I am a fairy

Chapter 182 The Emperor's Strike
Sunset, dusk.

At the end of the sky, a line of birds flew by in a long formation. I looked up and saw a crow flying over my head. It landed on the eaves of a pavilion and croaked to the people below.

As night falls, the red sun paints the earth with a touch of color, but this color is not bright. Instead, it gives people a feeling of depression and depth.

"Dong dong!"

The sudden sound of the evening drum in the distance made those who heard it even more nervous.

"Quack!"

Linghua Jun sat on the throne and raised his head to look through the curtain at the croaking crow.

The people carrying the judgement cross and those following around it, as well as the emperor's personal guards who were guarding Zhou, all had anxious and hurried steps, which became even more rapid because of the sound of the evening drum.

The leading eunuch ran in front, looking back more and more impatiently. He did not dare to shout loudly, as if he was afraid that the figure on the rack would be unhappy, so he could only shout in a voice that could be heard by the few people around him.

"Hurry up, hurry up."

The imperial carriage passed through the tall city gate tower, the vast square, the long corridor that seemed to have no end, and passed through one palace after another.

As the sky was about to get dark, this hurriedly moving team seemed about to get lost in the endless buildings.

Everyone finally stopped and knelt on the ground. The shaman brought out the footstool and the witch helped Linghua Jun get down from the carriage.

The temple servant came forward in a low voice, hunched over and not daring to look at Linghua Jun.

"Linghua Jun, please come this way."

In the distance, two temple servants and two palace maids came over with lanterns, standing in front and behind respectively, lighting the way for Linghua Jun.

In this way, he passed through a tall red palace gate and walked up the steps into a hall hung with palace lanterns.

The temple servants pushed open several doors and knelt on the ground to welcome Linghua Jun to step over the steps. The eyes inside looked outside, but when their sights fell on the gorgeous cloud-patterned robe, they quickly lowered their heads. The palace maids, concubines, and eunuchs stood up and saluted one after another.

However, the gaze of Lord Linghua, the god in charge of heaven, immediately penetrated through the layers of bead curtains and locked onto an old man who was lying on the couch, unable to get up, groaning in pain and sweating profusely.

"Da da da!"

Linghua Jun didn't say much, nor did he bow like the others, he just walked straight ahead.

The eunuchs who were surrounding the emperor and constantly wiping his sweat also stood up immediately, made way for two paths and stood aside. Only the beautiful concubine sitting beside the emperor stood up, saluted, then sat down again, and whispered something to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Lord Linghua has arrived."

The emperor finally turned his head to the side, his mouth trembling constantly and the wrinkles on his old face shaking.

He wanted to speak, but after a long time he could only utter a few weak words, which were difficult to hear clearly.

At this time, the concubines beside him listened attentively before passing it on.

"His Majesty said that he wanted to host a banquet for Lord Linghua again today, but he didn't expect his old illness to relapse. Instead, the gods saw the emperor in this state. It's really..."

He didn't finish what he said, probably because he was ashamed and embarrassed!

Afterwards, the concubine leaned sideways and listened to a few more words.

"Your Majesty also said that the palace doctors were incompetent and helpless. The palace is full of incompetent people. They took the initiative to trouble Lord Linghua to make this trip for such a small matter."

After saying this, the emperor stopped talking.

He said it was a small matter, but looking at the emperor's expression, it seemed that it was not something that could be summed up in just two words.

The concubine burst into tears and stood up to salute Lord Linghua.

"Please, Lord Linghua, save His Majesty!"

Linghua Jun saw this scene and spoke.

"I'm not a doctor, why are you looking for me here?"

The concubine said, "The palace physician said that this disease is difficult to cure in the human world and can only be cured by immortals. We have no other options, so we took the initiative to ask Linghua Jun to make this trip."

Linghua Jun: "Since it is said that it is difficult to cure in the human world, then why do you say that only immortals can cure it? You are not immortals, so how can you know the secrets of immortals?"

The eunuch next to him said, "Some time ago, the emperor's old illness relapsed. It was the elixir offered by Xihe County that cured the emperor's old illness. But yesterday, the emperor drank some wine and was caught in the rain, so the illness relapsed today."

