I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Having answered three questions incorrectly in a row, Jia Tanchun was under immense pressure.

At this moment, the examiner's voice rang out for the fifth time: "For the fifth question, please write an argumentative essay on the topic of 'Killing and Virtue'."

As soon as she finished speaking, the illusion before her eyes vanished. Jia Tanchun blinked and found that there was now a stack of extremely exquisite high-quality Xuan paper on her table, as well as writing implements such as brush, ink, and inkstone.

Jia Tanchun picked up the ink stick, placed it in the inkstone, and gently ground it. Instantly, a clear and fragrant ink flowed out.

Jia Tanchun ground the ink, picked up the jade brush, dipped it in the ink, and wrote three beautiful and elegant characters on the paper: "Kill and Virtue".

But as soon as she finished writing those three characters, Jia Tanchun frowned. She found herself unable to continue writing because she didn't know how to write them.

Killing versus virtue? This article is easy to write, as long as the central theme doesn't deviate from 'ruthless methods and compassionate heart', or 'killing evil is virtue, killing good is lacking virtue'.

But writing it this way is too cliché, because it's a truth that everyone knows, and this is a celestial examination.

Jia Tanchun raised her eyes and swept them over the many candidates around her. She found that most of them had the same worried look on their faces as she did, and it seemed that they shared the same thoughts as her.

Jia Tanchun then looked at Xue Ke and Xue Baoqin and found that the two of them were also frowning and scratching their heads.

Jia Tanchun looked away, and then she noticed a problem: there was no time limit for the fifth question.

Just as she was thinking this, the chief examiner, True Immortal Fire Spirit, announced: "This fifth question discusses 'killing and virtue,' and the time limit is twelve hours, which means you must submit your paper before 5 a.m. tomorrow. Those who finish and submit their papers early can go back to rest early. If you submit your paper before 5 a.m. tomorrow, you will not be allowed to rest after submitting your paper and will proceed directly to the next 'literary examination.'"

After saying this, True Immortal Huo Ling glanced at the candidates sitting upright on the imperial path and said, "Now please begin answering the questions. If you want to hand in your papers, simply place the paperweight on top of your essays and then leave."

The exam was underway here, while on the other side, a beam of celestial light descended from the Ninth Heaven and landed directly on Mount Buzhou.

Soon after, the boy holding the staff entered the Hall of Mortals and reported to Zhuang Yan: "Your Majesty, the Golden Horned Boy from the Tushita Palace requests an audience."

Zhuang Yan raised his head and said, "Summon."

A moment later, a short-limbed boy dressed in a Taoist robe walked in and bowed to Zhuang Yan, saying, "Golden Horn greets His Majesty the Great Emperor of Shenxiao."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "Rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After standing up, the Golden Horned Boy took out a golden talisman from his sleeve and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this is what my master instructed me to bring to present to Your Majesty."

"Oh?" Zhuang Yan raised his hand and beckoned, and the golden talisman in the Golden Horned Boy's hand immediately flew up to the palace steps and landed in Zhuang Yan's hand.

Zhuang Yan caught the golden talisman and crushed it. Then, Zhuang Yan used his divine sense to obtain the secrets of heaven sealed inside.

This was the secret sent by the two Dao Ancestors, Feng Lei and Tian Dao. After reading it, Zhuang Yan smiled and said to the boy holding the staff, "Go and bring a pot of ginseng fruit and imperial wine to bestow upon Golden Horn."

"Yes." The attendant carrying the staff accepted the order and left. Soon after, he returned carrying a jade plate with a bottle of seven-colored imperial wine on it.

The boy holding the staff said to the boy with the golden horn, "This is imperial wine brewed by His Majesty using ginseng fruit." After saying that, he presented it to the boy with the golden horn.

The Golden Horned Boy was startled and quickly knelt down, taking the imperial wine from the jade plate with both hands. He then bowed and thanked the Emperor, saying, "This humble immortal thanks His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Divine Firmament for his generous gift."

Zhuang Yan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Please inform Laozi that I have received this letter."

The Golden Horned Boy acknowledged the order, then put away the imperial wine, bowed three times, and left.

