I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 74: Disrupting the Peach Banquet and Chasing the Monkey

In front of the South Gate of Heaven, Virūpa Zhangda was guarding the place with his heavenly soldiers and generals. Upon seeing Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu coming, he immediately stepped forward to greet him respectfully.

"Greetings to Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu." Zhangzhangtian Dynasty bowed to Emperor Shaoyang.

Emperor Shaoyang bowed in return and said with a smile, "Thank you, Heavenly King Zhangzhang."

After that, Emperor Shaoyang pointed to the gods behind him and said, "These are all immortals from our human world. They have been invited by the Queen Mother to attend the Peach Festival."

Upon hearing this, Heavenly King Zhangzhang immediately ordered the heavenly soldiers behind him to disperse to both sides, and then said to Emperor Shaoyang: "Emperor, please."

Emperor Shaoyang nodded slightly, then led the gods of the human world straight into the South Heaven Gate.

After entering the Nantian Gate, Zhuang Yan looked up and saw:
'Ten thousand golden rays of light roll in red, auspicious air sprays purple mist. Bright clouds reflect the light of the sky, and green mist covers the mouth of the bucket. There are thirty-three palaces in the sky, including the Cloud Palace, Bisha Palace, Wuming Palace, Sun Palace, and Huayao Palace. The golden beast swallows the ridge of each palace.'

'There are also seventy-two treasure halls, namely the Chaohui Hall, Lingxu Hall, Baoguang Hall, Tianwang Hall, and Lingguan Hall. The pillars of each hall are lined with jade unicorns.'

'The corridors are exquisitely carved, with three eaves and four clusters, and dragons and phoenixes flying in the air. The celestial concubines are holding palm fans, and the jade maidens are holding fairy scarves. The golden palaces and silver palaces are in the purple palace, and there are beautiful flowers and jade grasses. The Jade Rabbit of the King of Chaos passes by the altar, and the Golden Crow of the Holy One flies under the ground. The clouds of the Milky Way flow in red gauze clothes, and the stars of the sky shine brightly.'

Zhuang Yan was dazzled by what he saw. Lü Dongbin, who was standing by, smiled and asked Zhuang Yan, "What do you think of the scenery in Daluo Heaven?"

Zhuang Yan glanced at Lü Dongbin and then said with a smile, "Today I have just broadened my horizons."

After entering the South Heaven Gate, everyone rode on the clouds and flew straight towards the Yaotai.

Along the way, they met various gods and immortals, and they greeted each other one by one. Lu Dongbin was there to introduce the gods and immortals they met to Zhuang Yan.

"Those are the Three Immortals of Fortune, Longevity and Happiness."

"That's the Five Directions and Five Virtues Star God."

"Those are Tian Peng Zhen Jun, Tian You Zhen Jun, and Yi Sheng Zhen Jun from the Thunder Department."

"That is the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King."

"Those are the four marshals Ma, Zhao, Wen, and Guan."

"Those over there are Taoist immortals, including Taiyi Zhenren, Yuding Zhenren, Yunzhong Zhenjun, Sanxiao Niangniang, and Bixia Yuanjun. Most of them live on the ten continents and three islands, and are rarely seen on weekdays."

"That's Nezha the Third Prince. You should have seen him, Lord."

When Lu Dongbin said this, he was stunned for a moment, then said to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "I met Nezha the Third Prince last time when I subdued the big black demon in the West Sea."

At this time, Zhuang Yan's gaze fell on Nezha the Third Prince, and Nezha the Third Prince on the opposite side seemed to sense something and also looked up over here.

When their eyes met, Zhuang Yan hurriedly bowed to Nezha the Third Prince, and Nezha the Third Prince raised his eyebrows and turned into a ray of fairy light and flew over.

"I came for you." Lu Dongbin patted Zhuang Yan's shoulder, then looked at Nezha who had flown in front of him, smiled and bowed, "Third Prince, long time no see."

