I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 57: Heavenly Soldiers Praise the Monkey, Immortal Master Builds the Divine Palace

A fairy cloud descended from the sky and landed in the peach forest outside the Danchiling Mountain Temple.

Lu Ban and his escorting celestial soldiers came down from the fairy cloud. When they saw the peach forest in front of them, they couldn't help but say, "What a nice peach forest. If we take care of it for a few more years, we can use it to make peach wood utensils."

"Who wants to cut down my peach forest?" Just as Lu Ban finished speaking, a flaming fairy figure flew over from a peach tree not far away.

The Fire Spirit Immortal was wearing an eighth-grade robe embroidered with gold silk and jade with cloud patterns, a white jade belt around her waist, and had a beautiful appearance.

Lu Ban looked at the Fire Spirit Immortal, bowed his hands first, then smiled and said, "Is this your peach forest?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal glanced at Lu Ban and found that he was wearing the "Qilin Auspicious Robe" of a sixth-rank immortal official, with a "green ribbon and white jade belt" tied around his waist, which was one level higher than Zhuang Yan today.

Especially since this person is guarded by heavenly soldiers, each of them wearing a helmet and armor, and a thunder robe, looking very majestic.

Immortal Huo Ling immediately returned the greeting and said, "I am Huo Ling, the prefect of Lingtai Dongming Prefecture. I am honored to meet you, Lord. May I ask what your name is?"

Lu Ban smiled and said, "I am Lu Ban, the 'Heavenly Craftsman' of the Tiangong Academy under the Taixuan Bureau. Because the Lord of Lingtai Mansion requested to build a divine palace, the Tiangong Academy ordered me to go down to the mortal world to build a divine palace for the Lord of Lingtai Mansion."

Hearing this, True Immortal Huo Ling was overjoyed and said quickly, "Oh, it turns out to be the Immortal Master from Tiangong Academy. Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on."

As he spoke, the Fire Spirit Immortal led Lu Ban and his party to the outside of the mountain temple, and sat down on the stone table in the peach forest.

Fortunately, in order to entertain guests, the True Immortal Huo Ling specially arranged six stone tables and thirty-six stone benches in the peach forest, which are now in perfect use.

Lu Ban and a team of heavenly soldiers sat down in front of the stone table. The Fire Spirit Immortal quickly asked Sun Wukong to go to the temple to get wine and cups, and asked Chi Ling to get spiritual fruits and delicacies.

Just as the Fire Spirit Immortal was about to go to the Eight Immortals Pavilion to inform Zhuang Yan, he saw a ray of immortal light flying out of the Eight Immortals Pavilion and falling directly into the peach forest.

"Master." Fire Spirit Immortal called out hurriedly.

When Lu Ban saw Zhuang Yan suddenly appear, he slowly stood up, and the heavenly soldiers immediately stood up and bowed to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Greetings to the Lord of Lingtai Mansion."

Zhuang Yan smiled at the heavenly soldiers and said, "No need to be polite, please take a seat."

After that, he walked forward again, bowed to Lu Ban and said, "Zhuang Yan greets Master Lu Ban."

Lu Ban smiled and bowed in return, then asked, "Lord Lingtai, have you seen me before?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head and said, "I've never seen it."

When Master Lu Ban heard this, he asked in confusion, "Then why do you recognize me?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Because I know the immortal master from Tiangong Academy will come."

Master Lu Ban said, "Yes, but how do you know it's me?"

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "My colleagues from Taixuan Zhenfu told me." I can't tell you that I saw it on the 'Search for Heaven's Secrets' plug-in, right?
Upon hearing this, Master Lu Ban nodded with a hint of doubt, and then Zhuang Yan invited Master Lu Ban and the heavenly soldiers to take a seat.

At this time, Sun Wukong had already brought a few jars of good wine and placed the wine bowls on the table. Chi Ling also brought some spiritual fruits and delicacies and placed them on the stone table one by one.

