I am a fairy in Journey to the West

The Third Holy Mother arrived at Qingtai Mountain. Her gaze swept across the area and she saw Chi Ling and the others. She landed slowly on auspicious clouds and then cupped her hands to Chi Ling, saying, "Ji Nuhua greets Grand Commandant Chi Ling."

Chi Ling glanced at the Third Holy Mother, then turned to Gu Hanqing and the others and asked, "Is it her?"

The crowd replied, "It's her."

Chi Ling nodded, then stepped forward and asked the Third Holy Mother, "Third Holy Mother, I heard you're also arresting criminals?"

“Exactly.” The Third Holy Mother nodded and said, “I will capture them and take them back to be punished.”

Chi Ling said, "Since that's the case, then we all have the same goal and mission. But you snatched the criminal officials that my Zhechong Prefecture generals had captured and sent them back to Qingtai Mountain. What do you mean by that?"

The Third Holy Mother smiled and said, "Grand Commandant Chi Ling, there is something I want to ask you."

Chi Ling said, "Ask away."

The Third Holy Mother said, "May I ask if the Fire Spirit Grand Master of Fate has ever issued a decree ordering my Western Mountain Divine Palace to arrest criminal officials and then punish them in the Western Mountain Divine Palace?"

Chi Ling said, "There is such an edict, ordering the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Palace to arrest criminal officials and then escort them to the Five Sacred Mountains Divine Palace for unified punishment."

“That makes sense,” said the Third Holy Mother. “As a celestial official of the Western Mountain Divine Palace, I am naturally here on the orders of the Western Mountain Emperor to arrest criminal officials. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?”

Chi Ling said, "Then what do you mean by obstructing our Zhechong Prefecture from arresting criminal officials?"

The Third Holy Mother said, "It's very simple. This matter is the responsibility of my Western Mountain Divine Palace. The Zhechong Prefecture should not have entered Xiniu Hezhou to arrest celestial officials indiscriminately, after all, you are not familiar with the situation in my Xiniu Hezhou."

"You're talking nonsense," Chi Ling retorted. "It's because your Western Mountain Divine Palace refused to cooperate with the Grand Master of Fate's edict that we entered Xiniu Hezhou to arrest criminal officials."

“There’s no problem with us not cooperating,” the Third Holy Mother said with a smile. “It’s just that my Western Mountain Divine Palace needs some time to prepare. You see, we’ve already started arresting criminal officials, haven’t we?”

Chi Ling said, "Okay, then you can arrest whoever you want, and we can arrest whoever we want. We'll just leave each other alone."

“That won’t do,” said the Third Holy Mother. “Xiniu Hezhou is under the jurisdiction of the Western Mountain Divine Palace. This matter should be handled by our Western Mountain Divine Palace. Your Zhechong Palace should withdraw from Xiniu Hezhou and return to Buzhou Mountain.”

Chi Ling laughed in anger: "It's true that Xiniu Hezhou is under the jurisdiction of the Xiyue Divine Palace, but who is the Xiyue Divine Palace under?"

"Of course it falls under the jurisdiction of the Dust and Jade Palace. Do you think it falls under your General's Palace?" the Third Holy Mother laughed.

Chi Ling paused for a moment, but quickly replied, "I have the decree of the Grand Master of Fate."

The Third Holy Mother said, "Our Western Mountain Divine Palace has already submitted a memorial to the Grand Master of Fate, and from now on, the Western Mountain Divine Palace will be responsible for arresting criminal officials. The General of the Vanguard should be transferred back to Buzhou Mountain."

Chi Ling said, "In that case, bring out the order from the Grand Master of Fate."

"The transfer order hasn't been issued yet, but there shouldn't be any doubt about this matter," said the Third Holy Mother. "The Western Mountain Divine Palace rules the Western Niuhe Continent, and the Dust World Jade Palace governs the Western Mountain Divine Palace. There shouldn't be any overstepping of authority in this matter."

Chi Ling sneered and said, "This is not something you can decide. Before the order from the Grand Master of Fate to return to Buzhou Mountain is issued, my Zhechong Mansion still has the right to act in Xiniu Hezhou."

The Third Holy Mother said, "Then we will have to trouble the Grand Commandant and all the divine generals."

At this point, the Third Holy Mother raised her hand and pointed, and the Lotus Lantern immediately shone with a brilliant divine light.

"Third Holy Mother, wait a moment." Zhuang Yan appeared behind Chi Ling without anyone noticing.

