Chapter 52: Nezha the Third Prince

The sixth day back in the Heavenly Prison.

Li Anran heard the news that the Fairy of Flowers was besieged by monsters and died.

The one who killed her was a mountain monster, but soon after killing the Fairy of Flowers, the mountain monster was ambushed by other monsters.

During this period, new monsters continued to join in, turning an ambush into a massive melee.

It is said that there were no less than dozens of monsters who died on the spot , including some from the realm of true immortals and the realm of celestial immortals.

There are even rumors that at the end of the battle, many gods secretly left the scene.

The criminal Shan Kui did not survive, his body and soul were shattered.

The case naturally came to nothing.

The death of the Fairy of Flowers did not cause much stir.

What people care more about is how many treasures she cheated from the Three Holy Mothers that could make so many monsters and even gods crazy.

Nobody knows the answer.

However, the reputation of the Third Holy Mother as a spendthrift spread throughout the Three Realms, and was far more famous than that of Li Anran, who was only famous in Heaven.

Boss Kang’s impersonation of Yang Jian was very successful. Not only did the Three Holy Mothers not notice anything wrong, but the rest of the people in Heaven also failed to see any clues.

The birthday gift he gave to the Three Holy Mothers on behalf of Yang Jian was a fairy villa located in the cave of Huashan.

In the future, if the Third Holy Mother gets bored staying in Guanjiangkou, she can also go to live in Huashan and perform her duty as a terrestrial immortal to protect the people.

Yang Jian saw that San Shengmu was too simple and kind, so he wanted to temper her in this way so that she could understand more about the good and evil in human hearts and the various aspects of the world.

Li Anran, however, had a sense that history was moving forward along the trajectory of destiny.

At the same time, he couldn't help but have a glimmer of doubt in his heart -

The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl was secretly manipulated by a bull demon, so what about the Three Holy Mothers and Liu Yanchang?

Is it fate that they love each other, or is there something fishy going on?

Why did the bull demon do this?

Is there any hatred between the Heavenly Palace and the Queen Mother?

When Li Anran was drinking with Boss Kang, he asked about the bull monster.

Boss Kang told him that Yang Jian had been paying attention to this matter and had tried various methods to find the trace of the bull monster, but to no avail.

Yang Jian guessed that there must be a powerful person protecting the Bull Demon, which is why he was able to wipe out the clues so cleanly.

It's just unclear whether it did this self-defeating thing to save the reputation of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother of Heaven, or whether it has some deeper calculation.

Li Anran felt a little sorry.

The Queen Mother directly imprisoned the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way and did not allow them to go to the Heavenly Prison. Otherwise, she would have found more clues.

However, there is no need to rush this matter.

When Chenxiang became his apprentice, the monkey had already become the Fighting Buddha.

This shows that the story of Third Holy Mother Liu Yanchang happened at least four hundred years after the end of Journey to the West.

If this bull demon jumps out to cause trouble again, he will be exposed sooner or later.

Yang Jian and Boss Kang helped him avenge the extermination of his family, and he also wanted to repay the favor through this matter.

In the next half month, Li Anran resumed his previous routine, staying in seclusion in the Heavenly Prison every day to practice.

After upgrading the formation he learned from his immortal life to the maximum level through the system, Li Anran has reached a bottleneck in the formation.

There is a lack of basic tools and raw materials for refining elixirs and weapons.

Therefore, Li Anran focused his main energy on understanding the Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang taught by Taoist Yan to King Yu Monkey.

However, progress has been very slow.

The person to whom Taoist Yan was preaching was King Yu Monkey, whose aptitude, comprehension and cultivation were far superior to those of Li Anran at that time.

Apart from the spell of summoning spirits and dispatching generals, which Taoist Yan explained in great detail, the rest of the spells were very general, and most of them made Li Anran feel confused.

Among them, the Thirty-six Transformations of Tiangang are the most powerful.

The Thirty-Six Changes of Tiangang consist of thirty-six kinds of spells, which are very complicated in themselves. What’s more, Taoist Yan explained it in a very profound and confusing way, which directly confused Li Anran.

After two days of little gain, Li Anran realized the truth that "sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood" and decided to lay a solid foundation for himself first, and then listen to the Tao and learn some magic.

So, he began to study the Taoist scriptures from the life stories of those sinful immortals, and compared the different understandings of the same content by different teachers from different schools. He understood and integrated them bit by bit and transformed them into his own foundation.

In comparison, the progress of the Hehuan technique was very rapid.

Although Li Anran only practiced the Hehuan technique as a means to restore his energy and spirit, due to the strong aura of evil and resentment in the prison, he also successfully used the emotions of anger and fear to condense two magical powers, and also saved two more lives.

The magical power of "anger" is the fire in the heart, which can ignite people's emotions. The stronger the emotions, the stronger the fire in the heart, until his consciousness is burned to ashes.

