Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Nan Zhi put on an awkward but polite smile.
The Water Weir Beast also silently protested, complaining about the name “Ugly.”
However, how could this change Yu Shu’s mind?
It couldn’t.
She quietly looked at Nan Zhi, looking like she wouldn’t give up.
The two of them stood in a stalemate for a second, then two…
Finally, Nan Zhi gave in with a soft laugh. She patted the Water Weir Beast’s head soothingly, her voice twisted. “Ugly, you’re so ugly. It’s only right to call you Ugly, isn’t it?”
The Water Weir Beast said nothing and bit Nan Zhi’s finger.
“Pfft.”
Yu Shu laughed unkindly, pretending to be concerned. “How is it? Does it hurt~”
“What do you think?” Nan Zhi expressionlessly pulled her finger away, the corner of her mouth twitching. “Are you satisfied, Young City Lord?”
“I am satisfied.” Yu Shu’s eyebrows raised. She suppressed her laughter and held out her palm. “So, where’s the thing?”
Nan Zhi was both angry and amused. After soothing the Water Weir Beast for a while, she presented the results.
Of course, the soothed Water Weir Beast was still not appeased and splattered Nan Zhi with mud before it was willing to leave.
Yu Shu took the membrane, and her mood began to improve. It was so good that she even mercifully bent her finger.
With a flash of white light, spiritual energy shot out from her fingertips, flying toward Nan Zhi’s body.
The purification spell was a success.
The mud splatters from the Water Weir Beast disappeared without a trace.
Nan Zhi silently pursed her lips. The feeling of spiritual energy gently enveloping her whole body made her mood subtle.
She felt from the bottom of her heart that this noble Young City Lord should be high and mighty, with a group of people carefully tending to her, surrounding her and making her happy.
Not like this, casting a purification spell on her, no matter the reason.
“What’s wrong? You don’t want to leave yet?”
This time, without waiting for Yu Shu to speak again, Nan Zhi silently walked forward, turned into an azure dragon, and wrapped around Yu Shu.
“Nan Zhi!” Yu Shu gritted her teeth in anger.
Nan Zhi hovered in mid-air, looked forward, and suddenly said, “Young City Lord, look.”
Yu Shu was expressionless and didn’t want to pay attention.
“That cloud, what do you think it looks like?”
Yu Shu expressionlessly looked at the strangely shaped cloud in front of her.
The surrounding clouds had dispersed, and only one remained under the sun.
It had a silly-looking head, a soft and fluffy body, and the clouds beneath its feet looked like four little hooves.
It looks like a little lamb?
“I don’t know,” Yu Shu deliberately said the opposite.
From below, Nan Zhi’s voice came. “It feels like a little tiger.”
…A little tiger?
Yu Shu came back to her senses. She angrily hit Nan Zhi and said furiously, “Nan Zhi, do you have to provoke me?”
Nan Zhi: …
Heaven and earth bear witness, I just genuinely thought it looked like one.
How is that provoking her?
Nan Zhi’s voice was calm, and she was quick to admit her mistake. “I was wrong. I won’t do it again.”
“Hmph.”
Yu Shu just let out a light hum and said nobly and aloofly, “Good, at least you’re sensible.”
Nan Zhi: …
See? That’s just how the Young City Lord is.
She had only discovered this recently.
As long as she admitted her mistake quickly and sincerely, the Young City Lord would lift her hand high and bring it down lightly.
She’s inexplicably easy to appease.
Nan Zhi couldn’t help but smile. Her gaze also fell on the cloud that looked like a little white tiger.
“Are you not going to fly?”
Nan Zhi put away her smile and took the Young City Lord away.
The wind howled by. She again curled the corner of her lips to herself.
A little cute.
That strutting cloud is a little cute.
…
Flying quickly, the two of them soon arrived outside the miasma forest.
Now it was the artifact refiner’s turn to shine. Nan Zhi stepped back and quietly watched from the side.
The Young City Lord’s expression became much more serious.
Her slender fingers cleanly handled various materials, and at the same time, she controlled the spiritual fire in the cauldron very well. A hallucinatory aura soon came out.
Nan Zhi pursed her lips. Although the Young City Lord always did harmless things, once she started refining artifacts, she was a completely different person.
She praised her from the bottom of her heart.
However, as the number one artifact refiner in the Nine Provinces, she had heard countless praises in her daily life and didn’t lack this one.
