I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 150: The True Talisman of Sending Gods Reveals Its Miraculous Light

One day, Zhuang Yan was sitting in the Yuji Palace checking the documents of the Fumo Palace when suddenly, golden flowers flew, fragrance came from all directions, and auspicious light and auspiciousness illuminated the whole sky.

Liu Yan, the demon-suppressing general standing by, raised his head and asked in surprise, "Which deity has come to the First Heaven?"

Zhuang Yan also raised his head, and then sensed the energy in this strange phenomenon of heaven and earth, and then smiled and said, "It's an old friend."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan stood up and flew straight out of Yu Ji Zhen Jun’s residence.

The moment Zhuang Yan flew out of Jade Ji Zhenjun's palace, he saw auspicious signs all over the sky, colorful clouds, thousands of cranes flying across the clouds, and golden light and purple air coming from the east.

An ancient and elegant crane chariot stopped outside the residence of Jade Extreme True Lord, and on the chariot, a Taoist priest with full spirit, kind and amiable, white hair and beard, and an immortal-like appearance walked down, holding a whisk in his hand.

In front of the crane chariot were the Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor, Xuandu Zhenjun, Wenshi Zhenren and other Taixuan Zhenfu immortal officials, who were presenting flowers to the Taoist priest as a token of greeting.

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang even bowed his head and said, "The Buddha Bodhi has come to the First Heaven, which really makes my Taixuan Zhenfu glorious."

The Taoist was none other than Bodhi Patriarch. He smiled and returned the greeting, saying, "I am just passing through the First Heaven to visit an old friend. I did not intend to alarm the Emperor and the others. I am truly ashamed."

"No, no." Zifu Shaoyang Emperor said with a smile: "Buddha old friend, could it be Lingtai Xianmiao Yuji Zhenjun?"

Patriarch Bodhi nodded and said, "That's right." At this point, Patriarch Bodhi also sensed Zhuang Yan's aura, looked up and pointed at Zhuang Yan who flew out of Yuji Zhenjun Mansion and said, "He's here."

Everyone looked back, and then the immortal officials made way and saluted Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan stepped forward and exchanged greetings with Purple Palace Shaoyang Emperor, Xuandu Zhenjun, and Wenshi Zhenren. He then bowed to Patriarch Bodhi and said with a smile, "Where are you going, fellow Taoist?"

As he spoke, Zhuang Yan looked towards the crane chariot behind Patriarch Bodhi. Patriarch Bodhi was a casual and natural person, so he definitely wouldn't have such a chariot.

Then there is only one possibility, that someone invited him to go, so a sedan chair came to pick him up.

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "The Yuanshi Tianzun invited me to listen to the Hunyuan Daoguo, and specially sent a crane chariot to the lower world to welcome me. This time I passed by the first heaven, so I stayed for a while to see you, my friend."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately smiled and said, "Congratulations, fellow Taoist. Congratulations, fellow Taoist."

Patriarch Bodhi smiled and said, "Thank you very much, my friend. Do you want to go with me?"

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "I have just established a government office, so it is inconvenient for me to leave without permission."

Besides, it would be meaningless for him to go to a Taoist meeting of this level. Although Patriarch Bodhi had good intentions, Zhuang Yan should not lose his sense of propriety.

"If you want to go, you can just follow me." Patriarch Bodhi said again.

Zhuang Yan smiled again and said, "I am busy with official duties and cannot leave. Besides, I won't be able to understand what you are saying if I go. I'm afraid I will just fall asleep if I go."

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Bodhi knew that Zhuang Yan really didn’t want to go, so he stopped forcing him and nodded, saying simply, “Well, since you’re not going, I’ll take my leave.”

Zhuang Yan bowed and said, "Please come in, fellow Taoist."

Patriarch Bodhi bowed in return, then smiled at Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu and the others and said, "Everyone, I'm leaving now."

Everyone bowed and said, "Farewell, Buddha Bodhi."

Patriarch Bodhi mounted on the crane chariot and went straight up to the thirty-sixth heaven under the escort of thousands of cranes.

Afterwards, all the gods and immortal officials of Taixuan Zhenfu who gathered here dispersed under the order of Zifu Shaoyang Emperor. Only Zifu Shaoyang Emperor and three others and Zhuang Yan were left at the scene.

"True Lord Yuji, have you selected all the subordinates in your mansion?" asked Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu.

Zhuang Yan shook his head and smiled, "Not yet, no rush, take your time."

Emperor Zifu Shaoyang nodded and said with a smile, "That's right. With your strength and connections as True Lord Yuji, you don't have to rush to find subordinates. You can take your time to carefully select them."

