I am a fairy in Journey to the West

The new prefect warmly welcomed Tang Sanzang and his disciples, but when he heard that the purple dragon horse was Tang Sanzang's mount, which was lost during the chaos at Wanfu Temple that night, he looked troubled.

Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing thought the other party didn't want to return it, but the governor said, "This is troublesome. I saw that the divine steed is rare in the world, and I have already sent someone to Bashe City to present it to His Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang immediately turned his gaze to Sun Wukong, who hurriedly asked the prefect, "When did you leave?"

The governor said, "We have been traveling for three or five days. If we calculate the distance, we have probably already reached Bashe City."

At this point, the prefect said apologetically, "Holy Monk, what do you think of this matter?"

Tang Sanzang quickly said, "This is not the prefect's fault; it was our negligence that we left the horses at Wanfu Temple."

At this point, Tang Sanzang said to Sun Wukong, "Since that's the case, then we won't bother the governor any longer. Let's hurry to Bashe City to see His Majesty the King."

Afterwards, Tang Sanzang, along with Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, bid farewell to the prefect and prepared to go to Bashe City to pay homage to the King of Zhituo.

Before their departure, the new prefect of Guiming Prefecture personally escorted Tang Sanzang and his companions on their journey and presented Tang Sanzang with a fine horse, saying, "Holy Monk, although this horse cannot compare to your divine steed, it can still travel five hundred li a day. Use it as a means of transportation for now."

Tang Sanzang was about to decline when he saw this, but Sun Wukong stepped forward, grabbed the reins, and said with a smile, "Then thank you very much for the gift, Prefect."

"Not at all," the governor said, pressing his palms together. "My wife and I are both Buddhists, and the people we admire most in our lives are eminent monks like you, Master."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang immediately clasped his hands together, bowed solemnly to the prefect, then bid farewell, mounted his horse, and, after saying goodbye to the prefect, led Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing all the way to Bashe City on the official road.

The king of Zhituo is seventy-four years old this year. He is old and senile, and his energy is failing, but he has a twenty-one-year-old queen.

It goes without saying what will happen; indeed, the actual ruler of this country is now this young queen.

The queen has recently befriended seven sisters, who are said to be immortals who have cultivated themselves and possess magical powers.

The queen's name was 'Saluo', and her seven sisters were naturally the Seven Fairy Maidens.

"Is this the divine steed presented by the Prefect of Guiming Prefecture?" Queen Saluo asked, looking at the Purple Dragon Horse.

The official beside him quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Queen Cyathea said, "The king is already seventy-four years old this year, and he can hardly walk anymore. Why is he still riding a horse?"

The officials standing nearby naturally dared not accept such treasonous words. After a while, Queen Saluo said again, "However, this horse does indeed look magnificent. In that case, let's send it to the Royal Garden."

"Yes." The official acknowledged the order and then took the purple dragon horse away to the Imperial Garden.

Just then, the Seven Fairy Maidens entered the palace to see Queen Salvia. Queen Salvia was overjoyed to see her sisters and immediately took them to the palace for a banquet.

When she mentioned the Purple Dragon Horse, the Seven Fairies were very surprised. Then Hongluo said, "Your Majesty, you must be careful."

"Oh?" Queen Cyathea asked, "What matter is so serious?"

The Fairy Hongluo said, "Those pilgrims are not to be trifled with. This Purple Dragon Horse originally belonged to them, and I'm afraid they will come to ask Your Majesty for it in a few days."

"What?" Queen Cyathea exclaimed in surprise, "How dare they be so bold?"

"More than bold?" the fairy in green said, "absolutely daring. That pilgrim has four disciples, all of whom are great demons and quite capable. They don't even put Your Majesty, Queen, in their eyes, let alone the King."

Queen Cyathea's expression hardened upon hearing this, and she quickly asked, "Then what should we do?"

After thinking for a moment, Fairy Hongluo said, "Why don't we issue an arrest warrant first? As soon as they arrive in Bashe City, we can arrest them immediately."

Queen Cyathea said, "But didn't you say that those disciples are all powerful demons? Can the kingdom's prisons hold them all?"

“It can be kept in place,” said Fairy Hongluo. “Your Majesty, rest assured, we have cultivated for a long time and have our own methods for creating a cage.”

