I am a fairy in Journey to the West

This time, during the investigation of crimes in the Five Continents, although criminals below the rank of Divine Marquis were sentenced by the Five Sacred Mountains Imperial Palace, all the stolen goods seized were not handed over to the Five Sacred Mountains Imperial Palace.

The Five Sacred Mountains Imperial Palace certainly wouldn't dare to accept it. This time, the Dust World Jade Palace was already being very polite by not pursuing their negligence. How could they possibly accept stolen goods?

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai personally escorted the stolen goods back to Buzhou Mountain, and Huo Ling Zhenxian immediately ordered Yu Huan Lou to send people to accept and count them.

At the same time, a Xuan Yi Lang, accompanied by several celestial officials, found Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai and told them, "The Shezhen King has decreed that you two will accompany His Majesty to an audience later, and I have been specially sent to instruct you on the etiquette of the audience."

Upon hearing this, both Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai were startled and then panicked.

Although they had all been summoned by Zhuang Yan, they had never actually met him. They only met with the Fire Spirit True Immortal at the Dust Realm Jade Palace before being sent to the Five Elements Manifestation World via the 'Chaos Primordial Sundial'.

Now that they suddenly heard that Zhuang Yan wanted to summon them, how could the two not be flustered? After all, Zhuang Yan was now the number two person in the Heavenly Court in terms of power and status.

Even disregarding power and status, just considering cultivation level, he is a Great Luo Golden Immortal, already the most powerful being at the pinnacle of Pangu Heavenly Dao.

The two women snapped out of their daze, quickly put down their tasks, and even handed over the ten thousand men to Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian, before going to learn audience etiquette from Xuan Yilang.

This matter cannot be taken lightly. If the audience is conducted improperly, even if His Majesty Shenxiao is magnanimous, they will become a laughingstock.

As for Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhi Jian, they led the Heavenly Soldiers there, cooperating with the people of Yu Huan Lou to count the stolen goods and move them into the warehouse.

The person in charge of the inventory this time was Fairy Jinghuan, who had just been assigned by Zhuang Yan to serve as Chengwulang at Yuhuan Tower. At this moment, she was extremely serious about her work and was also quite relaxed.

She was truly grateful to Zhuang Yan. When he had previously appointed her as the head of the intelligence department, she felt overwhelmed by the heavy burden and exhausted herself every day. It was simply not a suitable position for her.

On the contrary, after arriving at Yu Huan Lou, she felt extremely comfortable and at ease managing the incoming and outgoing funds and treasures, inspecting the treasury, and registering documents every day.

It seems that this kind of clerical work is more suitable for her; things like holding power, governing, and fighting wars are simply not her thing.

Four hours later, all the stolen goods had been counted and cataloged, and had been put into Yuhuan Tower and categorized for storage.

Fairy Jinghuan presented the jade book to Wangshu, a real person who looked exactly like Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Fairy Jinghuan had seen Guanyin Bodhisattva and naturally knew Guanyin Bodhisattva's appearance. This True Man Wangshu and Guanyin Bodhisattva were practically identical.

However, it is still easy to distinguish between Wangshu Zhenren and Guanyin Bodhisattva, mainly because they can be distinguished by their temperament.

Guanyin Bodhisattva has a dignified, sacred, and compassionate appearance that inspires awe and reverence.

However, this Master Wangshu did possess a languid and devilish aura, giving the first impression of someone as if the sacred Guanyin Bodhisattva had fallen into demonic ways.

No wonder this Wangshu Zhenren is called 'Demon Guanyin'. Jinghuan Fairy didn't understand why before, but now she finally does.

"Master, this is a jade register of all the stolen goods and valuables seized during Marquis Jiangzhu's investigation of crimes in the Five Continents." Fairy Jinghuan walked to the jade couch and handed the jade register to Wangshu.

Wang Shu stretched out her fair, jade-like hand and took the jade book. Then she sat up lazily. "I don't want to move after lying down for so long. Sigh, I have no choice but to go see Lao Zhuang."

This "Lao-Zhuang" is not a combination of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but rather the Zhuang of Zhuangyan.

At first, Fairy Jinghuan was quite shocked to hear Wangshu call her "Lao Zhuang", but now she is used to it.

