I am a fairy in Journey to the West

After capturing Hua Yue Erlang, Tiger Vanguard immediately vacated his former cave dwelling and temporarily set it up as the Dan Chi Ridge Divine Palace Prison, where he imprisoned Hua Yue Erlang.

As for the thousand divine generals, all of them had their armor stripped off, and these thousand sets of divine general armor were sent to the Kingdom of Shanzai to arm those demon soldiers.

Then the thousand divine generals whose armor had been stripped off were also escorted to the military camp in Laiqu City, where Hu Ququ led the thousand carefully selected demon soldiers, dressed in divine general armor, to torture and interrogate them.

Inside the Divine Palace prison, Tiger Vanguard, along with five generals—Bear, Jackal, Leopard, Wolf, and Badger—took turns torturing Hua Yue Erlang.

"Tiger Vanguard!" Seeing that reasoning was ineffective, Hua Yue Erlang shouted, "Don't think I don't know you're pretending to be confused. Do you want to be an enemy of our Western Mountain Divine Palace?"

Tiger Vanguard didn't speak, but simply took a colorful ant about the size of a thumb from General Bear's hand.

Tiger Vanguard stepped forward with the flower ant, lifted Hua Yue Erlang's collar by the back of his neck, and put it inside.

In an instant, Hua Yue Erlang felt a large ant crawling on his neck, and his hair stood on end. "What did you put on me?"

Tiger Vanguard laughed and said, "Flower-backed ant."

"Ah!!" Before he could finish speaking, Hua Yue Erlang let out a scream. Then, the clothes on his back were pushed up, and a bloody bump appeared on Hua Yue Erlang's back.

Tiger Vanguard lifted his clothes and saw that the flower-backed ant had bitten Hua Yue Erlang on the back. The venom took effect immediately, and a boil the size of a porcelain bowl swelled up instantly.

Tiger Vanguard took the flower-backed ant off and handed it back to General Bear, who immediately put it into a cloth bag.

Hua Yue Erlang was in a terrible state. As the 'carbuncle' appeared on his back, countless dense 'red beans' instantly appeared on his scalp, face, chest, back, buttocks, hips, thighs, calves, and even the insteps and soles of his feet.

These red beans became restless as soon as they appeared, feeling hot and itchy, especially the itching, which was incredibly intense.

Hua Yue Erlang was bound from head to toe. Faced with the intense itching all over his body, he could only twist his body frantically and let out screams with a ferocious expression.

The screams echoed out of the cave and across half the hillside.

Tiger Vanguard stood to the side and asked, "Will you confess or not?"

Hua Yue Erlang writhed and howled in pain as he asked, "What do you want me to confess?"

“Rebellion! You’ve impersonated Hua Yue Erlang and gathered so many demons. You must be planning to rebel against the Great Emperor of the Western Peak, right?” Tiger Vanguard asked.

"I rebel! I rebel against the Great Emperor of the Western Peak?" Hua Yue Erlang roared, "Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

Upon hearing this, Tiger Vanguard pointed at Hua Yue Erlang and said to General Xiong and the others, "This is called being stubborn as a mule. Let's add fuel to the fire."

"Yes," General Jackal replied, then ordered the little demons to light more than a dozen fires and place them around Hua Yue Erlang.

The venom of the flower-backed ant is inherently fire poison, and now with the addition of more than a dozen pots of fire, the temperature rises, further aggravating the fire poison.

Hua Yue Erlang's body was instantly covered by 'red beans', making him look extremely disgusting and terrifying.

The itching intensified, and Hua Yue Erlang felt his bones and flesh itch terribly.

Screaming, writhing, and howling, Hua Yue Erlang endured for half an hour before vomiting blood and fainting.

But soon, he was awakened by the itch, and even if he fainted, he could not escape it, because the excruciating itch would wake him up directly.

"Tiger Vanguard, I'll fuck your mother!" Hua Yue Erlang wailed and cursed.

Tiger Vanguard laughed loudly: "Damn it, keep going!"