After the Golden Horned Boy left, Zhuang Yan immediately said to the Xiuhuang Boy, "Go and summon the Second Gentleman to come and see me."

"Yes." Xiu Huang Tongzi accepted the order and left.

Soon after, Erlang Shen and Xiuhuang Tongzi arrived at the Chenhuan Palace one after the other. Erlang Shen stepped forward, cupped his hands, and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty."

Zhuang Yan raised his hand and pointed, then smiled and said, "Please sit down, Erlang Zhenjun."

Erlang Zhenjun thanked the master for his seat, then walked to the sandalwood chair on the right side of the main hall and sat down. A celestial boy immediately served him spiritual tea.

"Your Majesty has summoned me here. What brings you here?" Erlang Shen asked, bowing respectfully.

Zhuang Yan waved his hand, and the celestial secret immediately flew to Erlang Shen's eyes. Erlang Shen used his divine sense to capture and examine the celestial secret.

Then Erlang Shen exclaimed in astonishment, "Grand Commandant Zhang Tian actually defeated the Five Elements Heavenly Dao's army of 300,000 with only 10,000 divine generals?"

Zhuang Yan said, "This is mainly due to his Samadhi True Wind technique."

Erlang Shen nodded. The contents of this celestial secret were extremely rich, almost recording the great battle in the form of images. When they examined this celestial secret, they viewed it from a third-party perspective, and nothing was missed.

"While the Samadhi True Fire is the main factor for victory, the power of the Eight Treasures Armor and the Seven Treasures Blade cannot be ignored." Erlang Shen added, "It seems that the immortal cultivators we have recruited, who have achieved physical sainthood, combined with the Eight Treasures Armor and the Seven Treasures Blade, can conservatively be estimated to hold their own against a number of Five Elements Heavenly Dao cultivators that outnumber them by five times."

Zhuang Yan nodded slightly and said, "I was worried that the Five Elements Heavenly Dao would conquer those Heavenly Daos and that the cultivators would be far stronger than my Pangu Heavenly Dao. But now it seems that as long as we have the Eight Treasures Armor and the Seven Treasures Blade, we don't need to worry about that."

Erlang Shen laughed and said, "The main weapons are the Eight Treasures Armor and the Seven Treasures Sword. Without these two weapons, I'm afraid Zhang Tianying's ten thousand men would not stand a chance."

"Hmm." Zhuang Yan asked, "How many troops does your Tian Shu province have now?"

Erlang Shen replied, "The Zhechong, Zhen'e, and Bi'ou camps have now expanded to 50,000 men, which is the result of extensive recruitment throughout the myriad realms."

Zhuang Yan said, "In other words, not counting Zhang Tianying, the Zhechong, Zhen'e, and Bi'ou camps alone have a total of 150,000 divine generals?"

"Yes." Erlang Shen nodded and said, "Zhang Tianying has 18,000 men left. Because his Grand Commandant is not here, he has not expanded his forces."

Zhuang Yan pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then said, "How about this, the Zhechong, Zhen'e, and Bi'ou camps will stop expanding their ranks with divine generals. We will also replenish Zhang Tian's camp with 32,000 men, bringing the total to 50,000. Once Zhang Tian's camp is fully replenished, we will stop expanding its army."

Erlang Shen nodded and replied, "Yes."

At this point, Erlang Shen smiled and said to Zhuang Yan, "Nezha keeps pestering me to ask His Majesty when the Measuring Bridge will be completed. He's really impatient."

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "The Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge will take at least another thirty years to complete. You need to keep him in check and prevent him from causing trouble."

Erlang Shen said with a headache, "He just can't stay idle. His 50,000 generals in the Green Lotus Camp are already complaining about how badly they're being trained."

Zhuang Yan said with a smile, "Then let's assign him some trivial tasks to pass the time. It just so happens that after this Heavenly Official Examination, the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm will be investigating the three major Dragon Palaces of the North Sea, West Sea, and East Sea. Let Nezha go."

Erlang Shen's brow twitched, and he said, "Won't it cause trouble if I send him to investigate the Three Seas Dragon Palace?"

