Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 10
Chapter 10
The next day, Nan Zhi arrived at Yu Shu’s courtyard early.
She waited and waited, but Yu Shu was nowhere to be seen. Nan Zhi once again became an uninvited guest.
She bent her fingers and knocked on Yu Shu’s door.
Three long, two short. No response.
She repeated the pattern, but there was still no one.
Nan Zhi looked around, thought, “Strange,” and then pushed the door open.
“Creak—”
The morning sun slanted into the dim room. The dust floating in the air gained a hint of life.
It was eerily quiet.
Nan Zhi frowned and instinctively called out, “Young City Lord?”
It was still frighteningly quiet. The stiff bed curtains blocked all auras.
She inexplicably walked in and pulled back the bed curtains that looked out of place with the room’s interior.
The scene on the bed came into view.
A little white tiger, as adorable as jade and snow, was lying quietly on the bed.
Nan Zhi again thought, “Strange.”
This person from Yulin City doesn’t seem like the type to sleep until the sun is high in the sky. What’s going on?
Thinking this, she immediately drew out a wisp of spiritual energy, intending to investigate.
Instantly, a light blue spiritual energy flew from her finger onto the little white tiger. She moved her index finger slightly, carefully investigating.
Deep into the meridians, normal. Five senses, normal. Divine consciousness, normal. Wait a minute…
She took two steps forward, picked up the fluffy paw, and began to infuse it with spiritual energy.
One second, two seconds…
The little white tiger on the bed slowly opened her misty eyes and just quietly looked at Nan Zhi.
“…”
“Bang.”
A flash of white light appeared, and the little white tiger, Yu Shu, turned into a human.
She was only wearing a thin undershirt, and her usually meticulously combed hair was draped behind her head.
Seeing Nan Zhi hurriedly look away, she skillfully clenched her silver teeth, her eyes filled with shame and anger. “Who gave you permission to come in like this?”
Nan Zhi instantly understood what Yu Shu was saying. She tried to explain.
“At first, I waited outside the courtyard.”
“When I came, there was no one in your courtyard, and I knocked on the door twice.”
“But, Young City Lord…”
A rustling sound came from behind her, indicating that Yu Shu was getting dressed.
“Just now, when I took your pulse, I found that you should get a medical cultivator.” After the sound stopped, Nan Zhi turned around and said sincerely, “The spatial tunnel is bumpy and unstable. I’m afraid your body can’t handle it.”
In reality, Nan Zhi wanted to say—If anything goes wrong, the entire Dragon Clan wouldn’t be able to compensate for this noble and precious Young City Lord.
Things did not go as she had hoped.
The noble and precious Young City Lord slowly spoke, “I heard that the Dragon Clan can travel a thousand miles a day against the wind…”
“…”
Nan Zhi’s face instantly fell.
She, of course, knew what Yu Shu was saying. Yu Shu was clearly planning to use her as a mount.
Hateful.
This malicious, vengeful, and troublesome little tiger.
It was a waste of her time to worry so much. The person she should be worrying about is herself, the one Yu Shu is constantly tormenting in different ways!
Perhaps her resentment was too strong, so Yu Shu asked, “What’s wrong? You’re unwilling?”
“How could I be?” Nan Zhi laughed, secretly grinding her teeth, but her expression was proper. “When shall we depart?”
“When?”
Yu Shu arranged her clothes in the mirror. A wooden hairpin held her hair in a simple bun. She used a purification spell, a radiant glow spell, and various other spells…
She said, “Now.”
Depart immediately.
Nan Zhi dutifully turned into her original form and lay down in Yu Shu’s courtyard.
And that person—was leisurely walking toward her, all the while gently comforting her worried maid.
Nan Zhi looked at the sky, her helplessness and sadness growing.
Suddenly, a weight fell on her.
She looked back blankly. Yu Shu was lying on her, gently hugging her dragon horns.
“Let’s go.”
Nan Zhi’s mood was subtle. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say. In the end, she could only turn her grief and anger into speed and flew directly toward the West Sea.
The wind howled. When she passed through the clouds, Nan Zhi faintly heard Yu Shu say, “Wait…”
She slowed down and hovered in mid-air, asking, “What is it?”
“Go to the Ancient Moon Pavilion first.”
Nan Zhi couldn’t help but look back, thinking, Shouldn’t we be going to the West Sea?
Yu Shu slowly revealed a smile, looking considerate. “Oh, I forgot to tell you before.”
Nan Zhi: …
“The Young Pavilion Lord is getting married, and Yulin City wants to send a gift.”
The Ancient Moon Pavilion and the West Sea were completely in different directions. Nan Zhi just quietly looked at Yu Shu, trying to let her know—
That’s a different price!
“I’m sure you also know…” Yu Shu gently furrowed her brows, looking empathetic and embarrassed. “That place has a formation, so the teleportation array can’t reach it. If it weren’t for that…”
“If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t want to inconvenience you.”
Nan Zhi carefully looked, trying to see Yu Shu’s feigned expression and the look she gave when she was toying with her, but she saw none.
After a while, she asked, “Really?”
“Of course. If the teleportation array could reach it, I would never inconvenience you.”
The Young City Lord’s voice was soft and her expression was sincere, so sincere that it made Nan Zhi feel a little dazed.
It was hard for Nan Zhi not to believe her. Of course, part of the reason was that one of her few friends was the other protagonist of the wedding.
