I am a fairy in Journey to the West

The fifteen divine generals of Zhechong Prefecture and the six saints of Meishan gathered together. Chi Ling looked at everyone and said, "The father and son Liu Chenxiang are hiding in the mountains within a radius of five or six hundred miles. They may have entered a cave. We have temporarily lost track of them."

Yao Gonglin said, "It's a pity that Xiaotian Dog isn't here, otherwise even if they were hiding deep, we could still find them."

The giant spirit asked, "Since we can't find it because it's hidden in the mountains, can we set the mountains on fire?"

Wuchenzi immediately said, "Setting fire to the mountain will land you in jail for life."

"What?" The Giant Spirit God looked at Wuchenzi with a puzzled expression. "Burning mountains can lead to imprisonment? I've never heard of such a thing. When I was in Heaven and I went down to the mortal realm with the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King to exterminate demons, we often used thunder and fire to burn mountains. Otherwise, those monsters would just burrow into caves and you wouldn't be able to catch them."

Wuchenzi laughed and said, "Our Heavenly Court is indeed more powerful than Earth."

"??? What are you saying? I don't understand." The Giant Spirit God was full of confusion.

Ren Xiaoyao said, "In that case, using thunder and fire to burn the mountain is not out of the question."

"Burn down mountains covering five or six hundred miles in radius?" Gu Hanqing asked. "Wouldn't that cause too much noise?"

Jiang Han shook his head and said, "This is not a good idea. There are too many creatures in the mountains within a radius of five or six hundred miles. How many lives will be lost if we set fire to them?"

Kang Anyu nodded and said, "I also think this method is bad, as it goes against the natural order."

Chi Ling said, "Then we'll just have to search one mountain at a time?"

Zhang Boshi said, "Why don't we send someone to Mount Hua to invite the Celestial Hound? Once the Celestial Hound arrives, there will be no one who can't find him."

Kang Anyu said, "The True Lord has already returned to the Erlang Temple."

Zhang Boshi said, "Then let's go to Erlang Temple."

Yao Gonglin did some quick calculations and said, "It's hundreds of thousands of miles from here to Erlang Temple. A round trip would take at least ten days, which is too slow."

Kang Anyu said, "Then let's use the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman to send a message to the True Lord and let the Howling Celestial Dog come over by itself."

“Alright.” Chi Ling nodded and said, “Then I’ll have to trouble Grand Commandant Kang.”

Kang Anyu waved his hand, then took out the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman from his sleeve and sent it to Erlang Shen.

A moment later, Erlang Shen's image was projected above the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman. Kang Anyu and the Six Sages of Meishan quickly called out to Erlang Shen, "Greetings, True Lord."

Erlang Shen asked with a smile, "What important matter do you brothers have to discuss?"

Kang Anyu told Erlang Shen about the matter, and Erlang Shen said after listening: "No need, Fellow Daoist Huoling is already on his way with Xiaotian Dog. Judging by their speed, they should arrive tonight."

Upon hearing this, Chi Ling and the others immediately stood up. "The Lord of the Prefecture has arrived?"

Upon hearing Chi Ling's words, Erlang Shen nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Huo Ling has brought Liu Yan, Hu Da, and Xiaotian Dog over."

"That's great!" Chi Ling laughed. "With Lord Fu here, let's see how arrogant Mulugan can be now."

Erlang Shen smiled and then said to the Six Sages of Meishan, "Follow Fellow Daoist Huoling and make good contributions. Do not slack off, and do not disregard Fellow Daoist Huoling's decrees."

Upon hearing Erlang Shen's instructions, the Six Sages of Meishan readily accepted the order, after all, the six of them had once made things difficult for the True Immortal Huoling.

However, all of that is in the past. True Immortal Fire Spirit has long since forgotten this grudge, and True Immortal Fire Spirit is not one to hold personal grudges.

After closing the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman, the rest is simple.

“Then we just need to guard this place well and wait for Lord Fire Spirit to arrive,” Kang Anyu said.

Chi Ling nodded and said, "Let's do it this way. Everyone, go out and patrol the various places to check the runes and seals set up in different locations. Return here to gather before sunset."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stood up and said, "Yes, sir."

As dusk falls, the setting sun casts its golden rays upon the mountains, as if covering them with a layer of gold dust.

By this time, everyone had returned and reported their findings to Chi Ling. The talismans and incantations set up in various places were all intact, indicating that Mulugan and Liu Yanchang were still hiding in these mountains.

