I am a fairy in Journey to the West

“Uncle, that is the Xue family’s daughter,” Jia Daishan said to Jia Yan, standing beside him.

Jia Yan nodded slightly as he watched Xue Baochai pass by from above. Because both Jia Yan and Jia Daishan were sixth-rank marquises, they were appointed as 'colonels' in the Emperor's Camp.

As for Jia Daihua, he had no noble title or official rank, so he directly became the lowest-ranking divine general.

After Xue Pan was executed, Xue Baochai left home and returned to Zhang Tianying. Now she is here to oversee the reorganization of the Emperor's Camp.

The reason she was asked to preside over the meeting was that Zhang Tianying was still on leave, and his two deputy generals, Xie Xuan and Li Ji, had not yet returned.

Only generals like Xue Baochai, who had returned to camp early to visit their families, were assigned to assist the Emperor's Camp in its reorganization and training.

On the enormous training ground of the Human Emperor Camp, the two deputy generals, Emperor Ku and Emperor Yao, and the advisor, Emperor Shun, stood on the command platform.

Xue Baochai walked down to the command platform and bowed to the three emperors, saying, "Zhang Tianying Consultant Xue Baochai pays respects to Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun."

Emperor Ku smiled slightly and gestured for him to rise, saying, "Rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Baochai bowed and rose, then Emperor Shun asked, "Military Advisor Xue, what are the subjects of training the divine generals?"

Xue Baochai replied, “Reporting to Emperor Shun Zhenwang, there are three main categories: first, formation; second, equipment; and third, situation.”

Emperor Shun smiled and asked, "Could you elaborate?"

Xue Baochai acknowledged the order and continued, "The formation is not a battle formation, but a defensive formation like the 'Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation.' The generals need to be familiar with how to set up the formation."

"Secondly, there is equipment. Currently, the equipment of the generals in each camp of Tian Shu Province is mainly divided into armor and weapons. The armor is the Eight Treasures Armor, and the weapon is the Seven Treasures Blade. These armors and weapons have many complex functions, which the generals need to master and use. They also need to know how to repair the armor and weapons."

"Thirdly, it is the situation, that is, the pattern and situation within the world where the Heavenly Dao is manifested."

After listening to Xue Baochai's words, Emperor Shun asked curiously, "So, you know about the patterns and situations of the wind and thunder appearing in the world and the five elements appearing in the world?"

Xue Baochai paused for a moment, then cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, I do not know much about the current state of the Five Elements. The current state of the Wind and Thunder will not be of much use in future campaigns."

At this point, Xue Baochai added, "The patterns and forms I am referring to here are a summary of the various situations of the Heavenly Way in other realms that I knew when the wind and thunder appeared in the world."

"I see." Emperor Shun nodded with a smile.

Then Xue Baochai continued, "Of course, more detailed information about the manifestation of the Five Elements will be sent to you True Kings later. I have heard that the Tian Shu Province established an 'Intelligence Department' as early as twenty years ago, and recently, information about the manifestation of the Five Elements has been sent back to the Tian Shu Province."

Emperor Ku, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Shun, the three true kings, nodded slightly. The intelligence agency that Xue Baochai mentioned was not located in the Great World of Jambudvipa, but in the Five Elements Realm.

The Intelligence Division was established twenty-four years ago, and its head was the former head of the Taixu Illusionary Realm, 'Fairy Jinghuan'.

Because the souls of the twelve beauties were all influenced by the Heavenly Dao rules of the Five Elements in the world, if they cultivated the Five Elements Dao methods, they would be almost the same as the immortal cultivators of the Five Elements in the world.

Twenty-four years ago, Zhuang Yan issued an edict to abolish the 'Illusory Realm of the Great Void', summoned Fairy Jinghuan to the Tian Shu Capital Province to establish an intelligence bureau, and secretly summoned all the other eleven beauties into the Five Elements Realm.

