Inside the Golden Light Cave of Mount Qianyuan, a fat and a thin figure, one tall and one short—the master and disciple—sat silently on their respective meditation mats, staring wide-eyed at each other...
"..."
Taiyi Zhenren said nothing. He merely opened his eyes and looked at his little disciple before him, but his divine sense seemed to have wandered beyond the heavens, and his comical eyes had no fixed focus at all.
"Master..."
After a long while, a spirit wearing nothing but a dudou, with her bottom feeling somewhat chilly—in other words, Nezha's soul—finally could not hold back. She was the first to speak, sighing languidly and complaining:
"Master..."
"It was all because your disciple was useless. I couldn't get the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover back for you... Why don't you go yourself, Master? Your magic power is so great. Why not make another trip in person?"
Yesterday, Nezha had gone to the summit of Chuyun Peak on Cuiping Mountain and waited outside that Flame Immortal Annie's cave abode for half a day. Even when the sun was fiercest in the afternoon, when the yang energy was strongest, he still had not seen the little girl. During that time, he had tried all sorts of methods—earth escape, wall-piercing, the soul-dispersing technique, and even bribery or schemes to confuse the four barrier beasts—but unfortunately, the other party's barrier was extremely sturdy, while those four barrier beasts were far cleverer than the two that had trapped him before...
Thus, believing that the other party was deliberately refusing to see him under the pretext of sleeping, Nezha had been forced to return in frustration and helplessness. That was why he now felt ashamed and aggrieved after seeing the expectant look in his master Taiyi Zhenren's eyes.
"..."
Taiyi Zhenren suddenly returned from