I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 88: Visit Wukong at Wuzhi Mountain and save the monkeys at Huaguo Mountain

In Wuzhi Mountain, the soil is still new and the mountain is bare, with only sparse clumps of weeds growing, making it look quite desolate.

Sun Wukong had been trapped for five months. Every day he looked at the desolate scenery and missed his own Flower-Fruit Mountain.

As he thought about it, Sun Wukong sighed, raised his head and looked at the sky with white clouds, his eyes full of longing.

"Goku."

At this moment, a familiar voice seemed to ring in his ears. Sun Wukong was startled and quickly retracted his gaze to look in front of him.

I saw Zhuang Yan standing in front of me, wearing the 'Tian Dou Ling Zhen Jin Wu Xian Robe', with a 'Liu Li Bai Yu Belt' tied around his waist, and his hair tied up with a hairpin.

Sun Wukong immediately propped up his hands and struggled a few times, but he couldn't change the status quo. However, he still asked excitedly: "Uncle, why are you here?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I came here specially to see you."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan walked forward and sat cross-legged beside Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong took a look at the immortal official robes on Zhuang Yan and couldn't help but smile and said, "Uncle, it looks like you got a promotion?"

"Yes." Zhuang Yan nodded and smiled, "I was promoted to the fifth-rank immortal official, for the merit I gained from arresting you that day."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "The Jade Emperor is too stingy. He has captured me, Sun Wukong. He should at least make me a first-rank official."

At this point, Sun Wukong said worriedly, "By the way, Uncle, if the Jade Emperor knows that you came to see me today, it won't implicate you, right?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head and said, "No."

After saying this, he took out the magical peach from his sleeve, placed it in front of Sun Wukong and said, "Eat it."

"Peach?" Sun Wukong's eyes lit up and he quickly took the magical peach from Zhuang Yan's hand and started eating it whole.

After eating a peach, Sun Wukong said with satisfaction: "It's delicious, delicious, even better than the peaches in the Peach Garden. Any more, uncle?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head and said, "There is only this one right now. Do you know who planted this peach?"

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes and said, "Could it be Sister Huo Ling?"

"It's her." Zhuang Yan said, "She planted hundreds of peach trees, and now one of them has finally produced spiritual fruit. This is the first spiritual peach."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he looked at the white clouds in the sky and became dazed again.

His thoughts drifted back to Lingtai Mountain, where he wandered leisurely in the mountains and forests, free from worries. Inside, he had a master to teach him, fellow practitioners to care for him, and outside, relatives and friends to support him.

Thinking about it now, from the time he left Lingtai Mountain to being granted the title of Great Official, to the time he caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, to being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, it all seemed like a dream.

"Wukong, what are you thinking about?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Sun Wukong shook his head, turned to look at Zhuang Yan and said, "Uncle, will you come to see me often?" Sun Wukong asked, his eyes full of anticipation.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Yes."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan took the peach pit from Sun Wukong, then used his magic power to dig a hole on the left side of Sun Wukong, and then buried the peach pit in it.

Then Zhuang Yan used his magic power to conjure up a small stream of rain and poured it down. He then used his magic power to mobilize spiritual energy and inject it into the ground.

Sun Wukong saw this and asked, "Uncle, what are you doing?"

Zhuang Yan said, "Let's plant a peach tree here. First, we can eat peaches in the future, and second, it can provide shade and shelter from rain."

Sun Wukong said: "Uncle, you are not considerate. Even when the peaches are ripe, I can't eat them because I can't reach them."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Someone will pick them for you to eat then."

"Okay, okay." Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly.

At this time, Zhuang Yan sat down again, looked at Sun Wukong and said, "Wukong, do you have anything to say to me?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Sun Wukong said quickly: "Uncle, how are my monkeys? Were they all killed by the Heavenly Palace?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "No, it's just that the Jade Emperor ordered that all the monkey names that you crossed out in the Book of Life and Death be re-entered and then released back to the Flower-Fruit Mountain."

"Really?" Sun Wukong asked in surprise.

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Would I lie to you?"

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "So, this old Jade Emperor is quite kind."

"It's just that," Sun Wukong said, "I'm still a little worried."

Zhuang Yan said, "Now the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain all have their natural fates. It's useless for you to worry about them. If you are really worried, I can go to Huaguo Mountain to check on you."

"Oh? Are you serious, uncle?" Sun Wukong asked hurriedly. Zhuang Yan nodded and said, "Of course what I said is true. Your red-butted horse monkey and long-backed ape are worth training. I will go over and educate them, and let them guard the mountain gate and family business. It won't be a difficult task."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "In that case, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Uncle."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand, then chatted with Sun Wukong for a while, and left when the sun set.

Five days later, we arrived at Dongsheng Shenzhou, Aolai Kingdom, and Huaguo Mountain.

Zhuang Yan transformed himself into a young Taoist priest without changing his appearance, and flew straight into the Flower-Fruit Mountain.

At this time, the monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain were wailing, the forest was in turmoil, and groups of monkeys were being chased all over the mountain by teams of hunters.

