Mortal: My name is Ma Liang, and I also possess a magic brush.

Nezha pulled Jinzha into a secluded house, and with a wave of his arm, he set up a barrier, completely isolating the place.

Seeing his younger brother being so cautious, Jinzha became even more curious. What exactly had he found?

With a flick of his wrist, Nezha sent a nearly transparent mass of energy swirling in his palm.

Jinzha stared at the object. "Little brother, what is this?"

"This is good stuff!"

"This is the boundary anchor point; with it, we can glimpse another world!"

Jin Zha was startled. Another world?

"Don't all matters involving crossing realms require great supernatural powers to accomplish?"

"Hehe, bro, you wouldn't know this!"

Nezha immediately became interested, "I've heard Laozi say that if there's an anchor in another realm, and this realm can sense it, then establishing a passage between the two realms will be a hundred times easier!"

"I happened to be on duty at the Immortal Patrol Division today when the Celestial Mirror suddenly detected an unusual spatial fluctuation. Hey, I caught it red-handed!"

Nezha said proudly, "I rushed over immediately and retrieved the boundary anchor."

Jin Zha's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. "Brother, crossing realms is a clear violation of the immortal rules! You just brought it back like that, aren't you afraid of being punished?"

Nezha waved his hand dismissively: "Don't worry, brother. I already told that person that I'm just borrowing this thing to play with for a few days."

Jin Zha was still worried. "Brother, you should hand this over. Otherwise, you'll cause trouble for Father again."

Upon hearing this, Nezha immediately objected, his face falling. "Brother, I'm kindly sharing such a good thing with you, why are you constantly stopping me? You're not happy at all!"

Seeing her younger brother's sullen expression, Jinzha ultimately decided to spoil him.

"Alright, alright, I won't try to persuade you to hand it over. So, how exactly should we use this boundary anchor point?"

When Nezha heard his brother relent, he immediately beamed with joy. He was about to pat his chest and say, "Leave it to me," when a thought suddenly struck him.

Yes, how do you use it?

All he knew was that this was a treasure that allowed him to peek into another world, and he successfully retrieved it. However, the spatial anchor in his hand seemed about to shatter with the slightest force.

Recalling the anecdote about Ma Liang's crossover that Xuan Yuan Da Xian had just mentioned, he lost even more confidence.

If we forcefully widen the passage, we'll probably break the anchor point first.

He quickly moved closer to Jin Zha, "Brother, can you find a way to stabilize this spatial anchor point?"

Upon hearing this, Jinzha immediately laughed and pointed at Nezha, shaking his head repeatedly.

"Haha, you're really something else! You brought all that stuff back, but you don't even know how to use it."

He shrugged helplessly. "Don't even mention you. This is the first time I've ever heard of this 'boundary anchor point,' let alone know how to use it."

"We brothers can fight on the battlefield without batting an eye, but we've never learned this kind of meticulous work."

Nezha was instantly stumped, racking his brains for a solution, "What should I do..."

He began to sift through the familiar gods and immortals in his mind, one by one.

Who is truly skilled at this kind of delicate manipulation?

Nezha suddenly slapped his thigh, his voice rising: "Hey, I've got it! Let's go find my master!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Zha's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed in shock, "Master Taiyi? No, no! It's one thing for you to act recklessly, but how could you drag your master into this? If this escalates, won't it be even harder to handle?"

Nezha waved his hand dismissively and grabbed Jinzha, ready to leave.

"Alright, bro, don't worry about it, just come with me! My master always protects me and never blames me."

"Besides, even my master probably doesn't see something as good as a boundary anchor point very often!"

Just as Jinzha was being pulled by Nezha to leave, Nezha hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Wait! Nezha, your master is in the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain, and he's going down to the mortal realm! If you go out like this and the Heavenly Court questions you, how will you explain it?"

"Brother, don't worry!"

"Aren't I on duty at the Immortal Patrol Division? I already registered it when I collected those boundary anchor points before, and it was considered a routine patrol. Now let's use this as an excuse to go out on another patrol, it's perfectly legitimate!"