"That's right." Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

At this time, Xuandu Zhenjun said, "Yuji Zhenjun, I have a suggestion."

Zhuang Yan quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, please speak."

Xuandu Zhenjun said: "You, Yuji Zhenjun, have now opened a mansion in the first heaven. You have made Danchi Ridge in Lingtai Mountain in the lower world your dojo. You no longer need to take on the position of Lingtai Mountain God. I think your Huoling Zhenxian is not bad. You can promote him to be the new Lingtai Mountain God."

Hearing this, Zhuang Yan was also moved and said, "Daoyou, this is a good suggestion."

But Master Wenshi disagreed, saying, "In fact, it's fine for Master Yuji to continue to serve as the God of Lingtai Mountain. The Five Great Emperors all serve as the God of their respective 'Shenyue'. In fact, it doesn't matter whether he serves concurrently or not, as long as there are people doing the work."

When Zhuang Yan heard this, he felt that what Master Wenshi said made sense.

But soon, Purple Mansion Shaoyang Emperor laughed again and said, "There is no need to rush about this matter. Talents like Fire Spirit True Immortal should naturally be kept by our side. In the future, he can be transferred to Jade Extreme True Lord Mansion to serve. It would be a pity to leave him down there as a mountain god. But at the moment, besides Fire Spirit True Immortal, the Tiger Vanguard and Snake Vanguard cannot handle the affairs of Lingtai True Lord Mansion, and they cannot handle it on their own. So we should wait a little longer. After the Tiger and Snake Vanguards are trained, we can transfer Fire Spirit True Immortal to Jade Extreme True Lord Mansion in the upper realm as an official."

Zhuang Yan suddenly felt that what Emperor Zifu Shaoyang said made more sense!
True Lord Xuandu and True Man Wenshi did not refute, and seemed to agree with what Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu said.

Zhuang Yan said, "All three Taoist friends have a point. Let me think about it carefully."

"No rush, we can take our time to think about this matter." Emperor Shaoyang of Zifu said with a smile.

Afterwards, the three of them said goodbye to Zhuang Yan and returned to Taixuan Zhenfu. Zhuang Yan also returned to Yuji Zhenjun's palace.

In fact, what Zifu Shaoyang Emperor said was very right. It is better to keep someone like Huoling Zhenxian by your side. When Tiger Vanguard and Snake Vanguard come back from the human world, let Huoling Zhenxian train them to be independent and take over all the affairs of Lingtai Zhenjun Mansion from Huoling Zhenxian in the future.

Thinking of this, Zhuang Yan could not help but nod his head. At this time, the demon-suppressing assistant Liu Yan beside him suddenly said, "Master, here is a petition submitted by the land god of Guyun Mountain."

Zhuang Yan was somewhat puzzled and asked, "What petition did the land god submit to the Demon Subduing Hall?"

Liu Yan took a closer look and said, "Someone submitted a petition to the land god of Guyun Mountain, and asked the land god of Guyun Mountain to submit it to the Demon Subduing Hall."

"Who is it?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Liu Yan looked at the document in his hand and shook his head, saying, "The land god of Guyun Mountain said that this person has great magical powers and has concealed his appearance, so we don't know who he is."

Zhuang Yan said, "Show me the petition."

Liu Yan quickly handed the petition in his hand to Zhuang Yan. Zhuang Yan took it and looked at it, his brows immediately frowned.

This is a complaint, the one complaining is the abbot of the Laojun Temple in Guyun Mountain. Although he is a Taoist immortal, he has an affair with someone and does not abide by the rules and regulations. It seems that he has become possessed by a demon. Please ask the Demon-Suppressing Palace to investigate.

Zhuang Yan immediately said to Liu Yan, "Show me the documents of the abbot of Laojun Temple."

Liu Yan immediately handed over the case file that he had prepared long ago. Zhuang Yan took a careful look at it and found out that the abbot of the Laojun Temple was named Pei Yuhan, a Taoist master of Xuanxian Taoism. He was the abbot of the Laojun Temple in Guyun Mountain.

At the same time, the case file also contains the rules and regulations of Laojun Temple. One of them clearly states that all disciples should be pure in mind and desire, guard their bodies and observe the precepts, not be emotionally aroused and indulge in desires, and should pursue a state of tranquility and nature.

Zhuang Yan put down the case file and called to the hall, "General Bi Zhen."

General Bi Zhen immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "I am here."

