get the salary you deserve. How about this, Tiger Vanguard gets 100 purple coins per month, and you get 500 purple coins per month."

The Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said, "Yes, I thank you, Lord Shan."

Zhuang Yan took out 100,000 purple coins and handed them to Fire Spirit Immortal, saying, "Here is 100,000 purple coins to make up for your salary for the past ten years. The rest is for you and Tiger Vanguard's future salary. Talk to me when you've distributed it."

The Fire Spirit Immortal was shocked to see so many purple coins, but when he thought that Zhuang Yan was a seventh-rank immortal official in the Heavenly Court, he was not surprised.

He immediately took the 100,000 purple coins, then bowed and said, "I will obey the order."

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan flew to the Eight Immortals Pavilion. As a seventh-rank immortal official, his monthly salary was eight thousand purple coins, which was ninety-six thousand a year.

But purple money has many wonderful uses, the greatest of which is that it can be refined into purple energy for cultivation, so Zhuang Yan consumes some purple money for cultivation every month.

Excluding the 100,000 purple coins he had just given to True Immortal Huo Ling, he now had 350,000 purple coins left.

Moreover, purple money is not only circulated among immortals and monks, but also in the mortal world. Moreover, purple money is extremely valuable in the mortal world, far exceeding gold and silver.

But this is not important. Most cultivators use their purple money on cultivation and rarely spend it in the human world.

Now that he has become an immortal, Zhuang Yan immediately prepared to absorb the power of heaven.

Because he already had a premonition of achieving the Tao fruit of Earthly Immortal, he deliberately kept the power of Heavenly Dao until this month, so that he could collect more after becoming an immortal.

Zhuang Yan was seen sitting cross-legged, looking up at the sky, and with a thought he began to absorb the power of heaven.

However, this time, nothing was gained, and there was nothing gained.

"Hmm?" Zhuang Yan frowned. "I haven't absorbed the power of Heavenly Dao this month. Why did I get nothing this time?"

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan immediately activated his own great power to sense the way of heaven. After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and instantly retracted his great power.

After a moment, Zhuang Yan sighed, "This is really the way of heaven, and it is hard to find your destiny."

Just now he sensed the Way of Heaven and discovered that there had been changes in the operation of the Way of Heaven. The power of the Way of Heaven had changed from appearing once a month to once a year.

Previously, he could absorb seven points of Heavenly Dao Power every month, but from now on he will have to absorb it once a year.

Although the laws of nature are unpredictable, Zhuang Yan knew that he was "undermining the laws of nature", so he just felt a little regretful and quickly adjusted his mindset.

Anyway, the power of Heaven is always there, and only one can absorb it. Moreover, the higher one's cultivation level, the closer one is to Heaven, and the easier it is to absorb the power of Heaven.

Therefore, let alone once a year, even if it was once a hundred years, he would have enough patience to wait.

As for the present, fortunately he has accumulated 840 points of Heavenly Power in the past few years. He originally wanted to use this Heavenly Power to open a few more major functions after becoming an immortal, but now it seems that he should save it first in case of emergency.

(End of this chapter)