Chapter 241: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw
On the periphery of Huaguo Mountain, on the deck of the flagship of the Nantianmen fleet, several heavenly soldiers and a heavenly general hurriedly carried the seriously injured and unconscious Growth Heavenly King into the cabin.
Several Enlightened Dao military doctors followed back and forth, and kept muttering, "Slow down, slow down." β
The intermittent dripping blood spilled a faint trail on the deck.
Nezha sat in the corner, leaning the fire-tipped spear on his shoulder, holding the Linglong Pagoda with a depressed expression.
The Heavenly King of Duowen and the Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom stood in front of him without saying a word, and his face was solemn.
There was a dead silence on the deck, and the generals were leaderless.
After a long time, a veteran walked up to the three of them and arched his hand: "Two Heavenly Kings, the Third Prince, what should I do next, please make it clear." β
The Heavenly King raised his head and sighed casually, "Retreat." β
"No, I can't. The Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom gasped sharply and looked at the Heavenly King of Duowen and said, "You can't retreat!"
"If you can't retreat, what should you do? Li Tianwang is in the hands of that demon monkey now!"
"Where are we going to retreat? Withdraw to the South Heavenly Gate? This matter can't be concealed at all, and it won't be long before the Heavenly Court will find out. When the time comes, not only will we attack in the same way, but we will also be held accountable for concealing military information. β
"Hmph!" Duowen Heavenly King suddenly sneered: "After talking for a long time, are you just afraid of being held accountable?
"You!" The Heavenly King of Holding the Kingdom was angry for a while, and then he breathed a sigh of relief before continuing: "Is this the kind of person I hold the country? If we are removed from our posts and replaced by a group of people to enter the Nantianmen, who will care about the life and death of Li Tianwang at that time? There is no way to talk about rescuing Li Tianwang!"
Duowen Heavenly King's eyes widened and he shouted, "That's better than not withdrawing the army." Didn't you understand just now? If we don't withdraw our troops, the demon monkey will take the life of the Heavenly King at any time!"
"So what about our withdrawal? Look at Hirome. You haven't seen the methods of the demon monkey. What if we let Li Tianwang stay in his hands for a while? This matter must be resolved here! We can't help it with demon monkeys. But who can he stop with an army of 180,000 troops? It is more than enough to set foot on Huaguo Mountain! As long as the demon monkey is still afraid and we do not withdraw our troops, Li Tianwang will be safe. If we can't talk about it today, we will talk about it tomorrow, and if we can't talk about it tomorrow, we will talk about it the day after tomorrow! The 180,000 Heavenly Army was dispatched, and the entire Heavenly Court was watching. We withdrew our troops inexplicably, do you think that those immortal generals in the Heavenly Court who are hostile to King Li will not be suspicious? Have you thought about what situation will become when the time comes?"
"Why do you think that if we don't withdraw our troops, the demon monkey will continue to talk to us? Don't forget! Will the demon care about the life and death of his companions? Will he care about the life and death of other monsters in Huaguo Mountain? If something happens to the king, can you afford to take this responsibility?"
"Don't make any noiseβ!" Nezha, who had not spoken, suddenly roared, and the whole world fell silent.
Everyone looked at him, watching him staring down at the exquisite pagoda in his hand, blinking at those clear eyes. Watch him slowly stand up and walk to the hatch with his rifle in hand.
Walking to the hatch, he stopped and whispered with a side face: "Don't make any noise, it's my fault, if I return to the ship as soon as possible, this kind of thing won't happen." Give me a day, I'll give it a try. Let's see if we can solve it. β
With that, he lifted his leg and stepped into the hatch.
The deck of the battleship was so quiet that only the whirring of the wind remained. Everyone looked at the hatch where Nezha had left.
Walking through the narrow passage, he entered his room and slammed the door shut.
There was a loud bang behind him, and he suddenly sat down on the ground as if he had been drained of all his strength, covering his face.
In terms of appearance, Nezha looks like a beautiful child less than ten years old. Lotus root people have no gender, they will not grow up, and even their hearts can only stay in their infancy.
It was the unbearable past of Chen Tangguan, and his father personally handed himself over to the Dragon King of the Four Seas who came to seek revenge.
A seven-year-old child, slicing flesh to return to his mother, and bones to return to his father.
This is his eternal pain. For this, under the mediation of a group of immortals, the relationship between him and his father for thousands of years has been like a separation, and the "father" is reluctant. Even now, he has long been able to talk and laugh with the original enemy, the Dragon King of the Four Seas, and even with the original victim Ao Bing, he can have a good time, but he still can't let go.
It has been a thousand years, no matter how Li Jing compensates, he can't compensate after all.
Nezha never thought of forgiving him.
But just now he really wanted to use himself to return Li Jing, he really wanted to change, and he wanted to change it from the bottom of his heart.
Fighting the monkeys, he knows that the monkeys won't kill him, so he is willful again. He didn't listen to the order to return to the ship, and the father came out again as usual to clean up the mess for him.
It's an ordinary thing, why did it become like this?
