I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Ten days passed, and there were no more instances of the chosen one harming the clansmen.

Kitano Tenbu quickly summoned several stewards and ordered them to travel day and night to the Nangong and Tianhe tribes to retrieve Kitano Kun and Kitano Asahi.

The two deacons were puzzled. Elders Kitano Gū and Kitano Hū had gone to the Tianhe Division and the Nangong Division for help, so why were they being brought back?

Kitano Tenbu didn't say much, but simply handed them his warrant, saying, "You must bring back the two elders."

"Yes." The two stewards bowed and accepted the order.

After the two left, the remaining elders looked puzzled. Kitano Hikaru asked, "Clan leader, why did you send people to bring the two elders back?"

Kitano Tenbu sighed and said, "Are you all stupid? These chosen ones can be bribed. Since that's the case, after bringing back all 600,000 purple coins, I can bribe 60 chosen ones to prevent them from causing trouble for the Kitano tribe. Isn't that much better than giving the money to the Nangong and Tianhe tribes?"

Kitano Hikaru said, "I'm afraid not all chosen ones can be bribed."

Kitano said, "Moreover, those chosen ones are insatiable. They would even kill each other for two sets of armor. I'm afraid their promises are not credible."

Kitano Tenbu said, "I have thought this through carefully. You can consider this: even if we call upon the Nangong Clan and the Tianhe Clan, do you think we can wipe out all these chosen ones?"

"If we can really wipe them out completely, that would be fine, but what if we can't? Wouldn't that create an even deeper grudge?"

"We sought help from the Nangong and Tianhe tribes before because we didn't know we could settle things with money from these chosen ones. Now that we can have a proper discussion, why take even greater risks and pay a higher price?"

After hearing this, the elders remained silent. After some time, Kitano Hikaru said, "It's just that these chosen ones have killed so many of our people, and yet we still have to give them money and beg them to stop harming us. I really can't bear it."

“If you can’t stand it, then don’t think about it,” Kitano Tenbu said. “Our Kitano tribe is just one of countless races in the Three Realms. How insignificant are we compared to the heavens and the earth? Do you know what grass is? Although grass is soft, it will fall down if you step on it, but it won’t break. Tree branches are harder than grass, right? But if you step on them, they will break.”

At this point, Kitano Tenbu added, "These chosen ones have appeared out of nowhere. They may be the calamity of my Northern Continent, or they may be controlled by some powerful figure behind the scenes. But no matter what, we should be soft when necessary. If you want to keep being tough, I'm afraid it won't be long before our clan is wiped out."

Kitano Tenbu, being the clan leader, clearly explained the advantages and disadvantages in just a few words.

Although the elders were very dissatisfied, they knew that Kitano Tenbu's analysis was correct.

At this moment, Kitano Tenbu said, "Here's what we'll do: each of you take 300,000 purple coins and go to the east, south, west, and north to gather and help the rural tribes. If you encounter any chosen ones, negotiate the price, with a maximum of 10,000 purple coins per person, and try your best to keep them from harming the local area."

"Yes," the elders replied, bowing.

However, the situation developed beyond Kitano Tenbu's expectations. Just twelve days later, the two elders, Kitano Gun and Kitano Asahi, returned to the clan's residence, even bringing back the stewards who had gone to chase after them.

“Chieftain.” Kitano’s expression was complicated, a mixture of happiness and worry. “We don’t need to ask the Nangong tribe for help anymore; they are in dire straits themselves.”

Kitano Asahi said, "The same goes for the Tianhe Division. Those chosen ones have already left our Kitano Division's territory and gone to the Nangong Division and the Tianhe Division."

Kitano Tenbu's feelings were also complicated. On one hand, he was happy that these plague-stricken chosen ones were finally going to wreak havoc on others. But on the other hand, he felt sympathy for the Nangong and Tianhe tribes.

But there's nothing we can do with sympathy. Kitano-go will definitely have to rebuild now, so there's nothing we can do to help Tenkawa-go and Nangong-go.

"Did you bring all the purple coins back?" Kitano Tenbu asked.

Kitano Gyun and Kitano Asahi handed over all the purple coins they had to Kitano Tenbu, a total of 600,000 coins. Seeing that the money had been brought back, Kitano Tenbu felt much more at ease.

At this moment, a steward came in from outside and presented two messages to Kitano Tenbu. "Clan leader, these are urgent messages sent back by Elders Kitano Hikaru and Kitano Sho."

Upon hearing this, Kitano Tenbu quickly took the letter and began to read it. Kitano Asahi and Kitano Gyun also looked over with concerned expressions.

"Clan leader, what happened?" Kitano Qun asked hastily, noticing Kitano Tenbu's constantly changing expression.

After reading the two letters, Kitano Tenbu handed them to Kitano Kun and Kitano Asahi, saying, "Elders Kitano Song and Kitano Hikaru have discovered signs of Buddhist teachings spreading in the countryside in the south and north. Some villagers are even secretly worshipping the Bodhisattva in the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm."

