I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 43: Incarnation into the mountains to open a temple, Bodhisattva mistakenly falls into the trap of selling himself
It is said that the 'Buddha Mother Great Golden Light Peacock King' left the temple, absorbed thousands of Buddha lights and auspicious signs, transformed into an exotic female fairy and went straight east, all the way to Lingtai Mountain.

She glanced towards the 300-li Lingtai Mountain and saw divine light floating on the Danchi Ridge, auspicious light and mist filling the Fangcun Mountain, and auspicious aura rising to the sky.

The divine light on Danchi Ridge is easy to explain, because the Lingtai Mountain Temple is right on Danchi Ridge.

But the boundless auspiciousness in the Fangcun Mountain was extraordinary. The Peacock King took only one look and was slightly surprised and said, "There is a powerful person practicing in this mountain."

After thinking about it, the Peacock King gave up the idea of ​​settling down in Fangcun Mountain. It would be bad if that powerful man saw through his plan.

Finally, the Peacock King rode on the clouds and flew straight to the Liuzhen Peak, where he found a beautiful place with mountains and rivers and settled down.

After setting up the temple, the Peacock King sat cross-legged in front of the cloud pavilion in the center of the temple.

As soon as she made her seals and entered into meditation, she saw a flash of Buddha's light before her eyes, and soon the image of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva appeared before the Peacock King.

"Venerable Zhunti?" The Peacock King was a little surprised, and put his hands together and said, "Venerable, what is the important matter that has come to this place?"

The projection of the Bodhisattva Cundi bowed eleven times to the Peacock King, and then asked, "What is the purpose of your going to Lingtai Mountain to open a temple?"

The Peacock King smiled and said, "To be honest, fellow Taoist, I want to find out the details of this Lingtai Mountain God."

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "The Lingtai Mountain God was recommended by the Supreme Lord Lao, and his background is very clear."

The Peacock King shook his head and said, "I want to know more about him. This person has great magical powers, but he was unknown before. He was recommended by Laojun as the god of Lingtai Mountain, which makes people suspicious."

"Fellow Daoist, are you doubting the Supreme Lord Lao?" Zhunti Bodhisattva said with a smile, "Isn't this a bit too suspicious?"

The Peacock King said: "It's not that I'm suspicious, but it's impossible for a person with unknown origins and no past to be recommended by the Supreme Lord Laozi to work in Xiniu Hezhou without some explanation."

Bodhisattva Zhunti said with a smile: "There are not so many conspiracies in the world. The Taoist immortals all live in the ten continents and three islands. They don't care about the secular world. There is no conflict with our Buddhist sect. Taoist friend, you are indeed worrying too much."

The Peacock King said, "Your Excellency, there is no need to persuade me. Let me find out first."

"Okay." Zhunti Bodhisattva said helplessly: "But I want to warn you, fellow Taoists, to be careful about what you do."

"Don't worry, Your Excellency. I know what I'm doing." said the Peacock King.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva nodded, then retracted his projected body.

The Peacock King continued to sit in meditation, but after a moment she realized something was wrong, as if someone was staring at her, so she immediately opened her eyes and looked forward.

She saw a young man wearing the robe of a seventh-rank immortal official in heaven walking towards her. The Peacock King saw that the man was tall and dignified.

The seventh-rank immortal officials in Lingtai Mountain knew who this person was without having to think. The Peacock King immediately stood up, bowed and asked, "Excuse me, are you the God of Lingtai Mountain?"

Zhuang Yan did not reply, but walked up to the Peacock King, looked her up and down carefully, and then walked directly to her cushion and sat down.

"Where did it come from?" Zhuang Yan asked immediately after he sat down cross-legged on the Peacock King's cushion.

The Peacock King smiled and bowed, "I am the immortal Golden Bird, a wandering immortal from Hezhou, Xiniu. I passed by here today and saw the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, which is a great blessing, so I wanted to open a place for cultivation here."

Then, Zhuang Yan of the Peacock Ming Dynasty asked, "May I ask who the Supreme God is?"

Zhuang Yan said calmly, "I am the god of Lingtai Mountain. As a wandering immortal, why don't you come to the temple to report when you set up a residence in the mountains?"

Hearing this, Kongquewang was surprised. She originally thought that Zhuang Yan discovered her by chance when passing by, but now it seems that Zhuang Yan knew about it after she opened the Taoist temple, so he came to ask questions.

The Peacock King was surprised and became even more wary of Zhuang Yan.

If it were an ordinary mountain god, with her level of Taiyi Jinxian, as long as she concealed her tracks, it would be impossible to find her even with the Mountain God Jade Book.

The Peacock King quickly bowed and said, "Please forgive me, my lord. I wanted to go and see the mountain god after I opened the temple, but I didn't expect that the mountain god would come first. Please forgive me, my lord."

Zhuang Yan said, "If you make a mistake, you must be punished. This is the right thing to do. You opened a Taoist temple illegally without reporting it. I will enforce the law impartially. Now I will fine you 100,000 purple coins."

"Ah?" The Peacock King was stunned. Is this really a punishment?
"What?" Zhuang Yan scolded, "As an immortal, you don't even understand such a simple truth? Who is your master? Didn't he teach you the principles of being a human being? You are so derelict in your duty and unworthy of being a teacher. Call him over and I will reprimand him in person."

