Crazy Nezha

Chapter 109 Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden

Xincheng City Gymnasium announced a week-long closure, citing routine fire safety inspections as the reason for the closure, as stated on its official WeChat account.

The stadium has a circular grandstand. In the empty stands, Jiang Baiyue sat in the best spot, holding a microphone in her hand, and said: "The Siberian tiger is a Class I protected animal in China. You cannot kill it with magic! If you can't subdue it, they will use a tranquilizer gun to knock it unconscious."

Jiang Baiyue's voice came through the speakers to the football field below. Li Tianbao stood on the grass, looked up and gave an OK sign.

He looked up to the sky and replied loudly, "Just like taming a wild horse, you tame it, right?"

Jiang Baiyue said, "Li Tianbao, you're skilled at subduing dragons and tigers, but unfortunately there are no dragons. So we'll have to try the tigers first!"

Li Tianbao shouted, "Come on, I'm at full power!"

Jiang Baiyue whispered sharply, "Take off your clothes!"

Li Tianbao took off his coat, revealing a red shirt, red pants, and red shoes underneath.

At this moment, at the entrance to the venue, the iron fence opened, and three bulls in cages were pushed in by special agents.

"Dr. Jiang, isn't this a Siberian tiger? Why is it a cow?"

"Let me warm you up first."

The three bulls in the cage saw the human in the red shirt on the football field and started panting heavily!

The bullfighter usually carries a red cloth to fight the bull. Wearing red clothes and fighting bare-handed is an extreme insult to the bull!

"If the cow is killed, we'll have an extra meal at noon!" Jiang Baiyue put down the microphone and sat back down in the audience.

Zhang Ke, who was standing nearby, asked, "How did the spirit beast cloning go?"

Jiang Baiyue looked dejected and said, "It failed. Li Tianbao tried it, but it didn't work. I was just being delusional."

Zhang Ke encouraged him, "It's always better to try than just think about it and not do anything. It's okay."

On the football field, three bulls emerged from their cages and charged towards the human in red in the center of the field. In the stands, special agents stood ready, tranquilizer guns at the ready.

Li Tianbao dodged left and right, occasionally wrestling with the oxen, making the three oxen increasingly agitated!

Zhang Ke said, "This is a bull imported from Spain, with extensive experience in ramming people."

As Jiang Baiyue watched, she asked, "How's the progress with the death row inmates?"

Zhang Ke said, "They were all concentrated on the island for training. We hired professional instructors from the special forces. Under the rigorous training, two of the older ones died suddenly."

Jiang Baiyue nodded slightly and said, "The research on the talisman bean is still inconclusive. Back then, Xiaotianquan said that if the talisman bean did not dissipate within seven days, it might attract heavenly lightning. Almost twenty days have passed, and everything is still fine. The lightning rods we prepared in advance have not been used."

Zhang Ke said, "I'm a rough man, I don't understand these things. In Old Wei's words, I'm here to provide services for you. Just go ahead and do your job."

Jiang Baiyue gazed at the sky and murmured, "I feel like something has happened to the Heavenly Court."

Sun Baoqiang and Yin Jianshe stood in the stands, holding plastic flowers, wiggling their hips and shouting encouragement.

It was Jiang Baiyue who strongly urged them to come.

Zhang Ke asked, puzzled, "Sun Baoqiang and Yin Jianshe are ordinary people. I can understand why you had them accompany Li Tianbao in the first place, but why did you have them act as cheerleaders?"

Jiang Baiyue said in a deep voice, "Li Tianbao once said that Yin Jianshe has a bit of the primordial spirit of the Taiyi Zhenren in his mind. I think he will be of great use in the future! There is also Li Liqing, who has a bit of the primordial spirit of Li Jing, but I can't tell whether Li Liqing will be a friend or foe in the future."

"And what about Sun Baoqiang? What does he have?"

"Sun Baoqiang had a pitiful life, suffering from the cold shoulder of others. He always saw himself as a clown, and had the stain of stealing batteries on his record! By chance, he met Li Tianbao, and in order to change his fate, he believed the nonsense Li Tianbao had initially told him! He brainwashed himself, thinking he was an ox! He stubbornly endured the electric shocks of his faith in the tricycle!!"

At this point, Jiang Baiyue changed the subject and asked, "What obsession drove him to exceed his physical limits?"

Zhang Ke nodded and said, "I know that there's a kind of electric shock torture at Xida University that has indeed made many tough guys beg for mercy and confess. Electroconvulsive therapy is definitely no less effective than electric shock."

Jiang Baiyue continued, "Sun Baoqiang endured such immense suffering without compromising! This unwavering will to change his fate is truly extraordinary!"

Zhang Ke said, "I've read the information. Li Tianbao has been constantly encouraging him and giving him confidence! He has a fanatical trust in Li Tianbao; he firmly believes he can achieve extraordinary things!"

At that moment, Yin Jianshe's loud shout came from the stands: "Sun Baoqiang, listen up, I'm going to teach you one more time!"

Yin Jianshe took out a suona from his waist, took a deep breath, and blew it.

