What kind of Journey to the West is this?

He exclaimed in surprise, "This cave is way too hot, comparable to a scorching summer day. But in these winter months, it's a great place to be."

Over there, Yan Xia, wearing a refreshing Confucian robe, said with a smile, "This is not a place to keep warm. The steaming heat here is the fire energy I need to train my weapons. If I stay here for too long, my skin will dry out."

When the old fox fairy heard how powerful it was, he was amazed.

The Golden Sparrow Fairy flew in with a whoosh, and flew out with a whoosh, feeling dizzy and disoriented.

"Taoist, it's so hot here!"

"Master, it's so cold outside the cave!"

Goldfinch Fairy was afraid of both heat and cold, and her brain wasn't working very well, so she went outside to roll a snowball in the snow, and she rolled a big, round one.

She pushed the snowball into the cave, collapsed on it, and said in a relaxed tone, "I feel so comfortable, so comfortable."

Yanxia teased her a bit, then asked, "Why isn't Lady Bamboo Cutter here?"

Quexian said: "She has no legs."

All right.......

Yan Xia roughly understood the situation and asked, "Then at least send an envoy over."

The old fox fairy said, "The nine-segmented wolves in the bamboo forest are lazy by nature. They don't like hunting in winter, let alone going out. They only survive by taking winter bamboo shoots from the great fairy forest. Unlike my Zhongzhi Village, the foxes are all spiritual and diligent, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter."

After criticizing others, this old fox fairy did not forget to praise his own family.

Yanxia understood that Maozhulin was a nomadic tribe and Zhongzhizhuang was an agricultural settlement.

"In that case, Quexian, you will be the one to deliver the message to the Bamboo Cutter Lady."

Yanxia gave Quexianer a task, and asked them both to sit down and make tea around the stove.

She called everyone from Wuheshan over, not just to drink tea.

"The academy in the mountains is planned to be built on Qinghu Slope. Fox Fairy, how is the progress now?"

The old fox fairy bowed and said, "The foxes in my Zhongzhi Village are very hardworking. Since we don't have to work on the fields in winter, they all come to help. Now the construction is almost finished."

"After we finish worshipping Lu Ban and then offering sacrifices to Wen Chang in the next few days, we will be able to open the business."

That's pretty fast.

Yan Xia half believed the old fox fairy's words of diligence and praised her, saying, "This is a credit to you for winning the Zhizhuang. I am an eighth-rank spiritual official in the Yue Mansion. When you take the exam again next year and encounter an interview, you can mention my name."

After hearing this, the old fox fairy smiled.

Don't underestimate this name, it is actually a hint to the interviewer: I have worked under a spiritual official in Yue Mansion and have accumulated a lot of work experience.

Recruitment requires work experience, not to mention that the Yue Mansion is selecting spiritual officers?

Yan Xia added, "Now that it's ready, we should also host a banquet for all our colleagues and announce our ideas."

"Quexian'er, you are still responsible for this matter."

Que Xian'er lay on the snowball, her belly full of water. When she heard Yan Xia had something for her to do, she no longer felt hot or cold, and said dully, "What did you say? I didn't hear you."

"I said we're having a feast the next day, and I've prepared nine liters of popcorn just for you: three liters of honey popcorn, three liters of yogurt popcorn, and three liters of maltose popcorn."

Quexianer's eyes widened.

She promised: "If you say go east, I will never go west!"

Yan Xia said, "I'm not asking you to do anything dangerous, just deliver invitations. Send them to the City God Temple, City God Mansion, Kaiyuan Temple, Po Luo Temple, and even local deities like Kanyang Mountain."

"I also want to announce to everyone in Hejian that the academy has opened. I will be the principal and will lecture for three days. No matter your background, as long as you are truly devoted to the Tao, you may attend."

Que Xian'er said worriedly, "The matter of the immortality secret treasure has already attracted a lot of attention. I'm afraid that if you preach like this, it will attract many evil spirits to sneak in."

"I'm not afraid of them coming, I'm only afraid of them not coming."

The old fox fairy revealed the secret in one sentence.

Yan Xia also said, "If they really come, it will save us a lot of effort."

After these matters were explained clearly and arranged, the old fox fairy invited Yanxia to take a sedan chair and go down the mountain.

