Chapter 66: N Action Plans for Seizing the Pagoda

"Destined One, aren't you going to return those magic treasures of mine?" Laojun saw that Nezha was going to protect Tang An, but asked again anyway.

Sun Wukong laughed, "Laojun, you really are joking. Those treasures of yours are all in the Doushuai Palace; how could they be with my master?"

"You monkey, do you really think the Heavenly Court knows nothing of what you've done on your journey west?"

Yang Jian pondered for a moment and spoke at this moment. Clearly, he understood the hint in Laojun's words.

"If so, does the Heavenly Court have any moves?"

Taishang Laojun flicked his whisk, "Does the Heavenly Court have moves? Doesn't the Judicial God know better than me, an old Daoist?"

It could be said that whether the Heavenly Court is chaotic or not depends entirely on whether the three of them rebel.

Don't mention it; ever since the three of them followed Tang An west, the lower realm had been turned upside down. But the Heavenly Court had been quiet and peaceful for a long time.

"If so, thank you, Laojun, for appearing to resolve the trouble today. When we return from the west, Yang Jian will certainly repay today's kindness."

The implication was that you just gave those treasures to her. I, the Judicial God, have plenty of good treasures; when the journey west ends and we obtain the true scriptures, I will certainly send them to you.

Taishang Laojun looked at Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, Nezha, and Tang An hiding behind Nezha.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Tang An actually saw a fleeting look of gratification in Taishang Laojun's eyes.

"If so, then this old Daoist will not hinder the four of you on your journey west." Laojun flicked his whisk and flew back to the Heavenly Court on a cloud.

After Laojun left, Tang An poked her head out from behind Nezha.

"Just... left?"

Nezha was just about to answer when he belatedly felt Tang An's hand clutching the clothes at his waist.

He immediately blushed, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly turned his head away, looking even a little bit reserved and at a loss.

"Left." Sun Wukong and Yang Jian walked over, saw Nezha's appearance, and exchanged glances, both with teasing intent in their eyes.

It's just that Nezha's personality is proud and awkward; if the two of them dared to say that Nezha was shy at this time, he would definitely make sure they wouldn't dare to close their eyes during meditation for several nights.

Only the thick-skinned Tang An had her heart and eyes full of the treasures in her Universe Bag.

"Seven-Star Sword, Purple Gold Gourd, Jade Purifying Bottle..."

"Wahahaha~ Mine, mine, they're all mine!!!"

This job, it wasn't a loss; it was a huge profit!

Hey, why did she use the term "job"?

"Thank you, four benefactors."

Jinjiao and Yinjiao transformed back into the appearance of boy attendants, with no demonic aura on them, and even a sense of immortal aura lingering.

"Get up, there's no such great kindness, don't bow so heavily at every turn." Tang An helped them both up, "But I'll say the ugly words first: for the hundred years you stay here, you must accumulate virtue and do good."

"If I find out that you are still doing evil in the human world, believe me, even if we reach the Western Heaven, coming back to kill you would only be a matter of minutes."

"We will respectfully follow the benefactor's teachings." Jinjiao and Yinjiao bowed and saluted.

"Alright, alright, worthy of being civil servants, the etiquette is thorough. Hurry back to the cave; we have to continue our journey west."

"Yes." They saluted again and watched Tang An and her three disciples continue west.

Inside Lianhua Cave.

Yinjiao was responsible for drying medicinal herbs outside, and Jinjiao was responsible for researching prescriptions, cooking medicine while looking at their mother from time to time.

The old woman lying on the rocking chair opened her eyes in a daze, "Jinjiao, Yinjiao, why haven't you gone out yet?"

Jinjiao put down the fan in his hand, overjoyed. "Mother, can you recognize us now?"

Before, her memory was always intermittent; sometimes she recognized them, and sometimes she looked at the two brothers like strangers.

"What are you talking about? Why are you still busy with herbs? Didn't you say Laojun was still recruiting alchemy attendants?"

Yinjiao came in from outside carrying firewood, "Mother, the two of us aren't leaving."

"Not leaving?"

"Right, not leaving."

The old woman was first surprised, then worried. "But if you don't leave our Pingdingshan, you two will have wasted all your cultivation."

"Mother." Jinjiao brought over the brewed medicine, "After crossing Pingdingshan, there are mountains everywhere; even if we cross them for a lifetime, we won't finish crossing them."

"The two of us have figured it out; we'll just be the mountain kings of our Pingdingshan, accompany you, and not leave."

"Really not leaving?" The old woman's eyes shed tears, as if she had returned to the time when she was looking forward to her children's return. "But..."

"Mother, don't worry, let's nourish your body first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"Good, good~" The old woman finished the medicine and lay back on the rocking chair. Swaying, as if she didn't know how much time had passed. "Mother will sleep for a while, and when I wake up, I'll make you what you like to eat..."

While speaking, she had already fallen asleep.

Fortunately, before her hundred years were up, she no longer had to keep looking forward to the cave entrance.

On the journey west.

Tang An and her three disciples, one dog and one fox, were on their way.

Jiuyue asked in confusion: "Sister, why was Laojun so easy to talk to?"

See, even Jiuyue could see that Taishang Laojun was easy to talk to.

Tang An leaned on her tail, pillowing her arms and looking up at the sky. "Maybe Laojun knew their situation long ago and sent them down on purpose to face the tribulation."

"Oh." Jiuyue couldn't understand the twists and turns between those big shots.

"By the way, Jiuyue, Jinjiao and Yinjiao's mother is also a nine-tailed fox; are you all from Qingqiu? Do you know what kind of demon their father is?" Speaking of this, Tang An transformed into a gossip-loving bystander.

The nine-tailed fox thought for a moment, "I don't know; I've seen very few of my own kind."

"But once I heard the elders in the family mention that there was a black-furred nine-tailed fox who was expelled from Qingqiu."

"Expelled from Qingqiu? Why?" Tang An was confused.

Jiuyue spoke slowly, her voice gentle and pleasant. "She was expelled from the tribe because her child was gone, but she insisted on raising two children of unknown species in Qingqiu, and was exceptionally persistent."

"Qingqiu cannot tolerate outsiders living there for a long time, so they had no choice but to expel the nine-tailed fox who insisted on raising the two children from Qingqiu."

"Later, I don't know."

Tang An nodded in realization, "So they aren't mixed-breeds."

So, it was that the grace of raising is greater than the grace of birth.

Thinking of this, Tang An glanced at Nezha, not knowing what she was thinking in her eyes.

"Why are you looking at me?" Nezha turned his head.

"If you aren't looking at me, how do you know I'm looking at you?"

Nezha was blocked by Tang An and had no words, so he hurriedly turned his face away to change the subject. "Why, why are you keeping Laojun's two bottles?"

"Of course, it's to collect Li Jing!" Mentioning this, Tang An's energy became even higher.

"I'm telling you, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King isn't that easy to kill. If you really want to stab him, the Heavenly Court won't sit idly by."

"Now we have the Samadhi Divine Wind, the Purple Gold Gourd, the Jade Purifying Bottle, and the Immortal Binding Rope!"

"I'm telling you, I've made several plans; even if a few more waves of people come to stop us, we can change our action plan at any time..."

She told Nezha about her plans earnestly and incessantly.

Nezha listened to what Tang An said, but for some reason, he always wanted to look at her more. When he looked at her, the sound of her speaking seemed to be automatically muted, which was very magical. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====