Chapter Fifteen: The Gift from My Dry Sister

  "What about you?"

  After drinking the manager, Zhang Youren put the Tianling fruit into his arms in the stunned expression of Zi Yun, and then turned around to say to Lei Tiandong: "Child, don't be too arrogant. Even if you are your father, you didn't dare to be so proud back then. How about you? I see that you have made a big name for yourself in the heavenly court, the demon king of the mortal world... haha... this reputation is not bad. Alright, I won't be too demanding either..."

  He turned to Nezha and said, "Nezha, trouble you to cut off his five qi in his chest, and beat him down to the mortal realm. Since he is the Demon King of Chaos, let's punish him by sending him to guard the Magic Suppressing Cave for ten years."

  "Demon's Lair!"

  Lei Tian Dong's heart tightened as soon as he heard Zhang You Ren's words, remembering that he would have to stay in that gloomy place for ten years without seeing the sun.

  No!

  Lei Tian Dong let out a series of hoarse and mournful cries, was beaten down two realms by Nezha, and walked out with the support of several followers. From now on, he will face ten years of darkness without a glimmer of light.

  "Your Excellency... sir, isn't this a bit too much?"

  Nezha asked in a low voice. As the situation in the courtyard today, Gouchen Dadi is in charge of military affairs, and his power is the strongest. If this is used as leverage, I'm afraid...

  "What's going on? Are others pissing on my neck and I don't even know it, yet I'm the one who gets his cock pinched?"

  "Hmph!"

  Nezha chuckled lightly and said, "Your Majesty's temperament isn't that timid, is it?"

  Nezha couldn't help but look up to Zhang Youren. Nezha had long been dissatisfied with Zhang Youren's weakness, although he was strong in battle, unfortunately, he was only a small general in his position and didn't have the right to speak in the Heavenly Court. Now seeing that Zhang Youren did not completely follow the mediocre way, feeling that there is hope for the prosperity of the Heavenly Court, thinking of this, Nezha was truly delighted, more than three times happier than when he was appointed as the master of the Heavenly Court compared to Zhang Youren.

  After dealing with this annoying matter, Zhang Youren let out a sigh.

  "Alas, it seems I won't be able to have a peaceful life after all."

  He went downstairs with a lack of interest and found Xiao Qing, whose enthusiasm had not diminished. The gloomy expression made Nezha, who was following beside him, also feel it.

  "Hey, Old Man Bi, why don't you come to my place for a visit? Although it's not as luxurious as your own home, we still have some fine wine to keep us company. By the way, my cousin from the Western region just brought back some excellent fruits, and I'd like to invite you over to try them."

  "Oh..."

  Zhang Youren's eyes widened in shock, "Dry sister? Are there also dry dad and dry mom? Is this thing popular even in the heavenly court?" He looked at Nezha with a somewhat unusual gaze.

  No, in "Journey to the West", there seems to be a demon who called Nezha as elder brother, after thinking for half a day, he finally understood that Nezha was not the one who almost fell in love with the Jade Mouse Spirit of Tang Sanzang?

  With Jade Rat's discerning eye, something that comes from the West is definitely a fine product. What are we waiting for? Let's go!

  ……

  After Zhang Youren and Nezha, Xiaoqing left one after another, a delicate room in the Tianbao Pavilion sounded a voice.

  "Deputy cabinet master, are you going to deal with Lie Xianren of the Jingpin Cabinet? He is the one who made great contributions to the Tianbao Cabinet."

  "Hum, deal with it, must deal with it, and if there's another situation like this where people look down on me with disdain, I will not tolerate it."

  "It's just a puppet emperor, what's there to fear." The voice muttered earlier.

  "Bang!"

  "Vice Premier, why did you hit me."

  "Hit you, hitting you is light, be careful of the disaster from your mouth, provoking a fatal calamity!" The voice said somewhat listlessly: "Although he is a well-known puppet in the three realms, and our pavilion master is not weaker than him, sooner or later, the pavilion master will draw his sword to let the people of the three realms see who is the real master of the heavenly court. However, as the saying goes, 'gods fight, mortals suffer', their struggle is not something that people like you and me can provoke, understand? Moreover, didn't you just see that even Lei Tian's bastard son was beaten down to the Fallen Realm, waiting in the Demon Suppressing Cave, let alone a small Leixian person like you."