Zhuang Yan waved his hand and said, "Go back and tell him that the Chenhuan Jade Palace will issue a formal decree later, telling him that if he dares to cause trouble, he will be reassigned to plant flowers in the Heavenly River." Erlang Shen said with a smile, "I understand."

Zhuang Yan nodded and then said, "Alright, that's all for now. We need to publicize the fact that Zhang Tianying won the battle in Fenglei Tiandao."

Erlang Shen immediately said, "How about I use my magic to copy down this heavenly secret and send it to the Human Relics Gathering Headquarters in Xiniu Hezhou?"

"Good." Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "You've discovered the greatest use of this official gazette."

Erlang Shen said with a smile, "Nowadays, almost everyone in the human world has a copy of the Shiyi Dibao (a local gazette). Once you're published in this gazette, it will spread throughout the world within a few days."

Zhuang Yan smiled and nodded, "You can handle these matters as you see fit."

Erlang Shen stood up, bowed, and said, "Your subject will take his leave now." Then Erlang Shen bid farewell to Zhuang Yan and left Lingtai Palace.

Just as Erlang Shen said, the great victory at Wudingjie spread throughout the world in just a few days after the news was sent out from the mortal world's archives.

The celestial images copied by Erlang Shen were also appended to the Human World Gazette. By purchasing this gazette, one could directly view the complete scene of the Battle of Wuding Boundary.

After this battle, the name of the Great Sage Yellow Wind resounded throughout the entire Jambudvipa world.

Even many deities published sharp commentaries in the "Human World Gazette":

The Bodhisattva of the Ten Directions: "Yellow Wind is indeed powerful, especially that gust of yellow wind. It gave me, Old Pig, a real headache on the journey to the West."

Eight Treasures Golden Body Arhat: "The Great Sage Yellow Wind is truly formidable. This time, he has displayed his might in the world of the Heavenly Dao. As his former opponent, I am also honored."

Si Qing Huang Xiaotong: "What are those two bragging about? Back in the day, on the journey to the West, Pigsy was so scared he almost peed his pants, and Sandy was trembling with fear."

The tiny lotus root with a huge body: "Why don't you dare mention this Huang Xiaotong, or the one whose eye was blown blind? Are you bullying the weak and fearing the strong?"

Guanjiang Xiaoyao Ke: "The yellow wind sweeps across the sky, crushing the strong and breaking the sharp."

Sun Wukong, the handsome young master of Huaguo Mountain, said: "The strong shall be respected, and I shall yield to you. Only heroes dare to be the first. If anyone disagrees, come and have a go at Huaguo Mountain."

Zhenwu the Great: "Why didn't you call me when you were fighting?"

The real-time comments section of the "Human World Gazette" fell into a deathly silence. Then, the "True Martial Emperor" spoke up again: "Why is everyone so quiet?"

After a long while, the 'small lotus root with a big body' cautiously asked, "Are you real? Or an imposter?"

A picture engraved with "Imperial Decree of the Jade Emperor to Create the Precious Seal of the True Martial Emperor" was thrown out, and then the "True Martial Emperor" asked, "Can this thing be faked? You're called Little Lotus Root with a Big Body? Are you Nezha?"

Then the 'small lotus root with a big body' never appeared again. At this time, 'Handsome Sun from Flower Fruit Mountain' began to mock the 'small lotus root with a big body', but the 'small lotus root with a big body' was as if it were dead and never appeared again.

Meanwhile, the gods, immortals, and cultivators who were watching the live commentary had already begun burning incense and chanting the name of 'True Martial Emperor' in worship before the jade tablets of the official gazette in their hands.

Since the Human World Gazette connected with the 'Heavenly Profound Jade Cup', it has opened up 'real-time comments', and the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman has become the current 'Heavenly Profound Jade Tablet'.

The Heavenly Profound Jade Tablet now has two main functions. The first is the original function of the Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman, and the second is the 'Human World Gleanings' official report function. The two can be switched freely at any time.

