I am a fairy in Journey to the West

At the Divine Palace of Dan Chi Ridge on Lingtai Mountain, as soon as Chi Ling arrived, Tiger Vanguard immediately had people arrange accommodations for Chi Ling and her party, and brought out all the fine wine and immortal fruits, and even invited the mountain's best chefs to hold a banquet.

In short, Tiger Vanguard brought out all the best he could offer and threw a grand banquet to welcome Chi Ling.

At first, the banquet was in a harmonious atmosphere, but after a few drinks, Ren Xiaoyao and his companions started cursing the Third Holy Mother.

Tiger Vanguard was puzzled and asked, "Why are you cursing the Third Holy Mother?"

"That's exactly what I'm talking about." Zhang Qiubai drank another cup of spirit wine, and then his cursing became more and more intense.

Tiger Vanguard listened to the crowd cursing the Third Holy Mother and seemed to understand some of it, but he still didn't quite understand the specifics.

Tiger Vanguard then asked Chi Ling beside him, "What happened?"

Chi Ling put down her wine glass, took a deep breath, and then started cursing as she spoke.

A moment later, Tiger Vanguard learned the whole story and said angrily, "The Third Holy Mother dared to do this, she must have been authorized by the Western Mountain Divine Palace!"

“That’s for sure,” Chi Ling said. “The Western Mountain Divine Palace was unwilling to cooperate with the Grand Master of Fate’s decrees from the very beginning.”

Tiger Vanguard looked at Chi Ling and said, "It's alright. You can stay here with me for now, and then report this matter to the Grand Commander and see what he has to say."

Chi Ling nodded and said, "Okay."

After the banquet, Chi Ling and the others first fought with the Third Holy Mother, and then traveled for a long time. Now, having eaten and drunk their fill, they felt extremely tired and exhausted.

Tiger Vanguard then arranged for the little demons to serve Chi Ling and the others as they bathed and rested. After Chi Ling and her group had rested, he greeted his daughter-in-law Qiu Ling and then descended Dan Chi Ridge.

Arriving at the foot of Lingtai Mountain, there is a city of moderate size called 'Laiqu City', which is the capital of 'Shanzai Kingdom'.

Although it is called the capital, the entire Kingdom of Shanzai is actually only a region of about a thousand miles in circumference at the foot of Lingtai Mountain.

Tiger Vanguard entered Laiqu City and arrived at the Second King's Mansion. The Second King was his second son, Tiger Ququ.

Tiger Comes is the Great King of the Kingdom of Goodness, and he is in charge of handling the daily affairs of the country, while Tiger Goes is responsible for leading the troops.

The Second King's mansion was brightly lit. The little demons on duty at the gate rushed up to kowtow and greet Tiger Vanguard, saying, "Greetings, Great King."

This was the honorific title given to Tiger Vanguard by Tiger Lai Lai, but in reality, the Kingdom of Goodness and Tiger Vanguard had no connection whatsoever.

"Is the little brat here?" Tiger Vanguard asked.

A little demon said, "Reporting to the Great King, the Second King is in the manor and is having his meal right now."

"What time is it? Still eating?" Tiger Vanguard said, then stepped into the palace and went to the main hall.

The place was still brightly lit, and the hall was filled with servant demons. You could vaguely see a very burly young man sitting on the large table in the hall.

Tiger Vanguard strode straight into the hall and roared, "You didn't call me for a midnight snack!"

Tiger, who was happily eating, suddenly looked up, then quickly put down the pork hock he was holding and stood up. "Dad? What brings you here?"

Hu Ququ hurried over to greet him. After many years, he was no longer the tiger cub he once was; he was now a head taller than his father, Hu Xianfeng.

The surrounding lesser demons also knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Great King."

"Dad, please take a seat and have a late-night snack with us," Hu Ququ said.

Tiger Vanguard asked, "Why are you still eating midnight snacks at this hour?"

Hu Ququ laughed and said, "I led the soldiers in training all day today, and I'm very hungry."

Tiger Vanguard nodded and said, "Then hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, come with me to do something important."

"Oh?" Hu Ququ asked, "What important matter?"

Tiger Vanguard said, "Your Aunt Chiling has been bullied. Let's go avenge her."

"What?!" Hu Ququ's tiger eyes widened, and his tiger-like might immediately emanated from him. "Who dares to bully my family? I'll wipe out their entire family."

At this point, Hu Ququ said to Hu Xianfeng, "Father, just tell your son who it is. You don't need to go in person. I will go and take him down myself."

Tiger Vanguard said, "Am I that old?"

Hu Ququ laughed and said, "Not old at all." Then he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Father, tell me, who exactly is that person?"

Tiger Vanguard said, "Eat first, then gather your troops and come with me. I'll tell you then."

Seeing his father's caution, Hu Ququ knew that the person must be someone important, so he nodded and said, "Alright, Father, please take a seat and let me have a good meal."

