I am a fairy in Journey to the West

The complete destruction of the Platinum Immortal Realm, once published in the "Human World Gazetteer," immediately caused a sensation throughout the entire Yama Great World.

At the Xianfang in Yangzhou, in the Zuiyunlou, Jia Baoyu raised his wine cup and looked at everyone at the table, saying, "Come, let's drink to the great victory that Pangu has achieved in appearing in the world."

Upon hearing this, everyone raised their wine cups and drank with Jia Baoyu.

After putting down his wine cup, Jia Lian looked at Jia Baoyu with a smile and said, "Just a few years ago, when the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm announced the expansion of its Heavenly Army and the construction of the Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge to take the initiative to attack the Five Elements in the mortal world, there were still people there full of complaints and making sarcastic remarks."

Jia Lian's words drew everyone's attention to Jia Baoyu. Back when the Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm announced its intention to attack the Five Elements in the mortal world, there were many who opposed it, including those present at the time.

But Jia Baoyu was the most vehement in his opposition, and he constantly criticized the Heavenly Court and rejected the decisions of the Jade Palace in the mortal world.

However, with the appearance of Wind and Thunder and the submission of the two Dao Ancestors, Heavenly Wind and Heavenly Thunder, as well as the continuous reports of victories, the voices of opposition within the Great World of Jambudvipa gradually disappeared.

When Jin Xingdaozu was suppressed and banished to eternal silence by Zhuang Yan, there were no more voices of pessimism or opposition within the world of Pangu.

It was at this time that Jia Baoyu began to change his mind and reflect on himself. Five days ago, after the good news of the Five Elements' manifestation and the overall control of the Qitian Prefecture was sent back to the Tian Shu Capital Province and reported to all directions by the Human World Gazetteer, Jia Baoyu finally completed a complete ideological transformation.

Jia Baoyu was not angry at Jia Lian's teasing. Instead, he said sincerely, "I was indeed naive and ridiculous back then. I couldn't see the Heavenly Court's profound plans. I will punish myself with three cups of wine!" After saying that, Jia Baoyu drank three cups of celestial wine in succession.

Jia Rong looked at Jia Baoyu and said, "Second Uncle, I heard you're going to take the imperial examination?"

"Hmm," Jia Baoyu said, "I was ignorant before, but now I want to take the imperial examination to obtain a title."

Jia Rong laughed and said, "Uncle Bao, you've finally figured it out. But I wonder how well you're preparing for this year's Heavenly Official Examination?"

Jia Baoyu said, "I'm a little weak in the humanities, but I don't think I'll have much of a problem with the martial arts."

Jia Lian said, "Baoyu, I suggest you go to Shanglian in Shenzhou to meet your cousin from the Xue family."

Jia Baoyu asked, "Brother, are you referring to Brother Xue Ke?"

Jia Lian nodded and said, "That's right. Brother Xue Ke was the first to pass the Heavenly Examination. If you talk to him more, it will be of great benefit to your Heavenly Examination."

Jia Baoyu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, I will set off for Shenzhou tomorrow."

Jia Lian nodded slightly, then said, "Hey, do you know the younger sister of Uncle Lin from the Songjiang Water Mansion?"

Lin Ruhai's wife was Jia Min, who was Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu's aunt according to their generation.

The "younger sister" that Jia Lian is referring to is naturally Lin Daiyu, the daughter of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min.

Jia Rong immediately said, "Uncle Lian, are you talking about Marquis Jiangzhu?"

“That’s right.” Jia Lian nodded, then looked at Jia Baoyu and said, “Baoyu, didn’t you used to be very close to Lin Daiyu?”

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu immediately lowered his head and said, "We were very close back then, but we haven't seen each other for many years, and we haven't exchanged any letters."

Of course, there was no way they could have corresponded. Lin Daiyu was conscripted long ago and then sent to the Five Elements Realm as a 'spy,' so she couldn't contact them even if she wanted to.

Jia Lian laughed and said, "I have some news. After the White Gold Immortal Realm was captured, the General Administration of Qitian Prefecture granted leave to many people. I heard that Lin's sister is also coming back."

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu's face immediately showed surprise and delight, but it was quickly replaced by a sense of unease and uncertainty.