At this very moment, Nezha, who was in the main hall of his Grand Commandant's mansion, was holding the Heavenly Jade Tablet and gritted his teeth as he watched the 'Handsome Sun from Flower Fruit Mountain' inside constantly mocking him.

But he dared not speak now, because the True Martial Emperor had directly exposed his identity, which was extremely uncomfortable, like being stripped naked in the street.

"Why can't I change my name?!" Nezha frantically searched for a way to change his name, but the current Heavenly Jade Tablet didn't have that function yet.

All of the above was just a minor incident; the most important event was the great victory of Zhang Tianying, led by the Great Sage Huang Feng.

This great victory strengthened the confidence of all living beings in the world who had appeared under the Pangu Heavenly Dao, proving that the people of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao were not invincible.

Despite having destroyed several mortal realms of Heavenly Dao, they still suffered the greatest and most devastating defeat at the hands of our Pangu Heavenly Dao.

In particular, the heavenly secret and the congratulatory messages and thanks from the two Dao Ancestors of Wind and Thunder to the Pangu Heavenly Dao made all the beings of the Pangu Heavenly Dao feel extremely comfortable. They thought that their own people had defeated the Five Elements Heavenly Dao in the appearance of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, which not only demonstrated the power of the Pangu Heavenly Dao, but also received congratulations and thanks from the two Dao Ancestors of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao.

This great victory also made Pangu Heavenly Dao more confident and united. In particular, when human cultivators learned that only Pangu Heavenly Dao had true humans under the Great Dao, while the beings of other Heavenly Daos were all simulated human forms, this sense of pride and arrogance filled the entire world of Pangu Heavenly Dao.

Even the headquarters of the Human World Lost Things published an article on the front page of the official gazette not long after, signed by 'Xuanyuan Huangdi'.

The article, titled "The Most Intelligent of All Beings, Humans Supreme," has caused a huge uproar since its publication.

There's no other reason than that, although the human race has the strongest fortune in the Jambudvipa world, the Pangu Heavenly Dao is a place that emphasizes 'equality of all beings'. If one were to call someone 'above the human race', it would definitely be met with opposition from many people.

Among them, the Buddhist sect, the demonic sect, and the Brahma sect were the most vehement in their opposition. Soon, these three sects also debated and refuted the Yellow Emperor in the Human World Gazette.

But the Yellow Emperor remained unmoved. No matter how much you opposed him, he always insisted on the idea of ​​"human race supremacy".

However, while some are happy, others are sad. The news in the "Human World Anecdotes" newspaper has been quite lively recently, but Mr. and Mrs. Xue Ming have remained depressed.

The reason was that Xue Baochai had disappeared without a trace after being summoned to the Chenhuan Jade Mansion, and the couple had tried many methods but could not find her.

It was as if Xue Baochai had completely disappeared from this world. The couple wrote to the Nanyue Divine Palace to inquire, but the Nanyue Divine Palace replied each time that they did not know.

They went to Buzhou Mountain to submit a petition, but Lu Hanzhi of the Tongcheng Court always replied, "This matter is confidential and cannot be disclosed."

The couple was now in despair. They could only accept the seemingly unacceptable outcome: their daughter, Xue Baochai, was dead, and in a way that utterly destroyed her body and soul.

Xue Baochai's mother was depressed all day long, her heart filled with resentment towards the Jade Mansion. At first, they thought it was a good thing, but who knew that their daughter, who was so big, would disappear completely after leaving. No one could understand it.

Xue Ming was somewhat better off, since he had a son named Xue Pan, which led the couple to spoil Xue Pan even more.

"Don't be sad." Xue Ming said to his wife, "Xue Ke and Bao Qin promised me before they went to take the Heavenly Official Examination that as long as they did well, they would ask the Great Emperor Shenxiao about this matter when they met him."

Mother Xue said sadly, "How could the Divine Emperor, so noble, possibly care about two juniors?"

Xue Ming paused for a moment, then said, "It's the thought of the two younger generation. Even if we're saddened, we should wait until they ask us first."

Madam Xue glanced up at Xue Ming, then sat there lost in thought. Seeing this, Xue Ming sighed, shook his head, and turned to leave. (End of Chapter)