The red-butted horse monkey and the long-backed ape were already injured. Although they had followed Sun Wukong to learn skills for a long time, they were still mortals after all, and the hunters' traps, arrows, running dogs and flying eagles were enough to threaten their lives.

Zhuang Yan saw the monkeys being chased by hunters and running all over the mountain, trying to escape. From time to time, hunting dogs and eagles would swoop in, catch a monkey and bite it to death.

Sometimes a hunter would shoot arrows and kill a monkey from time to time, and he would not let any monkey go, regardless of age or size.

Upon seeing this, Zhuang Yan immediately activated his magic power, raised his hand and pointed, and instantly a strong wind blew up in the Flower-Fruit Mountain, breaking trees and causing sand and rocks to fly.

A strong wind blew, and the hunting dog rolled down the hillside, running back to its owner trembling with fear. The eagle in the sky was blown to and fro, and it was about to fall out of the mountain.

The hunters in the mountains were very perceptive. They realized that the wind was not right and left the mountains one after another.

Although the monkeys were in the strong wind, they were not hurt. When the monkeys saw the hunters retreating from the mountain, they went forward to collect the bodies of the dead monkeys.

In front of the Water Curtain Cave, the red-butted horse monkey and the broad-backed ape buried the dead monkey, then turned around and looked at the remaining monkeys.

All I saw was that they were all distraught, with lifeless eyes, and looked extremely pitiful.

"Alas." The Tongbei Ape and the Red-butted Horse Monkey looked at each other and were speechless. If it weren't for the strong wind today, at least half of the monkeys would have died.

At this moment, a ray of fairy light fell from the sky and landed directly in front of the Water Curtain Cave.

The monkeys were so scared that they huddled together and screamed, while the Tongbei Ape and the Red-butted Horse Monkey took up their weapons to protect the other monkeys.

When Zhuang Yan showed up, the faces of the monkey with long back and the monkey with red buttocks changed, and they hurried forward to pay their respects and said, "We pay our respects to the Lord of Lingtai Mansion."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan was slightly surprised and asked, "Do you recognize me?"

The red-butted monkey said, "That day when the heavenly soldiers and generals set up a net to encircle and suppress us, the Lord of the Palace served as an inspector to monitor the exchange of hostages between our two sides. After returning, the King told us that you were an elder among his disciples."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan smiled slightly and nodded, "Yes, your king calls me uncle."

Upon hearing this, the monkeys gathered around him, kowtowed and bowed to Zhuang Yan, and then asked the same question: "Excuse me, sir, where is our king?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Your king was punished by heaven for his rebellion against the heavens, but he is not dead. You will see him again in the future."

Hearing this, the monkeys burst into tears and laughter at once. They cried because their king would not be coming back for the time being, and they laughed because their king was still alive.

The Tongbei Monkey and the Red-butted Horse Monkey finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the king was still alive, nothing would matter.

So the two monkeys hurriedly invited Zhuang Yan to enter the Water Curtain Cave, but Zhuang Yan said, "Don't worry, let me ask you, why are there so many hunters going into the mountains to hunt you?"

Hearing this, the Tongbei Monkey and the Red-butted Horse Monkey sighed immediately, and then the Red-butted Horse Monkey said: "I don't know why, in the past few months, there have been immortals visiting this mountain. Not only did they search our caves, but they also asked us for the 'immortal pill'."

Tongbei Monkey said: "But we don't have any elixir. Those immortals couldn't find it and left in anger. Not long after, many hunters came into the mountains to hunt us down."

The red-butted monkey said sadly, "And the bows and crossbows in the hands of those hunters are very powerful. Marshal Liu and General Ba died under the weapons of those hunters."

Tongbei Ape said: "Not only that, after they hunted and killed our kind, they also took the corpse away, saying that they would take it back to make pills for the immortal masters."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan's expression froze and he immediately understood the reason.

These must be the ancient immortals who, seeing that both the Peach Conference and the Alchemy Conference could not be held and that Sun Wukong had stolen peaches and elixirs and gone down to the mortal world, thought that all the elixirs had been distributed to these monkeys and their descendants, so they came to search for them.

But how could they find the elixir? And because of their status as immortals, they could not do it themselves. So they transformed into the mortal world, bribed the hunters, gave them magical tools, and asked them to hunt monkeys for them.

If those elixirs were really eaten by these monkey spirits, then as long as we take them back and refine them, we can also make some elixirs.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan sneered in his heart. These old guys actually took the initiative to come down to the earth to face the calamity. They were really bewitched.

Zhuang Yan had already made up his mind. He looked up at the monkeys in front of him and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid. Your king and I are old friends. I am here to help you through this difficult time."

Upon hearing this, the Tongbei Ape and the Red-butted Horse Monkey immediately led the rest of the monkeys to bow to Zhuang Yan and said, "Thank you, Lord, for your mercy. We are saved."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly, and then the monkeys immediately regained their spirits, cleaned the mountain gate and the cave, making it look brand new inside and out, and then formally welcomed Zhuang Yan into the Water Curtain Cave.

(End of this chapter)