As the Buddha Mother of the West, the chief of the Eight Great Vidyarajas, and the Bodhisattva in charge of the Asura Division in Buddhism, when has he ever been scolded like this?

"Don't play deaf and dumb, answer quickly!" Seeing that the Peacock King was confused, Zhuang Yan scolded him again.

But the Peacock King quickly adjusted his state of mind, then bowed and said, "Please calm down, Mr. Mountain. I am willing to accept the punishment."

After saying that, Peacock King took out 100,000 purple coins and held them up with his magic power. Zhuang Yan saw this and took the 100,000 purple coins. Then his face lightened up and he looked at Peacock King and said, "That's right. Come, I will register your temple now."

Upon hearing this, the Peacock King immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Mountain."

Zhuang Yan stood up and quickly gave a jade slip to the Peacock King, saying, "Take a look. If you have no objection, use your magic power to brand it."

"Yes." The Peacock King took the jade slip and read it. It said: "There is a wandering immortal named Golden Sparrow who has opened a Taoist temple on the Liuzhen Peak of Lingtai Mountain. All the doubts of the mountain gods and temples are resolved by the mountain gods. This jade slip is specially compiled and recorded with the seal of the law as proof, as ordered by law."

"Is there any problem?" Zhuang Yan asked.

The Peacock King pointed at the eight characters "All affiliated to the Mountain God Temple" and asked, "Shan Jun, what do these eight characters mean?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Liuzhen Peak is one of the main peaks of Lingtai Mountain Range, so it is naturally under the jurisdiction of Lingtai Mountain God. That's what I mean."

"I see." The Peacock King nodded, then looked at the jade slip in his hand, which still had no imprint.

Zhuang Yan asked: "Why? Do you have any questions? You can ask me."

Upon hearing this, the Peacock King quickly said, "No more, no more." Then he activated his magic power and imprinted the mark of his magic power on the jade slip.

"Mountain God, it's done. Please have a look." The Peacock King handed back the jade slip and said.

Zhuang Yan took the jade slip, nodded and smiled, "Yes, since you have been branded, this dojo is yours."

"Thank you, Mountain God." The Peacock King quickly bowed his hands in thanks.

Zhuang Yan said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me. You have been branded on the jade slip. From now on, you must obey the orders of the mountain temple. If you are ordered to do something, you must not disobey."

"What?!" Hearing this, the Peacock King was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Mountain God, what do you mean?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "What do you mean? It is clearly stated on this jade slip that you will be under my command from now on. You must obey my orders."

“But it’s not written on this jade slip.” The Peacock King said, pointing at the jade slip.

Zhuang Yan pointed at the jade slip and said, "Where is it not written? Isn't it written here? 'Everything belongs to the Mountain God Temple', which means that everything you have from now on belongs to my Mountain God Temple."

The Peacock King was shocked. After a moment of silence, he said, "No, no! That's not what you just said, Mountain God."

Zhuang Yan laughed and pointed to the two words at the end: "All doubts will be explained by the mountain god." He said, "Look here. If there are any discrepancies or doubts in the contents of this jade slip, I will explain them to you."

“This!!!” Peacock King looked at Zhuang Yan in disbelief. After a moment, her face darkened and she said angrily, “You are a mountain god, but you used such means on a little fairy like me. Fine, fine, I don’t want this temple anymore!”

"No?" Zhuang Yan's face changed, and he said, "It's written on the jade slip, and the seal is branded on it. Now you can just say no and then give it up? Are you teasing me?"

Even a clay figure can get angry, let alone a Bodhisattva? All I heard was the Peacock King said in a deep voice: "Mountain God, I advise you to stop while you are ahead, and don't go too far."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan was surprised and said, "How dare you threaten the immortal officials of the Heavenly Court? Fine, fine, wait until I go back and report to the Ministry of Thunder."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan was about to leave. Looking at Zhuang Yan's back, more than a hundred ways of Zhuang Yan's death flashed through King Peacock's mind.

But soon the Peacock King suppressed his anger and calmed down again, thinking to himself, "The overall situation is more important." Then he chuckled, stepped forward and said, "Please stay, Mr. Mountain. I was just joking. It is my honor to work under the Mountain God."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately turned around and said with a smile: "That's right, how could someone who can casually take out 100,000 purple coins not understand this? Well, you should practice well here. I will go back and give you orders if I need them in the future."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan flew away on the fairy light.

Hearing this, Peacock King's heart skipped a beat, realizing that he had accidentally exposed a flaw. How could an ordinary immortal take out 100,000 purple coins so easily?

But judging from Zhuang Yan's performance, he had not seen through his own identity, which made the Peacock King feel a little relieved.

Seeing Zhuang Yan's departing back, the Peacock Queen felt extremely complicated. She had to admit that she had underestimated Zhuang Yan. As a Buddhist Bodhisattva, he was tricked into signing a contract to sell himself. Fortunately, he signed it under the name of "Golden Peacock Fairy", otherwise it would be a disgrace to the Buddha.

He originally came here to find out about Zhuang Yan's background, but he didn't expect to be tricked by Zhuang Yan as soon as they met.

The mission did not go well, and the Peacock King was in a very heavy mood.

She even wanted to abandon this incarnation and run back to Lingshan directly, but then she changed her mind and thought that she had already paid 100,000 purple coins and had suffered the humiliation before. If she left like this, she really couldn't bear it!

(End of this chapter)