Chapter 394: Daddy Qing, Mommy Chan

Outside the Jin Guang Cave, the misty rain was thick.

Gu Qing and Yang Chan stood side by side. The cold wind outside blew incessantly, but as it reached Gu Qing's side, it transformed into warmth; not a single strand of Yang Chan's hair was dampened.

"This is the Lotus Lantern."

Yang Chan let Gu Qing observe it, saying, "Goddess Nuwa left this dharma treasure within the Three Realms, and Master Taiyi bestowed it upon me, saying it was to resolve a great tribulation in the world. But with you here, this storm has already passed."

Previously, the Heavenly River had burst its banks, and disaster had descended upon the world.

Gu Qing, while in the Heavenly Court, relied on his own overwhelming power to reverse the Heavenly River, directly neutralizing this human catastrophe and causing the disaster to vanish into nothingness.

Gu Qing reached out and took the Lotus Lantern, stroking it carefully.

As a top-tier divine artifact of this world, the Lotus Lantern possessed functions such as protecting its master, purification, explosive power, healing, resurrection, cultivation assistance, and so on—it was almost omnipotent. However, applying the Lotus Lantern required the most fundamental thing: benevolence.

Only benevolent magic power could wield the Lotus Lantern.

Besides this, the wick of the Lotus Lantern possessed ten thousand years of magic power. In the future, Xiao Yu would rely on this Lotus Lantern wick to master the Heaven-Splitting Divine Palm.

"Ignite!"

Gu Qing utilized his merit to convert it, and the Lotus Lantern naturally emitted a radiance. Because Gu Qing lacked the incantation for the Lotus Lantern, the two merely resonated with each other.

Seeing this, Yang Chan recited silently, and the Lotus Lantern naturally released a radiance that illuminated the Great Thousand Worlds. Within a thousand miles of the Jin Guang Cave on Mount Qianyuan, the vegetation was renewed, presenting the smoky scenery of late spring in the midst of the gloomy winter.

"What are you two doing?"

Nezha, having no patience while watching his deadbeat dad slowly resurrect, jumped out immediately after noticing the changes outside. His gaze darted between Gu Qing, Yang Chan, and the Lotus Lantern.

"Just testing a divine artifact."

Gu Qing handed the Lotus Lantern back to Yang Chan, looked at the little Nezha, and said, "You have experienced one death and one life; it is a rare encounter. But hanging around with your Master Taiyi, this is as far as you'll get. Next, you can go to Master Yuding for advanced training."

"Master Yuding has plenty of hardcore techniques."

Nezha's aptitude was exceptional; at a young age, he could already traverse the heavens and earth. However, after his lotus incarnation, his upper limit became locked. In this Lotus Lantern world, he was a level below Sun Wukong and Yang Jian. Now, Gu Qing perfecting his physical body was also giving him a chance to reach the pinnacle.

"What do you mean 'this is as far as I'll get hanging around with him'?"

Master Taiyi's voice came from inside, extremely annoyed, saying, "Didn't you learn your Seventy-Two Transformations here?"

Gu Qing patted Nezha on the shoulder.

"My master is still atoning for his sins to me."

Nezha curled his lips, defending his master.

The current Master Taiyi was busy resurrecting Li Jing.

"Are you sure your master isn't just trying to disgust you?"

Gu Qing asked in return.

Nezha: "..."

Master Taiyi: "..."

Li Jing: "..."

All three of them were disgusted.

"Alright."

Yang Chan pulled Gu Qing away, lest Gu Qing continue to provoke Nezha, causing Nezha to do something else.

"Then we shall take our leave."

Gu Qing also appropriately withdrew and said goodbye to Nezha. How Li Jing was resurrected was Li Jing's business; Gu Qing had no mood to stay here and guard him.

Reaching out to take Yang Chan's hand, Gu Qing transformed into a ray of light, drifting with Yang Chan along the cloud path.

"Where are we going?"

Yang Chan asked curiously.

"Taking you out to clear your mind."

Gu Qing said.

"Clear my mind?"

A trace of gloom appeared in Yang Chan's eyes.

After receiving the Lotus Lantern, Yang Chan had wanted to resolve the great tribulation for the Three Realms. But now that the tribulation had been resolved, her mother had been rescued, and the matter of Nezha and Li Jing had passed, Yang Chan, possessing magic power and holding a strange treasure, felt a sense of loneliness.

Her originally harmonious family lacked a pillar due to the departure of Yang Tianyou.

"Actually, that day, I was angry because of you."

Gu Qing suddenly spoke, saying, "I told you how to save your father, and then at Chang'e's place, I heard that your father's soul had been scattered. I was enduring it then, until the Jade Emperor released the Heavenly River's Weak Water again..."

"I know."

Yang Chan nodded and said.

At Guanjiangkou, Gu Qing's sudden reminder; when the ten suns crossed the sky, the cloak on Yaoji's body; after reversing the Weak Water, Gu Qing burning the Heavenly Court and forcing the Jade Emperor...

