I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Meanwhile, Nezha, leading a group of demon soldiers, arrived at the road ahead of the Han army's northward advance. Looking at the advancing Han army, Nezha asked, "Who will go and stop this large army below?"

A blue-haired demon stepped forward and said, "Third Prince, this humble general is willing to go."

Nezha nodded and said, "Okay, remember, you can only block the road, but you must not harm anyone."

The blue-haired monster acknowledged the order and flew down to a valley in front of the Han army.

The monster formed hand seals and chanted incantations. A pale blue light immediately shone from its body, and then the monster slowly sank into the ground.

The moment the monster's body sank completely into the ground, the entire valley suddenly began to gush forth with water, which quickly gathered into a stream. The water flowed more and more, eventually turning into a lake.

And this didn't stop there. The lake continued to expand, and in just a quarter of an hour, the entire valley, spanning thirty miles, had become a vast expanse of water.

An hour later, the Han army arrived at this place and found that the road was cut off and the road ahead had turned into a lake. They immediately reported this to Tianhe Xun.

Upon hearing the report, Tianhe Xun immediately came to investigate with Tianhe Wu. When they saw the submerged valley in front of them, the two looked at each other in dismay.

"Has there been any heavy rain here recently?" Tianhe asked.

Tianhe Wu shook his head, so they sent people to find the local Han people, who were also dumbfounded when they saw the lake in front of them.

"Your Majesty, the sky has been clear and there has been no heavy rain recently. Moreover, this place is a valley, hundreds of feet deep. How much rain would it take to completely flood such a large valley?" the commoner said, looking dazed.

Tianhe Xun and Tianhe Wu exchanged a glance, also finding it very strange. Then Tianhe asked, "Is there a way around this place?"

The people asked, "Is Your Majesty going north?"

“Not bad,” Tianhe Xun nodded and said.

The man thought for a moment and said, "Then we'll have to take a detour through Tanggu Mountain further west, but that will add more than a hundred li to the journey."

Upon hearing this, Tianhe Xun nodded slightly, rewarded the commoner, and then ordered the army to detour around Tanggushan.

Zhu Youjian, Li Zhicheng, and Zhang Xianzong, who had been following the army, did not realize that something was wrong. After all, they had never lived here before and had no concept of a lake that had suddenly appeared.

Since the Han army followed the detour, they naturally continued to advance with the main force.

However, it was Lord Taiheng, who had come to protect them in secret, who noticed the anomaly. "There is demonic energy at the bottom of this lake," Lord Taiheng said with a focused gaze.

A divine general said, "Could it be that a great demon is causing floods here?"

Lord Taiheng pondered for a moment and said, "The Han army has already taken a detour, so let's not cause any more trouble. Let's let this demon go for now, and we'll go to Tanggu Mountain to guard it and make sure nothing else goes wrong."

"Yes," the gods replied.

However, when Lord Taiheng and his entourage arrived at Tanggu Mountain, they found that all the roads within a hundred miles of Tanggu Mountain were blocked by collapsed rocks.

Furthermore, Lord Taiheng sensed a trace of demonic energy here, and he immediately asserted, "There are demons secretly preventing the Han army from reaching the Northern Mountain."

After saying this, Lord Taiheng immediately ordered: "You shall immediately form ten groups of one hundred men each, and clear a passage before the Han army arrives."

"Yes, sir." The gods accepted the order and immediately split into ten groups to clear the passage.

Seeing this, Nezha in the sky immediately ordered his demon subordinates to go down and disturb the generals of the Northern Mountain God Palace, preventing them from clearing the passage.

While clearing the passage, Taihengjun and the others suddenly sensed a strong demonic aura approaching, and he immediately organized a defense.

Then the demons under Nezha's command and the gods under Taiheng Jun's command engaged in a fierce battle. The demons did not fight closely, but only harassed the enemy. They would attack here and there, and then leave. When you were about to clear the passage, they would come back to harass you.

Taihengjun and the others were extremely annoyed. The two sides had been locked in a tug-of-war for several days, and the passage had not been cleared at all.

Helpless, Lord Taiheng had no choice but to give up, and by this time the Han army had already reached Tanggu Mountain.

When Tianhe Xun saw that the road to Tanggushan was also blocked, he finally realized that something was wrong. "It seems that someone is deliberately preventing us from going to Beiyue?"

Tianhe Martial Arts: "Could they be from the Heavenly Sound Sacred Realm?"

Upon hearing this, Tianhe Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Once I unify Guanling Prefecture, the first thing I will do is to destroy all the monks and Buddhist temples!"