Jia Rong said with a mischievous grin, "Second Uncle Bao, Marquis Jiangzhu has been close to you since childhood. If you can rekindle your relationship with her now that you're back, that would be a wonderful thing."

Jia Lian also said, "Yes, yes, yes. If you could be married to Marquis Jiangzhu, it would be a blessing you couldn't earn in several lifetimes."

Jia Baoyu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother, Zhen'er, please don't tease me. Lin Daiyu is now the Marquis of Crimson Pearl in Heaven. How could I be worthy of her?"

At this point, Jia Baoyu said, "Right now, all I want to do is study hard and achieve academic success in the next Heavenly Examination. That is my most important thing."

“Yes, yes, yes.” Jia Rong raised his wine cup and said, “A good man should value fame and success. Come, let us drink this cup to the brim and wish Uncle Bao success in the next imperial examination.”

Jia Lian smiled and raised his wine cup. Jia Baoyu, though helpless, did not refuse Jia Rong's kindness and also raised his wine cup to drink with everyone.

And Jia Lian's news that Lin Daiyu was coming back was indeed true. This time, the head of the Qitian Mansion granted many people a year's leave, and Lin Daiyu was among them.

The rewards for the three Heavenly Army battalions of the Human Emperor, Zhechong, and Bi'ou have not yet been announced, mainly because too many people are involved this time.

Erlang Shen sat in the Hall of Radiant Light and said to the Fire Spirit Immortal at the head of the table, "The people to be rewarded this time include the commander of the Qitian Palace and the 600,000 Heavenly Army of the Three Camps. How to reward them is still up to you, the True King Shezhen."

The Fire Spirit Immortal gently tapped the table with her jade fingers, and after a while, she looked at Erlang Shen and said, "True Lord, have you been hunting again lately?"

Erlang Shen looked somewhat uneasy and coughed before saying, "No."

"Really?" Fire Spirit Immortal was skeptical. "If you didn't go hunting, how come you can't even produce a written statement of reward?"

Erlang Shen chuckled dryly and said, "Such a grand reward should naturally be decided by you, Shezhen King."

Fire Spirit Immortal picked up a memorial from the table. "True Lord, you might as well take a look at this memorial."

The official in charge stepped forward, took the memorial from the Fire Spirit Immortal, and then walked down the steps to present it to Erlang Shen.

Erlang Shen took the memorial with a puzzled look, opened it and took a closer look, his face immediately turned very embarrassed.

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Yesterday, Bixia Yuanjun reported that recently, there have been dogs barking and strange lights in Wanxianzhang, which have been going on all night. Celestial birds have also been startled and strange beasts have been running around, disturbing the creatures in the mountains and the disciples in the palace day and night. Bixia Yuanjun believes that there must be some demons causing trouble in Wanxianzhang, so she petitioned the Jade Palace to send heavenly soldiers and generals to exterminate them."

At this point, the Fire Spirit Immortal looked at Erlang Shen and asked, "Does the True Lord have any clues?"

"Uh, this..." Erlang Shen adjusted his headdress, then stood up and said, "I don't know. I'll go back and draft the reward proposal first. I'll take my leave now."

After speaking, Erlang Shen bowed to the Fire Spirit Immortal, then put down the memorial and turned to leave quickly.

After Erlang Shen left, the official took back the memorial and placed it back on the table in front of the Fire Spirit Immortal.

The registrar Lu Lingmao below asked, "Your Highness, Erlang Shen has abandoned his post and allowed his dogs to hunt within the Ten Thousand Immortals Peak, disturbing the living beings. Aren't you going to punish him?"

The Fire Spirit Immortal glanced at Lu Lingmao, then asked, "How should he be punished?"

Lu Lingmao said, "According to human laws, he should be fined at least ten years' salary."

"Alright." True Immortal Huo Ling looked at Lu Lingmao and said, "I will issue an edict to punish those who have been fined shortly. You will go and announce the edict on my behalf."

Lu Lingmao immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "As you command."

An hour later, Lu Lingmao arrived at the Heavenly Pivot Capital Province with the edict from the Fire Spirit True Immortal and read it aloud. When Erlang Shen heard about the punishment of a ten-year salary deduction, his face remained calm and composed. He simply took the edict, casually placed it on the table, and then cupped his hands, saying, "This lord accepts the punishment."