Tiger Vanguard took the seat of honor, followed by Tiger Ququ who sat down next to him. With the help of the surrounding demons, they devoured all the food on the table in a whirlwind.

Afterwards, Tiger Vanguard and Tiger Go arrived at the military camp of the Good Kingdom. They first summoned the five generals: Bear, Jackal, Leopard, Wolf, and Badger, and then selected three thousand demon soldiers, who marched out of Laiqu City in a grand procession.

"Father, can you tell me now? Who is it?" Hu asked.

Tiger Vanguard then told Tiger Go-Qu about how the Third Holy Mother had made things difficult for Chi Ling and the others. After hearing this, Tiger Go-Qu was immediately troubled and said, "Father, this is difficult. I can't wipe out the entire family of the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain right now."

Tiger Vanguard slapped him across the face, saying, "Even if you could wipe out the entire family of the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain, I wouldn't dare let you do it."

"Shall we go and capture the Third Holy Mother?" Tiger asked.

Tiger Vanguard continued, "We can't catch her. That woman has the Lotus Lantern bestowed by His Majesty the Divine Firmament, and she's not easy to deal with."

Hu Ququ looked puzzled and asked, "Then what are we going to do?"

Tiger Vanguard said, "How can you be so stupid? The Third Holy Mother bullied your Aunt Chi Ling, so we can bully her family too."

At this point, Tiger Vanguard revealed a sinister smile, "I know that Hua Yue Erlang is currently inspecting Xiankong Prefecture with a thousand divine generals."

"Oh," Hu Ququ reacted instantly, "Dad, you're the one with the best ideas."

Tiger Vanguard smiled, then waved his hand, instantly conjuring a black cloud that carried Tiger Ququ and three thousand Yao soldiers towards Trapped Sky Prefecture. In Trapped Sky Prefecture, Hua Yue Erlang severed his communication with the Third Holy Mother via the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman. After putting away the talisman, he said to the Trapped Sky Prefecture God and the other deities beside him, "Third Sister's situation is settled. Commander Chi Ling left Qingtai Mountain two days ago, heading east to Lingtai Mountain; she should be returning to Buzhou Mountain."

The gods of Xiankong Prefecture were overjoyed upon hearing this and said, "Your Majesty's idea is the best. First, take over the matter of arresting the criminal officials, and then 'invite' the Grand Commandant back to Buzhou Mountain. In this way, there will be room for maneuver in the matter of Xiniu Hezhou."

Hua Yue Erlang said, "Actually, this should have been done from the beginning, but everyone was against it at the time, so the Divine Palace directly stated its position."

"In retrospect, it was ill-considered to do so at the time; we shouldn't have brought our differences to the forefront," Hua Yue Erlang said.

The Divine Lord of Trap State said, "My Lord, there is no need for this. The situation has already become what it is, and we can only go with the flow."

“You’re right,” Hua Yue Erlang nodded. “At least now we’ve put things back in the right place.”

At this moment, a mountain god said, "Now that our Western Mountain God Palace has taken over the task of arresting criminal officials, how to arrest them and for how long is no longer up to Buzhou Mountain to decide."

Hua Yue Erlang nodded; this was their current strategy.

They can simply take over the responsibility of arresting corrupt officials and then play it safe. Whether they arrest someone for a month or ten years, it's all the same. As long as they can drag this out, it will eventually fade away.

Hua Yue Erlang stopped and said to the surrounding gods, "All gods on the wanted list of Buzhou Mountain are allowed to leave the divine palace and travel around this year, but you must make arrangements for the affairs of the divine palace beforehand."

Upon hearing this, all the gods bowed and said, "We will obey Your Majesty's decree."

Then Hua Yue Erlang said to the God of Xiankong Prefecture, "I am going to Pingyang Mountain Prefecture to stay now. If there is anything, just report it directly with the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman."

The God of Trap State bowed and said, "As you command."

Afterwards, Hua Yue Erlang dismissed the gods and then left the Divine Lord's Mansion in Xiankong Prefecture with a thousand divine generals, heading straight for Pingyang Mountain.

The reason they didn't stay at the Divine Lord's Mansion was because Hua Yue Erlang was going to inspect the next state, and Pingyang Mountain was on the border of that state, with abundant spiritual energy, making it suitable for camping.

Two hours later, Hua Yue Erlang took up residence in the Pingyang Mountain mansion, while the thousand divine generals set up camp around the mansion to guard it.

An hour later, Tiger Vanguard, along with Tiger Ququ and three thousand demon soldiers, arrived outside Pingyang Mountain.

“Mountain Lord, Marquis Jinming has been staying at Pingyang Mountain Mansion for an hour now,” a local deity said to Tiger Vanguard.

Due to its special status, Lingtai Mountain was not regarded as an ordinary mountain god's residence in Xiniu Hezhou, but rather as a force capable of leading a region.

