Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Nan Zhi thoughtfully stroked her chin.
The Young City Lord in front of her was acting strange. She didn’t know what she was thinking. Her face was also very red, as if she were angry.
However…
Nan Zhi was sure that she hadn’t provoked the Young City Lord.
She couldn’t help but reach out and wave her hand in front of Yu Shu’s eyes, asking, “Young City Lord?”
No reaction.
Nan Zhi poked Yu Shu’s shoulder.
“Young City Lord?”
“Ah…”
Yu Shu retreated several steps. Her pretty face was completely flushed.
At this moment, her face was hot, her ears were hot, her shoulder that Nan Zhi had touched was even hotter, and her mood was rising and falling.
She faced Nan Zhi’s gaze with a red face, clenching her skirt, and said intimidatingly, “Nan Zhi, don’t think about it. It’s impossible!”
Nan Zhi: …
Think about what?
She looked at Yu Shu in confusion, tilted her head, and made a questioning sound from her nose. “Think about what?”
Yu Shu’s face was red, and her angry eyes glared at Nan Zhi, who always asked the obvious. She gritted her teeth. “You’d better not provoke me.”
Nan Zhi: …
What did I provoke?
But, the Young City Lord seems to be inexplicably angry again.
Nan Zhi pursed her lips. She kept her eyes to herself and her nose to her heart. She immediately decided to admit her mistake in order to maintain a good relationship.
“I was wrong.”
“From now on, I’ll listen to the Young City Lord. I won’t think about it again.”
Her voice was sincere, and her eyes were very serious.
But Yu Shu didn’t feel relieved. Instead, she felt even angrier. She clenched her skirt, her face sinking. “Say that again?”
Nan Zhi raised her head. A faint smile appeared on her beautiful face. She said seriously, “Whatever the Young City Lord says, it is. I’ll listen to the Young City Lord and won’t think about it again.”
Yu Shu: …
Even angrier.
It was like hitting a cotton ball.
But Nan Zhi’s words were clearly the answer she wanted.
Why am I so angry? It’s as if I can’t stand Nan Zhi saying those words in that tone.
Yu Shu couldn’t figure it out, but she was too lazy to think. She stifled her frustration, glared at Nan Zhi, and walked straight ahead.
Nan Zhi, who was completely confused the whole time: …
The Young City Lord was now a ticking time bomb. She didn’t dare to provoke her or say anything. She could only follow her closely.
The Young City Lord walked very fast. Nan Zhi followed with a stiff face.
And then—
The Young City Lord suddenly stopped. Nan Zhi didn’t have time to stop.
“Bang!”
“Nan… Zhi.”
The Young City Lord suddenly turned around, her eyes burning.
Nan Zhi trembled twice. She put on an awkward but polite smile. “What’s wrong, Young City Lord?”
The Young City Lord said word by word, “You did that on purpose.”
“…”
Nan Zhi didn’t know how to respond to that.
On purpose? Not on purpose?
No matter how I answer, it won’t calm her down, right?
She racked her brain, and a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her.
“Young City Lord, look.”
Yu Shu didn’t want to pay any attention to Nan Zhi, but this person was making a big fuss.
Nan Zhi made a hand seal. A glowing formation appeared between the two of them.
Yu Shu expressionlessly watched, wondering what kind of trouble Nan Zhi was going to cause.
The formation lit up with scattered sparks, flickering non-stop.
Suddenly.
“Chirp…”
Beams of beautiful fireworks were born from it, rising with a colorful, dazzling light.
They rose right in front of Yu Shu.
“Bang—”
Sparks flew. The fireworks exploded.
Her thoughts froze. Yu Shu vaguely felt that it wasn’t just the fireworks that were exploding…
She frowned. A sense of frustration inexplicably welled up in her heart, frustrated that her thoughts were not her own but were controlled by Nan Zhi.
I should be angry.
But through the fireworks, Nan Zhi slowly spoke, “How is it?”
Yu Shu’s mood was hard to describe. Her words took a turn. “Boring.”
