Chapter 135: The 135th Day of Running Away from Home to Make a Game...
Nezha never expected that what was supposed to be a month of confinement would turn into being only allowed to stay in the Li residence, unable to use weapons or chat with his master and friends, and only being chased by several scribes who would nag him about poetry, literature and etiquette.
This time, Li Jing was very shrewd and determined to teach Nezha more about the ways of the world, not to turn his young son into a slick and worldly-wise person.
The thought was that Nezha was young but possessed great martial arts skills, and he couldn't clearly distinguish right from wrong. If he were to be deceived and cause a great disaster, even he and Taiyi Zhenren wouldn't be able to protect him.
Just like this time, Nezha originally wanted to find himself a birthday gift, which was a filial act, but he almost caused such a big commotion in the East Sea. Fortunately, the Crown Prince of the East Sea did not pursue the matter, otherwise Li Jing would not know how to handle the situation later.
Therefore, he must discipline Nezha properly during this period, so that Nezha can change his reckless behavior of using force to clear the way, and read more books and understand the principles that are the right way.
As a result, Nezha experienced the most frustrating period of his life since birth.
Trapped in a small courtyard, he would be blocked from going out. His weapons and magical treasures had all been confiscated by his father. He was also surrounded by servants arranged by his father. Even if he picked up a stick from the edge of the woods, the servants would shout and try to take it away. Let alone practicing martial arts or cultivating.
Whenever someone starts practicing martial arts or wielding a knife, there's always someone nearby chanting incomprehensible texts in their ear.
It's so annoying.
After enduring it for several days, Nezha simply couldn't take it anymore.
Since he couldn't leave the mansion, he simply ran up to the attic, climbed up several floors along the eaves, and finally reached the small attic at the very top that was locked.
Nezha lay on the eaves, watching the servants below looking around and calling his name. He felt a lot of the pent-up anger in his heart finally dissipate.
He was just about to take a good nap on the roof when he discovered a small platform outside the attic, on which sat a bow taller than himself.
The bow was as smooth as jade, with a straight and long string. The bow was plain and unadorned, yet it shone with a faint golden light, making it clearly no ordinary object.
Seeing this, Nezha was no longer sleepy.
He had long heard that his family possessed the Qiankun Bow left behind by the Xuanyuan clan, but he had never seen the actual object. Unexpectedly, he stumbled upon this enormous bow while climbing over the wall today.
He immediately climbed up from the eaves and took a great liking to the giant bow. He wanted to take two more arrows to test its feel, but when he reached out, he found nothing.
The quiver, which should have been used to hold arrows, was now completely empty.
Nezha was dumbfounded. He never expected that his father would even put away the arrows from his bow and arrow, determined to make sure that he could not touch any weapons.
Meanwhile, Yuan Yi, touching the newly acquired arrow, revealed a faint smile. Confined and still wanting to shoot arrows? No way.
Nezha was unaware that his every move was being watched by several important figures, and simply assumed that his father was being meticulous.
Even without arrows, this bow is still a great treasure. He touched the bowstring and the bow itself, loving it dearly.
Unfortunately, the timing was bad. The servants below looked up and saw Nezha in red. They immediately shouted and ran upstairs to find the young master.
Nezha had finally shaken off his little tagalong, so he couldn't let the servants keep chasing him. Unfortunately, there were just too many servants upstairs and downstairs. Unless he climbed back onto the roof and stayed out in the sun for another hour or two, he would eventually have to obediently come downstairs and get nagged by his parents.
That won't do; he doesn't want to stay in solitary confinement any longer.
Nezha bit his nails, pondering how to quickly escape this confinement, ideally taking the Qiankun Bow out for some fun.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck.
As Nezha looked at the enormous bow and arrow, which was almost twice his height, a bold idea popped into his head.
There is a bow but no arrow, but the bow is intact. If one were to use oneself as the arrow, and shoot oneself out, wouldn't that be like birds flying freely in the sky and fish swimming freely in the sea?
Without hesitation, Nezha stepped onto the bowstring with one foot, pressed his other two hands on the bow, and with a powerful leap from his waist and legs, released his hands as he jumped backward.
In an instant, the simple bow and arrow emitted a bright golden light, and a tremendous force rebounded from the bowstring, hitting Nezha's foot and throwing him away.
Having grown accustomed to riding his fiery wheels, Nezha felt no fear whatsoever as he gazed at the white clouds in the sky and counted the howling winds in his ears. Instead, he felt that the heavens were filled with messages of freedom.
As for the future, we'll talk about that after we land.
Nezha, with an extremely carefree attitude, threw his hands behind his back and even had the leisure to whistle and count the white clouds in the sky.
Anyway, he and his master had trained him to be as strong as steel, so even if he fell to the ground, nothing serious would happen. Now he just needed to wait for the ground to settle down.
However, to Nezha's utter surprise, the location from which the Qiankun Bow was shot was unpredictable. He thought it would land safely on the ground, but unexpectedly, the powerful force sent it to a gloomy mountain range.
Fortunately, it landed on a cave in the mountain and happened to fall down and hit someone.
Fortunately, Biyun Tongzi was not an ordinary human, but a demon in human form; otherwise, he might have lost his life from Nezha's heavy blow.
Biyun lifted the fallen plaque with one hand and put her other hand on her hip, wanting to see what kind of thing had harmed her.
At first glance, it stung my eyes. All I could see was a blur of white and red. I rubbed my eyes and looked again before realizing it was a white-haired child wearing red clothes.
