I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Seeing Zhu Li offering up the Five Fire Spirit Pearls, Zhuang Yan simply raised his hand and with a "whoosh" sound, the "wine flag" immediately flew into Zhuang Yan's hand.

"Fellow Daoist, I'm sorry." Zhu Li shouted softly and threw the Five Fire Spirit Pearl in her hand into the air.

As the Five Fire Spirit Pearl flew into the air, red flames suddenly appeared and five fires rose.

With a loud bang, a fire rose from under Zhuang Yan, instantly igniting into a raging flame that swallowed Zhuang Yan in an instant.

Seeing Zhuang Yan being engulfed by the underground fire, Zhu Li flew forward and stretched out her hand to grab the "Human King Flag" in front of Zhuang Yan.

At the moment when Zhu Li's hand touched the flag of the Human King, a wooden pole suddenly emerged from the flames in front of her and hit the back of Zhu Li's hand with a "snap".

Zhu Li screamed in pain immediately, then retracted her hand and stepped back. After she had stepped back more than ten steps and steady herself, she quickly raised her right hand and saw a hideous blood groove on the back of her snow-white and tender hand.

The skin and flesh on the blood groove were rolled up, the tendons and bones were exposed, and there were waves of burning and stinging pain.

Zhu Li grimaced in pain, her hands trembling. She quickly took out a jade bottle and poured the green powder inside onto the wound.

A cool feeling came, and the burning and stinging sensation on the wound was immediately relieved a little. Then Zhu Li quickly raised her hand and looked into the Earth Dragon Cave.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Li's face suddenly changed. She saw that the underground fire that had devoured Zhuang Yan had disappeared at some point, and Zhuang Yan was sitting there intact, looking at her calmly.

Zhu Li was greatly shocked for a moment, and immediately formed a magic seal with her hands and gave a light shout. The Five Fire Spirit Pearls in the air lit up with red flames again, and then the space around the Earth Dragon Cave where Zhuang Yan was suddenly burned with a fierce azure divine flame.

The raging divine flame was actually the fire in the sky. Once it started, it immediately burned everything around the Earth Dragon Cave to ashes.

Even the ruined Earth Dragon Cave was burned, the soil and stones were burned into red-hot magma, and even the air was burned away.

Zhuang Yan sat cross-legged in the center of the blazing fire in the air, his body motionless and not a single hair burning.

Suddenly, Zhu Li saw Zhuang Yan stretch out his right hand and grab at the empty space in front of him. Then, there was a "whoosh" sound in the air ahead, and all the fire in the air was instantly captured in Zhuang Yan's palm.

Zhuang Yan smiled as a divine light lit up in his palm. Then, the raging fire in the air was directly refined into a fire pill with green flames by Zhuang Yan.

"Thank you." Zhuang Yan smiled and said to Zhu Ling, "It's really polite of you to give me an Aerial Fire Pill and an Underground Fire Pill as soon as we meet."

Zhu Li's face darkened and a trace of anger surged in her heart. She snorted coldly on the spot, then raised her hand and pointed at the Five Fire Spirit Pearls in the air.

The Five Fire Spirit Pearl turned slightly, but only a stream of three fires rose up, and more than half of its power and spirituality were lost.

Zhu Li's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly raised her hand to take back the Five Fire Spirit Pearl. When she took it in her hand, she found that there were only three flames flowing inside, while there were five flames before.

"Hahaha." Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Now the 'Five Fire Spirit Pearl' must be renamed the 'Three Fire Spirit Pearl'."

Zhu Li's pupils shrank, and she grabbed the Five Fire Spirit Pearl in her hand and asked Zhuang Yan, "What did you do to the Five Fire Spirit Pearl?"

Zhuang Yan smiled calmly and said, "I didn't do anything. You burned me with underground fire, so I took the 'underground fire source' from it and refined the 'underground fire pill'. You burned me with aerial fire, so I took the 'aerial fire source' from it and refined the 'aerial fire pill'."

At this point, Zhuang Yan took out the underground fire pill and showed it to the audience, then asked, "What kind of fire are you going to use to burn me next?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Li could no longer remain calm. The Five Fire Spirit Pearls were bestowed upon her by Bixiao, and now half of their power had been lost before she could accomplish anything. How could she report back?

