I am a fairy in Journey to the West

On the Dingwei Five Elements Sky Boat, the deputy captain brought the list of the dead to the central cabin and reported to Tu Feichen: "Captain, the list of the dead has been released."

Tu Feichen asked, "How many people died this time?"

The vice-captain said, "A total of 10,000 men were mobilized to clear out Shangyanjie, and 2,964 were killed in action. 60% of the casualties were caused by 'Lei Huaqing'."

Tu Feichen rubbed his temples and said, "I didn't expect him to escape. The Immortal Lord has already sent a message here, ordering us to surround and annihilate Lei Huaqing as soon as possible."

The vice-captain was silent for a moment, then said, "Captain, it seems that only you can take action personally."

Tu Feichen opened his eyes and stared ahead, then slowly said, "That's the only way."

Just then, the vice-captain said something else: "Captain, Tu Lingbai's team has lost a member, who is not on the list of casualties."

"Oh?" Tu Feichen asked, "Who's missing?"

This kind of thing is not uncommon. They may have been seriously injured or separated from the main group, but they will eventually rejoin the team on their own.

The vice-captain said, "Xue Baochai."

"Hmm?" Tu Feichen's eyes flashed. "It's her?"

Tu Feichen had a deep impression of Xue Baochai because she was very beautiful. People's first impression of beautiful things is very profound, especially when she came from a mid-level immortal sect.

"Are you sure they're missing, not killed in action?" Tu Feichen asked.

The vice-captain said, "It is confirmed that she is missing. When they were besieging Lei Huaqing, Tu Lingbai and the others saw with their own eyes that her Xuan Tu Armor was broken, but she was not injured. Later, when Lei Huaqing escaped, Xue Baochai was also safe and sound, but when everyone gathered and returned to the Tianfang, Xue Baochai disappeared."

Tu Feichen said, "Submit the list of the dead, and then call Tu Lingbai here."

"Yes." The vice-captain acknowledged the order and then turned to leave.

Soon after, Tu Lingbai arrived outside the cabin. "Your subordinate Tu Lingbai greets the ship's master."

Tu Feichen said, "Come in."

Tu Lingbai accepted the order and stepped into the pavilion. Tu Feichen asked, "What happened to Xue Baochai? How did she disappear?"

Tu Lingbai reported, "Reporting to the master, I don't know either. At the time, we were all chasing after Lei Huaqing, and she was at the very back. Later, when Lei Huaqing escaped, she was nowhere to be seen when we regrouped. However, I can assure you that Xue Baochai definitely did not die in battle."

Tu Feichen pondered for a moment, then asked, "What's your assessment?"

Tu Lingbai hesitated for a moment, then said to Tu Feichen, "Master Fang, I have a guess, but I don't know if I should say it?"

Tu Feichen looked at Tu Lingbai and said, "Speak."

Tu Lingbai said, "Master, I believe that Xue Baochai is not a being of my Five Elements Heavenly Dao."

Upon hearing this, Tu Feichen sat up straight instantly, his face serious, and said, "Do you know what that means?"

"I understand," Tu Lingbai said. "The Enforcement Division will investigate."

Tu Feichen said, "Continue."

Tu Lingbai nodded and said, "At first, I thought she was a being of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao because she had extremely powerful metal element power, so everything that followed was based on this judgment. But after spending these four months together, I have found that this person is completely unlike a being of my Five Elements Heavenly Dao in many ways."

Tu Lingbai recounted the various events that had occurred to Xue Baochai over the past four months. "To put it simply, this person has an almost complete ignorance of my Five Elements Heavenly Dao. Furthermore, she actually has thoughts of cowardice, avoidance of battle, and pity for the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao cultivators."

Tu Feichen's gaze froze instantly. He looked at Tu Lingbai and asked, "Is everything you said true?"

“Lord, what I said is absolutely true,” Tu Lingbai said. “I am willing to take responsibility for my words.”

“Alright,” Tu Feichen said, “You go back first. I’ll request the Enforcement Division to intervene and investigate, just like the Immortal Lord.”

Tu Lingbai stood up, bowed to Tu Feichen, and then left the pavilion.

Back in his squad's cabin, Tuhe immediately greeted him, "Sister Lingbai, what did the ship's captain say?"

Tu Lingbai said, "The boat owner should request the Immortal Lord to have the Enforcement Division investigate."

