Chapter 45: I'm going to arrange a marriage between my children and Lin Pingyu...
Led by a gong-beater and a cardboard child, the village chief led a large group of people into the deep mountains.
The village chief's name is Xue Chengan.
This is clearly a birthday banquet, so why hold up the names of descendants like at a funeral? The sky is just thundering, but no rain is falling. The thunder roars, shaking the entire mountain. Lightning flashes flicker in the clouds but don't fall, only illuminating the mountainside with silvery arcs in their flashes.
This wasn't lightning struck by the Thunder God or the Lightning Goddess, a thought popped into Pingyu's head:
The mountain is laughing.
Thunder is laughter, lightning is the arc of a grin.
Mountain.
He's laughing.
The moment the idea was born, she held Nezha's hand tightly.
The boy noticed her nervous expression and gripped her hand tightly in return.
Lin Dong and Xue Yue'e belonged to a collateral branch of the family and stood at the very end of the line.
Two adults surrounded the child.
Getting away from the long line of gongs and drums makes it easier to talk.
Pingyu, who had been worried about this in the courtyard, asked the adults, "Have you eaten today's food?"
Placenta has always been considered a highly nourishing substance, both ancient and modern, and Pingyu knew that her parents didn't have this taboo. She had already prepared herself for the worst, but then she saw them both shake their heads in unison: "No."
Even Nezha was surprised.
"It was because of eating the wrong things that you two got into trouble, how dare you eat another bite now?" Lin Dong shook his head, and Xue Yue'e smiled and pointed at someone: "Him? He already told me that he would cook something special for me when we got back tonight!"
When Pingyu saw his father clutching his stomach and sighing, he felt both sorry for him and wanted to laugh.
She quickly composed herself and said, "You can't eat it. The man who banged the gong said that was what his deceased grandfather ate."
"This..." The Lin couple hesitated, "How can we believe what a fool says?"
“Whether they’re truly foolish or feigning it, a simple question will reveal the truth.” Pingyu: “Once they’ve seen the Emperor off, we’ll leave the group.”
"Your parents can't get lost!" she instructed with her hands on her hips like a little adult, and the Lin couple nodded obediently.
The next second, the hand that was being held was let go.
Ping Yu's fingers grasped at empty air, and he instinctively reached out to ask, "What's wrong?"
The boy slowed his pace until he came to a complete stop, kneeling on one knee. The golden ring on his wrist alternated between reality and illusion, finally transforming into the Universe Ring held by Nezha.
He pressed the gold ring against the ground and replied, "Call someone now, and let him handle whatever needs to be done."
Using the Five Thunder Spell will attract attention.
As soon as he finished speaking, golden waves rippled across the Qiankun Ring. All the innate Qi that Lingzhuzi had cultivated to this day was poured into the ground, and the grass and trees in the mountains shimmered with a faint golden light.
A few breaths passed, and there was no movement.
Nezha looked puzzled: "Where is he?"
"Hasn't the Earth God come out?" Seeing this, Ping Yu guessed, "Could it be that the commotion wasn't big enough?"
After all, the yellow Earth God was created by being struck by lightning.
"no"
He shook his head: "There's no need to summon lightning. As long as you inject spiritual energy into the ground, he will definitely be able to sense it. It's his duty to come out and greet him."
So the Earth God was chopped down for nothing!
Ping Yu felt sorry for the talkative local deity for half a second.
They had been knocking on the ground and knocking on the door, but the local earth god of this mountain was nowhere to be seen. The previous Yellow Earth God had also said that the Purple Earth God was eccentric; perhaps that unruly old man simply didn't want to receive them? After waiting for a while, Nezha's patience ran out. He put away his Universe Ring, and Ping Yu, by the moonlight, could see a hint of gritted teeth on his indifferent face.
The boy whispered, "I'm going to tell on you."
"Who are you looking for?" She remembered that Nezha didn't have a divine position yet; he was just a mortal.
"I'm looking for my master." He sounded a little aggrieved, crossing his arms: "That derelict of duty, if he doesn't want this position, there are plenty of immortals who can take it."
Hearing this makes my blood run cold. Why does this sentence sound so capitalist?
After he finished speaking, Pingyu was patted on the shoulder.
"Pingyu, Nezha, we should go..."
Xue Yue'e's voice was suppressed and wavering, revealing a hint of unease.
Mother wouldn't rush them like that. What happened?
The entire long queue came to a stop. In the darkness, human eyes were as dark as the holes in the cardboard. The villagers all turned to look at them from the same angle.
Several gazes silently questioned: Why did you stop?
The village chief, or rather Xue Cheng'an, who was at the front, asked, "What's going on? We can't leave anyone behind."