Hua Yue Erlang was in excruciating pain. He wanted to die, desperately wanted to die, because the itching had penetrated to his very bones, no, to his very soul!

Even more painfully, he couldn't scratch the itch because his hands and feet were tightly bound.

But Hua Yue Erlang was a tough guy. He endured the torture for two days and one night, during which he fainted countless times.

On the third day, his skin and flesh were completely ulcerated. At this moment, he stopped writhing and howling because his ulcerated skin and flesh had become numb and no longer felt itchy.

But Tiger Vanguard had plenty of ideas. He took out a pill and went to Hua Yue Erlang.

Hua Yue Erlang was no longer human, but upon seeing Tiger Vanguard, he still muttered, "What are you going to do?"

Tiger Vanguard placed a spiritual pill into Hua Yue Erlang's mouth, and the next moment, a dazzling spiritual light shone from Hua Yue Erlang's body.

The poison from the flower-backed ants in his body was immediately expelled, and then Tiger Vanguard took out a healing pill and fed it to Hua Yue Erlang.

Fifteen minutes later, all of Hua Yue Erlang's ulcers and injuries had healed, leaving only some wounds.

Tiger Vanguard had someone treat his wounds and give him medicine. Three days later, Hua Yue Erlang had fully recovered.

Then Tiger Vanguard had General Bear bring back the flower-backed ants, and Hua Yue Erlang's eyes instantly revealed a deep look of fear.

"Tiger Vanguard, are you really going to push things to the extreme?" Hua Yue Erlang said.

Tiger Vanguard said, "What are you talking about? I'm just interrogating a traitor. Are you going to confess or not?" "I have nothing to confess," Hua Yue Erlang said. "I really am Hua Yue Erlang Jinminghou. I have the Jade Tablet of the Immortal Official. Release me and I'll show it to you."

"Don't try any tricks on me. What if you escape after I let you go? You still won't confess, will you?" Tiger Vanguard said, placing the Flower-Backed Ant on Hua Yue Erlang's body again.

Then, Hua Yue Erlang's screams echoed from the prison again, still so shrill and miserable.

Meanwhile, inside the Laiqucheng camp, Hu Ququ was also severely torturing the thousand divine generals. Although not as brutal as Hua Yue Erlang, he used a variety of methods and techniques.

Just as Hua Yue Erlang and the thousand divine generals were being punished, the Western Mountain Divine Palace also discovered that Hua Yue Erlang had disappeared.

Minister Zhi Du immediately dispatched divine generals to search for him in various prefectures, and then ordered the divine lords of each prefecture to investigate the whereabouts of Hua Yue Erlang.

Soon, just five days later, gods and deities from various places reported that there were traces of fighting and magic battles in Pingyang Mountain, where Hua Yue Erlang was staying.

Even the camp that Hua Yue Erlang and his men had set up was still there intact, only the people had disappeared.

Upon receiving this news, the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain and Empress Suming were very worried.

It should be noted that the Western Continent of Hezhou is not peaceful at present. The Buddhist sect is fighting fiercely with the demonic sect and the Brahmanical sect. Not only are the gods of the three sects fighting, but the kingdoms of the three sects in the human world are also waging war.

It's fair to say the three families nearly had their brains splattered, and at this moment, Hua Yue Erlang and the Thousand Divine Generals suddenly disappeared, suggesting there might be more to the story than meets the eye.

However, it is certain that the Buddhist sect would not take action against Hua Yue Erlang, so it is highly likely that it is the demonic sect of the Buddhist demons, or the Brahmanism.

Of course, there is another possibility: that the Western Mountain Divine Palace dismissed many redundant celestial officials and deities in the Western Niuhe Continent.

It's also possible that these people harbored resentment and thus gathered together to secretly harm Hua Yue Erlang.

Regardless of which side made the move, the Western Mountain Divine Palace immediately mobilized all its forces to search for Hua Yue Erlang's whereabouts.

With the full efforts of the Western Mountain Divine Palace, thirty-two deities from four states finally reported the situation. In the end, the Western Mountain Minister Zhi Du summarized these reports and immediately discovered a very clear clue.

