I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 116: The God Appears in a Dream, and the Giant Python Protects

As Lu Yuanhe, the governor of Guangci Prefecture, fell asleep, a golden light instantly illuminated his dream.

The next moment, a divine voice came from above his head, calling his name directly: "Lu Yuanhe."

Lu Yuanhe looked up and saw a huge statue appearing above his head. The statue was as tall as a mountain and shone with golden light.

Seeing this, Lu Yuanhe knelt down and said, "I am Lu Yuanhe, a common man, and I pay my respects to the Supreme God. May I ask who the Supreme God is?"

Zhuang Yan said, "I am the god of Lingtai Mountain. I heard that you led troops to destroy Buddhism and wanted to destroy Tianci Temple, so I appeared in your dream to ask you the reason."

Hearing this, Lu Yuanhe's face changed, and he bowed again hurriedly, saying, "So you are the God of Lingtai Mountain. The God of Mountain, please allow me to report that destroying Buddhism is the law of the country. As the governor of Guangci Prefecture, I can only obey the law of the court."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said, "You don't have to be afraid. Since you are following the imperial decree, I will not blame you."

Lu Yuanhe bowed quickly and said, "Thank you, Mountain God."

Zhuang Yan said, "There is a statue of my deity in the Tianci Temple, and it has been worshipped for many years. The destruction of Buddhism by Miaoxuan Kingdom has nothing to do with me, but I have a long-standing relationship with Tianci Temple, and I cannot ignore it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanhe quickly said, "Then what should I do? Can the mountain god give me some advice?"

Zhuang Yan said, "After the Mao hour tomorrow, you will withdraw the soldiers and do not go within ten miles of Tianci Temple."

Hearing this, Lu Yuanhe nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Mountain God, but my Miaoxuan country's national master, Taoist Wuchan, has also arrived here. Although I can mobilize the palace soldiers, I cannot command the national master."

Zhuang Yan said calmly, "You don't have to worry about him. This god has his own words. Remember what this god says."

Lu Yuanhe bowed his head and said, "Yes, I will obey the mountain god's order."

After saying this, Lu Yuanhe bowed his head three times. When he raised his head again, he found that the golden light around him had dissipated and the huge statue was gone.

The next moment Lu Yuanhe woke up with a start and looked outside the tent. It was dark and the lights were dim. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then leaned back on the bed and began to ponder.

At the same time, in another tent not far from Lu Yuanhe's tent, Taoist Wuchan was practicing in meditation.

His two disciples stood on his left and right to protect him. At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew into the tent. The two disciples suddenly felt limp and fell to the ground with a thump.

The two noises immediately alarmed Taoist Wuchan. He opened his eyes immediately and saw his two disciples lying on the ground and falling asleep. In front of him appeared a strange man covered in divine light.

Taoist Wuchan stood up immediately, but the man just glanced at him indifferently. Taoist Wuchan immediately found that his Taoist power was sealed.

Taoist Wuchan broke out in cold sweat on his back and looked at the man in front of him with extremely nervous eyes.

Zhuang Yan walked straight to the sandalwood chair at the front of the tent and sat down, then said to Taoist Wuchan, "It turns out that it was a five-poison thorn vine that cultivated into an immortal. It's not easy."

Hearing this, Taoist Wu Chan swallowed his saliva, then quickly stepped forward and bowed, "May I ask the name of the Supreme God?"

Zhuang Yan said calmly: "Zhuang Yan."

Taoist Wuchan's face suddenly changed, and he quickly bowed and said, "Little Immortal Wuchan, I pay my respects to the Spiritual Platform God."

Zhuang Yan asked, "Judging from your expression, have you heard of me?"

Taoist Wuchan nodded and said, "Of course I have heard of the name of the God. When the Great Sage Equaling Heaven caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace, I heard that the God captured him with just a pottery jar. Later, when the Heavenly Palace's Chenxianwu was suppressing a rebellion, the Buddhist Bodhisattvas Vajra Fist and Vajrapani assisted the rebellion, and the God captured the two Bodhisattvas with a pottery jar. Therefore, we have long known the name of the God."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "I'm not surprised that you know about the Shenxianwu incident, but how did you know about me subduing the Monkey King during the havoc in the Heavenly Palace?"