Sun Baoqiang danced along to the music, his head bobbing up and down, shouting, "Brother Tianbao, keep going!"

Zhang Ke looked at the two of them and suddenly said, "When I first joined the army, my squad leader said something to us new recruits that I've been using ever since."

Jiang Baiyue tilted her head, waiting for what was to come.

Looking at the two lively characters, Zhang Ke said calmly, "No matter what kind of situation a person becomes, don't look down on anyone, and don't overestimate anyone! This is easy to say, but very few people can actually do it!"

I think Li Tianbao meant it that way. Even though he's so successful, he's so approachable when talking and joking with us, and he treats Old Wei the same as everyone else. He doesn't look down on us, nor does he think too highly of Old Wei!

Jiang Baiyue seemed to understand something, and said, "That's how he was. Back in the mental hospital, he treated the director and his fellow patients the same way."

At this moment, on the football field, Li Tianbao lifted one of the bulls and threw it out, and the other two bulls took off running.

Li Tianbao chased after him, shouting, "Who else?!"

Jiang Baiyue picked up the microphone and shouted, "No magic allowed!"

Li Tianbao looked completely innocent. "I didn't use any magic!" Then his face flushed red, he withdrew his magic, grabbed a bull's tail, and used his feet to carve two shallow furrows in the ground—

Zhang Ke looked shocked and said, "You're this powerful without using any magic?"

Jiang Baiyue smirked. "Do you believe him? Or do you believe I'm the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden?"

Zhang Ke was shocked and exclaimed, "You are the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden?!"

Jiang Baiyue looked disdainful and said, "No, I was just joking. I can't exactly say I'm Qin Shi Huang, can I? What's with that expression?"

"Dean Jiang, I would believe you if you said you were the Queen Mother of the West."

Jiang Baiyue said calmly, "One day, even the Queen Mother of the West will have to listen to me!"

The three bulls were completely exhausted and lay motionless on the ground. They were all once valiant fighting bulls and had never seen such arrogant and shameless humans.

Still not satisfied, Li Tianbao excitedly called out, "Dr. Jiang, can we go for something a little more intense?"

Jiang Baiyue took out a walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice, "Bring the cattle back, release the tiger!"

Yin Jianshe stood on the stands, took off his shirt, held it up in one hand, and shouted, "My nephew is invincible!!"

Not to be outdone, Sun Baoqiang quickly took off his shirt and started circling around frantically.

A truck slowly drove into the football field, with a cage with wheels on the back. Inside the cage was a large adult Siberian tiger that had been hungry all day.

The driver got off the truck, glanced at the cage, then at his colleague who was leading the cattle away, strode to the entrance, closed the iron gate, and pressed the remote control.

The cage opened automatically, but the tiger didn't come down; it lay listlessly inside.

Li Tianbao walked over and faced the tiger without any fear.

"Kitty, come out."

The tiger yawned, slowly walked down, and waited to be fed.

Jiang Baiyue shouted, "Li Tianbao, run! Tigers like to catch live prey!"

Li Tianbao complained, "What kind of bullshit is this 'King of the Forest'? He's not even as brave as a cow."

He ran around the tiger in circles, while the tiger lay in the middle, its eyes following the tiger's movements, too lazy to move.

"Have the tigers in this zoo gone mad from being kept in so many cages?"

From the stands, Jiang Baiyue frowned and asked, "Why didn't you bring wild Siberian tigers?"

Zhang Ke explained, "We haven't caught a wild one yet. This is a star tiger from Yinji Animal Kingdom, with a very strong performing ability!"

Li Tianbao saw a basket of soccer balls in the corner. He picked one up and kicked it at the tiger. The soccer ball hit the tiger's head and bounced away.

The tiger stood up, ran over, picked up the soccer ball, and trotted happily to Li Tianbao, stretching out its cute little head for a reward.

Li Tianbao turned his head and called out, "Do you have any delicious roast chicken? This tiger is hungry. It has no desire to fight."

Zhang Ke's eyelids twitched. He hadn't expected the tiger to be so docile.

"Bring the roast chicken!"

The subordinate said, "Boss, we don't have roast chicken, how about instant noodles?"

Jiang Baiyue said, "There's a KFC across the street from the stadium. Let's go buy a few family buckets."

The subordinate looked completely bewildered.

Zhang Ke quickly said, "Didn't you hear what Dean Jiang said? Go now!"

"yes!"

On the football field, a man and a tiger started playing together. Li Tianbao kicked the ball while the tiger acted as the goalkeeper, showing off and flaunting its abilities as if trying to please its keeper.

Jiang Baiyue, as if possessed, shouted, "Li Tianbao, try kicking the ball with your magic!"

Li Tianbao used his magic to kick the ball, which spun rapidly, drawing an exaggerated crescent arc before bypassing the tiger and into the goal.

The tiger jumped around happily, helping Li Tianbao retrieve the ball.

Jiang Baiyue said, "Play the Shaolin Soccer background music."

Zhang Ke was completely bewildered. "What?!"

"Hurry! This is part of the plan! Play background music!" Jiang Baiyue stared intently at Li Tianbao kicking the ball.