"Oh?" Kitano Qun and Kitano Asahi, upon hearing this, quickly glanced at the message and then said angrily, "These bald monks really know how to take advantage of people's misfortunes. The Mandate of Heaven has just left, and they're causing trouble again."

But Kitano Tenbu smiled and said, "This is a good thing."

"Good news?" Kitano Gyun and Kitano Asahi were initially confused, but Kitano Gyun quickly realized what was going on. "The clan leader means..."

Kitano Tenbu laughed and said, "This time, the disaster caused by the Heavenly Mandate made me realize something. Actually, having faith in gods and Buddhas isn't a big deal. At least you can find help when it matters. We offended the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm before, so it wasn't good to ask them for help. Now that those Bodhisattvas from the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm have descended to my Kitano tribe, perhaps we can take this opportunity to befriend the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm."

Kitano Asahi said, "But once these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas arrive, they will surely make my people believe in their Buddhism. At that time, I'm afraid my Kitano tribe will be full of Buddhist temples."

"So what?" Kitano Tenbu said, "Our Kitano tribe is a large tribe, and we are connected by blood. Our belief in Buddhism does not affect the unity of our Kitano tribe. On the contrary, since they have received the incense offerings from our Kitano tribe, they cannot turn a blind eye to whatever happens in the future."

At this point, Kitano Tenbu immediately began to reply to Kitano Hikaru and Kitano Sho, saying that as long as they gathered and rescued the people of various villages and tribes and rebuilt their homes, they could turn a blind eye to the matter of spreading Buddhist teachings, and should not prohibit the people of the tribes from believing in Buddhism.

After doing all this, Kitano Tenbu felt much better. The whole situation suddenly became clear, and he seemed to have grasped a bit of the trend of the situation.

Thinking of this, Kitano Tenbu looked towards the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm, and a guess suddenly popped into his mind.

These chosen ones not only ravaged the Beiye tribe, but also demolished all the Zhenwu temples and other licentious temples within the Beiye tribe's territory. It's hard to say that there wasn't some force behind this.

He didn't know if the Buddhist sect would deliberately instigate a great calamity in order to spread the Dharma in Beiju Luzhou, but he knew that even if it were true, he couldn't expose it, otherwise the Beiye tribe would really be close to destruction.

"Now that the Chosen One has gone to the Nangong and Tianhe tribes, it seems he will be harming these tribes one after another. My Beiye tribe should take this opportunity to rebuild and restore its strength. Once the Chosen One's calamity is over, my Beiye tribe will be the number one tribe." Beiye Tianwu thought to himself.

He had previously thought that these chosen ones were created by the Northern Mountain Divine Palace, but now he realized that was absolutely impossible. If they were truly created by the Northern Mountain Divine Palace, they wouldn't have been allowed to destroy the Zhenwu Temple.

However, Kitano Tenbu also made an arrangement, which was to send some elite disciples of the clan to the Nangong tribe and the Tianhe tribe to observe the situation. He wanted to see if it was a case of a divinely ordained person causing havoc in a place, in which case Buddhist immortals would go to spread the Dharma.

Of course, this matter could not be stated openly; instead, these disciples were instructed to observe the situation and report back on everything they observed, down to the smallest detail.

Meanwhile, after Wang Lang, Kong Liang, Wuchenzi, and the others received the ten thousand purple coins, they all upgraded their spells at Lu Hanzhi's place.

It must be said that the 10,000 purple coins were well spent; the rewards they received after their spells were all enormous.

Take Wang Lang for example. After his spell "Verbal Prophecy" was upgraded, it became "Spiritual Heart Curse," which turned into an extremely powerful curse technique.

With the 'Spiritual Heart Curse,' he was able to demolish temples much faster. Although his curses were ineffective against the temple of the True Martial Emperor, he didn't need to directly curse the temple; he only needed to curse the land and terrain surrounding it.

If the terrain around the temple changes, the Zhenwu Temple will naturally be affected, and its foundation may even collapse. However, the situation is different for the Nangong tribe and the Beiye tribe. After the arrival of the Chosen Ones, the Beiye tribe will be the first to be affected.

Because there were no specific tasks to perform, the Kitano tribe suffered the most damage, while the Nangong and Tianhe tribes did not experience large-scale calamities against the clan and countryside caused by the chosen ones.

Because the mission is clear now—to dismantle altars and destroy temples—all the chosen ones are eager to complete the mission. So, apart from conflicts at Zhenwu Temple and other temples, there are very few troublemakers from the chosen ones in other places.

However, recently, there have been many more cases of theft and robbery in the Nangong and Beiye tribes, and those who have been robbed or stolen from are basically the core members and high-ranking members of the tribes.

Especially within Zongcheng, theft and robbery have become more frequent, which greatly puzzled Nangong Wan, the clan chief of the Nangong tribe.

On this day, during a meeting at the Nangong clan headquarters, upon hearing the reports from the elders below, Nangong Wan asked, "Do you know where these people came from?"

An elder said, "It seems to be from the Kitano tribe. It seems something has happened to the Kitano tribe recently. We used to trade with each other on the border, but recently the people from the Kitano tribe have rarely come to the border to trade. I heard that the Kitano tribe suffered a great disaster."

