Crazy Nezha

The second uncle quickly caught the lamb with a clean towel and, following the instructions recited by Li Tianbao, held the lamb upside down and gently patted its back to drain the amniotic fluid from its lungs.

The little black sheep choked twice, and its bleating instantly became louder.

"There's one more!" Li Tianbao had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Leopard Head start straining again.

This time it didn't go so smoothly. Leopard Head tried several times, but the lamb only showed a little bit of its white head and couldn't get out no matter what.

"I'm stuck!" Li Tianbao's palms were sweating. He quickly flipped through the tutorial. "Second Uncle, get up!"

Li Tianbao washed his hands, carefully reached into the birth canal, touched the lamb's forelegs, and slowly pulled them out following the rhythm of the leopard's head's exertions.

Uncle kept reassuring her, "Mother sheep, keep pushing, she'll be out soon!"

The celestial dog was also anxiously circling around, occasionally licking the leopard's head to encourage it.

"Push!" Li Tianbao shouted, and Leopard Head arched his body. With a long bleat, the second lamb was finally pulled out.

It was a little white lamb, slightly smaller than the little black lamb, and it bleated timidly twice.

Li Tianbao: "You bite off the umbilical cord yourself."

Leopard Head said weakly, "Third Prince, I have no strength left. Please cut my hair."

The second uncle asked, "The ewe should be able to bite off the umbilical cord herself, so why is she so weak? What a tragedy."

Li Tianbao went to the kitchen, grabbed a pair of scissors, and shouted, "Second Uncle, where's the lighter?!"

"I'll go get it!" Yin Jianshe hurriedly went back into the house.

After waiting for a while, his second uncle still hadn't come out. Li Tianbao called out, "Second Uncle, hurry up! Is it so hard to find a lighter?"

The sound of my second uncle rummaging through drawers and cabinets came from inside the house. "I don't know where the lighter is."

Li Tianbao squatted beside the goat, his eyes blazing with fury, and burned the scissors for a moment. Then, he decisively cut the umbilical cord!

About two minutes later, I heard my second uncle's voice from behind, "The lighter is here."

"No."

Leopard Head looked at the two wet lambs with tenderness in his eyes and gently licked their fur with his tongue.

The Celestial Dog clicked its tongue in amazement: "Leopard Head, you've given birth to two spirit beasts!! That's a great tonic for Third Master."

Leopard Head felt a chill run down his spine.

Li Tianbao angrily shouted, "Shut up, you dog!!"

The little black lamb struggled to its feet, staggered to the leopard's head, found the teat, and began to suckle; the little white lamb followed its brother's example, stumbling over as the two lambs huddled together, making satisfied swallowing sounds.

The celestial dog stared at the goat's milk, swallowing hard.

"I've never had fresh goat milk before."

Li Tianbao kicked Xiaotian Dog, which howled and looked aggrieved.

"Third Master, why did you kick me!"

Li Tianbao said in a deep voice, "Didn't you see Leopard Head crying? There's a limit to jokes!"

Leopard Head did shed tears. She looked at her two children, one black and one white, her eyes pleading, "Third Prince, please don't eat my children."

Li Tianbao squatted down and said gently, "They are my sister's children. How could I possibly eat my own sister's children?!"

Leopard Head looked deeply moved and lowered his head to lick his child.

At this moment, my second uncle brought over a basin of clean water and said cheerfully, "Nephew, wash your hands. What an adorable little lamb! It's a very auspicious sign!"

The black goat bleated, "Third Prince, I'm not well-educated and don't know how to name my child. Could you help me choose a name for him?"

Li Tianbao looked down at the two lambs, one black and one white, one male and one female, and nodded emphatically!

"Second Uncle, I'd like to raise these sheep in our yard."

Yin Jianshe said, "Of course! Let's not eat mutton anymore. This little lamb is so cute."

Li Tianbao's expression was complicated as he said, "My mom and the others will definitely ask, so just say you want to raise it. I don't want my mom to worry about me unnecessarily."