"You are a disciple of the Chan Sect, and you don't hold any official position in the Heavenly Court. No one can find fault with you coming on a business trip with me, a serving celestial official!"

Jinzha, seeing that he couldn't persuade Nezha otherwise, had no choice but to compromise.

"Alright, but if your master doesn't agree, you can't cause any more trouble!"

"I know, I know!" Nezha replied casually, and the Wind Fire Wheels beneath his feet instantly materialized, swirling with rosy light as they shot straight into the sky.

Jin Zha shook his head and sighed, then transformed into a golden streak of light and followed closely behind.

The two arrived at the South Heavenly Gate in a short while, where the gatekeepers were none other than the Heavenly King of Growth, Mo Liqing, and the Heavenly King of Wide Vision, Mo Lihong.

When the two gods saw Nezha arrive, they simply cupped their hands in greeting as a formality.

Nezha also pretended to be serious, nodded in return, and without saying a word, led Jinzha out the door.

The four of them remained silent throughout the entire process.

After Nezha and Jinzha stepped out of the South Heavenly Gate and transformed into streams of light to descend to the mortal realm once more, Mo Lihong turned to look at Mo Liqing.

"Why didn't you check his lower realm's records?"

Mo Liqing glanced at him and retorted, "Then why didn't you investigate?"

Mo Lihong was speechless for a moment, and then Mo Liqing let out a soft hum.

"Forget it. He just completed a survey of the lower realms earlier. Although it's a bit unreasonable for him to go down to the lower realms again this time, at least he has a reason."

"If we really insist on stopping him, given that young master's temperament, who knows what kind of trouble he might cause. Let's just let it go like this. If something really happens, we can use this old contract as an explanation."

Mo Lihong nodded and said no more. The two straightened up and continued to guard the South Heavenly Gate.

In this immortal realm, one truly needs to have discernment.

For someone like Nezha, with his powerful background and fiery temper, the best strategy to protect oneself is to turn a blind eye unless he commits a grave mistake.

……

Qianyuan Mountain stands amidst a blessed land, with its peaks layered with verdant greenery. Golden light seems to flow from the mountaintop, casting a warm glow on the surrounding clouds.

Deep within the mountain lies the Golden Light Cave. At the cave entrance hangs an ancient stone tablet inscribed with the three seal characters "Golden Light Cave." The cave door is half-closed, and one can vaguely see the spiritual light emanating from within, along with the lingering fragrance of incense.

Two streaks of light, one red and one gold, sped down from the horizon and arrived at the mountainside in an instant, landing in front of the Golden Light Cave.

As soon as Nezha landed, he rushed towards the cave. Without even knocking, he kicked the door open with a loud bang, his booming voice causing dust to fall from the cave ceiling: "Master! Master! Your disciple has come to see you!"

Inside the cave, the alchemical fire was burning brightly. The slightly plump, round-faced Taiyi Zhenren was guarding the furnace, the hem of his light blue Taoist robe casually draped on the ground, his black hair tied up in a bun with a peach wood hairpin.

He was holding a magic seal with one hand and waving a palm-leaf fan with the other, intently refining a batch of pills.

Upon suddenly hearing the sound of the door being kicked open and the shouts, Master Taiyi was so startled that his hand trembled, and his magic spells instantly became disordered.

With a loud "bang," the lid of the alchemy furnace was suddenly blown off, and billowing alchemical vapor carrying several perfectly round pills shot straight to the top of the cave, before crashing to the ground with a clatter.

Taiyi Zhenren was stunned for a moment, then looked at the mess on the ground and was so distressed that he jumped up and down.

"Ah, my pills! I've been refining these pills for forty-eight days now, and they'll be ready in a few more hours!"

As he spoke, his finger trembled as he pointed at Nezha, so angry he could barely speak: "You...you...why did you have to come at this time of all times!"

Nezha picked up a dark, unappealing pill from the ground, brought it close to his nose to smell it, and then threw it away in disgust.

"What is this? Master, what kind of pill did you refine? It stinks!"

At this moment, Jin Zha slowly walked in from outside the door, cupped his hands and bowed to Taiyi Zhenren, saying, "Disciple Jin Zha greets Martial Uncle."