Chapter 13

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A single mother's daughter, wanting to make her father happy? Tang Sen couldn't help but feel a sense of shared hardship. Unconsciously, he added the girl's QQ number and opened the voice chat function: "Little girl, what dishes do you want to make for your dad?"

"Wow, the Guardian of Otaku Girls really appeared! I... I'm so happy! I don't know how to cook anything, can the Guardian introduce a few dishes to me?"

"Um, in that case, let's go with some simple home-style dishes. Your dad will be delighted just to eat a meal cooked by his daughter's hands. It doesn't have to be some grand, famous dish." Tang Sen had the girl bring her laptop into the kitchen and taught her how to cook using both voice and video. The girl wasn't too slow and, after an hour, she had learned several home-style dishes, enough for a meal for her and her father.

"That's it. Come to me if you have any more problems next time." Tang Sen closed the software, feeling quite pleased. Helping others was indeed a very happy thing.

His eyes then moved to the second wish: "I'm an otaku girl, and I like a male net friend. I want to write him a love letter, but... I'm too shy to write it. Guardian of Otaku Girls, please give me the courage."

Tang Sen couldn't help but smile wryly and replied to the wish: "Cheer up, be brave and go for it, and you will definitely succeed! There's nothing an otaku girl can't do." This wasn't just empty encouragement. From a young age, Tang Sen believed his super otaku mother could do anything. But as he grew older, his mother became increasingly weak, and he couldn't understand why.

Actually, this wasn't just Tang Sen's thought. All children, when they were young, generally thought their parents were incredibly powerful, that there was nothing they couldn't do. But as they grew older, they gradually realized that their parents' abilities were limited and not truly all-powerful.

Looking at the third wish: "Guardian of Otaku Girls, I want a lot of money. Please bless me to get rich!"

"This..." Tang Sen was drenched in sweat and couldn't help but complain to the computer screen: "I can't fulfill this wish."

Sun Wukong, hearing his words, laughed: "If you can't fulfill it, then don't."

"Ah? But... they worship me as a god and provide me with divine power. If I don't fulfill all their wishes, wouldn't I be letting them down?" Tang Sen said.

"That's where you're wrong," Sun Wukong said with a grin. "Even famous deities like the Buddha, Guanyin, and Laozi don't fulfill all their believers' wishes. They compile a list of wishes and select a few to fulfill, while ignoring most of them..."

"Is that okay?"

"What's not okay about it?" Sun Wukong laughed heartily. "Those greedy, lazy, or harmful wishes... do you really plan to fulfill them all?"

This sentence suddenly enlightened Tang Sen. Right! There was no need to pay attention to such things!

"Sun Wukong, even though you call yourself a demon king, I think you're not very demonic at all. You seem to understand a lot of principles..."

"Hahahaha, in my younger days, I also studied scriptures and doctrines, practiced calligraphy and burned incense... and I studied for six or seven years." She laughed, but her thoughts drifted back to the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave. In her youth, she never thought of being a villain; she only wanted to achieve immortality and eternal life. She learned many scriptures and doctrines from Patriarch Puti, and her power wasn't demonic but orthodox Daoist magic. However, ... because she offended the Heavenly Court, she was forcibly given the title of "Demon King."

But these were just old stories. Sun Wukong was a person who liked to look forward. With a laugh, she brushed aside the past: "Let's skip this wish and look at the next one..."

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At the same time that Tang Sen was working hard to fulfill the wishes of otaku girls, a whirlwind quietly swept through the internet... On various BBS, forums, message boards, and social media groups, otaku girls were already in a new round of excitement.

"Wow, the Guardian of Otaku Girls just contacted me. He really taught me how to cook a few dishes!"

"Does that mean the Guardian of Otaku Girls, Lord Tang Sen, really exists?"

"Really! I even had a video call with him. He's so handsome."

"Wow, the Guardian of Otaku Girls encouraged me to be brave and go for it..."

"The Guardian of Otaku Girls helped me write a love letter!"

"The Guardian of Otaku Girls helped me with my studies..."

As more and more otaku girls joined the group chat, the name of the Guardian of Otaku Girls spread rapidly on the internet. The faith in the Guardian of Otaku Girls quietly and steadily grew...

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Tang Sen and Sun Wukong spent the night hiding in the grass by the lake, too cautious to even set up a tent. When the morning sun shone down, Tang Sen emerged from the grass, shaking off the dew, feeling refreshed... Strange, after swinging the Golden Hoop Staff yesterday, he was exhausted and could barely move a finger. Now, he felt full of energy. It seemed that many otaku girls had burned incense and worshipped him, providing him with divine power.

Tang Sen gently shook Sun Wukong awake: "How are you feeling?"

Sun Wukong giggled: "Not bad, the wound isn't as painful anymore. My demon power is strong, and my self-recovery speed is fast. After a night, I'm about half healed. I can handle a few Heavenly Soldiers now, but I can't yet fight a Heavenly General."

Tang Sen nodded: "Since you're not fully healed, we shouldn't be too conspicuous. We should continue to stay within the range of the demonic aura... By the way, we'd better not provoke the demons stationed here. Better to be cautious."

Sun Wukong nodded, looked at the lake beside them, and frowned: "The demonic aura on this lake isn't very strong, but it's not weak either. In my current state, I might not be able to defeat the demon here."

The two quietly got up. Tang Sen put on his backpack, and Sun Wukong no longer needed to be carried. She held onto his arm and could walk on her own, though her steps were still a bit unsteady.

The demon was definitely stationed in the lake. Tang Sen wanted to stay as far away from the large lake as possible to avoid trouble, but they had fled here in a hurry yesterday and hadn't had a drop of water or a grain of rice. Now, they were both thirsty and hungry. They couldn't avoid going to the lake to get water. Thinking that such a large lake, where the opposite shore couldn't even be seen, couldn't possibly be fully controlled by the demon, Tang Sen approached the lake and filled a pot with water...

Hmm? There was a large white fish in the lake. Tang Sen reached out to catch it but missed. The fish reacted quickly and dove into the deep water. He didn't mind and just filled the pot with water. He set up a stove by the lake, placed the pot on the fire, and started cooking instant noodles.

Sun Wukong sat by the pot, rubbing her hands happily: "Instant noodles, I love them..."

"This isn't much. When we get to a town, I'll treat you to handmade noodles. That's the real good stuff." Tang Sen stirred the noodles with chopsticks, his eyes on the distant lake, imagining what kind of large demon could be hiding in such a big lake.

Suddenly, he heard a splash from the lake, as if something had jumped out. A cool breeze followed, and water droplets splashed on his face. Tang Sen was startled and quickly opened his eyes, but he saw nothing... Something had definitely passed by him just now!

He looked around but saw nothing. It wasn't until he turned his gaze back that he noticed the instant noodles he had just cooked were gone.

"I'm dizzy, did I see a ghost?"

Tang Sen jumped up. Could it be that the demon stationed in the lake had come out? But demons should eat people, not instant noodles, right? He looked around again, trying to find the demon, but there was nothing. The surroundings were quiet, and the only thing in the lake was a large white fish, swimming leisurely.

Just as he was puzzled, Sun Wukong pointed at the large white fish in the lake: "What kind of demon dares to play tricks in front of me? With my fiery eyes, no demon can hide. Show yourself!"

The large white fish, upon hearing this, leaped out of the water, grew in the wind, and transformed into a white dragon several zhang long, shaking its head and spewing clouds and mist, looking quite fierce...