I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 84 The gods are rewarded, the monkey is punished

Here, Zhuang Yan captured Sun Wukong, and Nezha, Tota-Bearing Heavenly King and a group of heavenly soldiers and generals immediately surrounded him.

The Twelve Yuanchen looked at the pottery jar in Zhuang Yan's hand and admired him very much.

Yin Hu bowed to Zhuang Yan and said, "Master Lingtai, good trick."

Xu Gou looked at the pottery jar and said with a smile, "It's just an ordinary pottery jar, but it's so powerful in the hands of Lord Lingtai. It's really amazing."

Nezha even stepped forward and said to Zhuang Yan: "Quick, let me see it."

Zhuang Yan smiled faintly and lowered the pottery jar in his hand. Everyone present stretched their heads to look and saw that Sun Wukong was trapped in the pottery jar with no way to escape.

"Haha, you monkey demon, let's see if you can still be arrogant." Nezha laughed loudly.

Sun Wukong raised his head and saw Nezha's handsome face. He immediately laughed and said, "Little kid, what are you laughing at? You didn't capture me. You marshals and generals are not worthy of me. Now that I have been captured by Lingtai Mansion Lord, I am convinced."

"How dare you be so arrogant when you are about to die?" Nezha said angrily.

After seeing this, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King immediately asked Zhuang Yan, "Lord Lingtai, can you please take back the weapons and magic treasures that were taken from us?"

Hearing this, the heavenly soldiers and generals around him remembered that their weapons and magic treasures had been taken away, so they all turned their eyes to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan nodded, then lowered his head to look inside the pottery jar, and then sent a message to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, give me the diamond cutter."

Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment when he heard the voice transmission, and then he asked in his heart: "Uncle, do you really want to kill your relatives for the sake of justice?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "No, I just want to borrow your monkey head to gain military merit."

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Uncle, I am convinced that you have captured me, but there are really few of these gods who can fight me, so I don't accept it."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I think you will have a chance to beat them again until they are convinced."

Sun Wukong said: "If that time really comes, Uncle Shi, please don't take action again."

"Okay." Zhuang Yan agreed.

When Sun Wukong heard this, he took out the Vajra Cutter and handed it to Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan took out the Vajra Cutter and threw it into the sky. A golden light flashed, and countless weapons and magic treasures flew out from it in an instant.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King took the exquisite pagoda in his hand first, and Nezha flew up and took back his weapons and magic weapons one by one.

Needless to say, Erlang Shen just raised his hand and the three-pointed double-edged spear and slingshot automatically flew back to him. He also took away the weapons of the Six Saints of Meishan.

Afterwards, Erlang Shen stepped forward and the heavenly soldiers and generals around him made way. Although Sun Wukong was captured by Zhuang Yan, everyone had witnessed Erlang Shen's strength with their own eyes. Even with his bare hands, he could fight Sun Wukong to a draw. This was already the strength of the God of War of the Three Realms.

Erlang Shen walked up to Zhuang Yan, who quickly put the pottery jar into his sleeve, then bowed and said, "Greetings to Erlang Shen."

Erlang Shen stepped forward and bowed in return, then looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "You have stolen my great achievement."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan was stunned. The atmosphere among the Heavenly King Bating Pagoda, Nezha and other heavenly generals in the back became tense and they all looked at each other.

But just a moment later, Erlang Shen laughed loudly, patted Zhuang Yan on the shoulder and said, "We were just joking."

Zhuang Yan burst out laughing immediately, and the heavenly soldiers and generals around him also laughed.

Then Erlang Shen asked Zhuang Yan, "I thought you were just an imperial messenger, but I never thought you had such magical powers?"

At this time, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King said, "You may not know, True Lord, this person is the Lingtai Dongming Lord appointed by the Jade Emperor, and is currently the Lingtai Mountain God, a seventh-rank immortal official."

"Seventh rank?" Erlang Shen was a little surprised when he heard this. "How come he is only a seventh rank immortal official with such a high level of Taoism? The Heavenly Court doesn't know how to judge people well."

As soon as these words came out, the heavenly generals around him could only laugh. Erlang Shen could say so, but they could not respond.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "No matter how high or low the official rank is, they all serve the Heavenly Court."

Erlang Shen nodded slightly, and then said, "Okay, what's your name, fellow Taoist?"

Zhuang Yan bowed and smiled, "Thank you for asking, Master. I am Zhuang Yan."

Erlang Shen smiled and nodded, patted Zhuang Yan's shoulder again and said, "If you have time in the future, you can come to my Guanjiangkou for a walk."

Zhuang Yan cupped his hands and said, "How dare I disobey your command."

Erlang Shen laughed again, then turned around and said, "My fellow officers, please go and see the Great Celestial Lord first. I will go down to the mortal world to escort those demon monkeys to heaven and report back to the High Heaven Palace."