Upon hearing this, a hint of tension flashed in Tu He's eyes. Tu Lingbai looked at him and said, "Don't be afraid. Just answer whatever the Enforcement Division asks."

"Hmm," Tuhe swallowed, then nodded slightly.

Looking at the empty cabin, which seemed extremely desolate compared to its usual liveliness, Tu Lingbai couldn't help but feel a little lonely.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Tu Feichen, the master of the Dingwei Tianfang, reported the matter to his superiors in his own name, not only requesting the people of the Law Enforcement Division to come down and investigate, but also asking the Immortal Lord to send a letter back to the mortal world to verify the person 'Xue Baochai'.

Half a month later, three law enforcement officers from the Enforcement Division arrived at Dingwei Tianfang and brought Tu Feichen some not-so-good news.

"The reply from the mortal realm has arrived. Among the personnel sent by all the mid-grade immortal sects of the Jinxing clan to support the attack on the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, there was not a single cultivator named 'Xue Baochai'," said the enforcement captain, Tu Yuhun.

Tu Feichen took a deep breath and then said, "It seems that I, Dingwei Tianfang, will have to conduct a thorough investigation."

“That’s right,” Tu Yuhun said. “I have the Immortal Lord’s edict here, which requires a thorough investigation of all current members of Dingwei Tianfang.”

Tu Feichen stood up, accepted the talisman, and said, "I will cooperate fully."

Tu Yuhun looked at Tu Feichen and said, "You too, Feichen Fangzhu, you're the first one we'll be investigating."

Tu Feichen bowed and replied, "Yes."

Xue Baochai counted the days, and after flying through the vast realm for more than fifty days, she finally arrived at the ruins of the Chongyuan Realm.

She traveled along the ruins of the eight destroyed minor worlds ahead, and fortunately, these ruins served as landmarks; otherwise, Xue Baochai might not have been able to find the location of the Chongyuan Realm. Looking at the almost completely scattered ruins of the Chongyuan Realm before her, Xue Baochai did not hesitate and flew directly into them to begin her search.

The so-called ruins are the remaining power of heaven and earth after the destruction of the minor world.

Because the power of heaven and earth in this small world still remains, it can still restrain each other before the power completely dissipates, thus forming a ruin that looks like a cloud of mist that is about to dissipate from a distance.

Xue Baochai flew into the ruins and searched carefully. Although the ruins were on the verge of complete disappearance, Xue Baochai still searched very diligently.

However, after searching for half a month, the original ruins had completely disappeared, and Xue Baochai found nothing.

"Why wouldn't it be there?" Xue Baochai asked, her face full of doubt. "Could it have been destroyed along with the entire Chongyuan Realm by that Yilutian Bow?"

“Impossible.” Xue Baochai shook her head. “That’s the statue of the Divine Emperor Shenxiao. How could it be destroyed so easily?”

Xue Baochai then searched for another half month in the vast realm, and almost found the ruins of the Flowing Cloud Realm, but still found nothing.

Standing in the vast expanse, Xue Baochai realized that she had made a grave mistake.

Before it came to bear the power of the Divine Emperor, the Xuanyu statue, as a token that could communicate with the Heavenly Dao of Pangu, was probably just an ordinary statue.

Thinking of this, Xue Baochai was filled with regret. "In this way, wouldn't I be cutting off my possibility of communicating with Pangu's Heavenly Dao?"

The thought that she had been gone for so long meant that Tu Lingbai would definitely notice her disappearance. If they thought she had died in battle, that would be the best outcome. If not, then Ding Weitianfang was probably already on his way to search for her.

"Don't rush, don't rush." ​​Xue Baochai forced herself to calm down and think of a solution.

"I am currently within the Heavenly Dao of Wind and Thunder, and it is impossible to contact the people within the Heavenly Dao of Pangu through normal means." Xue Baochai's thoughts raced.

"What if they are powerful beings within the Heavenly Dao of Wind and Thunder? Should we explain our purpose to them, and then use their great power to send a message to the Heavenly Dao of Pangu?"

"No! The Heavenly Dao of Wind and Thunder is being attacked by the Heavenly Dao of the Five Elements. They can no longer trust beings from another Heavenly Dao."

After rejecting many unfeasible ideas, Xue Baochai was at a loss for what to do. But just then, she saw a white light approaching from afar and quickly falling into the ruins of the Flowing Cloud Realm ahead.

