I am a fairy in Journey to the West

". Pei Gong, whose name is Jue, was conferred as the City God of Puyu City to protect all the living beings in the city and receive incense from all the people."

When King Jinlun read Pei Jue's name, the woman next to Zhuang Yan's eyes shone, and then she said to Zhuang Yan: "So? You lost."

Zhuang Yan was surprised and asked: "Could it be that you..."

Pei Jue nodded and said, "I am the person that King Jinlun is thinking about, Pei Jue!"

Zhuang Yan suddenly understood what was going on. He pointed at the statue in the hall behind King Jinlun and said, "Why is there an extra soul on the statue of the City God?"

Pei Jue was startled when he heard this, and immediately looked into the hall. He saw that the statue of the City God was shining, and the soul that suddenly appeared was also shining with the same light.

"Not good." Pei Jue said, then jumped directly into the temple.

Zhuang Yan smiled, then disappeared and followed Pei Jue into the main hall of the City God Temple.

At this time, Juezhen had already struck the jade chime three times. King Jinlun closed the list in his hand with excitement on his face and turned to look at the statue.

Seeing the little rays of light rising from the statue, King Jinlun couldn't help but be delighted, and the civil and military officials outside were all filled with surprise.

Pei Jue watched the living soul slowly flying towards the statue. He became impatient and took a step forward to stop the soul.

But a hand reached out and stopped her. Pei Jue turned to look at Zhuang Yan, his tone full of hostility: "What are you doing?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "He was named by the Human King and canonized. Although he is not a true god in heaven, he is also considered a local god. If you rashly try to stop him now, you will be injured by his divine power."

"If you want to hurt me, then hurt me!" Pei Jue said stubbornly, and then took out a folding weapon from her back. When she unfolded the weapon, Zhuang Yan's eyes widened instantly.

It's not that this weapon is particularly powerful, it's just an ordinary "real weapon", but it is an iron spear.

Zhuang Yan glanced at Pei Jue. Although she was a woman with a seven-foot tall body, she still seemed a little "small" in front of the ten-foot-long iron spear.

Pei Jue held the spear in both hands and stabbed at the living soul, muttering: "Don't try to steal my throne!"

But before she could draw her spear, the soul automatically stopped in front of the statue.

Seeing that the living soul stopped, Zhuang Yan stepped forward and held down the long spear in Pei Jue's hand. Then Zhuang Yan shouted at the living soul: "I asked you to be a god, why did you stop?"

The living soul was startled when he heard the voice. He turned around suddenly and found that there was suddenly another person in the hall, and he seemed to be able to see him.

So the living soul hurriedly bowed and asked, "Excuse me, sir, where is this?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "This is the City God Temple of Puyu City in Jinlun Kingdom. King Jinlun read your name and is about to enthrone you as the City God."

"Puyu City in Jinlun Kingdom?" Shenghun was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said, "Nonsense, Puyu City is a small city in Biyan Kingdom, how did it become part of Jinlun Kingdom?"

Zhuang Yan did not say much, but just smiled slightly. In an instant, everything that had happened in the Kingdom of Viyan before flashed through the soul's mind, until the time when King Tianqi and King Jinlun divided the Kingdom of Viyan into two.

The living soul stood there in a daze for a moment, and after a moment, it came back to its senses and asked Zhuang Yan with a dejected look on its face, "Sir, was that what you asked me to see just now?"

"Yes." Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

After hearing this, the living soul couldn't help but murmured: "I didn't expect that the Biyan Kingdom would go to this point, alas!"

Then the soul said, "My name is Pei Jue. I was a strong man in the country of Bi Yan two hundred years ago. At that time, a demon snake was causing trouble for the country. I followed the king to encircle and suppress the snake demon, but the whole army was wiped out. So I retreated to protect the king, fought the snake demon alone for half an hour, and died of exhaustion. The king also successfully retreated into the city and called on all the people in the city to defend against the snake demon. In the end, the snake demon did not dare to invade the capital and cause chaos, so I got some good karma. I have been nurturing my soul in the underworld all these years, waiting to be reincarnated into the heavenly way in the future. I didn't expect to be suddenly summoned here."

Zhuang Yan smiled and asked, "Now King Jinlun has appointed you as the City God."

After hearing this, the living soul Pei Jue sneered and said, "The City God is a fifth-rank immortal official of the Heavenly Court, and is affiliated with the underworld. He needs to be conferred by the Great Siming Palace of the Human World or the Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor. How can it be his turn to be conferred by a human king?"

"So you don't want to be the City God?" Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

The living soul Pei Jue waved his hand and said, "No, no, whoever wants to be a wild god can do it. I'd better go back to the underworld to nourish my soul and wait to turn to the heavenly way in the future. Isn't that wonderful?"

After saying this, the living soul Pei Jue began to resist. The next moment, the light on the statue dimmed and disappeared, and a dark mist rose from under the feet of the living soul Pei Jue, instantly taking him back to the underworld.

Seeing the living soul Pei Jue leave, the other Pei Jue breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned again.

It was because the light on the statue faded away and never came back, and she was not attracted at all.