The generals all bowed and said, "Okay."

Then everyone split into two groups. The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha, Zhuang Yan and a group of heavenly soldiers and generals went to the Lingxiao Palace to report the emperor's order.

Erlang Shen led a group of heavenly soldiers to the lower world. Sun Wukong had been captured and his monkey-hair clone naturally disappeared. The Six Sages of Meishan could not get the orders from Erlang Shen and had to wait in the lower world.

Seeing Erlang Shen coming back, they all came forward and asked, "Master, how is the battle going up there?"

Erlang Shen smiled and said, "The Lord of Lingtai Dongming has captured the demon monkey, and the weapons of all the brothers have been retrieved."

After saying this, Erlang Shen raised his hand and returned all the weapons to the Six Saints of Meishan.

The Six Saints of Meishan were shocked when they heard this: "Lingtai Dongming Jun, who is this saint? How come we have never heard of him?"

Erlang Shen said with a smile: "The Three Realms are vast, and there are many masters. What's so strange about that? This time the demon monkey has been captured. I have come down to the lower world to escort those monkey spirits to the Heavenly Palace for punishment."

The Six Saints of Meishan immediately said, "Okay, we will escort the Monkey Spirit and the True Lord away."

Erlang Shen said, "Brothers, you have not received the heavenly seal yet, so you cannot see the Jade Emperor. I have brought the heavenly soldiers to escort you. Brothers, please lead the people back to Guanjiangkou first. I will ask for your merits and rewards, and then come back to have fun together."

Upon hearing this, the Six Saints of Meishan immediately complied with the order, handed over the monkey spirits to the heavenly soldiers, and led them back to the Southern Continent. Erlang Shen led a group of heavenly soldiers and took the monkey spirits back to heaven for custody, and then he went to the Lingxiao Palace to report back.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, Erlang Shen paid homage to the Jade Emperor and reported the contributions of the Six Saints of Meishan and the 1,200 grass-headed gods.

The Jade Emperor asked, "Erlang Shen, why do you only report the achievements of your subordinates, but not your own?"

Erlang Shen said, "Your Majesty, I am truly ashamed. My subordinates have made contributions in searching the mountains and caves and capturing the monkey spirits, but I have not captured Sun Wukong, so I have no credit."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan suddenly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

The Jade Emperor looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "My dear minister, just come and play it."

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I understand clearly that if it weren't for Master Erlang's transformation and display of his magical powers to suppress the demon monkey until it was exhausted, how could I have easily captured the demon monkey?"

"The fact that I was able to capture Sun Wukong is due half to Erlang Shen, and the other half to a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals. I just took advantage of the situation," said Zhuang Yan.

What he said was true. After all, the credit originally belonged to Erlang Shen, but he also wanted to make progress.

Hearing Zhuang Yan's words, all the gods and generals present looked at him in surprise. Was he voluntarily giving up all the credit for capturing Sun Wukong?
I saw that within the twelve Yuanchen, Chen Long said to the heavenly generals on both sides: "This Lingtai Mansion Lord is still a kind person."

At this time, the inner thoughts of the heavenly generals were the same as Chen Long's. They all felt that the Lord of Lingtai Mansion was an honest person.

Hearing Zhuang Yan's initiative to give up the credit, the Jade Emperor smiled even more and said, "Subduing the demon monkey is not the work of one person or one general. All of you have made contributions. I will reward you one by one."

As he said this, the Jade Emperor said sternly, "Erlang Shen, come forward and listen to your title."

Upon hearing this, Erlang Shen immediately stepped forward.

The Jade Emperor said, "Erlang Shen has made great contributions in capturing the evil monkey. He is promoted to 'Lord of Law' of the Jade Palace of Thunder and God, and promoted to 'Third Rank Immortal Official of Shangyuan'. He is still allowed to have his office at Guanjiangkou, and is granted the privilege of 'obeying orders but not decrees'. He is also granted ten pots of imperial wine and ten golden flowers."

It turns out that Erlang Shen's "obeying orders but not announcements" was a manifestation of his implicit disobedience to the Jade Emperor, but now the Jade Emperor directly gives it to Erlang Shen as a privilege, so that he can save both money and face.

When Erlang Shen heard this imperial decree, he knew that his uncle was really generous this time, so he also bowed and said, "I thank your majesty for the award."

The Jade Emperor said: "As for the Six Saints of Meishan, they are named 'Guanjiangkou Guardian Divine Generals' and 'Xiayuan Seventh-Rank Immortal Officials', and are granted six pots of imperial wine and six golden flowers."

Finally, the Jade Emperor said: "As for the 1,200 grass-headed gods under your command, each of them will be given 50,000 purple coins and a pot of immortal wine."