After leaving Lingtai Mountain with three thousand men, the great tiger of Lingtai Mountain arrived at Pingyang Mountain, where Huayue Erlang was stationed.

The divine palaces of these thirty-two deities along the way were all recorded, so when Zhi Du saw this clear route, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to report to the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain and Empress Su Ming.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, good news! Marquis Jinming was not harmed by those with ulterior motives, nor was he a victim of the Demonic Sect or the Brahmanic Cult," Zhi Du reported.

Upon hearing this, Empress Suming quickly asked, "What happened?"

Zhi Du replied, "Your Majesty, Marquis Jinming should have been captured by the Divine Tiger of Lingtai Mountain."

"What?" Empress Suming was taken aback upon hearing this, then asked, "Is the information accurate?"

Zhi Du said, "Based on the current clues, it should be confirmed that the Lingtai Mountain God captured Jin Minghou."

Upon hearing this, the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain frowned instantly; for him, this news was the worst possible outcome.

If it were truly those peasant rebellions that captured Hua Yue Erlang, or the Demonic Sect or Brahmanism that captured him, the matter wouldn't be so complicated; it would simply be a question of Hua Yue Erlang's life.

But if it was Tiger Vanguard who captured Hua Yue Erlang, then there are far too many implications involved.

First of all, was this Tiger Vanguard's own action, or was it instructed by the Fire Spirit Immortal? The difference between these two points alone is significant.

At this moment, Empress Suming asked the question that the Great Emperor of the Western Peak was pondering: "The God of Lingtai Mountain? Why did he capture my son?"

Zhi Du did not answer directly, but glanced at the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain. The Great Emperor of the Western Mountain then said, "Zhi Du, you and Nü Hua go to the Divine Palace of Lingtai Mountain and ask the God of Lingtai Mountain about this matter."

Zhi Du bowed and accepted the decree, then left the Golden Heaven Palace and went straight to find the Third Holy Mother.

As Zhi Du and the Third Holy Mother set off for Lingtai Mountain, Hu Ququ found Hu Xianfeng with a scroll of jade and silk. "Father, all those divine generals have signed the document. They admit that they followed Hua Yue Erlang in rebellion, plotting to assassinate the Great Emperor of the Western Mountain and overthrow the Western Mountain Divine Palace."

As he spoke, Hu Ququ unfolded the jade scroll in front of Hu Xianfeng. After reading it, Hu Xianfeng was greatly shocked and said, "These people have such audacity that they dare to plot against the Heavenly Court's Great Emperor's Palace!"

Hu Ququ also said, "Yes, this Hua Yue Erlang actually wants to rebel against his own father. Such disloyalty and filial impiety are simply heinous crimes."

Tiger Vanguard said with a serious expression, "As the God of Lingtai Mountain and a righteous god of the Heavenly Court, I absolutely cannot allow such evil to exist in the world. I must immediately report this matter to the Grand Master of Fate."

After saying that, Tiger Vanguard took the jade and silk from Tiger Ququ's hand and said to Tiger Ququ, "Immediately take those thousand divine generals to my divine palace and give this jade and silk to Grand Commandant Chiling so that she can escort them back to Buzhou Mountain."

Hu Ququ bowed and accepted the order, saying, "Yes, sir!"

An hour later, when Tiger Vanguard handed the jade and silk to Chi Ling, Chi Ling looked completely bewildered, as if she hadn't woken up yet.

Seeing her like this, Tiger Vanguard immediately said, "Don't say anything, don't ask anything, immediately escort this jade and silk and these thousand traitors back to Buzhou Mountain. This is of great importance, set off immediately!"

Although Chi Ling didn't know what had happened, seeing Tiger Vanguard so serious and solemn, she didn't look at the contents of the jade scroll, but quickly put it away and said, "I understand, then I'll set off now."

Then, Chi Ling, leading Ren Xiaoyao and his seven companions, amidst a whirlwind of clouds, bid farewell to Tiger Vanguard and escorted the thousand divine generals back to Buzhou Mountain without stopping. (End of Chapter)