A heavenly soldier looked at the busy Sun Wukong and couldn't help but smile and said, "What a good monkey, you have clever hands and feet, and you are also handsome."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed very happily and said to the heavenly soldier: "Brother, you have good eyesight. I am known as the Monkey King in the mountains."

"The Monkey King?! Well-deserved!" the heavenly soldier praised.

Sun Wukong was even happier, and he picked up the wine jar and poured wine for the heavenly soldiers. The heavenly soldiers hurriedly stopped him and said, "No, no, we have official business to attend to, so we can't drink."

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Brother is a fairy, and I drink ordinary wine. I won't get drunk no matter how much I drink. How can it delay my official duties?"

When Tianbing heard this, although he was very tempted, he still refused with a smile.

Seeing this, Lu Ban smiled and said, "Drink it. It's just right to drink some wine to relieve your fatigue."

The eyes of the heavenly soldiers lit up, but soon one of them said: "But our priority is to protect you, Immortal Master."

Lu Ban said with a smile: "We have already arrived at Danchi Ridge. What dangers can there be under the rule of Lingtai Mansion Lord? Just drink. Are you afraid that I will go back and complain?"

As a master craftsman, Lu Ban never liked serious work, so he was not an orthodox celestial official in heaven and paid little attention to laws and regulations.

After Lu Ban spoke, the heavenly soldiers bowed their hands in thanks, and then began to unpack and pour the wine impatiently.

Sun Wukong was pulled over by the heavenly soldier and said, "Monkey King, come and have a few drinks with us."

"No, no." Sun Wukong said quickly, "I am practicing with my master. I cannot drink without my master's permission."

These heavenly soldiers are all high-level cultivators who have ascended to heaven from the lower world. They were later selected by the Heavenly Court to be heavenly soldiers, so they naturally understand the rules and regulations of the sect.

Seeing Sun Wukong said this, they didn't want to force him.

However, Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Wukong, just drink it. When you go back to Master, tell him that I told you to drink it."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately smiled and quickly thanked Zhuang Yan, then sat down with the heavenly soldiers and started drinking.

Zhuang Yan, Fire Spirit Immortal, Chi Ling and Lu Ban sat at the same table. Lu Ban took the spiritual fruit handed to him by Chi Ling and took two bites. Then he took out a stack of drawings from his sleeve and placed them on the table.

"Lord Lingtai, you can choose a temple to build from these drawings," said Lu Ban.

Zhuang Yan nodded, and then began to select from these drawings. These drawings were extremely well drawn, and were created using extremely powerful immortal painting techniques.

As long as you stare at the blueprint for more than three breaths, the building on the blueprint will "come alive" in your eyes, and any detail you want to see in your mind will be displayed at will.

After an unknown amount of time, the heavenly soldiers on the side had already drunk dozens of jars of wine, and Zhuang Yan had also finished reading all the drawings.

Finally, Zhuang Yan placed a drawing on the top and said, "Master, this is it."

Lu Ban put a piece of cake in his hand into his mouth, then took the blueprint selected by Zhuang Yan and took a look at it, then smiled and said, "Your Excellency has good taste. This palace is called 'Moon Reflecting Jade Tower'. The main body is one hall, eight courtyards, three halls and ten corridors, in the shape of an 'Eyebrow Moon'. There is a 'Moon-facing Array'. If there is a moon at night, it can attract seven parts of the moonlight to illuminate the palace, and complement the moon in the sky, so it is called 'Moon Reflecting Jade Tower'."

"Master, this is really good." Fire Spirit Immortal said immediately after listening to Lu Ban's explanation.

Zhuang Yan was also very satisfied and made a decision immediately, "Master, let's build this 'Moon Reflecting Jade Tower'."

"Okay." Lu Ban nodded, put away the other drawings first, then took the drawing that Zhuang Yan picked in his hand, "Let's start now."

