Following the law of heaven, Bi Shui Yu must be brought to see the Jade Emperor of God for trial. But since Li Jing and Black Tortoise God have a good relationship. Moreover, the damage she caused was not significant. So Li Jing sent Ne Zha to bring Bi Shui Yu to bear the crime with Black Tortoise.
Ne Zha received orders to take Shui to the Northern Palace of Black Tortoise. He was in no hurry. They went leisurely as if they were going for a walk, not escorting a criminal.
The Universe Ring tying Shui is not tight. If she wants to escape, just use a little force. But she did nothing.
Ne Zha looked at Shui. She followed him like a corpse without a soul.
"She is... Is she still alive?" - Ne Zha hesitated said
The gate of the Northern Palace was right in front of them.
Ne Zha and Shui stood silently, looking at each other for a while. Her pale face was wet with tears, her throat was dry, and difficulty making a sound.
"You're asking me? The Third Lotus Prince, why are you asking me? Aren't you the one who knows most where your Fire-tipped spear was stabbed?" - Shui's voice fades away - "Why are you doing this? What did she do wrong? She's not a demon. She doesn't break any of heaven's rules! Why are you doing that?"
"I'm sorry... " - Ne Zha turned his face away. He was afraid to look directly into Shui's bloodshot eyes.
As the god who killed every demon he ever met, this is the first time he feels guilty.
Shui was right.
Little Yu was an innocent girl. She has no reason to die like that.
But Ne Zha felt troubled when he saw Bi Shui Yu hug Little Yu's body and cry. Hee saw something that he did not dare tell his father.
That Bi Shui Yu's tears fell on Little Yu's body, instead of rolling down, he saw those tears seeping into her body. Ne Zha suddenly remembered the so-called "water with fairy qi".
Was he the one who caused the disaster?
Because after that, when Shui tried to reach for Little Yu's hand, he saw that her must-be-cold fingers were slightly clenched.
"Bi Shui Yu? What's happened?" - Black Tortoise turned pale when he saw Ne Zha leading Shui into the main hall. - "Why...?"
As soon as she saw the God of Black Tortoise, Shui immediately knelt down and bowed her head to confess.
"My Lord, my sins deserve death..." - Shui said in tears.
"Third Lotus Prince, what's going on?"
"Your Wall Mansion... she... she escaped to the human world...and had a love affair with a girl."
Just hearing about "had a love affair with a girl" made Black Tortoise's heart was bustling. But the majesty of a high-class god, of course, is not easy to reveal personal feelings. Black Tortoise God looked down at Bi Shui Yu with his cold face. Her head is still on the ground.
"Is it true? Bi... Shui... Yu..." - he spoke very slowly so as not to show the choking in his voice.
"I can't protect her..."
Black Tortoise, at this time, could not hide the worry on his face anymore. He clenched his fists so that his emotions would not show up in action.
"What...? You.said.what?" - Black Tortoise snarled, pressing each word one by one.
"Bi Shui Yu's lover... is a water demon. So I have to... I mean... well... she's pretty agitated right now, so can you-..."
Seeming to have understood everything, Black Tortoise lost his temper and grabbed Ne Zha's collar. He glared at the boy with wide, angry eyes.
"What did you say? Who? What did you do? Who is she?"
Around Black Tortoise radiated the same aura as Bi Shui Yu before, but the atmosphere was utterly superior. Being stared at like that, Ne Zha feels so suppressed that he cannot breathe.
"Her name is... Yu"
The God of Black Tortoise's forehead darkened, the whole Northern Palace shook, and a snake's head appeared behind him. If it continues like this, the original Black Tortoise will definitely appear.
"It's all my fault! He's not involved"! - Shui hastily shouted; her arm was tied by the Qiankun ring, so she repeatedly banged her head hard on Black Tortoise's feet. - "It's because I snuck down to the human world! I fall in love with a girl... that I go against morality. Because I'm weak, can't protect the one that I loved... it's all my fault. My Lord, please... my apologize... please calm down..."
The divine weapon was slowly collected, and Black Tortoise looked down at Bi Shui Yu with a streak of blood on her red forehead, and her eyes were swollen with tears. The God of Black Tortoise involuntarily shed a tear.
"Do you have to be like that?"
"When you followed King Wu of Zhou attacked to King Zhou of Shang, you saved my life. I've followed you since that time and was ordained a god, becoming The Wall Mansion. I still haven't paid you for that year's grace, and now I have committed a serious crime... No matter how you want to punish me, I am willing."
Black Tortoise clenched his fists tightly. The pain of losing a child was not yet acceptable. Now he has to blame for his personal mistake on such a godly servant. Shame with such a conscience, Black Tortoise could not do it.
"Actually, Bi Shui Yu's crime is not that serious..." - Looking at Black Tortoise's scary face, worried about Bi Shui Yu being harshly punished, Ne Zha quickly spoke for her.
"So, what's your opinion?"
"I think... because she is still attached to the mortal world, it is better to take her to reincarnate and suffer seven aeons of tribulation. After completing seven lives, she returned to be Bi Shui Yu. Do you think it's okay?"
Of all the punishments for felonies, this is the lightest. Seven lives sound long, but for the gods, hundreds of years have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Okay... so may I bother the Third Lotus Prince to take Bi Shui Yu to the gate of Reincarnation..."
Ne Zha nodded to accept the request, then led Bi Shui Yu away. When those shadows just disappeared from the great gate, Black Tortoise collapsed. He still could not believe how everything turned out like this.
Black Tortoise clicked his hand to recheck the hexagram. It was clear that Little Yu's lifetime was not exhausted yet.
Meanwhile, deep in the ocean, a large fish carrying millions of swords on its back swam back to the den.
"Big Fish? What's wrong with you? Where is our master? Where is Bi Shui Yu?" - From inside the cave, a mermaid swam out, and when she saw the Big Fish, her eyes widened in fear.
The Big Fish let out a roar, opening its mouth wide and releasing Little Yu.
"Big Fish! Did you eat human flesh?" - the mermaid hurriedly hugged Little Yu and was surprised to hear the breathing from the girl's nose - "She can breathe underwater?"
The Big Fish fell to the ground, and it hummed a few words at the mermaid before drawing its last breath.
"Wait! Big Fish! What's it? Who is she? Big Fish!!! You can't die!!! Big Fish!!!"
The mermaid was extremely bewildered. On one side was the unconscious Little Yu. On the other side, Big Fish's body with uncountable unknown wounds. Even before his death, Big Fish told her only one sentence, leaving her quite unsure of how to take it.
She finally woke up from a long sleep. It was pitch-black around. She could not even see her hand clearly. Her ears were ringing with the rumbling sound like the sound of crashing waves.
"Where am I?"
"Oh, you awake?" - a small beam of light made her squint. She jumped back after realizing it was a demon-faced fish with a lantern above its head, followed by a half-human with a fishtail.
"Who are you?" - she said timidly.
"I am Ren, a beautiful mermaid." - replied the mermaid. - "Do you know who you are?"
"Me?... I? Who am I?"
"She will be Big Fish from now on." - Ren suddenly remembered Big Fish's advice before he died.
"You are Big Fish - Da Yu."