Each of these things, Yang Chan could feel Gu Qing's intentions. So when she heard Yaoji say she thanked Gu Qing, Yang Chan couldn't help but come out to take a look, only to see Chang'e and stop in her tracks.

Above the cloud path, the two were silent. As they walked, Gu Qing suddenly exclaimed in surprise. He focused his gaze downward and saw the two foxes, Brother Five and Fox Sister, huddled together, sprinting wildly toward the east.

Gu Qing stopped his steps, and he and Yang Chan transformed into two rays of light, landing in the mortal world, blocking the path of the two little demons.

"Ah ah ah..."

After Brother Five saw Gu Qing, he screamed and hid behind Fox Sister.

"You can't hit us anymore!"

Fox Sister was simple and kind; she spread her arms to protect Brother Five behind her.

"I'm not hitting you."

Gu Qing looked at Brother Five and asked, "Weren't you thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell by the Jade Emperor?"

"Senior Lu Ya..."

When Brother Five heard "Eighteen Layers of Hell," the shadow in his heart surfaced. His legs went weak, and he knelt directly on the ground, saying, "The water in the Heavenly Court is too deep. I don't know where things went wrong, and I was thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell. The torment layer by layer... Fortunately, not long ago, two heroic youths broke into the Underworld and searched for people layer by layer in the hells. I took the opportunity to slip out."

These two heroic youths were Yang Jiao and Yang Jian. The two entered the Underworld, and naturally, they couldn't just listen to whatever the Yama King said. Therefore, they searched one by one in the Eighteen Layers of Hell, looking at every wronged soul, and only after confirming that their father's figure was not there did they attack the Heavenly Court.

"Good luck."

Gu Qing nodded.

"Luck is indeed good."

Brother Five nodded repeatedly, saying, "To tell you the truth, Fox Sister and I met in poverty. After Fox Sister followed me, I swore to become an immortal, to make my mother-in-law look at me differently, and to give Fox Sister a decent life..."

If I hadn't seen in the TV show that you abandoned Fox Sister time and again to become an immortal, I would have believed you.

Gu Qing didn't believe a word of it.

But Brother Five got more and more carried away, saying, "We have already decided to defect to the Jie Sect in the upcoming Investiture of the Gods war, learn skills from the immortals of the Jie Sect, and then get a good opportunity to enter the Heavenly Court!"

Opportunities to enter the Heavenly Court in the Jie Sect were indeed numerous.

"Keep up the good work."

Gu Qing patted Brother Five on the shoulder, cheering him on.

After that, Gu Qing and Yang Chan entered the cloud path again, drifting toward the east. "Once we leave the sea, we will leave the Nanzhan Nanzhan Bu Zhou Continent."

Gu Qing said, "Next, we will enter the Ten Continents and Three Islands; that is already the region of the Dongsheng Shenzhou Continent."

Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniu Hezhou, Nanzhan Nanzhan Bu Zhou, Beiju Luzhou—each region was extremely vast, but once you left these continents, the customs were vastly different.

"I heard that this Dongsheng Shenzhou land is mostly where the Jie Sect immortals reside."

Yang Chan had practiced beside Master Taiyi and also knew some general information about the Four Great Continents.

"We don't have any conflict with them."

Gu Qing comforted her.

As for this Investiture of the Gods war, Gu Qing had no intention of participating. Anyway, the sun was Gu Qing's eyes and ears; Gu Qing would just watch from afar and enjoy the show.

"Then we must be careful when we arrive at Dongsheng Shenzhou..."

Yang Chan was just about to speak when she was suddenly pulled by Gu Qing, rushing into an island. Inside a cave, they saw many furnishings, and in the middle sat a giant stone, which was quite ingenious.

Gu Qing walked up and reached out to touch the stone, saying, "It really is here."

"This stone..."

Yang Chan also reached out to touch the stone. Relying on the power of the Lotus Lantern, she felt that there was a stone fetus inside, which could be called heaven-born and earth-grown, extraordinary from birth.

"Sister Yang Chan."

Gu Qing met Yang Chan's gaze and said, "Do you want to be a mother?"

What?

Yang Chan's face turned red all of a sudden. Her body was mature, all forced by Yaoji. If talking about actual age, Yang Chan was still young.

She hadn't even dated yet, and suddenly having to consider the issue of having children made Yang Chan dizzy.

"Being a mother, this kind of thing..."

Yang Chan looked at Gu Qing, carried forward the marriage concepts of the Shang-Zhou period, and said, "I'm fine with it."

Gu Qing secretly teased Yang Chan, but remained calm at this moment, purely pulling her leg. He patted the stone fetus in front of him and said, "Then let the two of us bring this stone fetus to life."

In the Lotus Lantern, Sun Wukong's appearance was not caused by a natural explosion, but by the Buddhist Jin Chanzi and Yang Jian fighting each other, reaching the Flower-Fruit Mountain, where both sides fired energy blasts, forcing the stone to crack, from which Sun Wukong was born. Later, Bodhisattva Guanyin entrusted Master Yuding to transform into Subhuti to teach Sun Wukong magic power.

"Ah... stone, stone fetus."