Zhuang Yan said in surprise: "Master, why don't you take a rest for a night and start the work tomorrow?"

"Finish the work on the same day, otherwise you will become lazy if you put it off." Lu Ban said and stood up. Zhuang Yan pointed at the heavenly soldiers and said, "But they are still drinking."

Lu Ban smiled and waved his hand, saying, "To build the Divine Palace, we don't need the help of the Heavenly Soldiers."

After saying that, Lu Ban flew up into the air, and Zhuang Yan followed closely behind him.

Then Lu Ban pointed to the mountain temple below and said, "Master, is the palace built on the original site of this mountain temple?"

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, we will build it on the original site." At this point, Zhuang Yan asked again, "Do we need to demolish the mountain temple first?"

"I'm here." Lu Ban said with a smile, then he slapped his waist. A divine light flashed, and a golden hammer, a golden axe and a golden rope flew out from Lu Ban's body.

Then Lu Ban raised his hand and pointed towards the mountain temple below. The golden hammer, golden axe and golden rope immediately turned into three rays of divine light and flew down.

The golden rope surrounded the mountain god temple, and the golden axe and golden hammer began to exert their miraculous power. A cloud of dust rose from the mountain god temple, and then just an incense stick of time later, the entire mountain god temple was demolished cleanly, and only the mountain god statue and the monastery were preserved.

Then, Lu Ban placed the statue of the mountain god and the monastery into the blueprint, and then threw the blueprint in his hand down.

The blueprint grew bigger in the wind, and disappeared after a moment. A divine palace with a glittering fairy light appeared in the air. Then Lu Ban surveyed the foundation and pointed his sword at the divine palace, which then settled down.

The God's Palace fell to the ground and turned into a phantom of the God's Palace with fairy light shining on it. Then Lu Ban once again commanded the three magic weapons, the golden rope, the golden hammer, and the golden axe. The three magic weapons immediately flew to the phantom of the God's Palace and began to knock with a "ding ding dang dang" sound.

Time passed slowly, and the divine palace was gradually taking shape. Three hours later, a majestic and magnificent divine palace with an internal building in the shape of a crescent appeared on Danchi Ridge, replacing the original mountain temple.

Lu Ban raised his hand, and the golden rope, golden hammer, and golden axe immediately flew back to Lu Ban. Then Lu Ban smiled at Zhuang Yan and said, "Master, go down and take a look."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan nodded, then flew down with Lu Ban. Fire Spirit Immortal and Chi Ling, who had witnessed the whole process, had already stood in front of the gate of the Divine Palace. Looking at the magnificent and majestic Divine Palace in front of them, both of them showed surprise on their faces.

Zhuang Yan arrived in front of the shrine and looked up. He saw red doors, red walls, jade tiles and golden eaves. There was also an extremely lavish black plaque with a line of large characters written on it: "Built by Imperial Order, Lingtai Dongming Palace."

Then there are couplets on both sides, the first line of which reads: "The spiritual platform is bright, and the three thousand worlds are pure and clear."

The second line is: "The divine palace is magnificent, and the ten directions of heaven and earth are pure."

The horizontal banner reads: "The divine power is magnificent."

"Good." Zhuang Yan praised loudly, then bowed to Lu Ban and said, "Thank you, Master."

Lu Ban returned the greeting and said with a smile, "Your Excellency may go in and take a look."

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan and his party entered the divine palace, which had the layout of "one hall and eight courtyards" and "three halls and ten corridors".

The first hall, namely the main hall 'Mountain God Hall', houses the statue of the mountain god Zhuang Yan.

The Eight Courtyards, namely the eight cloud-house residences, were the resting places of the "Jingshe", and Zhuang Yan's Jingshe was located in the Yunfang Residence Courtyard in the north.

There are three halls, namely the "Waiting Hall", the "Reception Hall" and the "Flower Hall".

