Nezha's Birth

Chen Tang Pass, a tall and majestic city wall with an ancient-looking gate tower.

Hanging high on the city tower were a treasured bow and three feathered arrows.

At a glance, one could tell that this bow and arrow set was no ordinary item.

The bow was carefully crafted from the finest materials: southern Mount Tai's black sandalwood, Yan cattle's horns, Jing elk's bow tips, and river fish glue. The feathered arrows were snow-white, with black arrow feathers and chillingly sharp arrowheads.

This bow and arrow set was none other than the Universe Bow and Heaven Shaking Arrows, treasures used by Xuanyuan Huangdi to kill Chi You. Now, they hung here to suppress the pass's fortune, guarded by the Chen Tang Pass's garrison commander.

Li Jing, the garrison commander of Chen Tang Pass, was a conscientious and people-loving official. Usually, he would personally ascend the city tower every day to inspect the pass, preventing villains from entering the city and causing havoc.

But today, Li Jing was surprisingly absent from his usual inspection of the city tower. The reason was that his wife had given birth to a child today, and this child had turned the Li residence upside down, causing unrest.

Li Jing's wife, Madam Yin, had been pregnant for three years and six months, astonishing countless people. Rumors spread among the people that Lord Li's love for the people had moved the heavens, and the heavens would bestow upon him a divine child. Madam Yin's child was destined to be an immortal.

But Li Jing looked left and right, sword in hand, and no matter how he looked at it, this thing didn't resemble an immortal.

Back when he, Li Jing, had studied under Du'e Zhenren, he had seen countless immortals and deities thanks to his master's influence, but he had never seen such an immortal: a large ball of flesh.

This child was probably not an immortal, but a demon.

A demon's birth would surely bring disaster.

As the garrison commander of Chen Tang Pass, Li Jing naturally couldn't allow a harbinger of disaster to be born, destroying the city and people he protected.

After much deliberation, he finally gripped his sword tightly, raised it high, and was about to strike the ball of flesh before him.

Madam Yin, dragging her newly delivered body, knelt before him.

"Husband, no matter what, this child is a piece of flesh that fell from my body. He is, after all, our child. How can you bear to..."

Li Jing took a deep breath, calming his agitated mood.

"Madam, this child is definitely a demon. I cannot allow him to be born."

"I am not only this child's father, but also the father of hundreds of thousands of people in Chen Tang Pass. I must be responsible for the people and cannot allow him to wreak havoc on the world for my own selfish reasons."

Li Jing's voice was resolute. His words were meant for Madam Yin, but also for himself. After all, what parent could bring themself to kill their own child?

"But husband, this child was bestowed upon me in a dream by an old man with white hair. That old man was kind and benevolent, how could he harm us?"

Li Jing gently pushed Madam Yin away. "Madam, there's no use in saying more. Today, I will definitely not let this demon go."

With that, he raised his sword, ignoring Madam Yin's obstruction, and brought it down.

Bang!

In an instant, the ball of flesh burst open, and a child leaped out. Red light filled the sky, and Golden Lotus bloomed on the ground, supporting the infant.

A golden light burst from the infant's body, shooting straight towards the blazing sun high in the sky.

Madam Yin turned from tears to smiles, picked up the infant, and excitedly said to Li Jing, "Husband, look, it's a child! Our child is not a demon."

Her face was still streaked with tears. Li Jing gently wiped away her tears, embraced her, and said with relief, "It's good that he's not a demon, it's good that he's not a demon."

Madam Yin had a bright smile on her face as she teased the child in her arms. "Husband, look at him, what an adorable child."

Li Jing then lowered his head to carefully look at the infant.

He saw that his face was like powder, his fleshy right hand was wearing a golden bracelet, and a red silk was wrapped around his belly, which was very cute.

"Indeed, he is a miraculous child, why not call him Nezha."

"Yes."

Wang Yuan was lying on the rocking chair in the small courtyard, leisurely eating fruit, enjoying the massage of the three demons, feeling very comfortable.

Suddenly, he saw red light filling the sky, and golden light shooting straight into the clouds, heading towards the scorching sun.

He was distracted, and the fruit in his hand fell to the ground.

Do Bao, smelling the scent, came out of the soil, picked up the remaining half of the fruit and ran away.

If it were usual, Wang Yuan would definitely teach the Little Mouse a lesson.

But at this moment, he was not in the mood to educate the Little Mouse, because he was too familiar with this phenomenon.

Red light from the ground, red light filling the sky, golden light shooting at the sun.

Isn't this the phenomenon when Nezha, one of the top two generals during the Investiture of the Gods, was born?

Wang Yuan thought to himself, "So, Nezha is born?"

Nezha is good, but he can't be left to the Chan Sect people.

Wang Yuan remembered that in the Investiture of the Gods, the Chan Sect was able to defeat the Intercept Sect and finally help King Wu defeat Yin. Besides Yuanshi Tianzun personally intervening and bullying the younger generation, another important reason was that Yang Jian and Nezha were almost invincible in the younger generation, and even the older generation of Qi refiners found it difficult to compete with them.

In the entire Investiture of the Gods, there were only a few people who achieved sanctification through their physical bodies, and Nezha was one of them.

How could Wang Yuan let such a future God of War go to the Chan Sect?

You must know that he is now betting on the Intercept Sect and Zhou Wang. If the Intercept Sect falls, wouldn't he and Great Nephew be at everyone's mercy? This huge family business would also be taken advantage of by others.

"Yes, Nezha cannot be given to the Chan Sect, Nezha must be taken before Taiyi Zhenren."

Thinking of this, Wang Yuan sat up from the rocking chair.

"Pipa, go to Li Jing's house, the garrison general of Chen Tang Pass, there is a newborn child there who is destined for me, bring him here. Remember, be polite."

After saying this, Wang Yuan touched his nose, how did he feel that his words were a bit like a certain Western Sect saint known for his shamelessness.

Pipa nodded in agreement and turned to leave.

Before long, she returned with an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Wang Yuan was stunned, "So fast?"

Pipa chuckled and said, "I said this child is destined for an elder in my family and wanted to take the child away, they deeply believed it and handed the child over to me."

Wang Yuan touched his nose, elder, am I that old?

Looking at Nezha's cute sleeping face in the swaddling clothes, Wang Yuan couldn't help but pinch his chubby little face, and sighed in his heart, this is the future Three Altars Sea Assembly Great God, Central Army Marshal, besides me, who else would have the opportunity to pinch his little face.

As soon as he thought that Taiyi Zhenren would go to Li Jing's house to pick up the child and find nothing, Wang Yuan couldn't help but want to laugh.

You Chan Sect made all sorts of plans and even offered up your own Jade Void treasure, the Spirit Pearl Boy. Didn't expect it, did you? In the end, it was all for my benefit.

Thinking of this, Wang Yuan felt truly comfortable. He took Nezha and held him in his arms, teasing him.

Hu Jiu Mei saw the immortal teasing the baby in his arms with a smile, and couldn't help but imagine how the immortal would treat her and his child.

This thought made her blush.

Wang Yuan looked at Hu Jiu Mei's flushed face and fell into thought, Do foxes also go into heat in the summer?