The concubine burst into tears and fell to the ground: "Lord Linghua is a celestial being, half human, half immortal. If there is a way, please save your majesty!"

Immediately, one saw a crowd of people kneeling in the entire bedroom, and all of a sudden, Linghua Jun was the only one standing.

Linghua Jun knew at a glance that this was not acting on one's own initiative.

This was clearly something that had been thought of and prepared long ago. As soon as she arrived here, she was lifted up high.

but.

Linghua Jun is no longer the witch who just walked out of the sacred mountain. In these days, she has seen people who are better at acting than this. She has also seen all kinds of mortals and all kinds of human hearts.

Seeing this scene, he felt no wave of emotion at all, as if he thought it was nothing out of the ordinary.

In a trance, she seemed to understand some of Yun Zhongjun's mentality and perspective on the human world.

Truth, goodness, ugliness and evil coexist in the human body. Whether you express your true feelings or pretend, the gods do not care. Instead, they point out the outcome of everything.

She was thinking: "If the emperor died at this time, what would happen?"

She thought again: "Why is she here?"

The army of the Northern Dynasty had just retreated, and Lord Linghua had only been in Huajing for the second day. Beneath this false prosperity was a dynasty that was devastated and in crisis. If the emperor died, at least at this time, neither Lord Linghua nor anyone else was fully prepared to take over and stabilize the dynasty.

Lord Linghua came here to enfeoff the four earth gods and the Lord of the Eight Directions Mountain, and also to take over the control of the entire Wu Dynasty and even the entire Kyushu land, so that everything would be under the control of Lord Yunzhong.

Thinking in this way, the emperor cannot die at this time, at least not when the earth gods have spread throughout most counties and prefectures of the Wu Dynasty.

The situation that the emperor was seriously ill was actually an opportunity for what Linghua Jun wanted to do. He could use this as an excuse to actually implement the things and ideas that he had mentioned to the eunuch monk Taoist before.

Linghua Jun looked at the eunuch beside him and asked: "When did your majesty fall ill? What were the symptoms? What is the so-called old illness?"

The eunuch was originally bowing towards the emperor, but after hearing Linghua Jun's question, he hurried towards Linghua Jun, but his posture of bowing and looking at the floor tiles did not change.

Eunuch: "Your Majesty was ill last night with a back abscess, but other than that..."

Linghua Jun: “Besides that.”

At this time, a palace doctor stepped forward and said, "Besides that, your majesty was caught in some rain yesterday, and the external evil invaded. It should be that the arthritis has relapsed, and the five limbs are numb and it is difficult to move."

Linghua Jun: "This sounds like it really is a bit troublesome."

The emperor of the Wu Dynasty was not in his prime. The illness of an old man is naturally different from that of a young man.

When a person gets sick, most of the time, multiple diseases occur at the same time. The symptoms are so complicated that it is difficult to find the root cause and even more difficult to treat.

Therefore, not to mention that these palace doctors did not know how to treat some diseases at all, even if they knew how to treat them, they did not dare to prescribe medicine casually, for fear that the disease would not be cured after taking the medicine, and the emperor would not be able to bear it.

In the end, the blame could only be put on Linghua Jun.

Standing in the palace, with everyone kneeling in the center, Linghua Jun looked at the emperor's figure through the pearl curtain.

It was getting darker outside, and the lights in the palace were getting brighter. The flickering lights seemed to be the hearts of the hundreds of people in the palace.

Linghua Jun's shadow was projected on the floor tiles, swaying with the candlelight.

"Uh!"

"Uh uh uh……"

At this moment, the emperor on the bed suddenly hissed.

It looked like he couldn't catch his breath and was about to collapse.

As the emperor groaned in pain, the candles in the palace flickered even more violently, as if the hearts of the people kneeling on the ground were trembling even more violently.

At this time, it seemed that Linghua Jun had finally made a decision.

Linghua Jun turned around and looked outside.

"Open the door."

Hearing what Lord Linghua said, the concubine immediately knelt on the ground and said.

"Thank you, Linghua-kun."

