By associating with Nezha, I became the darling of the Chinese gods.

Chapter 16 Instead of worshipping it, you should worship me.

A fragrance of lotus blossoms wafted from beside the offering table.

The lotus fragrance carries a faint mist, moist and cool, which inevitably reminds one of the lotus pattern between Nezha's eyebrows.

She is both fierce and beautiful, and harbors murderous intent.

The next moment, Nezha appeared next to Honglian.

Perhaps because of his lotus root body and his frequent stay in lotus ponds, Nezha always carries a faint, cool lotus fragrance.

He gently raised his hand, and the fragrance of lotus blossoms, following the sash wrapped around his arm, lingered faintly around Wen Miao's nose.

"Hey, Wenmiao, what are you praying for?" Nezha waved his hand in front of Wenmiao, seemingly in a good mood.

As soon as Nezha spoke, the lotus fragrance in the dormitory became even stronger.

Help! Are all gods this fragrant?

Wen Miao held her breath, afraid that her breath would taint the lotus fragrance on Nezha's body.

"Uh... I'm praying to you and making a wish."

Wen Miao pointed to the red lotus on the offering table, and at the same time subtly took two steps back.

Nezha raised an eyebrow as he watched the girl quietly walk away from him.

Why back down? Don't you want him to appear?
But he just had to show up.

Nezha sat on the offering table with his arms crossed and legs crossed, swinging his legs back and forth in a good mood.

He was always direct, and didn't like to hold back his questions. Staring at Wen Miao, he said:
What are you wishing for?

Wen Miao paused for a moment, then replied, "May you have peace and safety every year."

There's not much difference between 'please help out' and 'may you have peace and safety every year'.

Without the protection of the Chinese gods, Wen Miao knew he wouldn't survive more than a year in this interstellar world overrun by evil species.

So, may you have peace and safety every year, no problem!
"is it?"

Upon hearing this, Nezha lowered his eyes and glanced at the neatly arranged snacks and fruits on the offering table, all of which were novel foods he had never seen before.

Of all the fruits, he only recognized peaches.

They treated an ordinary lotus flower with more fervor than they treated him personally.

Fortunately, he made a special trip back to Heaven to ask Laozi for medicine for her.

Nezha smirked, as if scoffing, and toyed with the red lotus that Wenmiao had been offering, saying:
Instead of worshipping it, you should worship me.

He was always compassionate towards the common people.

A thousand requests will be answered, ten thousand requests will be granted.

Especially for children.

Thinking of this, Nezha raised his eyes, his clear gaze falling on Wen Miao's slightly pale face for a moment.

Well... she can barely be considered a child.

However, he is a bit older than the average child.

Nezha tilted his head, picked up a clean peach from the offering table, and took a bite.

Since it's an offering for him, he can eat it if he wants.

One bite and the peach juice explodes in your mouth.

It's sweet and delicious.

Nezha squinted his eyes contentedly.

The peaches this time are sweeter than the last time, so Wenmiao must have specially selected them.

Considering Wen Miao's sincere devotion, it wouldn't hurt for him to offer her a little more protection.

Wen Miao was full of questions, silently wondering to herself: What did Nezha mean by that?
There's no statue of him here, so isn't worshipping lotus flowers the same as worshipping Nezha?
While munching on a peach, Nezha pulled a dark-colored pill from his pocket and tossed it to Wenmiao without looking up.

Here, eat it.

Wen Miao held the pill in her hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

To be frank, it's really ugly.

Nezha raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways at Wen Miao.

His slightly upturned eyes conveyed a unique pride and brilliance characteristic of youth.

All I heard was him, with a peach dangling from his mouth, mumbling indistinctly:

"Oh, these pills made by Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) will be good for your health."

"???" Wen Miao's eyes widened in surprise.

This abstract thing that looks like a Maltesers is actually the legendary elixir of immortality refined by Laozi?!
Offended, offended.

Wen Miao swallowed hard, and suddenly felt the pill in her hand become heavier.

She gave an awkward smile and politely declined, saying, "Such precious things, it's not really appropriate for me to eat them..."

"Stop nagging." Hearing Wen Miao's refusal, Nezha stopped eating the peach and deliberately put on a stern face, saying:

"Since you are being worshipped, I shall naturally offer you my protection. I have now accepted your offerings, so eat them as you are told."

Seeing the half-eaten peach in Nezha's hand, Wenmiao was instantly moved to tears.

A single large peach can be exchanged for a single elixir of immortality from Laozi?!

Oh dear heavens, there are such kind-hearted gods in this world!
"Great God Nezha! You're such a kind person, I want to follow you for the rest of my life!"

Wen Miao was deeply moved and quickly put the elixir into her pocket, planning to take it before going to bed that night.

Follow for a lifetime?

"Hmph, there's no need to exaggerate like that." Nezha couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, then, as if remembering something, awkwardly turned his head away and snorted softly:

"Just don't hold Honglian so tightly in the future."

When he stayed in the red lotus, his five senses were connected with the red lotus.

The force and sensation of Wen Miao embracing Hong Lian were transmitted to him without any deviation.

It's warm and soft...

He had never been hugged like that in all his years of life.

Nezha didn't feel offended, he just felt a little uncomfortable.

Wen Miao was unaware of the empathic connection between Hong Lian and Nezha.

But since Nezha had already said so, Wen Miao agreed without hesitation:

"no problem!"

After eating the peach, Nezha jumped down from the offering table.

Looking at the red lotus on the offering table, Nezha raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling playful.

He imitated Wen Miao's movements, facing the red lotus he had once stayed in, closed his eyes, and clasped his hands together.

He was worshipping himself.

Because of the silence, the red lotus mark between the boy's brows inexplicably gained a touch of cold compassion, and his face was so beautiful that it was hard to tell whether he was male or female.

It looks like she's making a wish.

Curious, Wen Miao couldn't help but ask, "Great God Nezha, what are you wishing for?"

Do gods also have wishes?
Nezha lowered her hand, turned her head, and looked at the innocent-looking Wenmiao, a wicked smile deliberately appearing on her beautiful face:
"It's nothing, I just wish that something bad would happen to Li Jing soon."

Upon hearing this, Wen Miao's lips twitched.

If she remembers correctly, Nezha's father is Li Jing.

Nezha frowned, not hearing what he wanted to hear:
"Aren't you going to ask me why I killed Li Jing?"

Wen Miao shrugged, looking completely indifferent.
"You must have your reasons for wanting to kill him, why should I ask so many questions?"

Nezha remained silent for a moment, which was uncommon.

He lifted his eyelids and stared at Wen Miao seriously for the first time.

"Li Jing is my father."

There was silence.

After a while, Nezha chuckled:
"However, that's not the case now."

After saying this, Nezha leaped into the red lotus.

He seemed to dislike staying in Heaven.

Aside from the necessary clocking in and out for work in Heaven, Nezha always stayed inside the lotus flower.

What to do when faced with the willful Nezha?
Of course we'll treat it well!
Wenmiao carefully placed the red lotus on the table into the bowl of water.

To improve her health, Wen Miao took out the elixir given to her by Nezha and swallowed it before going to bed.

The moment the elixir entered her stomach, Wen Miao felt her body begin to heat up, and her skin became itchy, as if some impurities were being expelled from her body.

Wen Miao endured the tingling sensation all over her body and let the medicine take effect.

More than the itch on her body, she wanted to become stronger!
(End of this chapter)