Erlang Shen immediately bowed again and said, "On behalf of the Six Saints of Meishan and the 1,200 Grass Head Gods, I would like to thank Your Majesty for his grace and reward."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "You can go back to Guanjiangkou first, and the envoys who will announce the imperial decree and reward will arrive soon."

Erlang Shen thanked the Jade Emperor again, then took his leave and left. He descended from heaven and went straight back to Guanjiangkou.

Then the Jade Emperor said, "Lord Lingtai Dongming, please come forward and be conferred the title."

Zhuang Yan immediately stepped forward and bowed.

The Jade Emperor said, "Lord Lingtai Dongming, you have made great contributions in capturing the demon monkey. I will confer upon you the title of 'Lord Lingtai Xianmiao'. You will still have a government to govern the country, and you will also be the Lord of Lingtai Mountain and the Demon-Subduing Immortal of the Human World. You will also be promoted to 'Fifth-Rank Immortal Official of Zhongyuan'. I will also give you ten pots of imperial wine and ten golden flowers."

Zhuang Yan was slightly surprised to hear the reward. He had not expected that he would jump directly from a 'seventh-rank' immortal official to a 'fifth-rank' immortal official. It turned out that catching monkeys was a good way to gain merit.

It's a pity that there was still a big fight in Heaven later, but he had promised Sun Wukong that he would not take action again.

"Your servant Zhuang Yan, I would like to thank the Great Heavenly Lord for the reward." Zhuang Yan bowed and kowtowed.

The Jade Emperor smiled and said, "Lord Lingtai, please stand up. You can hand Sun Wukong over to the gods of thunder. Then go back to Lingtai Palace and summon the envoys to reward you. They will come soon."

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "As you wish." He then handed the pottery jar that sealed Sun Wukong and the seal to the gods of thunder, then bowed and left.

Then the Jade Emperor rewarded the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha the Third Prince, and the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals who went on the expedition. However, none of them were promoted to higher ranks. They only received elixirs, imperial wine, golden flowers, purple coins, rare treasures from heaven and earth, and exotic treasures from the four seas.

After the reward was given, the Heavenly Court began to interrogate Sun Wukong, only to see the Thunder Gods use the Zhuang Yan Talisman to lift the seal.

Then with a 'bang', Sun Wukong immediately broke through the pottery jar and ran out. At this time, Taishang Laojun was quick-witted and threw the 'golden rope' around his waist, instantly tying Sun Wukong to the ground.

Afterwards, the gods in heaven began to interrogate Sun Wukong about the whereabouts of the peaches and elixir. Sun Wukong just said that he had shared them all with his monkeys and grandchildren.

Upon hearing this, the immortals felt a chill in their hearts, and then became furious, and they all asked the Jade Emperor to kill the evil monkey.

So the Jade Emperor gave an order, ordering the God of Thunder to lead the gods of thunder to take Sun Wukong to the demon-slaying platform.

Then someone suggested that the monkeys and their descendants be executed together. The Jade Emperor did not accept the advice, but said: "Sun Wukong committed rebellion, and they were just his followers. They did not commit any crimes in their daily lives. Therefore, only the main culprit should be executed, and there is no need to implicate too many others."

At this time, another immortal said, "Your Majesty, all the monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain have had their names crossed out from the Book of Life and Death by Sun Wukong. If you don't kill them, they will be immortal."

The Jade Emperor said: "You can escort the monkey spirits to the Southern Dipper and Northern Dipper Palaces, re-record their births and deaths, determine their lifespans, and then release them to the lower world and return to the mountains."

When the gods heard what the Jade Emperor said, they had no choice but to bow and accept his orders.

Afterwards, the Thunder Department, following the Jade Emperor's order, sent Sun Wukong to the Demon Execution Platform for execution. However, Sun Wukong was tied to the Demon Execution Platform, and no matter how he was hacked with knives, chopped with axes, stabbed with spears or cut with swords, he could not be hurt in the slightest.

Afterwards, he ordered the fire gods to set fire to it, and the thunder gods to hit it with lightning chips and nails, but none of them could hurt it in the slightest.

When the God of Power reported the matter to the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor asked, "All kinds of punishments cannot harm the body of the demon monkey. How should we punish it?"

The Supreme Lord Lao said, "Your Majesty, this demon monkey originally had a stone body, a bronze head and iron arms. He ate the peaches, drank the imperial wine, and stole the elixir. His body has been forged into an indestructible body. Why don't you take him away with me and put him in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine him? Within 49 days, the demon monkey will turn into ashes."

Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Okay, I will order the Six Dings and Six Jias to escort Sun Wukong to the Tushita Palace and put him in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to be burned."

Upon hearing this, the Divine Mighty Demon-Subduing Thunderbolt True Lord bowed and said, "I accept your order."

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