I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 233: Dongxuan asks about politics, meeting an acquaintance

Taixuan Zhenfu, Human World Department, Siming Hall.

The True Immortal Huo Ling held the 'Book of Fate' from the human world in his hand, and checked matters of life and death with the deputy judge under King Qin Guang who came from the underworld.

The deputy judge's surname is Tao. He is the first judge under King Qin Guang of the First Hall of the Underworld. He assists King Qin Guang in managing the "Book of Life and Death".

"It has been confirmed that the fate of Emperor Tang Li Shimin and his family of three have been changed and their lifespans increased, right?" Immortal Huo Ling looked at Judge Tao and asked.

Judge Tao nodded and said, "It's confirmed."

Fire Spirit Immortal asked, "Anything else?"

Judge Tao said, "There are many prayers for increasing longevity, some from Taoism, some from Buddhism, and some from folk customs in various places."

The Fire Spirit Immortal asked, "Are all these memorials in the underworld?"

Judge Tao shook his head and smiled, "All these prayers from the human world are in the Dongxuan Hall. One of the responsibilities of the Dongxuan Hall is to manage the affairs of the human world. All prayers from the human world that are approved by the gods are sent to the Dongxuan Hall of the human world. After the Dongxuan Hall approves them, they are sent to the Siming Hall and the underworld according to the wishes."

"The Siming Palace and the Underworld are about good and evil, yin and yang, and lifespan, right?" asked the Fire Spirit Immortal.

Judge Tao nodded and said, "Yes, so I have to come to Siming Hall every month to check this matter. After the check is completed, I will work with you, Siming, to decide on the increase or decrease of Yin and Yang's lifespans."

Fire Spirit Immortal asked, "Were there any rules for these things?" At this point, Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "I have just taken charge of Siming Palace, and there are many things I don't understand yet."

Judge Tao smiled and said, "The Minister should not ask me about this matter. Although I often come to the Siming Palace, I don't know the rules of the Siming Palace. Why don't you ask the Junior Minister of Dongxuan for advice?"

"Yes." Fire Spirit Immortal nodded and said, "That's right. Thank you, Mr. Tao."

Judge Tao waved his hand, then stood up and said goodbye, "The matter of changing the fate and increasing the life span of the Emperor's family has been completed. I will return to the underworld to close the case. In two days, I will bring the prayers and blessings from all parties in the human world to the Shangshu for verification."

Fire Spirit Immortal nodded happily and said, "Okay."

After saying that, she personally stood up and sent Judge Tao out of the Siming Hall. Then she stood in front of the hall door and thought for a while. Then she walked out of the Siming Hall and prepared to go to the Dongxuan Hall to ask Dongxuan Shaoqing about the matters of the Siming Hall.

But before he had taken two steps, a divine light fell outside the Siming Palace. After the divine light dissipated, a tall figure appeared. The True Immortal Huo Ling took a closer look and found that it was the Lingguan You Yi.

"Fellow Daoist Huo Ling, how are you?" Lingguan You Yi asked Immortal Huo Ling as soon as he appeared.

The Fire Spirit Immortal stopped and bowed to the Spirit Officer You Yi, then smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Spirit Officer. I am fine recently. What brings you here?"

When Lingguan You Yi heard the question from True Immortal Huo Ling, he stood there for a moment with a look of hesitation on his face. He looked at True Immortal Huo Ling with some hesitation and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.

Seeing this scene, Fire Spirit Immortal said with a smile: "What is it that Lingguan is hiding? How about we go to the side hall and sit down to discuss it in detail?"

You Yi Lingguan coughed, then cleared his throat, pulled himself together and said, "I'm here to see you, Daoist Fellow Huo Ling."

"Oh? Looking for me?" Upon hearing this, the Fire Spirit Immortal's face became serious and he said, "What happened? In that case, Lingguan, please come into the hall and talk."