Hearing this, Queen Cyathea nodded in relief and said, "Alright, in that case, we'll do as you say."

Therefore, the court of Zhituo immediately issued an arrest warrant and offered rewards for the portraits of Tang Sanzang and his companions in all directions, creating lifelike portraits.

As a result, the White Dragon and Pigsy, who were in the city, were quickly exposed. They first fought off the guards who came to capture them, and just as they were about to escape from the city, they were blocked by the Seven Fairies.

When Pigsy saw the Seven Fairy Maidens, he was furious. Carrying his rake, he cursed, "You bunch of lowly maids, you're always causing trouble for others when you have nothing better to do. If you're really bored, go find some men to play with. Why are you making things difficult for us monks?"

"You fat pig, your mouth stinks!" the fairy in green cursed, and charged at Pigsy with her sword.

Pigsy raised his rake and charged forward. With a single stroke, he knocked the long sword out of the green-robed fairy's hand. The green-robed fairy was protected by the Xuanhuang Divine Power and was unharmed, but she was still sent flying by the force of the rake.

"Pah!" Pigsy spat. "All you do is hide in that eggshell. If it weren't for that shell, I'd turn you into a pile of mud."

The fairy in green was furious and was about to go up and fight Pigsy again, but the fairy in red grabbed her and said, "Don't get entangled with him, let's go together and capture him first."

So the seven fairies surrounded them, and Pigsy and the White Dragon each took up their weapons and fought with the seven fairies.

At first, the seven fairies couldn't get close to the two men at all, simply because their strength was far too inferior, and they were sent flying in a single exchange.

However, the Seven Fairies relied on the power of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda to protect them, so no matter how many times they lost, they would not be injured, and thus they kept coming up to attack them endlessly.

After only two or three hundred rounds, Pigsy and the White Dragon were exhausted and panting heavily.

After struggling for over a hundred more rounds, the two were completely exhausted and collapsed on the ground. They were then bound by the Seven Fairies and taken to the prison in Bashe City.

The prison was sealed by the Red Silk Fairy's Xuanhuang divine power, so even if Pigsy and the White Dragon regained their strength, they couldn't escape. Just over ten days after Pigsy and the White Dragon were captured, Tang Sanzang, along with Sun Wukong and Sandy, arrived at Bashe City.

Just as the three were about to enter the city, Sun Wukong, with his sharp eyes, spotted the wanted posters on the city wall and laughed, "Brother Sha, look at that big beard on the wanted poster, he looks a lot like you."

Upon hearing this, Sha Wujing turned his head and looked over, then exclaimed in surprise, "It's true, Senior Brother, you look exactly like me."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Brother Sha, could this person be your long-lost brother? Huh?"

Sha Wujing laughed and said, "Brother, you are joking. If I had any brothers, it would have been from several lifetimes ago."

Tang Sanzang exclaimed in surprise again, pointing to the city wall on the right and saying, "Wukong, that thing with the monkey head looks exactly like you!"

"Oh?" Sun Wukong turned his head upon hearing this, and immediately realized something was wrong. Sha Wujing glanced at it and said, "Brother, it really is exactly the same. Hey? How come that person looks just like Master?"

The three of them finally realized what was going on and immediately stopped to look. Sure enough, in addition to the three of them, there were also portraits of the White Dragon and Pigsy.

"Wukong, what's going on?" Tang Sanzang asked with a puzzled look.

Sun Wukong immediately lowered his voice and said, "Master, don't speak. This must be the work of the Seven Fairy Maidens. Let's not go into the city yet, let's turn back."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, Tang Sanzang immediately tried to turn his horse around, but their earlier commotion had already alerted the soldiers guarding the city. Seeing that they were about to turn away, the city gate captain immediately led his soldiers to surround them.

"Halt!" the city gate captain shouted, and dozens of soldiers surrounded the three men.

Then a group of soldiers recognized Tang Sanzang and his companions and immediately shouted, "Sir, they are wanted criminals!"

The city gate captain immediately looked at the three men. Although they kept covering their faces, it was still clear from their outlines that they looked exactly like the wanted criminal.

The city gate captain immediately drew his sword and shouted, "Seize them!"

Seeing the soldiers rushing forward, Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward, grabbed Tang Sanzang's horse, and shouted, "Brother Sha, run!"