Another elder from the Nangong clan said, "I've also heard that the entire Beiye tribe has suffered a great disaster, something like a 'divine calamity,' it must be a natural disaster."

Nangong Wan said, "So that means that those who are causing trouble in our Nangong territory are all refugees who fled from the Beiye tribe?"

The elders remained silent. At this moment, Nangong Yi, the elder in charge of border patrol, said, "That shouldn't be the case. We have guards at the key points of the border with the Beiye tribe. The rest of the places are extremely dangerous and difficult to cross with the naked body. If they want to get through these places, they would have to have two or three lives each."

Nangong Wan nodded and said to Nangong Yi, "Investigate carefully and see what the cause is."

Nangong Yi bowed and accepted the order. At this moment, Nangong Wan asked an elder, "You said that recently many people have been demolishing Zhenwu Temple and other temples of deities for unknown reasons. What's going on?"

The elder said, "Reporting to the clan leader, this matter is still under investigation. Those people are very mysterious, and we don't know where they came from. They seem to have a strange obsession with destroying temples. Moreover, they are fearless. Even if someone is killed on the spot, others will continue to come and destroy the temples."

"That's strange." Nangong Wan frowned. "Why are there so many strange things happening lately?"

After saying that, Nangong Wan came to her senses and said to everyone, "Regardless of the situation, you must be on high alert after you go down, as someone may be planning to cause trouble within the territory of my Nangong tribe."

The elders and deacons bowed and said, "Yes, clan leader."

After the meeting, Nangong Wan returned to her 'Flying Snow Pavilion' to take a short rest.

But as soon as they arrived at Feixue Pavilion, they found that all the servants and warriors had disappeared, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

"Where are they?" Nangong Wanyu frowned slightly and asked, "Where have they all gone?"

The servants behind them exchanged bewildered glances, unsure how to answer, because they didn't know either.

Nangong Wan turned around and said, "Go and look around, see where everyone has gone."

"Yes." The servants acknowledged the order and then turned to leave.

Nangong Wan arrived alone at the small pavilion on the sixth floor of Feixue Tower. Just as she was about to push the door open, she found that the door was already open.

Nangong Wan was stunned. She remembered clearly that the door to this pavilion was closed in the morning, and this was her residence, so no one else would come here.

Even if the servants were to clean, they would close the door afterward. Did the servants forget?

Nangong Wan was a little angry. She stepped inside, only to hear the sound of something being rummaged through.

Nangong Wan's expression turned cold. Could it be that there was a traitor in the family?

She stepped over the screen and went inside, then shouted at the figure who was furtively looking around, "What are you doing?!"

The man stiffened, but did not panic. Instead, he slowly stood up and turned around.

Nangong Wan's eyes narrowed immediately. This wasn't someone from her side, so she asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

The man was not afraid at all; instead, upon seeing Nangong Wan, he smiled and asked, "Who are you?"

Nangong Wan said, "I am the patriarch of the Nangong tribe."

"Oh, so it's Clan Chief Nangong." The man stared intently at Nangong Wan and said, "Clan Chief Nangong, has anyone ever told you that you are beautiful?"

Nangong Wan's face darkened, and she said, "You rude scoundrel, do you know what the consequences will be for what you've done?"

"Nothing to worry about." The man stepped forward, looked Nangong Wanzai up closely, and then exclaimed, "Clan Chief Nangong, you are truly beautiful. Are you married?"

'boom'

The next moment, Nangong Wan slapped the man to the ground, breaking half of his bones and causing blood to gush from his mouth.

"You scoundrel, how dare you be so frivolous and disrespectful in front of me, Nangong Wan! You deserve to die!" Nangong Wan shouted through gritted teeth.

Despite his severe injuries, the man showed no sign of panic or fear. However, upon hearing the name Nangong Wan, he exclaimed in surprise, "Your name is Nangong Wan?"

Nangong Wan frowned slightly and said calmly, "Everyone knows that the patriarch of the Nangong tribe is named Nangong Wan."

The man quickly asked, "Is your husband named Han Li?"

Nangong Wan was furious. "Damn lecher!" she said, and then slapped down again, smashing the man's head to pieces.

Brains and blood splattered all over the ground. Nangong Wan immediately regretted it after she stopped. She should have been gentler. It wasn't because she killed this lecherous man, but because she had soiled her private quarters.

But Nangong Wan's regret quickly dissipated, because the mangled corpse soon turned into a white light and disappeared without leaving even a trace of blood.

Nangong Wan was stunned. What was going on? Could it be that the thief wasn't dead? She had never seen anything like this before. Who could disappear as a beam of white light after death?

Before long, the servants who had been there earlier would come to report in a panic that all the warriors and servants of Feixuelou had been killed and their bodies were piled up in the back garden.

Nangong Wan's face turned pale upon hearing this. Without a doubt, it must have been that thief who did it.

"These must be demons!" Nangong Wan immediately concluded. "I never expected them to dare to intrude into my Nangong clan's residence." (End of Chapter)