Seeing that the Fire Spirit Immortal was about to return to the palace, You Yi Lingguan quickly said, "No, no, it's actually not a big deal."

"It's not a big deal?" Fire Spirit Immortal was a little surprised and asked, "Then what is it?"

Lingguan Youyi cleared his throat unnaturally, and then said to the Immortal Huoling: "Daoyou Huoling, there is a 'Wuxiangzhai' at the foot of Lingshan Mountain. There are all kinds of Buddhist vegetarian banquets, vegetarian wines and delicacies. I heard they are very delicious. I would like to invite Daoyou Huoling to go there and taste them."

Fire Spirit Immortal frowned slightly and said, "Oh, are you going to eat?"

"Yes." You Yi Lingguan nodded and said with a smile: "I hope you, Daoist Huo Ling, will do me the honor."

Fire Spirit Immortal shook her head and said, "I don't have time. I have a lot of things to do." At this point, she looked at You Yi Lingguan and asked, "Is Lingguan free?"

You Yi Lingguan was panicked and said quickly: "No, no, no, I have a lot of things to do, but I just happened to have some free time recently, so I wanted to treat fellow Daoist Huo Ling to a meal."

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "I have just recently taken over the position of Sima Ming in the Human World Department, and there are still many things that have not been sorted out. I have not had any free time recently. I hope Lingguan will forgive me."

You Yi Lingguan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he said with gritted teeth: "Fellow Daoist Huo Ling, can you squeeze out some time? I believe you can still squeeze out time for a meal, right?"

"Okay." Fire Spirit Immortal said calmly.

You Yi Lingguan was delighted, but then he heard Huo Ling Zhenxian say, "But there is no need to do that. It is not something I, Huo Ling Zhenxian, can do to squeeze time out of my work just to have a meal."

"Ah?" Lingguan You Yi was stunned, and then he felt his scalp tingling. This Taoist fellow Huo Ling was really too diligent and too direct. None of the words he had prepared before were used. Now he didn't know what to do.

The Fire Spirit Immortal asked the Spirit Officer You Yi, "Spirit Officer, do you have anything else to ask me besides eating?"

You Yi Lingguan shook his head and said, "No more, just this one thing."

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "Well, I really don't have time now. How about this, if I have time in the future, I will host a banquet at Lingtai Mountain and treat Lingguan to a good meal. How do you think?"

This is like an order to leave, but at least the True Immortal Fire Spirit has promised to treat me in the future.

Although he was extremely disappointed, You Yi Lingguan was a righteous god in heaven after all, so he naturally had some grace. He immediately smiled loudly, bowed and said, "Okay, then I will wait for good news from Daoist Fellow Huo Ling. Farewell."

The Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said, "Spirit Officer, take care."

You Yi Lingguan turned into a ray of divine light and flew out of the human world, disappearing into the sky. Looking at the direction where You Yi Lingguan left, the smile on Huo Ling Zhenxian's face faded and his expression darkened slightly.

She didn't know what You Yi Lingguan was thinking, but she knew what You Yi Lingguan's behavior represented.

After a moment, Fire Spirit Immortal shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"What's wrong with you? Isn't it good to work hard and get promoted? Why do you like to engage in romantic affairs?" Fire Spirit Immortal thought to himself.

Thinking of this, the image of Zhuang Yan emerged in the mind of Fire Spirit Immortal. She made up her mind and said, "I must perform a few more great deeds to give the Immortal Lord face."

"By the way, Zhenjun has been a fourth-rank official for a long time. If I make more contributions, Zhenjun will be promoted." Huo Ling Zhenxian thought to himself.

While thinking about it, the True Immortal Fire Spirit came to the Dongxuan Palace. After being informed by the heavenly soldiers on duty, the True Immortal Fire Spirit was invited into the palace.