In no time, the miasma-proof mask was successfully refined. The two of them walked into the miasma forest one after another.
The scenery in the forest was completely different from the outside. The trees were shady, and the lush branches and leaves blocked out all the sunlight.
What was also strange was—
Ever since they stepped into the miasma forest, they couldn’t hear a single sound, as if a storm was brewing.
Nan Zhi’s way of doing things was to go straight to the West Sea. She looked around and turned her head to look at Yu Shu.
She had a slender figure. She was wrapped in a moon-white cloud silk. A dark red bl00d jade hung from her waist. She was lowering her head, seriously looking at the artifact in her hand.
“Young City Lord?”
Yu Shu turned her head, her eyes soft.
“What is it?”
Yu Shu frowned. “The pressure of a Grand Ascension cultivator.”
When she said that, Nan Zhi also felt it.
At this moment, the forest became even more silent. The oppressive atmosphere was thick. Black shadows occasionally flashed in the depths.
Nan Zhi’s hair stood on end. She conjured a protective shield in front of Yu Shu and said in a low voice, “It’s here.”
“Rustle.”
The sound of a giant object moving through the grass.
Nan Zhi tilted her head, watching and listening in all directions. The bone puppet behind her was also carefully guarding Yu Shu.
“Swoosh—”
A thick vine shot out from the air.
Nan Zhi quickly pulled Yu Shu away, looking at the surroundings in shock. The branches swayed, birds and beasts flew in panic, and mosquitoes made a sound. All of a sudden, the unsettlingly silent miasma forest became lively.
Clearly, this was not something they could handle.
Nan Zhi quickly made a hand seal, preparing to cast a teleportation array.
“Swoosh—”
The vine shot out from the air again.
Yu Shu quickly took out a protective artifact to resist.
But things did not go as planned. The artifact shattered, and the vine went straight for Nan Zhi, who was making a hand seal.
At this point, Nan Zhi gave up on the hand seal and instead grabbed the vine. The rough branch scraped her palm, leaving it bloody. She used spiritual energy to explore the branch and her expression suddenly changed in fear.
It was a ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree.
Nan Zhi quickly let go of the vine and retreated again and again.
This ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree’s cultivation was comparable to the great protectors of the Dragon Clan…
She lowered her eyes and took out the Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell Talisman that the old man Changling had drawn. She took Yu Shu’s hand.
At the same time, the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree appeared.
It was an elderly man with eyebrows that hung down to the ground, a sallow face, and a face as wrinkled as a walnut. It restrained its heavy pressure and said seriously:
“A Dragon Clan and a Tiger Clan member? This is not a place for a fight. Why don’t you quickly retreat?”
Nan Zhi, who was preparing to use the Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell, paused her movements. Her expression relaxed, and the big rock in her heart fell. At least she knew that this ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree had no killing intent.
At this moment, Yu Shu stepped out from behind Nan Zhi.
Nan Zhi looked at her in confusion.
Yu Shu had a serious expression and said humbly, “Forgive us, Senior. I am Yu Shu from Yulin City.” She turned her head and met Nan Zhi’s gaze, her voice gentle. “She is the Young Master of the Dragon Clan, Nan Zhi.”
“The two of us will be getting married in three months. We are here to deliver an invitation to the Mermaid King of the West Sea. I hope, Senior, you will let us pass.”
“…”
Nan Zhi’s eyebrows drooped. She was so speechless that the corner of her mouth twitched.
The ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree had no killing intent toward them. Was the Young City Lord making things up so she could anger it?
However, things went beyond Nan Zhi’s expectations.
She thought that no one would believe such words, but the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree in front of her clearly believed it and was deeply shocked.
“What?!”
Its voice was full of energy, spreading throughout the miasma forest and echoing along the West Sea.
The ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree was very shocked. At first, it didn’t believe it at all, until it caught a glimpse of the two young ones’ clasped hands.
It shouldn’t be…
It remembered that tens of thousands of years ago, the Dragon and Tiger Clans had fought to the death, making its old tree life miserable. It never would have thought that—
Tens of thousands of years later, the little brats of the two clans are getting married?
I’ve only been out of the world for tens of thousands of years with the West Sea Mermaid Clan, and the world has already turned upside down.
This is a marriage between a dragon and a tiger. If I’m lucky enough to witness it once, my life will be worth it.
Thinking this, it stroked its whiskers, its face full of relief.
