Returning to the Military Camp

"I will always remember you all. Next time I come to visit, I will bring you some new and interesting things to express my gratitude."

Nezha sincerely expressed his gratitude to the little monkeys. Although they had only spent a few hours together, the monkeys' enthusiasm for Nezha and their affectionate way of calling Nezha "Oppa" had already made Nezha consider them his friends.

Now that he was suddenly asked to leave them, Nezha was a little reluctant, so he made a promise to them.

"Next time you come, just come in person. You don't need to bring anything special. We're friends, after all. When you visit a friend's house, there's no need to bring a gift, is there?"

At this moment, a little monkey responded to Nezha had said.

"Great Sage, and my friends, I'm leaving now. No need to see me off."

Nezha bid them a reluctant farewell.

"Oppa, take care, we'll see you off."

The little monkeys clearly regarded Nezha as their friend, and when they saw him leaving, they all cried out in farewell.

Upon hearing this, he picked up his pace and headed towards the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave. He kept turning back to look at the Water Curtain Cave, reluctant to leave, and even seemed unwilling to part with the little monkeys there.

Finally, Nezha made up his mind, leaped through the waterfall and out of the Water Curtain Cave, and disappeared from the sight of all the little monkeys in a few leaps. After reaching a mountain peak, Nezha was sure that the little monkeys would not see him again.

He transformed back into the Nezha, the Third Prince Nezha, riding on Wind Fire Wheels, wielding Fire-Tipped Spear, wearing Universe Ring around his neck, Heaven-Chaos Sash) around his waist.

He then channeled all his remaining strength into the Wind Fire Wheels, rushing back to the military camp at top speed to Pagoda-Stealing Heavenly King Li Jing. On the way, he was pleasantly surprised to find that not only had his strength improved, but his top speed on the Wind Fire Wheels was also much faster than before.

Nezha increasingly felt that his decision during the day to don armor and go to war to test Sun Wukong's strength in order to determine whether or not to kill the Giant Spirit God was correct. Not only did it give him a good brother who appreciated him, but after this good brother invited him to his home, his strength improved twice in one day, one major and one minor.

This trip was absolutely worthwhile.

"Father, son, this trip to fight that demon monkey has brought you two pieces of news, one good and one bad. You should hear which one first."

After Nezha entered the tent where Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, was, he found that there was no one else there, so he started joking with Li Jing.

"Alright, stop beating around the bush and tell me the bad news."

He already knew what his third son was like. Although so much time had passed, his third son was still the same as when he was a child, mischievous from time to time. But there was nothing he could do about it; after all, he was the boy's father.

"Father, the bad news I have for you is that the demon monkey's strength is indeed as the Giant Spirit God said. His Law Power Tongtian and extremely formidable. I fought him for nearly half an hour, but in the end, I was no match for him and was defeated."

Nezha Li Jing's expression, Nezha stopped teasing him and directly delivered the bad news.

"Okay, I understand. So what's the good news you mentioned?"

Ever since Nezha set off in the Nezha to challenge Sun Wukong to a duel, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, had already prepared himself for either the outcome of the duel: Nezha would bring Sun Wukong back alive, or Sun Wukong would defeat Nezha.

Therefore, when Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, heard the bad news from Nezha, he did not show too much surprise. Instead, after pondering for a while, he asked about the good news Nezha had mentioned.

"Father, now you can feel my power."

Nezha did not immediately tell Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, the good news he had just shared. Instead, he stretched out his arm to him, letting him feel his power first.

Has your strength changed? Has it improved?

Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, touched Nezha's arm with a puzzled look on his face.

"Um!"

"How did your skills suddenly improve so much?"

After Li Jing put her hand on Nezha's arm, she released her Divine Sense to sense Nezha's current strength and found that Nezha's strength had increased significantly compared to before the battle.

He said, his face filled with shock and astonishment.

"Haha, I believe you've already sensed my current strength, Father."

"That's right, this is the good news I have to tell you. Although I was defeated in my battle with Sun Wukong, I encountered two opportunities to break through my limits."

"After the first opportunity that allowed me to break through my bottleneck, my strength improved slightly. Then, less than two hours later, another opportunity came, and I broke through the bottleneck once again. My strength improved dramatically, reaching the level you are experiencing now."

"How are you, Father? You must be envious of your son."

After sharing his good news, Nezha even raised an eyebrow and looked at Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing.

"Stop giving me that nonsense, brat. Explain the whole story clearly. I want to know how you broke through."

Li Jing had no intention of joking with Nezha, so he said these words to Nezha seriously.

"After my duel with that demonic monkey, although I was injured, the demonic monkey did not take advantage of my weakness to kill me. Instead, it simply continued to recover on its own."

"Because I hadn't descended to the mortal realm for a long time, I was a bit bored, so after my fight with him, I wandered around. Before long, I encountered my first opportunity for a breakthrough. I immediately found a safe place where I could improve my strength, and after that, I continued wandering."

Nezha simply embellished the true facts slightly; he did indeed experience his first opportunity to improve his cultivation while wandering around, and only then did his strength advance.

"After more than an hour, while wandering around, I found a few monkeys digging for something. After they finished digging and left, I went over and looked around. I found several jars of wine. Without being polite, I picked them up and drank two jars. After drinking those two jars of wine, my second opportunity for breakthrough came."

"After sensing the opportunity, I quickly found a safe place to break through my strength. This second breakthrough greatly improved my strength, so I decided to continue exploring to see if there were any more opportunities for breakthrough."