The Third Holy Mother's gaze fell upon Zhuang Yan, sweeping over him. Seeing that he was a stranger, she asked, "Who are you?"

Zhuang Yan said, "Third Holy Mother, don't worry about who I am. Since Zhechong Prefecture has the decree of the Fire Spirit Grand Master, it is perfectly legitimate to enter Xiniu Hezhou to arrest criminal officials. If you rely on your magic weapon to forcibly obstruct this matter, Third Holy Mother, you should carefully consider the consequences."

The Third Holy Mother laughed and said, "What cause and effect? ​​I dare to provoke even the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, let alone this Grand Commandant?"

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "You were able to provoke the Great Sage Equaling Heaven because that was part of the eighty-one tribulations, which is quite different from the current situation."

“There’s no difference,” said the Third Holy Mother. “The affairs of Xiniu Hezhou should be handled by the Western Mountain Divine Palace. Fellow Daoist, if you are not from the Zhechong Palace, please leave this place to avoid being implicated.”

Chi Ling was even more furious upon hearing this, and said to Zhuang Yan, "Daoist, don't say any more to her. Since she wants to fight, then I will deal with her."

After saying that, Chi Ling raised her hand and flipped it over, and the Xuanjin slingshot immediately appeared in her hand.

She drew her bow and shot, and in an instant, a divine arrow pierced through the clouds and flew to the Third Holy Mother.

However, when the divine light of the Lotus Lantern above the Third Holy Mother's head shone on her, the divine blade instantly appeared and was then shattered by the light of the Lotus Lantern.

"Hmm?" Seeing that the Xuanjin slingshot was ineffective, Chi Ling immediately summoned the Heavenly King Golden Halberd and charged straight at the Third Holy Mother.

The Third Holy Mother also drew her longsword, wanting to have a duel with Chi Ling. The two then engaged in battle.

But in the very first exchange, Chi Ling's halberd struck the Three Holy Mothers' sword, and the Three Holy Mothers cried out in surprise as the sword in her hand shattered into five or six pieces and fell to the ground.

The immense force caused the Third Holy Mother's wrist, which was holding the sword, to break with a 'crack'. A faint trace of blood could even be seen on her snow-white wrist. A sharp pain surged through her, and the Third Holy Mother's face turned pale. It was clear that her wrist was broken.

It was merely a clash of weapons, yet the immense force caused the Third Holy Mother to break her sword and sever her wrist.

The Third Holy Mother was shocked. She had long heard that Chi Ling and Tiger Vanguard were powerful in physical combat, but she never expected them to be this powerful.

"Hahaha." Chi Ling laughed loudly, looking at the Third Holy Mother's broken right wrist, and said, "With your delicate body, you dare to fight me?"

The Third Holy Mother snorted coldly, then abandoned the idea of ​​fighting Chi Ling and directly used the Lotus Lantern.

A flash of divine light appeared from the Lotus Lantern, and Chi Ling's expression changed. She immediately retreated to dodge, but to no avail. The divine light arrived in an instant, suppressing Chi Ling completely. Accompanied by a violent tremor in Qingtai Mountain, the divine light of the Lotus Lantern held Chi Ling firmly in place. Chi Ling knelt on one knee, her teeth clenched, her face pale, her body covered in sweat, and trembling. She was clearly struggling to hold on.

"Grand Commandant!" Ren Xiaoyao and his seven companions shouted and immediately rushed towards Chi Ling.

But the moment they entered the range of the Lotus Lamp's divine light, the seven of them immediately collapsed, lying face down and completely unable to move.

Upon seeing this, Chi Ling let out a loud shout, and the next moment her body shone with crimson immortal light. Then, Chi Ling let out a roar.

Chi Ling's body rapidly transformed, instantly becoming a thousand-foot-long red-scaled giant python.

The giant red-scaled python coiled up the mountain, its blood-red eyes like two lanterns, and its venomous fangs as ferocious as steel saws.

Chi Ling revealed her true form, which startled even the Third Holy Mother. Without hesitation, she watched the giant red-scaled python attacking her and directly poured her magic power into the Lotus Lantern.

Immediately, the Lotus Lantern shone brightly, instantly enveloping the entire Qingtai Mountain and completely enveloping the red-scaled giant python.

"Suppress!" The Third Holy Mother shouted, and the ferocious red-scaled python first slowed down, then its huge body sank down, but it still roared and charged forward with all its might.