The six saints of Meishan all looked indignant. After Lu Lingmao left, Erlang Shen began to draft the rewards for all the people in the Five Elements Realm. However, the six saints of Meishan left Tian Shu Province under some pretext.

"I've found out," Guo Shen said. "The attendants in the Qun Guang Hall said that the True King had already suppressed the matter, but unexpectedly, Lu Lingmao brought it up again, asking the True King to punish the True Lord."

"That son of a bitch!" Kang Anyu roared. "Even the Fire Spirit True King turns a blind eye, so what right does he have to point fingers at my True Lord?"

Zhang Boshi said with a sinister expression, "We need to teach this kid a lesson and let him know what it means to be arrogant."

“No,” Yao Gonglin said. “If we openly go looking for trouble with him, it will give others something to say, and it won’t be good for Zhenjun’s reputation.”

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Zhi Jian looked at Yao Gonglin angrily and said, "Are we just going to let such a brat ride on the head of my True Lord?"

Li Huanzhang drew his Seven Treasures Sword from his waist and said fiercely, "When the ruler is distressed, the subject is disgraced; when the ruler is disgraced, the subject dies. Watch me chop this bastard to pieces with one stroke. At worst, I'll just give up all my cultivation and reincarnate!"

Upon hearing this, Kang Anyu quickly grabbed Li Huanzhang and hugged him tightly. Yao Gonglin was also startled and quickly pressed down on Li Huanzhang's hand holding the knife, saying, "I have a plan."

That night, Lu Lingmao finished his shift and was heading back to his residence.

For some reason, it was exceptionally dark tonight, and since he had not yet become an immortal, his night vision was still affected by the surrounding environment.

As he walked, Lu Lingmao suddenly felt a little scared. He felt something was wrong. Why was it getting darker and darker, and why could he see less and less?
Just as he was wondering and about to stop and check, his right foot, which had just stepped out, seemed to step on something soft and furry.

Lu Lingmao looked down and saw that he was stepping on a white dog's tail. Then a fierce bark rang out, followed by Lu Lingmao's scream, which startled the immortals within a radius of several miles.

Lu Lingmao lay pale-faced on the medical bed in the Hundred Herbs Garden, staring in astonishment at Erlang Shen sitting before him.

The old healer beside him was still reporting to Erlang Shen: "True Lord, Lu Shaoqing is fine. He just had a few pieces of flesh bitten off, but it's nothing serious. They will grow back in a while."

Erlang Shen nodded, then looked at Lu Lingmao on the bed and said, "I have not been strict enough in disciplining him, please forgive me, Shaoqing."

As he spoke, Erlang Shen took out a white jade gourd from his sleeve and said, "This gourd contains three 'Great Treasure Rejuvenating Pills,' which are top-grade healing elixirs and are best used for recovering from injuries."

After saying this, Erlang Shen handed the white jade gourd to Lu Lingmao.

Lu Lingmao hurriedly said, "No, no, no, how could this humble official dare to accept the True Lord's elixir? It was because this humble official was not watching carefully and stepped on the tail of the Sun-Swallowing True Lord."

Erlang Shen ignored what he was saying, placed the gourd directly into his hand, and then stood up and said, "Shaoqing, take good care of yourself. I will discipline that beast properly."

After saying that, Erlang Shen turned around and walked straight out of the clinic, while the Six Sages of Meishan and Xiaotian Dog waited outside.

Erlang Shen, with a cold and stern expression, looked at Xiaotian Dog and said, "Beast, come back with me."

The Celestial Hound immediately lowered its head and followed behind Erlang Shen. The Six Sages of Meishan looked at each other, their faces showing some panic.

Upon returning to the Yuan Shu Hall of the Tian Shu Capital Province, Erlang Shen immediately raised his hand and conjured a slender golden whip.

Upon seeing the golden whip, the Celestial Hound let out a miserable howl, trembling as it collapsed to the ground. Kang Anyu, witnessing this, paled and immediately knelt down, saying, "True Lord, please do not punish the Celestial Hound. This was my idea."

Zhang Boshi, Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian all stepped forward and knelt on the ground, taking responsibility one after another.

