The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 351 - 350 Stop Eating, Lao Ba

Chapter 351: Chapter 350 Stop Eating, Lao Ba

In the Dragon Palace, after recovering, Nezha took Fu Xi back to the construction site. It’s actually nice to have someone to chat with in the pitch-dark Returning Ruins.

Initially, Fu Xi didn’t want to go after the first trip with Nezha because it was too exhausting and tiring.

But since he had a task at hand, and Nezha often recited good poems to entice him, he gritted his teeth and decided to follow along.

This time, Nezha started construction about a thousand zhang from the Returning Ruins and stopped after just building the first circle.

Curious, Fu Xi asked, "Why aren’t you building anymore?"

Nezha rolled his eyes, realizing his thought process was flawed. Without solving the problem of seawater flooding, building up or down makes no difference — one gets immediately washed away, and the other suffers once the seawater gains strength.

"I’m hungry, let’s go back and eat!"

Fu Xi: ???

"Didn’t you just eat? How are you hungry again?"

"Just because I ate doesn’t mean I’m not hungry."

The East Sea Dragon King’s banquet had just concluded when he saw Nezha and the Eighth Prince return!

"Gentlemen, what brings you back?"

By then, Fu Xi had already realized that this plan had also failed. He didn’t bother explaining and just gave the Old Dragon King a look.

The Old Dragon King instantly understood.

"Start the feast! Have a grand one!"

While eating, Nezha frowned, pondering on how to weaken the force of the sea’s erosion. Should he look for a kind of very hard Divine Iron to build a large frame?

Even if he filled it with this Ruyi Iron he had, it still wouldn’t be enough.

Nezha, with a vacant look in his eyes, suddenly noticed a very smooth Snail Girl. He instinctively reached out to touch the rounded... shell behind her.

This spiral staircase structure seemed promising!

The Snail Girl, initially blushing with shyness, was stunned. Although she did take good care of her shell, why was he ignoring her beauty and instead staring deeply at her shell? Was there something wrong with him?

Nezha came to his senses and smiled at the Snail Girl, taking out a Jade Pendant from his sleeve, "You’re very pretty, this is for you."

The Snail Girl was slightly taken aback, then hurriedly bowed, "Ah, thank you for the reward, Emperor!"

Nezha, after calculating with the River Map and Luo Book, confidently stood up and exclaimed, "Stop eating, Lao Ba; let’s get to work!"

Fu Xi: ???

What Lao Ba? How dare you call me that? Didn’t you say you were hungry? You’ve barely eaten and now you want to leave?

Fu Xi suspected he had been guarding the Yu King’s Cauldron for too long. Thinking he was once young and now unable to keep up with the youngsters’ mindset.

In reality, few could keep up with Nezha’s thinking.

Following Nezha to the Returning Ruins, Fu Xi watched as Nezha resumed with the old construction method.

Though curious, Nezha’s twists and turns had worn him out. He decided to just watch without saying much.

This time, Nezha adopted a downward approach again, but instead of sealing it all at once, he used a spiral staircase design. This method could adjust the size of the Returning Ruin’s gaps and reduce water pressure simultaneously.

Additionally, strengthening the top and bottom ensured that when the gap became small enough to be sealed, the oncoming seawater wouldn’t immediately wash it away.

Simply put, it resembled an enlarged reversed terraced field.

With a feasible plan, all that was left was to work tirelessly!

For three continuous years, day and night with twelve bodies together, the Returning Ruins were finally reduced to a manageable size. The once pitch-black chasm was now a plumbing system spanning several dozen square miles.

At this moment, Nezha, using his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, held a ’screw’ made of Five-Colored Stone and firmly embedded it in the final opening.

He punched it into place at the cap position, then, with Fu Xi in his true form, twisted the ’screw’ to secure it deep in the sea.

Finally, they covered the plug area with Soil and reeds ashes, baking it solid with True Sun Fire, thus completing this massive project!

Nezha was truly exhausted this time.

But fortunately, the rewards were unimaginably high.

The vast Merit gilded the entire East Sea with a dazzling golden hue. The Merit was not only abundant, but Nezha himself claimed seventy percent.

Twenty percent flew to the Heaven Palace, half a percent to those helping Nezha with chores, and half a percent to Fu Xi, who continuously ’learned’ diligently.

Nezha had grown accustomed to Merit, but it was different for Fu Xi, knowing the entire Dragon Clan was in debt!

These years, hanging out with Nezha every day made him feel younger; after all, from an elder, he turned into Lao Ba now.

Nezha continued to store his Merit without absorbing it, his reserves already shockingly rich, estimating that absorbing them could catapult him to the Quasi-Saint Early Stage.

Nezha was anxious but didn’t plan to break through using this method. With guidance from his teacher, his cultivation environment was quite stable; rising step by step would allow him to have reserves upon reaching the Saint level.

However, if there was a chance to achieve Saint through a recharge, Nezha wouldn’t hesitate.

With the major project concluded, Nezha rested in the Dragon Palace, then headed to the new Three Immortals Island. While Nezha was busy with construction, Yunxiao wasn’t idle either; together, utilizing the Fusang Divine Tree as the Array Eye, they spent countless spiritual materials establishing a new great array to protect the island.

Originally planning to ’ring the doorbell,’ Nezha realized the ’lock’ hadn’t changed after a glance, so he entered openly.

Arriving at the original Purple Mansion Hall, he heard No Brainer and Unhappy complaining.

"Big sister, second sister and I are about to drop dead; we’ve been arranging the array for so long without a break to go biking. Dear sister, can we play a bit before resuming cultivation?"

"Yes, big sister, please."

Yunxiao was about to scold her siblings when she sensed Nezha’s arrival and waved the two sisters off, saying, "You two go out first." No Brainer and Unhappy immediately understood and bounced out like released huskies.

"Oh my, Nezha, you’re here! We knew it; otherwise, big sister wouldn’t have let us off!"

"Second sister’s right!"

Nezha felt both amused and exasperated.

"I suppose Sister Yun must have urgent matters to discuss with me."

No Brainer and Unhappy shrunk their heads, pondering over something.

"What else could it be other than giving you lessons? While you were away, she always said you had great perception, a clever mind, and learned anything right away."

Just as Nezha was about to speak, Qiong Xiao and Bixiao pushed him inside, saying in unison, "Good luck!"

Nezha: ...

Evidently, maturity doesn’t strictly correlate with age!