Chi Ling nodded. Although those talismans and incantations were originally intended for warning and communication, there were ways to circumvent them, so routine checks were necessary.

'Woof'

A dog's bark suddenly echoed through the mountains and forests, and the Six Sages of Meishan rushed out of the thatched hut immediately, "It's the Howling Celestial Dog!"

Upon hearing this, Chi Ling immediately led everyone out of the reed hut, whereupon they saw three figures and a majestic divine dog riding on clouds in the setting sun, and soon landed in the mountains.

The Howling Celestial Dog immediately rushed forward to play with the Six Saints of Meishan, while Chi Ling led the group to greet the True Immortal of Fire Spirit.

The Fire Spirit Immortal was dressed in a light ink-colored fitted Taoist robe, with his hair tied up with a hairpin, and wearing a purple-gold lotus crown inlaid with red jewels. There was a crimson flame divine mark between his eyebrows.

"Rise, all of you." Fire Spirit True Immortal looked at the crowd bowing before him. "When doing things, don't be bound by etiquette."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately stood up and replied, "Yes, Your Excellency."

Then the Six Sages of Meishan came forward to pay their respects. True Immortal Huoling returned the greeting with clasped hands and said, "Fellow Daoists, from today onwards, you shall obey my orders."

The six saints of Meishan responded in unison, "We will obey the Lord's decree."

Fire Spirit Immortal nodded slightly, then walked straight into the reed hut. At this time, Tiger Vanguard and Liu Yan began to greet Chi Ling and the other people, as well as the Six Saints of Meishan.

Afterwards, everyone followed True Immortal Huo Ling into the thatched hut. Once they were all seated, True Immortal Huo Ling asked, "Have Liu Yanchang and his son been found?"

Chi Ling replied, "Not yet. Murugan led them into the mountains, probably into some cave. We haven't found any trace of them yet."

After saying that, she changed the subject and looked at the Howling Celestial Dog, saying, "Fortunately, the Howling Celestial God is here. As long as it makes a move, Liu Yanchang and his son will have no chance to escape."

Fire Spirit Immortal nodded and said, "When I came here just now, I saw a mountain peak in the southwest shrouded in mist, as if shrouded in an illusion. We can start our investigation from there." "An illusion?" Chi Ling and the others looked at each other, then said, "We've searched all the mountains, but we haven't found any illusions."

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "That illusion technique is extremely sophisticated. Since your cultivation level is insufficient, you naturally cannot see it."

After saying that, True Immortal Fire Spirit stood up and said, "You will now come with me to find out what's going on."

Seeing this, everyone quickly stood up and followed.

Soon after, True Immortal Fire Spirit led everyone to the foot of the mountain shrouded in illusion, which was the mountain where the Heavenly Fox Cave was located.

Fire Spirit Immortal pointed to the mountain peak in front of them and said, "Chi Ling, lead everyone into the mountain for a few laps."

Chi Ling accepted the order and then led the group of divine generals from Zhechong Prefecture into the mountain peak, where Huo Ling Zhenxian and the Six Saints of Meishan were waiting outside.

About an hour later, they witnessed a miraculous scene: Chi Ling and the others were circling around in the mountains, seemingly trying to find a way out, but no matter what they did, they couldn't find a way out and could only keep going around in circles.

Fire Spirit Immortal had his Howling Celestial Dog bark three times toward the mountain. After hearing the bark, Chi Ling and the others finally determined their direction, immediately went down the mountain, and soon emerged.

After emerging from the mountain, Chi Ling saw the Fire Spirit Immortal and looked back at the small mountain peak. She then seemed to wake from a dream and said, "So there really is an illusion! We felt that the mountain was infinitely large when we were in it, and we couldn't find a way out no matter how we walked around. We only found our way when we heard the howling dog's bark. This illusion is indeed powerful."

Yue Botong said to Shen Buqun, "Don't you have the True Eye of Truth that can see through illusions and break through all falsehoods? Why didn't you take a look just now?"

Shen Buqun said helplessly, "Didn't no one expect it to be an illusion just now?"

Chi Ling immediately said to Shen Buqun, "Shen Buqun, now use your True Eye of Truth to examine this mountain."

Shen Buqun immediately accepted the order, then turned to look at the mountain peak, formed a hand seal, and softly shouted.

The next moment, a beam of azure light shot out from Shen Buqun's eyes. The azure light instantly entered the mountain, and in an instant, a colorful illusion appeared before everyone's eyes.

