newbobooks Chapter 25 Azure Dragon Koi
Chapter 25 Azure Dragon Koi
Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.
After learning that the little fish fry was a Qinglong koi, Cheng Huan quickly moved away from Dong'an Village with his only offspring and settled down in a secluded lakeside.
Cheng Huan raised the fry to be plump and strong, following the habits of the Azure Dragon Koi recorded in ancient books.
The small fish fry slowly grew into large fish fry, and at the beginning of the following year, the large fish fry transformed into human form.
The large fish fry transformed into a chubby little girl.
The little girl had not yet awakened her spiritual roots and could not cultivate. Every day she would pester Cheng Huan to carry her on his back and hug her.
The little girl's chubby little feet never touched the ground before she was three years old.
Before the age of three, children need to be held every day; after the age of three, they run away as soon as they are put down.
Cheng Huan kept her by his side with a spirit rope every day, afraid that the child would run away if he wasn't careful.
Later, the girl awakened the four spiritual roots of water, ice, air, and fire, which are of the middle grade of the seventh level. After the awakening of the spiritual roots, Cheng Huan began to teach her cultivation.
The little green dragon koi is exceptionally talented, cultivates very quickly, and becomes increasingly bold.
Before Cheng Huan could react, the little koi carp had escaped and was now roaming freely, going up mountains and down to lakes, hunting birds and catching fish—it dared to go anywhere.
She burned the forest on the mountain three times.
The child ran ahead, and Cheng Huan chased after him; the child set fire in front, and Cheng Huan put out the fire with water from behind.
As she grew older, the little girl became curious about the outside world and pestered her master with all sorts of questions every day.
The girl asked, "Master, what's behind the mountain?"
Cheng Huan replied, "Behind the mountain are more mountains."
The girl asked, "Master, what's on the other side of the lake?"
Cheng Huan replied, "The other side of the lake is still a lake."
The little girl asked, "Master, how old is Little Salted Fish this year?"
Cheng Huan replied, "The harbinger bird has sung five times, and Little Salty Fish is five years old this year."
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The harbinger bird sang 123 times, and the little salted fish grew to be 123 years old.
Cultivators age more slowly, while demons appear even younger.
Even at 123 years old, Xianyu still looks like he's 13 or 14.
One day, he came back from somewhere having been naughty, his face turning blue and purple, his cheeks puffed out and his eyes red, and said to Cheng Huan, "Master, I want to go to the Jiaoluo Secret Realm."
Cheng Huan felt a thunderclap in his ears.
He grabbed a stick and angrily demanded, "Where are you going? Say it again!"
Salty Fish had never seen his master so angry, but he still stubbornly insisted, "I want to go to the Dragon Snail Secret Realm, I want to become stronger!"
Cheng Huan slammed his stick into the ground in anger: "The Dragon Snail Secret Realm, where did you hear about it!"
Xianyu pointed to the wound on his face: "The cultivators who hunted beasts on the mountain said that they laughed at me for being weak and ganged up on me to beat me up."
There were indeed occasional other cultivators hunting beasts on the mountain. Cheng Huan put down his stick and began his earnest lecture to the little koi: "Don't care what others say, just live your own life well..."
Having grown up and even been beaten once, the salted fish is no longer buying into his master's act.
No matter how earnestly Cheng Huan tried to persuade him, Xianyu still pestered his master every day to go to the Jiaoluo Secret Realm.
Having exhausted all his tricks and having no other choice, Cheng Huan had no choice but to tell her about the little koi's parents' plight.
The salted fish has finally calmed down.
The little koi fish calmed down, but the cultivators they encountered on the mountain had other ideas.
Several cultivators had originally planned to go to the Jiaoluo Secret Realm. They went up the mountain to hunt beasts in preparation for their trip, but they unexpectedly encountered the little koi.
After hunting the beasts, the cultivators roasted the meat on the spot and discussed their trip to the Jiaoluo Secret Realm.
The salted fish, also in the mountains, grew increasingly curious as it listened, and the more curious it became, the closer it drew...
The demon cultivators quickly discovered her and were overjoyed to learn that she was a koi demon.
Among their demon race, the koi carp is the luckiest.
So they tried to trick Xianyu into joining them, but Xianyu refused and they beat him up.
After returning home, the demon cultivators pondered for a few days and decided that they would feel more at ease bringing the little koi fish with them.
If deception doesn't work, then just kidnap them.
At first, some members disagreed, but someone said, "At worst, we can just kidnap her, treat her well, and share some with her after we find the treasure. Once she gets her share, she'll know how good it is."
So everyone agreed.
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Although the lazy bum had calmed down, Cheng Huan still kept her under control every day, afraid that the little one might run away on impulse.