As a result, he was actually captured and returned to the ship safely.
has already returned to his father, do you still owe him any more?
"No! I must get him back! I must ...... You must get him back!" he muttered to himself, his eyes widening.
......
Lu Liugui hurriedly ran into the alchemy room, all the way through the backyard of the main building to Yang Chan's door.
Seeing that the door was hidden, and he didn't bother to knock on the door, Lu Liugui directly pushed the door and rushed in.
"Nine...... Nine-headed ......"
Lu Liugui was stunned, because he saw that in addition to Yang Chan, there was another person in the room-Yang Jian.
At this time, Yang Jian was sitting upright on the wooden chair next to the round table in the room, and his cold and indifferent gaze completely shocked Lu Liugui with just one glance.
The Howling Sky Dog that had turned into a dog slipped out quietly from behind the door, sniffed at Lu Liugui's body, and looked up, his eyes were full of disdain.
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In the attic, in the living room on the middle floor, the monkey and the nine-headed insect sat cross-legged opposite each other, and Yi Su, with his long hair coiled, obediently brewed tea on the side.
This is a small room, the style is somewhat similar to the meditation hall of Subodhi, but the bookshelves on the walls and the hanging calligraphy and paintings are missing, which is more simple.
Since he got this parlor, the monkey has basically never met anyone. It can even be said that today is the first time to use it. The main reason is that now those who can directly enter the Huaguo Mountain Demon City are either their own people, or they are the group of junior brothers who are monkeys in the three-star cave of the slanting moon, and they don't need it here at all.
The hydra was the first guest to be received here.
As soon as he entered the door, to be precise, as soon as he entered the city, the eyes of the hydra kept turning for a moment, and it was the same now.
The gaze finally stayed on Yi Su's face, opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to praise it, and suddenly remembered something and swallowed it back.
In these years, it is relatively rare to go to other people's homes to praise the beauty of the female dependent, and if the praiser himself is still a powerful demon king, it will make people have some bad associations and think that he has a plan.
The most important thing is that from the first time they met, the hydra had always felt a little hostility in the monkey's gaze, and this hostility became even stronger after praising the wind chimes.
When Yisu made good tea and sent it to the two of them, he quietly retreated, and the nine-headed insect lowered his head and took a sip of tea before smiling: "Good tea!"
"Good tea?" the monkey smiled faintly, his eyes still staring at the nine-headed insect quietly: "It's just ordinary tea, how can you talk about good tea?"
Slowly putting down the teacup, the nine-headed insect bar chirped and said, "As long as it's true, it's good tea." β
As he spoke, he reached out and tapped on the floor: "This floor is also real." β
The monkey was silent.
The nine-headed insect looked up at the simple carving on the ceiling again: "The carving on the top should also be real." β
The monkey remained silent.
The hydra laughed again: "I'm really envious, I found out that everything in your city is true." Feelings are similar to human cities. These monsters are displaced all day long, can you give them such a place, let alone fight against the Heavenly Court army together, even if they die, many of them should be willing, right?"
The monkey smiled faintly and said casually: "Brother Nine, this is a joke that my demon city is shabby, right?"
The hydra still looked around: "How can you say it's a joke? What youkai wouldn't want to live in a place like this?"
"The environment here is much worse than the original Evil Dragon City of the Jiao Demon King. Could it be that the nine-headed brother hasn't been there?"
"I've been there, but I don't feel as comfortable in that place as you are. So I just took one look and left. The most important thing is that I don't know that black Jiao well, and I don't want to know him. β
As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and took another sip.
The monkey suddenly said with a blank face: "Unfamiliar? That nine-headed brother is really righteous." β
"How?" said the hydra, raising its eyelids slightly and looking at the monkey.
"Isn't it? The monkey stared at the nine-headed insect, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and said slowly: "A few days ago, I heard that the Six Demon Kings were ambushed in Xiniu Hezhou, and it was the nine-headed brother who rescued him and escaped. β
"You're really concerned about the Six Demon Kings. β
"How can you be the master of this Huaguo Mountain and not pay attention to the news of other places?"
"What?" the nine-headed insect licked his lips, raised his eyebrows lightly, and asked slowly, "You still have a holiday with the Six Demon Kings?"
"It's a little old. It's just a trifle. The monkey laughed.
The nine-headed worm still couldn't see any special change in his expression from the monkey's face, but he had already vaguely guessed the source of the monkey's hostility.
He lowered his head and sipped the tea silently, and the already small amount of tea quickly let him drink it.
Seeing this, Yi Su quietly walked over and added water to the teacup.
Reaching out to touch the warm porcelain, the nine-headed insect sighed slowly: "It's good to be a little thing, just laugh at it." In these years, no matter the big demon or the small demon king, they have been chased everywhere by the heavenly army, and it is not easy to mix up when they are monsters. If we had to fight each other, wouldn't we die sooner?"
The monkey asked softly, "I just want to know, the nine-headed brother and the six demon kings 'passed' by my Huaguo Mountain together." β
The hydra's expression froze suddenly. (To be continued......)