"Where did this little monster come from? How dare it trespass into Lady Shiji's cave and smash the plaque!"
Biyun stood with one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Nezha, shouting with boundless energy.
"Wait, how come you're human!?"
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! A human brat has stormed into our Skull Mountain Bone Cave and even smashed the signboard!"
On one side, Biyun Tongzi was worried about whether the human child who had fallen was alright, while on the other side, Yuan Yi looked at this completely different scene of encounter and couldn't help but show a faint smile on his face.
Although I know that fate will automatically correct everyone's destiny trajectory, even if I intervene at some key points, it will still happen.
Just like Nezha, whom I know best, no matter how much the beginning, the ending, or even the background changes, the two major events of meeting Ao Bing and meeting Shi Ji are bound to happen.
Yuan Yi never expected that after he repeatedly reminded Li Jing to strengthen the defenses and personally took away the arrows from the Qiankun Bow, Nezha would still be able to greet the master and disciples of Skull Mountain in such a bizarre way.
“It really is a matter of timing and fate.” Yuan Yi stroked his chin. “But this encounter wasn’t bad.”
Yuan Yi revised Nezha's original background in the game's text.
Compared to the original storyline where Nezha shoots an arrow into the air but kills Biyun Tongzi with it, the beginning where Nezha, who ran away from home, accidentally falls from the sky and hits Biyun is more in line with my wishes.
Without the initial life-and-death feud, and given Shiji's personality, she wouldn't have any conflict with Nezha. Thus, Shiji's tribulation was mostly over.
However, since it was something recorded by destiny, it was never too much to be careful. A glint flashed in Yuan Yi's eyes, and he quietly added several more settings to a certain system settings interface.
Meanwhile, Shi Ji, who was handling her affairs, looked at the rare human child in front of her with a rather troubled expression.
After all, the Skull Mountain Bone Cave is located in a remote and harsh environment, and there has never been any trace of human beings within a hundred miles.
Having served as the mountain god of Skull Mountain for so many years, he had only ever governed monsters and other strange creatures. This was the first time he had ever seen a human being on his territory, and a human child who was not yet an adult.
How did this brat manage to overcome so many dangers, obstacles, demons, and monsters along the way, only to fall right into the Mountain God Cave of Skull Mountain and even smash down the Skull Mountain signboard?
Shi Ji was completely baffled; it was truly as if a god was sitting in a cave and a child had fallen from the sky.
However, the Skull Mountain area is indeed not suitable for human survival, so Shi Ji said directly: "This is not a place for you. I will have Bi Yun send you back."
Although the child is young, he is fair-skinned and tender, and his hair and clothes look like they have been carefully taken care of. He is obviously a child who is loved by his parents.
Although Shi Ji didn't like to interact with humans, she knew that humans valued their offspring extremely much, and now that this offspring had appeared in the Skull Mountain area, his parents must be very anxious.
As the mountain god of Skull Mountain, it's not unreasonable for him to do a good deed once in a while.
It's a pity that despite Shi Ji's good intentions, Nezha was unwilling to accept them.
Nezha felt something was wrong when he fell into this gloomy place, and he felt even more uneasy when he discovered that the place was called Skull Mountain and White Bone Cave.
What kind of good place would be called Skull Mountain and White Bone Cave? It sounds like a place of evil spirits and crooked paths from a heroic tale.
However, after suffering a loss at Ao Bing's hands last time, Nezha learned his lesson. Instead of immediately shouting and killing at Biyun Tongzi, he calmly decided to find out where Biyun Tongzi wanted to take him.
As a result, the little girl in front of him led him through winding paths until they finally arrived at a deeper stone cave.
The stone cave was wide and large, with only a small bed and a stone table in the middle. Sitting in front of the table was a female cultivator in black clothes with fair skin. Everything around her was unremarkable, except for her dark eyebrows and two dark marks at the corners of her eyes, which were particularly eye-catching.
He looked exactly like the great demon described in the storybooks. Nezha subconsciously clenched his fist, only to find that the Universe Ring, which had always been there for him, was not by his side.
But it's alright. A hero's adventures are always full of twists and turns. Even without the Universe Ring, he will surely be able to wipe out the demons and restore peace to the world.
But little did anyone know that although Shi Ji looked fierce, her actions were completely different from the demons Nezha had imagined.
Upon hearing that Nezha had descended from the sky, smashed the plaque, and then hit Biyun Tongzi, he was not angry at all. Instead, he asked Biyun to bring Nezha to him.
After confirming that neither of them was seriously injured, Shi Ji slowly spoke, immediately offering to send Nezha back.
"I'm not going back." Nezha immediately refused. He had finally managed to escape, so of course he couldn't go back so soon.
Moreover, although the female cultivator in front of him spoke nicely, who knew if she was two-faced? He wouldn't let a wolf into the house like in the stories.
He, Nezha, is determined to thoroughly explore the Skull Mountain and the White Bone Cave, and make a name for himself in the world.
"Of course, it would be best if I could stay here until my parents calmed down and my confinement period was over," Nezha thought somewhat guiltily.
However, the more guilty Nezha felt, the more he raised his head, looking directly at Shi Ji with his chest out.
Shi Ji stared at Nezha for a moment, then nodded very slowly: "Oh, then Bi Yun, take him to find a room."
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Author's Note: The Qiankun Bow, Nezha's Arrow, I shot myself! [dog head with rose in mouth]
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