Taoist Wuchan said, "We learned about this from the stories of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven told by the immortals or the immortal officials in the heavenly court."

Zhuang Yan said, “I didn’t expect that this matter has become so popular in just over a hundred years.”

After saying that, Zhuang Yan raised his hand and pointed, and saw a sandalwood chair being pulled over from a distance and came directly behind Taoist Wuchan.

"Please sit down." Zhuang Yan said.

Taoist Wuchan thanked him quickly and then sat down on the sandalwood chair.

After the Five Zen Taoists sat down, Zhuang Yan said, "I don't care what your purpose is, and I don't care why Miao Xuan Nation wants to destroy Buddhism. This Tianci Temple contains my temple and statues, and there are incense offerings for a hundred years, so this Tianci Temple must not be destroyed."

Taoist Wuchan said quickly: "Lord God, we will not destroy your temples and statues. We will even build a special mountain temple that is bigger than the Tianci Temple, and we can also offer incense and burn incense."

Zhuang Yan did not speak, but stared at Wuchan Taoist calmly, until Wuchan Taoist felt uneasy. Then he said, "Some things cannot be done just because you want to do them."

"My Lord, what do you mean?" Taoist Wuchan asked with some confusion.

Zhuang Yan did not answer him, but said calmly: "You are going to attack Tianci Temple tomorrow, right?"

Taoist Wuchan nodded and said, "Yes, Lord God."

Zhuang Yan stood up and said, "Then let's talk about it after tomorrow."

After saying this, Zhuang Yan raised his hand and lifted the seal on Taoist Wu Chan's magical powers, then he transformed into a ray of divine light and disappeared before his eyes.

“Lord God?!” Taoist Wuchan hurriedly stood up and chased after him. However, when he walked out of the tent, he could no longer see Zhuang Yan.

When Taoist Wuchan returned to the tent, the two disciples had already woken up. They saw themselves lying on the ground and saw their master standing there. They quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Master, please forgive us. We just..."

Taoist Wuchan stopped the two and said, "It's not your fault. It was Lingtai Divine Lord who came just now."

"Lord Lingtai!!!" The two disciples' eyes widened instantly.

Taoist Wuchan said, "There is a temple of incense and a statue of Lingtai Shenjun in Tianci Temple."

Hearing this, the two disciples looked at each other in surprise. Then one of them hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then Master, are we going to attack Tianci Temple tomorrow?"

Taoist Wuchan walked to the chair where Zhuang Yan had just sat and sat down. After pondering for a long time, he looked up and said, "Of course we have to attack by force, but we need to pass on the order that there is a temple of Lingtai God in Tianci Temple. No one is allowed to approach the temple, let alone be rude in front of it."

Upon hearing this, the two disciples immediately bowed and said, "Yes, Master."

It was three quarters past three in the morning. A monk from Tianci Temple was burning incense in the Mountain God Temple when he suddenly felt a breeze blowing from behind.

Then there seemed to be some strange noises in the hall. The monk first looked up at the statue of Zhuang Yan in front of him, and then looked at the statue of Fire Spirit Immortal on the side.

After seeing that there was nothing unusual, he looked at the tiger vanguard statue enshrined on the left side of the hall. Seeing that there was still nothing unusual, he finally looked at the snake vanguard statue on the right side of the hall.

The next moment, divine light was seen shining from the statue of the snake vanguard, and a faint divine power filled the hall.

Then, the monk saw a sudden burst of divine light from the statue, and the next moment, a huge red-scaled snake head emerged from behind the statue.

It was a huge head, even bigger than the table on which the Snake Vanguard statue was enshrined. The pair of blood-red vertical eyes looked extremely deep and terrifying, and the snake head was covered with scarlet scales.

