After taking Li Nezha out of Chentang Pass, Mo Chen revealed his true colors!

He not only tied Li Nezha to a tree and gave him a lecture, but also starved him for a whole day.

This caused Li Nezha, who had just been born and was adored by everyone, to feel extremely distressed! He was tied to a tree and began wailing, "Help! Child kidnapping! Bad people! Let me go right now! Or you'll regret it!"

Sitting across from Nezha, eating a hot steamed bun, Mo Chen chuckled at Nezha's complaints. "Don't worry, I'll eat all the buns! I won't leave you a single crumb, what can you do about it!"

Li Nezha's eyes turned red with anger, and he immediately burst into tears, crying, "Help! Waaaaah..."

Mo Chen tapped his ear, letting him shout and yell. Anyway, no one ever passes through this desolate wilderness; no one's coming to rescue him! Besides, what difference would it make if someone did pass by? He's disciplining his own child—what business is it of yours!

But all told, this kid has been crying on and off for three hours now. He's really got some energy!

"Waaaaah..."

The crying grew unusually louder, and Mo Chen said impatiently, "You brat, you still have so much energy even when you're about to die, you're really something else!"

Li Nezha sobbed, staring pitifully at the steamed bun in Mo Chen's hand, looking like he was begging for a reward...

Seeing this, Mo Chen smiled and, without waiting for Li Nezha's reaction, stuffed the bun in his hand into his mouth, untied his rope, and said impatiently, "Eat, eat! You're crying like this after being hungry for just one day. I thought you could last for more than three days, but you gave up after just one day! You really are a piece of trash!"

He had initially thought Mo Chen was capable and mentally sound, but it turned out his willpower was incredibly weak. Mo Chen began to regret bringing him along...

Li Nezha sobbed, wiping away his tears in grievance. This violent maniac did it on purpose! He tricked him into coming out to get revenge, and now he's abusing children! What a terrible villain!

Mo Chen looked at Li Nezha, who was angrily eating a steamed bun, and couldn't help but smile. "What? You want to fight me? Fine, if you can beat me, I'll let you go! But if you can't, you can become my disciple!"

Upon hearing this, Li Nezha spat out the last bite of bun in his mouth, angrily pointed at Mo Chen, and said, "I won't fall for your tricks again! If I acknowledge you as my master, you'll be like a father to me, and beatings and scoldings will be commonplace!"

Mo Chen was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Hahahaha! You, you really are... hahaha..."

This clever little devil is surprisingly calm in a crucial moment! He immediately identified the problem!

Li Nezha looked at Mo Chen waving his little fists and said angrily, "What are you laughing at? Let me tell you, don't underestimate me just because I'm young and small. I'm very powerful too! Although, I'm a little weaker than you..."

At this point, Li Nezha blushed, and for some reason, Mo Chen saw a sense of desolation on his face.

Mo Chen's smile vanished, replaced by a cold expression. "Yes, I'm mocking you! You clearly have such great talent, yet you refuse to face it squarely, preferring to let it be buried!"

Li Nezha shrugged and said with a disdainful look, "My father is a great general, and his friends are all talented people. Any one of them can teach me kung fu. How could I possibly be overlooked!"

"Is that so? But as far as I know, none of them are born able to speak or run barefoot!" Mo Chen revealed a strange smile. "Or rather, to them, you are just an anomaly, different from them!"

Li Nezha's expression changed. Mo Chen was right; this was something he didn't want to think about.

In fact, his two older brothers, Jinzha and Muzha, had always refused to play with him because of his difference from others.

The older generation of servants in the Li family gossiped behind his back that he was the reincarnation of a monster. Even some of his father's friends looked at him with strange eyes.

Before meeting Mo Chen, he didn't know what that gaze meant, but now he understands!

That's their fear of themselves!

The fear of facing an extraordinary and different being!

Mo Chen looked at Li Nezha with his head down and not saying a word, and couldn't help but sigh. None of this was his fault. He could only blame himself for being born in a chaotic world and having a talent that others envied!

In life, such people always bring about qualitative changes to the world!

Only people like this can change the world!

Mo Chen stepped forward and gently patted his head. "A real man shouldn't always keep his head down. Always keeping your head down makes you a coward. Do you want to become one of those cowards?"

Li Nezha sniffled, wiped away his tears, looked up at Mo Chen, and asked earnestly, "Then, can you teach me your skills?"

Mo Chen smiled wickedly, "Of course! I will teach you the strongest skills!"

Li Nezha clenched his little fists, knelt down without thinking, and respectfully said, "Master, please accept Nezha's three bows!"

Mo Chen chuckled, "Oh dear, get up quickly, my good disciple!"

Li Nezha stood up, raised his head, and timidly asked, "Um... Master, I've already become your disciple, could you give me another steamed bun?"

Mo Chen: ...Don't tell me you only agreed to become my disciple because you were starving!

Seeing Mo Chen's gloomy face, Li Nezha frowned and asked with a wronged expression, "If you won't give me ten, can't I at least eat nine?"

Mo Chen was utterly speechless. So this kid was a glutton too!

What kind of monstrosity did he take in?!

...

Thus, Mo Chen originally intended to see if Li Nezha was a reincarnation of a demon, but who knew that was not the case, and in the end, he accidentally took Li Nezha as his disciple.

As for his name, no matter how Nezha asked, he refused to reveal it.

The reason is simple: before Li Nezha passes the test and becomes a member of the Nine Springs' balancers, he will absolutely not reveal any information about the Nine Springs to Li Nezha, including his own name!

In the jungle not far from Chentang Pass, piercing screams can now be heard from time to time.

"ah……"

The passersby couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines and hurriedly passed by on the mountain road.

"Ahhh—"

Li Nezha's painful screams made Mo Chen shudder. "Wow, the growth potion is so powerful!"

It's unknown what the effects will be after Li Nezha takes the potion that can rapidly increase his physical strength.

"Sigh, I hope this brat can pull through and truly unleash his potential so he can be of help later..." Mo Chen, standing guard at the cave entrance, couldn't help but sigh. "I wonder how Gu Liyan is doing. I hope he's not dead!"

The moonlight cast a melancholy glow. Under this same bright moon, I wonder if everyone is hoping for a different reunion...