With a loud crash, the Lotus Lantern was shaken by the giant red-scaled python, but as the Third Holy Mother continuously poured her magic power into the Lotus Lantern, it quickly stabilized itself and then emitted an even stronger divine light.

'hold head high'

The giant red-scaled python let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, then its body paused for a moment before crashing down, completely suppressed by the divine power of the Lotus Lantern.

A flash of crimson light passed by, and Chi Ling returned to her human form. At this moment, her face was pale and her aura was extremely weak.

The Third Holy Mother looked at the red silk being suppressed by the Lotus Lantern, touched the Lotus Lantern with her finger, and a talisman formed from the divine power of the Lotus Lantern appeared in the Third Holy Mother's hand.

The Third Holy Mother threw the talisman down at the Crimson Silk, intending to seal it away.

But soon a hand reached out and firmly grasped the talisman. Then, in a flash of fire, the talisman was burned to ashes.

The Third Holy Mother was startled and quickly looked at the owner of the hand, who was none other than Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Yan raised his head and looked directly at the Third Holy Mother, saying, "Third Holy Mother, don't go too far."

The Holy Mother looked at Zhuang Yan with surprise. The Lotus Lantern above her head moved slightly, but in the end, she did not attack Zhuang Yan.

A moment later, the Third Holy Mother exhaled and then cupped her hands to Chi Ling, saying, "Chi Ling, please lead the gods of Zhechong Prefecture back to Buzhou Mountain. The criminal officials of Xiniu Hezhou will be arrested by my Xiyue Divine Prefecture. That's all I have to say. Farewell."

After saying this, the Third Holy Mother withdrew the divine power of the Lotus Lantern, rode on auspicious clouds and flew into the sky, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

As the magical power of the Lotus Lantern disappeared, Ren Xiaoyao and the other six immediately got up from the ground and quickly helped Chi Ling up.

Chi Ling looked in the direction the Third Holy Mother had left, straightened her clothes, and then said with dissatisfaction, "His Majesty is really reckless. Why do you think he gave the Third Holy Mother such a powerful magic weapon?"

“Exactly,” Wuchenzi said. “Why don’t you give such a powerful magic weapon to our own people?”

Gu Hanqing said, "Your Majesty is too generous."

Chi Ling said, "Who says otherwise? I'm afraid only our Emperor would cause trouble for his subordinates."

Zhuang Yan rubbed his temples, but didn't say anything, just letting Chi Ling complain in front of him.

After venting his frustrations, Ren Xiaoyao asked, "Grand Commandant, what should we do now?"

"What should we do?" Chi Ling glanced at Zhuang Yan and said, "Either we find a way to counter the Lotus Lantern, or we go back to Buzhou Mountain."

Zhuang Yan knew that Chi Ling was asking him, so he said, "I'm afraid not."

“It’s impossible that it’s not.” Akaya’s tone was firm.

Zhuang Yan said helplessly, "At least not now."

Chi Ling understood Zhuang Yan's meaning: there was no way to control the Lotus Lantern at present, because the Lotus Lantern was still useful in the hands of the Third Holy Mother.

“Then we have no choice but to return to Buzhou Mountain,” Chi Ling said.

Zhuang Yan said, "We can go to Lingtai Mountain to rest first and wait for the decree from the Fire Spirit Grand Master."

Chi Ling was still very unwilling and said, "I am the Grand Commandant of the Zhechong Prefecture. How could I be driven away by her like this? It is a small matter if I lose face, but I am afraid that the Great Emperor of Shenxiao will also lose face."

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "Everything has a cause and effect. The Third Holy Mother's arrogance today has already created a karmic connection with the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm, and she will face retribution in the future."

This is Zhuang Yan's statement: this matter cannot be left unresolved; the evil deeds committed by the Third Holy Mother today will inevitably bear the consequences in the future.

Chi Ling didn't say anything more, nodded, and asked, "Then let's go to Lingtai Mountain to rest."

Everyone responded and accepted the order. Zhuang Yan then said, "I will not go to Lingtai Mountain. If Grand Commandant Chiling needs anything in the future, you can contact me using the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman."

His purpose in coming here was to resolve the situation; he couldn't let the Third Holy Mother use the Lotus Lantern to suppress and seal the Crimson Silk.

"Okay," Chi Ling replied, then led Ren Xiaoyao and the others on a cloud, heading straight for Lingtai Mountain. (End of Chapter)