I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 5: The general is narrow-minded and his troops are approaching the Ghost Valley

Zhuang Yan rode the cloud light around Lingtai Mountain. Normally, a tour of the mountain would take him at least one day and at most two days.

And ever since he got the 'Thousand Light Cloud Talisman', he could summon clouds of light that could travel a thousand miles a day. Today, he had toured the entire Lingtai Mountain in just half a day.

Zhuang Yan finished his inspection of the mountain and returned to the outside of the mountain temple. He descended from the cloud and put away the Thousand Lights Cloud Talisman. Just as he was about to enter the temple, he suddenly heard a clear shout from above his head: "Priests below, stand still and listen."

Zhuang Yan looked up and saw a thundercloud falling from the sky. The thundercloud was layered and dark with flashes of lightning. In the blink of an eye, it landed outside the mountain temple.

The next moment, two teams of heavenly soldiers in golden armor walked out from the thunderclouds and divided into two groups to line up outside the mountain temple.

Afterwards, a mighty and majestic heavenly general, wearing golden chain mail, a purple cloud beast-faced helmet on his head, and a golden sword on his waist, walked out with his head held high.

The general was Zhu Lie. He glanced at Zhuang Yan and asked, "Are you the God of Lingtai Mountain?"

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "It is me, the little god. May I ask who the general is?"

Zhu Lie said, "I am Zhu Lie, the general in front of the Lingxiao Palace in the Heavenly Palace. I have come here today in compliance with the Jade Emperor's order to eliminate the evildoers and save the immortal servants. I heard that you helped Marshal Deng capture Ao Qu, the demon from the lower world, a few days ago?"

Zhuang Yan said: "It was just Marshal Deng's support. I didn't help much."

Zhu Lie waved his hand and said calmly, "It's not important. There is a mountain stream sixty miles north of your Lingtai Mountain. There lives a monster in it. I want you to find out the details of this monster for me."

Zhuang Yan said in astonishment: "General, I am the god of Lingtai Mountain. The area sixty miles north of Lingtai Mountain is not under my jurisdiction."

Zhu Lie said: "I didn't ask you to take care of it. I just asked you to use the Mountain God's Jade Book to check the origin of that evildoer."

Zhuang Yan heard this and said, "In that case, please wait for a moment, General, and let me check it out."

Zhu Lie instructed Zhuang Yan, "Bring a chair over here for me to sit on."

Zhuang Yan, who had just taken out the jade book, glanced at Zhu Lie with doubts in his eyes. What rank is he? Is he more arrogant than Marshal Deng?

"Hmm?" Zhu Lie saw Zhuang Yan's expression and immediately said unhappily, "Can't you hear what I'm saying?"

Zhuang Yan said, "I heard it, but there are no chairs in the temple."

Zhu Lie said, "There's not even a chair? Then go get a stool."

Zhuang Yan said, "There are no stools either."

Zhu Lie asked, "What kind of shabby temple is this? How come there is nothing in it?"

Zhuang Yan said, "This is a mountain temple, not a furniture store. Um, General, do you want a bed?"

Zhu Lie nodded and said, "Okay, a bed would be even better. Only after a good rest can I have the strength to destroy the demons."

Zhuang Yan nodded, and immediately took out a gorgeous carpet from the infinite space. He spread it on the ground and said, "Heavenly General, here is the best bed. Please lie down on it."

The surrounding heavenly soldiers turned their heads away to hold back their laughter when they saw this scene, while Zhu Lie instantly flew into a rage, stepped forward and grabbed Zhuang Yan by the collar, and shouted, "You ignorant thing, what rank of little god are you? How dare you tease your grandfather like this?"

Zhuang Yan remained calm, looking directly at Zhu Lie and said, "I am the God of Lingtai Mountain appointed by the Jade Emperor, and an 'Eighth Rank Immortal Official of the Lower Yuan' in the Heavenly Court."

"Humph." Zhu Lie sneered and said, "Awarded by the Jade Emperor? You are so arrogant. You are an eighth-rank god, and you still need the Jade Emperor to appoint you?"

At this time, a young celestial soldier stepped forward and said, "General, he did not lie. I heard from Marshal Deng that the Lingtai Mountain God was recommended by Laojun and appointed by the Jade Emperor."

"Oh?" Zhu Lie raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked at Zhuang Yan in surprise, "Recommended by Laojun?" Zhu Lie muttered these four words, and these four words carried a lot of weight.

Then he relaxed his expression, loosened Zhuang Yan's collar and said, "Hurry up and find out the whereabouts of that evildoer and report to me."

