Mistaking My Wife for a Spirit Pet - Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Just as she arrived at the auction house, her communication jade began to hum. Nan Zhi’s footsteps paused. She lowered her head to look, and Yu Shu’s voice rang out in her ear.

“Is someone looking for you?”

Nan Zhi reached out her fingertip, only to find that it was a message from the phoenix.

“What’s wrong?”

A smile appeared on Nan Zhi’s face. She changed the topic. “The Immortal Sect Grand Meeting is over. Where is the Young City Lord going?”

“Where…” Yu Shu’s eyes were full of confusion. “Why are you asking like that?”

Nan Zhi rubbed her forehead. She explained softly, “Of course, I want to know where the Young City Lord is going.”

Yu Shu smiled when she heard this. Waves rippled in her eyes. She turned and asked instead, “After you leave Chunlai City, where are you planning to go?”

Nan Zhi was choked. She asked again, “Why are you asking that, Young City Lord?”

Yu Shu pursed her lips and smiled a little. Her tone at the end of her words rose. “Of course, I want to know where you’re going?”

Nan Zhi: …

It was hard not to guess the meaning of the Young City Lord’s words.

“After the Immortal Sect Grand Meeting is over, how about I escort the Young City Lord back to Yulin City?”

Yu Shu’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly. She belatedly realized that Nan Zhi’s words were not an invitation to travel with her, but a way to get her to leave so she could go alone.

She couldn’t help but ask, “Why?”

There were still three months left until the wedding. Why did she want to leave her and go alone?

“Where are you going?” Yu Shu asked again.

Nan Zhi silently closed her mouth and didn’t answer.

Xuanming Mountain.

The phoenix feather was given voluntarily, and she was going voluntarily.

But these things couldn’t be said.

Yu Shu’s eyes gradually filled with disappointment in the silence. She opened her mouth and said sullenly, “If you don’t want to go with me and you don’t want to tell me… then I’ll go back to Yulin City.”

Nan Zhi’s lips were pursed tightly. She should have agreed to Yu Shu’s words, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it firmly.

She couldn’t say it because she didn’t want to refuse to travel with her.

She couldn’t say it because she didn’t want to tell her.

But the matter with Feng Zhiwei was something she couldn’t tell anyone.

She sighed, and said in a low voice, “I’m sorry.”

Silence flowed quietly. Just as Nan Zhi was getting frustrated, Yu Shu slowly walked forward, took her hand, and gently shook it. She said softly, “You’re just going to do your own thing. You don’t have to be sorry.”

“…”

Her mood didn’t get better because of Yu Shu’s words. Instead, it got worse. She couldn’t even look Yu Shu in the eyes.

Nan Zhi didn’t understand.

It was clearly a small matter, so why was it like this?

She pursed her lips again and nodded her head. “Does the Young City Lord want to stay in Chunlai City for a few more days?”

Yu Shu shook her head. She had no interest in staying here any longer, since Nan Zhi wasn’t planning on staying here either.

“Then when does the Young City Lord want to go back?”

“Stay with me before you leave tomorrow.”

Nan Zhi’s brow twitched. One second later, she slowly answered, “Okay.”

Stay with her for what?

Nan Zhi soon found out. It was nothing more than—

Looking at the stars, looking at the moon, looking at the flowing river, and looking at the wandering fish.

The moonlight tonight was peaceful and beautiful.

Nan Zhi leaned on the railing. She couldn’t help but look sideways, only to find that Yu Shu was looking at her. She didn’t know how long she had been looking.

“Young City Lord?”

Yu Shu slowly came back to her senses. She suddenly asked, “What’s the scenery like at Fengxue Pass?”

Fengxue Pass?

Nan Zhi put her thoughts back to a while ago—

The mountains were covered in white. The snow was soft. There were twinkling lights coming from the clouds, and there were cute little beasts jumping on the snow.

The little beasts looked cute, but they were not good to touch. They even pricked her hand.

Thinking of this, Nan Zhi couldn’t help but recall the little white tiger—Yu Shu—whom she had tormented so much that it had whimpered as if it had no love left to live in her first encounter.

Cute and beautiful.

“Nan Zhi?”

Nan Zhi’s thoughts were pulled back. She blurted out, “Beautiful.”

“After you’re done being busy, should we go together?”