Because Zhuang Yan handled this matter personally, almost no one knew about it. Not long ago, Fairy Jinghuan, the head of the Intelligence Division, followed the Great Sage Equaling Heaven to the Five Elements Realm. Only twenty-four messengers remained in the Intelligence Division of Tian Shu Province to receive various intelligence reports sent back from the Five Elements Realm.

The Five Elements manifest in the world, in the Lingbai Realm, overseeing the Qitian Prefecture, Intelligence Division.

Fairy Jinghuan sat on the throne of the Illusion Palace, constantly sorting through the intelligence she had received from various places. Because the 'Heavenly Profound Sub-Battle' had been set up and with the blessing of the 'Heavenly Profound Jade Talisman', the speed at which the immortals of the Intelligence Division transmitted intelligence was much faster.

The battle is currently at a stalemate. The defensive line built by the Golden Path Immortal Mansion with the full power of the Immortal Realm has sealed off the three major camps within the Spirit Cypress Realm.

Although the three major camps have launched attacks in all directions and killed countless enemies during this period, the power of the entire Jinxing Immortal Mansion is still too strong.

In the past six months alone, the three major camps have killed more than 300,000 enemies, but the immortal cultivators of Jinxing Immortal Mansion are like a tide, killing one wave after another.

Furthermore, they are continuously advancing their defensive line, which has now been pushed to the outer perimeter of the Spirit Cypress Realm, completely blocking it.

At this moment, anyone in the Spirit Cypress Realm who looks up at the sky can see the 'Golden Sea Defense Line' constructed outside the Spirit Cypress Realm's sky, making the Spirit Cypress Realm look like a small island in a boundless golden sea.

At this moment, a violent rumbling sound rang out above the Spirit Cypress Realm, causing the air within the entire realm to vibrate slightly.

Fairy Jinghuan glanced at the teacup on the table, where the tea was sloshing around.

She was used to this kind of scene. She knew that the Yilu Tiangong, which Jinxing Immortal Mansion had set up on the Jinhai defense line outside the Lingbai Realm, was bombarding the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation again.

At this time, the fighting outside the boundary will cease, and the gods of the three major camps will retreat into the Lingbai boundary for defense.

Recently, a restless atmosphere has permeated the Qitian Palace, to the point that even Fairy Jinghuan has been affected and has become somewhat anxious.

The reason is quite simple: since the three battalions arrived, they have killed many enemies and suffered little loss, but they just can't break through the defenses of the Golden Immortal Mansion.

This was entirely because the Golden Immortal Palace relied on human lives to build up its defenses, thus managing to withstand the attacks of the three major camps and even extending its defensive line outside the Spirit Cypress Realm.

It has been half a year, and the 150,000 men of the three major camps are still trapped in the Lingbai Realm, unable to break through the situation. It is hard not to be frustrated.

Especially Nezha, the Grand Commandant of the Jade Lotus, had already lost his temper several times in front of everyone during meetings at the Qitian Palace.

The mere thought of Nezha's rage sent chills down Fairy Jinghuan's spine, and she quickened her pace in organizing the intelligence.

She had a premonition that if she couldn't provide any useful intelligence about the current situation, Nezha's anger would turn against her.

Just then, Jia Yuanchun, the head of the Intelligence Division, suddenly strode into the hall and presented a piece of intelligence to Fairy Jinghuan. "Chief, I have just received some important intelligence."

Upon hearing the word "important," Fairy Jinghuan quickly took the information and, after a careful reading, her face lit up with joy.

"Good!" Fairy Jinghuan slammed her hand on the table and shouted "Good!" after seeing the contents of the intelligence report.

She then quickly got up and said to Jia Yuanchun, "You stay here and continue organizing the intelligence. I'm going to the Tianqi Palace to see the Great Sage Equal to Heaven."

Upon hearing this, Jia Yuanchun immediately bowed and said, "Yes, sir."

Then, Fairy Jinghuan took the information and hurriedly left the Illusion Palace, heading towards the Heavenly Qi Palace.