Nan Zhi stretched out the “oh~” sound. “I’ll study something more interesting next time.” The more she spoke, her voice became more amusing and hilarious. “So, will the Young City Lord stop being angry now?”
“You’re not answering me?”
“Then I’ll put it another way. Is the Young City Lord still going to the West Sea?”
Yu Shu suddenly laughed out loud. Afterward, she realized that she should be angry at this moment.
A breath later, she furrowed her brows, slapped Nan Zhi’s hand away, and huffed, “Yes, why wouldn’t I?”
Nan Zhi raised an eyebrow and smiled. “Let’s go.”
The miasma forest was not far from the West Sea. The two of them arrived after walking for the time it takes to brew a pot of tea.
This place was completely different from what Nan Zhi had expected.
According to the Chronicles of the Nine Provinces and her clansmen’s accounts, the West Sea should have been a vast expanse of blue water, but now…
It was black, dead water, with layer after layer of waves rolling in.
Nan Zhi couldn’t help but frown. As she frowned, she turned her head to Yu Shu. Yu Shu’s expression was exactly the same as hers, full of disdain.
Nan Zhi sighed silently.
This place was too dirty. Even the Water Weir Beast’s swamp was much cleaner than this.
“Don’t be in a hurry to go,” Nan Zhi said.
Even I can’t stand the black water of the West Sea. How can the Young City Lord endure it?
Nan Zhi put her hands together and began to make hand seals.
A sparkling golden spiritual energy began to jump in her palm. Nan Zhi pushed her hands, and the golden light jumped to Yu Shu’s feet.
The formation turned layer by layer, and a faint light appeared on Yu Shu’s body.
Nan Zhi slowly walked over, bent down, and patted the dusty hem of Yu Shu’s skirt, explaining, “With the formation, the water won’t touch the Young City Lord. If you really find it disgusting, I can cast a few more purification spells?”
Yu Shu didn’t answer for a long time. Nan Zhi couldn’t help but look up.
That person retreated two steps, her lips opened and closed, and she said softly, “I understand.”
Nan Zhi thought she was being disgusted, so she prepared to cast a few more formations, but her hand was grabbed.
Nan Zhi turned her head, looked at the hand on her wrist, and asked in confusion, “Young City Lord?”
Yu Shu quickly let go of her hand. She stood up on her own and walked straight toward the West Sea. “Don’t waste any more spiritual energy. Let’s just walk like this.”
Nan Zhi’s movements paused. She looked at Yu Shu’s back in confusion.
One second, two seconds…
She caught up to Yu Shu’s pace and asked, “Did you bring the Water-Repelling Pearl?”
Yu Shu glanced at Nan Zhi and quickly looked away. “I brought it.”
Nan Zhi nodded. “Then let’s go.”
A flash of azure light, and a beautiful azure dragon coiled on the shore. A clear dragon roar spread with the waves.
Nan Zhi wrapped up the flowing white clothes on the shore and leaped into the sea.
As soon as she entered the sea, Nan Zhi slowed down.
The black water of the West Sea was so dark that she couldn’t see her own fingers. She could only judge the intentions of the four directions by the vibrations from the water.
At this moment, a huge aura rushed at her. Nan Zhi immediately stopped.
It was a school of migrating fish. They were moving in groups, swimming in an orderly fashion.
A slick, soft feeling occasionally brushed past her side. Nan Zhi stood still, quietly waiting for them to pass.
This trip to the West Sea was more difficult than she had imagined. She had originally thought that she would only have to deal with a group of troublesome mermaids, but she never thought that she wouldn’t even be able to see clearly after entering the sea.
Suddenly, a faint fragrance came. Nan Zhi couldn’t help but twitch her nose.
Yu Shu wrapped her arms around her neck. Just as Nan Zhi was about to ask, Yu Shu’s hand fell on her face, covering her eyes with a thin membrane.
Immediately, her vision suddenly became clear.
Nan Zhi blinked. In the dim world, countless fish were swimming past them.
At this moment, Yu Shu leaned in, her soft voice next to her ear. “Can you see clearly now?”