Seeing the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree’s expression, Yu Shu knew that it believed her, and their passage was secured. She smiled lightly, bowed deeply to the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree, and said very sincerely, “I hope, Senior, you will let us pass.”
The ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree’s smile grew wider. It nodded repeatedly, its voice a little excited. “You should, you should. However… if I can witness a marriage between a dragon and a tiger with my own eyes one day, my life will not have been in vain.”
It kindly beckoned to Yu Shu with a benevolent expression. “Come, come, little tiger cub. Tell me, where will you be getting married, and how much is the bride price?”
Yu Shu walked forward and slowly said:
“The couple’s ceremony will be held in Yulin City, and the bride price will be ten spiritual mountains.”
“…”
Nan Zhi was caught off guard and choked.
She was speechless and found it funny. This person from Yulin City really dares to say anything. Ten spiritual mountains weren’t a lot, it was just the amount the entire Dragon Clan could earn from mining non-stop for ten thousand years.
Of course, the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree and Yu Shu didn’t care about this small hiccup. The tree and the tiger were seriously discussing.
“When did the Dragon Clan become so wealthy?”
The ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree was very surprised. In its memory, the Dragon Clan was so poor that they even ate bark and almost chewed on it, a ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree.
“I will be the one marrying in,” Yu Shu said after a moment of silence.
Nan Zhi: …
She didn’t dare to listen anymore.
The two of them were saying more and more outrageous things, making her feel a sudden chill down her spine—it was the feeling of being targeted.
Of course, she would never say that, lest the Young City Lord mock her for being narcissistic. She didn’t say a word throughout the entire conversation, quietly listening like a mute.
Yu Shu and the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree discussed the marriage matters for a long time.
So long that Nan Zhi thought it all sounded plausible. If she weren’t a party involved, she would have almost believed it to be true.
However, it was also quite impressive that the Young City Lord was able to trick the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree all by herself.
It was like a storyteller and a listener.
Yu Shu was the storyteller, and the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree was the listener, occasionally exclaiming to show its shock.
Nan Zhi was completely numb. She was numbly waiting for the two of them to finish, so numb that she couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
When they walked out of the miasma forest, in addition to being numb, Nan Zhi couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up and praise her. “Young City Lord, your way with words is truly amazing.”
However, Yu Shu didn’t feel praised at all.
She gave Nan Zhi a strange glance, hesitating to speak.
Saying someone’s way with words is amazing is not a compliment for a woman, and especially not for a woman you want to dual cultivate with.
I’ve only been a little nicer to Nan Zhi in the past few days, and she’s already being so presumptuous and flirting with me?
The more Yu Shu thought about it, the angrier she became.
She held her breath and said through gritted teeth, “What was said just now is not true. You’d better not think too much about it.”
In fact, after saying goodbye to the ten-thousand-year-old ancient tree, Yu Shu regretted it.
This dragon, Nan Zhi, already has different ideas about me. And now I’ve said those things. Isn’t that just giving Nan Zhi hope?
It’s already a one-sided love. What if Nan Zhi misunderstands and thinks we’re in love with each other?
She emphasized again, “Nan Zhi, did you hear me?”
Nan Zhi, of course, didn’t take it seriously, but that didn’t stop her from feeling a subtle and hard-to-digest mood. She asked back, “Then why did the Young City Lord say those things just now?”
Is she just being careless?
What if this tree really comes to Yulin City in three months to attend the couple’s ceremony? How will she end it?
However, Yu Shu was afraid that Nan Zhi would misunderstand and didn’t want to talk about this topic anymore. She had a “you’re so strange” expression and said disdainfully, “Then do you have another way?”
“Then isn’t the Young City Lord afraid that it will become suspicious?” Nan Zhi asked again.
“…Then do you have another way?”
A repeat performance. Nan Zhi was a little speechless, but she asked again, “Young City Lord, have you ever thought about how you’ll end it if it really comes to the wedding?”
Nan Zhi quietly watched. The Young City Lord in front of her seemed to be taking her words to heart.
The Young City Lord was stunned. After being stunned, her expression changed to one of shock. She looked at Nan Zhi in shock.
She frowned and began to ponder.
Could it be that Nan Zhi is asking relentlessly because she’s impatient to get married to me?
No wonder.
Everything was starting to make sense.
But she had never thought about getting married, let alone to someone from the Dragon Clan.
No, absolutely not.