The monk turned pale with fear, screamed, and then tumbled out of the mountain temple and rushed straight into the main hall. In the main hall, Elder Guangde saw the panicked look of the monk and couldn't help but feel nervous. He asked, "Xuan Jing, weren't you offering incense in the mountain temple? What happened?"

A monk named Xuan Jing came to the elder Guangde and bowed, saying, "Elder, a giant python appeared in the mountain temple."

"Oh?" Elder Guangde asked in surprise, "What kind of python?"

Xuan Jing said: "The head is bigger than the table, the body is covered with red scales, and the pair of vertical eyes are also blood red."

Hearing Xuan Jing's description, the monks around were also shocked, but Elder Guangde laughed and said, "Don't be afraid, that is the snake pioneer sitting under Lingtai Shenjun."

After saying that, Elder Guangde led all the disciples to leave the Main Hall and then came to the outside of the Mountain God Temple.

As soon as the monks arrived outside the Mountain God Temple, they saw a shocking scene. They saw that the huge Mountain God Temple was now coiled by an extremely huge red-scaled python.

The head of the giant red-scaled python appeared on the roof of the mountain temple, looking down at the monks below.

When Elder Guangde saw the giant python, he immediately clasped his hands together in a salute, and then asked, "May I ask if you are Fellow Daoist Chi Ling, the Snake Vanguard of the Lingtai Divine Palace?"

The red-scaled python changed its mouth and spoke in human language: "I am here on the orders of the Lord God. Elder, please withdraw all the monks back to the temple."

Elder Guangde nodded and said, "Okay."

Afterwards, Elder Guangde ordered all the monks guarding the gate outside to be withdrawn into the temple.

As time passed bit by bit, it soon arrived at the hour of Mao. At this moment, the monks in Tianci Temple saw the giant red-scaled python suddenly rise into the air. Its body became increasingly huge, and in the blink of an eye it grew to hundreds of feet long.

A moment later, the giant red-scaled python flew down and landed behind the Tianci Temple. Soon, a huge "rumbling" sound was heard around the Tianci Temple. The monks turned their heads and saw that the Tianci Temple was surrounded by the giant red-scaled python on all sides.

From a distance, the body of the giant red-scaled python looked like a wall emitting crimson fairy light.

Chi Ling's snake head appeared at the main gate of Tianci Temple, facing the tents of the palace soldiers.

When it was getting light, the soldiers on the opposite side finally saw what the red light outside Tianci Temple was. When they saw the huge snake body, all the soldiers were stunned.

Some of the soldiers were even frightened to death and soon someone reported the incident to Lu Yuanhe.

Lu Yuanhe hurriedly brought people out to take a look, and when he saw the giant red-scaled python, he gasped in fear.

At this moment, he no longer had any doubts about the mountain god appearing in his dream last night, and he immediately ordered all the palace soldiers to withdraw ten miles away.

At the same time, Taoist Wuchan, who had received the news, also came to the outside of the camp gate with his disciples. After seeing the giant red-scaled python that surrounded the entire Tianci Temple, Taoist Wuchan's face changed.

At this time, Lu Yuanhe stepped forward and said to the Five Zen Taoists: "Master, this thing is not something that ordinary people like us can contend with. Let's retreat and set up camp first. Master, do you want to join us?"

"No need." Taoist Wuchan waved his hand and said, "You can just retreat. I have my own magic power."

"Okay." Lu Yuanhe nodded, then turned around and led the three thousand palace soldiers to retreat all the way back, and they retreated to fifteen miles away before setting up camp again.

Taoist Wuchan turned around and looked at the giant python again. Then he said to the disciples behind him, "You should retreat first."

When the disciples heard this, although they were afraid, they still said, "We will stay and help Master."

Taoist Wuchan waved his hand and said, "It's useless for you to stay. You will become a burden to me. Please leave."

Upon hearing this, all the disciples looked at each other, then bowed and said, "Yes." Then they retreated to a distance.

