"Indeed, there are only oxen that die from exhaustion, not fields that are ruined by plowing!"
Exhausted, Wang Hao left the Pangu Hall with lingering fear. He had just had a brief but intense reunion with Houtu Yuanshen, followed by a passionate and prolonged lovemaking session, after which he was completely drained.
Of course, the reason he was drained was mainly because he used dual cultivation to nourish Houtu's primordial spirit, and he also copied his own Dao Fruit from the past so that she could comprehend it properly.
Such a huge sacrifice naturally made him feel incredibly weak. What's even more outrageous is that Houtu was so moved by his sincere devotion that she willingly unlocked countless new positions for him.
Finally, he couldn't control himself and was severely overexerted, unable to keep up with his back strength!
"Judging by the time, Lingzhuzi should have already been reincarnated. We should go and see him!"
Taking a breath, Wang Hao quietly entered the Central Plains Nine Provinces of China with the help of the Primordial Wilderness Grand Formation that spanned the entire Primordial World, and soon arrived at Chentang Pass.
Despite the influence of his butterfly effect, some Cause and Effect connections could not be erased, and the future Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing still became the general of Chentang Pass in the Great Shang Dynasty.
Interestingly, Li Jing was born into the barbaric Human Clan. Chentang Pass was close to the barbaric lands and was an important trading city between the two. As a powerful Human Clan from the barbaric lands, Li Jing was perfectly suited to be stationed in such a position.
At the same time, Li Jing is not weak now. He has the cultivation of the Peak Great Firmament Realm and his natal treasure, the Lingling Pagoda, is extremely powerful. He is considered a rare strongman in the Great Firmament Realm. Otherwise, he would not have been appointed as the general of Chentang Pass by the Great Shang Dynasty.
" Li Jing, you're living a pretty comfortable life!"
In the main hall of the Li residence, Wang Hao materialized and picked up a piece of food from the table, almost taking a bite.
Because he had been planning for Lingzhuzi's reincarnation for a long time, he personally guided Li Jing in his cultivation, and the two were acquainted.
"Greetings, King of Nine Li!"
Upon entering the hall and seeing that it was Wang Hao, Li Jing hurriedly bowed and paid his respects. If it weren't for the fact that kneeling and bowing were not customary in this barbaric region, he would have knelt down and kowtowed.
He has always been grateful to Li Jing, the King of Nine Li. Without the guidance of this ancestor of the Human Clan, he would never be where he is today.
"You haven't slacked off in your training over the years, that's good!"
Wang Hao glanced at Li Jing's thick, deformed arms and nodded with satisfaction.
Because the other party's name contained the character "Jing" and he was destined to be incompatible with the Dragon Clan, he deduced a set of supernatural techniques called the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms based on the other party's physical condition.
Judging from his enormous arms and fan-shaped hands, it was clear that he had not relaxed his practice of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms all these years, and had now mastered it.
"It's all thanks to the adults' upbringing!"
Li Jing was overjoyed to receive a positive evaluation from Wang Hao.
"Did Taiyi from the Chan Sect contact you?"
While enjoying his tea and snacks, Wang Hao asked a question.
Although the methods of divination will be greatly suppressed and interfered with during the Immeasurable Tribulation, it is indeed destined that the reincarnated Lingzhuzi will have a master-disciple relationship with Taiyi Zhenren.
Given this opportunity, Heavenly Venerable of Primordial Beginning would surely be able to deduce the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi, and thus send his disciple Taiyi Zhenren to take him as a disciple.
"Your prediction back then was correct. On the day my son Nezha was born, Taiyi of the Chan Sect did indeed come to take Nezha as his disciple. At that time, I even had a strange urge to cut open Nezha's placenta beforehand."
With a gloomy face, Li Jing recounted what happened that day. He now understood that he had definitely been ambushed.
If it weren't for the timely suppression of his mind by his natal spiritual treasure, the Exquisite Pagoda, he would probably have fallen for the opponent's trick.
Although Nezha was born, his gestation was not complete. The placenta was Nezha's last chance. If it were cut open prematurely, this last opportunity would be lost, and he would even be tainted by Acquired energy.
This kind of primordial contamination is very difficult to repair and will have a very negative impact on future cultivation.
Clearly, someone didn't want Nezha to be born in a perfect state, and used underhanded means to induce him, the father, to take action.
Unfortunately, his opponent was unaware that his natal spiritual treasure Exquisite Pagoda, was personally designed by the King of Nine Li. It was incredibly profound and possessed endless wonders, allowing him to regain his senses at the last moment and thwarting his opponent's scheme.
He also had some guesses about the person behind it all; it was very likely the Golden Immortal Taiyi Zhenren of the Chan Sect.
After all, he had only just regained consciousness a short while ago, and that guy arrived a moment later, and was momentarily stunned when he saw that Nezha's placenta was intact.
This scene clearly took the other party by surprise.
"Just follow the plan. We'll have a chance to get this back a thousandfold or even ten thousandfold in the future."
A cold glint flashed in Wang Hao's eyes. He kept this score in mind, determined to get revenge on the Heavenly Venerable of Primordial Beginning sooner or later.
After all, he had just promised his wife not long ago that he would protect Lingzhuzi, but not long after, Lingzhuzi was plotted against. If he hadn't left a backup plan with Li Jing back then, the little guy would probably have been in trouble.
"Your son Nezha is the reincarnation of Nuwa, a Lingzhuzi boy under Nuwa. He will surely achieve Hunyuan realm in the future. In the early stages, you will be that little guy's protector. When that little guy grows up, he can become your guide in return."
Wang Hao smiled and revealed Nezha's background. Back then, due to many concerns, he had only given Li Jing a brief reminder. Now that Nezha had been born successfully, he naturally had to tell the truth to avoid any misunderstandings from Li Jing.