Wang Shu had known the Divine Firmament Emperor for a long time, and no matter how high Zhuang Yan's rank was, she always addressed him that way, so Zhuang Yan didn't blame her.

Moreover, she had no desire to become a celestial official, much less a righteous god. It was Zhuang Yan who kept her in charge of the Jade Palace Pavilion.

Zhuang Yan felt that it would be a waste to let Wang Shu, such a talented person, go. It was better to keep her and use her than to let her lie in the mountains and forests.

Wang Shu stood up, her fairy robes and jade gowns somewhat disheveled. She was originally a graceful, tall, and beautiful woman, but because she was too languid, she always gave Fairy Disenchantment the impression of being half-dead when she walked.

'How lazy!' Fairy Jinghuan couldn't help but think to herself as she looked at Wangshu's lifeless and swaying figure.

As she left Yu Huan Tower, perhaps to preserve her elegant and unparalleled image, Wang Shu finally straightened her posture a bit.

But at this moment, a jade carriage slowly drove up and stopped outside the Jade Palace. Wang Shu looked up and saw that the person sitting on the jade carriage was none other than the Fire Spirit True Immortal, who was looking at her with a look of disdain.

Wang Shu swayed forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Good afternoon, King Shezhen."

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "Why are you always like this?"

Wang Shu, with both hands gripping the golden railing of the jade carriage, looked up and asked with a grin, "What do I look like?"

Fire Spirit Immortal said, "What do you look like? Go look in the mirror yourself. Every time I see you looking like this, neither dead nor alive, it annoys me."

Wang Shu wasn't angry at all, and still asked with a smile, "Does Your Highness want me to live or die?"

Fire Spirit Immortal said impatiently, "I want you to act like a human being!"

"Hahaha." Wang Shu laughed loudly, lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew directly onto the jade carriage. She walked over and squeezed next to the Fire Spirit True Immortal, "Make way for me."

Fire Spirit Immortal glared angrily, but still moved his body to the side. Wang Shu squeezed in and sat down next to Fire Spirit Immortal, then leaned back.

"Is my sister going to see Lao Zhuang? I want to go too, can you give me a ride?" Wang Shu said, patting Huo Ling Zhen Xian on the back.

The Fire Spirit Immortal was furious and slapped Wang Shu's left arm. "Don't be disrespectful to His Majesty." Wang Shu withdrew his left hand and chuckled, "Even Lao Zhuang didn't say anything to me, so why are you so upset?"

Fire Spirit Immortal remained silent, determined to have Zhuang Yan punish this shameless fellow later.

Upon arriving at the gate of Lingtai Palace, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian were already waiting there. When they saw the Jade Carriage of the Fire Spirit Immortal arrive, they hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Your subjects pay homage to the True King of the Divine Palace." The crowd bowed and said.

Fire Spirit Immortal smiled and said, "Rise."

The crowd bowed in thanks again, and as they stood up, they saw Fire Spirit Immortal and Wang Shu step down from the jade carriage.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai had never seen the real Guanyin Bodhisattva, so they were not too surprised, but were amazed by Wang Shu's unparalleled beauty and temperament.

Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhi Jian had already met Wang Shu after following Erlang Shen to take up their posts in Tian Shu Du Province, so they were not too surprised.

Huo Ling Zhenxian pointed to Wang Shu and introduced, "This is Wang Shu Zhenren of Yu Huan Lou, whose title was bestowed by His Majesty as 'Lord Buzhou'."

Lin Daiyu and the other four immediately bowed and greeted her, saying, "Greetings, Master Wangshu."

Wang Shu waved her hand casually and said, "No need for formalities."

Afterwards, everyone followed True Immortal Huo Ling directly into the Lingtai Palace. Zhuang Yan granted True Immortal Huo Ling extremely high authority. Throughout the entire Lingtai Dao Palace, except for the 'Zhou Tian Jing She' which required notification, True Immortal Huo Ling could go anywhere without notification and enter directly without any restrictions.

However, True Immortal Huo Ling did not abuse this power. Apart from the various palace gates, no matter where she went to Lingtai Palace to see Zhuang Yan, she had to have someone go in to announce her arrival instead of walking in directly, even though Zhuang Yan had given her this privilege.

"Your Highness." Xiuhuang Tongzi was already waiting outside the Chenhuan Palace. Upon seeing Huoling Zhenxian, he respectfully said, "His Majesty received everyone at Zhufeng Cliff today and specifically ordered me to wait here."

