Chapter 260 Tianhe
"Li Anran, why did you come back so soon?"
Nezha was eager to compete with Li Anran. After telling Li Anran about the Eight Immortals, he did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in the Tianlao Palace, drinking and waiting.
At this time, Nezha was a little surprised to see Li Anran coming back.
Li Anran said, "I'm not the protagonist, so it's a waste of time to stay there. I might as well come back early and have a couple of drinks with you."
"What's the situation ?"
Nezha sensed something strange and approached Li Anran, curiously asking, "Did Lu Dongbin and the others succeed? Why do I feel like you look down on them?"
"If we have different paths, we won't work together."
Li Anran did not hide his attitude and told Nezha everything that happened over there.
Nezha was also stunned: "What Lu Dongbin said is too arbitrary! If all the gods are upright, where do all the sinners in the Heavenly Palace come from every year!"
Then, he frowned, a little worried: "Second brother has been enforcing the Heavenly Laws for so many years, and the most important thing is to act in accordance with the law and have solid evidence. Lu Dongbin's words are completely illogical and unreasonable. If the Heavenly Court really takes this as evidence, the prestige of the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Laws, and Second Brother in the Three Realms will inevitably be greatly reduced."
"Don't worry! Second brother is watching over there! He will definitely not let anything like this happen! Drink, drink!"
Li Anran was full of confidence in Yang Jian. He picked up the wine bowl and started drinking with Nezha.
Li Anran likes drinking, and he enjoys drinking with friends, but he is not addicted to alcohol.
Nezha has been practicing in seclusion in Qianyuan Mountain during this period, Yang Jian has been busy with many affairs, and Li Anran has not drunk for a while.
"Okay." Nezha had been very greedy for a long time. He had drunk a lot when he was alone just now.
At this time, Li Anran came and couldn't hold back any more. After three bowls of wine, he started to yell indignantly: "Humph! During the time I was in Qianyuan Mountain, I heard Master talking about Li Anran's strengths and weaknesses every day! Today, after I finish drinking, I must compete with you to see how powerful you, Li Anran, are now!"
Li Anran smiled and said, "When the time comes, if you can still stand firmly, then we can talk about whether to compete or not! Go!"
The two of them clinked glasses and drank happily.
The Eight Immortals also soon got results.
Soon, a team of heavenly soldiers escorted the pangolin, whose soul and magical powers were sealed and tied up, to the heavenly prison.
The Eight Immortals originally planned to kill the pangolin on the spot to eliminate the evil and defend the way of Taoism.
But, he was stopped by Yang Jian.
Yang Jian really couldn't accept Lu Dongbin's use of such a weird reason as "only monsters would act sneakily" to prove that "the Eight Immortals are innocent and the pangolin is guilty", so he decided to go down to earth himself to search for evidence.
He would wait until there was solid evidence before dealing with the pangolin according to the rules of heaven.
Naturally, the other gods would not care about this. Most of them thought that Yang Jian was doing something unnecessary, and some even thought that Yang Jian was deliberately trying to show off.
The Eight Immortals were also very dissatisfied, shouting that Yang Jian did not trust them and actually believed in a monster.
Yang Jian almost couldn't hold back and slapped the Eight Immortals in the face.
If he didn't know that the gathering of the Eight Immortals of Dongsheng Shenzhou was manipulated by Taishang Laojun behind the scenes, and that the Eight Immortals were innocent and the real murderer was the pangolin, and he also had the face of Taishang Laojun and Taiyi Tianzun.
It is simply impossible to allow the Eight Immortals to mess around in this way of fishing enforcement, and it ended in such an extremely absurd and failed form, treating the laws of heaven and the rule of law in the three realms as a joke.
After the pangolin was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, his information naturally appeared in the Book of Punishment.
While drinking, Li Anran casually glanced at the life story of the pangolin and then threw it aside.
The inheritance that Pangolin is most proud of is Jia Tongtian's "Nine Changes of Xuantian". Li Anran had already learned it from Jia Tongtian's life and raised it to the highest level.
As for the other magic spells, they are even less worth mentioning.
Li Anran’s greatest feeling was that there really is such a thing as natural nemesis in this world. The pangolin encountered the Eight Immortals, especially He Xiangu, which was really unlucky for eight lifetimes!
The pangolin was originally an ordinary wild beast in the mountains. By chance, it took a magical fruit and gained intelligence and inherited the heritage in its blood.
From then on, he began to absorb the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth day and night, practicing hard, determined to achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.
After more than 700 years, the pangolin finally encountered the greatest opportunity of his life -
A thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum that has developed intelligence!
It took another few decades to catch Polygonum multiflorum and cook it into a pot of soup.
As a result, it was stolen and drunk by Zhang Guolao and his donkey who were passing by.
Zhang Guolao and the donkey became immortals, but the pangolin’s decades of hard work came to nothing.
