I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Looking at the completely drunk Tiger Vanguard, Tang Sanzang asked with a puzzled expression, "Wukong, what's wrong with Lord Tiger?"

Sun Wukong waved his hand and laughed, "Hey, those women threw him into a wine vat and made him drink his fill. He was like this when I rescued him."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang immediately asked with concern, "Will he be alright?"

"No, no," Sun Wukong said. "A few days of sleep will do the trick. How could such a great earth immortal be drunk to death?"

Tang Sanzang said, "Then we need to find a place to settle Tiger Mountain Lord before we go to pay our respects to the king."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Master, don't forget that we are still wanted by the Kingdom of Zhituo. Let's get out of the city first."

Tang Sanzang then realized what was happening and nodded, saying, "Okay."

The five of them then left Bashe City and found a deserted temple outside the city to settle down, where they placed Tiger Vanguard inside.

Then Tang Sanzang asked, "Wukong, have we retrieved our travel permit?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Oh no! The travel permit is still in the hands of the Seven Fairies!"

Tang Sanzang asked, "Where did they go?"

Sun Wukong said, "I've been taken to Buzhou Mountain by Zhenyuan Daxian. Master, I'll go get them right away."

After saying this, Sun Wukong walked out of the small temple, mounted his somersault cloud, and flew towards Buzhou Mountain.

Seeing Sun Wukong leave, Tang Sanzang said to the White Dragon, "Wubai, I need to write a letter to the king of this country. You can deliver it to the palace later."

Upon hearing this, the little white dragon nodded and said, "Yes, Master."

Then Tang Sanzang took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his luggage, asked Zhu Bajie to grind the ink, and wrote a letter to the King of Zhituo Kingdom. The letter explained his origins, clarified the misunderstanding, and requested an audience with the king to obtain the travel permit.

After writing it, Tang Sanzang handed the letter to the White Dragon Horse, who immediately took the letter and entered the city of Bashe.

The city was still in some chaos. Although the previous battle hadn't caused much of a stir, the strange phenomena that had occurred led the city's residents to believe that a deity was subduing the demon.

However, the city's government officials quickly realized what was happening and began to maintain order.

Meanwhile, the White Dragon arrived outside the palace with Tang Sanzang's letter. Looking at the magnificent palace gate, he raised his hand and transformed it into a golden bow, then into a golden arrow. He tied the letter to the arrow, nocked the arrow, and shot it out with a 'whoosh'.

With a whooshing sound, the golden arrow carrying the letter 'thud'ed into a pillar on the palace tower, immediately alerting the city gate guards who were on patrol.

The guard turned his head and saw a golden arrow with a letter attached, nailed to a pillar. He looked towards the palace gate, but the white dragon had already disappeared.

The garrison commander then took the golden arrow, opened the letter, and read it carefully. His expression changed slightly, and he said to his deputy, "You continue your patrol. I am going to see the king."

The lieutenant bowed and said, "Yes, General."

Then the garrison commander took Tang Sanzang's letter and the golden arrow and went straight down the city wall to the palace.

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong caught up with Zhen Yuanzi and, seeing that he had not yet reached Buzhou Mountain, quickly stopped him.

When Zhen Yuanzi saw Sun Wukong chasing after him, he stopped and asked, "Brother, where have you come from?"

Sun Wukong explained his purpose, and Zhen Yuanzi immediately understood, pulling the Red Silk Fairy out of his sleeve.

Upon seeing Fairy Hongluo, Sun Wukong immediately asked, "Demoness, where did you hide my master's travel permit?"

The Red Silk Fairy said, "The travel permit? I've already given it to the Queen of Zhituo."

"You gave it to her?" Sun Wukong asked. "Why did you give it to her?"

The Crimson Fairy laughed and said, "Why ask so many questions? Why don't you just go to her and get it? In the end, you still need the Zhituo Kingdom to stamp it anyway."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong was so angry that he reached out to hit her, but Zhen Yuanzi stopped him, saying, "Brother, don't bother with her. Go back and get the travel permit."