"Hmm? Something flew into the ruins of the Flowing Cloud Realm." Xue Baochai's eyes lit up. "Could it be that Xuan Yu statue?"

Thinking of this, Xue Baochai immediately rode the clouds and flew to the top of the ruins of the Flowing Cloud Realm at top speed, and then plunged into it.

She followed the white light and arrived at a broken mountain. This should be a mountain in the Flowing Cloud Realm. After the Flowing Cloud Realm was destroyed by the Yilu Heavenly Bow, this mountain was cracked, but the part in front of her was protected by the remaining power of heaven and earth, so it did not dissipate directly.

Xue Baochai immediately flew down into the mountainside, which was more like a huge rock than a mountain, because there were no trees, flowers, grass, or living creatures on it, only deathly silence.

But just as Xue Baochai landed on the mountainside, a sound of wind and thunder roared behind her, followed by a voice filled with murderous intent: "You came quite quickly."

Xue Baochai felt her hair stand on end. She turned around abruptly and saw a familiar face appear before her.

"It's you?!?" Xue Baochai's scalp tingled instantly.

The person before her was none other than the young cultivator from the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao who had wreaked havoc in the Upper Rock Realm that day. At this moment, he held a wind vortex in his left hand and lightning in his right, staring at her with a cold and sharp gaze.

In an instant, wind blades and lightning swept in, the wind howled, and the wind blades tore through the air, falling on Xue Baochai like raindrops.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared from all directions, engulfing Xue Baochai in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the Xuanwu Shield defense on Xue Baochai's body was not removed. At that moment, the Xuanwu Shield defense was activated, and a green light appeared. The wind and thunder power that was showing its fierce power was immediately resisted by the power of the Xuanwu Shield.

Upon seeing this, Lei Huaqing's pupils contracted, and he immediately channeled his magic power to continue his attack.

But Xue Baochai seized the opportunity and hurriedly said, "Fellow Daoist, please wait. I am not here to kill you."

Lei Huaqing completely ignored her and unleashed a second, even stronger wave of wind and thunder magic, engulfing Xue Baochai once again.

Xue Baochai felt the terrifying power of the wind and thunder. She was certain that as soon as the Xuanwu Shield broke, she would die without a burial place.

So she quickly summoned all the defensive magical treasures in her mustard seed sleeve and then formed a defensive formation around herself using twelve magical treasures.

Seeing his attack blocked again, and the twelve defensive magic treasures surrounding Xue Baochai, even Lei Huaqing was shocked. He was speechless. If he had so many defensive magic treasures, he wouldn't have been able to kill all the Five Elements Heavenly Dao cultivators that day.

"Fellow Daoist, please believe me, I really didn't come to kill you. I am not a member of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao," Xue Baochai said loudly.

Just as Lei Huaqing was about to continue his attack, his expression hardened slightly when he heard the last sentence, "I am not a member of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao," and he immediately stopped what he was doing.

Seeing that Lei Huaqing had finally stopped, Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, then cupped her hands and bowed to Lei Huaqing, "My name is Xue Baochai. May I ask your name, fellow Daoist?"

Lei Huaqing said calmly, "Lei Huaqing."

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "So it is Fellow Daoist Lei Huaqing. Fellow Daoist's divine power is truly admirable."

Lei Huaqing ignored Xue Baochai's praise and simply looked at her, saying, "You just said you're not a person of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao?"

Xue Baochai quickly nodded and said, "That's right, I am not a person of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao."

Lei Huaqing sneered, "Then why are you with them? And why are you helping them kill my Fenglei Heavenly Dao cultivators?"

At this point, Lei Huaqing's eyes sharpened, and he said, "So, even if you're not a member of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao, you're still a traitor to my Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao!" After saying this, Lei Huaqing's aura became extremely fierce.

Xue Baochai hurriedly said, "No, I am not a person of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao, nor am I a traitor of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao. To tell you the truth, I am not a person of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao or the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao; I come from other Heavenly Daos."

Upon hearing this, Lei Huaqing's pupils constricted instantly, and a storm of emotions surged within him. He knew what this meant.

If Xue Baochai's words are true, then it means that another Heavenly Dao has also set its sights on the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, which would be an absolute catastrophe for them! (End of Chapter)