Pangolin sought revenge on Zhang Guolao, but was stopped by Han Zhongli and others, saying that everything was destined. They even lectured him condescendingly, telling him to practice honestly and not to think of taking shortcuts.
pangolin:???
It was destiny that Zhang Guolao and the donkey became immortals after eating Polygonum multiflorum. Did I take a shortcut by working so hard to get Polygonum multiflorum?
Pangolin knew that he was no match for Han Zhongli and the others, so he compromised and promised not to cause trouble for Zhang Guolao as long as Zhang Guolao handed over his donkey.
He thought that now that he had eaten the donkey, he could at least get some of the benefits of Polygonum multiflorum and make up for some of his losses.
However, he was ruthlessly rejected by Han Zhongli and others.
Pangolin couldn't bear it any longer and tried to snatch it, but was beaten and seriously injured.
In a rage, Pangolin took refuge with the fake Tongtian disciple Chun Shujing who had recruited him several times, and successfully learned the "Xuantian Nine Changes".
Even though the fake Tongtian treated him as a cauldron, just waiting to feed him till he was cooked and then eat him up completely!
The pangolin practiced "Xuantian Jiubian" and his strength increased greatly. He followed Tongtian's order to cause trouble for the Eight Immortals.
As a result, he ran into He Xiangu, the biggest nemesis in his life!
After that, it was a series of stories of people trying to lick someone but failing to get what they wanted.
Until the fake Tongtian was killed by Li Anran and Yang Jian, Taishang Laojun took a fancy to the pangolin and prepared to train the pangolin into another fake Tongtian villain and the whetstone for the Eight Immortals.
As a result, the pangolin had many "opportunities" and soon mastered the "Nine Changes of Xuan Tian" and broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
However, Pangolin's nature as a bootlicker remained unchanged. He was only focused on dating He Xiangu and had no ambition at all.
For He Xiangu, he not only started to eat vegetarian food, but even kowtowed to those arhats whose cultivation was not as good as his as the Taiyi Golden Immortal.
Even Taishang Laojun was dumbfounded.
In desperation, Taishang Laojun could only play two roles. On the one hand, he hinted that monsters could not be trusted and instigated Han Zhongli and others to make things difficult for and humiliate the pangolin. On the other hand, he let monsters such as the Chunshujing fan the flames in the pangolin's ears.
Pangolin finally couldn't bear it anymore and determined that Lu Dongbin and the other seven immortals were the biggest obstacles preventing him and He Xiangu from being together, so he began to attack them secretly.
This led to the later events, in which the pangolin sneaked into the underworld and used resentful souls and evil spirits to refine demon seeds to plot against the seven fairies, and later pretended to be Lu Dongbin to kill people and burn down the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.
The fundamental purpose of all he did was just to be with He Xiangu!
It’s absolutely amazing!
Li Anran complained in his heart, put the matter behind him, and continued drinking with Nezha.
After drinking, it was already midnight.
Just as Li Anran had expected, Nezha drank so much that he couldn't even stand steadily, let alone fight.
During this period, Nezha talked about his next plans.
"After Kunpeng's death, the Three Realms were in chaos, with demons running rampant. I've told Master that after I come back this time, I won't go back to Qianyuan Mountain. My second brother is short of manpower, so I'll stay and help him."
As expected, Li Jing was mentioned again.
But this time, Nezha did not grit his teeth as he did in the past. Instead, he seemed a little more calm.
"As long as he doesn't come looking for me, I won't bother to bother him! But, if he dares to be rude to me, I will definitely not show him mercy!"
Even without using the Hehuan technique to sense Nezha's emotional changes, Li Anran could tell that Nezha's calmness was just an act!
From the fact that he still took the initiative to mention Li Jing even when he was drunk, we knew that he had not completely let it go.
It was only after he broke through to the Golden Immortal that he gained more confidence. He changed from being full of hatred, fear and helplessness before to now looking forward to a conflict with Li Jing as soon as possible so that he could avenge his past.
This is probably also the important reason and purpose why Nezha can't wait to return to heaven.
Li Anran didn't say much.
He has always sided with his relatives and not with others, and he clearly distinguishes between relatives and strangers. If Nezha has a conflict with Li Jing, he will stand on Nezha's side without hesitation .
Just like when he mentioned to Nezha that he needed Nezha's help with something some time ago.
Nezha didn't even ask what it was about, he agreed without saying a word.
Nezha quickly got himself drunk, lay on his back on the ground, and fell into a deep sleep.
Li Anran did not use any magic power to dispel the effects of the alcohol. He drank a few more jars of wine, lay down beside Nezha, and fell asleep.
Practice...
No, it should be said that everything in the world requires a balance between relaxation and tension!
Sometimes, getting drunk with good friends is not much worse than having an epiphany!
It was seven days later when Li Anran opened his eyes again.
For mortals, being drunk for seven days is a long time, but for gods, it is too normal!
At that time, Taiyi Tianzun's lion slave secretly drank the Samsara Elixir and was drunk for three years.