Meanwhile, inside the Tianqi Palace, Nezha was throwing a tantrum again.

"In terms of commanders, none of the commanders of my three battalions are incapable of fighting; in terms of soldiers, each soldier in my three battalions is worth a hundred men."

"But we just can't break through that damned Jinhai defense line. We're running out of manpower, we're still running out of manpower!"

"We should write to the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm and ask them to continue recruiting divine generals. As long as we can get one million, no, six hundred thousand divine generals, we can conquer the entire Platinum Immortal Realm."

Nezha got more and more carried away with his words, and finally even rushed up to Sun Wukong, pulled out a blank memorial, and spread it out on Sun Wukong's desk.

Sun Wukong slowly put the book away and said, "Are you done raving?"

"No," Nezha said, "I'm so frustrated! You tell me, we're so strong, but we're fighting so suffocatingly, and we're even being ambushed at our doorstep. It's so frustrating."

The Bodhisattvas Duobao Shanjian and Peacock King Bodhisattva looked at Nezha with smiles. Then the Peacock King Bodhisattva said, "Commander Bi'ou, it is true that we are outnumbered. How can things always go smoothly? Let's be patient for now."

"I can't stand it any longer." Nezha walked back to his sandalwood chair, leaped up and stood on it, then sat down directly on the backrest.

Nezha looked at Sun Wukong and said, "If you don't write this memorial, I will."

“Summoning divine generals is no easy task,” Sun Wukong said. “The most important thing right now is to defend the Lingbai Realm. As long as we defend the Lingbai Realm, the situation will eventually change.”

Nezha inhaled sharply, then turned to Chi Ling and Tiger Vanguard and asked, "Do you two want to come with me to submit a memorial?"

Tiger Vanguard and Red Silk exchanged a glance, then both shook their heads. Nezha rolled his eyes and said, "Why are you two such cowards too?"

“It’s not cowardice,” Chi Ling said. “If the Dust Realm Jade Palace still wanted to recruit divine generals, it would already be doing so now, without us having to say anything.” Tiger Vanguard nodded in agreement. “That’s right. If the Dust Realm Jade Palace no longer wants to recruit divine generals, then what use would it be if we wrote eloquent memorials?”

“The Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm is unaware of the situation here,” Nezha said. “We need to write a report on the situation here and tell Erlang Shen and the Fire Spirit True King so that they can make a judgment based on the situation. If we don’t tell them, how can they know what’s going on here when Pangu appears in the mortal world?”

“The battle reports are sent every month,” said Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian. “The Heavenly Pivot Province and the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm have known about it for a long time.”

Upon hearing this and observing the others' attitudes, Nezha turned his face away, sighed deeply, and then fell silent.

Seeing that he had fallen silent, Sun Wukong asked the Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian, "How many golden warships and heavenly boats are there now?"

The Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian smiled and said, "Three ships have already been built, enough to transport the three major camps."

Sun Wukong asked, "Are there any spare cabins? We can't just transport the three main camps."

The Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian smiled and said, "No problem. Each golden warship and celestial ship has a Grand Commandant's mansion, a treasure vault, five quiet rooms, ten medicine rooms, and cloud rooms large enough to accommodate fifty thousand divine generals."

"Not bad." Sun Wukong then asked, "How about its defensive capabilities?"

The Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian smiled and said, "We have placed a ley line in the keel of the Golden Ship and set up a Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation around the Golden Ship. As long as the ley line is not exhausted, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation will be very difficult to break through."

"Good, good, good," Sun Wukong laughed. "That's good news."

Chi Ling said, "It's good, but unfortunately we have no use for it. We are currently trapped in the Lingbai Realm by the Golden Immortal Mansion, so even if we have this Golden Ship, we can't use it."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong could only helplessly say, "That's the truth."