Sha Wujing, wielding his demon-subduing staff, covered the rear and knocked down all the soldiers who came up, but without killing them.

Sun Wukong protected Tang Sanzang as they fled. At this moment, six fairies—one in green, one in white, one in black, one in purple, one in yellow, and one in green—each armed themselves and attacked Sha Wujing. Meanwhile, Fairy Hongluo carried the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda to chase after Sun Wukong.

"Great Sage, please wait!" Fairy Hongluo called out.

Sun Wukong looked at the Red Fairy who appeared before him and immediately shouted, "You vile woman, I, Old Sun, have never offended you, so why have you repeatedly tried to harm my master and me?"

Fairy Hongluo laughed and said, "Great Sage, you misunderstand. We don't want to harm you. Why would we harm you? We just want revenge."

"Revenge?" Sun Wukong said, "What grudge do I have against you? Back in the Peach Garden, I only immobilized you; I never harmed you."

Fairy Hongluo said, "It's not this enmity, it's our enmity with True Lord Lingtai!"

At this point, Fairy Hongluo said with a resentful look, "We sisters only took a bath in the Milky Way, and they said we disturbed the True Lord Lingtai, causing Her Majesty the Queen Mother of the West to banish us to the mortal realm. Since we couldn't seek revenge on the True Lord Lingtai, we had no choice but to go after his good nephew."

"As the saying goes, a son pays for his father's debts." Fairy Hongluo looked at Sun Wukong and said, "Since you are the nephew of True Lord Lingtai, and True Lord Lingtai is your uncle, isn't it perfectly justifiable for us to seek revenge on you?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong was speechless, and even Tang Sanzang said, "Wukong, what she said makes sense."

Sun Wukong said, "No matter how reasonable they are, they are still in the wrong. Who allowed them to violate the law and bathe in the Milky Way without permission? So they deserve what they got."

The Red Silk Fairy said, "The Heavenly Court forbids violence and fighting. You caused a great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace and were imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain. You deserved it."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "If you had said that a few years ago, I would have been speechless. But now I am no longer the same as before. You are right. Back then, I, Sun Wukong, caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace and was suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain by the Buddha. I deserved it. Now I, Sun Wukong, have repented. But have you repented?"

"Enough with the nonsense," said Fairy Hongluo. "Now that we've arrived in Bashe City, let's all stay here."

Before Fairy Hongluo could finish speaking, Sun Wukong raised his golden cudgel and struck her.

The Fairy Hongluo immediately summoned the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda. The pagoda flew into the air and instantly unleashed streams of Xuanhuang power, blocking all of Sun Wukong's techniques and attacks.

"Elder Brother!" came Sha Wujing's voice from behind. Sun Wukong turned around and saw that Sha Wujing had been captured by the Six Fairies.

Just as Sun Wukong was about to turn back to save her, he heard a shout from Fairy Hongluo, followed by an immense force pressing down from above.

Sun Wukong looked up and saw the Heavenly Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda transform into a giant tower, pressing down on him. Sun Wukong's expression changed drastically: "A supreme treasure from the acquired realm?!"

Having said that, he dared not confront the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda head-on, so he had no choice but to abandon the rescue of Sha Wujing, turn around and ride his somersault cloud to escape the suppression range of the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda at high speed.

Seeing Sun Wukong escape, Fairy Hongluo did not chase after him. Instead, she personally grabbed Tang Sanzang and said to Sun Wukong, "Great Sage, if you are willing to apologize to my seven sisters on behalf of your uncle, we will no longer make things difficult for you and will release your master and fellow disciples. What do you say?"

Sun Wukong was so angry he scratched his head, and upon hearing this, he shouted, "Don't even think about it!"

"Very well, very well," said Fairy Hongluo. "In that case, you should prepare to let Tang Sanzang enjoy his old age in this city of trekking. As for the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures, I think we should forget about it."

After saying that, Fairy Honglu waved her hand and said, "Sisters, take Tang Sanzang and Sha Wujing back to reunite with the White Dragon and Pigsy."

The six fairies responded in unison, their voices sweet and gentle: "Yes."

The seven fairies then flew back to Bashe City on colorful clouds, leaving Sun Wukong standing helplessly in the distance. (End of Chapter)