Nezha bowed in return, then asked Lü Dongbin, "I heard that you eight immortals are involved in karma and have fallen into a great calamity between Buddha and demon. Why haven't you died yet?"

At this time, Tieguai Li in front suddenly said to Zhongli Quan beside him: "Let me tell you, last time I saw Roaring Sky Dog spit out three tusks from his mouth. The ivory was jade white and very beautiful."

Zhongli Quan said in surprise: "No way, how can a dog spit out ivory?"

Lü Dongbin looked at Nezha with a smile, and Nezha also smiled. He said to Tieguai and Li, "If you want to scold me, do it to my face. Can I kill you?"

Lü Dongbin laughed and said, "Third Prince, you misunderstood. They were talking about Roaring Sky Dog."

Nezha nodded, then looked at Lu Dongbin and said, "Oh, I see. I remember that Master Lu, you were bitten by Roaring Sky Dog. Is your injury healed now?"

Lü Dongbin said, "Thank you for asking, Third Prince. The injury has already healed."

He Xiangu beside him said: "The injury has healed, but there are sequelae."

"Oh?" Nezha asked, "What are the sequelae?"

Lü Dongbin also looked at He Xiangu in confusion and asked, "Are there any sequelae? How come I don't know about it?"

He Xiangu laughed and said, "The sequelae is that I have fallen in love with eating dog meat."

"Ahem." Lü Dongbin coughed and said, "Don't tell me, ever since I was bitten by Roaring Sky Dog, I have indeed fallen in love with dog meat."

Everyone laughed, and Nezha asked Zhuang Yan, "Lord Lingtai, what are you busy with recently?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I haven't been busy with anything. Apart from patrolling the mountains, I've been practicing. What about the Third Prince? What have you been busy with recently?"

Nezha retracted his gaze and said, "Oh, I'm not busy at all."

"That's not right." At this time, Xuandu Zhenjun in front said, "I heard that a few days ago, the Third Prince and the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King went down to the mortal world to capture the demon monkey, oh, that is, the Monkey King now, and returned in defeat?"

"What? Returning in defeat?" Everyone looked at Nezha in surprise.

Nezha blushed and snorted coldly, "The Monkey King does have some skills. His magical powers and martial arts are very powerful. In my opinion, he is not inferior to Erlang Shen."

Originally, everyone had known about this matter for a long time and were just teasing Nezha at this time. But when Nezha said that the ability of the Monkey King was not inferior to Erlang Shen, they were very surprised.

Naturally, no one doubts Nezha's strength. If even he says so, then this Monkey King really has some skills.

At this time, Lü Dongbin smiled and said, "It seems that it is not unfair that the eight of us lost to the Monkey King."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the Jade Palace. They saw the majestic palace before them, the flickering light of the sky, the flowing jade stars, and the boundless purple air. The fragrance was lingering, the auspicious mist was colorful, the Jade Terrace was covered with colorful knots, and the Treasure Pavilion was filled with mist.

Everyone quickly entered the Yao Palace and walked all the way to the Yao Terrace under the guidance of the Yao Chi Fairy.

But just as they arrived at the Yaotai, they heard a noisy noise coming from inside. The Yaochi fairy who was leading the way in front frowned and looked at the Yaotai in front of them which was shrouded in purple smoke.

"What happened?" asked Emperor Zifu Shaoyang.

Upon hearing this, the Yaochi fairy who led the way hurriedly bowed and said, "It must be the fairies tuning the zither and the sheng. Your Majesty, please come in."

"Yes." Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu nodded, and then entered the Yaotai Garden under the guidance of the Yaochi Fairy.