Previously, Sun Wukong had personally led Nezha, Tiger Vanguard, and Chi Ling, along with three major battalions, to attack the defenses of Jin Xing Immortal Mansion.

However, there were simply too many immortal cultivators in the Golden Path Immortal Abode. Even if Sun Wukong swept down several thousand people with one blow, even more would immediately surge up.

Moreover, the presence of the 'Golden Sea Defense Line' makes it difficult for them to exert their power. Without the Golden Sea Defense Line, Sun Wukong's blow would kill at least three or four thousand immortal cultivators, but with the Golden Sea Defense Line, that blow would kill at most a little over a thousand people.

So, although Sun Wukong personally led the charge that time, he was always on the verge of breaking through the defenses, just one step away from breaching them. But the immortal cultivators of the Golden Path Immortal Mansion were always able to continuously fill the gaps.

Moreover, the Great Awakening Golden Immortal of the Golden Path Immortal Mansion was also helping from behind, which made Sun Wukong and his companions' attacks always hampered by unknown sources, to the point that they had no choice but to give up and retreat back to the Spirit Cypress Realm.

"Given the current situation, we can only hold onto our foothold in Lingbai Realm for now," said the Peacock King Bodhisattva. "Then we'll see how the situation develops."

Just then, Nezha, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "What's going on with that intelligence bureau? What are a bunch of women busy with there? It's called an intelligence bureau, but it doesn't have any useful information. It would be better to abolish it and bring all the people in there to fill the gaps in the various camps of generals."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "The Intelligence Bureau was established by order of the Great Emperor of Shenxiao. If you want to abolish the Intelligence Bureau, then go and write a letter yourself."

Nezha moved his lips but said nothing more. However, Fairy Jinghuan, who had just walked outside the Tianqi Palace, was on tenterhooks. Just as she had expected, Nezha's anger would eventually reach her intelligence department.

So Fairy Jinghuan immediately sent the guarding deity at the palace gate to report. The guarding deity entered the palace and reported: "Reporting to the Great Sage, Fairy Jinghuan, the head of the Intelligence Department, is requesting an audience outside the palace."

"Oh?" Sun Wukong looked at Nezha and laughed, "I'm afraid he's come to argue with you."

“I’m afraid of her?” Nezha scoffed. “I’m not bragging, but with that delicate body of hers, I could crush it with one hand.”

The Fairy Disenchantment outside the hall immediately raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead and quickly lowered her head.

Then the deity walked out of the main hall and said to her, "Fairy Maiden, the Great Sage summons you to an audience."

"Yes, thank you, Divine General." Fairy Jinghuan said her thanks, and then stepped into the Tianqi Palace.

Soon, Fairy Jinghuan felt a pair of extremely sharp gazes fall on her. She did not look at the owner of the gaze, because she knew who it was without even looking.

Fairy Jinghuan simply held the intelligence report in both hands, quickly walked into the hall and bowed, saying, "Jinghuan, the head of the Intelligence Bureau, reports to the Great Sage that there is a very important intelligence report here. Please read it."

"Oh?" Sun Wukong said, "Bring it here quickly."

Sun Wukong was flanked by two attendants, his left and right, who were his personal servants. Although they were only ninth-rank celestial officials, they were definitely Sun Wukong's confidants.

The reason why the Left and Right Attendants were none other than those brought out by Sun Wukong from Flower Fruit Mountain was that the Left Attendant was a gibbon and the Right Attendant was a red-bottomed macaque.

The red-bottomed macaque descended from the palace, took the intelligence from Fairy Disenchantment, and then returned to the palace steps to present it to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong opened the intelligence report and read it carefully. Then, he stood up with a look of surprise and asked Fairy Disenchantment, "Is this intelligence report reliable?"

Fairy Jinghuan bowed and said, "Absolutely reliable."

"Very well, very well." Sun Wukong paced back and forth on the steps of the palace with the intelligence report in hand, then looked at Fairy Disenchantment and asked, "What is the name of the person who sent this intelligence report?"