Zhang Ke said with a headache, "Dean Jiang, why are you acting so unpredictably?"

Jiang Baiyue picked up the microphone and shouted, "Li Tianbao, try a Thomas Flair in place! Then try sucking the ball up with your stomach and see if you can get it up."

Li Tianbao was speechless for a moment, then said, "Damn it, Dr. Jiang, did I come here to play soccer today?"

Jiang Baiyue stated decisively, "This is part of the plan!"

Li Tianbao shrugged and said, "The ball isn't played by just one person."

Zhang Ke had already connected his phone to the stadium's speakers, bought a second-hand music streaming service membership on Zhuanzhuan, and found the most exciting background music from "Shaolin Soccer"!

When the music started, the entire stadium seemed to surge with energy.

Zhang Ke looked up and saw Jiang Baiyue jump onto a chair. The backlighting accentuated her figure, her shoulder-length hair fluttering in the wind. She said in a deep voice, "Football is a sport that attracts worldwide attention! If Li Tianbao leads the national team to a sweeping victory over Brazil and Germany in the World Cup and wins the gold belt, it will create a huge impact and fan base. At that time, he will have many supporters all over the world!"

Zhang Ke said, "If you want influence, just fly through the streets, your eyes blazing with fire, to show off your extraordinary abilities! Also, the World Cup isn't a gold belt, it's the World Cup trophy!"

Jiang Baiyue said calmly, "If that happens, what will America do? What will other countries in the world do? Will they send someone to assassinate him? Will it cause global panic? Now is not the time; he is still too weak!"

Zhang Ke said, "But the national football team has been in decline for so many years, can he lead it alone?"

Jiang Baiyue cupped her hands around a megaphone and shouted down, "Li Tianbao, at this moment, in this situation, this song is playing! Do whatever you want!"

Li Tianbao turned around, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Jiang Baiyue! You understand me!"

Zhang Ke was completely bewildered. "What is he going to do?"

Li Tianbao channeled his magical power unrestrainedly throughout his body, clamped the soccer ball between his feet, spun around, and unleashed a powerful shot from seven or eight meters in the air—

The football was deformed by the force of the foot, flying out like a cannonball. The air was pulled in a transparent, distorted trajectory, and the football broke through the net and smashed the GG sign.

The tiger looked at the goal, then at the humans floating in the sky, its adorable eyes filled with confusion.

Zhang Ke looked helpless and said, "This could kill the opposing goalkeeper! I think this plan is too risky."

At that moment, five or six special agents ran in, each carrying two KFC family buckets.

"Boss, the family bucket is back, and I also bought two roast ducks from next door."

Zhang Ke said, "Keep one family bucket and one roast duck here. Send one to Sun Baoqiang and his companion over there in the stands. The rest are all for Li Tianbao to feed the tigers."

"yes!"

The staff from the special banner were very perceptive and moved a small table in front of the two of them, placing the family bucket and roast duck on it.

Zhang Ke unpacked the fries and various snacks, inserted a straw into the cola, and said seriously, "Dean Jiang, please."

Please select one.

After exchanging pleasantries, the two took their seats.

Another person whispered, "The boss is under too much pressure. Dean Jiang has seven or eight ideas every day. The boss is too tired. I found out a few days ago that he went to see a psychologist."

"Hahaha, that's great! This ketchup gives me energy!" Zhang Ke said excitedly as he ate fries while watching the game.

On the field, Li Tianbao performed a Thomas-style spin in place, like an acrobat, the soccer ball bouncing and the tiger hopping around him in circles.

Jiang Baiyue rolled up a roast duck and said excitedly while eating, "I initially thought about having Li Tianbao participate in boxing matches, but the audience for boxing is worlds apart from that for football! Playing football is an option, we'll see if we use it later."

"He played incredibly well. To be honest, I'm a football fan. You know the guy who refunded money? He's my friend."

Meanwhile, on the football field, Li Tianbao was also resting, feeding the tiger duck carcasses, which the tiger ate with gusto.

Li Tianbao clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "Hey, she's a tigress."

The tiger finished its meal in a few bites, then nuzzled Li Tianbao with its big head, begging for more food like a spoiled child.

Li Tianbao sat cross-legged beside it, laid out various foods, and occasionally tossed chicken legs and pieces to the tiger as food.

The tiger was very clever; it caught the food with its mouth, and the man and the tiger had a great time playing together.

Li Tianbao took out his walkie-talkie and said softly, "Jiang Baiyue, this tiger isn't very wild anymore. Did it grow up in a zoo? How am I supposed to subdue it?"

From the stands, Jiang Baiyue said, "They're from the zoo. Next time they catch a wild tiger, you'll be the one to subdue it!"

Li Tianbao put his forearm into the tiger's mouth, but the tiger didn't bite; instead, it licked it.

"Tiger, you are very happy to be kept in captivity by humans, but you have also lost your nature. It's both good and bad."

The tiger seemed to understand, letting out a roar in response.

Li Tianbao was taken aback and asked, "You can understand me?"

The tiger nodded.

"What the hell? Take a couple of steps."