I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 69: The Edict to Teach the Monkey to Be Good, Zhuang Yan Grants the Dharma

However, the matter of the demon monkey in the Flower-Fruit Mountain was reported to the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, and the one in office today was the Divine Thunder Jade Palace's chief thunder envoy, 'Shenwei Dangmo Pili Zhenjun'.

He was seen sitting high on the top of the Thunder Hall, with two generals, Qing Lei and Shi Lei, standing on his left and right. On both sides of the hall sat the Five Thunder Emperors.

Below are Lord Tianpeng, Lord Tianyou, Lord Yishen, Lord Tota-Bearing Heavenly King, Ma, Zhao, Wen, Guan, Nezha and the five great marshals of the Thunder Department.

Marshal Deng, the head of the five great marshals of the Thunder Department, stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the Divine Mighty Thunderbolt True Lord, today the Human Department of the Taixuan True Palace has forwarded a report that there is a demon monkey in the Flower and Fruit Mountain of Dongsheng Shenzhou in the lower world. He has proclaimed himself king, trained his troops and set up camps, and recently he has been making trouble in the East China Sea and robbing treasures. The Dragon Kings of the Four Seas requested the Human Department to subdue the demon, but the Eight Immortals failed to do so, and on their way back they encountered the incarnation of the demon Luo. After a fierce battle, the four real people died. Therefore, the Human Department had no choice but to forward this report to the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, asking us to descend with the power of the Divine Thunder Jade Palace to subdue the demon."

True Lord Pili asked, "Did the demon monkey kill any living creatures when he invaded the East China Sea?"

Marshal Deng said: "No living creatures were killed. They only took away the Dinghai Magic Needle Iron from the East China Sea and a piece of precious armor from the three dragon kings of the West China Sea, North China Sea, and South China Sea. Then they fought all the way out of the East China Sea. Although no living creatures died, countless sailors from the East China Sea Dragon Palace were injured."

True Lord Pili nodded slightly, and then asked, "That demon monkey proclaimed himself king in the mountains, set up camps and trained soldiers. Has he caused trouble and disrupted the order of the mortal world?"

"It did not disrupt the order of the mortal world." Marshal Deng reported: "The demon monkey proclaimed himself king in the Flower-Fruit Mountain and pacified the seventy-two demon kings. He became the king of his own side in the Flower-Fruit Mountain, but he did not attack the city outside the mountain and did not disrupt the order of the mortal world."

Upon hearing this, Master Pili said, "So, this demon monkey has not done any evil to the world?"

Marshal Deng said, "Replying to the True Lord, the demon monkey caused chaos in the East China Sea and robbed the treasures of the Four Seas Dragon Kings, which is a crime of robbing the Divine Palace."

"Yes." Shenwei Dangmo Pili Zhenjun nodded, and then asked: "What do you think, fellow Taoists, how should this matter be handled?"

At this time, Tian Peng Zhenjun said, "Zhen Li Zhenjun, I heard this report. This demon monkey can cause a lot of trouble in the East China Sea. I think it has extraordinary abilities. It is not easy for such a creature to be reborn and achieve enlightenment. Now that it has gone astray, we can guide it to do good. If it can become a saint and achieve enlightenment in the future, it will also be a blessing for heaven and earth."

Nezha said, "What's the big deal about making trouble in the East Sea? No one was killed anyway. The four dragon kings have so many treasures. What's the big deal if someone steals a few of them?"

"Nezha, you can't say that." The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King looked at Nezha and said, "You're offending people."

Nezha smiled and said, "Father is right. The Four Seas Dragon King is my grandfather and I must not offend him."

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King's face turned a little green. Nezha said that the Four Seas Dragon King was his grandfather, so that didn't make him the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King's father.

Nezha rebuked the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, but everyone just pretended not to notice. At this time, Yisheng Zhenjun said, "Tianpeng Zhenjun's words make sense. If we can persuade this evil monkey to follow the right path, it will also be a merit."

“But how to persuade them? Who will persuade them?” asked Tianyou Zhenjun.

Tian Peng Zhenjun smiled and said, "After all, my Divine Thunder Jade Palace is a place of killing and fighting. It is not our responsibility to persuade people to be good and educate them."

At this point, Tian Peng Zhenjun said to Pili Zhenjun: "Zhenjun, you can issue an order to the human tribe to teach them to teach the evil monkey and guide it to be good."

Upon hearing this, the Divine Mighty Demon-Subduing Thunderbolt True Lord asked the Five Thunder Emperors on both sides, "What do you five Taoist friends think?"