His eyes, which had been squinting, opened. His phoenix eyes, narrow like willow leaves, gave him a sinister look. Pingyu immediately bent down to support Nezha, deliberately calling out, "Oh dear! Nezha, how could you be so careless as to fall?"
After exchanging a couple of lines, the two stopped, and Pingyu helped Nezha up to follow behind his parents.
The matter should have ended there, but Xue Cheng'an did not want to let it go.
As the two stood up, he suddenly spoke: "In that case, you should leave first. It would be best to go back to the village; you shouldn't stay here."
Ping Yu paused. Nezha's eyes blazed with golden fire as he stared intently at Xue Cheng'an.
Xue Cheng'an remained unmoved and continued, "You are a visitor from out of town, with no relation to our Xue family. It's improper for an outsider to come and see off the founding emperor. Everyone else is throwing things, but you are, which must be the mountain god's intention. On this joyous day, don't offend the mountain god. Nezha, your intentions are good. As for the rest..."
The final order was given: "We'll talk about it when we get back."
This is completely making a fuss over nothing. How can someone be made to be so dramatic just because they tripped and fell?
The dog had seen Nezha's hand gestures while casting spells in the courtyard, and he must have reported it to his father. Xue Cheng'an's scheme was so blatantly obvious.
He wanted to get Nezha away so that Pingyu and the Lin couple would be his for the taking.
“Nezha even had his head patted by the Great Ancestor! The Great Ancestor really liked him!” Ping Yu retorted. As she spoke, Nezha’s fingers flicked in the shadows. Spiritual energy enveloped the sand and stones, flying towards the surrounding villagers. Many exclamations were heard, and those who were standing began to fall to their seats. With most of the group collapsed, Nezha innocently spread his hands: “Why are so many people falling? Could it be that the Mountain God dislikes even the villagers?”
"No," Xue Cheng'an said calmly. "It's because you didn't leave that the mountain god became angry again to remind us."
Regardless of whether the mountain god is angry or not, Nezha is definitely going to be so angry he'll laugh.
Whether it's black or white, he gets to decide it all by himself.
Ping Yu's mind raced, and he calmed down. Xue Cheng'an, as the village chief, needed people's hearts; he couldn't be too blatant in trying to drive away a child in this chaotic situation. Therefore, he could only insist on the fact that Nezha was an outsider, since the birthday celebration was only related to blood relatives. Since that was the case, wouldn't it be better to treat Nezha as family?
Thinking of this, she fiercely blocked Nezha's path. She turned to Xue Cheng'an and retorted, "Besides, who said Nezha is an outsider?! Do you know why the founding emperor touched him?"
“It was because Emperor Taizu was kind-hearted,” Xue Chengan said.
"No, that's not it!" Pingyu raised his voice even louder, trying to make everyone in the mountains understand: "Because Nezha and I were betrothed since childhood, he is my future husband. It is because of this relationship that the Great Ancestor prayed for him!"
This was a completely unorthodox and treacherous move, like a thunderclap out of nowhere!
Lin Dong was dizzy from the explosion, Nezha was speechless with shock, and Xue Yue'e clapped and cheered.
Her mother echoed, "That's what we said back then. Nezha was the youngest son of my husband's sworn brother. Because the age difference between the first two children was too great, we arranged for Pingyu to be betrothed to Nezha as children."
This was just a temporary measure for Pingyu, and since she thought her mother was also helping to testify, she didn't take it to heart. After a brief moment of surprise, Xue Chengan still wouldn't budge: "Not being married yet means you're not family, that doesn't count."
When the two sides were deadlocked, it was Nezha who took the initiative to break the deadlock.
After saying "See you in a bit" to Pingyu, he left the group.
Pingyu couldn't keep Nezha, and glared at Xue Chengan several times in anger.
If Nezha didn't want to leave, he had a thousand ways to make himself stay. But then he suddenly realized that if he didn't stay with the group, he would have more freedom of movement.
But Nezha, who should have been hiding among the grass and trees following the group, stopped in place, pondering what Pingyu had just said:
Regardless of whether Xue Yue'e's words are true or false, if they truly become the "arranged marriage" relationship Ping Yu speaks of, wouldn't he be Ping Yu's truly "only" friend? His father only had one wife in his life, his mother. Nezha cultivates the Tao, without worldly marriages, only "Taoist partners" and "dual cultivation" relationships. This is closer than marriage, sharing cultivation and supporting each other over long years. He will surely help Ping Yu overcome his life-threatening tribulation, and after the tribulation, Ping Yu will be guided into the Tao by someone.
Isn't that just right?
Nezha was a decisive person, and he quickly made a decision:
I want to arrange a marriage between Lin Pingyu and myself!
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