Chapter 38 Nezha of Chentang Pass
Chapter 38 Nezha of Chentang Pass
We traveled at a brisk pace.
"Faster! Fly faster!"
Xiao Yangjiao had never complained so much about her weak magical power.
Her pink lips turned deathly pale from being bitten so hard.
Chentang Pass and Guanjiang Estuary are 700 li apart, and Yang Jiao looked out into the distance from the sky.
"Oops!"
The entire Chen Tang Pass was shrouded in dark clouds, a dark and oppressive sight. And above those clouds stood four immortals with horns on their foreheads, dressed in dragon robes of different colors.
Yang Jiao watched this unfold, her brows furrowed, and she thought to herself:
"Are the Four Dragon Kings going to flood Chen Tang Pass to force Nezha to submit?"
At this moment, Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, standing at the forefront in a blue dragon robe, waved his wide sleeves. With his movement, the wind in the entire Chen Tang Pass tore through the human world, while behind him, the East Sea roared and surged with high waves crashing against the shore.
Each strike produced a sound like a mountain collapsing and rocks splitting.
The overwhelming power that threatened to engulf the entire town instilled fear in the hearts of the people.
The people in the city were terrified, and they all knelt in front of the Li family mansion with their families, begging Nezha to come out and apologize.
"Heavens above! The birth of such a monster has angered the Dragon King, who will drown all the people of Chentang Pass!"
"Bring Nezha out! He offended the gods, why should we pay with our lives?!"
"General Li! You can't protect Nezha just because he's your son. This kind of monster should be burned to death to appease the gods' wrath!"
"Burn that monster to death! Come out now!"
In front of the gate, countless people threw rotten eggs and vegetable leaves through the wall.
Xiao Yangjiao witnessed Nezha standing inside the wall without moving an inch, with the eggs smashing on his head and foul-smelling liquid dripping down.
She couldn't resist any longer and quickly descended, landing directly in the Li residence.
"Nezha..."
She pulled Nezha, whose eyes were already lifeless, away from that filthy place, then stood on tiptoe and hurriedly wiped it clean little by little with her sleeves.
Nezha glanced at the little sister, his eyes no longer lighting up as they had on any other occasion when he saw her. Now he was still, as if he had lost his soul, with only his lips slightly parted.
"dirty."
"Nezha is never dirty."
His eyes were full of confusion, and he turned his head to ask Yang Jiao a question in a sullen voice.
"At that time, Ao Bing stirred up storms on the beach, capsizing dozens of fishing boats, drowning many people in the city, and kidnapping Granny Zhang's daughter, Niu Niu..."
"They didn't shout that at me when I chased after them, rescued them, and killed the dragon in the process..."
"Little sister, listen."
"Now they're all crying and calling me... a monster."
Yang Jiao was at a loss for words. That's just how people are; when disaster strikes, they forget where they started.
"Nezha, let's not talk about this anymore. Come with me quickly. We'll go to Qianyuan Mountain and find Taiyi Zhenren. Nothing will happen there."
She also wanted to say that it is a great sin for gods to bring wrath upon the people, and that the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are just trying to scare the people and would not dare to really cause harm to the living beings.
At this moment, Yang Jiao felt that Nezha couldn't hear a single word he was saying.
Outside the wall, there were countless heartbroken curses, each one containing the two words that Nezha hated and avoided the most.
It was like a thunderclap in my ears.
"Monster!" Li Jing, holding the Six-Chen Whip, strode angrily toward them.
This rebuke was filled with boundless anger.
"What terrible trouble have you caused outside that you want to bring down the entire city and make them pay with their lives!"
"Hurry up and come with me to apologize to the Dragon King in person."
Nezha's calm eyes finally landed on Li Jing, and suddenly his eyes welled up with tears. He softly asked:
"Father, what if I die if I go out?"
"Then, that's what you deserve!"
There was no fatherly love in Li Jing's eyes, only resentment, blame, and even a hint of disgust. He pointed at Nezha and roared:
"A monster is a monster; you will only bring endless suffering to the people!"
Xiao Yangjiao felt sorry for him and secretly tugged at Nezha's sleeve, wanting to hold his hand.
But this time, the person who would always be the first to hold her hand tightly held hers, and she couldn't pry it open no matter what.
"Nezha, let's go..."
She called out softly.
But Nezha ignored her and stepped forward towards the furious Li Jing, raising his head and coldly asking another question.
"So that day when I returned from Skull Mountain, even though I clearly told you that I killed Shi Ji's child because she ate my young child, you still tied me up and sent me to the White Bone Cave to apologize. At that time, you wanted me to die there, didn't you?"
That day, if Shi Ji hadn't lost the Bagua Cloud Light Cloth that could no longer trap him, he wouldn't have been able to return.
Li Jing felt no remorse whatsoever, and with his eyes closed and teeth clenched, he said:
"I only regret that Lady Shiji didn't kill you, you wicked demon, that day, which is why you killed the Dragon Prince and brought such a disaster upon Chen Tang Pass!"
He opened his eyes again, and they were filled with disgust.
"Come with me! We must go out and apologize to the Dragon King!"
After saying that, Li Jing took a few steps forward and pulled Nezha to walk outside. At this moment, the fearless little Nezha did not resist at all.
Seeing this, Xiao Yangjiao gritted her teeth; Li Jing was truly ruthless.
He never asked Nezha a single question about the reason, never showed any favoritism, and never called Nezha by name...
evildoer.
This is what Li Jing called Nezha.
Yang Jiao jogged forward and shoved Li Jing away the moment his hand touched the door latch.
"Let him go!"
Before the burly man could react, he lost his grip on Nezha and staggered back several steps before regaining his balance.
At that moment, Li Jing's expression became even more somber.
He suddenly raised the Six-Chen Whip, pointed it at the little girl in front of him who was only two or three years old but had great strength, and sneered.
"Very well, very well! It's true that only a monster can find other monsters to keep him company! Today, I, Li Jing, will act on behalf of Heaven and execute all of you monsters on the spot!"
He lunged at Yang Jiao, his whip wielding it with deadly force.
"Qiongzhi!"
Xiao Yangjiao murmured, and the jade branch in her hand transformed into a cold jade staff. She held it in front of her with her backhand and then used her strength to force Li Jing back.
Li Jing never expected that he was no match for a child, and in his anger and embarrassment, he shouted "demon" several more times!
She glanced at Li Jing sideways.
"To give birth and not teach is to be as if one had no father!"
A cold, indifferent opening:
"Today, I'm taking Nezha away. Let's see who dares to stop me!"
"If you, Li Jing, can't stop it, then neither can the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas!"
Xiao Yangjiao immediately slammed the cold jade staff in her hand to the ground, reached out to pull Nezha, and softened her tone.
"Let's go back to Golden Light Cave."
Upon seeing this, Li Jing immediately roared in anger:
"You fiend, if you abandon the entire city and flee today, don't blame me for disregarding our father-son relationship!"
Ha, father-son relationship?
When Li Jing uttered those four words, Yang Jiao felt as if she had heard a joke.
Leaving Nezha here will only make him more upset!
She reached out her hand.
Nezha glanced down at her.
“Let’s go, Nezha, let’s go back to Qianyuan Mountain together.”
Yang Jiao urged.
But at this moment...
Nezha shook his head, took a step back, and moved further and further away from her hand.
"Nezha?"
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