Shop of All Worlds: The First Customer Princess Jinyang

Chapter 173 Nezha's Past
"I know what you want to say, Nezha is the son of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King."

"But, think about the relationship between Nezha and Li Jing?"

Ye Jiangnan whispered to Sun Wukong.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong frowned and began to think.

After a long while, Sun Wukong spread his hands and said:
"I do not know!"

Ye Jiangnan: “???”

"If you don't know, just say you don't know!"

"The way you were thinking just now, I thought you knew!"

Ye Jiangnan said unhappily.

When I saw Sun Wukong’s look just now, I thought he knew it, so he was thinking about it.

But this guy is so good!

You don't know but you pretend to know!

Sun Wukong scratched his head in embarrassment and said with a wry smile:
"My Lord, I am just cooperating with you!"

Ye Jiangnan rolled his eyes at Sun Wukong.

"My Lord, even though I don't know, there is someone who knows!"

After saying that, Sun Wukong turned around and pulled Zhu Bajie over from the bank of Tongtian River.

"Hey hey!"

"What! What are you doing!"

"Can't you see that I'm busy?"

Zhu Bajie, who was being dragged by Sun Wukong, said speechlessly.

Sun Wukong was too lazy to care about him and just dragged Zhu Bajie in front of Ye Jiangnan.

Zhu Bajie, who was dragged here forcibly, was very unhappy.

"Really!"

"Why are you so clumsy, you damn monkey?"

"Can't you see that he is staring at Master?"

"If anything happens to Master, can you, a dead monkey, bear the consequences?"

Zhu Bajie scratched the place where he was pulled by Sun Wukong with disgust.

Sun Wukong ignored Zhu Bajie's complaints.

How could Sun Wukong not know what Zhu Bajie’s personality and appearance are like?

Normally, although he is a bit cunning and likes to complain, he will still do it if you really ask him to do it.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhu Bajie shook his fat body and asked Sun Wukong.

"Hey, Junior Brother, let me ask you, how much do you know about Nezha?"

Sun Wukong asked with a smile.

"Nezha's matter?"

Zhu Bajie looked at Sun Wukong in confusion.

"Why are you asking him about this?"

"Are you planning to find out more about him and then take revenge when you have the chance?"

After saying this, Zhu Bajie seemed to have discovered a new world and said in surprise:
"Wow wow wow!"

"I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it!"

"Brother, you are still such a person!"

"After all, you are the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong!"

"How dare you do such an unethical thing!"

Sun Wukong: "..."

If he didn't have something to ask him, Sun Wukong would definitely grab Zhu Bajie's ears immediately.

"Go away! What are you thinking about!"

"Tell me about Nezha!"

Sun Wukong urged Zhu Bajie to speak out quickly.

At first, Sun Wukong wanted to ask Ye Jiangnan.

But when Sun Wukong thought about it, it would cost a lot of coins to ask Ye Jiangnan questions.

So, Sun Wukong thought about it and decided to give up.

It's worth saving a little bit.

Anyway, his two junior brothers had worked with Nezha in Heaven before, so they must know about Nezha.

Just ask your two junior brothers, and there is no need to ask Ye Jiangnan.

"What about Nezha?"

Zhu Bajie asked.

"Well... start from when Nezha was born!"

Sun Wukong said.

Zhu Bajie: “???”

"Brother, you don't really want to find out all about Nezha, and then..."

"Ok?"

Sun Wukong stared at Zhu Bajie with eyes wide open.

"Ahem, I was just joking."

"Let's start from the moment Nezha was born. It's like this..."

Zhu Bajie began his long narrative.

After all, he was once the Marshal Tianpeng of the Heavenly Court, commanding 100,000 naval forces of the Heavenly Court.

He also knew a lot about the gods in heaven.

"It is said that the wife of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was pregnant for three years and six months before she gave birth to Nezha."

"As soon as it landed, hey wow, it was a ball of meat."

"Li Jing was startled, thinking it was a monster, and drew his sword to kill it."

"Who would have thought that the ball of flesh would split in two, and a delicate little baby would jump out from it."

"Nezha could speak as soon as he was born, and when he saw Li Jing for the first time, he called him dad."

"By the way, when Nezha was born, he was holding the Universe Ring and the Chaos Heaven Ribbon in his hands."

"That is the magic weapon that his master, Taiyi Zhenren, prepared for him in advance."

Zhu Bajie spoke in a crackling voice.

When Sun Wukong heard Zhu Bajie mention "Taiyi Zhenren", he asked curiously:
"Who is this Taiyi Zhenren?"

"Why have I never heard of it?"

Sun Wukong knew most of the gods in heaven.

However, there are still many gods and immortals whom he has never heard of and has never even seen in person.

