Chapter 194: Jade Emperor: Holy Water? What kind of water is Holy Water?

Tang An then poured another cup of tea for the Jade Emperor. "Since you are Yang Jian and Yang Chan's uncle, and also Princess Yaoji's brother."

"Then, for now, we can't exactly be considered enemies, don't you think?"

The Jade Emperor clutched the teacup, feeling a sense of trepidation as he looked at Tang An.

He didn't know why she could be so bold. Even after understanding that she was in the middle of a Heaven and Earth chess game, she remained fearless.

Was she even thinking of playing against Heaven and Earth to turn the tide?

On what basis?

On the basis of the person behind her?

Or on the basis of her own perceived cleverness?

Tang An seemed to see through the Jade Emperor's skepticism and gave him the most resounding answer.

"On the basis of my own worthless life, with nothing to lose."

"On the basis of my youthful recklessness, not knowing the height of the sky or the depth of the earth."

"On the basis that I dare to use myself as a chess piece to gamble against this Heaven!"

"Even if the odds of winning are slim, I, Tang An, want to try."

"What if? What if I am that 'what if'?"

Tang An wore a smile, sitting upright. Her eyes held the high spirits of a youth, and her words were full of heroism.

The Jade Emperor looked at the Tang An before him, unable to recover for a moment.

He seemed to understand why Sun Wukong and the others were willing to spare no effort and risk everything to protect Tang An.

They were all the same kind of people—equally rebellious, equally refusing to accept their fate, and possessing the same unyielding backbone.

Especially the words Tang An had just spoken; that kind of shock that made his scalp tingle left him unable to calm down for a long time.

"So, Jade Emperor, you don't need to doubt my sincerity; I am showing you goodwill." Tang An pushed the tea toward the Jade Emperor to help him calm his nerves.

The Jade Emperor was indeed in need of calming his nerves at that moment, so he picked up the tea and drank it.

"Hmm?" The Jade Emperor's eyes brightened for a moment. "This tea has a rather unique flavor."

Tang An's eyes smiled. "If you like it, Jade Emperor, I'll have Yang Jian send you some more later."

"But next, we should have a serious talk about the New Heavenly Law."

The Jade Emperor set down the teacup. "How do you want to talk?"

"Nothing much, I just need you, Jade Emperor, to play to your strengths and take 'playing dumb' to the extreme."

"I need you to buy me time."

"Buy time? Delay the emergence of the New Heavenly Law?" The Jade Emperor didn't understand. "Do you know that although the New Heavenly Law has appeared, its emergence still requires a fixed number; it cannot be changed by human effort, nor can it be changed by Me."

Tang An shook her head. "What I want is for you to delay the time spent suppressing your own niece."

Yang Jian glared at the Jade Emperor upon hearing this. Yaoji had already met such a fate; the Third Holy Mother must absolutely not follow in her footsteps.

"My Third Sister used the Pregnancy Pearl to conceive my Yang family's bloodline; she did not violate the Heavenly Law!" This was also the reason why Yang Jian had been willing to agree to this matter in the first place.

Tang An looked at the Jade Emperor, rotating the tea lid in her hand intentionally or unintentionally. In her eyes, countless thoughts seemed to emerge and shift in an instant.

The Jade Emperor sighed. "But Chenxiang was born to the Third Holy Mother in secret. If the female immortals all follow suit, wouldn't the Heavenly Realm's divine positions be in chaos?"

"You!" Yang Jian's eyes were bloodshot, and he summoned his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear.

"You are her own uncle!" Yang Jian's hand holding the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear was trembling slightly.

"You didn't speak up or stop her when she took the Pregnancy Pearl. You didn't appear to warn her when she was pregnant!"

"You waited until she gave birth to immediately make her follow in my mother's footsteps!"

"Jade Emperor! Jade Emperor of Heaven! You truly have a cruel heart..."

