“You don’t want to do this…”

“I am like Kunlun…”

A burst of incoherent words.

With white hair and a detached air, the Kunlun Sword Saint tried his best to explain, or rather, resolve the current problem. The white-haired woman ignored him, smiling brightly as her fair fingers pinched his cheeks on either side and stretched them, making his words slurred.

The fox woman wore a gentle smile on her face:

“Speak, what is it that I can’t know?”

“Hmm?”

“Your wings have hardened, and you've become capable, haven't you?”

“Nü Jiao, you be careful, I am the Kunlun Mountain God!”

“The kind who dared to imprison the Queen Mother of the West!”

Wei Yuan glared, his eyes wide with anger.

The white-haired fox woman raised an eyebrow.

Then, decisively, she brought her hands together and squeezed the Sword Saint’s face into a vertical mass. The Sword Saint, capable of splitting mountains with a single sword, flailed his arms wildly, but to no avail. He was simply kneaded and flattened until he heard a soft cough.

Nü Jiao’s expression didn’t change. She flicked her finger and tapped a red mark onto Wei Yuan’s forehead with a *pa* sound.

Releasing the pitiful Sword Saint, she struck a pose of leaning against a door, looking back, tears welling in her eyes as she covered her face with her sleeve:

“Ah, he’s finally grown up.”

“Yu, Qi, Yuan is not listening to me, (•̥́ˍ•̀ू) *ying ying ying*…”

Wei Yuan’s lips twitched.

The Queen Mother of the West’s avatar was silent, looking at Wei Yuan: “Am I here at the wrong time?”

No, you’ve come at the right time, or I would have been played to death.

Wei Yuan reached out and stopped the Queen Mother of the West’s avatar from leaving.

“Please stay.”

……………

A moment later, in the Kunlun Secret Realm, the Kunlun gods had prepared tea and snacks, and then they all retreated. When that god passed by Wei Yuan, even though Wei Yuan knew it was impossible, he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Instinctively, he subconsciously wondered if this Kunlun god was also disguised as Nü Jiao?

What if it was a clone, right?

Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well ropes; that Kunlun god was stared at until his back crawled.

Only then did Wei Yuan withdraw his gaze.

He took a sip of tea, relieved.

Good, it shouldn't be Nü Jiao.

Facts prove it.

A younger brother is always a younger brother.

His previous plan to scare Taotie was now being used on himself by Nü Jiao.

Wei Yuan only wanted to sigh to the heavens.

Yu, when are you coming back to take this fox spirit away?

However, he also knew in his heart that even if Yu came back, even if he brought Qi back along as a package deal, even if the three of them were tied together, they wouldn't be able to deal with this five-thousand-year-old fox spirit.

Back then, after King Yu’s wedding, he was suppressed severely. No one knew who provoked him, but someone probably said something similar to the water ghost's line, "Are you scared?". King Yu was furious and, fueled by alcohol, declared that he would definitely restore his masculinity!

And he did what he said. The next day, he ran to Tushan with great fanfare.

The specific details are omitted for now.

In any case, he stumbled.

Ask, what is King Yu’s way of expressing dissatisfaction with Nü Jiao!

What is your way of restoring your masculinity?!

Speak up!

The number one iron-headed baby in the world of mountains, seas, and humans, King Yu Si Wenming, answered righteously:

‘Hide directly!’

I, I won’t see you!

In short, the potter, who wasn't that familiar with Yu back then, and Qi, who loafed around every day, felt helpless.

Of course, King Yu himself refused to admit it.

To show that he was serious, he passed his home three times without entering, to show his courage.

Why three times?

Because the fourth time, after Nü Jiao rushed out, King Yu was dragged back.

On the moist earth, soaked by Gonggong, deep finger marks remained on the ground.

And now, with King Yu absent, Wei Yuan was no match for this white-haired fox woman. Being bullied and kneaded by his older sister as a younger brother was an unshakeable truth, just like how an old dad could whip out a stick and chase his son around the world.

After Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze from the Kunlun gods, he thought for a moment and explained the general situation, finally adding: “So, that's roughly the situation… Old Mountain Lord is highly respected, as well as the Taiqi Mountain God and Qianlai Mountain God. They are probably all here for the future revealed by the jade disc.”

“Shi Yi, I haven’t had much contact with this god.”

“But I always feel that he should be a very reliable god. He shouldn’t have other thoughts.”

“As for the god who supports the sky, ‘Zhong’, I always feel that he has some other ideas…”

The Queen Mother of the West pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: “Zhong, and Li, these two gods.”

“They were once descendants of Zhuanxu.”

Wei Yuan was stunned.

The Great Wilderness Righteous Gods are descendants of one of the Five Emperors of the human race?

Wait a minute, I need to sort out my thoughts.

This is a bit messy.

The Queen Mother of the West said calmly: “Just as Zhurong and Gonggong once reincarnated as humans, one to assist the Human Emperor and perfect his authority over the four poles of heaven, and the other even planned to directly replace him and become the next Human Emperor, in that era, there were also gods who planned to break through the human race directly from within.”

“Zhong and Li were also among them.”

“Their incarnation was Zhuanxu’s great-grandson.”

“The main body supports the heavens and the earth, unable to endure the loneliness, so a wisp of true spirit escaped into the human world.”

“Of course, they wanted to take advantage of Zhuanxu’s old age and unstable imperial position, wanting to replace him and directly transform into an imperial body. Unfortunately, they were far inferior to Gonggong. Gonggong was once Zhuanxu’s greatest opponent, while Zhongli was completely used by Zhuanxu.”

“After all, Zhuanxu’s strength is not as great as that of Xuanyuan and Yu. He is the clever type.”

“In ancient times, Xuanyuan had four officials, among whom the Summer Official was Jinyun Clan. Later, after Jinyun Clan passed away, all the way to the Zhuanxu era, Zhurong, in order to further perfect his Heavenly Four Poles, plus the positions of the Four Directional Gods, transformed into a human body to assist the Human Emperor.”

“As Zhujiuyin said, this is part of the ‘contract’.”

“Zhurong at that time was the Summer Official.”

“Well, that is, the position of Jinyun Clan, which is a civil official.”

“And because Zhurong’s power was too great, when he passed away, people had forgotten the Summer Official itself and directly called it ‘Zhurong’. The Summer Official came, which meant Zhurong came. Over time, the Summer Official was renamed Zhurong.”

“Zhongli was initially revered as the Fire Administrator, and was also that generation’s Zhurong.”

“Of course, in the end, they were transformed into part of the plan to sever the connection between heaven and earth, and were used cleanly by Zhuanxu. Almost everything they had gained before was spat out. It was also Zhuanxu who made the gods understand that the wisdom of the human race is not beneath its strength.”

Although he did not win by force, he used wisdom to exhaust all the gods.

Worthy of severing the connection between heaven and earth.

But even though it was a very serious historical issue, Wei Yuan couldn’t help but slander in his heart.

Xuanyuan proved that humans also have strength and courage that are not inferior to the gods.

And Zhuanxu's appearance told the gods that times have changed!

Human wisdom is above strength.

Just when the gods finally adapted to this old silver coin.

And Yu picked up the Xuanyuan Sword and slapped them back.

Sorry, everyone.

Times have changed again.

Why don’t we adapt again?

Gods: “…………”

Wei Yuan felt strange in his heart, then dismissed the thoughts in his heart, excluding distractions.

After thinking for a moment, he took over the conversation and said:

“So… the two gods, Zhongli, have grudges against Gonggong because they support the heavens and the earth; and they also have some grievances with the human race of Shenzhou because they were tricked by Emperor Zhuanxu. Such gods have come to the human world…”

Wei Yuan frowned. Just thinking about it made him feel like it was a huge trouble.

However, first the Jinyun Clan, then Zhurong, and then simply Zhongli.

No wonder the Summer Official directly became the Minister of War in later generations, directly changing from civil to military. There was no way, the predecessors' martial virtue was too abundant, leading to the direct association of Summer Official whenever fighting prowess was mentioned. People were used to it.