"Taiyi Zhenren, he is the disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun and one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect."

Zhu Bajie explained.

"So, this Nezha has a great background?"

Sun Wukong pondered.

Zhu Bajie shrugged his shoulders and said:

“That’s fine.”

Then, Zhu Bajie looked at Sun Wukong and muttered:
"Brother, your master..."

Sun Wukong glanced at Zhu Bajie.

It’s not because Ye Jiangnan is here that Sun Wukong doesn’t let Zhu Bajie speak.

But Sun Wukong never let anyone mention his master.

Zhu Bajie shut his mouth instantly and said no more.

"You go on."

Sun Wukong said.

Zhu Bajie continued:
"Even though the child born to my wife is a freak, he is still my son no matter what."

"Li Jing is quite fond of his own Nezha."

"Nezha is born with supernatural powers and a mischievous personality."

"When Nezha was seven years old, the weather was unbearable and he went to the beach to take a bath."

"His Hun Tian Ling stirred the sea water lightly, and the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea was turned upside down."

"There is something wrong with the Dragon Palace, so the Dragon King's Third Prince Ao Bing came out of the Dragon Palace to check what's going on."

"I told you before that Nezha has a bad temper."

"At that time, Nezha and Ao Bing had a conflict."

"Nezha is young and full of vigor. With the help of the Chaos Heaven Ribbon and the Universe Circle, he defeated Ao Bing in no time."

Sun Wukong nodded in agreement.

Nezha does have some skills.

"Not only did he defeat Ao Bing, he also pulled out his dragon tendons!"

When Zhu Bajie talks about this matter, he is still a little shocked.

Nezha's behavior can be said to be much worse than that of his senior brother Sun Wukong.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Nezha to be so courageous!"

"How dare you kill the Dragon King's son!" "I, Sun, don't have his courage!"

Sun Wukong began to admire Nezha a little.

suddenly.

Sun Wukong turned his gaze to Ye Jiangnan who was standing aside.

Ye Jiangnan didn't pay attention to what Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie were talking about.

His eyes fell on Tang Monk who was teaching Qin Shihuang and his two companions how to ride a motorboat.

I didn’t expect that Tang Seng was quite talented in this area.

He learned it very quickly and could even teach Qin Shi Huang and others directly.

Feeling Sun Wukong's gaze, Ye Jiangnan turned around and said:
"Look at what I'm doing?"

Sun Wukong said with a wry smile:
"My Lord, what do you think I should do to get Nezha to fight with us..."

As he said that, Sun Wukong pointed and filled it in.

Ye Jiangnan said:

"Nezha has never liked the Heavenly Court. If you say you are against it, Nezha will probably agree immediately."

Sun Wukong heard this and asked in confusion:

"Why doesn't Nezha like Heaven?"

"If he didn't like the Heavenly Court, how could he be named the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly?"

Without waiting for Ye Jiangnan to reply, Zhu Bajie said with a smile:

"Hey, Brother, this is what I'm going to talk about next."

"Didn't Nezha kill the son of the Dragon King of the East Sea?"

Sun Wukong nodded.

"The Dragon King of the East Sea was furious when he found out his son's tendons had been pulled out."

"So, he decided to flood Chentang Pass to avenge his son."

"When Li Jing learned that Nezha had caused a disaster, he was afraid that the Dragon King's revenge would bring disaster to Chentang Pass, so he wanted to kill Nezha to prevent future troubles."

Sun Wukong: "???"

Sun Wukong suspected that he had heard it wrongly.

Li Jing wants to kill his own son, Nezha, to avenge the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

Is this right?
That is his own son.

You don't have to dote on your son too much, but if your son makes a mistake, you don't have to kill your son out of fear of the revenge of the Dragon King of the East Sea, right?

"Bajie, you're not wrong, are you?"

"Li Jing is afraid of the Dragon King of the East China Sea?"

Sun Wukong said uncertainly.

Zhu Bajie smiled and said:

"Brother, please don't say that."

"Li Jing is indeed afraid of the revenge of the Dragon King of the East China Sea."

"At that time, Li Jing was not yet the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, nor did he have any magical powers, and there was no pagoda like the one we have now."

"He is just a mortal, so it is normal for him to be afraid of the Dragon King's revenge."

"Besides, he was the general of Chentang Pass at that time."

"If he harms innocent people because of his own son, where will his dignity be?"

After Zhu Bajie's explanation, Sun Wukong understood the reason.

I can also understand what Li Jing did at that time.

His son made a mistake and implicated other people.

The only way to resolve this matter is to sacrifice his son in exchange for the Dragon King's forgiveness.

Zhu Bajie continued:
"We can understand Li Jing's approach."

"But Nezha, as his son, felt extremely sad and angry."