Yin Jianshe nodded, looking at the lamb. He thought of Tingting and the songs they used to listen to together, and murmured, "If I was ever a bad shepherd, could I try again, just to hug him..."

"Second Uncle, how about you name these two lambs?"

Yin Jianshe thought for a moment, "The little black lamb is male, so we'll name it Black Soil, and the little white lamb is female, so we'll name it White Cloud."

Li Tianbao looked at Leopard Head, who bleated twice, quite satisfied.

"White clouds, black soil."

In the sky, the clouds drifted slowly, revealing a bright moon.

Yin Jianshe yawned. "I'm going back to take a nap. Nephew, don't worry about it. The mother sheep will take care of the lambs."

After watching his second uncle go back into the house, Li Tianbao didn't go back immediately. He moved a small stool, sat down next to him, and watched the lamb nurse.

Leopard Head said, "Third Prince, what are you thinking about?"

Li Tianbao said in a deep voice, "I want to cultivate quickly! I haven't even lit up a single petal of the twelve-petaled lotus. Meditation is too slow. I just breathed fire on the scissors for a while, and my magic power was almost depleted. It's a pity I don't have a spirit beast, otherwise I could use the method of stealing essence and make rapid progress."

Leopard Head said, "Third Master, as I said before, stealing someone else's primordial spirit is ultimately an unorthodox practice. It's like borrowing water to irrigate a field; once the water dries up, it's gone, and the source is ultimately not your own!"

Li Tianbao: "I understand that principle!"

Howling Celestial Dog: "Third Master, some people's bodies break down because they can't resolve their inner conflicts; but if their hearts are at peace, their illnesses will lessen. Do you remember what the pet hospital owner said?"

Li Tianbao seemed thoughtful: "What do you mean?"

Howling Celestial Dog: "The thoughts in your mind affect your body! Magic power is the same as the thoughts in your mind; both are intangible. The body is like a bucket filled with water, and magic power is the water in the bucket! If your thoughts are blocked, the bucket will leak and break, and no matter how much water you fill it with, you won't be able to keep it. But if the bucket is sturdy and intact, you can slowly add water into it, and it will accumulate more and more."

Li Tianbao nodded. "But what exactly is broken or leaking in my heart?"

Howling Celestial Dog: "You'll have to ask yourself that, Third Master. Don't rush, take your time. You're already much more powerful than we imagined!"

Li Tianbao tilted his head. "Really?"

The Celestial Hound said with a serious expression, "Really, you managed to break through the shackles of Heaven's Dao. To cultivate magical power in this world without it is already incredibly impressive!"

"Leopard Head, what do you think? Leopard Head!"

Leopard Head ignored her. She kept repeating the same action: looking at the sheep, then turning her head to look at the dog, comparing them over and over, as if verifying something.

Howling Celestial Dog: "Brother, why are you looking at me like that? I didn't do anything to you!"

Li Tianbao comforted him, "Leopard Head, a ewe needs five months to get pregnant. This lamb definitely has nothing to do with Xiaotian."

Leopard Head sighed mournfully, "I just don't know where the child's father is. My poor child, he was born without a father."

Li Tianbao said with a smile, "Dad doesn't care about the kids! But they have their mother and their uncles."

Leopard Head: "Uncle?"

Li Tianbao: "We used to be brothers, now we're siblings. Your son and daughter are my nephews and nieces! Isn't it reasonable for me to be their uncle?"

Xiaotian: "Third Master, if that's the case, then I'm also their uncle."

Li Tianbao said sternly, "Xiaotian, as his uncle, you have to take good care of them, mother and children! You will make up for the lack of fatherly love in the children."

The Celestial Dog retorted, "What does it matter to me whether that ram abandoned his wife and children and was stewed or boiled?! Why should I, as the uncle, have to take care of the kids?! Why should I compensate for the lack of fatherly love?"

"Yeah, why should we?" Li Tianbao looked at the light in his second uncle's room and laughed, laughing so hard that he was doubled over and tears streamed down his face.

"Third Master, are you alright?"

Li Tianbao suddenly said, "I know why my thoughts are blocked, Xiaotian, I understand!"