Journey to the West: We're too early, Nezha is only seven years old.

"General Ao, our supplies are running low, and we're afraid we won't be able to last until the end of the month!" Steward Zhao hurriedly reported to Zhou Xiaobai as he came out of the inner room.

The four generals of the Mo family have been besieging the city for three months. They have surrounded the city, preventing the Xiqi side from sending grain into the city from the outside.

The city's food supplies are constantly being depleted without any replenishment.

Zhou Xiaobai was well aware of the food shortage, and so was Jiang Ziya. With Jiang Ziya's abilities, he had foreseen this three months ago. However, the plan to send food from Xiqi was difficult to achieve, and even Jiang Ziya's extraordinary schemes were useless.

"I am aware of this matter. You and Steward Liu must keep your mouths shut. If there are any rumors of insufficient food supplies, you will be held accountable!" Zhou Xiaobai said in a deep voice.

Manager Zhao quickly lowered his head and agreed, knowing what could and could not be said.

Zhou Xiaobai knew that the food shortage was not a big deal. Jiang Ziya had no solution, but the Chan Sect behind him must have a way to solve it.

He waved for Steward Zhao to leave, then re-entered the inner room, activated his "Three Heads and Six Arms" supernatural power, and began cultivating the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts".

He had a good time during those three months. Nezha couldn't come often because he had to guard the city, so he spent most of his time cultivating.

His cultivation level in the "Great Celestial Immortal Technique" remained unchanged; he continued to suppress his realm at the "Returning to Emptiness and Merging with the Dao" stage.

However, the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" made great progress. The energy within the three fire dates was completely digested, and with three months of arduous training, the "Eight-Nine Arcane Arts" was upgraded to the mid-stage of the first level.

Of course, the price was that he used up all the powerful medicines and elixirs he had, and his cultivation speed would not be as fast in the future.

"General Ao, someone has come to deliver grain!" Zhou Xiaobai heard Steward Zhao's excited voice after cultivating for less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhou Xiaobai stopped practicing his cultivation technique. He knew that unless it was something important, Steward Zhao would not bother him. This was the first time in three months that Steward Zhao had bothered him at this time.

"Ao Ding greets fellow Daoist!" Zhou Xiaobai saw that Manager Zhao was followed by a young boy, and he dared not underestimate him at all, so he took the initiative to step forward and greet him.

"Han Dulong returns the greeting, Fellow Daoist Ao, please open the granary and collect the grain!" The Daoist boy named Han Dulong smiled and returned the greeting.

Zhou Xiaobai saw that the boy was holding a large bowl-sized container filled with rice, and upon hearing the name Han Dulong, he immediately knew who the young Taoist was.

This was a disciple of Dao Xing Tianzun of Yuwu Cave on Jinting Mountain. Thinking of his fate, Zhou Xiaobai couldn't help but feel pity.

Nezha's master, Taiyi Zhenren, was extremely protective of his disciples, using all sorts of powerful magic weapons and methods, and even trying to revive them after their deaths. But this Daoist Celestial Venerable was different, sending many of his disciples into certain death situations.

Of course, Zhou Xiaobai was not qualified to evaluate the Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect. He was merely an outsider and could not know the Golden Immortals' actual thoughts.

At this moment, Han Dulong was already in the center of the granary, and he poured out the rice bucket in his hand, and rice flowed out continuously.

The grain depot is very large, and the flow rate of the rice bins is even faster. A large amount of rice covers the floor of the grain depot and keeps rising.

In less than two hours, the granary was empty, and Han Dulong then waved his hand to retrieve the rice measure.

"Fellow Daoist, I'm going back to report!" Han Dulong bowed to Zhou Xiaobai.

Zhou Xiaobai escorted it out of the granary before ordering Steward Zhao to count the rice and grain and re-enter the accounts.

No sooner had Han Dulong left than Xiao Bu returned.