The five Thunder Emperors looked at each other, and then the Eastern Thunder Emperor said, "If you want to start a war, we will give the order. If it is an ordinary matter, the True Lord can make the decision."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, the Divine Might Demon-Subduing Thunderbolt True Lord nodded, and then said, "Then issue an edict to the Human World Department, ordering them to send people to the lower world to persuade the demon monkey to change."

Upon hearing this, the gods bowed down and said, "True Lord, please have mercy."

Soon, the talisman from the Divine Thunder Jade Palace was passed on to the human world. At this time, Zhuang Yan, Lu Dongbin and others had already gone down to the lower world. Only the Emperor of Purple Mansion Shaoyang, the True Lord of Xuandu, the True Lord Wenshi and the True Lord Xuji Chongying were left in the Dongzhen Palace.

Seeing the imperial edict from the Divine Thunder Jade Palace, Emperor Shaoyang of the Purple Palace smiled and said, "The Divine Thunder Jade Palace issued an edict saying that the demon monkey has not done any evil to harm the people, so there is no need to send troops to suppress it. Let us send people down to educate it and guide it to do good."

After saying this, Emperor Shaoyang handed the talisman in his hand to True Lord Xuandu and True Man Wenshi.

After the two of them read it, they both chuckled, and then they heard Master Wenshi say, "The Divine Thunder Jade Palace has the power of thunder, and is in charge of life and death, punishment and destruction. They kill and destroy quickly, and they are always honest and unyielding. Now that the demon monkey is causing chaos, they have not sent troops to suppress it, but instead asked us to guide it to do good. What's the reason?"

Xuandu Zhenjun said: "Lazy."

"Hehe." Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu laughed. Although it was impossible for Shenlei Jade Mansion to be really "lazy", he could also understand the decision of Shenlei Jade Mansion.

If this evil monkey can really be persuaded to do good, why should we send a large army to conquer it?
As for the fact that he caused chaos in the East China Sea and robbed the four Dragon Kings, this was indeed a serious crime, but considering that he did not kill any living beings and still had a conscience in his heart, it would not be excessive to educate him first.

So the Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor said, "Since the Divine Thunder Jade Palace has sent down an imperial edict ordering our human department to send someone to teach the demon monkey, who should we send?"

Hearing this, True Lord Xuandu and True Man Wenshi looked at each other, and then True Lord Xuandu said, "Four of the Eight Immortals have fallen, and the other four have descended to Lingtai Mountain. Although my Human Department is in charge of the affairs of the immortals and gods in the human world, there is no suitable person to send down now."

Wen Shi Zhenren said: "Yes, except for the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave, the other immortal officials in our human world are not at a high enough level to convert the demon monkey. If not, who among the three of us should go to the lower world?"

Hearing this, Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu fell silent. After a moment, he said, "The three of us each have our own duties and cannot leave the palace for long. It will take more than a day to educate the demon monkey."

Upon hearing this, True Lord Xuandu and True Man Wenshi also began to ponder.

At this time, the Human Life Director Xu Ji Chong Ying suddenly stood up and said, "Your Excellency Emperor Shaoyang and the two Shaoqings, I have a solution."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Emperor Zifu Shaoyang immediately said, "Tell me quickly."

I only heard Master Xu Ji Chong Ying say: "To educate the demon monkey, we don't have to send a great immortal to the mortal world. We can also use other ways to persuade him to be good."

"What method?" asked Xuandu Zhenjun.

Master Xu Ji Chong Ying said, "I can shorten the life span of the demon monkey, and let the underworld's ghosts detain his soul, take him to the underworld for a tour, let him observe the underworld, and see the cruelty of the eighteen levels of hell, so that he will understand that those who do evil will be punished by heaven and fall into the endless hell. With this experience, when he returns to the world, I am not afraid that he will not change his evil ways and do good and walk on the right path in the future." Hearing this, Master Xuan Du and Master Wen Shi nodded and said, "This method is very good. It is better to see it yourself than to have others explain it a hundred times."

Seeing that Master Xuandu and Master Wenshi both agreed with this method, Master Zifu Shaoyang also nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you, Master Xuji Chongying."

At this point, Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said: "This matter needs to be properly arranged and arranged, there is no need to rush."

Upon hearing this, Master Xu Ji Chong Ying immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

Xiniu Hezhou, Guangci Prefecture, the prefectural city.

On this day, Hu Xianfeng and Chi Ling came to a family's house. Before this, the two of them had been staying in the prefectural governor's mansion under the orders of Zhuang Yan. Until just now, the Fire Spirit True Immortal sent a letter telling them that they no longer needed to stay in the prefectural governor's mansion and to investigate the demon fetus together with the gods in Guangci Mansion.