Thinking of this, Zhu Li raised her hand and put the Five Fire Spirit Pearl into her sleeve, then she flew up and let out a clear whistle in the air.

In an instant, clouds and winds surged in all directions of the Earth Dragon Cave, and fairy light filled the air. Suddenly, white feathers appeared in the sky and turned into feather blades. Under Zhu Li's magic power, they fell towards Zhuang Yan in an overwhelming manner.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Yan slowly stood up, facing the feather blades falling like raindrops, and just waved his sleeves.

In a flash, a divine light appeared, and the feather blades in the sky shattered in an instant, turning into pieces of white light that dissipated with the wind.

Then Zhuang Yan threw out the "wine flag" in his hand, and the wine flag turned into a ray of light and flew out, and in the blink of an eye it came in front of Zhu Li.

Zhu Li, whose magic had just been broken, changed her expression and quickly jumped back. However, the wine flag was just waved in the air, and a cloud of wine mist instantly sprayed on Zhu Li's face.

Zhu Li cried out "Ouch!" and then her whole body froze, and then she fell from the air, hitting the ground with a "bang".

When Princess Gaoyang saw this scene, she exclaimed in surprise, then rushed over quickly and came to Zhu Li's side.

I saw Zhu Li lying on the ground. She didn't seem to have any injuries on her body, but she reeked of alcohol and her face was flushed. Her face was stained with alcohol, and she was probably laughing foolishly on the ground.

Princess Gaoyang was stunned. It was obvious that Zhu Li was drunk, but she was not drinking.
Suddenly Princess Gaoyang looked up and saw the divine flag fluttering in the wind in the sky, with the word "wine" on it standing out.

At this time, Zhuang Yan took a few steps forward, and the soldiers behind him quickly took a step back. They didn't even draw their swords, and their right hands were far away from the handles to show that they had no ill intentions.

Princess Gaoyang quickly stood up and pointed at Zhuang Yan and said, "What do you want to do? I am a princess of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhuang Yan chuckled and waved a wine flag in front of Princess Gaoyang. A cloud of wine mist floated past. Princess Gaoyang let out a moan and then fell to the ground.

The palace maids and servants around Princess Gaoyang were extremely loyal. When they saw Princess Gaoyang lying in bed, they rushed forward, picked up the drunk Princess Gaoyang, and retreated towards the location of the soldiers.

Zhuang Yan ignored them and put away the wine flag, pointed at Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, and said to the soldiers: "Leave these two Taoist friends here, and you can go."

The soldiers saw that Zhuang Yan had no intention of causing trouble for them, so they released Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang without saying a word. The palace maids who had just put Princess Gaoyang on the sedan chair saw this scene and immediately shouted, "What are you warriors doing? They are the people captured by Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The sergeant glanced at Princess Gaoyang who was sleeping on the sedan chair, and did not take the palace maids in front of him seriously at all.

"Li Shilang is an official appointed by His Majesty to work in the Imperial History Bureau." The lieutenant said, "The princess has no right to arrest an official appointed by the imperial court."

An older palace maid said, "Didn't he catch it just now?"

The lieutenant spread his hands and said, "We didn't catch him. It was the immortal Zhu Li who caught him. She is an immortal cultivator and is not subject to the court's control. She can catch him, but the princess cannot."

When the senior palace maid heard this, she immediately said, "I don't care. You should immediately arrest Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, and then take them with you to escort the princess down the mountain."

The lieutenant stopped talking and turned to order his soldiers to lift the sedan chair and walk down the mountain. The senior palace maid saw that the lieutenant did not take her seriously at all, so she rushed up and cursed: "You damn warrior, you dare not obey the princess's order?"

The lieutenant glanced back at the head maid and said coldly, "You'd better be more polite when you speak."

The senior maid put her hands on her hips and said, "I just talk like this, what do you think?"

With a clang, the lieutenant drew out the sword from his waist and said to the maid with murderous intent, "Come on, tell me another word?"

The senior palace maid was immediately stunned by the murderous aura emanating from the young officer. She stood there in a daze, feeling ashamed and angry, but she dared not utter another word.

At this time, the soldiers nearby rushed up and grabbed the lieutenant and said, "Don't be angry, boss. Don't argue with a woman like her. Let's escort the princess down the mountain first."