He was woken up by Taiyi Tianzun. I’m afraid he can sleep for another few decades!
Soon, Nezha woke up from his sleep. The first thing he did when he got up was to grab Li Anran and ask Li Anran to compete with him in martial arts.
Li Anran naturally would not refuse, and was about to take a weapon when he was stopped by Nezha.
"This place is too small to show our skills! I know a place that few people go to on weekdays. Come with me!"
Nezha and Li Anran left the Tianlao Palace one after another, leaving the heavenly soldiers and generals in the Tianlao Palace, who had been looking forward to witnessing the fight between the two war gods, eager to catch up with them.
The place Nezha was looking for was right next to the Milky Way, which was usually where Bimawen would graze the heavenly horses. But at this moment, it was empty, without a single person in sight.
The two men immediately started fighting.
After a few moves, Li Anran couldn't help but feel a little shocked: "No wonder Nezha is so unconvinced!"
The lotus grows out of the mud but remains unstained, and washes in the clear water but remains uncorrupted!
The evil energy that the fake Tongtian merged into Nezha's body was like the mud, polluting Nezha's spirit.
However, it also provides a place for Nezha's lotus body to take root and sprout!
Especially after Nezha merged with another Precious Lotus Lantern.
His lotus body was no longer as vibrant on the surface as before, but was actually a tree without roots.
Ten thousand years have passed, and it still looks the same as when it was first formed into a human form. There is only quantitative improvement, but no qualitative change.
Now, Nezha's lotus body has become a truly innate body. The two precious lotus lanterns have been combined into one, allowing his qualifications to be compared with those of Kunpeng, Zhen Yuanzi and other ancient powers who were born at the beginning of the world.
The aptitude for following the footsteps is not everything, but the stronger the aptitude for following the footsteps, the easier it will undoubtedly be to practice, and the stronger the strength among those of the same level will be!
Nezha has three heads and six arms. He rides on the Wind-Fire Wheel, is wrapped in the Hun Tian Ling, and has the Xuan Tian Pagoda on his head. He holds a number of magic weapons such as the Fire Spear and the Qiankun Circle. He shines with light and has an overwhelming aura.
In terms of strength alone, he is no worse than Zhao Gongming!
Li Anran couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "There is a great terror between life and death, and the great calamity is indeed a great opportunity!"
Four hundred years ago, when he first met Nezha, Nezha was just a Taiyi Golden Immortal, and not even a very powerful Taiyi Golden Immortal!
The lotus body makes Nezha not afraid of any evil magic targeting souls, but it also limits his further improvement!
In the ten thousand years after being deified, Nezha's cultivation progress was slow. Not only was he left far behind by Yang Jian, but even up-and-coming heroes like the Monkey King, the Dragon King, and the Peng King were able to fight Nezha back and forth, and some were even slightly better than Nezha.
However, in just four hundred years, Nezha chose to stand with Yang Jian and took the initiative to enter the catastrophe.
First, his cultivation level advanced by leaps and bounds to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. Then, after he was almost caused by the fake Tongtian to suffer the Five Degenerations of Heavenly Man, and after fusing with another Precious Lotus Lantern, he directly broke through to Daluo Golden Immortal, and his strength increased by more than a thousand times.
When Li Anran was amazed, Nezha's heart was like a raging storm and it was difficult to calm down.
Before the fight, even though Nezha had heard about Li Anran's battle achievements from countless people and heard their praises of Li Anran, he was still not convinced!
He knew better than anyone the process of Li Anran's improvement in cultivation, and he also knew better how much his own strength had improved after breaking through to the Golden Immortal!
Nezha's mind was filled with one thought -
No one can tell how powerful someone is, you’ll only know after you’ve fought him!
Now, he finally knows!
He had already used all his strength, but Li Anran was still as calm and composed as at the beginning. He didn't even use any magic weapon. He only relied on his physical strength to fight him on equal terms!
After several head-on collisions, Nezha felt his arms feeling a little numb and sore.
His physical body has clearly undergone a qualitative transformation, but Li Anran's physical body is even stronger!
"No wonder Master keeps praising him and asking me to learn from him!" Nezha thought secretly in his heart.
What he didn't know was that Taiyi Tianzun didn't know that Li Anran had already broken through to the Daluo Jinxian at that time. What he praised was that Li Anran had refined the Four Swords of Zhu Xian!
At this time, Li Anran had not used it at all, and there was no need to use it!
"No more fighting!"
Nezha was a young man who always cared about his reputation. Seeing this, he made an excuse: "I still have to report to the Jade Emperor! We can fight again another day!" Without waiting for Li Anran to speak, he rode a cloud and turned into a golden light and flew away.
He only left a sentence: "Li Anran, if you have any problems, come to the Temple of Justice to find me. I will stay with my second brother during this time."
"This Nezha! He ran so far, but he only survived a few moves!"
Li Anran had a helpless look on his face and was about to return to the Heavenly Prison. His eyes accidentally swept across the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way and he was stunned.