The Queen Mother of the West’s avatar nodded: “That’s right, Zhong must have other plans for coming to the human world.”

“You must be more careful in this regard.”

“As for Chongwu, I can go and explain.”

“No!”

“Never mind…”

Wei Yuan was startled, and opened his mouth one after the other with the white-haired fox woman.

The Queen Mother of the West was stunned.

“Not… possible?”

Nü Jiao said with a strange tone: “Of course not… If you go and tell Chongwu now, ‘Don’t worry, I’m living very well here,’ they will only think that this kid Yuan has already imprisoned you, and then they will desperately try to fight him to the death at all costs.”

“Then it really won’t be clear.”

The Queen Mother of the West said: “Perhaps, with the corroboration of Jue’er…”

The white-haired fox woman stretched out her finger and unceremoniously poked the Queen Mother’s avatar’s forehead:

“Then Chongwu Mountain will probably think that this kid is planning to sleep with both of you.”

“Not only is he attacking you, but he’s not letting Jue go either.”

The Queen Mother of the West widened her eyes, then gritted her teeth and said: “You, you, you…”

“Vulgar!”

The white-haired fox woman leaned forward, smiling: “Ah, what vulgarity is this?”

“It’s clearly your own fault.”

“Preconceived notions are very serious, you know.”

“With Old Mountain Lord’s character, if he knows about this, he will probably go straight back to his hometown, and then carry Chongwu Mountain back from more than 100,000 miles away to fight Wei Yuan. The more you explain at that time, the more Chongwu will think that you are being coerced, and the less he will listen to your explanation.”

Wei Yuan was just about to say that Old Mountain Lord wasn’t that kind of person.

Although it was troublesome, although it would lead to certain conflicts, it wouldn’t be so extreme.

Then he saw the fox woman’s eyes turned up, smiling brightly.

Quite pleased.

Wei Yuan’s lips twitched.

He seemed to understand something…

Eyes looking at the nose, nose looking at the heart.

In the end, the Queen Mother of the West’s avatar seemed to finally realize that the white-haired fox spirit in front of her was making fun of her, and she was annoyed in her heart. She stamped her foot and disappeared. Nü Jiao waved her hand, smiling and saying goodbye, come again if you like, and then returned contentedly, saying:

“Ah, it’s really interesting. The avatar is much more lovable than she is in person.”

“She herself is so rigid and pretentious, not interesting at all.”

“Um, now back to the point, what news do you have that you can’t tell me?”

Nü Jiao looked at Wei Yuan with a smile.

After going around in a circle, she came back to it again.

Wei Yuan’s lips twitched. After thinking for a moment, he habitually took out a box from his sleeve and placed it on the table, pushing it towards Nü Jiao. Naturally, this contained his harvest from the Great Wilderness, the true spirit and head of that unfilial disciple.

Nü Jiao misinterpreted his intention, and joked: “Oh, are you trying to bribe me?”

“Hmph… but my appetite is very big.”

“Don’t think you can easily get rid of me.”

Wei Yuan said softly: “Just a little gift.”

“I brought it back from the Great Wilderness.”

“The Great Wilderness… that’s a good place. It’s a pity. If I had known you were going to the Great Wilderness, I would have definitely extorted you and asked you to bring me a lot of things I wanted. Alas, it’s true. If I had taken you with me back then, I would have discovered more delicious things.”

Nü Jiao spoke in a joking tone, smiling as she opened the box.

She saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face from five thousand years ago.

The smile on Nü Jiao’s face slowly disappeared.

The memories of that year surged uncontrollably. The gods were pressing down, King Yu died in battle, leaving only a sword behind. Qi also lost his sight and was almost crippled, leaving only a glimmer of hope. Then, she saw that traitor smugly in the opposing camp. Even she had to lower her head.

The potter whispered: “I’m sorry…”

“Nü Jiao.”

“Five thousand years ago, I wasn’t able to be by your side.”

He said softly: “I’m sorry.”

Author: Mai Ke Lang Bai