The magical power of "fear" is an illusion that can evoke the things that people fear the most, causing people to fall into fear and be unable to extricate themselves until they die of terrified death.

However, this is almost the limit of Li Anran's talent.

If he wants to make further progress, he needs to improve his own aptitude first before he can comprehend the magical power again.

This is similar to the fact that foxes need to first increase the number of their tails before they can comprehend magical powers again and gain more lives.

Through these, Li Anran also had a clearer understanding of his own talents and qualifications.

Get close to the three-tailed fox.

This was the result of him using the system to greatly improve his understanding of the Hehuan technique, and thereby improve his own aptitude for following.

If it were before, he would be far inferior to the three-tailed fox.

In addition, the Third Holy Mother also came to the Heavenly Prison to find Li Anran twice during this period.

Li Anran directly asked Tianbing to refuse her entry by saying that he was in seclusion for cultivation.

On the other hand, there was still no movement on the Xiniu Hezhou side.

Li Anran didn't know how things were going, and could only hope that Yang Jian would catch more monsters.

On this day, Li Anran was browsing the life stories of the sinful immortals in the Heavenly Prison as usual, and studying Taoist scriptures with them in the past.

Suddenly, a heavenly soldier came to report that the great god of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly had escorted more than ten monsters to the gate of the heavenly prison.

Li Anran's eyes lit up and he hurried out to meet him.

He had been in Heaven for several months, but had never met Nezha, the Third Prince, who was nicknamed the No. 1 traitor in Heaven by later generations.

All we know is that Nezha and Li Jing are subduing demons in the lower world.

But they have never been seen sending monsters to the Heavenly Prison.

Li Anran was still wondering if Nezha and the others found it too troublesome and just killed the monsters on the spot. Unexpectedly, they captured more than ten monsters.

After leaving the prison, he saw a young man in a brocade robe with an embroidered belt and holding a musket standing proudly at the prison door.

Behind him, a team of heavenly soldiers and generals were escorting more than a dozen monsters with hideous faces and tied up tightly.

Li Anran noticed that most of these monsters were of water nature, including a dragon with two horns on its head, a shark with sharp teeth and long fins, an old man carrying a turtle shell on his back, and so on.

"Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly." Li Anran bowed and saluted.

To be honest, the Nezha in front of him was a little beyond his expectations.

Her face is like a full moon, her complexion is like peach blossoms, her lips are like painted red, her forehead is broad and her hair is in a bun, she looks heroic...

Uh, this word is not quite suitable to describe Nezha, but it is also very appropriate!

Although the Nezha in front of him has the body of a young boy, his appearance alone makes him more like a girl. Moreover, he is a girl with a beautiful appearance and excellent temperament, even better than the female fairies such as the Fairy of Flowers and the Three Holy Mothers.

"Are you the new prison god?"

Nezha had obviously also heard about the rumors about Li Anran. He looked at him curiously, and seeing that he was dignified and neither humble nor overbearing, he nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad! No wonder you are valued by my second brother! Prison God, you must work hard and guard this prison well. Don't make any mistakes and lose face for Brother Yang Jian!"

The earnest exhortations coupled with his young and handsome face should have seemed weird and funny, but Nezha had his own temperament and managed to suppress this sense of disharmony.

Li Anran said: "It is my duty and I must do my best and not slack off in the slightest."

Nezha hummed and said, "After you put them in the prison, you don't have to waste your energy on interrogating them. They are all guilty of capital punishment, and the evidence is irrefutable. My second brother wanted to use their heads to establish his authority, so I sent them here. You just need to lock them up."

Only then did Li Anran understand why Nezha suddenly sent so many prisoners back.

Nezha didn't say anything else. After leaving the prisoners behind, he led a group of heavenly soldiers and generals and hurriedly left on a cloud.

Judging from the direction they left, they should have gone down to the earth through the South Heaven Gate again.

Obviously, Nezha came this time specifically to deliver the prisoner to him.

"Second Master is indeed reliable! He is the right person to hug!"

Li Anran gave Yang Jian a thumbs up in his heart, took out a monster-binding rope, tied all the monsters together, and dragged them towards the sky prison.

The heavenly soldiers and generals around knew that their prison warden was always cautious and careful in his actions. He always did things that might be dangerous, such as escorting prisoners, by himself and would not let others interfere.

They all stood there quietly and didn't make any noise.

As the monsters entered the Heavenly Prison, the Book of Punishment for Evil began to flip through the pages, and more than ten pages appeared in an instant.

"Um?"

Only then did Li Anran realize that these criminals were not monsters, but the river god Shuijun!

[Prisoner: Longhe Dragon King]

[Sin value: three stars]

[Cultivation: Xuanxian Sixth Level]

[Status: Escorted]

[Capture participation: 1%]

[Benefit: 18,000 experience points/day]

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[Prisoner: Shirakawa Mizuki]

[Sin value: two stars]

[Cultivation: True Immortal Level 6]