The ten corridors are ten "circular corridors" that are in the shape of a crescent and surround the palace, eight courtyards and three halls.

Zhuang Yan was very satisfied with this and expressed his gratitude to Lu Ban again.

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan ordered the Immortal Fire Spirit and Chi Ling to hold a banquet to thank the Immortal Master Lu Ban.

Immortal Master Lu Ban did not refuse, and at the banquet he toasted and congratulated Zhuang Yan on his move to the divine palace.

Hearing Master Lu Ban congratulating Zhuang Yan, Sun Wukong and the heavenly soldiers and generals also reacted and came forward to toast and congratulate him.

The banquet lasted for three hours and ended only after all the fruit wine brewed by Immortal Huo Ling over the years was drunk.

Then Lu Ban and his companions stayed in the divine palace for one night. Early the next morning, they bid farewell to Zhuang Yan and returned to heaven.

After the divine palace was completed, Zhuang Yan ordered True Immortal Huo Ling and Chi Ling to move in. He also allocated a residence to Hu Xianfeng, preparing for them and their family to move in.

Sun Wukong was so drunk that he didn't wake up until the next day. Zhuang Yan didn't disturb him and just sent him to the cloud room to sleep.

Afterwards, Zhuang Yan officially exercised the authority of Lingtai Dongming Mansion Lord and began to take charge of the Shinto affairs of Guangci Prefecture. The first thing he did was to investigate the Shinto officials of Guangci Prefecture.

Zhuang Yan first issued the decree to the local land god temples in Guangci Prefecture, and then the local land god temples conveyed it to the local gods and immortal officials.

The system of righteous gods in the mortal world is extremely complex, including land gods, well gods, water gods, kitchen gods, door gods, and so on.

As the god of Lingtai Mountain, it is impossible for Zhuang Yan to know all the righteous gods in Guangci Prefecture.

That was why Zhuang Yan wanted to investigate all the Shinto and immortal officials and record them one by one for easy reference in the future.

As the most common god in the world, the land god naturally knew about all the gods, so Zhuang Yan asked them to convey his decrees.

These land gods lived up to expectations and quickly passed the decree to the righteous gods of all parties.

So in the following months, the gods of Guangci Prefecture received the decree and came to Lingtai Divine Palace to meet Zhuang Yan and be registered.

After three months, no more righteous gods came, so Zhuang Yan took the Fire Spirit True Immortal, Chi Ling, and Tiger Vanguard to inspect Guangci Prefecture, verifying these righteous gods and immortal officials one by one to ensure that no one was missed.

Three months later, Zhuang Yan completed the investigation of Guangci Prefecture Shinto and completely took control of the entire Guangci Prefecture Shinto.

At the same time, Zhuang Yan formulated the rules of the Divine Mansion, stipulating that the two vanguards, Tiger Vanguard and Chi Ling, would take turns patrolling the borders of Guangci Prefecture twice a month.

The Prime Minister of the Divine Palace, Huo Ling Zhenxian, also has to inspect once every three months.

And the inspection mainly targets the weird monks in Guangci Prefecture to prevent them from disturbing the human world.

In the third month, news came from Taixuan Zhenfu that the four great demon saints who had previously defected to the Great Black Yaksha were sent to the demon-slaying platform to be beheaded.

As for Lingshan, the Asura tribe was implicated by Jiehanli, and the Asura King Rāhu was deprived of the title of Asura King.

The Buddhist sect also appointed the great Asura "Pochi" as the new Asura King. At the same time, all the Asuras who were involved in the matter of Jiehanli were executed by the new Asura King.

The Peacock King was also rebuked. As a Bodhisattva in charge of the Asuras, her mount Kong Ling was also at fault in this matter. Therefore, she was rebuked by the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta and had 100,000 merits reduced.

At this point, the turmoil caused by the Tiannie Sword was completely settled.

　This is a two-in-one chapter. Good night everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)