After being persuaded by Zhen Yuanzi, Sun Wukong withdrew his hand, cupped his hands and said, "Alright, I'll leave now, brother."

After saying this, Sun Wukong rode his somersault cloud back to Zhituo Kingdom.

At this moment, Fairy Hongluo turned around, bowed to Zhenyuanzi, and said, "Hongluo greets Great Immortal Zhenyuan."

Zhen Yuanzi laughed and said, "You don't need to say anything more. I know why you came down to the mortal realm. Go to Buzhou Mountain for a few days first, and then you can return to the celestial realm."

Upon hearing this, Fairy Hongluo was immediately relieved and nodded, saying, "Thank you, Great Immortal Zhenyuan."

Then Zhen Yuanzi raised his sleeve and waved it, taking the Red Silk Fairy into his long sleeve.

Just as Sun Wukong returned to Zhituo Kingdom, the king of Zhituo Kingdom also received a letter from Tang Sanzang.

But at this time, King Jiddu was old and frail, nearing his death. He lay on his couch and even needed palace maids to feed him porridge, let alone read letters.

Therefore, all matters were managed by Queen Cyathea. After reading the letter, Queen Cyathea said to the officials below, "This Tang Monk is so rude, actually sending a letter by flying arrow. He simply disregards our country."

At this point, Queen Saluo tore the letter to shreds and said, "Issue a decree to expel those monks from the East from our country. Anyone in our country who dares to harbor them shall be arrested and punished."

“No!” The Prime Minister stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, judging from the battles between the seven fairies and them these past few days, those monks from the East are quite powerful. Now that the seven fairies have disappeared, forcibly driving them away may cause trouble.”

Queen Cyathea said, "Whatever trouble may arise, I will bear it myself; the Prime Minister need not say more."

At this point, Queen Cyathea glanced at the military officers beside her, who immediately acknowledged and accepted the order.

Seeing this, the prime minister could say nothing more. After all, the king was old and weak, and the queen held power. Her family controlled the entire army, and the prime minister was powerless to do anything about it.

So after Tang Sanzang wrote this letter, the Kingdom of Zhituo not only did not withdraw the arrest warrant, but instead issued another arrest warrant to drive their pilgrims out of the Kingdom of Zhituo.

At this time, Sun Wukong had returned to the small temple outside the city and met up with Tang Sanzang. Tang Sanzang asked about the travel permit, and Sun Wukong had no choice but to tell him the truth.

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang sighed helplessly and said, "I have already written a letter and sent Wubai to deliver it to the king of this country, but I don't know why there has been no response yet?"

Just as Tang Sanzang finished speaking, a commotion arose outside. It turned out that someone had informed the government of Bashe City of their whereabouts, and the government had sent people to drive them away.

When Tang Sanzang heard that the Kingdom of Zhituo had issued an expulsion order, he was astonished and said, "Was my handwritten note not clear enough?"

However, Sun Wukong and his companions found it difficult to act against these mortal officials who were trying to expel them. If they were demons, they could simply kill them, but how could they kill these mortals so casually?

Moreover, they were merely following orders and had no say in their own lives.

Therefore, Sun Wukong could only have the White Dragon Horse, Pigsy, and Sandy escort Tang Sanzang back, while he himself transformed and entered Bashe City, intending to go to the palace of King Zhituo that night to see if he could steal the travel permit.

In the stillness of the night, the palace of King Jiddu was brightly lit. At that moment, a bee flew past the lanterns in front of the palace gate and flew straight into the depths of the palace.

Sun Wukong transformed into a bee and made his way to the outside of the king's palace. Seeing the bright lights inside, he couldn't help but wonder, "Is this king so diligent in his duties? Why isn't he asleep so late?"
Sun Wukong flew inside, and after taking a closer look, he understood what was going on.

"So the old king is terminally ill and needs someone to serve him day and night," Sun Wukong thought to himself. "Could the one who has taken over the reins of government be the queen?"