There was heavy snow falling outside, but Yanxia didn't act pretentiously.

A fox monster with thick fur was carrying a sedan chair and running along the mountain road.

I opened the window and looked out, and saw pear blossoms piled up under the tree and the pond full of broken jade.

After descending the mountain, the fox carrying the sedan chair cried out, "Tianguan, where are you going next? We'll take you there!"

Yanxia was thinking about the end of the year ritual for warding off disasters and praying for blessings, and she was in need of a host. Now was a good opportunity to use the invitation to the academy banquet as an opportunity to explain the matter.

She said, "Let's go to Poro Temple."

These foxes are native to Cangzhou and are very talkative, just like taxi drivers.

"Does the Heavenly Official still recognize those Ox-nosed Taoist priests?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, Tianguan is also a bull nose."

The foxes chattered, and Yan Xia asked curiously, "I'm also visiting an old friend there, so I'm not familiar with the place. What kind of place is Po Luo Temple, and what's its origin?"

The fox said, "It's a long story."

"The Taoist priests at Po Luo Temple are not locals. I heard they are from the Eastern Ancestral Temple of the Xuan Sect."

Yanxia was surprised.

She had only heard of the Sanqing Ancestral Temple and the Quanzhen Ancestral Temple, but she had never heard of the Eastern Ancestral Temple!

While they were talking here, the foxes carried the sedan chair and hurried towards Po Luo Temple.

These foxes have horse armor symbols on their legs, so they can travel three thousand miles a day, very fast.

Po Luo Temple is not far away, it is located in a market town called Qingci Township outside the city.

This town is close to the official road, and Qingtongqing and Citong Porcelain are engaged in the ceramics business. Business is booming here, and there is a temple fair on the 15th of every month.

The Po Luo Temple, located on the side of the official road, enshrined the Three Pure Ones. The villagers didn't recognize them, but figured the "Qing" in their name meant they must be in charge of the celadon kilns, so they held them in high esteem.

In the Sanqing Hall, the sound of wooden fish continued.

The old Taoist leaned against the wooden pillar and said with a click of his tongue: "What a rare guest!"

The young Taoist priest beat the wooden fish in frustration, "Master, my hands are sore from beating! You went out to buy wine, and you asked me to beat the wooden fish for an hour, what is the point?"

The old Taoist waved his hand, turned his back on the Three Pure Ones and drank a few sips of wine, then paused and said:

"You seem to be too idle, hiccup~"

The young Taoist priest’s fists hardened.

boom! boom! boom!

The hammer struck, but it seemed to be deafening.

A young girl with cloud-patterned sleeves and a silver mouse fur coat walked out of the palace gate and said curiously, "Old Taoist, your way of welcoming me is quite unique."

"I'm sorry for not welcoming you, my distinguished guest!"

The old Taoist laughed and cupped his hands, then relaxed under the statue of the Three Pure Ones.

Yan Xia complained, "How can this be considered a disrespect to our guests? I can hear the sound of you beating the wooden fish clearly from a mile away."

"Hey, let's not talk about this... Brat, keep knocking, what are you doing?"

After the old Taoist priest finished teaching the young one a lesson, he asked, "My Po Luo Temple is law-abiding. Why did An Ba Zui come to me?"

"It's not about arresting people anyway."

"Hey, you want to stay overnight? Ten cents a night, three cents for firewood, no food or drink included."

This calculation is sound.

"Then this place won't be a good place for you to stay."

Yan Xia grumbled and said, "I've made great progress in my cultivation recently, and I've opened a cave and established an academy on Huilong Peak. I've come here specifically to invite you to the academy's opening banquet."

After saying that, the girl threw out an invitation, which landed steadily on Jiuzhezi's thigh.

Jiuzhongzi didn't accept the invitation, but just smiled and said, "People have to pay for housewarming parties, graduation parties, wedding banquets, and hundred-day banquets. It would be rude of me to go empty-handed!"

"Zongyuan!"

The young Taoist stopped beating the wooden fish and tilted his head, "What's the matter?"

"Mandate three hundred and sixty soldiers and horses, and ask the Thunder Department for an order to go to Anbazui Town the next day to calm the situation."

Donghuang Suddenly Receives Jade Talisman: Chapter 149 [Peace is the Most Valuable]

Generous!