  That voice paused for a moment, saying: "Given the temperament of Emperor Chen Da, this matter will absolutely not be let go. After reporting this to our master, you and I can wait for a good show."

  "Yes, Deputy Premier."

  ……

  The Three Altars Sea Assembly of the Great God Temple.

  Zhang Youren sat down with Nezha, and Xiao Qing stood beside them, still in a daze from the various treasures of Tianbao Pavilion.

  "Your Majesty, how is this fine wine? Does it still meet with your approval?"

  Nezha held a jade basin in both hands and looked at Zhang Youren with some heartache as he drank heavily without regard for his image.

  Zhang Youren has been living a cautious and careful life since he entered the Heavenly Court, always on guard against this and that, afraid of being taken advantage of by the immortals. Today, after finally working up the courage to have some fun in the immortal realm, he ran into Lei Tiandong, that jinx, what a bore.

  However, for some reason, when he saw Nezha, the inexplicable annoyance in Zhang Youren's heart would calm down a lot, just like seeing Taibai in Lingxiao Hall. These two people gave him a similar sense of quiet and harmony.

  This feeling made Zhang Youren particularly relaxed, allowing the repression in his body and mind to be released. Even the temporary inability to find the method of building the immortal foundation gradually faded away under this relaxation.

  "It seems that watching Nezha's animation as a child had too much of an impact."

  Zhang Youren shook his head, recalling the childhood that destroyed three views of Shi Qi and Xiao Hu Xiong, he couldn't help but reveal a mysterious smile. Accompanied by swallowing a large bowl of jade dew, Zhang Youren's smile looked particularly strange, making Nezha's heart feel hairy beside him.

  "Your Majesty..."

  Zhang Youren waved his hand, stopping Nezha's words. His tongue was a bit swollen as he said, "Nezha... just call me Lao Da in private, not 'Your Majesty' all the time. I'm tired of pretending to be dignified on that dragon throne every day, so I came out to clear my head."

  "Did I hear that right?" Nezha's eyes widened in shock, and he looked around nervously after hearing Zhang Youren's unbelievable words. He glanced at Xiaoqing, who was still in a daze, and feared she might overhear something she shouldn't. Waving his hand, he said, "Xiaoqing, the emperor is feeling tired, go get him a bowl of hangover soup."

  "Yes." Little Qing took a glance at Zhang Youren, whose eyes had lost their focus, and then looked at Nezha's serious face before retreating with a flying sleeve.

  When he waved away the little green servant standing by his side, Nezha carefully said: "Your Majesty, you've had too much to drink. Shall I send you back to your mansion?"

  "You won't listen... it's all going to be just like I said."

  Zhang Youren waved his hands in the air, as if he was arguing with someone, and said.

  "I dare not."

  "Hmmph!"

  "Old... oldest."

  "That's right."

  Zhang Youren spoke to himself, completely disregarding Nezha's astonished gaze.

  Nezha hung his head low, with an unbelievable expression on his small face, but excitement in his eyes. This kid had always been a fearless and daring one, who at a young age dared to go down to the sea to fight the third son of the Dragon King, and as he grew older, followed Wu Wang to defeat Zhou and slay demons, and in Heaven's Court, was a demon-slaying and Tao-protecting hero, with countless merits. However, no matter how great his achievements were, Nezha remained the same Nezha who dared to cut off flesh to repay his father, who dared to challenge any injustice or unfairness, and he had always been somewhat resistant to Heaven's strict rules. Now seeing Zhang Youren's true form revealed, with a drunken air about him, not only did Nezha not feel disgusted, but instead felt a sense of familiarity. Although he didn't understand why Zhang Youren became like this, Nezha was still very excited.

  However, Nezha was still a bit surprised. As Zhang Youren, the Jade Emperor, and a golden immortal in the early stages of cultivation, although he had fallen from his realm due to practicing a secret technique some time ago, at least he should be a heavenly immortal. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have been knocked out by the strong wine brought back from the West by his sworn sister, Yu Shu Jing. But today, he got drunk so quickly and spoke nonsense, which was indeed unworthy of this body that had cultivated for millions of years.

  Nezha suddenly remembered a recent rumor in the Heavenly Court, saying that some time ago, the Jade Emperor was harmed by the Six Souls Banner in the Taoyang Hall and fainted for a long time. Now that such an unusual situation has appeared, Nezha's originally relaxed mood began to tense up.

  Is it an old wound that hasn't healed yet?