The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 177 - 176 Nezha is not at home today

Chapter 177: Chapter 176 Nezha is not at home today

The Queen Mother thought to herself that her daughter was making some progress hanging around with that monkey spirit Nezha all day, but not much.

Pointing a finger at Long Ji’s forehead, she said, "Feiqiong."

A beautiful female immortal beside her approached the Queen Mother and bowed, "Goddess."

The Queen Mother said in a calm voice, "Go inform His Majesty that a thief has trespassed into the Heavenly Court and stolen the Peach Immortal Fruits. Now not even one in ten peaches remain in the orchard, and the entire stock was swept clean by the thief. The next Peach Banquet will be difficult to hold.

Please ask His Majesty to investigate this matter and capture the thief to uphold justice in the Heavenly Court."

She then added, "Long Ji has failed to guard the Peach Garden effectively. She is to be punished by facing the wall at the Turquoise Pool for three hundred years without leaving, effective immediately!"

Long Ji opened her eyes wide, bewildered, looking at her mother. How would she find Nezha if she had to face the wall at the Turquoise Pool?

The Queen Mother was full of helplessness. This silly girl was completely besotted.

She gave Xu Feiqiong a look, and Xu Feiqiong bowed and took her leave on a cloud to the Palace of the Polestar.

Long Ji quickly started to plead, "Mother, can’t you give a different punishment? I don’t want to face the wall."

The Queen Mother stroked Long Ji’s little head and said helplessly, "You hide in my Turquoise Pool, and because of me, your father can’t vent his anger at you. So, this matter passes. If you were elsewhere, you truly wouldn’t be able to see your Little Nezha."

Long Ji felt embarrassed by her mother’s teasing, "Mother~"

The Queen Mother was actually quite amused by the theft of the peaches. Long Ji had depleted the peach supply so much that there was no way to make up for it.

The Queen Mother didn’t know, like Nezha, that there would eventually be a Balancing Saint.

She actually wasn’t concerned about the peaches, as she had long tired of them. If her daughter and son-in-law liked them, let them eat.

But Hao Tian valued them because he occasionally held Peach Banquets to display his prestige. The Quasi-Saint bigwigs didn’t care for the peaches, but many immortals would do anything for them.

When the banquets started, the Queen Mother was happy, as everyone had fun together, but the problem was that Hao Tian held them frequently and in her name.

Held too often, they became annoying to anyone. Now it’s good; the debt is cleared. If they catch the culprit, they could even profit significantly. Without money, they could demand lives as payment!

Fairy Xu Feiqiong reached the Palace of the Polestar and reported the matter to Hao Tian, whose expression changed immediately.

He originally had a strong desire for control, and now, right under his nose, his peaches were stolen. His anger wasn’t directed at the thief but rather internally at Long Ji.

Boom!

"Who was guarding the Peach Garden? Bring them here for punishment immediately!"

How could he not know who was guarding the Peach Garden? He just wanted everyone to know that even if his daughter made a mistake, he would not cover it up and would enforce a harsh punishment!

Just like with Fairy Yaoji before.

Xu Feiqiong quickly knelt and recounted the Queen Mother’s punishment.

Hao Tian looked a bit grim.

When the Daoist Ancestor appointed him and the Turquoise Pool to govern the Three Realms, technically, the Pool’s authority was not less than his.

But the Turquoise Pool noticed Hao Tian’s pursuit of power and didn’t care for it, so ostensibly, Hao Tian governed the Three Realms while the Queen Mother Yaochi managed only the Pool and some female immortals.

However, this absolutely did not mean that the Pool’s cultivation was weaker than Hao Tian’s.

Since the Queen Mother had already given a punishment, Hao Tian had no reason to be angry with Long Ji. Denying the Pool’s authority would mean denying his own authority.

Since the ultimate power of the Three Realms was given to both him and the Turquoise Pool by the Daoist Ancestor.

The next step was to investigate the culprit. Long Ji ’cried’ all the way, and all the immortals knew about the theft of the Peach Garden.

If Hao Tian didn’t find the culprit, his reputation would be ruined. The lord of the Three Realms couldn’t even catch a petty thief?

What face would he have to hold that position then?

He initially wanted to use the Hao Tian Mirror to investigate, but realized if everyone was watching, and he found nothing, what then?

Thinking it over, "Where is the Thunder Department’s Thunder Emperor? There’s a demon stealing peaches; why hasn’t he investigated yet?"

Gold Star Taibai, regardless of his thoughts, could not let his boss lose face now.

"Reporting to His Majesty, the Western Thunder Emperor is not home; he’s out subduing demons!"

In fact, Gold Star Taibai had no idea where Nezha was or what he was doing, but he spoke favorably for his good old friend.

Hao Tian was flabbergasted. How could someone in the second highest position in the Thunder Department personally go out to subdue demons? Was he not concerned with appearances? What were his subordinates for?

"Quickly find Minister Li! Have him investigate this case!"

He didn’t want to turn to others because the Heavenly Court’s riffraff simply had no ability to solve the case.

Afterward, he secretly used the Hao Tian Mirror for half a day with no results. The Hidden Dragon’s talent was formidable, and now it hid at the Ancestor Dragon Hall.

Even if the Ancestor Dragon had fallen, he was once so close to achieving the Chaos Origin. No way could Hao Tian, a Second Corpse Quasi-Saint, simply observe him with a mirror.

Hao Tian was secretly relieved that he hadn’t tried to search in front of all the immortals, otherwise, he’d have lost face.

Subsequently, he went to the Turquoise Pool and pretended to console the Queen Mother Yaochi, assuring her that he had handed the matter to his most valued minister and that the issue would soon be resolved, and that the culprit would be brought to justice.

With no outsiders present, the Queen Mother didn’t bother to entertain Hao Tian’s act, nodded perfunctorily a couple of times, and saw him out.

The whole Turquoise Pool felt uneasy with him there.

Nezha didn’t know that Gold Star Taibai was searching all over the Primordial for him, nor did he know that by casually sharing some peaches with Yuan Feng, he had stirred up such a big problem.

He was also unaware that before the Balancing Saint appeared, other warriors came to deal with the accounts, helping Brother Monkey balance his debts.

It could only be said that the Primordial was still full of good people.

After precise measurement, Nezha finally got an accurate data. It was just that he hadn’t done it himself, so it needed very close cooperation.

At this moment, Kong Xuan proposed an approach, which was to directly bring Nezha into her colorless Divine Light.

In this way, Nezha would be inside her, able to communicate with her anytime, and she could let Nezha perceive the external situation.

Nezha gladly agreed. The Great Divine Skill of the Five-Colored Divine Light had once overcome a Saint; he couldn’t miss an opportunity to witness it.

Kong Xuan didn’t say much, and her magnificent five-colored feathers appeared, and then the Five-Colored Divine Light brushed. Nezha felt his eyes go blind and suddenly found himself in a world where the Five Elements were distinct.

He then noticed that the Five Elements around him were completely stripped away, and any spell’s power was suddenly reduced by sixty percent.

Is this the power of a grand master’s divine skill?

Kong Xuan’s androgynous voice resounded through the entire five-element world, "Little friend, no need to be nervous."