Yang Chan stammered, but breathed a sigh of relief. Although she looked at Gu Qing differently, having a child with him all of a sudden was still too fast.

"You use the Lotus Lantern."

Gu Qing let Yang Chan be in front, while he himself converted his magic power and transported it into Yang Chan's body.

"This magic power..."

Yang Chan felt Gu Qing's magic power, and golden light gradually appeared at the corners of her eyes and brows.

Yang Chan knew the magic power of the Golden Crow; it was scorching and domineering, and even immortals didn't want to touch it. But the magic power Gu Qing was circulating, although scorching, was not suffocating. Instead, it was a powerful warm current that rushed into her limbs and bones, and every pore of her body, making Yang Chan feel her magic power rising layer by layer. In a single breath, vast power sprouted, and even a single strand of hair had the strength to carry a mountain.

Under Gu Qing's magic power, the Lotus Lantern surged with golden light. Under the illumination, everything about this stone fetus became clear. The spiritual fetus contained within also opened its eyes, saw Gu Qing and Yang Chan, and under the induction of the light, the stone fetus suddenly cracked. A monkey jumped out from inside, its eyes shooting golden light, directly impacting the Heavenly Palace.

"Who is shaking the Heavenly Court?"

The Jade Emperor asked in a low voice.

Ever since the Jade Emperor ordered the digging of the Heavenly River, then was stopped by Gu Qing, and even more so after Gu Qing blocked the Jade Pool alone and used the Golden Crow Array to bake it crazily, causing more than half of the immortals to fall, this Heavenly Court had already lost all dignity. Now, even if the Jade Emperor asked, the immortals below didn't really answer.

Such a Heavenly Court remained silent for a long time.

"Jade Emperor, it's just a little monkey."

Queen Mother Wang Mu circulated her magic power at this time. After seeing Sun Wukong, she naturally withdrew her magic power and reported everything.

"A little monkey."

The Jade Emperor nodded and closed his eyes.

After Gu Qing slapped the Heavenly Court in the face, now when the Jade Emperor held court, he felt like he was a monkey being watched by others.

"Then ignore it."

The Jade Emperor gave the order, while at the same time making up his mind to severely deal with Gu Qing and regain the majesty of the Heavenly Court.

Aolai Country, Flower-Fruit Mountain.

After this stone monkey jumped out, it bowed to the four directions of heaven and earth. After reaching Gu Qing and Yang Chan, its legs bent, and it honestly bowed in front of them.

"How should you address us?"

Gu Qing looked at the stone monkey and asked.

The stone monkey's gaze darted between Gu Qing and Yang Chan. After hesitating for a moment, it tentatively asked, "Father? Mother?"

Once this address came out, Gu Qing was full of smiles, and Yang Chan beside him couldn't help but laugh, but she still suppressed her smile. After looking at Gu Qing, she nodded and accepted this address.

"Good! Very good!"

Gu Qing walked up, examined the future Monkey King, and reached out to touch the Monkey King's head, feeling the hair was shiny and very smooth to stroke.

"Since you called me Dad, then I cannot ignore you in the future."

Gu Qing said.

The stone monkey was full of joy, bowed to Gu Qing again and again, then looked at Yang Chan and called out again, "Mom?"

Yang Chan couldn't help but smile. Her father's passing had always been a burden on Yang Chan's heart, making her look gloomy despite her joy. But now, seeing the stone monkey born and hearing the stone monkey's intimate words, Yang Chan also developed a sense of closeness.

"Do you have a name?"

Yang Chan examined the monkey and asked.

The stone monkey naturally shook its head.

"Then your name in the future, how about..."

"Look at his face, he looks like a macaque, why not let him have the surname Sun?"

Gu Qing appropriately interrupted at this time, then checked the monkey's arms to see if there was anything hidden. Seeing that the monkey was alone, he said, "As for your name, you can be called Wukong..."

Gu Qing did not change Sun Wukong's original name.

"I have a name, I am called Sun Wukong..."

After Sun Wukong was given the name, he was so happy he jumped around, holding Gu Qing and Yang Chan, unable to contain his joy. Yang Chan looked at Sun Wukong's lively appearance, and the sorrow between her brows dissipated unknowingly.

"From now on, you call me Daddy Qing."

Gu Qing held Sun Wukong, taking advantage of the situation crazily, and said, "As for this one in front, you call her Mommy Chan..."

Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly and called out to Yang Chan, "Mommy Chan."

This address made Yang Chan blush, and she couldn't help but give Gu Qing a light punch.

"Good boy."

Gu Qing smoothly stroked Sun Wukong's head at this time and said, "You are heaven-born and earth-grown, with a solid foundation. Since that's the case, you should follow me and practice well. You must know, I am very good at group fights."

The current Jade Emperor was preparing for the Investiture of the Gods war. After the Investiture of the Gods war, he would treat Marshal Tianpeng and General Juanlian with contempt, even throwing them into the mortal world. And the many immortals recruited in the Investiture of the Gods list...

Gu Qing looked at the Sun Wukong in front of him; they were nothing but losers to Sun Wukong!

(End of chapter)