Chapter 20: Let's go, I'll see my old man off!

  And so, the Jade Dragon Prince left with the drunken Gaia Goddess from the Human Tribe village. Actually, the prince didn't really want to do anything discordant, he just suddenly remembered a meritorious deed.

  In fact, Gaia is also a very cheerful and straightforward woman, especially living in the dirty environment of the Olympian gods, being able to maintain such purity is truly admired by the prince.

  It stands to reason that Xuan Yuan Huangdi and Chi You are currently at a stalemate, with neither side able to gain the upper hand. Zhang Zilong, who knows some history, understands that Chi You is probably secretly plotting something big, especially given the thick aura of death emanating from the direction of Jiuli in recent times. In the prior agreement between Pingxin and Ye Du, there was no mention of Chi You having such a move, it seems he ultimately cannot overcome his own ambitions and has other ideas.

  Xuanyuan is not so vigilant now, he himself is proficient in leading troops and fighting, the tribes and population on his side are far more than Chiyou, even if the Jiuli tribe has a witch bloodline, doesn't he have the support of the Xuanmen Xian people? If he still can't win like this, then he's not qualified to be the common lord of the ethnic groups.

  But things won't be that simple, Zhang Zilong thought of his own father, Haotian, who should also have sent people to assist the Human Emperor. Regardless of how much effect it would have, Haotian's support represented a kind of orthodox recognition. After all, Haotian was nominally the master of the three realms, and his support for Xuan Yuan added a heavenly mandate to the name of the Human Tribe's co-ruler. This was also the agreement between Haotian and the various saints.

  "Hmm, Father should send the Nine Heavens Mystic Lady to help Xuanyuan, right? But after all these years in Heaven's Court, how come I've never heard of a person called the Nine Heavens Mystic Lady?" Zhang Zilong thought to himself as he hurried towards Heaven's Court.

  But anyway, helping the Emperor to prove his way is a great merit, and he won't let any of his three apprentices go, planning to send them all out to help Xuan Yuan. After all, it's not good for the fat water to flow into someone else's field! And maybe if the three little girls are happy, they can keep the fact that they took in a maid from telling Sister Chang'e, hehe.

  Looking at the snow-white little face in his arms, the intoxicating effect of the celestial wine had given her a tempting flush, and her occasional pouting mouth made Zhang Zilong somewhat unable to help himself. The evil thoughts that had just emerged in the room were about to resurface again, and he secretly activated his Xuan Gong to calm down: "Hiss... this woman really has a great sense of beauty, even stirring up my Dao heart, no way, stay calm..."

  The Crown Prince returned to the Heavenly Court and settled Gaya in the Sun Palace, then called his three apprentices. The cultivation of the Three Xiao Sisters is getting higher and higher, and they are indeed the legendary high-ranking disciples of the Intercepting Sect. Their speed made Zhang Zilong, who was practicing the Nine Turns of the Mysterious Skill, feel extremely envious and resentful.

  With the help of the star power specially taken care of by Emperor Ziwei, the three Shuang sisters are now Taiyi Golden Immortals, and Yunshuang, who has the best natural talent, is only one step away from breaking through to the Daluo level.

  Zhang Zilong rarely faced them with a solemn tone: "Now your cultivation can be said to have entered the hall."

  The Three Sisters of the Sanyue slightly pouted, and it was indeed because their master's requirements were too high. To know that their senior sister Guang Chengzi had just broken through to become a Daluo Jinxian, some friends may be puzzled here - where did the Three Sisters' tyrannical powers go during the sealing of the gods? In fact, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Three Sisters were born many years later than they originally should have been in history. Originally, they were people from roughly the same era as the Twelve Golden Immortals, but now they are even younger than Zhang Zilong by a thousand years. People say that cultivators don't keep track of time, but in fact, time is the most important thing to them. Look at those ancient figures who survived from the primordial era - which one wasn't an absolute genius? Can it be said that they had better innate talents than today's cultivators? Aren't they all just the result of piling up time?

  Alright, back to the main topic. Zhang Zilong looked at San Nai and was torn for a moment. Logically speaking, in the original story, these three people all had great opportunities. That Lingbao was quite sharp, but he wasn't the leader of Tongtian Sect! There was no Hunyuan Golden Cauldron, nor was the Golden Scissors born. Now his headache was that if the three girls participated in this Human Emperor's Tribulation, it would be considered their coming-of-age ceremony. If he still didn't give them his treasure, it would be hard to justify.

  In the end, Zhang Zilong chose from his years of collection and his own treasures. In fact, he had given treasures to three people in the early days, but they were not considered too powerful innate spiritual treasures, and compared to their crown prince's high disciple identity, it was really not very matching.

  "Hmm, Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, Bi Xiao, I have three top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures here. They are all the good stuff that I've collected and plundered over the years. You three sisters can take a look and see which one you like, and then divide them among yourselves." The three sisters had similar attributes and came from similar backgrounds, so there wasn't much of a difference between them. Dividing up the treasures didn't require any particular arrangement, they could just choose whichever one they liked.