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong flew out of the king's palace and arrived at the queen's palace.

Sure enough, the lights were already off, and the Tree Fern Queen had been asleep for quite some time. After a moment's thought, Sun Wukong said, "Let me give her a fright."

Sun Wukong transformed and flew into the Queen's palace, radiating divine light that instantly illuminated the entire palace hall.

The Tree Fern Queen, who was fast asleep, was suddenly awakened. She glanced around with sleepy eyes and then saw Sun Wukong, who was covered in divine light.

"It's you? The Great Sage Equaling Heaven?" Queen Cyathea exclaimed in surprise. She was with the Seven Fairy Maidens and had heard them call Sun Wukong that.

Then Queen Cyathea looked around the main palace. Sun Wukong knew what she was looking at. "The fact that I was able to get in here means that those guards are useless."

Upon hearing this, Queen Cyathea turned her gaze to Sun Wukong. "Great Sage Equal to Heaven, breaking into a woman's bedchamber late at night, is that perhaps inappropriate?"

“What’s wrong with that? I, Old Sun, do neither evil nor immoral things. My heart is pure and upright. Where can I not go?” With that, Sun Wukong asked Queen Cyathea, “I, Old Sun, have come here to ask Your Majesty something.”

Queen Cyathea asked, "Please tell me."

Sun Wukong asked, "May I ask why the Kingdom of Zhituo is expelling us pilgrims on our journey to the West?"

Queen Cyathea said, "That's simple, my kingdom of Zhituo does not welcome you."

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "Then please return my master's travel document to me, Queen. Since Zhituo Kingdom does not welcome us, we will take a detour to another country after we obtain the travel document. Also, please return the purple dragon horse, which was my master's mount."

Queen Cyathea said, "That Purple Dragon Horse was a precious horse presented by the Prefect of Guiming Prefecture. What does it have to do with you? What if I don't return it? As for the travel document, I burned it long ago."

"What?! It's burned?!" Sun Wukong exclaimed in shock.

Queen Cyathea pointed to a spot not far from the main hall and said, "It's right there. Go see for yourself."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong went over and indeed saw a pile of paper ashes on the ground. Sun Wukong was immediately furious, "How could you burn it?"

"Let it burn, what can you do to me?" Queen Cyathea said, "They'll just beat me to death."

At that moment, Sun Wukong really had the urge to kill her with his staff, but he couldn't do that.

"Very well, very well." Sun Wukong pointed at the Tree Fern Queen and said, "Every cause has its effect. If the Queen dares to do this, she will regret it when the retribution comes in the future."

Queen Cyathea smiled. Sure enough, although these pilgrims were immortals with magical powers, they dared not do anything to her, the queen of a kingdom.

Seeing that she had made the right bet and had avenged the Seven Fairies, Queen Cyathea was very happy. "Then you don't need to worry about it, Great Sage."

Sun Wukong snorted, said no more, and transformed into a ray of light, flying out of the palace and then heading out of Bashe City to meet up with Tang Sanzang.

When Tang Sanzang learned from Sun Wukong that the travel permit had been burned by the Tree Fern Queen, he was stunned and stood there for a moment before coming to his senses and saying, "Burned? What should we do?"

Pigsy angrily said, "I'll go and rake that vile woman to death."

The White Dragon and Sandy were also very angry. They had relied on that travel document to get here and cross the borders. Without it, they would have encountered countless troubles along the way.

"Bajie!" Sun Wukong called out to Zhu Bajie, then said to Tang Sanzang, "Master, don't worry, let's go back first, and we'll find a way to solve this problem then."

Tang Sanzang himself had no good solution, so upon hearing this, he could only nod and then head back.

The five travelers, driven and monitored by the officials of Bashe City, traveled back for three days. On this day, they finally left the territory under the jurisdiction of Bashe City. The officials only guarded the border and did not come over to monitor them again.

It was already dark when the five of them continued on their way. Suddenly, a campfire appeared in the open field ahead, illuminating the area within a thousand feet.