Zhuang Yan sent the petition to General Bi Zhen and said, "You should go down to the lower world in person and go to the Laojun Temple on Guyun Mountain in Nanzhanbuzhou to inquire whether the temple master Pei Yuhan has broken the precepts and whether he has any signs of being possessed by a demon. If necessary, bring him to the First Heaven for interrogation."

"Yes, sir." General Bi Zhen took the petition, then bowed and left.

Not long after, General Bi Zhen rode a cloud down from the first heaven and landed directly at the Laojun Temple on the ancient Yunshan Mountain in the southern continent.

General Bi Zhen went straight into the main hall of Laojun Temple. He scanned the place with his divine sense and saw that there were only five or six boys and more than ten disciples in the temple. The temple master Pei Yuhan was not there.

So General Bi Zhen did not rush to reveal himself, but instead stood beside the statue of Laojun in the main hall, and he stayed there for three whole days and three nights.

On the morning of the fourth day, a Taoist woman wearing a Taoist robe, with her hair tied up and a hairpin, and with a graceful figure and unparalleled charm walked into the main hall of Laojun Temple. It was Pei Yuhan, who had not returned for three days.

After Pei Yuhan entered the main hall, the boy in the hall hurried forward to greet him. Pei Yuhan smiled and said, "You have worked hard these past few days. You can all go down now."

"Yes, disciples, I'll take my leave." The boys bowed and then retreated one after another.

Pei Yuhan then walked forward, picked up three incense sticks, lit them, bowed to the statue of Laojun, and inserted them into the incense burner.

At this moment, a breeze suddenly blew from the hall, and the next moment the door of the hall closed with a bang.

Pei Yuhan's expression immediately froze, he stood up and looked forward.

I saw a divine light falling before my eyes, and then General Bi Zhen appeared, wearing a helmet and armor, looking very majestic.

"Pei Yuhan, I am a celestial general from the Jade Extreme Hall of Jade Extreme True Lord's residence. Someone has reported to the Demon Subduing Hall that you have violated the rules and regulations, indulged in lust and had an affair with someone, and that you seem to be possessed by a demon. I have come here to investigate in compliance with the order of Jade Extreme True Lord." General Bi Zhen said.

Pei Yuhan's face froze, and then a trace of shame and hatred flashed in his eyes. He cursed her in his heart, "bitch", and then he bowed and said, "I am Pei Yuhan, and I greet the general."

After the ceremony, Pei Yuhan said, "Reporting to the Heavenly General, this is a pure false accusation. I have devoted myself to cultivation and have never violated the precepts or had an affair. Being possessed by a demon is even more nonsense. Please investigate carefully, Heavenly General."

General Bi Zhen said: "Words are not enough. Stretch out your left hand with your palm facing up. I will check your 'six roots and six spirits'."

Hearing this, Pei Yuhan's face changed slightly, and then he said: "Could it be that the Heavenly General does not trust me?"

General Bi Zhen said, "Don't say too much. I will only talk about evidence here, nothing else. Please quickly extend your left palm."

Pei Yuhan sighed and said, "Well, since the general doesn't believe me, I'll let him check it out."

After saying that, Pei Yuhan stretched out his left hand and turned his palm up, but at the moment when Pei Yuhan opened his five fingers, a fairy talisman suddenly flew up.

The fairy talisman flew into the air and immediately emitted a bright fairy light. Then the fairy light gathered together and directly illuminated General Bi Zhen.

General Bi Zhen was shocked and said, "Send a divine talisman?!"

The next moment Pei Yuhan smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said: "God will take care of you, I'm sorry I can't see you off."

As soon as Pei Yuhan finished speaking, the power of the "God-sending Talisman" was immediately activated, sending General Bi Zhen directly back to the first heaven from the lower world.

After General Bi Zhen returned to the first heaven, his face darkened and he immediately rode on a cloud to prepare to descend to the mortal world again.

But this time there seemed to be a barrier preventing him from going down to the mortal world. General Bi Zhen took a look at the fairy light of the talisman on his body and knew that it was this talisman that was causing trouble. He would not be able to go down to the mortal world in the next seven days.

The Sending Gods Talisman is a talisman passed down by the Taoist sect for the cultivation of immortals. It was originally created by the Taoist ancestors in order to prevent their later disciples from encountering the problem of "it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away". Unexpectedly, these later disciples found many different ways to use the Sending Gods Talisman.

General Bi Zhen looked at the fairy light that sent the talisman from his body with a gloomy face, but he had no choice but to immediately return to Yu Ji Zhen Jun's residence and report the matter to Zhuang Yan.

(End of this chapter)