Chapter 45 045 Lost? Another Yunshui Village?
"I said..."
The sound was swallowed up by the whistling wind as soon as it left my mouth. Tied like a dumpling by the Hun Tian Ling, I struggled to twist my body and screamed at the top of my lungs, "I said—!!!"
There was an impatient tsk-tsk sound from above my head, and Nezha glanced down at me, his eyes looking as if he was looking at some troublemaker.
"Can you please put me down first!" I protested with gritted teeth.
"It's faster to carry it." The young general replied confidently, and deliberately shook the Hun Tian Ling in his hand.
I:! !
Is this what a human being would say?
Oh yes, he is not human.
"If I continue to be carried like this, I'm afraid I won't live to see Mount Huashan!" I struggled in frustration.
Nezha rolled his eyes, muttering "It's true", but still took back the Hun Tian Ling. However -
"ah--"
The sudden feeling of weightlessness hit me, and I realized I'd made a fatal mistake: I didn't know how to fly...
"ah--"
The moment the Hun Tian Ling was retracted, the feeling of weightlessness suddenly came over me, and I fell down in an instant.
Little Nezha let out a surprised "Huh?" and then leaned over to fall as well. He showed no intention of helping me, but instead followed me down beside him, laughing heartily and making one sarcastic remark after another: "Look, you were the one who let go, and now you're falling, right? You deserve it!"
I:……
This damn kid!
Without time to curse, I took a deep breath, my instinct for survival overriding everything. Luckily, there was a shimmering lake below. While I wasn't a river god in this world, I still had the ability to control water. I immediately lowered my hands, forming a mental seal. The wind whistled in my ears, mingling with his provocative laughter. I ignored him and shouted:
"rise!"
The calm lake below suddenly surged, and a huge column of water, as if lifted by an invisible giant hand, accurately faced me as I fell rapidly.
“Plop!”
A huge splash of water. The anticipated hard landing turned into a cold, powerful cushion. The water column gently enveloped me, then lifted me up, relieving the force of my fall, and finally allowing me to sit firmly on the top of the water column, though I was soaking wet and in a state of disarray.
"Cough...cough cough!" I wiped the water off my face. I was still in shock and my heart was beating wildly in my chest.
Little Nezha hovered lightly in the air not far away, the Hun Tian Ling fluttering behind him. His playful smile faded, replaced by a hint of surprise. Those bright eyes, always tinged with a hint of rebelliousness, now stared at me intently.
"You little carp, you don't look so useless after all."
I sat on the water column and glared at him unhappily: "Thank you so much for the compliment." But I was not happy at all!
Little Nezha turned a deaf ear to my complaints. He folded his arms and slowly descended a little on his wind-fire wheels, so that he was level with me. He narrowed his eyes, and his tone was filled with subtle scrutiny: "Hey, who are you?"
I:"……"
"First, my name isn't Hello! Second, my background has nothing to do with you!"
The water beneath me slowly receded, carrying me down to the shore. I scrambled onto solid ground with my hands and knees, then sat down, gasping for breath. My soaked clothes clung to my skin, bringing waves of cold.
Little Nezha also landed on the ground, and the flames of the Wind Fire Wheel subsided. He walked a few steps to me, squatted down, and looked me closely, his eyes seemed to want to see me thoroughly.
"What are you looking at?" I was slumped on the ground, feeling uncomfortable all over because of Nezha's searchlight-like gaze. The chill spread from my wet clothes to the bones.
He suddenly stretched out his hand, and a ball of flame appeared in his palm. Soon, a warm feeling filled his whole body. The wet clothes were instantly dried, becoming warm and dry.
I looked at him in surprise, but he turned his face away first. However, I noticed that his ears were slightly red.
I:……
This guy's personality is really unpredictable.
Free from the awful dampness, I felt refreshed and stood up to survey my surroundings. Dense trees surrounded me, their lush branches rustling in the breeze. Sunlight filtered through the cracks, casting a golden glow across the ground. The lake was crystal clear, reflecting the blue of the sky. Occasionally, a fish leaped out, stirring up ripples. In the distance, rolling mountains, shrouded in mist, resembled a fairyland.
I dusted myself off, turned around to thank him, and asked him, "Where is this?"
He crossed his arms and glanced around impatiently: "Who knows? It's not Huashan anyway."
I:"……"
This guy, can he even lead the way astray?
I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. "Didn't you say we could fly directly to Mount Hua? How did we end up in a place like this?"
Nezha curled his lips and said, "Who told you to make a fuss about coming down halfway? I was flying just fine."
I:"……"
I put my hands on my hips and said, "What do you mean I have to come down halfway? I almost fainted when you held me like that! And it was you who kidnapped me without regard for my wishes. This behavior of yours is called kidnapping!" I retorted righteously.
Little Nezha's brows knitted together, clearly not expecting this development. "Trouble! In this desolate mountain..."
I said casually, "Then why don't you fly up to the sky and see the direction."
Now that you can fly, isn't finding the direction a piece of cake?
Little Nezha stared at me, then tied me up with the Hun Tian Ling.
I:? ? ?
