Chapter 358 Returning to the Barracks

"I will always remember you. Next time I come to play, I will bring you some new things to express my gratitude to you."

Nezha sincerely expressed his gratitude to these little monkeys. Although they only spent a few hours together, the enthusiasm of these little monkeys for Nezha and the affectionate call of "Oba" to Nezha have made Nezha regard them as his friends.

Now Nezha is still reluctant to leave them, so he made a promise to them.

"Next time you come, just come. You don't need to bring any new things. We are all friends. When you come to a friend's house, how can you give gifts?"

At this time, a little monkey responded to what Nezha said.

"Great Sage, and my friends, I will leave first, so you don't need to see me off."

Nezha reluctantly said his final farewell to them.

"Oppa, walk slowly, we'll see you off."

These little monkeys obviously regarded Nezha as their friend. Seeing him leaving, they all said goodbye.

After hearing this, he took his own steps and walked towards the entrance of the Water Curtain Cave. He kept looking back every few steps, lingering on the trip to the Water Curtain Cave and reluctant to leave the little monkeys here.

Finally, Nezha made up his mind and jumped through the waterfall and out of the Water Curtain Cave. After a few jumps, he disappeared from the sight of all the little monkeys. After reaching a mountain, Nezha was sure that the little monkeys would not see him again.

He turned back to the Nezha Third Prince who rode on the Wind Fire Wheel, held a Fire Spear, hung a Qiankun Ring around his neck, and wrapped a Hun Tian Ling around his waist.

Then he pushed the fatigue of his whole body onto the Wind Fire Wheel, rushed back to the military camp at the fastest speed and entered the account of Li Jing, the King of the Tower Stealers. On the way, he was surprised to find that not only his strength had improved, but also his fastest speed on the Wind Fire Wheel was much faster than before.

Nezha felt more and more that his decision to go out to test Sun Wukong's strength during the day to determine whether to kill the giant spirit was correct. Not only did he get a good brother who would appreciate him, but after this good brother invited him into his home, his strength improved twice in a day.

This trip was really profitable.

"Father, my son, after this battle with the demon monkey, I brought you two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news. You should listen to the one first."

After Nezha entered the tent where Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, was, he found that there was no one else here, so he started to joke with Li Jing.

"Okay, stop keeping me in suspense here, tell me what the bad news is first."

He already knew the image of his third son. Although so much time had passed, he was still the same as a child as the third son, and he was naughty from time to time, but he had no way to do anything about it, because he was the father of this guy.

"Father, the bad news I'm talking about is that the demon monkey's strength is just as the giant spirit said, with great power and strength. I fought with him for nearly half an hour, but I was still no match for him and was defeated."

Nezha didn't continue to play tricks on Li Jing when he saw Li Jing's expression, but directly told him the bad news.

"Okay, I got it, so what's the good news you're talking about?"

Since Nezha went out to compete with Sun Wukong in the daytime, Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, had already prepared for the two possible results of the competition: either Nezha brought Sun Wukong back alive, or Sun Wukong defeated Nezha.

So Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, didn't show too much surprise after hearing the bad news Nezha said, but after pondering for a while, he asked about the good news Nezha said.

"Father, feel my strength now."

Nezha did not tell the good news to Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, directly, but stretched out his arm to him, letting him feel his strength first.

"Has your strength changed? Has it improved?"

Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, touched Nezha's arm with a puzzled look.

"Hmm!"

"How come your strength has suddenly improved so much."

After Li Jing put his hand on Nezha's arm, he released his consciousness to feel Nezha's current strength, but found that Nezha's strength had improved a lot compared to before the battle.

Said in surprise with a shocked face.

"Haha, I believe you have felt my current strength."

"Yes, this is the good news I am going to tell you. After the competition with Sun Wukong, although I was defeated, I encountered two opportunities for strength breakthroughs in succession."

"After the first opportunity, my strength broke through the bottleneck, and my strength improved slightly. Then within two hours, my opportunity came again. Under this opportunity, I broke through the bottleneck again. My strength has been greatly improved, reaching the level you are feeling now."

"How is it, father, you are envious of your child, right?"

After telling this good news, Nezha deliberately raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

"Don't do these things to me, brat. Tell me the whole story clearly. I want to know how you broke through."

Li Jing didn't want to joke with Nezha here, so he said this to Nezha seriously.

"After I finished the written test with the demon monkey, although I was injured, the demon monkey did not take advantage of my weakness to kill me, but recovered on its own."

"Because I had not come down to earth for a long time, I was a little bored, so I wandered around after the fight with him. After a while, I encountered my first breakthrough opportunity. I immediately found a safe place to break through my strength. After the breakthrough, I continued to wander around."

Nezha just slightly embellished the real facts. He did feel the first opportunity to improve his cultivation during the wandering process, and then his strength improved.

"As a result, after more than an hour, I found a few little monkeys digging something there while walking around. I waited for them to finish digging and left, then walked over and took a look. I found a few jars of wine. I didn't hesitate to drink two jars. After drinking these two jars of wine, the opportunity for my second breakthrough came."

"After feeling the opportunity, I quickly found a safe place to break through my strength. This second breakthrough greatly improved my strength, so I planned to continue walking around to see if there are any more opportunities for breakthroughs."