Arriving at the hall, he saw the newly appointed Junior Minister of the Caverns, 'Xu Ji Chong Ying Zhenren', wearing a three-color Qing Xiao Four-elephant robe, dignified and beautiful, with a jade-like face, sitting on the hall, smiling at the Fire Spirit Zhenxian who entered the hall.

"I, the Immortal Fire Spirit, pay my respects to the Junior Official of the Mysterious Caverns, the Immortal Xu Ji Chong Ying." The Immortal Fire Spirit came to the center of the hall, bowed his head and saluted. The Immortal Xu Ji Chong Ying raised his hand and said with a smile, "Minister Fire Spirit, there is no need to be polite. Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Young Master." Fire Spirit Immortal bowed his head and walked to a sandalwood chair and sat down. A boy then served him fragrant tea.

Immortal Huo Ling thanked him, then picked up the fragrant tea and took a sip.

At this time, Master Xu Ji Chong Ying asked, "Minister Huo Ling came here today, I guess there must be something he is confused about?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal put down the teacup, nodded and said, "I came here to ask Shaoqing, how does the Siming Palace review the prayers and petitions from all parties? I checked all the files and documents of the Siming Palace in the past, and it seems that there is no fixed rule."

Immortal Xu Ji Chong Ying's phoenix eyes brightened slightly, and he looked at Immortal Huo Ling and smiled, "I didn't expect that you discovered this less than a month after taking over Siming Hall. It is true. Siming Hall does not have a set of fixed rules for these petitions for prayers and blessings."

"Why is that so?" Fire Spirit Immortal asked in confusion, "Wouldn't it be more convenient for the directors to have a fixed set of rules?"

Master Xu Ji Chong Ying smiled and said, "If there is a set of fixed rules, it will be inconvenient to do things."

Fire Spirit Immortal bowed and said, "Please give me some advice, young master."

Master Xu Ji Chong Ying nodded, and then said: "Those petitions and memorials of prayers and blessings from the mortal world can be sent to the Human World Department, which means that these petitions and memorials were granted by the main gods or immortal saints of various parties."

At this point, Master Xuji Chongying gave an analogy: "For example, in Guanjiangkou, if a mortal prays for his family to increase their longevity, and his prayers can be sent to the human world, it means that this person's prayers have been blessed by Master Erlang Xiansheng."

"Or maybe someone in the South China Sea prayed for prosperity in fishing this year, and his prayer petition was sent to the Human World Department. He either received the blessing of the South China Sea Bodhisattva Guanyin or the South China Sea Dragon King."

"All these prayers and petitions that can be sent to the Ministry of Humanity have been blessed by the gods and saints from all directions."

"So when the prayers are submitted to the Siming Palace, you just need to approve them as appropriate."

"For example, if you pray for longer life, the gods and saints from all sides only grant blessings, and generally do not stipulate how much longer life you can increase. At this time, you can weigh it yourself. Adding one year to your life is also an increase, and ten years is also an increase. It all depends on you."

At the end of his speech, Master Xu Ji Chong Ying smiled and said, "Tell me, if there is a rule, wouldn't it be difficult to do things?"

After listening to this, Fire Spirit Immortal also understood, nodded slightly, and said with a folded hand: "Thank you for your teaching, Shaoqing. Fire Spirit understands."

With regulations, there are restrictions. With restrictions, they must be followed. If they are strictly followed, it is inevitable to offend the righteous gods and saints from all sides.

Without rules, there would be no restrictions, and the matter could be handled flexibly without offending the righteous gods and saints on all sides.

At this time, Master Xu Ji Chong Ying added, "But don't worry, those righteous gods and saints have been enlightened for many years. Since they can bestow blessings, they must be aiming for the goal of 'educating virtues and persuading sentient beings to do good'. Therefore, as long as the petitions to increase or decrease lifespan are verified to be correct, they can be approved."

Upon hearing this, Fire Spirit True Immortal immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Fire Spirit understands. Thank you, Young Master."

Master Xu Ji Chong Ying waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you have any questions in the future, just come and ask me. Have some tea."