The tip of her ear tingled slightly. Nan Zhi was stunned, then she sincerely praised her, “The Young City Lord is so amazing. You can do anything.”
The Young City Lord didn’t respond. Her hand intermittently and lightly stroked her scales.
Nan Zhi had no intention of figuring out Yu Shu’s thoughts, but the fish swimming past them knew.
When they brushed past her face, the burning temperature and the shimmering almond-shaped eyes, as well as the flushed ear tips and the paused breathing, were all indications.
Yu Shu lowered her eyes, her fingertips lightly pressing against the dragon scales beneath her.
She wanted to say that this was just something that even a new artifact refiner in the Nine Provinces would know how to make, and there was no need to bend over backward and constantly praise her to please her.
She also wanted to say—
I’ve rejected you many times, so why do you still not care and keep coming to flirt with me?
At first, she thought Nan Zhi was impatient to dual cultivate, but she never thought she was impatient to get married. The nature of the two things was very different.
Does Nan Zhi really like me that much?
But one person’s love can be unrequited. I’m really not interested in the Dragon Clan, and I have no… affection for Nan Zhi.
Now, Yu Shu didn’t know what to do.
She had rejected her many times, but Nan Zhi’s mindset hadn’t changed at all. Instead, she herself was becoming restricted because of her considerations.
It’s annoying.
It was so annoying that she couldn’t help but raise her hand and pat Nan Zhi.
Nan Zhi was stunned. She thought Yu Shu was getting impatient, so she immediately swam straight to the depths of the West Sea.
There was no conversation along the way. They swam for a very, very long time.
At this moment, the waves were unnaturally coming in layers. Nan Zhi vigilantly slowed down.
Layer after layer, accompanied by an unusual aura.
Not far ahead, two bright beads were flickering, floating with the waves in a lively manner.
Nan Zhi was greatly surprised. This was the only glowing existence in the dark sea and a bright jewel she had never seen before.
The Dragon Clan loves treasures, and she was no exception.
The flickering jewels had already made her heart itch, so much so that she wanted to take them and embed them in her cave.
Thinking this, Nan Zhi gradually got closer.
As she got closer, she didn’t forget to exclaim to Yu Shu, “Young City Lord, look. What beautiful beads.”
Yu Shu focused her gaze, and her expression suddenly changed. “Stop now!”
“What?”
“Stop now!”
“Ah—”
Nan Zhi, who loved treasures, was caught off guard and twitched all over from fear.
She fell to the ground, holding her chest and breathing heavily, her eyes full of disbelief.
This, this…
This is not a rare jewel at all. They are clearly two eyeballs!
“Who are you!”
The eyeballs started talking.
Nan Zhi’s gaze moved down, and she was choked again, caught off guard.
The creature in front of her was truly indescribable. Its shape was so strange that Nan Zhi couldn’t help but look away after just one glance.
It was a strangely shaped fish.
Its white skin was covered with a slippery, bluish-green fish skin. Its bright eyes were shining and sparkling. Its slightly open, plump lips vaguely showed sharp, knife-like teeth inside.
It stared blankly at Nan Zhi, its expression both dazed and foolish.
Nan Zhi really couldn’t hold back and let out a small laugh.
The Mermaids hadn’t been seen for tens of thousands of years, so she naturally had never seen one.
It’s just… I never thought that the Mermaids, who were described as having beautiful appearances in the Chronicles of the Nine Provinces*, would turn into a silly fish with a fish head and a human body.*
At this moment, the silly fish came closer.
Its lips opened and closed. A lot of bubbles came out of its gills. It was so anxious. “You must not be a creature of the West Sea. Quick, tell me where you came from, and how are you so good-looking?”
Oh.
So the way the Mermaids judge non-clansmen is based on their looks.
“East Sea,” Nan Zhi replied.
The silly fish suddenly realized. It slapped its head. Its plump lips opened and closed excitedly:
“The East Sea!”
“Father King said that the East and West are from the same line. We’re relatives—”