At this time, the soldiers who had been scouting ahead returned and reported to Tianhe that the road ahead of Tanggushan was completely blocked and impassable.

Tianhe Wudang immediately looked at Tianhe Xun and said, "We can only continue to take the detour."

Tianhe asked, "They are determined to prevent us from going to Beiyue. Even if we continue to take a detour, they will continue to set up obstacles along the way."

Tianhe Wu paused for a moment, then asked, "What does His Majesty mean?"

Tianhe gritted his teeth and said, "Recruit men on the spot and clear a passage for me through Tanggushan."

"Alright." Tianhe Wu nodded, and then immediately dispatched 10,000 troops to various rural areas to conscript people.

Just ten days later, 50,000 men were conscripted. These 50,000 men, together with 30,000 Han soldiers, a total of 80,000 men poured into Tanggu Mountain to begin clearing the passage.

Seeing this, Taihengjun couldn't help but laugh, "Those demons won't dare to stop us now."

It should be known that the creatures of Beiju Luzhou are all physically strong, and their magical power is restricted by the laws of heaven and earth, so those demons dare not provoke these 80,000 people.

Thinking of this, Lord Taiheng immediately ordered the thousand divine generals to disguise themselves as Han citizens and join in clearing the Tanggushan Pass.

Just three hours later, the Tanggushan Pass was cleared.

The messenger from the Heavenly River registered all the villagers who had been conscripted, promising them rewards upon his return. Only then did the villagers happily return home.

The Han army, led by Tianhe Xun, continued their journey, but just as they passed Tanggu Mountain, the ground began to shake violently.

"Was it an earthquake?" Tianhe Wu exclaimed.

Tianhe Xun hurriedly ordered, "Earthquake! Take cover!"

The 30,000 Han soldiers were thrown into chaos and began to flee in all directions, but Tianhe Wu quickly realized that the tremors were regular and not an earthquake.

Just then, someone pointed ahead and shouted, "Look everyone, what's that?"

Everyone hurriedly looked ahead, only to see a giant walking hundreds of miles away. The giant moved back and forth across the land, carrying mountains from various places and stacking them side by side to form towering 'mountain walls'. Everyone was stunned, and Tianhe Xun murmured, "Tianyin Sacred Realm, are you really that afraid of us going to offer sacrifices to the Northern Mountain?"

Seeing the giant blocking their northward advance with mountains upon mountains, all the Han soldiers were filled with despair, including Tianhe Xun and Tianhe Wu.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian, who was behind, exclaimed, "That looks like the Giant Spirit God?"

When Nezha and his companions annihilated the Chosen Ones, the Giant Spirit God also manifested a thousand-foot-tall Dharma form, so he recognized them at a glance.

Zhu Youjian immediately said, "So it was Julingshen and his men who were blocking the Han army's northward advance." Then he said to Li Zhicheng and Zhang Xianzong, "It's our turn to make a move."

Li Zhicheng quickly stopped Zhu Youjian, saying, "Don't be in a hurry."

Zhu Youjian said, "Don't be in such a hurry. It will be too late if we wait until he blocks all the roads with mountains."

Li Zhicheng said, "We can't fight them even if we go out now. The Giant Spirit God has already appeared, and Nezha is definitely behind us. If we go out now, we'll just die."

"Then what can we do? Are we just going to watch them block the road?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Li Zhicheng said, "Don't you have a teleportation spell? What's the rush? We'll go to the Han army camp right now and reassure Tianhe Xun. Tell him not to rush, to set up camp and rest on the spot, and then we can teleport the Han army there in batches after the Giant Spirit God and the others have left."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youjian slapped his forehead and said, "I had completely forgotten that I could teleport if you hadn't mentioned it."

Zhang Xianzong rolled his eyes and said, "You're too impatient. Remember, impatience will lower your intelligence."

Zhu Youjian said, "Go to hell."

The three then immediately entered the Han army camp, found Tianhe Xun, and told him their countermeasures.

Tianhe Xun naturally trusted the Mandate of Heaven completely. Upon hearing that there was a solution, he immediately stopped despairing and, as Li Zhicheng had instructed, ordered his 30,000 troops to set up camp on the spot and wait for the right opportunity.

At the same moment, Taiheng Jun also recognized the Giant Spirit God. He couldn't believe it and immediately rode a cloud to check.

"Giant Spirit God?" Taihengjun exclaimed.

The giant spirit god who was moving the mountain was quite honest. When he heard someone calling him, he actually responded. "Who are you?" the giant spirit god asked Taiheng Jun.

Upon seeing that it was indeed the Giant Spirit God, Lord Taiheng immediately asked, "Giant Spirit God, what are you doing?"