As soon as he entered the garden, he could smell a celestial fragrance. Zhuang Yan looked up and saw the treasure pavilions, fairy towers, pavilions and corridors in the garden. There were colorful gold-painted tables and jade basins with thousands of flowers everywhere, all neatly arranged. On the tables were dragon liver and phoenix marrow, bear paws and orangutan lips. There were all kinds of delicacies, and all kinds of exotic fruits and delicacies were new. However, the immortal officials, strong men, Taoists, boys, and even the Yaochi fairies who set up banquets and served wine and peaches in this garden, all fell to the ground and fell asleep.

The delicacies and fine wines on the table were scattered all over the floor, and the jade cups, green pots, silver jars and golden jars were toppled over.

Even the immortals from all parties who first arrived at Yaotai Garden were now sleeping there, either lying down or sprawled out.

"Oh my!" The Yaochi fairy who was leading the way exclaimed and hurried forward to see, "What's going on?"

"Hahaha, what a great pleasure! It's worthy of being called fairy wine." At this time, a loud laughter came from a circular corridor in the front left.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a drunken figure stumbling out of the corridor. He was holding a pot of fairy wine in his right hand and a bunch of grapes in his left hand. He was taking a sip of grapes and drinking the wine, enjoying himself very much.

Zhuang Yan and others looked closely and saw that the figure was wearing a phoenix-wing purple gold crown, a golden chain mail armor, and lotus silk cloud-walking shoes. He looked majestic and dignified, a really handsome Monkey King.

"Monkey Great Sage?!" The Yaochi Fairy was shocked. "Isn't he in charge of the Peach Garden? Why is he here?"

Hearing the noise over here, Sun Wukong shook his head and looked, then he immediately laughed, and pulled out a tuft of monkey hair, which turned into countless sleepy bugs and flew over here, heading straight for everyone's faces.

The less powerful immortals and fairies present were so sleepy that they just fell asleep on the spot with their hands and heads limp, their brows and eyes closed.

And those holy immortals just flashed the immortal light on their bodies and shook off the sleepy bug.

When Sun Wukong saw this, he was surprised that there were a group of immortals who were not knocked down by his sleepiness. He was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, "Oh no, oh no, we've been caught."

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong turned around and flew up, staggering out of the Yaotai.

At this time, everyone in the garden came to their senses, and Tian Peng Zhenjun immediately said, "Oh no, that monkey disrupted the Peach Festival."

True Lord Tianyou and True Lord Yishen said, "Let me go and capture him." Then they flew out of the Yaotai.

Upon seeing this, Zhuang Yan immediately stepped forward and said to Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu: "Emperor, I will go and help the two True Lords catch the demon monkey that caused the incident."

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang was quite confident in Zhuang Yan's strength. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Okay, be careful and don't be reckless."

"Yes." Zhuang Yan bowed and then flew away.

Seeing this scene, Nezha's eyes rolled and he shouted, "Don't run, you monkey demon." Then he also flew out on the fire wheel.

"Then let's go and help too?" Lu Dongbin said to Tieguai Li, Zhongli Quan and He Xiangu.

But Zifu Shaoyang Emperor stopped them, "The two True Lords and Nezha the Third Prince have already gone, so you don't have to go."

"That's right. We can't win even if we go." Zhongli Quan looked at the delicacies on the table that were still intact and said, "These can't be wasted."

Among the Taoist immortals, Taiyi Zhenren looked at the immortal officials, strong men, Taoists, boys, and fairies sleeping on the ground and said, "They have all been hit by the monkey's sleepy bug spell. Let's wake them up first."

"Okay." Jade Ding Zhenren, Sanxiao Niangniang, Bixia Yuanjun and others behind him nodded slightly.

The lucky star among the three immortals of Fu, Lu, and Shou asked, "How many times has this monkey come here?"

Luxing said: "I caused a big disturbance in the Dragon Palace once, and in the underworld once. Last time, I was the Horse Guard and rebelled against the world. This is the fourth time."

The birthday star shook his head and said, "This monkey has been causing trouble time and again, and today he disrupted the Peach Festival again. I'm afraid that even if Taibai Jinxing intercedes for him, the Jade Emperor will not forgive him this time."