"Nezha thought he was just doing what he was supposed to do, but he didn't get his father's understanding and support."

"So, Nezha, in a rage, took a knife in his hand, cut off his flesh for his mother and cut off his bones for his father, in order to return his parents' essence and blood."

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he exclaimed:
"I didn't expect that Nezha still had some backbone."

"Know that you have made a mistake, and take responsibility for it yourself."

"But isn't Nezha dead?"

"He is now..."

Zhu Bajie smiled and said:
"After Nezha committed suicide, his soul wandered around, not knowing where to go."

"Finally, Nezha's soul drifted to his master, Taiyi Zhenren."

"Taiyi Zhenren likes his disciple Nezha very much."

"After learning about Nezha's experience, Taiyi Zhenren asked Nezha to talk to his mother in a dream."

"He asked Nezha's mother, Madam Yin, to build a Nezha temple on Cuiping Mountain. Nezha only needs to absorb incense for three years to rebuild his body."

"However, within half a year, the Nezha Temple was discovered by Li Jing."

"When Li Jing found out, he was furious and had the Nezha painting destroyed."

"So, Nezha failed to be resurrected successfully."

"This method doesn't work. Master Taiyi has thought of another way."

"So, Taiyi Zhenren used lotus roots and lotus flowers to reshape Nezha's body, allowing Nezha to be reborn."

After hearing this, Sun Wukong frowned.

Isn’t that why Nezha hates Heaven?

Does this have any great relationship with the Heavenly Palace?
It has a lot to do with Li Jing.

"Does this have anything to do with Heaven?"

Sun Wukong asked in confusion.

"Hey, Brother, think about it from another angle!"

"Li Jing was later named the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King."

"Nezha hates his father so much."

"His father was named Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King by the Heavenly Court. Nezha hates his father. Does he hate the Heavenly Court as well?"

"Also, Nezha was unwilling to go to heaven to become a god at that time."

"He was forced by his father to become a god."

"The Investiture of the Gods...it sounds good, but it has many restrictions."

"The gods are all confined within the Conferred God List and restricted by the Heavenly Laws."

"Nezha has a personality that makes him violate the Heavenly Law every other day. Whatever he wants to do, he is restricted by the Heavenly Law."

"It would be strange if Nezha didn't hate Heaven."

Being on the list of gods sounds very impressive.

Be crowned as a god!

Being on the List of Gods is also an honor, isn’t it?
Of course, this is how people who don’t know understand the Investiture of the Gods.

Only those who are on the List of Gods know that it is a restriction on them.

Before the Conferred God Ceremony, many gods were free and at ease, and could travel and practice freely between heaven and earth.

But after being deified, they had to serve in the Heavenly Court and obey the Heavenly Court's dispatch and arrangements. They could no longer act as they pleased as before.

They cannot freely choose their own behavior and destination. Even if they want to leave heaven and travel to the outside world, they still need the consent of the Jade Emperor before they can leave heaven.

Moreover, there are heavenly rules.

The Heavenly Laws have very strict hierarchy and rules.

Even if you want to do something or have any worldly desires, it is not allowed by the Heavenly Law.

In the past, if you felt lonely, you could find a mortal or a Taoist partner.

But after being listed on the Investiture of the Gods and being canonized as a deity, he was not allowed to find a mortal, let alone a Taoist partner.

The rest is fine, the worst that can happen is less freedom and less desire.

But for the gods who are listed in the List of Gods, their life and death are bound to the List of Gods.

The lives of the deified gods are closely linked to the List of Gods. As long as the List of Gods exists, the deity's position exists.

If there is a problem with the List of Gods, their existence may also be threatened.

Moreover, if Yudai wanted them to die, he could just make a change in the List of Gods and take their lives directly.

Also, under normal circumstances, the gods have various magical powers and spells.

They can protect their own lives to a certain extent, and even if they encounter danger, they have the opportunity to be reborn or recover through special methods.

But after being deified, their life forms changed. After dying in battle, they could not be resurrected as easily as free gods, but needed to rely on the power of the List of Deities to recover. This made their life and death no longer free.

This was also the reason why Zhu Bajie sighed earlier.

Nezha hates the Heavenly Palace, which has the greatest relationship with the Investiture of the Gods.

Zhu Bajie was somewhat relieved that he was not on the List of Gods.

Otherwise, he would have lost his freedom long ago.

No matter what you do, you still have to consider other people's moods.

After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he looked at Ye Jiangnan and asked:
"My Lord, is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Ye Jiangnan nodded gently and said:

"That's right, the analysis is correct."

After saying this, Ye Jiangnan looked at Sun Wukong and said:

"So, you know how to win over Nezha, right?"

(End of this chapter)