Then, everyone in the bedroom started to move, including the eunuchs and palace maids. Each figure in the palace quickly stood up and ran outside.

No one asked any questions and they all opened the doors one after another.

In front of Linghua Jun, tall vermilion doors were pushed open one after another, leading to the outside.

But when the outermost layer was opened, Linghua Jun shouted.

"stop!"

The sound reached the outside.

The eunuch standing in front of the outermost palace gate immediately stopped what he was doing and only opened the door a crack.

At this time, the wind blew in through the gap, causing the two eunuchs standing in front of the palace gate to immediately close their eyes and turn their heads, but their hands were still on the palace gate.

No one spoke, and after the word "stop" was uttered, everyone fell into complete silence.

No one knew what Linghua Jun was going to do, and they didn't dare to ask.

Part of the candle flame was blown out, and under the curling smoke, only the sound of Linghua Jun chanting could be heard floating in the palace with the wind and smoke.

"I now obey the order of Lord Yunzhong and summon..."

"Come quickly!"

Some of the palace servants looked towards Lord Linghua cautiously, and saw Lord Linghua standing in the depths with his sword raised. Amid the flickering lights, he seemed to be calling for something that did not belong to the world of the living.

They had seen such a scene yesterday. At that time, Linghua Jun summoned the earth god of the capital area, but they didn't know what he would summon today.

They listened carefully to the spell, but could not hear it clearly.

"Whoosh!" Gusts of wind blew in from outside the first palace gate. The wind was still a little cold at this time, but it didn't blow on other people, and all fell on the two temple servants at the door.

And at this time, that thing appeared.

It appeared quickly, as if it had obeyed the spell and passed through the illusion of yin and yang.

Or, he had entered the imperial city early on with the divine wizard.

The two monks at the door tightened their bodies, feeling the wind getting colder, and when they looked up they saw the thing that broke in.

For an instant.

The monk was so frightened that his mouth opened wide and his body froze in place.

The thing snaked down from the roof of the palace like a snake, and its slender body passed through the gap in the palace door and slowly moved inside.

Twisting its body, it fell from a great height step by step, as if following the tune of some mysterious music.

Everyone knew that this thing was summoned by the witch, but they still couldn't help but feel scared, especially as the thing continued to pour in and the full appearance of the body gradually became apparent.

Under the light, its body grew longer and longer.

It flew over the palace gate, around the pillars, over the palace beams, and into the air.

The bodies seemed to be endless as they poured in from outside, occupying the upper areas of the bedroom.

"what!"

Finally, the eunuch guarding the first palace gate could not stand anymore. He fell to the ground in fear, and knocked down another person beside him.

The door that was originally held open was blown open by the wind with a clang, and a strong wind rushed in, blowing out all the candle flames.

"what happened."

"The wind blew the candle out."

"Where's the light? Where's the light? Why can't I see anything?"

"That thing came over here and passed me by."

At this moment, the palace was in chaos.

The faint light from the remaining one or two lanterns and a few candles could only illuminate one or two faces and a few shadows, which made the darkness seem even more terrifying.

At this time, the witch brought by Linghua Jun, who was standing outside the second door, picked up a lamp, turned on the light, illuminated the dark room, and looked inside.

The light also illuminated Linghua Jun's figure, and everyone felt at ease.

Everyone then relit their candles and lamps, all looking towards Linghua Jun, and finally converging towards the shadow high up.

The thing finally spread from afar to the emperor little by little, and its long body finally reached the end and all poured into the palace.

The thing leaned down, as if looking at Linghua Jun, and Linghua Jun was also looking at it.

"call out!"

"Whoa!"

That thing made no sound, only the sound of the body passing through the beams.

It seems that he is communicating with Linghua Jun at a level invisible to humans.

Finally, Linghuajun waved his hand.

"go with!"

The thing continued to move forward, surrounding the entire corner of the bed layer by layer. The scene was truly creepy and weird.

But when everyone in front of the bed took a closer look, they found that the emperor's condition was indeed better, at least he no longer looked like he was about to die.

He slept peacefully, and even snoring could be heard faintly.