Several cultivators had been sneaking around the lake for several days, but the little koi carp hadn't come out. Finally, they decided to just steal it.
Two high-level cultivators distracted Cheng Huan, while the other three grabbed the salted fish and ran away.
Cheng Huan quickly discovered that Xianyu had been kidnapped. Enraged, he no longer held back and killed the two demon cultivators who were holding him back.
This was the first time Cheng Huan had killed a member of his own clan.
Of the three cultivators who kidnapped Xianyu, one was extremely good at hiding. Fortunately, Xianyu knew to leave clues and seized the opportunity to pluck a fish scale...
Cheng Huan chased them all the way to the bottom of the Jiaoluo Sea and finally intercepted them before they entered the secret realm.
Salty Fish didn't suffer much. The three cultivators treated her well, providing her with good food and drink. They found many treasures along the way and shared some with Salty Fish.
Cheng Huan then left them with their bodies intact.
This was the second time Cheng Huan had killed members of his own clan.
However, fate is always full of twists and turns, and the master and his disciples encountered an underwater whirlpool on their return journey.
In the face of natural disasters, as long as you have not yet become a god, then whether you are an immortal, a demon, or a monster, you are insignificant.
Xianyu and Chenghuan were still swept into the mysterious realm by the underwater vortex.
The master and his apprentice were trapped in the Mysterious Realm for a very, very long time.
There were no harbingers of new life on the seabed, so the salted fish had no idea how many years it had been trapped in the secret realm with its master.
Fortunately, there is a day and night in the secret realm, and there are many spiritual plants. As long as they are not uprooted, the spiritual plants grow very quickly, so Xianyu and his master have no worries about food.
Until one day, many cultivators came to the secret realm...
Those cultivators explored the secret realm and found many treasures.
Later, something those cultivators did caused many strange sea creatures to appear in the secret realm, including a terrifying monster...
None of those cultivators survived; their severed limbs and treasures were scattered everywhere...
Cheng Huan, carrying the salted fish, desperately fled and finally found the exit of the secret realm.
At the exit of the secret realm, there are many stone statues, including statues of cultivators and statues of strange beasts.
Cheng Huan carefully walked through the stone statues with the salted fish in his arms.
However, halfway through the journey, many vines suddenly sprouted from the walls on both sides of the stone statue.
Countless tentacles sprouted from the vines, coming from all directions to hunt down the master and his disciple.
The master and apprentice didn't know what would happen if they were grabbed by the tentacles, but they certainly wouldn't survive...
Cheng Huan and Xian Yu ran towards the exit, doing everything they could to stop the tentacles, but no matter how they cut them, they couldn't cut them all off...
Finally, Xianyu and his master were getting closer and closer to the exit... The words carved on the rock wall at the exit were getting brighter and brighter...
When Xianyu and his master flew out, they finally saw the words carved on the rock wall at the exit: "Don't even think about escaping."
Don't even think about escaping...
Cheng Huan also saw the three words clearly. He immediately gathered his last bit of spiritual energy and pushed the salted fish out. Then he felt something hit his leg hard, and he and the salted fish fell outside the secret realm exit.
He fell onto a patch of gravel.
Finally, they escaped...
Salty Fish exclaimed joyfully, "Master! We've finally escaped!"
But the master did not respond.
The salted fish looked back and saw that his master's legs had already begun to turn to stone...
Before there was time to grieve and weep, the master took out an ancient book and a jade tablet and placed them on the ground.
Then his master sternly shouted, "Kneel down, you salted fish! I command you to acknowledge this jade tablet as your master! After I die, you must..."
Cheng Huan has been completely turned into a stone statue.
Before her master could finish speaking, she still didn't know what to do next.
Xianyu knelt before his master's stone statue and cried for a long time.
He cried until night fell, then put away his book and jade pendant, kowtowed several times to the stone statue, and left this potentially dangerous place.
Her master risked his life to protect her, and she was determined to protect her own life as well.
Xianyu read about the legend of the Azure Dragon in an ancient book and learned that he had the bloodline of the Azure Dragon. Xianyu felt that this must be the secret his master had kept hidden until the very end.
"After my death, you must..."
What must be done? Salty Fish guessed it must be related to his Azure Dragon bloodline.
Ancient books say that the Azure Dragon Koi can transform into a dragon by leaping over the Dragon Gate at Tianya Pond in Yuanzhou.
Salty Fish believes that her master must have forced her to jump over the Dragon Gate!
She plunged into the sea and swam towards the Jiaoluo coast. She wanted to find out where Yuanzhou and Tianyachi were, and she wanted to leap over the Dragon Gate!
When she landed on the Jiaoluo Sea, the Flower Crown Announcing Bird sang for the 124th time, and the Salted Fish knew that she was 124 years old this year.