Xu Milu immediately retorted:
“I used to be bold because I had no ties, but now I have a whole family to support in this restaurant. If they get involved because of me, that would be my fault. Besides, you even ‘borrowed’ Laozi’s alchemy furnace. If you had made a scene just now, wouldn’t that have given people something to hold against you? Wouldn’t it be better to say a few nice words and avoid an unnecessary trouble?”
Nezha said thoughtfully, "You're afraid he'll recognize Laozi's alchemy furnace, so you're trying to get rid of him? Was it all for my own good?"
“Of course, I wasn’t afraid. I’m not officially appointed by the Heavenly Court, and I’m not some kind of immortal. Even if the Heavenly Rules are strict, what’s the crime of setting off a firecracker that won’t explode? What I’m afraid of is people finding out that you ‘borrowed’ Laozi’s alchemy furnace.”
As Xu Milu spoke, she conjured up a large vat and began to shovel meat from the alchemy furnace into it without restraint.
"Wash it clean and return it as soon as possible. If it is cleaned and discovered, there will still be room for maneuver. Do you know what Laozi likes? I will find some to enshrine."
"What trouble is this today?"
Nezha lay in the air, half of his body supported by a red ribbon, before saying:
"It's just that I borrowed Laozi's alchemy furnace again. In the past, there were Taoist sorcerers in the human world who mastered the art of summoning wind and rain. Whenever they fought with others, they would ask the Thunder God and Lightning Goddess for help. Once, they almost struck Laozi's medicinal field with a thundercloud. Laozi only gave them a small punishment and did not get angry."
On another occasion, there was a demon named Zhan Shan who ruled over the Southern Continent. He devoured many mortals and almost infiltrated the Heavenly Palace. When the heavenly soldiers and generals captured this demon, they almost destroyed the cowshed in Laozi's palace. Laozi only punished the heavenly soldiers by making them go to the Milky Way to water the cattle.
And then there was another time, oh, that time a monkey caused a ruckus at the Peach Banquet, even overturning Laozi's alchemy furnace and swallowing the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. Laozi then punished him by putting him in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to be refined by the alchemical fire for forty-nine days—”
As he spoke, Nezha rolled over and lazily said:
"Laojun is always kind and benevolent, and he never holds such a small matter against me. I will return it before the boy wakes up."
As Xu Milu listened, she could picture a good-natured old man with a white beard in her mind.
Back then, her master not only kicked over the alchemy furnace, but also ate all the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir refined by Laozi. However, later, when the four of them traveled west and passed through Wuji Kingdom, the Golden Elixir that Sun Wukong asked for in order to bring the King of Wuji back to life was actually a gift from Laozi.
Laozi has such a good temper.
As Xu Milu pondered, her thoughts drifted off to other places:
"It turns out that there are star lords and officials watching over the heavens at all times. As soon as there is any movement, the gods will descend to earth. It seems that the stories in the novels about demons destroying the world and demon stars descending to earth are all fake."
Within the mature mythological administrative system of the Journey to the West world, it's guaranteed that the moment a demon establishes himself as king, the local earth god and city god will record it. They'll record in his little notebook what year he was born, where his ancestral home is, how long his lifespan is, how long his death lifespan is, when he arrived here, and when he recruited soldiers and horses.
The next day, the duty officer would report to the Heavenly Court, and on the third day, a third prince with three heads, six arms, and the body of a lotus root boy would come to deliver warmth.
What do you mean by destroying the world and slaughtering everyone in the world for one person? Do you really think all the gods in the sky are just sitting around doing nothing?
Oh, except for Sun Wukong. His feat of fighting his way from the underworld to the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, and then from the South Heavenly Gate to the Lingxiao Palace, is probably something no one else in the world could do.
It's unclear what triggered her laughter, but Xu Milu burst into laughter, clutching her stomach. Nezha, thinking she was drunk, gave her a disgusted look.
"Let me make this clear first: everyone who ate this pot of meat today will be making sure you clean the alchemy furnace later—"
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