At this moment, Taoist Wuchan flew forward and stopped thirty steps in front of the giant red-scaled python. He then bowed and said, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, are you the snake vanguard serving under the seat of Lingtai Divine Lord?"

Chi Ling looked at Wuchan Taoist with a pair of blood-red eyes, and then said, "Yes, the God said that as long as you can pass this test, Tianci Temple and the Mountain God Temple in the temple are at your disposal, and he will never ask about it."

Hearing this, Taoist Wuchan also understood Zhuang Yan's attitude, and immediately bowed and said, "If that's the case, I'm sorry to offend you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist Wu Chan formed a Dharma seal with his hands, and fairy light was rising around him.

Soon, the sky and the earth were filled with wind and clouds, and countless "Five Poison Thorn Vines" suddenly grew on the ground on all sides of Tianci Temple. Those purple-red Five Poison Thorn Vines grew wildly, and each vine was covered with extremely sharp and poisonous thorns.

As Taoist Wuchan gave a shout, the five poisonous vines came down like a net, instantly covering and wrapping up Chi Ling's entire body.

However, when the thorns of the five-poison thorn vines pierced the scales, they broke directly like tofu. Those red scales were extremely hard, and the five-poison thorn vines could not break through them at all.

Seeing this, Taoist Wuchan immediately changed his approach. He let countless five-poison thorn vines tightly wrap around the red silk on the ground, then he flew up, and with a glance, he immediately locked onto the seven-inch position of the red silk.

Then Taoist Wuchan raised his hand and brought out a huge golden hammer, smashing it down towards the seven-inch position of Chi Ling.

With a loud 'boom', Chi Ling's huge body and the earth trembled at the same time, and smoke and dust rose in all directions. However, the golden hammer was soon blown away by the scales, but Chi Ling was not injured at all.

Taoist Wuchan was shocked and asked, "Could it be wrong?"

Thinking of this, Taoist Wuchan locked onto several seven-inch positions again, and then smashed them down one by one with the golden hammer, but the result was the same every time.

Taoist Wu Chan was dumbfounded. He could swear that the places where the golden hammer had hit were where the snake's weak spot would appear! But it just didn't work.

The seven-inch point is the snake's vital point. No matter how strong the scales are, they cannot prevent the damage caused by blunt objects to the seven-inch point.

Just as Taoist Wu Chan was stunned, he saw a golden light flash between the eyebrows of the red-scaled giant python. Before he could react, the golden light had already appeared before his eyes and turned into a golden halberd.

'boom'

As the Heavenly King's golden halberd smashed down, Wuchan Taoist was hit on the head and bleeding. His legs went soft and he fell to the ground, hitting the ground heavily.

When the disciples of Taoist Wuchan in the back saw him injured and falling, they were all horrified and rushed over here.

At this moment, the Heavenly King's golden halberd fell straight down, and when it was about to smash Wuchan Taoist's head, it suddenly stopped above Wuchan Taoist's head.

Then Chi Ling's voice sounded again: "The Lord of God has instructed not to harm your life. You are the State Master of Miaoxuan Country. Everything you do has its cause and effect. But you are not allowed to interfere in Guangci Mansion. If you do it again, I will never let you off. Go now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Heavenly King's golden halberd immediately turned into a ray of golden light and flew back to Chi Ling's forehead.

Taoist Wuchan stood up dazed with blood all over his face. He glanced at Chi Ling with fear, then bowed, turned around and staggered away.

After Taoist Wuchan met up with his disciples, he rode on a cloud of light and flew westwards under the protection of his disciples.

Seeing Taoist Wuchan leave, Chi Ling retracted her true form and transformed into a girl in black. She glanced in the direction where Taoist Wuchan left, then turned around and turned into a ray of divine light and disappeared in the direction of Lingtai Mountain.

At this moment, Elder Guangde brought all the monks of Tianci Temple to the outside of the temple, set up an altar of incense and worshiped in the direction of Lingtai Mountain.

　There will be another chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)