Fire Spirit Immortal nodded in response, then sat down again.

However, just after True Immortal Huo Ling consulted True Immortal Xu Ji Chongying about the affairs of Siming Palace, he returned to Yu Ji Palace.

As soon as he came back, he saw two figures flying over the mansion. At the same time, gusts of yellow wind rose in the square outside the Demon-Subduing Hall of the Yu Ji Zhen Mansion.

Immortal Huo Ling frowned and immediately came to the outside of the Demon-Suppressing Palace to check the situation.

The demon-suppressing general Liu Yan was seen standing outside the hall with a helpless look on his face, while in the square outside the hall, two figures were fighting fiercely.

Seeing the Fire Spirit Immortal coming, Liu Yan quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Minister."

The Fire Spirit Immortal had originally frowned, but when he saw the figure fighting with the Yellow Wind Great Sage in the square, his brows immediately relaxed and he asked with a smile, "When did you come?"

Liu Yan knew who the Fire Spirit Immortal was asking about, so he answered, "They just arrived, and they started fighting as soon as they met."

As Liu Yan finished speaking, two streaks of red-gold light suddenly appeared in the yellow wind that filled the square in front of him. Then there was a loud bang, and the yellow wind died down, and a figure immediately flew backwards.

The Fire Spirit Immortal raised his hand and offered up the Three Magical Treasures Silver Pestle. The pestle emitted a bright light and immediately caught the Great Sage Yellow Wind.

The Great Sage Huang Feng landed steadily on the ground, turned around and bowed to the True Immortal Huo Ling, saying, "Thank you, Minister."

The Fire Spirit Immortal nodded slightly, then put away the three magic weapons and silver pestles, and said to the square in front: "You monkey, why do you hit people as soon as you come?"

Sun Wukong put away his golden cudgel, leaped in front of the Fire Spirit Immortal, and said with a smile, "Sister Fire Spirit, what you said is not right. I am just here to meet an old friend."

"Hmph." The Great Sage Huang Feng said, "What do you mean by meeting an old friend? Most likely you have encountered some tricky monster again. You must be asking for help from the heavens."

Sun Wukong raised his hand and waved, "Go away, what do you know?"

After saying that, Sun Wukong said to the Fire Spirit Immortal, "That monster didn't have much power. It couldn't take a few hits from me and hid back in its cave. But it recognized me and ran away as soon as it saw me. So I think that this monster might be a deity from heaven who came down to earth to look for the demon."

"Then you should go to the thirty-sixth heaven to look for it." Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Why come to my place? I only take care of the affairs of the world, not the affairs of heaven."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "I'm here to see an old friend." He winked at the Yellow Wind Monkey King.

The Great Sage Huang Feng snorted coldly and turned his head away to ignore Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Brother Huang Feng, you were the demon king who made me suffer in the past. Why are you being so shy now? It's not fun."

The Great Sage Huang Feng said unconvincedly: "I will never fight with you again. You have a good uncle, but I don't."

Sun Wukong laughed, stepped forward and patted the Yellow Wind Great Sage on the shoulder and said, "No fight, no fight. I'll buy you a drink when I have the chance in the future."

"Later? Why not now?" asked the Great Sage Huang Feng.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Not now. I am even poorer than that beggar. I have to beg for food. How can I have extra money for a drink?"

The Great Sage Huang Feng nodded and said, "Well, that's what you said. You owe me a drink."

"No problem." Sun Wukong smiled, then turned back to Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Good sister, then I will go to Daluo Heaven to see which daring immortal dared to do evil in the mortal world and even wanted to harm my master."

The Fire Spirit Immortal nodded and smiled, "Go ahead, you monkey. Be polite to those emperors and gods when you go to heaven."

"I know, I know." Sun Wukong responded casually twice, then used his somersault cloud to go straight up to the thirty-sixth heaven.

(End of this chapter)