Chapter 79

"Cough cough..."

Honghai'er clutched his chest and coughed for a long time before he finally recovered, "What kind of magic treasure is that, to not fear this Great King's Samadhi True Fire?"

"Universe Sash." As Nezha spoke, the Universe Sash had already flown back to Tang An's side.

Now the problem was, while it was easy to untie the Universe Sash when used as a hair tie, he didn't know how to tie it back.

Nezha wanted to try, but didn't want Tang An to think he was clumsy, so he used magic to manipulate the Universe Sash to tie Tang An's hair.

A few minutes later...

Tang An was eating a freshly pulled carrot, her hair was a mess, and the Universe Sash was still struggling to tie her hair.

"Sigh~" This sigh contained a bit of hopelessness.

The way the Universe Sash styled her hair, it could either only tie a small bun, leaving a lot of hair loose.

Or it would tie it all up, but almost pulled it out by the roots.

Or it would be tied all crooked, looking just like the style of Tianshan Tonglao—it was simply unwatchable.

The key was, seeing Nezha so active and trying so hard to tie her hair, she couldn't bring herself to dampen his enthusiasm.

"How about I do it myself?" Tang An made a small suggestion.

Nezha coughed dryly, his eyes darting away, and he embarrassedly handed the Universe Sash to Tang An.

"I've never tied anyone else's hair before, I..."

Tang An signaled that he didn't need to say more, "I understand."

"What do you understand?"

"You're just a child, so of course you haven't helped other little girls tie their hair. It's normal to have no experience. It's okay, Master won't mind, hmm."

Tang An was really trying very hard not to damage the child's self-confidence. What if she discouraged him so much that he wouldn't dare tie hair for a girl he liked in the future?

"I'm not a child anymore." Nezha turned his face away with an unreadable expression, but insisted on correcting Tang An on this point.

Tang An knew he was being awkward again; after all, when children are small, they all want to be adults.

"Yes, yes, yes, you're not, I am." Tang An knew that when dealing with Nezha, one absolutely could not go against him; one had to go along with him to coax him properly.

Child psychology, it works every time.

But this time, it didn't seem to coax Nezha; he seemed to still be acting proud and resisting Tang An's way of treating him like a child.

"Hiss~ Is the kid really grown up? Is child psychology useless?"

"That's not right, don't they say men are boys until they die?"

Hiss... where exactly did the problem arise?

Honghai'er, trapped by the Universe Ring: "How about you two look at me?"

"Oh! Forgot about you." Tang An finally remembered Honghai'er, "How about this, let's proceed to the third tribulation."

Seeing Tang An so carefree, Nezha sighed and continued the progress as if resigning himself to fate.

Wait, didn't he never resign himself to fate?

Hiss~ where did the problem arise?

Master and disciple, same doubts, same distress.

In this regard, the two of them were more like a coal ball and a lotus root. At first glance, they both seemed to have plenty of tricks and holes, but when you cut them open to look!

Hey, they're solid inside!

Outside Huoyun Dong.

Honghai'er and Nezha stood facing each other; the scene seemed to have war drums, and a battle was about to break out.

"I heard you also know Samadhi True Fire, dare to compare with this Great King?"

Nezha raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had never heard anyone make such a request in front of him.

"Are you sure you want to compare fire with me?"

"Sure, as long as you win, this Great King will release her immediately." Honghai'er seemed to think of something and immediately added, "Of course, even if you lose, considering you kept this Great King entertained, this Great King will also release her."

Tang An watched them fight from below and couldn't help but complain, "Heh, little brat, no matter what, you're just trying to take the opportunity to make me leave, right?"

When the family met, it was full of shock, surprise, and tears of joy.

Although Honghai'er didn't invite her, and although it was she who forced the child labor into Huoyun Dong.

But that's not important, not important.

"Nezha, go for it!" Tang An cupped her hands around her mouth to cheer for Nezha.

With Tang An's cheering, Nezha was clearly much more high-spirited.

"It's not too late for you to regret it now."

Honghai'er hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation, "What? Afraid of this Great King?"

"Fine." Nezha snorted coldly, "Then don't say this Prince bullied you."

"This Prince? You..." Before Honghai'er could finish speaking, his face was illuminated by an orange-red glow, and nine fire dragons were reflected in his pupils.

Yes, before Honghai'er could react, Nezha had already unleashed the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover.

Nine giant fire dragons attacked with overwhelming force, stopping right in front of Honghai'er's face.

It could be said that whether the nine fire dragons would swallow Honghai'er depended entirely on Nezha's whim.

Honghai'er was stunned for a long time before coming to his senses, unable to help but shout a complaint: "You're just bullying me!"

The Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover! That's a divine artifact! That's Taiyi Zhenren's magic treasure!

Using nine fire dragons to deal with a child like him! Shouldn't you look at the size difference before talking!

"Oh~ impressive, impressive, impressive." Tang An watched the excitement from below, not fearing trouble, and kept clapping for Nezha.

After all, from her perspective, the visual effects were indeed spectacular.

The size of those nine fire dragons made Honghai'er look like a tiny speck; the whole person wasn't even as big as one of the fire dragon's teeth.

"How can the light of a firefly compete with the brilliance of the moon?" This was the sentence that popped into her mind.

No wonder Nezha said the "three-seven split" meant Honghai'er would throw his spear three times and be stabbed to death by Nezha seven times.

"Worthy of being my disciple, simply awesome." Seeing Nezha fly down, Tang An immediately showered him with rainbow-colored flattery.

"And those nine fire dragons of yours, how can they be so cool? They simply fit your temperament perfectly!"

"And also, also..."

Clearly, under the influence of this rainbow flattery, Nezha was already biting his cheek and suppressing a smile.

The small unpleasantness from just now had long been thrown to the back of his mind.

Honghai'er lowered his head and sighed, following behind them with a defeated expression.

"Does anyone care about my feelings at all?"

Not only did he lose the fight, he was ignored! He needed comfort too, okay! He was still just a child!

"Master." Sun Wukong and Yang Jian appeared only after the battle had ended and the matter was settled.

"My good nephew, don't be discouraged." Seeing Honghai'er's defeated look, Sun Wukong offered a few words of comfort. "You're still young; as long as you lose enough times, you'll get used to it later, yeah."

Honghai'er looked up at Sun Wukong, three magnified question marks appearing over his head.

He was someone who knew how to comfort people, but was he sure he wasn't just attacking him?

"Wukong is right." Tang An stopped and looked back at Honghai'er.

Honghai'er had a bad premonition, "What... are you going to do?"

"Sigh, why so nervous?"

"Your smile is just too creepy! You wouldn't really eat children, would you!"

"Ah-woo~"

"Ah!!!"

Tang An deliberately scared him, and Honghai'er was so frightened that he subconsciously grabbed Sun Wukong's clothes.

Seeming to notice this, Tang An and Yang Jian's eyes met, and one look was enough to see something.

"Alright, little brat, I'm human, how could I eat children." Tang An pulled Honghai'er over, "But if you want me to let you go, that's fine too—take us to find your father."

If you want me to let you go, that's fine too???

How did this sentence sound so awkward, how did it sound so stifling?

"What are you thinking about?" Tang An patted his head, "You haven't made a sound for a long time; your father isn't with some vixen, is he?"

"Oh!" Tang An patted her own forehead, "Almost forgot about the Yumian Huli (Jade-Faced Fox) part."

"How about... we call your mother to go with us?" No need to guess, she must have a mischievous smile on her face right now, along with an expression of impatience to eat some big gossip.