"Linghua Jun, this is..."

The concubine looked at Linghua Jun and asked softly.

Lord Linghua: "With this item protecting the emperor, the emperor's life can be saved, and the emperor will be safe for the next period of time."

The concubine was overjoyed: "Is your Majesty okay now?"

Linghua Jun: "Not yet. I am not a doctor, nor do I know pathology. Although I can save the emperor's life with this technique, I cannot cure his serious illness."

The concubine turned pale again: "What should we do? If His Majesty continues to sleep like this, it will be a disaster in the court..."

The last time the emperor's condition improved, he used elixir, but that medicine was bestowed by Yun Zhongjun and passed on to Jia Gui by the witch.

However, the witch did not have this kind of medicine, and she did not know whether this medicine could completely cure the emperor's back carbuncle or just relieve the symptoms.

Lord Linghua did not look at the concubine's face, but turned around and looked at the emperor.

"There is another way."

The concubine immediately came up and grabbed Linghua Jun's sleeve and begged.

"Please tell Lord Linghua that no matter what method is used, the emperor must be cured."

Linghua-jun pulled back his sleeves, but also told him the method.

"Sacrifice to the gods!"

"Welcome Yunzhongjun!"
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under night.

outside the palace.

Everyone set up an altar and lit incense.

Linghua Jun sat on the altar. Layers of candles were burning on the ground, surrounding Linghua Jun and the altar, like a huge magic circle.

On the palace square.

Figures holding lanterns stood in the darkness, stretching from the stairs at the entrance of the temple down to the distance.

The first time Linghua Jun welcomed the gods was in front of the cloud wall, but it was also the first time she welcomed the gods so far away from the capital. She didn’t even know if it would be successful.

"Fire!"

Towering flames burned up, and Linghua Jun also raised his head.

The two ears were pierced with ancient pendants, the left sun and the right moon, which swayed and the light on the god's face turned along with them.

The witches and shamans below followed suit, some played musical instruments, and ancient music rang out within the imperial city.

The witches sang in the tone inherited from ancient times.

"Bathe in orchid water and enjoy the fragrance, and dress in gorgeous clothes like a hero."

"The spirit is curled up and stays, the bright light is endless."

"..."

This eternal poem represents the true beginning of welcoming the gods.

At this moment.

As the song welcoming the gods began, Linghua Jun seemed to see Yunzhong Jun again.

With loose short hair and clothes like smoke, his body is youthful and strong yet a little lazy. When he rides the Nine-Colored Elk across the wild grass in the forest and looks back, he has a hint of primitive and wild divinity, just like the gods in ancient mythology.

A ray of light fell from above, and Linghua Jun looked over immediately.

She thought she would see Yun Zhongjun's figure, but she found that there was nothing in the light. The light even shifted and finally enveloped her.

She looked up at the sky, somewhat confused.

"Failed?"

The witch applied for a connection, but Yun Zhongjun was not there at that time.

Her application report was transmitted from the capital to the Ninth Heaven, and from the Ninth Heaven to Yunbi Mountain, but in the end it was not seen by Yunzhongjun, but fell in front of another immortal.

At this moment, behind the Goddess Peak of Wushan.

Outside the operating room of the Medical Life Base, a deity dressed like a fairy from the sky looked towards where Ling Huajun was and immediately locked onto her completely.

"Capital!"

Luna looked into the operating room again and spoke after a while.

"After I get better, I will go to more prosperous places!"

The Moon Goddess said the last sentence with her back to him.

"Take it!"

The fairy's figure disappeared in the palace of the Wushan Goddess, and returned to the virtual Moon Palace in heaven, standing high above the bright moon and overlooking the world.

A strong wind suddenly arose, and Linghua Jun's "soul" was sucked towards the sky by a force, passing through layer after layer of clouds.

"skyline!"

"Moon Palace!"

Someone seemed to be whispering in his ear, but when he listened carefully he felt that it was just the whistling of the wind.

The wizard felt dizzy, but when he looked up at the moon in the sky, he saw it growing bigger and bigger.

She also saw it clearly.

That cold figure overlooking the world.

(End of this chapter)