In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 738: Lotus Lantern - Fusang Wood 7

Ruyi, who followed Ruoshui back to heaven, didn't know that her small act of persuading Ruoshui had completely changed the fate of Yang Jian and others, making the plot of "The Lotus Lantern" take a sudden turn and become completely different.

In the original plot, in order to resolve the crisis in Heaven, the Jade Emperor adopted Jin Chanzi's advice of using softness to overcome hardness, and in the name of his meritorious service in flood control, he named Yang Jian as the Holy Erlang Zhenjun, stationed him at Guanjiangkou, and his Meishan brothers and Roaring Sky Dog all had official positions; he named Yang Chan as the Third Holy Mother, stationed at Huashan; and he named Li Jing as the King of Heaven, so that Nezha could enjoy the treatment of a prince.

Yang Jian was reluctant to accept the reward from the Heavenly Court, but he saw with his divine eyes that if he continued to make trouble, it would bring suffering to the Three Realms. In order to save the sentient beings in the Three Realms from suffering, he agreed to the conditions of the Heavenly Court. But he stated that he would only listen to orders and not announcements. If he was to be summoned to heaven, it could only be done by the Jade Emperor's decree.

Due to Ruyi's intervention this time, Ruoshui quickly returned to heaven. All the love, hatred, and grudges caused by water control in the plot were gone, and the connections caused by water control were also gone. Yang Chan and Yang Jian, the two siblings, took Xiaotian Dog back to Jinguan Cave to continue their practice. The Jade Emperor's order almost caused a disaster, and this time he didn't feel comfortable sending people to capture the two siblings of the Yang family. So this grand battle between uncle and nephew came to a temporary end here.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan who returned to the Jinguan Cave did not become immortals, but remained mortals who practiced magic. They returned to the mortal world with Nezha and others who were still mortals.

Soon after, the saint bestowed the List of Gods, and the story of Conferred Gods was about to begin. However, Yang Jian, Nezha and others who were still mortals were also involved in this battle of Conferred Gods because of their respective masters and camps.

Ruyi, the 'culprit' who caused all this, is still practicing diligently. She previously tried to use the Fusang wood and the Moonlight Box to create the Sun-Moon Shuttle, but found that she couldn't do it with her current spiritual awareness and cultivation level. After two days of depression, Ruyi had no choice but to work hard and practice diligently, striving to improve her cultivation level as soon as possible and create the Sun-Moon Shuttle.

The merit of persuading the Weak Water to flow back was more than Ruyi had imagined. Although it was a direct gift from Heaven and Ruyi did not need to absorb it bit by bit, if he wanted to turn it into cultivation, he still had to refine it bit by bit.

There is a saying that time does not matter in cultivation, and it is indeed so. Ruyi has been refining in the cave for nearly two months. Although his cultivation is still in the early stage of god level, but now there is no longer only a thin layer of divine power in Ruyi's dantian, but it is obvious that he is only one step away from reaching the early stage perfection.

Although she felt a little regretful for not being able to break through, she was not disappointed, because she knew that the more advanced the practice, the harder it would be to advance. Under normal circumstances, the breakthroughs of those gods would be calculated in hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years. It was already very fast for her to calculate in months and days.

After thinking it through, Ruyi was no longer so anxious. Ruoshui asked her to go and chat about gossip, and Ruyi also had time to chat. It was normal at the beginning. It was nothing more than news about who in heaven loved Chang'e recently, who was ordered to go to the lower world to catch monsters, etc. Although it was interesting, it did not bring any information to Ruyi.

Until later, Ruoshui suddenly mentioned a monster. It was said that this monster jumped out of a stone. Its true form was a stone monkey. No one knew where it learned its skills, but it was very powerful when it debuted, and it became the demon king of the underworld in a short time.

Hearing this, Ruyi's eyes moved, and she suddenly became interested. She wanted to go down and take a look. You know, that stone monkey is the future Monkey King Sun Wukong. Who among those who have read "Journey to the West" doesn't like Sun Wukong?

Besides, the stone from which Sun Wukong was born was the stone left by Nuwa when she repaired the sky. It had the same origin as the fairy servant Shenying in "Dream of Red Mansions". The magical jade that Jia Baoyu brought with him when he was reincarnated could contain a trace of innate good fortune, so maybe the stone that gave birth to Sun Wukong also has it?

Action is worse than thought, so Ruyi said she would go and have a look. First she changed into the fairy uniform, then ran to the Nantian Gate, and went down quickly when the heavenly soldiers who opened the gate were not paying attention.

After arriving in the human world, he didn't know where he was. Everywhere he looked, there were traces of war. The scattered houses on the empty land had long been abandoned. Ruyi released his spiritual sense to look around, but couldn't find even a single figure. This was a problem. He wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but he didn't know who to ask.

There was no other way, Ruyi had to choose a random direction and fly over, using his spiritual sense to investigate all the way. After flying over several mountains, Ruyi finally saw a group of living people.

"Look at the decorations on this carriage. The person sitting inside should be a woman of noble status." Ruyi just took a rough glance with his spiritual sense and did not check it carefully. He just felt that this team of people had everything they needed, including equipment, armor, and food. They should be from a wealthy family. The carriage was not only decorated with incense burners and curtains, but also vaguely dotted with a few flowers.

Ruyi fell from the sky to the front of the convoy. The leader saw Ruyi suddenly appear and immediately became alert. He waved his hand to signal everyone to stop and then said, "I wonder what this girl wants to do by blocking our way?"

In today's world, the emperor is incompetent, evil spirits are rampant, and all kinds of gods, monsters and practitioners appear frequently. A single woman as beautiful as Ruyi is either a monster or a god. Every ordinary one. The people in the caravan look powerful, but they can only deal with ordinary people. It is impossible to deal with monsters and gods. That's why they are so vigilant after seeing Ruyi. It is because they think Ruyi's temperament is not like that of a monster. Otherwise, the leader would draw his knife and rush over as soon as he sees Ruyi, giving the people behind him time to escape.

"I want to ask for directions."

"Ask for directions? Where do you want to go, girl?"

"Flower and Fruit Mountain."

"Huaguo Mountain?" Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they had never heard of this place and didn't know where it was.

"Where is this place?" Ruyi realized something was wrong and asked a different question. From the people in the caravan, Ruyi learned that this was the Shang Dynasty and the people in the carriage were beauties presented to the King of Shang by the princes.

"......" Isn't this "The Lotus Lantern"? How did it run into the plot of "Investiture of the Gods"? The culprit knew nothing and just thought it was ridiculous.

"Forget it, I'll go ask someone else, thank you!"

Ruyi flew away without noticing that the beauty in the carriage was looking at her departing figure through the curtain with envy. After Ruyi left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the person who came to ask for directions was not a monster or ghost.

Next, Ruyi asked many people one after another, but none of them knew where Huaguo Mountain was. Fortunately, Ruyi later remembered that Huaguo Mountain was on the shore of the East China Sea, so he changed his question and asked about the direction of the East China Sea. Sure enough, he found the location immediately after asking this question.