"Rest assured, my lord. Just because Nezha is my son, I will fight to the death to protect him. Anyone who wants to harm Zha'er will have to step over my Li Jing body first!"
Li Jing solemnly promised, his face full of determination, for this was also his responsibility as a father.
"Father!"
Just then, a small head peeked out from outside the door. The little head was incredibly cute, with a delicate and exquisite appearance, looking just like a refined young girl.
This is none other than Li Jing's third son, and the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi — Nezha!
" Zha'er, come in quickly and greet Jiu..."
Li Jing was taken aback, then quickly told Nezha to come in and pay his respects to Wang Hao.
Before Li Jing could finish speaking, Wang Hao said with a smile, "Just call me uncle!"
This wasn't calculated from Li Jing's account, but rather from his own wife Nuwa.
Nuwa had always treated Lingzhuzi as her own son, and now that girl was her wife, her seniority with Lingzhuzi should naturally be calculated in this way.
Hello, Uncle!
Nezha walked in obediently and greeted Wang Hao, but as soon as he reached the door, the entire hall darkened.
Looking at the imposing figure that completely blocked the entrance to the hall, Wang Hao was utterly dumbfounded.
"Have I been transported to the world of 'Ten Cold Jokes'? What on earth is this handsome, broad-shouldered Nezha?"
Wang Hao fell into self-doubt, feeling that something was wrong with the plot.
The head and face were indeed exactly the same as Lingzhuzi's, but the body was completely different. The combination of the two was simply challenging the limits of human aesthetics.
"My lord, counting from the three years I was conceived, Zha'er is now six years old, and he just celebrated his birthday two days ago."
Li Jing stroked his beard and chuckled, subtly indicating to Wang Hao that it was time to give him a small gift.
He knew this man's personality; he never liked beating around the bush and was quite humorous. He was sure the man would give him a gift for meeting him if he spoke to him directly.
"You call this six years old?"
Wang Hao turned to look at Li Jing with a blank expression, his eyes twitching uncontrollably, while he pondered how to explain this matter to his wife next time they met.
"It's all my fault. A year ago, I accidentally obtained a drop of the essence blood of an ancient Great Wu. I originally wanted to refine it myself to strengthen my body, but who would have thought that Zha'er would swallow it? Then my body slowly mutated and eventually turned into this."
Li Jing smiled wryly. He understood why Wang Hao reacted this way, and he had Dao Classic this countless times before.
Everyone who sees Nezha's form for the first time has this reaction, and he feels very guilty about it.
How am I going to find a wife when my son grows up like this?!
"Don't worry, this kid's marriage was already arranged by Nuwa."
As if sensing what Li Jing was thinking, Wang Hao chuckled and offered words of comfort.
That's right, Nezha, Nezha reincarnation of Lingzhuzi, already had a fiancée, Jin Ning, the seven-colored Phoenix under Nuwa's command.
Although Jin Ning was Nuwa's mount, Nuwa never actually rode Jin Ning except for the time she became a saint, nor did she ever treat it as a mount.
Adhering to the principle of keeping the good stuff within the family, Nuwa used the precious Red Embroidered Ball to arrange a marriage between Jin Ning and Lingzhuzi early on.
"That's good, that's good!"
Li Jing was overjoyed, realizing that with Empress Nuwa's discerning eye, the wife she chose would certainly be exceptional, and his son was now truly blessed.
"Hey, I've arrived at just the right time!"
Suddenly, Wang Hao looked up at the distant horizon, a half-smile on his face, clearly having discovered something.
"Act according to the situation, and be careful not to give yourself away."
After giving Li Jing a few words of advice and leaving Nezha with a wisp of spiritual light as a means of survival, Wang Hao vanished in a flash. Not long after he left, a figure flew down from the sky and landed in the courtyard.
This Daoist priest was none other than Taiyi Zhenren, one of the Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect.
"General Li, this humble Daoist has come as promised, and today I am leading your son, Nezha, up the mountain to cultivate Daoism. I hope..."
As soon as Taiyi Zhenren landed, he faced Li Jing, who was walking out of the hall, and said that he would take Nezha away. However, before he could finish speaking, he saw Nezha following Li Jing out.
Looking at that bizarre combination of handsome features and burly build, even someone with the mental fortitude and cultivation of Taiyi Zhenren couldn't help but be completely dumbfounded.
Is this the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi?
She was so cute when she was little, how come she's changed so much in just three years?
On the other side, after leaving Chentang Pass, Wang Hao used the cover of the Primordial Wilderness Grand Formation to arrive at Chaoge capital of the Great Shang Dynasty, and waited.
When he was reading those Primordial World Investiture of the Gods novels, he was very interested in the poem that King Zhou inscribed in the Nuwa Temple.
According to his calculations, unless King Zhou of Shang had lost his mind, he would never have acted so recklessly.
Someone must have intervened here. Some Primordial World Investiture of the Gods Vice Admiral pinned the blame on the Saint Zhunti, but based on his understanding of Saint Zhunti, that guy wouldn't do something so thankless.
After all, the current Human Emperor is different from the Human Emperor after the Investiture of the Gods. He is blessed by the Human Race Fortune. Even Sage cannot directly plot against him, otherwise the great karmic Cause and Effect would affect the successors of his lineage, even if the Sage himself is unharmed.
In severe cases, it could even lead to the extinction of their lineage from the Human Clan.
Furthermore, the main ones to face this Investiture of the Gods Immeasurable Tribulation are the Three Pure Ones. Although the Two Sages of the West have some ideas about the East, they would not be so unwise as to attack the Human Emperor.
Therefore, there must be someone else behind this, and he had long suspected the true identity of this person; now all that was left was to confirm it.