Therefore, among all the gods of Xiniu Hezhou, there are quite a few who are Tiger Vanguard or who are celestial officials directly under the command of the Lingtai Mountain Divine Palace.

Marquis Jinming is the title of Erlang Huayue. The titles in the Heavenly Court are very simple. Below the Jade Emperor and the Four Emperors, there are three levels: Emperor, King, and Marquis.

Emperor refers to the Great Emperor or Emperor, King refers to the Heavenly King, Dragon King, Yama, etc., and Marquis is generally called 'Lord Marquis'.

"Good." Tiger Vanguard praised the local deity and said, "You did a good job. I will remember your merit. Go back first, we need to make our move."

Upon hearing this, the Earth God thanked him repeatedly, and then without hesitation, transformed into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared into the ground.

After all, he couldn't get involved in this kind of thing. He was just a small local deity with no backing and no ability. If he got involved, he would suffer a terrible fate.

After the Earth God left, Tiger Vanguard unleashed the Heavenly Calamity Blade and said to Tiger Go-Qu, "I'll go up and deal with those thousand divine generals first, then you all rush up and capture them all. As for Hua Yue Erlang, I'll capture him myself."

"Understood," Hu Ququ nodded.

Tiger Vanguard then leaped into the air, a whooshing sound echoing through the mountains and shaking all the spirits.

Hua Yue Erlang, who had just settled into his bed to rest, was startled by the tiger's roar and exclaimed, "There are tiger demons with such power in these mountains? Judging from the roar, they are extremely ferocious."

At the same time, Tiger Vanguard, wielding the Heavenly Calamity Blade, landed outside the mountain mansion and shouted at the thousand Western Mountain Gods: "Report received that there are people gathering here to plot a rebellion. I am the God of Lingtai Mountain, and I have come here to quell the rebellion. You will all surrender immediately!"

"What? Someone is rebelling?" The Western Mountain generals were also stunned and rushed out of their tents with their weapons.

Upon seeing this, Tiger Vanguard immediately shouted, "As expected of a traitor, put down your weapons!"

The thousand Western Mountain generals were stunned at first, then suddenly realized, "What? I'm a traitor?"

"Have I rebelled?" This was the question posed by all the Western Mountain Gods.

Then Tiger Vanguard charged forward, starting with a 'Roar of the Gods', roaring like thunder, its tiger-like might overwhelming, terrifying the thousand generals into losing their souls and becoming terrified.

Then Tiger Vanguard unleashed another 'Spirit-Slaying' attack, and the tiger god's divine form terrified all spirits, roaring as it pounced down from the sky, directly knocking all one thousand divine generals to the ground.

The next moment, Hu Ququ led three thousand demon soldiers to rush up, using ropes to disarm and capture all one thousand divine generals, and then tied them up tightly.

Tiger Vanguard then kicked the gate of the mountain mansion open and rushed straight to the cloud room where Hua Yue Erlang was.

At this moment, Hua Yue Erlang was also startled by the noise outside, and came out to check the situation with his halberd.

The moment his eyes met Tiger Vanguard's, Hua Yue Erlang exclaimed in surprise, "Tiger Mountain Lord? What brings you here?"

Tiger Vanguard did not answer, but instead slashed with his sword. Hua Yue Erlang was shocked. Seeing the Heavenly Demon Blade coming down on him, he hurriedly used his Fangtian Halberd to block it.

As the sword and halberd clashed, sparks flew. After a resounding clang of metal against metal, Hua Yue Erlang's arms trembled, his tiger's mouth split open, and then his halberd was knocked away by Tiger Vanguard's sword.

"Lord Hushan, I am Marquis Jinming, what are you doing?" Hua Yue Erlang shouted loudly.

But Tiger Vanguard remained silent, only stepping forward and kicking Hua Yue Erlang to the ground, then taking out a rope and binding him tightly.

At this moment, Tiger Vanguard said, "You demon, you disguised yourself as Hua Yue Erlang and gathered a crowd to rebel. Do you think you can hide it from Lord Benshan?"

"What?" Hua Yue Erlang's face was filled with shock and confusion. "Am I a fake?"

Realizing what was happening, he quickly explained, "Lord Hushan, we've met so many times, how could you not recognize me? I am truly Huayue Erlang."

Tiger Vanguard, carrying Hua Yue Erlang, walked towards the outside of the mountain mansion, saying as he went, "Whether it's true or false, it's not up to you to say. Go and talk to the instruments of torture in my Lingtai Mountain Divine Mansion!"

Upon leaving the mountain mansion, Hua Yue Erlang discovered that all one thousand of his divine generals had also been captured. He was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Then Tiger Vanguard stirred up dark clouds, swept away Tiger Ququ and three thousand demon soldiers, and escorted Hua Yue Erlang and a thousand others straight back to Lingtai Mountain. (End of this chapter)