The Giant Spirit God said, "Oh, I am acting on the orders of the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas to move mountains and block roads to prevent the Han army from sneaking north to attack the Northern Wilderness tribe."

Upon hearing this, Lord Taiheng was immediately filled with question marks: "The Great God of the Three Altars and Seas? Nezha, the Third Prince?"

"You blockhead, you've already revealed my whereabouts?" A reprimanding voice rang out, followed by a cloud of auspicious clouds flying in. When Taihengjun looked up, he saw that it really was Nezha, the Third Prince.

He was taken aback for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "General Taiheng of the Northern Mountain Divine Palace pays respects to the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas."

Nezha nodded to Taiheng Jun and asked, "Taiheng Jun, what are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Taiheng quickly replied, "Reporting to the Great God of the Three Altars and Seas, I have come here on the orders of the Great Emperor of the Northern Mountain to escort the Han army to the Northern Mountain."

Nezha frowned and said, "Going to Beiyue? Aren't they going to launch a surprise attack on the Beiye tribe from the north?"

Taihengjun immediately said, "Third Prince, this is pure nonsense. Emperor Tianhe Xun of Han is leading 30,000 Han troops on his way to the Northern Mountain for a sacrifice."

"Nonsense?" Nezha felt offended and said with displeasure, "Are you saying I'm spreading rumors?"

"No, no," Taihengjun hurriedly bowed and said, "Please, Third Prince, understand that Emperor Tianhe of Han indeed sent these 30,000 Han soldiers to the Northern Mountain for a sacrificial ceremony."

Nezha said calmly, "How can I prove it?"

Taihengjun hurriedly said, "The Han Emperor has already submitted a memorial to the Great Emperor of the Northern Mountain. I am here on the orders of the Great Emperor of the Northern Mountain."

"Oh." Nezha nodded, then said, "In that case, let the Han army go to the westernmost border to the Northern Mountain. Do not let them pass through the east."

Then Nezha said to the Giant Spirit God, "Giant Spirit God, continue moving mountains and blocking roads, leaving only one passage to the North Mountain on the west side."

The giant spirit accepted the order and continued moving mountains and blocking roads.

Seeing this, Lord Taiheng was furious and said, "Third Prince, what do you mean by this? If they take the detour to the far west, it will take them at least three more months to travel."

Nezha said calmly, "I don't care about that. The Han army cannot go from the east."

Seeing that Taiheng Jun still wanted to speak, Nezha's eyes turned cold, and he said, "What? Do you want to exchange a few blows with this prince?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the demon soldiers who had been subdued by Nezha flew down one after another. Taihengjun glanced at them and found that these soldiers were actually demons from Beiju Luzhou.

Taiheng Jun was intimidated by Nezha's imposing aura and felt fear in his heart. He dared not say anything more, but simply clasped his hands in a salute and then withdrew.

Seeing that Taihengjun had left, Nezha led his soldiers back to the clouds, while the Giant Spirit God continued to move mountains and block the road.

However, Taiheng Jun, who had returned to the lower realm, was furious. Upon his return, he immediately addressed the assembled gods and generals, saying, "You shall stay here to protect the Han Emperor. I will return to the Northern Mountain Divine Palace soon."

The gods all bowed and accepted the order. Then, Lord Taiheng rode the clouds and returned to the Northern Mountain Divine Palace.

Upon returning to the Northern Peak Divine Palace, Taiheng Jun immediately came to pay homage to the Northern Peak Emperor and reported to him about Nezha blocking the road and Nezha gathering the demons of Beiju Luzhou.

After hearing Taiheng Jun's report, the Great Emperor of Beiyue was also very surprised and asked, "Why does Nezha want to interfere in human affairs?"

Lord Taiheng said, "I don't know about this either, but everything I have reported is true."

Upon hearing this, the Great Emperor of the Northern Mountain immediately fell into deep thought.

At that moment, the Minister of the Divine Palace immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if the Han army detours from the westernmost border, it will take at least three months to complete the journey. Three months is enough time for too many variables to arise. Our Divine Palace has finally managed to open up a new situation, and we absolutely cannot let it all fall apart at the last minute."

The Great Emperor of the Northern Peak asked, "What do you mean?"

The Minister of the Divine Palace said, "Your Majesty, Nezha, the Third Prince, is a celestial being. He has violated the Heavenly Laws by privately recruiting soldiers in the mortal realm."

The meaning was clear from this. The Great Emperor of the Northern Peak pondered for a moment, then made his decision, saying, "Quickly prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone; I wish to present a memorial to the Jade Emperor." (End of Chapter)