"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Nezha's expression was as usual, calm and confident, almost making Hu Mei explode with frustration internally.
Speaking of which, shouldn't it be you who can't read, not me?
How can he still speak with such righteous indignation?
But thinking of Nezha's age, and the divine abilities and magic treasures he displayed, she immediately felt relieved.
After all, he was still just a child, and it was normal for him not to be literate.
Moreover, he possessed extraordinary talent, so a little arrogance was understandable.
If she were Nezha's age and had such talent, she would probably be even more arrogant.
This, too, was understandable.
"Alright, I'll teach you to read."
Hu Mei readily agreed; she had done such things many times before.
When she had nothing to do, she would teach her descendants who had just gained sentience to read and cultivate; now it was just one more, Nezha.
.......
Just like that, Hu Mei began his elementary education.
Due to the similar nature of the characters, Nezha learned very quickly, fully understanding the characters on the cultivation method in just seven days.
A month later, he had completely mastered everything.
And from that day on, Nezha officially embarked on the path of cultivation.
But just as Hu Mei had said, there was no bottleneck for him, who was inherently extraordinary.
In just one day, he successfully channeled qi into his body.
Most of that day was spent understanding the meaning of the cultivation method; the actual attempt took less than three hours.
This truly surprised Hu Mei a little.
But soon, she gradually calmed down, understanding why Nezha could channel qi into his body so quickly.
While Nezha was cultivating, Hu Mei discovered that his body contained extremely strong magical power fluctuations, which only gradually revealed themselves under the guidance of the cultivation method.
Simply put, before Nezha had completely exhausted the magical power he originally possessed, there was no bottleneck in his realm and cultivation.
This might seem like cheating, but Hu Mei could accept it.
Compared to true prodigies, Nezha's situation was actually nothing.
In ancient times, many ancestors of their clan were already Celestial Immortals as soon as they transformed into human form. The innate three clans—Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin—who once dominated the Great Desolation, had a minimum transformation threshold of True Immortals, and some even reached the level of Grand Unity.
If not for causing too much slaughter, the innate three clans would not have declined.
Then, the human race suddenly rose.
Gradually becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth.
The reason the human race is said to be the protagonists of heaven and earth is that a great demon who had cultivated for a thousand years was sometimes not as good as a human cultivator who had cultivated for a hundred years.
Some exceptionally talented ones could even easily slay a thousand-year-old great demon in just ten years.
How cruel was this?
After a thousand years of cultivation, they were not as good as the opponent's mere dozen years of effort.
However, this was also one of the reasons why Hu Mei valued Nezha. As a human and an exceptionally talented one, he might be able to easily reach her cultivation realm, or even surpass it, in less than ten years.
At that time, the situation of their Xuanyuan Tomb Fox Clan would also improve.
Demons revered the strong, and mutual slaughter was a natural law. The Fox Clan, compared to other races, was too weak.
Since their decline, they had been suppressed.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to offer a decent cultivation method, only able to give Nezha a common, widely available one.
But.....
In order to give her clan a glimmer of hope for survival.
Hu Mei must give her full effort; Nezha was one of her hopes at this moment.
As for Nezha, he was currently fully concentrating on cultivating the method.
Before him, the divine arrow hung in the air, covered by a blazing light.
Having entered the stage of channeling qi into his body, he could sense the fluctuations emanating from the divine arrow more clearly, and he even detected something different.
Like longing...
Or like venting anger...
Emotions!
Nezha suddenly understood; what he perceived from the divine arrow was not an abnormality, but its emotions.
Magic treasures have spirits!
They would communicate with their recognized masters in their own way, and even actively help their masters in times of danger.
And at this moment, the divine arrow was doing just that.
However, only spirit treasures that reached a certain level could do this; ordinary spirit treasures couldn't even move, let alone communicate with their masters.
As for the levels of spirit treasures, Nezha had learned about them from Hu Mei over the past month.
Current spirit treasures had two major factions.
