Chapter 128. Ji and Yu hesitated for a moment...
Ji and Yu hesitated for a moment:
"But sister, what if they go back on their word later?" After all, without any constraints, if the other party changes their mind, they'll have to fight again.
Cang Li hesitated; she couldn't very well take on such a large responsibility.
"Don't hesitate, elder sister. Go and tell the Dragon Clan that the black dragon is the king of the East Sea Dragon Clan. Ask him to send his most important possession to the Heavenly Court as a hostage. If the Dragon Clan behaves itself a thousand years later, the possession will be returned to him."
Er appeared behind Ji and Yu and spoke softly.
Cang Li thought for a moment, then turned around and told Mo about the request.
Mo squinted: "I don't have anything that's most important."
She didn't hide this from anyone. With a sneer, she pointed to the lotus on the ground and said mockingly:
“She and my sister are good friends. I invited her to work in the Heavenly Court so that it would be convenient for my sister to meet with her friends.”
Mo was furious: "What did you say?!"
Er was oblivious to emotions; all he could think about was that if he disagreed, he would slaughter the entire East Sea and then find any dragon from the other three seas to govern it. But he had to coax his sister away so she wouldn't see him.
Hearing this from the ground, Fuqu immediately flew up and stood beside Mo, tenderly touching his wounds.
"Mo, stop fighting, I'll go. With Cang Li here, I won't be bullied. It's only a thousand years, I'll be back soon. Please stop fighting, I'm scared..."
Cang Li pondered for a moment, then leaned closer to Er and whispered in Er's ear:
"Is this really necessary?" Fuqu and Mo have only been together for a short time. Isn't it a bit much to start a long-distance relationship that will last for a thousand years?
Er glanced at Taiqing not far away, turned her head with a smile, and whispered in Cangli's ear:
"Sister, if we don't handle this way, the other three seas, which have just been stabilized, will start to rebel, which will be difficult for the common people."
Cang Li sighed, "Alright then, keep an eye on Fu Qu. She's timid, don't let anyone bully her."
Er smiled and said, "Don't worry, elder sister. There are vacancies in the Heavenly Court. I'll just give Fuqu a leisurely position."
Cang Li thought for a moment and then said, "If there is no unusual activity in the East Sea, let's release Fu Qu back as soon as possible."
Er agreed readily, placing his hand lightly on Cang Li's waist, seemingly protecting him.
Over there, Fuqu tearfully bid farewell to Mo. Mo's expression was extremely agitated; the corpses of the aquatic creatures behind him and the thousands of aquatic creatures hiding underwater prevented him from uttering any resolute objections. In the end, he could only compromise under Fuqu's tears and said to Er:
"I can let Fuqu go to heaven, but I must see her every year. I can go to the Heavenly Court to see her. If I find that she has been harmed in any way, don't blame me for taking action!"
Er looked at Mo arrogantly and said, "Fine, all I need is for the East Sea aquatic creatures to stop causing trouble. As long as you can suppress the East Sea aquatic creatures, you will be the King of the East Sea, and I will naturally not mistreat Fuqu."
Mo looked at Fuqu, his gaze softening considerably. He reached out and roughly wiped away Fuqu's tears: "Don't be afraid. I will visit you often. If anyone bullies you, just tell me, and I will help you, just like before."
Fuqu nodded, reluctant to leave, and walked towards Cangli with every step she took, turning back to look at him again and again.
Mo watched Fuqu's retreating figure, then turned to his clansmen behind him and said:
"retreat."
The dragons looked at each other and then slowly retreated back to the East Sea. Mo was the strongest dragon in the East Sea at the moment, and he had been at the forefront of the battle all this time. The aquatic tribes suffered heavy casualties, and they knew that fighting against the Heavenly Court was like throwing an egg against a rock. Now that the Heavenly Court had taken a step back and was not interfering in the affairs of the East Sea, there was no need to continue fighting.
Mo transformed into its original form on the sea surface and hovered for a long time, sending the corpses of those aquatic creatures into the East Sea Ruins. Finally, it quietly watched the Heavenly Court retreat, and watched Fuqu leave with it, until it was out of sight before slowly sinking into the sea.
Seeing that Cang Li had finished talking about flowers, Tai Qing subtly pulled Cang Li to her side and asked her in a low voice:
"go back?"
Cang Li thought for a moment and said, "No, it's better to send Fu Qu to the Heavenly Court."
“Okay, after we send her there, we’ll go back to the Eight Views Palace. The cub’s foundation has been damaged, so we need to take it back and nurse it back to health.”
Taiqing mentioned the panda cub seemingly casually.
Er's expression froze for a moment. Where did this kid come from?
Ji and Yu asked curiously:
"Sister, do you have children?"
Cang Li was about to say it was a panda cub when Tai Qing spoke first:
"Yes, Ah Li and I have few children, and Xuan Du also needs companionship."
Xuan Du: ?
Ji and Yu had no particular opinion and wholeheartedly agreed:
“We’re not with our elder sister. When we went to her place, she wouldn’t let us come along. It’s only right that she wants to raise a child now.”
Er remained expressionless for a long while before speaking: "Is that child your sister's and the saint's?"
Cang Li nodded: "Yes, we raised the panda cub together." Since they found it together, of course they raised it together.
Er's tone turned colder: "The name you gave it? Panda Cub?" Do you like it that much? My sister has never called them cubs.
Cang Li found Er's behavior a bit strange: "Er, what's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
Suddenly remembering something, she looked at Er and said with a smile, "You're all grown up now, yet you're still jealous of a cub."
Er remained silent, looking down at Cang Li.
Cang Li suddenly realized that Er was indeed an adult, tall and handsome, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He was no longer the little brat who used to cling to her legs and never speak. Even Yu and Ji were the same. In her mind, she still often thought of them as children, but in reality, these children had all grown up.