Yanxia's little head was buzzing when she heard it.

She really didn't know where Jiuzhongzi got this inside information from, but he figured out the purpose of inviting him to the banquet as soon as they met.

——Be a thug.

Not only the wine cup, but also the old city god, the martial monks of Kaiyuan Temple, and even the old turtle of Kanyang Mountain.

but.......

She leaned down and asked with concern: "Master, this is not good, right?"

"To send out all three hundred and sixty caves of soldiers, we'd need at least an eighth-grade Northern Emperor's Imperial Decree and a Thunder Department Imperial Decree, and a lot of mana and offerings. Please don't hurt yourself for this little thing of mine."

The wine cup holder put down the wine gourd, his face serious.

"This is also for Anba Zui's sake. I heard that the matter of immortality has been very popular recently, and many demons and monsters want to get a piece of the pie. Doesn't Anba Zui want to take this opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop?"

Yan Xia nodded, but then added, "I might want to, but with all the gods and spirits watching, it's not a good idea to just go on a killing spree."

"What's there to be afraid of? As long as I ask for the order from the Ministry of Thunder, no demon on the scene will be able to escape. I'll report the results of the battle afterwards, and no one can say anything." Jiuzhongzi raised his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Both of them are like mountain bandits, and they are very familiar with the process of executing first and reporting later.

Yan Xia raised her finger and said, "No. There are many gods and spirits at this scene who are not clean. If we really ask the Thunder Department for an order, the laws of heaven are ruthless and they will probably be arrested as well."

The wine cup holder took a sip of wine and shook his head, saying, "All crows are black."

"You're cursing me in a roundabout way. I'm not afraid of their revenge, but have you ever considered that if all these gods and spirits were taken to heaven, Cangzhou would be in chaos. Add to that the old ghosts of Xiaoliang causing trouble, and I'm afraid the evil spirit will be even worse."

With the opening of the academy and Yanxia giving lectures, there will be more than two handfuls of gods coming.

Excluding Wuhe Mountain and Kanyang Mountain, most of Cangzhou is plains. There are not many people living in the mountains, but there are many rivers.

The mountain is Maliu Mountain. During the Jin Dynasty, monks and Taoists practiced here, but we will not discuss it here.

The rivers are Ziya River, Heilonggang and Grand Canal, all of which are canals. They are prosperous and are also the focus of Yanxia's attention.

The Grand Canal, built during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, reaches Luojing and is a crucial point of its development. Today, the canal is managed by a black-backed Bixi, also known as the "Black Water Dragon Lord," a deity dispatched from one of the four Du branches.

This man was transferred from another place. Although he is mediocre and conservative, he is also diligent.

The remaining water gods of the Ziya and Heilonggang rivers were somewhat unbridled. One was a catfish with many years of enlightenment, and the other was a centipede with a habit of committing evil. In the past, they had dared to demand that the villagers offer young boys and girls as sacrifices. It was only after the recent war, when the laws of the city gods of all capitals were frequently issued, that they finally calmed down a bit.

Moreover, they were all eighth-grade earth gods, possessing powers comparable to those of a refined essence master, and being dragon-born, even if Yan Xia captured them, she would have to resort to some tactics.

But the more important thing is to take them down. Who will be in charge of the two rivers?

Jiuzhaizi laughed and said, "The Heavenly Official is now hesitating, I wonder where his true intention is."

Yan Xia was slightly stunned, and many things flowed through her mind.

She folded her hands and said, "I'm grateful for your advice."

"What do you think, Heavenly Official?"

"It takes drastic measures to show my compassion. Kill them all."

The two men slammed their hands on the table at the same time, shocking the young Taoist priest Zong Yuan so much that he shuddered.

The wine cup said, "We still need to draw up a charter."

Yanxia also nodded in agreement.

This does not mean not taking action, but rather investigating the enemy's background first. Knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in every battle.

Jiuzhanzi revealed, "I can't guarantee anything about the monsters and demons outside of Cangzhou. But within Cangzhou, two of the water lords of the three rivers are known to stir up trouble. The monks of Maliu Mountain have seized a lot of land and colluded with the old demons of Xiaoliang, running a big business underground."

Yan Xia raised her eyes and said, "Behead him."