Yang Jian wasn't stupid; he had already realized that all of this was tacitly approved by the Jade Emperor.

Or rather, perhaps he had even helped push this matter forward in secret.

For the sake of the New Heavenly Law, the one being sacrificed this time was his own sister!

"Yang Jian." Tang An stopped him, stood up, and walked to his side, signaling him to calm down first.

"Just as I said before, he is the Lord of the Three Realms; he knows that all of this is a fixed number. Even he cannot change anything."

"Chenxiang's birth, the Third Holy Mother's Huashan tribulation, the advancement of the New Heavenly Law—these are things no one can change."

"And what the Jade Emperor can do is mediate within it and seek a possibility of survival for his own family, right?"

Tang An knew the difficulties of being the Jade Emperor. From the fact that Yaoji was able to retain a wisp of her remnant soul, it could be seen that Yaoji's tribulation was actually a helpless move on his part.

"Don't worry, Jade Emperor. I don't want you to help us resist any destiny. What I want to do is not necessarily change this result."

"What I want is for this process and time to undergo a small change."

"I believe that with your ability, you can achieve this, right?"

The Jade Emperor didn't understand. "Since things have a fixed number, what can a change in time alter? And what good is it for you?"

"Good?"

Tang An laughed. "Good, you ask?"

"The good is... I want Chenxiang to grow up safe and sound."

"I want to give Chenxiang a complete childhood, let him have a mother, an uncle, and a grandmother."

"And... a great-uncle."

This mention of "great-uncle" made the Jade Emperor's figure tremble.

Tang An noticed this and continued: "As the Jade Emperor, you uphold the law impartially and govern the Three Realms."

"But as a great-uncle, do you really have the heart to watch the only seedling of your grandchildren's generation become the second tragedy of Yang Jian?"

"Do you want to let what happened to your sister happen again to your niece?"

"Do you want to watch with your own eyes your grandson personally split his own aunt!"

"Jade Emperor! Do you have no heart?"

This question, accompanied by rolling thunder in the sky, instantly blasted the Jade Emperor back to his senses.

How could Tang An's words not be a form of psychological torture for the Jade Emperor?

"Even if it can be delayed, so what? Even if we wait until that child is an adult, Yang Chan still cannot escape her fate."

The Jade Emperor didn't understand. They were going to such lengths to do this, yet in the end, they would still face the ugliest result.

Then what was the point of them racking their brains to change the process?

Tang An walked to the Jade Emperor's side and poured him another cup of tea.

"That is our business, and it has nothing to do with you, does it?"

The Jade Emperor picked up the teacup, his heart undergoing an incredibly intense struggle.

Did he really want to gamble with this group of young children who didn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth?

He was the Lord of the Three Realms; he knew perfectly well that destiny was fixed, and since ancient times, no one had been able to escape it.

How could those who thought they were resisting destiny know that the destiny they were resisting wasn't just a part of their own destiny?

Did he really want to join them in this nonsense?

"Don't worry, Jade Emperor, I only need you to do this one thing."

"If you agree, when the chaos caused by the New Heavenly Law arises in the future and you and I are like enemies rather than friends, I, Tang An, guarantee that I won't let you end up as miserably as Lingshan."

"At the very least, I won't let you lose as much face as the Buddha."

"Is it a deal?"

Tang An said this and took out a square object.

She just pressed it, and from that object, Chenxiang's babbling appearance appeared.

He was just a newborn baby, and he had even peed all over Yang Jian's hand.

Seeing this, the Jade Emperor couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, his eyes revealing a hint of tenderness.

"Eh? Why did you have Wukong use his Dharma power to catch his pee?"

The Jade Emperor issued a soul-searching question.

"Tsk, why talk about pee or no pee? Chenxiang isn't a child from an ordinary family. That was his first pee; that's called Holy Water!"

"Holy Water? What is its purpose?"

"That's none of your concern." Tang An took back the mobile phone. "Just tell me, do you agree or not?"