Chapter 78

"By the way," Nezha just remembered. "Just now, when I went to borrow cloth from the Earth God, both the Earth God and the Mountain God appeared, begging me to uphold justice for them."

"Uphold justice? What kind of justice?"

Nezha looked at Honghai'er, "He plucked the Earth God's beard and burned down the Earth God's temple."

Tang An shook her head, "Tsk, that's exactly the kind of thing a brat would do. It's fine, I've read a lot of child psychology; I know how to deal with him."

Hearing that Tang An intended to use child psychology to deal with Honghai'er, Nezha's eyes flashed with a hint of red as he looked at the boy.

Honghai'er shuddered under his murderous intent, looking completely bewildered.

"He just needs a lesson; to deal with him, a good beating will do."

"Huh?" Tang An was very surprised. Why was Nezha so interested in beating children today?

"If he's still not convinced, beat him a few more times; you can always beat him into submission." Nezha added.

Honghai'er:?????

Could they dare to lift his silence spell? He really wanted to "spit lotus flowers" (curse) right now!

He just couldn't understand: how did he offend this god of slaughter? If he wasn't staring at him with eyes that wanted to butcher him, he was talking about beating him into submission?

How presumptuous! This is bullying a child!

Seeing that Honghai'er was still not convinced, Nezha continued: "He also often captures the Mountain Gods and Earth Gods, making them tend the fires, guard the doors, and ring bells to announce his arrival."

"The minor demons under his command also frequently demand 'Zen profit money' from the Mountain and Earth Gods."

"What?" Tang An looked at Honghai'er in surprise, "You're even collecting protection fees?"

Nezha continued: "Some Mountain and Earth Gods who don't have money to give can only catch pheasants and deer to send over. Otherwise, he would tear down their temples and strip off their clothes."

Hearing this, Tang An's limited sense of justice suddenly exploded.

"He's still just a child, you must not let him off easy."

Saying this, Tang An looked at Nezha, signaling him to put Honghai'er down.

Nezha knew that Tang An was about to deal with Honghai'er.

Nezha flicked a red light from his Fire-Tipped Spear, and Honghai'er fell to the ground with a "bang."

At the same time, Honghai'er's silence spell was lifted.

"Wow! My butt! Ah!!!!"

"How dare you bully this Great King, just wait until I..."

"Come here." Tang An beckoned to him, saying it in such a sinister tone that Honghai'er felt inexplicably terrified and fell silent involuntarily.

"One..."

"Hmph! Do you think I, the dignified Great King of the Holy Infant, would be afraid of a mere mortal like you?"

"Two..."

"You! No matter what number you count to, it's useless; this Great King will absolutely not come over."

"Three."

"Bang!"

The sound was from the shout a second ago, but the person was kicked in front of Tang An by Nezha the next second.

Honghai'er's legs went weak from the kick, and he knelt in front of Tang An with a "thud."

"Oh, it's not even the New Year yet, why are you performing such a big kowtow? I don't have a red envelope for you." Tang An rummaged for a long time and finally pulled an apple out of her Universe Bag. "Eat up, don't be polite, considering this big gift."

Honghai'er was huffing and puffing with rage, but he didn't dare to act rashly.

"Yo, the kid's face is puffed up with anger." Tang An reached out to pinch Honghai'er's face; you have to say, a child's face is nice to pinch, smooth and tender.

Seeing this scene, Nezha frowned tightly. He didn't know what he was being awkward about, but he just wasn't happy.

He certainly couldn't bear to chop off Tang An's hand, but! He wanted to pinch Honghai'er's face until it was swollen!

Unfortunately, Tang An didn't look back and didn't notice Nezha's gaze, which looked like he was about to eat Honghai'er.

"I've bullied you this much, and you're still not making a move?"

"Hurry. Blow a gust of wind, blow me into your demon cave, and then just wait for my disciples to come save me, that's all."

Tang An had already arranged everything clearly for Honghai'er.

Honghai'er: "I protest!"

"Protest denied!"

"I'm still a child!"

"It's fine, where we're from, hiring child labor is against the law, but here, it's not."

Besides, the one who enforces the law was right beside her. Since the Judicial God himself hadn't said anything, it must not be against the law.

"Hurry up, we'll be late for dinner if we don't go, come on, be a good boy." Tang An pinched his face again.

Honghai'er could endure no more, so he immediately transformed into a gust of wild wind and swept Tang An away.

Seeing Tang An swept away, Nezha didn't say another word and immediately went invisible to pursue them.

Sun Wukong and Yang Jian, left behind, looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Of course, Sun Wukong still remembered Tang An's instructions.

He deliberately looked up and shouted: "Brother Yang Jian, our Master has been captured by a monster again, again, and again! What should we do?"

Yang Jian tried hard to suppress his laughter, doing his best to maintain his persona as the Judicial God.

"Then, shall we go save Master?"

"Let's go, let's go, hurry and come with me to save Master! If we're late, Master might get eaten by the monster."

However, his inner thoughts were: "Sigh, poor monster~ poor nephew of mine, you're in for some trouble."

Guanyin Pusa, hiding behind the clouds, watched their act of performing for her benefit, her mouth and face twitching—she was completely speechless.

That acting was just too over-the-top!

She was willing to turn a blind eye to Tang An farming tribulations, but that didn't mean she was completely blind!

Hao Shan, Ku Song Jian, Huoyun Dong.

Tang An was swept here by Honghai'er and then tied up.

Honghai'er felt triumphant, thinking that no matter how hard they were to trick or deal with before, or how they deliberately used him to farm tribulations, it didn't matter.

As long as he had Tang An tied up, it meant he controlled her, and no one could do anything to him.

To have such a thought—well, it just goes to show he's still a child.

His social experience was just too shallow; it was the perfect time for him to gain some experience at Tang An's hands.

"Hey, little brat, what are you looking so pleased about?"

Honghai'er felt a finger poke his shoulder.

He swatted the finger away, "You don't understand, this Great King has already..."

The space suddenly became quiet.

Honghai'er turned his head, and it was Tang An's face, magnified.

"Ah!!!"

Honghai'er performed a jump three feet high, so scared his soul almost flew out of his body.

"You, you, you, you, you aren't..."

When Honghai'er looked back at the stone pillar where Tang An had been tied, the ropes had long since been cut by a sharp blade.

"Hehehe~"

Tang An flexed her fists and neck. "Next, it's the next segment."

"Let's go through this quickly so we can eat; I'm hungry."

Honghai'er swallowed nervously, "You... don't... eat children, do you?"

"Hehehe~" Tang An played along, laughing even more evilly. "That's right, I love eating children, especially little brats like you who are so fair and tender."

Honghai'er was scared into backing away step by step. Several times he tried to summon his courage to shout for help, but under the bewildered gazes of the minor demons, he swallowed it back down.

"You, don't come over here, I know Samadhi True Fire!"

Honghai'er became more nervous the more he spoke, almost backing out of the cave entrance. He gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and prepared to spray Samadhi True Fire directly at Tang An!

"Samadhi True..."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Before Honghai'er could say the last word "fire," the Samadhi True Fire he was about to spray was blocked by the Universe Sash covering his mouth.

The fire was forced back down by the Universe Sash! He almost choked to death!

The child looked up, his face full of tears, his eyes red from choking.