Everyone in the world who knows about Pangu's appearance knows that Baojie and Xiuhuang are Zhuang Yan's absolute confidants, and their appearances always represent Zhuang Yan.

The two boys, Baojie and Xiuhuang, treated everyone with the usual courtesy, addressing them by their honorific titles or official ranks, but they were exceptionally respectful to the True Immortal Huoling.

Because the two of them often accompanied Zhuang Yan, they knew that Zhuang Yan was grooming Huo Ling Zhenxian as his successor, so they were naturally very respectful.

“Alright.” True Immortal Huo Ling said, “Please, Fellow Daoist Xiu Huang, lead the way.”

Xiuhuang Tongzi acknowledged the order and then led the way, bringing Huoling Zhenxian and the others all the way to Zhufeng Cliff.

The boy holding the staff stood in front of the bamboo fence, bowed to the Fire Spirit Immortal and said, "Your Highness, His Majesty has decreed that Your Highness and the others need not announce your arrival, but may go directly in to see him."

Fire Spirit Immortal nodded, and then the two boys, Baojie and Xiuhuang, led the group behind them, following the bamboo forest path to the bamboo pavilion in the center of Bamboo Wind Cliff.

Zhuang Yan sat on a futon, surrounded by six boys, all of whom were immortal bamboo plants that Zhuang Yan had conjured on Bamboo Wind Cliff and which had already developed sentience.

The six boys were named Baoxu, Baoqian, Baoya, Baoqing, Baohua, and Baojing.

Fire Spirit Immortal led everyone in bowing and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

Zhuang Yan smiled and said, "No need for formalities, please rise."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The crowd bowed in thanks and rose. Zhuang Yan then pointed to the prayer cushions on both sides and said, "Please sit down."

Everyone bowed in gratitude again, and then took turns sitting down on the prayer mats on both sides. Only Wang Shu's eyes lit up when she saw the fruit plates held by the boys on both sides of Zhuang Yan. She moved closer to the boy holding the 'ginseng fruit' plate.

"Your Majesty, is this a ginseng fruit?" In front of everyone, Wang Shu still did not call Lao Zhuang directly, but addressed him as Your Majesty.

"How dare you!" Huo Ling Zhenxian stood up angrily, cupped his hands and said to Zhuang Yan, "Your Majesty, Wang Shu Zhenren has been far too rude and has disgraced the emperor. I beg Your Majesty to punish him."

Zhuang Yan laughed heartily and said, "There must be punishment." Then he looked at Wang Shu and said, "You are punished to sit on the ground."

"Haha, accept the punishment, accept the punishment." Wang Shu laughed heartily upon hearing this, and sat down cross-legged on the ground to the lower right of Zhuang Yan, leaning against the pavilion pillar.

Fire Spirit Immortal glared angrily again, and Zhuang Yan gestured for Fire Spirit Immortal to sit down, so Fire Spirit Immortal sat down again.

Then Zhuang Yan waved his hand, and the boy who held the ginseng fruit immediately came over with a plate of ginseng fruit. He took one and handed it to Wang Shu. Wang Shu thanked him without hesitation, took it, and took a bite.

After receiving the ginseng fruit, the Fire Spirit Immortal first bowed in gratitude, then put the ginseng fruit into his sleeve without eating it.

Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Yao Gonglin, Guo Shen, and Zhijian were overjoyed. They held the ginseng fruit in both hands, bowed to express their gratitude, and then stared intently at the ginseng fruit, reluctant to eat it.

Zhuang Yan laughed and said, "No need for that. It's just a fruit that can prolong life and ward off disasters. Just eat it."

The crowd expressed their gratitude once again: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

Then everyone began to eat. As the crisp, tender, and sweet fruit entered their mouths, streams of powerful and pure immortal energy continuously flowed into their limbs and bones, nourishing their immortal bodies.

With each ginseng fruit consumed, everyone present felt full of vitality, and every inch and every hair of their body radiated a divine light.

The ginseng fruit, after all, is an innate spiritual root. Even though its main effects are merely prolonging life and warding off disasters, the immense and powerful immortal spiritual energy still increased the cultivation and magical power of everyone present by three to four hundred years. (End of Chapter)