With Nezha acting as a mediator, Red Boy can repay the debt in a relatively gentle manner. Nezha is bringing Red Boy and his mother to Flame Mountain for this reason.

Although the fire was caused by Sun Wukong flipping over the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, it originated from Doushuai Temple, and since Lord reported it in Lingshan, he took on this cause and effect. Now, Flame Mountain has been burned into a desert, with the surrounding climate altered by the Divine Fire, making it impossible for rain to fall. Human Sect disciples are scarce, and no one would come to clean up this mess, so Tie Shan bringing Red Boy is just right.

Secondly, Red Boy has been overly pampered by Old Li and Lady Yin at Lingshan, and this continuing indulgence is not a good thing. Plus, his playmate Jin Can Zi has grown up, yet he remains in childlike form, which is somewhat unsettling for him, especially since Jin Can Zi no longer plays with him.

Thirdly, the environment of Flame Mountain is very beneficial for Red Boy's growth, allowing him to avoid being influenced by the Blood Sea's traits, and it's advantageous for him to cultivate the Samadhi Fire.

This counts as killing three birds with one stone.

Nezha opened a cave residence for Tie Shan and Red Boy not far from Flame Mountain in Cuiyun Mountain, naming it Banana Cave, essentially moving house. He also helped them build a Three Pure Ones Temple on the mountain and placed Taiqing in the front, directing local people's incense offerings.

Saints may not lack incense offerings, but they bear the responsibility to educate all beings. Extinguishing the fire at Flame Mountain is not difficult; Lord can do it, Nezha can do it, but why not solve it once and for all?

People tend to forget pain when there is no difficulty before them; how would they sincerely offer incense and worship the Divine? As believers, Divine beings can naturally easily change and educate their followers' thoughts.

Having faith is not a bad thing; with faith, people restrain their desires. Since Ancient Times, humans have believed in heaven and earth, Divine beings, ancestors, and finally country and themselves.

When people completely lose faith, their desires become unrestrained, reverting to primitive and beastlike instincts; that is when society truly degenerates.

To Saints, taming and educating ignorant mortals is not significantly different. The former is more convenient and effective.

Of course, some Evil Gods use this method to nurture and harvest belief, but the fault lies with individuals, as there is no perfect system in this world, since the Great Dao has escaped to one.

Once everything was accomplished, Bull Demon King, in his identity, settled down here. Nezha bid farewell to Red Boy and his mother and headed alone to Longevity Mountain and Wuzhuang Temple to redeem his task rewards.

Upon arriving at Wuzhuang Temple, Qingfeng and Ming Yue, two Children, were standing at the entrance dozing off, clearly waiting for a long time.

"Qingfeng, Ming Yue, why are you dozing off at the entrance?"

The two, excited upon hearing Nezha's voice, hastily ran over with joy on their faces, evidently remembering Nezha's generosity.

"Second Master, the Master told us to wait here for you."

"Yes, so we've been waiting here early."

Nezha was about to receive his treasures, and in his happy mood, didn't hesitate to be generous, pulling out two small items from his sleeve to give to Qingfeng and Ming Yue, making them even happier.

"Please come inside, Second Master!"

Nezha followed Qingfeng and Ming Yue into the Earth Immortal Realm. Last time he came, his cultivation was not strong; this time, experiencing the rules directly again, he gained new insights. The dense Earth Element Spiritual Energy couldn't be found anywhere else in the Primordial except the underworld.

He had been managing his Taihuangtian, but unfortunately, compared to his great elder brother, it still lacked depth.

At Wuzhuang Temple, Zhen Yuanzi was sitting under the Ginseng Fruit Tree playing chess. Nezha had little understanding of Go and relied solely on his brains to calculate, with no higher insights emerging.

Looking at the chessboard for a moment, he only knew the black pieces held the advantage, with a greater chance of victory, but more than that, he couldn't discern.

Zhen Yuanzi, resting his eyes, gestured invitingly and then waved to dismiss Qingfeng and Ming Yue, while Nezha unceremoniously sat opposite Zhen Yuanzi, who started introducing the origin of the game by himself.

"This game was initially played between me and my old friend Hong Yun. I played the white pieces, he played the black ones. Unfortunately, he had to leave due to urgent matters and never finished. I've studied it for years, hoping for a brilliant counterattack, but… Alas… one never returns."

Nezha sensed Zhen Yuanzi's faint sadness in his tone, suddenly recalling a writer's sentiment from his previous life: The departure of loved ones is not a violent storm, but a lifelong dampness. I am forever trapped in this dampness, the empty kitchen at dawn, the dark window at night, stirring up gale and tempest in every indifferent day.

Zhen Yuanzi's relationship with Hong Yun Ancestor was closer than kin, though he didn't have an empty kitchen or a late-night window, his solace was in this game he calculated countless times.

"Sorry, old age brings nostalgia."

Nezha didn't know how to comfort Zhen Yuanzi, so he scratched his head and said, "Not old, not old; you're at the age where you should be adventuring."

Zhen Yuanzi paused at Nezha's comfort and then laughed heartily. At his level, what was left to venture? As long as he didn't cause chaos, he could remain carefree until the Primordial explodes.

The originally sorrowful mood was slightly disrupted by Nezha, and the atmosphere began to disperse. Zhen Yuanzi, having lived countless years through infinite storms, showed such emotions because he fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

"Dear Brother, has Hong Yun's sub-soul been retrieved?"

Nezha nodded and took out two sub-souls of Hong Yun, one from the Ancestor of Nether River's Blood Sea, another from the Demon Master Palace Nezha destroyed recently. With this, seventy percent of Hong Yun Ancestor's sub-souls were gathered; the remaining thirty percent were either extinguished by Kunpeng or Ancestor of Nether River, or scattered into the world transforming into other beings, with no chance of recovery.

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