But Erlang Shen remained silent, and stepped forward with his golden whip to strike Xiaotian Dog.

Zhang Boshi shouted, "Wait, True Lord!" and then stepped forward to hug Erlang Shen's leg.

Kang Anyu, Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian all stepped forward and tightly hugged Erlang Shen's legs and arms to prevent him from hitting Xiaotian Dog.

Erlang Shen shouted, "Let go!"

The six men refused to let him go, and Erlang Shen, seeing this, angrily rebuked them: "You are all ignorant of the consequences! Who is Lu Lingmao? He is a junior official under Shezhen King. How dare you lay a hand on him? You are truly courting death!"

Zhang Boshi said, "We are also indignant because the True Lord has been humiliated."

Erlang Shen said, "It is a fact that I hunted at Wanxianzhang. According to the law, I should be punished. How can this be considered an insult?"

Yao Gonglin said, “True Lord, we have investigated this matter thoroughly. At that time, True King Huo Ling had already stopped pursuing the hunting matter, but this villain slandered you, which led to your punishment. We couldn’t stand it and wanted to teach him a lesson.”

“Besides, this has nothing to do with Xiaotianquan. We are the ones who caused Xiaotianquan to do this,” Yao Gonglin said.

Erlang Shen said, "The Junior Secretary was merely fulfilling his duty to offer advice. What's wrong with that? I think you've been officials for too long and can't even distinguish right from wrong anymore."

Having said that, Erlang Shen lowered his arm holding the golden whip and said to the crowd, "We can skip the fight today. You can all come with me to the Fire Spirit Palace to apologize to the True King of the Shezhen Sect."

Upon hearing this, everyone readily accepted the order, saying, "Yes, sir."

Fire Spirit Palace, Hall of Radiant Light.

Looking at the Six Sages of Meishan and the Howling Celestial Dog kneeling in the hall, Huo Ling Zhenxian turned to Erlang Shen sitting beside him and smiled, "True Lord, this matter is probably a misunderstanding, isn't it?"

“It’s not a misunderstanding.” Erlang Shen pointed at the Six Sages of Meishan and said, “It was their idea.” Then he pointed at Xiaotian Dog and said, “It was it that bit the Registrar Shaoqing.”

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Didn't you step on its tail?"

Erlang Shen shook his head and said, "That was because they plotted against the Registrar. It was because the Registrar spoke frankly, which led to my being punished with a ten-year salary reduction. So they were resentful and plotted against the Registrar halfway, biting him."

At this point, Erlang Shen cupped his hands and addressed the Fire Spirit Immortal, saying, "These people are lawless and dare to plot against and harm Heavenly Court officials. Please have the True King of Shezhen deal with them severely to uphold the law!"

Fire Spirit Immortal laughed and said, "True Lord, you are too kind. I think this matter is purely coincidental. That night, the Junior Secretary accidentally stepped on the tail of the Howling Celestial Dog, which caused the Howling Celestial Dog to bite the Junior Secretary. Firstly, it was the Junior Secretary's carelessness, and secondly, it was the Howling Celestial Dog's violent reaction. Both of them are at fault."

Having said that, True Immortal Fire Spirit raised his hand and waved it toward the Six Saints of Meishan and Howling Celestial Dog, saying, "You may all step back."

The Six Sages of Meishan were overjoyed, and the Howling Celestial Dog breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly bowed to the Fire Spirit True Immortal and then retreated.

Erlang Shen looked helplessly at the departing Six Sages of Meishan and Xiaotian Dog, then turned to Huoling Zhenxian and said, "Congshe Zhenwang, you must not spoil them too much."

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and did not bring up the matter again, but asked, "Has the draft of the reward been prepared?"

Upon hearing this, Erlang Shen immediately said solemnly, "It has been drafted." After saying that, he took out a memorial from his sleeve concerning the detailed rules for rewarding those who had rendered meritorious service in the Five Elements world and handed it to the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat to be presented to the True Immortal of Fire Spirit.

The Fire Spirit Immortal took the memorial and quickly began to peruse it. In just twenty breaths, she had finished reading its contents and swiftly made her judgment. Finally, she nodded and said, "Very good. Rewards will be bestowed according to this proposal." (End of Chapter)