Because she was delayed by Yu Shu’s trip to the West Sea, she had her master, the old man Changling, bring a gift. Now she could witness it with her own eyes.
Against the wind, she flew south.
After flying for a hundred thousand eight hundred miles, the white clouds in the sky turned into thunder clouds.
A light rain began to fall at an inappropriate time. A dragon and a tiger finally arrived near the Ancient Moon Pavilion.
Nan Zhi suddenly slowed down and said, “Young City Lord, I’m afraid you’ll have to walk from here.”
Yu Shu didn’t mind. She lightly patted the dragon scales beneath her and said softly, “No need. Just fly directly in.”
Nan Zhi turned her head and looked back, explaining with a numb expression:
“The Ancient Moon Pavilion has an invisible shield.”
Yu Shu shook her head and refused. “It’s fine. I have a pass from the Pavilion Lord. We can fly straight in.”
Nan Zhi was half-convinced and immediately took off.
During this time, Yu Shu even patted her, urging her. “Fly faster.”
“…”
Nan Zhi felt bitter inside. She looked at the invisible shield ahead and reluctantly sped up.
And then—
“Bang!”
The Young City Lord was high and mighty.
And she fell off the city wall.
In a blink of an eye, a group of fierce guards with weapons appeared, while the Young City Lord was still standing on the city wall, smiling.
Nan Zhi closed her eyes in anger.
Hateful, this vengeful, troublesome little tiger.
“An enemy attack! Quickly arrest her!”
Nan Zhi’s body trembled with anger.
However, she was not arrested.
“Wait.” The Young City Lord jumped off the city wall, stood in front of her, and said with a smile, “Yulin City’s Yu Shu and East Sea’s Nan Zhi are here to congratulate Miss Shen on her marriage.”
Nan Zhi: …
Even though she wasn’t arrested, she couldn’t be happy.
The guards looked at each other and frowned. “Congratulate? The couple’s ceremony was canceled an hour ago.”
Yu Shu was slightly stunned.
When she said that, even Nan Zhi couldn’t help but be stunned.
But since it concerned her friend, she didn’t say anything. She just lightly patted the grass dust off her body and quietly stood behind Yu Shu, listening.
“This matter is a secret. We don’t know the inside story.”
“But… you want to see our Miss?”
“Then quickly follow me.”
After some communication, the guards led Yu Shu and Nan Zhi to a small courtyard. Along the way, cultivators kept leaving. They were all important figures in the Nine Provinces.
Soon, the two were led into the Ancient Moon Pavilion.
After a brief inquiry, the Pavilion’s elders quickly led the two to a small courtyard.
As soon as they entered, they smelled a strong medicinal fragrance. In a corner, a medicine boy was fanning a fire under a pot of medicine.
Nan Zhi immediately frowned.
She and Yu Shu walked into the room and saw the Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Miss, who looked so frail that she seemed to be at death’s door. Nan Zhi’s heart sank.
A few months ago, she and her friend were training in a secret realm when her friend was forcibly taken away by someone from the Ancient Moon Pavilion.
She couldn’t just stand by and watch this happen, so she immediately sent a message to the East Sea to arrange for her clansmen to go to the Ancient Moon Pavilion to rescue her friend. But her master sent her a message.
The gist was—her friend and the Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Miss were a match made in heaven, and she absolutely could not interfere.
Her master, the old man Changling of the Heavenly Grace Sect, had such accurate divination skills that his life lamp would flicker whenever he used them.
Because of this, Nan Zhi decided not to get involved.
Later, she was delayed by Yu Shu’s matter, so she asked her master to bring the congratulatory gift. She had originally planned to visit after her trip to the West Sea was over.
But what’s going on now?
“Nan Zhi? You’ve come at the right time. Come and draw out the bad luck from Miss Shen.” Her master, the old man Changling, suddenly spoke.
Instantly, all the eyes in the room fell on Nan Zhi. The Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord’s brows furrowed even deeper.
Nan Zhi took two steps forward and asked the old man Changling with her eyes, “Bad luck?”
“The Misfortune Talisman you wrote with your own bl00d.” The old man Changling’s gaze fell on Yu Shu behind Nan Zhi. He slowly moved his gaze back and said, “First, draw out the bad luck.”
Nan Zhi was silent. After a moment of silence, she moved her index finger.
A wisp of black energy mixed with a dragon’s breath was drawn from Miss Shen’s forehead. Instantly, Miss Shen’s pale face looked much better.
At this moment, the Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord, who had been holding back for a long time, spoke. Her voice was low. “Where did the Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell Talisman fall?”
When she said that, Miss Shen, who was lying on the sickbed, struggled to sit up.
Her face was completely devoid of color, and her hair hung down the side of her face.
Nan Zhi sniffed and suddenly smelled a strong medicinal fragrance and a deathly aura from Miss Shen.
She lowered her eyes, and her voice was low and slow. “Mother, let her go…”
The fragile and hopeless voice made everyone feel a sense of pity.
After a long time, her head drooped even lower. She seemed to be trying to persuade the Pavilion Lord and also herself.
“It was our mistake to force her.”
“I don’t want to see her again.”
The Ancient Moon Pavilion’s Pavilion Lord’s brows furrowed into a chasm. She tightly clenched her hands, and her gaze fell on Nan Zhi.
Her expression changed several times. After a while, she let out a breath. “Alright.”
“…”
Nan Zhi was silent again.
She thought that she understood what was going on.
Her friend was missing, and Miss Shen was bedridden.
It was all because of her.