"Wow, you guys have grown so tall!" Cang Li said with some emotion, standing on tiptoe to pat Er's head.
Upon seeing this, Yu immediately leaned over and said with her head down, "Sister, pat my head too!"
Cang Li laughed heartily and placed his hand on Yu's head, thinking to himself that he felt a great sense of accomplishment that his child had grown up so well.
Upon arriving in the Heavenly Court, Er directly assigned Fuqu the position of Weaver Girl. He remembered that Fuqu often sent clothes to Cangli, all of which were woven by the couple themselves. Cangli also gave Fuqu that magical shuttle. This position did not require leaving the Heavenly Court; all she needed to do was weave the clouds in the sky into cloth every day.
Fuqu was still a little sad and accepted the position in a low mood. Soon someone came to take her to the courtyard belonging to the Weaver Girl.
Cang Li went over to watch and spent a while with Fu Qu. After Fu Qu calmed down a bit and started weaving, Cang Li left.
After leaving, Cang Li didn't see Er, so he casually asked a heavenly soldier to deliver a message, and then he and Tai Qing left the Heavenly Court. This time, they went straight back to the Eight Views Palace, as they hadn't been back for several years.
With Xuandu taking care of everything at Bajing Palace, everything was in good order. Xuandu had also mentored several children to work and cultivate within the palace.
"Master! Great Chief, you're back?"
Xuandu looked at the two returning with surprise. When Cang Li had just been with Taiqing, he called her "Master's Wife" twice, but later he felt more used to calling her "Great Chief" so he continued to call her "Great Chief".
Taiqing took the sleeping panda cub out of the spirit beast pouch and handed it to Xuandu, saying:
"This iron-eating beast cub is not doing well; please take good care of it."
Xuandu took the cub with some curiosity: "Master, is this an iron-eating beast? It looks strange."
Cang Li immediately said, "What's strange about it? Isn't it adorable?"
Then he added, "I raised her like a child."
Xuan Du: "...Great Chief, you gave birth to him?" His tone was clearly probing.
Cang Li said to Xuan Du earnestly, "Xuan Du, you should go out and have some fun when you have time. Don't stay cooped up at home all day. You'll go crazy. Do I look like someone who could give birth to panda cubs?"
Xuan Du let out a disappointed "oh," he had thought this was really the Great Chief's son.
However, this black and white panda cub was indeed getting cuter the more you looked at it. Xuan Du took out a small bottle of celestial dew for the panda cub, and said to Cang Li:
"Great Chief, you and Master can rest assured, I will definitely raise this iron-eating beast well. By the way, does it have a name?"
Cang Li pondered for a moment, then pointed at the panda cub and said:
"Let's call it Five Grains."
Xuan Du nodded: "Okay, I will treat Wu Gu as my junior sister."
Wu Gu is a female panda cub, and she will develop intelligence sooner or later if she is raised at Bajing Palace.
Cang Li patted Wu Gu's head, liking it more and more as he looked at it. Just as he was about to say something, he sensed that something had happened to Anong while he was raising the cub at home.
Cang Li subconsciously looked at Tai Qing and asked, "Have we been away from Jiuli for a long time?"
Taiqing calculated with his fingers and said, "Not long, only two or three years." They had indeed stayed in the Heavenly Court for that long.
A day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth, and the human lifespan is a hundred years. Two or three years is indeed enough time for a lot to happen.
Cang Li was still a little worried: "Never mind, let's go take a look. Xuan Du, take good care of Wu Gu. Your master and I are going out for a while and will be back soon."
Xuan Du was already used to it. He waved goodbye while holding the grains, watched the two leave, sighed, and continued to diligently guard the house.
Cang Li first went to Jiuli, but found that Anong was not in Jiuli, so he rushed to the Heluo region, only to find that a fight had broken out there.
Anong and the Youxiong clan got into a fight.
Cang Li was full of questions. The Youxiong clan had always been subordinate to the Yan Emperor's tribe, so how could they fight each other?
The fight was quite intense, even though they were fighting bare-handed without any weapons.
Cang Li told Tai Qing to wait aside, then changed his appearance and went to the Yan Emperor's tribe. He randomly grabbed someone and asked:
"Why is our king fighting with the Youxiong clan? He was perfectly fine when I left home."
The person who was stopped and asked the question immediately said enthusiastically:
"You've only just returned? It's been two months of fighting. It's not our king's fault. The new leader of the Youxiong clan is named Xuanyuan. After the king returned from Jiuli, he told him about the matter with the Jiuli tribe, and Xuanyuan planned to send troops to make Jiuli submit."
"The king disagreed and advised that peace should be valued. Chief Xuanyuan said that the Jiuli tribe had wolfish ambitions and would surely become a great threat."
"After a period of stalemate, our little princess... alas... the little princess went to Jiuli to play and drowned at the seaside."
"The body of the little princess has been sent back from the Jiuli tribe. The Xuanyuan chieftain said it must have been Chiyou who did it. The king is going to demand an explanation. The people who brought back the little princess's body pointed at the people of the Xuanyuan tribe and said they saw them push the little princess and make her fall into the sea."
"Both sides have their own version of events, and our king is furious about losing the little princess."
"At this time, Chief Xuanyuan wanted to take the opportunity to send troops, and the king wanted to find out the truth about the little princess's death, and that's how the war started."
Cang Li: ?
Cang Li was a little confused. The little girl was dead?
In that instant, Cang Li recalled the myth of his father, Jingwei, filling the sea. Legend has it that the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan was playing in the sea when she was swallowed by the sea. Her soul transformed into the Jingwei bird, vowing to fill the sea and avenge herself.
She never imagined that Anong's youngest daughter was Jingwei from the mythology.
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