One was Innate, and the other was Acquired.
These two factions were further divided: one type was ordinary powerful magic treasures, and the other contained merit.
The difference between the two was that merit magic treasures did not incur karma when killing, and they would also bring you a certain amount of luck.
Take, for example, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong's Ruyi Golden Cudgel, which was a merit magic treasure.
Otherwise, with Sun Wukong having killed so many people, how could he have only been suppressed under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years? With such karma, he should have perished long ago.
How could he have become a Buddha later?
From this, it was clear how important merit spirit treasures were. But precisely because they were important, merit spirit treasures were so rare.
The entire Great Desolation combined had no more than ten of them.
And if the original Nezha could have a merit magic treasure like Sun Wukong, he would not have met such a pitiful end later.
Lotus rebirth.
It sounded quite good, and in the early stages, Nezha did indeed shine brightly with this lotus root body.
But what about later?
In the original Investiture of the Gods, after Nezha's initial appearance, where else did he have any significant role?
Even if it was because the second-generation deities of the Chan and Jie Sects were fighting and he couldn't intervene.
But at least among the third-generation disciples, he should have been an outstanding one. Yet, he was always suppressed by Yang Jian, who was also a third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect.
Was it because of his cultivation method and magic treasures?
It was not!
In terms of magic treasures and cultivation methods, Nezha's magic treasures were absolutely overwhelming, even if his cultivation method might be slightly weaker than Yang Jian's.
Qiankun Circle, Heavenly Silk, Wind Fire Wheels, Divine Dragon Hood, Fire Tipped Spear, and so on and so forth. Apart from a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade that Yang Jian could contend with, what other magic treasures could compare to Nezha's?
The Howling Celestial Dog?
How could that be? That's a living being, it doesn't count!
But even in this situation, Nezha was still suppressed by Yang Jian.
Why was this?
Because of bloodline!
Yang Jian was born of the celestial goddess Yaoji and a mortal, a true demigod physique.
As for Nezha, he was the reincarnation of a spirit pearl who followed Nuwa.
One was under a Saint, and the other was the Jade Emperor's sister.
In terms of bloodline, Nezha's spirit pearl physique could easily suppress Yang Jian's demigod physique.
But unfortunately, Nezha's spirit pearl physique was gone during King Wu's campaign against Zhou.
It was replaced by a lotus root body.
In this way, Nezha's bloodline advantage was suppressed by Yang Jian. Coupled with Nezha's naturally more rebellious temperament compared to others, he naturally had no advantage compared to the rational and intelligent Yang Jian at the time.
If his bloodline were still intact, even if Yang Jian was calmer than others, Nezha, who had already reined in some of his emotions at that time, would still have been able to surpass him.
Please don't forget.
The original Nezha, with his original physical body, directly challenged the Four Heavenly Kings of the Shang Dynasty later on.
The Samadhi True Fire burned everything; even with the Four Heavenly Kings, the Five-Colored Divine Ox, and the Fire Phoenix, they still gained no advantage.
And at that time, Nezha even had Lei Zhenzi, who was a burden, dragging him down.
If it weren't for the appearance of the Linglong Pagoda, which was naturally his bane, Nezha might even have counter-killed the Four Heavenly Kings.
This was no joke.
At that time, Nezha truly possessed such ability.
And only that Nezha could be called truly unparalleled in his generation.
.....And after that.
Although the reborn Nezha gained the Wind Fire Wheels formed from the Qingluan Fire Phoenix and the Celestial Venerable's divine water to restore his body, he no longer had his former glory.
Compared to his early days, if not for the same name and appearance, they would be two completely different people.
Because the difference between the two was too great.
This was also why Nezha was now so resistant to the normal progression.
Is my spirit pearl physique not good enough anymore?
Or is there something wrong with my head?
To exchange it for that flawed lotus root body.
It not only affects the upper limit of my future cultivation growth but may even stop my body from developing, leaving me forever in a child's appearance.
Wouldn't that be like a ch?