Fairy Disenchantment said, "It is Lin Daiyu, the head of the Intelligence Division."

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "Go back to the intelligence department immediately and find a way to contact her. Tell her that our army will attack in six hours based on her intelligence, and ask her to prepare for the attack. Also tell her that if this battle is successful, she will be credited with the greatest merit!"

Fairy Jinghuan breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed again and said, "This humble subject respectfully obeys the Great Sage's decree. This humble subject takes his leave."

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "Alright, you go first." Fairy Jinghuan bowed again and then left the Tianqi Palace.

Meanwhile, the five Bodhisattvas below—Duobao Shanjian, Kongque Damingwang, Nezha, Hu Xianfeng, and Chiling—all stood up, looking at Sun Wukong with puzzled expressions in their eyes.

Sun Wukong immediately passed the intelligence report to everyone. When it reached Nezha, Nezha eagerly took the report and began to read it.

"The intelligence report clearly states the exact locations of the five Dao Lords of the Five Elements Immortal Mansion, and this Lin Daiyu has actually managed to get a position as a boat captain. When we attack, she will raise the Vermilion Bird Flag at her location and indicate the location of the 'Golden Transformation Dao Lord' guarding that side?" Nezha was full of surprise after reading it, but his surprise quickly turned into doubt: "Is this kind of intelligence credible?"

"You suspect it's fake?" Tiger Vanguard asked.

Nezha said, "I do doubt the authenticity of this information. Who is this Lin Daiyu? I've never heard of her before, so she's obviously an unknown person. It's suspicious that she could become a boat owner, and now she can even point out the location of the Golden Transformation Dao Lord to us. Don't you think this is too much like a trap?"

Chi Ling said, "Grand Commandant Bi Ou is right. Could you please verify this intelligence again?"

"How can we verify this?" asked the Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian. "Our people can't go there, and the other intelligence officers under Fairy Disenchantment are not with this Lin Daiyu, so we can't verify it."

The Peacock King Bodhisattva said, "I think we have no choice but to take a gamble. Regardless of whether it's true or false, we'll make two plans. If the attack goes poorly and doesn't match what the intelligence says, we'll retreat immediately. What do you think?"

"Then who should cover the rear?" Nezha asked. "Who from the three main camps should cover the rear?"

“There’s no need for the three battalions to cover the rear.” Sun Wukong said decisively, “I, Duobao Shanjian Bodhisattva, and Peacock King Bodhisattva will cover the rear. If there is a trap, the three of you will immediately lead the three battalions to retreat, and the three of us will cover the rear.”

Having said that, Sun Wukong slammed his hand on the table and said, "Opportunity knocks but once! I'm going to take this gamble!"

Upon hearing this, Nezha, Tiger Vanguard, and Chi Ling no longer hesitated and immediately cupped their hands and said, "Alright, then let's go assemble the army now."

After saying that, the three of them turned around and walked straight out of Tianqi Palace.

Half an hour later, the three battalions of 120,000 troops quickly assembled in the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams Formation in the sky.

The reason for the 130,000-strong army is that each of the three battalions also dispatched 5,000 men to guard and maintain the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, as well as to suppress the creatures of various states in the Lingbai Realm.

In addition, each of the three battalions has suffered casualties, so the number of men that can be mobilized now is only 130,000.

After the three battalions of troops had assembled, Sun Wukong, along with the Bodhisattva Duobao Shanjian and the Bodhisattva Peacock King, arrived at the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation in the sky. Nezha, Tiger Vanguard, and Chi Ling immediately stepped forward and said to Sun Wukong, "All the soldiers of the three battalions have assembled and are ready to depart at any time."

Sun Wukong quickly calculated with his fingers and then said, "Order all the generals to rest and check their equipment. We will attack in five hours."

Nezha, Tiger Vanguard, and Chi Ling bowed respectfully and said, "As you command." (End of Chapter)