  After speaking, Zhang Zilong swept his hand, and the three spiritual treasures appeared in the great hall. One was the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan that he had always liked, which was a top-grade innate spiritual treasure of fire attribute, with boundless power. Another was the Linglong Twin Swords, a later-stage artifact of merit, but under Zhang Zilong's intentional cultivation, it contained a vast power of merit, making it an artifact with power not inferior to that of a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. The last one was a lamp, none other than the Treasure Lotus Lamp. According to legend, this thing should have belonged to Nüwa in later generations, but unfortunately, after the fall of the demon tribe's heavenly court, Nüwa did not have time to move away the treasures of the demon tribe, and they were all snatched away by the Crown Prince like a treasure-seeking mouse.

  The three sisters of San Xiao happily accepted the three treasures. Yun Xiao Xi Jing chose the treasure lotus lamp, Qiong Xiao, although a bit mischievous, had a gentle and elegant demeanor, naturally taking the beautiful fan that had caught her eye for a long time. Bi Xiao, this little girl was cunning and had the heaviest evil spirit, the exquisite twin swords suited her perfectly.

  Seeing that the three sisters all had their treasures, Zhang Zilong couldn't be partial and called in his four loyal younger brothers - the Dragon Princes, and also gave each of them a treasure.

  As for Gaia, she's a powerful goddess at the level of Da Luo Jinxian. The Monkey King in later generations was probably only at the level of Taiyi Jinxian, and he could still steal a large amount of divine wine and engage in close combat with humans after drinking it. Let alone Gaia.

  She had actually woken up when Zhang Zilong brought her back to the Sun Palace and put her in a bedroom, but she was held by a man all the way, and even eaten a lot of tofu by that shameless guy intentionally or unintentionally. Plus the faint scent of men on her body, okay, our goddess became an ostrich, so she simply closed her eyes and continued to pretend to sleep.

  In the following days, Zhang Zilong was mobilizing his Taizi army in the Sun Palace for their expedition. At this time, the ominous energy from the Jiuli direction was getting heavier and almost all the gods in the Heavenly Court could feel it. However, strangely, no matter how the gods investigated, they couldn't get close to the core area of that energy. Zhang Zilong, who knew that a huge variable had emerged, naturally became even more uneasy. He decided to bring his entire 100,000-strong Taizi Imperial Guard with him this time.

  On this day, Zhang Zilong was preparing to go to the Ling Xiao Temple to ask his old man when the Jiu Tian Xuan Nu he had assigned would be able to come out. He was planning to descend into the mortal world with that legendary female immortal together.

  But before I could even step out of the temple, I saw a little maid walking towards me - Gaia.

  She had a hairpin on her temple, wearing an oriental fairy's palace dress, with her silver hair and slightly westernized delicate face, it was even more exotic.

  Gaia made a curtsy to the prince and said, "I've seen you, Your Highness."

  Withdrawing his wolf-like gaze, the Crown Prince chuckled and said: "How is it? Is our Eastern Heaven's imperial court quite impressive? How does it compare to your Olympus?"

  Gaia rolled her eyes and said, "Your Highness is amused. In the past, I was a lowly servant who gazed up at the sky from the bottom of a well. Now that I am Your Highness' maid and also a female immortal of the Eastern Heaven, I no longer wish to use this name Gaia. I have given myself a new name: Jiutian Xuannü. What does Your Highness think?"

  She smiled sweetly after finishing speaking, but didn't notice that Zhang Zilong's face, which was originally smiling, suddenly turned strange.

  What? I didn't mishear, did I? This Gaia maid is actually going to be renamed Jiutian Xuan Nu? Heaven! What kind of sin has the Crown Prince committed?! The person we've been searching for all this time was right in front of me, how frustrating is that?!

  Speechless, I asked the heavens, and with a half-exasperated sigh, shook my head.

  "This name is great, so creative... Hmm, Xuan Nu, go with the Crown Prince for a trip and meet my old man."

  This time it's Gaia's turn, no, it's Jiutian Xuan Nu who's stunned, weakly saying: "Too fast...".

  "I'm annoyed, I reckon my old man is getting impatient too."

  Xuan Nu's eyes spun, could it be? The legendary Tian Di Zhi Zun was in a hurry to hold his grandson? But that also depends on whether she wants to marry or not! She wanted to cry but had no tears. She found herself unable to resist, and not to mention her residual soul was still in the hands of Yan Du, the so-called ruler of the underworld. This father-son duo alone were already formidable figures.

  Zhang Zilong suddenly realized that the two had misunderstood something, and he quickly pulled Xuan Nu towards Ling Xiao Hall. Behind them, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, formerly the goddess Gaia, had a face full of blushes, her eyes filled with shyness, unwillingness, and a hint of joy. Hmm, this crown prince is really too careless!