"Wukong, look over there, it looks like someone is camping," Tang Sanzang said, pointing to the campfire in the distance.

Looking out, everyone could see that amidst the flickering lights of the camp, squads of soldiers seemed to be passing by.

Just then, a heavy thud of hooves suddenly sounded from all around, and a moment later, a squad of fully armored heavy cavalry surrounded them.

The cavalry squad leader rode forward, held up his torch, and took a closer look. He immediately exclaimed, "It looks like Master Xuanzang!"

Upon hearing this voice, Tang Sanzang almost burst into tears; it was the Guanzhong accent of the Tang Dynasty!

The next moment, Tang Sanzang and his companions were welcomed into the military camp, where the army's commander personally hosted a banquet for them in the main tent.

And this commander-in-chief is none other than the general mentioned earlier, Su Dingfang.

After being driven around for three days, Tang Sanzang finally had a hot meal and was extremely grateful to Su Dingfang.

Looking at their appearance, Su Dingfang couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Master Xuanzang, if you were going to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures, you should have been heading west. Why are you turning back?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang sighed. Seeing that the time was right, Sun Wukong immediately told Su Dingfang about what had happened in the past few days.

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang flew into a rage. "What? This Zhituo Kingdom dares to drive away our Tang Dynasty's pilgrims, and even dares to steal horses and burn our Tang Dynasty's travel documents? They are simply courting death!"

But if you listen closely, you can hear a hint of excitement in Su Dingfang's tone. As for what he was excited about, only he knows.

Tang Sanzang sighed and said, "General, this place is tens of millions of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. Even if they do this, there is nothing I can do. I can only leave Zhituo Kingdom first and then find another way to detour."

Upon hearing this, Su Dingfang immediately raised his hand and said, "Master Xuanzang, do not worry. Just rest here for the night. If you stay here, let's see who comes to drive you away."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Then thank you very much, General."

That night, Tang Sanzang rested in Su Dingfang's camp. At midnight, Tang Sanzang slept soundly because of his exhaustion over the past few days, but Sun Wukong, the White Dragon Horse, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing were all full of energy and went to the tent flap to look out through the gap.

"Senior Brother, just as you predicted, they've really started moving." Sha Wujing said, looking at the three thousand Tang soldiers gathering outside.

Little White Dragon said, "Senior Brother, three thousand heavily armored cavalry are indeed invincible, but they can't be used to besiege a city."

Pigsy said, "Second Brother, you don't understand. Three thousand heavily armored cavalry could easily capture tens of thousands of people to attack the city."

At this point, Pigsy said, "The Kingdom of Zhituo is going to be in trouble."

"Hehe." Sun Wukong chuckled and said, "You can't blame me for this."

As he spoke, Su Dingfang began addressing the three thousand heavily armored cavalry: "Brothers, the king and queen of Zhituo not only drove away our Tang monks, but also burned the travel permits issued by our Tang Dynasty. Such an insult to the prestige of our Tang Dynasty, what do you say we should do?"

Three thousand heavily armored cavalrymen shouted in unison: "Destroy the nation!"

Su Dingfang laughed heartily, pointed with his whip and said, "Brothers, today is the day to wipe away the national humiliation and achieve merit and be ennobled! Follow me!"

At his command, Su Dingfang led three thousand heavily armored cavalry out of the camp, leaving only one hundred light cavalrymen to guard the camp.

The loud shout had startled Tang Sanzang awake. He rubbed his eyes and, still half-asleep, looked at Sun Wukong and the others who were kneeling in front of the tent and asked, "Wukong, what's going on outside?"

Sun Wukong turned around and laughed, "It's nothing, it's just General Su leading the soldiers to walk their horses. Master, you can continue sleeping."

"Oh, okay." Tang Sanzang lay down again upon hearing this. "Wukong, Wubai, Wuneng, Wujing, you should also take a nap."

Sun Wukong and his companions returned, and the four disciples nodded in agreement, saying, "Understood, Master." (End of Chapter)