Zhuang Yan smiled calmly, and then began to check the Jade Book. After a moment, Zhuang Yan said to Zhu Lie: "The mountain stream is called 'Ghost Sound Stream', and the monster in it is called 'King Ge Luo'."

"What else?" Zhu Lie asked.

Zhuang Yan shook his head and said, "That's all. This is all the information I have about the monster in Guisheng Gorge."

Zhu Lie frowned, but relaxed his brows in an instant. It was just a little demon from the lower realm. How strong could it be? As a great Xuanxian, was he afraid of a little demon from the mountains?
However, Zhu Lie looked at Zhuang Yan in front of him, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He said to Zhuang Yan: "Lingtai Mountain God, come with me to Guisheng Gorge to kill the monster."

"Me?" Zhuang Yan immediately shook his head and said, "You must be joking. Ghost Sound Gorge is not under my jurisdiction. I am not responsible for it."

Zhu Lie said, "I, as a sixth-rank immortal official, summon you to my side to follow my orders. Go to Guisheng Gorge and lead the way for me."

Zhuang Yan shook his head again and said, "I won't go. This is not within my authority."

"You have to go whether you want to or not." Zhu Lie said with a straight face.

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he turned around and walked towards the mountain temple. However, Zhu Lie waved his hand and said to the heavenly soldiers on both sides: "Go, carry him to the thundercloud for me."

"This" The heavenly soldiers on both sides were a little hesitant, wondering if this counted as holding the immortal official hostage.

Zhu Lie looked at the hesitant soldiers and said, "Go ahead. I will take care of anything that comes up."

Upon hearing this, the heavenly soldiers rushed forward and surrounded Zhuang Yan. They first said "sorry" to Zhuang Yan, then rushed forward, held Zhuang Yan's hands and legs, carried him up and ran towards the thundercloud.

"What are you doing? This is kidnapping and hostage-taking. Hostage-taking an immortal official is a serious crime." Zhuang Yan shouted loudly.

The heavenly soldiers turned a deaf ear and carried Zhuang Yan directly onto the thundercloud. Then Zhu Lie ordered the thundercloud to fly directly north towards Guishengjian.

Seeing that these heavenly soldiers had no intention of putting him down, Zhuang Yan immediately activated the 'add status' option and added a 'weak' status to all the heavenly soldiers who were carrying him.

"Ouch!"

Accompanied by bursts of exclamations, the heavenly generals who were carrying Zhuang Yan suddenly felt dizzy and weak all over. They fell on the clouds, and Zhuang Yan successfully broke free from them and stood up.

Seeing this, Zhu Lie's eyes widened and he said, "What are you doing? As a heavenly soldier, you can fall on the ground?"

The heavenly soldiers were lying on the clouds, and they said innocently, "General, we don't know why we just felt dizzy and weak, and then we fell down."

After hearing this, Zhu Lie stepped forward to check the situation of the heavenly soldiers, but did not find anything unusual. Instead, after a while, the weak state gradually dissipated and the heavenly soldiers returned to normal.

"Did you do it?" Zhu Lie stood up and asked Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan pointed to the ground below and said, "The ghost is in there."

Zhu Lie took a look at Zhuang Yan, who was only at the level of Qi Refining and Transforming into a God, but was extremely mysterious, and thought to himself, "He is worthy of being recommended by Laojun. He is mysterious and has the demeanor of a Taoist charlatan."

Zhu Lie then walked to the front of the clouds and looked in the direction Zhuang Yan pointed. There was a mountain range there with a stream in the middle of the mountain range.

There were clouds of evil spirits and gusts of evil wind over the mountain stream. Needless to say, it must be the 'Ghost Sound Stream'.

Zhu Lie immediately sent down thunderclouds and ordered a thousand heavenly soldiers to surround Guishengjian in the air. He then ordered another thousand heavenly soldiers to block the ground exit of Guishengjian to prevent any monster from escaping.

Then he personally led a thousand heavenly soldiers into Guisheng Gorge to wipe out the monsters. At this time, Zhuang Yan said, "This small mountain stream is not complicated. There is no need for me to lead the way. I will take my leave first. I wish you to wipe out the monsters and make great contributions."

Zhuang Yan was about to leave, but as soon as he turned around, Zhu Lie grabbed him and said, "Since you are here, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Let me show you, little god, the power and spirit of a celestial general."

Zhuang Yan was speechless for a moment. He had been humiliated by his contradiction before, and now he wanted to show off his power and earn some face in return.

Can such a person be a celestial general? Could the Jade Emperor be getting senile and confused?
(End of this chapter)