At this time, Jue Zhen, who was standing by, also noticed something was wrong. Why did the aura that had just appeared suddenly disappear? And the statue didn't look like it had any spiritual power.

King Jinlun looked at Juezhen, who slowly shook his head.

King Jinlun frowned and asked directly, "Master Jiantian, what's going on?" Juezhen was also confused. At this time, Pei Jue suddenly had an idea and said to the prime minister behind King Jinlun, "Let him confer the title of Pei Jue again."

The Prime Minister, who was puzzled, suddenly heard Pei Jue's voice and immediately realized that she had arrived. He immediately said calmly: "Your Majesty, the light on the statue just now was shining. This is obviously a sign that a god has arrived. Your Majesty, why don't you confer the title of Pei Gong again?"

When King Jinlun heard this, his eyes lit up and he nodded immediately, saying, "My dear minister, what you said makes sense."

So King Jinlun immediately turned around, stood solemnly, and read the imperial edict again, conferring the title on Pei Jue once again.

Sure enough, as King Jinlun completed his enthronement once again, the statue began to glow again.

And this time, Pei Jue beside Zhuang Yan also glowed with the same spiritual light, and he soared into the air and slowly flew towards the statue.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Yan couldn't help but smile and said, "Oh, I didn't expect you to have merits too?"

This time, Pei Jue finally smiled. She said to Zhuang Yan proudly, "You lose."

After saying that, Pei Jue flew into the statue, and the power of the Human King's canonization also opened up a quiet house for her. As Pei Jue flew into the statue, a bright light suddenly shone, illuminating the entire hall.

Afterwards, Juezhen went straight to King Jinlun, bowed to him and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have succeeded in becoming a god."

King Jinlun was delighted to see the spiritual light illuminating the entire hall. He immediately ordered all kinds of sacrifices to be offered, and then led all civil and military officials to burn incense and offer sacrifices.

The people outside also saw this scene and knelt on the ground in worship.

After the deification and worship ceremonies were over, King Jinlun left with all the civil and military officials. Then the people of Puyu City went into the temple to burn incense and pray to the City God.

Of course Pei Jue doesn't have this ability. After all, she is just a god. She has not been conferred an imperial title by the Heavenly Court and doesn't even have a jade certificate as an immortal official. How can she have the ability to bestow blessings?

It was already night. The temple keeper who had just been appointed by King Jinlun closed the temple door, came to the main hall, lit a stick of incense, and then returned to his room.

At this moment, a flash of light appeared, and Pei Jue came out of the statue. She looked around but did not see Zhuang Yan.

"Run away?" Pei Jue said, and then prepared to return to his own abode.

At this time, a voice came from the roof, "Who did you say ran away?"

When Pei Jue heard it, he realized it was Zhuang Yan's voice. He immediately flew up and landed on the roof of the City God Temple.

Zhuang Yan was indeed sitting on it, leaning leisurely on the roof.

"You are so brave that you even ride on top of my head." Pei Jue said to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Little Mao God, why are you showing off your majesty?"

"Mao Shen is also a god!" Pei Jue said.

Zhuang Yan asked, "Then what divine authority do you have?"

Pei Jue opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when the words came to his lips. His mind was working rapidly, but he really couldn't think of any kind of divine authority.

Pei Jue closed his mouth, came to Zhuang Yan and asked, "Why are you asking me? How much do you know?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I know too much."

"Oh? Then tell me, what kind of divine power do I, the City God, have? If you are right, our bet will be cancelled." Pei Jue said.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "If you are a god officially canonized by the Heavenly Court, remember I am talking about a god officially canonized by the Heavenly Court. Then as a City God, you will first have an official seal of a fifth-rank immortal official of the Zhongyuan Festival, also called the 'Immortal Official Jade Book'. With this Immortal Official Jade Book, you can collect all the power of incense and fire, and at the same time, the blessing power of the creatures under your rule will automatically gather in the Immortal Official Jade Book. Then you can use the power of incense and fire to bless, of course, this blessing depends on your own ability and the size of the power in your hands."

"Then, as the City God, you will have the 'Three Departments' and their subordinates. The Three Departments are: Yin and Yang Department, Quick Report Department, and Inspection Department. The subordinates of the Three Departments include the civil and military judges, the gods of each department, General Gan Liu, General Niu Ma, the God of Day and Night, General Shackles, etc. They all belong to the Yin Department sequence and are the sixth-rank gods."

"The next authority you can exercise is to 'record, judge, and reward and punish good and evil in the world.' This is the first hurdle for living beings in the world to enter the underworld. After the souls of living beings die, they will be judged by you before being escorted to the Yellow Springs Road, entering the Gate of Hell and being judged in the Ten Palaces."

"At the same time, you can observe the good and evil deeds of the living beings in the world, and increase or decrease their blessings and disasters."

"And as the City God, you have your own underworld hall. All the living beings in the entire prefecture are under your jurisdiction, and you are also responsible for receiving their incense offerings."

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Yan looked at Pei Jue with a smile and said, "Do you think you have all this now?"

Pei Jue was silent for an unknown amount of time before she looked up at Zhuang Yan and said, "Well, although I don't know whether what you said is true or not, the bet is void!" (End of this chapter)