Then, the blue light shooting from Shen Buqun's eyes was like two extremely sharp chisels, instantly piercing through that illusion.

As the illusion was pierced by the Eye of Truth, the entire illusion covering the mountain collapsed and shattered in an instant.

As the true appearance of the mountain peaks was revealed, the Celestial Hound barked loudly a moment later.

Kang Anyu said, "The Howling Celestial Dog said that Liu Yanchang and his son are in the mountains. It smelled their scent."

Wuchenzi asked curiously, "Why isn't Lord Xiaotian speaking? Logically speaking, a divine dog of its level shouldn't have any problem speaking, right?"

The Celestial Hound glared at Wuchenzi, while Kang Anyu and the Six Sages of Meishan smiled but did not answer.

Chi Ling said to Wu Chenzi, "Why are you meddling in so many other people's business?"

Wuchenzi smiled and said, "I was just curious."

At this moment, True Immortal Fire Spirit spoke up: "Howling Celestial Dog, lead the way. Everyone, follow me into the mountain."

"Oh no, my illusion has been broken!" Inside the Heavenly Fox Cave, the Heavenly Fox Immortal, who was resting on his bed, suddenly sat up with a jolt of fear.

Without hesitation, the Celestial Fox Immortal arrived at the cave entrance where Mulugan was immediately. "Fellow Daoist Mulugan, please open the door quickly."

A rumbling sound echoed through the rocks. Mulugan opened his cave and asked the Celestial Fox Immortal, "Fellow Daoist Celestial Fox, what is it?"

At this point, Murugan's spirits had improved considerably, and his physical and magical strength had recovered to about 50-60%.

The Celestial Fox Immortal said with a serious expression, "My illusion technique of 'bewildering the five senses' has been broken. You should quickly take Liu Yanchang and his son and leave the back mountain."

"It's been broken?" Murugan asked in surprise, "It's been broken so quickly?"

The Celestial Fox Immortal said, "It seems a master has arrived. The power of my 'Five Bewildering Paths' illusion lies in its difficulty to detect, but once detected, it is not difficult to break."

Mulugan nodded and, not daring to delay, immediately followed the Heavenly Fox Immortal to the cave where Liu Yanchang and his son were, and woke Liu Yanchang up.

Liu Yanchang, still half-asleep, looked at Mulugan and asked, "Immortal, what's wrong?"

Mulugan said, "Get up and come with me, the Heavenly Court pursuers are here."

Liu Yanchang instantly woke up, quickly dressed, picked up the sleeping Liu Chenxiang, and followed Mulugan out of the cave.

Then, the Celestial Fox Immortal arranged for a powerful demon in the cave to lead Mulugan and Liu Yanchang and his son out of the mountain via the back path of the Celestial Fox Cave, while he himself went to deal with the people coming from outside.

Just as the Celestial Fox Immortal had finished arranging for Mulugan and the other two to leave, the stone door of the cave was knocked heavily.

The knocking was so heavy that it shook the entire cave. Soon, the Heavenly Fox Immortal's granddaughter, Cloud Fox Sister, and Brother Xu Wu were also awakened.

The two dressed and went to the hall. Hearing the deafening knocking on the door, they asked, "Who's knocking?"

The Celestial Fox Immortal said, "It must be the Heavenly Court's pursuers arriving. When you see them later, you mustn't let anything slip."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wuge hurriedly asked, "Grandmother, where are Immortal Mulugan and Liu Yanchang and his son? Should we inform them?"

The Celestial Fox Immortal said, "They've already left. Just don't let it slip."

Upon hearing this, the two nodded quickly and replied, "Yes, Grandmother, don't worry."

Then, the Celestial Fox Immortal went to the cave entrance herself. The moment she opened the cave door, a fist bigger than her whole body fell down instantly, smashing a large crater into the ground at the cave entrance.

When the Celestial Fox Immortal saw the enormous fist that almost completely blocked the entrance to the cave, his eyes widened in astonishment.

"Giant Spirit God, step back." The clear voice of the Fire Spirit Immortal rang out, and the Giant Spirit God immediately withdrew its divine power, returned to its normal size, and retreated.

Giant Spirit God? The Celestial Fox Immortal was filled with astonishment. Wasn't this a celestial general from heaven, subordinate to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King? How did he end up in the mortal realm?
She naturally didn't know that the Giant Spirit God had only been demoted for a few decades and rarely left Mount Buzhou; moreover, personnel changes within the Heavenly Court were beyond the knowledge of these wandering immortals and demons. (End of Chapter)