Everyone nodded upon hearing this. The Queen Mother of the West definitely had much more face than Taibai Jinxing. The Peach Festival was an event hosted by the Queen Mother of the West, and no matter what the Jade Emperor said this time, he would not pretend that nothing had happened.

The gods and immortals did not feel sorry about the disrupted banquet. After all, everyone came for the peaches, and now the peaches had not been served yet, so if some side dishes were gone, they were gone.

Besides, with the power of Heaven, purchasing these delicacies, fine wines, and delicacies from land and sea is just a piece of cake.

The most serious thing about this incident was the disruption of the Peach Festival hosted by the Queen Mother, not the dragon liver and phoenix marrow, immortal treasures and fine wines.

On the other side, after Sun Wukong flew out of the Yaotai, he was drunk and staggered around, with Tianyou and Yishen, the two True Lords, chasing him.

Sun Wukong was anxious and ran in a random direction. At this time, Nezha and Zhuang Yan also caught up with him, and the two True Lords Tianyou and Yishen had even caught up with Sun Wukong.

"Sun Wukong, don't run away. You have disrupted the Peach Festival. Come back with me quickly and apologize to the Queen Mother." The two True Lords shouted sternly.

Sun Wukong turned around and laughed, "What do you mean by disrupting the Peach Festival? Aren't those immortal wines, fruits, and delicacies put out there for people to eat? What's wrong with me eating a few bites? How could the Queen Mother be so stingy?"

True Lord Yishen said, "Don't say any more, just follow us back quickly." After that, True Lords Tianyou and Yishen directly reached out to grab Sun Wukong.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong had to turn around and fight with the two True Lords. The three of them fought with their bare hands for about a hundred rounds. The two True Lords gradually became exhausted and were knocked away by Sun Wukong with a palm and a kick. Then Sun Wukong turned around and continued to flee in the previous direction.

At this time, Zhuang Yan and Nezha flew forward, one caught Tianyou Zhenjun and the other caught Yishen Zhenjun. The two Zhenjuns had turned blue in the face, and were gasping for breath while holding their chests, which showed that they were seriously injured.

Zhuang Yan and Nezha merged into one, and then Zhuang Yan bowed to Tianyou and Yisheng, saying, "You two should take a rest and heal your wounds first, and I will go after the demon monkey."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan flew into the air and chased in the direction where Sun Wukong fled.

Tianyou Zhenjun looked at the direction where Zhuang Yan left and couldn't help but ask Nezha, "Who is that person?"

Nezha said: "He is Lingtai Dongming Lord, Zhuang Yan."

Hearing the name, Tianyou Zhenjun and Yishen Zhenjun nodded. They were not unfamiliar with this name. They had remembered him since the first time when Zhuang Yan helped Marshal Deng capture the Dragon God of the Rain Tribe.

At this time, Yisheng Zhenjun suddenly said: "Nezha Third Prince, you should go and help Lingtai Dongmingjun. The demon monkey is very powerful, I am afraid he is no match for him."

Nezha thought to himself, "I am no match for him either." But after hearing what Master Yisheng said, he still bowed and said, "Yes."

Then Nezha bid farewell to the two True Lords, stepped on the fire wheel and followed the direction of Zhuang Yan.

Then, Tianyou Zhenjun and Yisheng Zhenjun helped each other to stand up. Tianyou Zhenjun said, "This monkey is really powerful. I don't know where he got all these skills. I'm afraid that Nezha the Third Prince and Lingtai Dongming Jun are not his opponents. You and I should report to the Jade Emperor as soon as possible and dispatch soldiers to capture him."

"Okay." Yisheng Zhenjun nodded, then looked at the direction where Zhuang Yan and the other two left and said, "Where does that direction lead to?"

Tianyou Zhenjun took a look and then said in surprise: "It seems to be the Tushita Palace."

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