He smiled smugly, "Trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain? I'm not that stupid! Just stay here and wait for me to come back!" With that, he flew into the air, his wind-fire wheels under his feet. I watched him fly around in all directions, speechless. No way, a great god like the Three Altars and Sea Assembly couldn't even find his way?
A moment later, little Nezha came back with a gloomy face.
I asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Didn't find it?"
He snorted coldly and sat on the ground angrily: "This is really strange! I don't feel familiar with this surrounding area at all!"
Oh, I really can’t find the way.
"What's with that expression on your face?" He grabbed his hair again in annoyance, and the two small buns became tangled.
"That's a speechless expression on my face. Since you can't find the way in the mortal world, why don't you go back to heaven and look for it?"
He looked at me like I was a fool. "How long did it take to come down last time? By the time I come down from heaven again, I guess the Goddess of Mount Hua will have even given birth to her baby!"
Me: Oh... is that so? I thought time in heaven and on earth began to be counted from the moment we left the earth. It turns out it starts from the moment we leave the earth.
"By the way, let me go first. It's very uncomfortable to tie me up like this!"
Little Nezha took back the Hun Tian Ling, and I asked him what to do now. "It's getting dark..." A thin mist was rising in the forest.
It feels like not much time has passed since we left Qianyuan Mountain, but it is getting dark.
Little Nezha's brows were furrowed. Actually, I think this kind of troublesome thing for me should be easy for him to solve. Although the time spent in heaven is included, I think he just doesn't want to go there.
"Wait... there's someone over there!" Little Nezha suddenly said with excitement.
Following the direction he pointed, I saw an old woman carrying a large bamboo basket walking slowly on a forest path not far away.
"Great!" I breathed a sigh of relief. I was finally able to escape this embarrassing and dangerous situation. "Grandma! Grandma, please stay!"
My mother-in-law stopped walking and looked over at me, puzzled. She was visibly taken aback when she saw the two of us, especially me. I scratched my head. I didn't remember knowing this mother-in-law.
"What can I do for you, gentlemen?" The old woman put down the bamboo basket, and I noticed it was filled with herbs. Her eyes rested on me, a complex and nostalgic expression on her face.
Nezha narrowed his eyes and waved his hands impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense! Let me ask you, how do I get to Mount Huashan?"
The old woman seemed frightened by Nezha's tone and shrank back before she spoke cautiously, "To answer you two, Huashan... Huashan is very far from here, to the northwest, a full thousand miles away."
"Qianli?!" Nezha and I exclaimed at the same time. Mine was astonished, Nezha's was furious.
"Then... where is this place?" I asked quickly, a bad feeling rising in my heart. After being carried and flying for so long, even if Nezha is fast, he shouldn't be a thousand miles away, right?
The old woman answered honestly, "This is the territory of Yunshui Village. The village is in the valley ahead."
Yunshui Village!
Ah, this... must be just a coincidence, right?
I scratched my head uncertainly, and Little Nezha pulled me past him, ready to fly northwest. But I pulled him back, pleading, "I want to visit Yunshui Village."
Little Nezha showed an impatient expression, "What are you going there for?"
Seeing that we stopped talking, the old woman picked up the bamboo basket and left, but before leaving she looked at me several times.
But at that time I was trying to persuade little Nezha, so I didn't study her eyes carefully.
"You may not believe it, but there was also a Yunshui Village in the world I was in before, but that was the Yunshui Village of the past. In that village, human sacrifice still existed. And the so-called human sacrifice was to have people eat the flesh of the previous Yunshui Goddess, becoming the new Yunshui Goddess, and thus bringing new medicine to the villagers..."
What I said was a bit incoherent, so I'm not sure if little Nezha understood it.
"So you want to go and see if there is any problem with Yunshui Village?" Little Nezha said with a serious face.
I was silent for a while, then nodded.
I wasn't sure what kind of answers I was hoping to get by going to Yunshui Village. It wasn't certain if this Yunshui Village was the same one from the previous world. Perhaps it was just a name, or perhaps... it was just the name that I couldn't ignore.
I once thought I might be the reincarnation of the sister of the brother in the Shanhe Sheji Tu. After all, the brother's behavior and expressions were always intriguing. But because I knew I was only in that world because of the whirlpool, how could I be a reincarnation? So, subconsciously, I actually rejected this answer.
If... I mean, if I can get some different clues from Yunshui Village in this world, can I understand myself better?
My life has been so full of twists and turns. I don't know how I died in my past life, then reincarnated as a small carp in Qianyuan Mountain. But a sudden whirlpool sent me to another world, where I became the deity of the Yunshui River. Furthermore, I unexpectedly learned the story of the Yunshui River, and became the last sacrifice to the Yunshui Goddess. Now, I've traveled to a new world, and there's also a Yunshui Village in that new world...
I want to know what's hidden in this.
If I were just an ordinary little carp, I would definitely live a peaceful and stable life.
But I am not, and it is clear that there seems to be a deeper secret about my life experience.
What exactly is a vortex?
Am I the reincarnation of my brother or sister?
How did I... die?
…
These questions once again appeared in my mind because of the name Yunshui Village.
Little Nezha said arrogantly, "What are you waiting for? Let's go! I'm hungry too!"
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