The letter also included the formula for the 'Yin Yang Observation of the Fetus' so that the two of them could practice it.

However, they never expected that they would encounter a demon fetus just after they learned the Yin-Yang method of observing the fetus.

The two followed the pregnant woman all the way into the house. After the pregnant woman was supported by her family to sit down, Hu Xianfeng once again performed the Yin-Yang Fetal Observation Method.

I only saw the fetus in the pregnant woman's belly with its back facing the dark side, which was undoubtedly a demon fetus.

"Report it." said Tiger Pioneer.

Chi Ling nodded, and then the two of them sent a letter back to Lingtai Divine Palace to report the matter to Zhuang Yan.

Soon Zhuang Yan received the letter. At that time, he was drinking tea and chatting with Tieguai Li, Zhongli Quan, Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu in the Eight Immortals Tower. When he saw the letter from Hu Xianfeng, his expression immediately became serious.

Seeing Zhuang Yan's expression, He Xiangu asked in surprise: "Master, what happened?"

Zhuang Yan put away the letter, and then told the four immortals about the demon fetus under their gaze.

After listening to Zhuang Yan's story, He Xiangu asked with concern: "Then what should we do with this demon fetus? We can't just abort the fetus, right?"

Tieguai Li also said: "If we really want to abort all of these demon fetuses, it would be a huge sin."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Abortion is a bad idea, so I won't do that. In fact, it's very simple to deal with these demon fetuses. All you need to do is find the 'golden body' that corresponds to the demon fetus and destroy it. The demonic energy will automatically dissipate, and the demon fetus will become an ordinary fetus."

After hearing this, He Xiangu finally breathed a sigh of relief and her expression became relaxed.

But Zhongli Quan said: "In this case, we can't just sit there and do nothing. We should also check for demon fetuses and save them."

"Yeah." Lu Dongbin nodded and said, "What I said before about eating and drinking for free was just a joke. We can't just sit there and wait for death. It would be good to do more for sentient beings before the disaster."

After that, the four of them stood up and said to Zhuang Yan, "Master, the matter of the demon fetus is a matter of life and death. You can pass on the Yin-Yang method to us, and we will go and check for the demon fetus together."

Zhuang Yan looked at the four people and smiled, "Don't worry, finish your tea. I will issue a decree later. I will trouble the four immortals to help me convey the decree to the righteous gods of Guangci Prefecture."

Hearing this, the four of them looked at each other, then nodded and sat down again.

After drinking tea, Zhuang Yan brought the four people back to the Divine Palace. He first taught the Yin-Yang Method of Looking at the Fetus to the four people, and then issued a written order in the name of Lingtai Divine Palace on the method of dealing with the demon fetus, and asked the four real people to pass it on.

The four immortals, Li Tieguai, Zhongli Quan, Lu Dongbin and He Xiangu, wanted to do something before they met the calamity. Zhuang Yan did not stop them but let nature take its course.

Besides, now that Mara has come into the world and it is the time of the catastrophe between Buddha and demon, he also has some things to do.

After the four immortals left, Zhuang Yan called the Fire Spirit Immortal and said to her, "From now on, you will take my place in the Lingtai Divine Palace."

When the Fire Spirit Immortal heard this, he quickly asked, "Where are you going, Lord?"

Zhuang Yan smiled calmly and said to her, "Don't ask."

"Yes." Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and replied.

Then Zhuang Yan said to the Fire Spirit Immortal: "Come forward now."

The Fire Spirit Immortal immediately stepped forward, and Zhuang Yan said, "Stretch out your hand."

The Fire Spirit Immortal quickly stretched out a hand, and Zhuang Yan said, "Stretch out both of your hands."

Fire Spirit Immortal quickly stretched out her other hand, and then Zhuang Yan used his magic power to write the words "must hit" on the palm of Fire Spirit Immortal's left hand, and the words "self-healing" on the palm of her right hand.

Looking at the words emitting immortal light on the palms of his hands, the Fire Spirit Immortal asked in surprise: "Master, what is this?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "This is my magical power, which I will temporarily grant to you. If you want to attack or kill others, use this 'must-hit' power. If you want to heal yourself or others, use this 'self-healing' power. Remember?"

Hearing this, the Fire Spirit Immortal's eyes lit up, and then he quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord, for the Dharma. I will remember it."

"Well, I'll leave the affairs of the Divine Palace to you." After Zhuang Yan finished speaking, his figure instantly disappeared into thin air, without a trace in the blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)