After being persuaded by his brothers, the lieutenant's anger quickly subsided. He sheathed his sword, turned around, and led the soldiers to carry Princess Gaoyang down the mountain.

The senior palace maid was persuaded by the younger palace maids and she suppressed her anger and followed the team down the mountain.

As Princess Gaoyang and her group went down the mountain, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang also came to Zhuang Yan. They bowed to him and said, "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for saving us from this predicament."

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I was just entrusted by someone."

After saying that, Zhuang Yan raised his hand and pointed at the two of them, and immediately removed the seal on them.

The seal was lifted. Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang thanked Zhuang Yan again. However, after hearing what Zhuang Yan said, they could not help but say "Oh?" in surprise. Then Yuan Tiangang asked, "Excuse me, fellow Taoist, who entrusted you with this?"

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "A fellow Taoist named Zhuang told me that he had two friends who went into the mountains to collect herbs. One was called Li Chunfeng and the other was called Yuan Tiangang. Are they you two?"

"Yes." Yuan Tiangang said with a smile, "It's just the two of us. Does that mean that Fellow Daoist Zhuang knew that we would be caught?"

Zhuang Yan shook his head and smiled, "Not really. He just asked me to look after you two. If you are in any danger, let me help you."

"I see." Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang nodded, and then they couldn't help but sighed: "Fellow Daoist Zhuang is really a good friend."

Zhuang Yan smiled but said nothing. After the two of them finished expressing their feelings, Li Chunfeng bowed to Zhuang Yan and asked, "May I ask what your name is, fellow Taoist?"

Zhuang Yan bowed and smiled, "I have long forgotten my common name. I only have a nickname, 'Xiaoyao Sanren'."

"What a good name." Yuan Tiangang praised: "Xiaoyao Sanren, he is truly a free and easy traveler in the world, a wanderer in the world."

After that, the two of them exchanged greetings, and then Li Chunfeng told Zhuang Yan about how they had calculated the Emperor's Qi, and said, "We really had no choice, so please forgive us, Taoist friend."

“It’s nothing. The Human Emperor’s aura has appeared in the world and cannot be hidden. Even if you don’t calculate it, someone else will be able to calculate it.” Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said.

Seeing that Zhuang Yan had no intention of blaming them, the two men immediately relaxed. Afterwards, Yuan Tiangang asked again, "Fellow Daoist, if you let Princess Gao Yang go, the fact that you have the 'Human King Flag' in your hands will definitely be leaked. I'm not saying too much, but fellow Daoist, you should make preparations early."

Li Chunfeng, who was standing by, heard this and immediately agreed, "Yes, fellow Daoist, before the news leaks out, you should leave Zhongnan Mountain as soon as possible."

Zhuang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, my two Taoist friends. I have my own ideas."

After hearing Zhuang Yan say this, the two stopped talking and stayed here for a while. After giving Zhuang Yan some elixirs and homemade sake, they said goodbye and left.

After the two left, Zhuang Yan sat down cross-legged again and his eyes fell on Zhu Li, who was lying drunk on the ground in front of him.

At the same time, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang left the mountain where Tulong Cave was located. They were originally planning to go to Qiyun Ridge to retrieve the medicine basket.

But just after flying less than a hundred feet, Yuan Tiangang stopped and Li Chunfeng also stopped and asked, "Brother Daoist, why don't you leave?"

Yuan Tiangang said, "I still feel something is wrong. We calculated the location of the Human Emperor Qi, and that Taoist Xiaoyao Sanren saved you and me. Moreover, from what he said, he seemed to know Taoist Zhuang Yan. So we can't just walk away."

Li Chunfeng nodded and said, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Yuan Tiangang's face turned fierce, and he said, "Chase after them and kill Princess Gaoyang and her entourage soldiers together. This will temporarily prevent the news from leaking out and give fellow Taoist Sanren more time to respond."

Li Chunfeng was startled when he heard this, but he quickly reacted. His expression became stern, and he raised his hand to summon the Xunfeng Sword and said, "There is no time to lose, let's go!"

Seeing how decisive he was, Yuan Tiangang immediately summoned his Qing Gang Sword, and then the two of them flew towards the direction of Princess Gao Yang and her group. (End of this chapter)