Xiao Bu let out a soft cry, came to Zhou Xiaobai's side, and spat out the "Nahu Bottle" and a storage brocade bag.

"Manager Liu, have the kitchen prepare meat and vegetables!" Zhou Xiaobai ordered outside, this was a reward for Xiao Bu.

Although the city was besieged, everyone would be short of food, and the granaries would not be short of food.

"Meow!" Little Bu meowed somewhat discontentedly.

The meat dishes prepared in the kitchen were just ordinary food; although Xiao Bu liked the taste, they did not benefit him.

"Alright, here you go, this is the last one!" Zhou Xiaobai said helplessly, taking out a Beast Spirit Pill and handing it to Xiao Bu.

This was obtained by Nezha from the Golden Light Cave. In such a great calamity, even Taiyi Zhenren did not dare to get involved easily. The cost of delivering the Beast Spirit Pill to Nezha was higher than the price of the pill itself.

It's only because Nezha liked Xiao Bu and agreed to this matter that they didn't even have these Beast Spirit Pills.

Zhou Xiaobai focused his attention on the "Nahu Bottle" and saw that it was filled with water, all of which was the best spring water.

After a three-month siege, all the wells in the city were drained, and the water collected by magic tasted terrible and was scarce.

Inside the storage pouch were tender grasses, which were food for the Pegasus.

Originally, the celestial horses ate grass imbued with spiritual energy, but under these circumstances, even ordinary horse feed could not be guaranteed, let alone spiritual herbs.

Zhou Xiaobai couldn't let the celestial horse go hungry, so he sent Xiao Bu out of the city to fetch water and find fodder. It was Xiao Bu's stealth ability and super speed that allowed him to easily enter and leave.

He poured out the water from the teapot and replaced it with freshly drawn spring water.

With a light touch of his finger, a flame appeared, boiling the spring water and brewing himself a cup of spiritual tea.

There's not much of this spiritual tea left; it was brought from the Dragon Palace of the East Sea.

"Little White!" Before he could even take a sip of tea, Nezha walked in.

Nezha took a sniff, his eyes brightening slightly, and without any hesitation, he took a cup of spiritual tea for himself.

"This water is good, share some with me. Lately, the water made by magic has been making me feel nauseous from the smell!" Nezha immediately noticed the difference in the water.

Nezha had never suffered much hardship. He didn't care for the spiritual tea that Zhou Xiaobai cherished, but instead took a liking to ordinary spring water. It was because his quality of life had dropped too much after the siege, and he could only use water gathered by magic.

"I'll give you half. If you want to fetch more water, you'll have to pay Xiao Bu's fee!" Zhou Xiaobai said casually as he handed the 'Nahu Bottle' to Nezha.

"I've had enough of this life. I really want to fight the Four Demon Generals!" Nezha said as he took out a container to drain the spring water from the 'Nahu Bottle'.

Although Nezha knew that the "Mixed Yuan Pearl Umbrella" had fallen into Zhou Xiaobai's hands, the four demon generals had many tricks up their sleeves, and he was only talking about it, not having the confidence to defeat them.

Nezha has only just completed his apprenticeship, and his cultivation is still in the developmental stage.

If this great calamity had been delayed by a few decades, Nezha alone could have taken on the four demon generals, as can be seen from Nezha's later combat prowess.

"I believe there will be a way to break this deadlock!" Zhou Xiaobai comforted him.

The siege of Xiqi is difficult, and the siege of Chaoge is equally unbearable. Now it depends on who can hold out longer.

He couldn't help but admire Jiang Ziya, who, with only a few generals and soldiers in the city, managed to defend it so well that the Chaoge army was helpless against him.

"Lend me Xiao Bu, I'll send Xiao Bu to the Golden Light Cave on Qianyuan Mountain!" Nezha said, holding Xiao Bu in his arms as he left.

Zhou Xiaobai was fine with it, but Nezha wouldn't let Xiaobu run for nothing.