“Okay.”

“And Phoenix Tree Mountain.”

“Okay…” Nan Zhi was stunned for a moment. She asked hesitantly, “Phoenix Tree Mountain?”

Yu Shu was confused. “Is there something wrong with it?”

Nan Zhi’s expression suddenly became hard to describe.

After thousands of years of effort, the Mountain-Returning Sparrows finally gave up their behavior of filling the East Sea and moved to Phoenix Tree Mountain. This place wasn’t only home to the Phoenix Clan, but also to other bird clans. It was a good thing for the birds to live there, but it wasn’t a good thing for the other clans.

The reason was simple—

The Mountain-Returning Sparrows pooped everywhere.

Phoenix Tree Mountain, which was originally ranked in the top ten of the Nine Provinces’ beautiful sceneries, had a sharp decline in the number of visitors. A group of indigenous people were miserable.

This group of stubborn birds was domineering and unreasonable. They also reproduced quickly, breeding one nest after another every spring. They also pooped in piles. As far as Nan Zhi knew, the Phoenix Clan was already preparing to move.

Thinking of this, her expression was blank. “We can’t go there.”

Yu Shu dug for the truth. “Why not?”

The Dragon Clan and the Mountain-Returning Sparrows had a grudge. She was buried for no reason a few days ago. It was hard not to guess what would happen if she went to Phoenix Tree Mountain.

The dead birds would poop on her head.

She had agreed to go earlier because the red-chained snake shedding made her greedy. If it was for a fun trip, absolutely not!

She continued to be expressionless. “We just can’t go.” She belatedly realized that her tone was too firm. She tried to salvage it. “That place is not good.”

“If the Young City Lord wants to see scenery, why don’t we go to the East Sea?”

“There’s an island there. The sea hits the reefs, and the wind blows the sand. When the trees sway, they can drop sweet fruits. There are also crabs living there and turtles crawling. Every conch buried in the sand can be blown.”

Yu Shu was in a daze, immersed in the world Nan Zhi described.

Undeniably, she was tempted.

She had seen many islands, not because of the scenery, but because of Nan Zhi’s gentle words and the light that outlined in her eyes.

“In my cave.”

“I built my cave on the island. My cave is filled with sparkling pearls, sparkling beautiful jade, sparkling…”

“…”

Of all the treasures in the cave, Yu Shu only remembered “sparkling.” For a moment, she had a sudden enlightenment and realized— Nan Zhi genuinely liked that glaze pendant.

Sparkling.

Yu Shu was silent. She said, “If you really like it, why don’t we go to Yulin City? There’s a lot of stuff at the auction house.”

Nan Zhi was silent.

Weren’t they going to look at scenery? Why were they going to Yulin City and not the East Sea?

Yu Shu also asked back, “Don’t you want sparkling things?”

“…”

The two of them were silent. They looked at each other with a silent understanding and had a sudden enlightenment.

“Let’s go to the East Sea.”

“I want the sparkling things.”

They smiled at each other.

…

The moonlight flowed slowly. Time passed quickly in the smiles that rippled in their eyes. The fish only jumped out of the water ten times before the night was already over.

Having not slept all night, Nan Zhi transformed into a dragon and stopped by the riverbank. But Yu Shu next to her shook her head and said, “No need.”

Nan Zhi didn’t understand what she meant. “What?”

Yu Shu bent down and patted her dragon horn. She said softly, “You don’t have to escort me back.”

Nan Zhi was stunned. She transformed into her human form and asked, “Why?” She vaguely remembered that the Young City Lord didn’t want to stay for a single moment, but what was the deal with her refusing the escort?

“Song Cai has made the arrangements. We’re taking a flying boat back.”

Nan Zhi’s brow twitched. She felt inexplicably bland in her mouth. She pursed her lips and said, “If it’s a flying boat, it’s indeed faster than me.”

Yu Shu felt a little like laughing.

Actually, it wasn’t. Nan Zhi was very busy. It would take two days to fly from Chunlai City to Yulin City. She had never thought of delaying Nan Zhi’s time.

Instead of delaying her by two days, it was better for Nan Zhi to finish her business two days earlier.

“It is faster, so I’m going with Song Cai.”

“But—”

“If you dare to be incommunicado again, you’re finished, you know?”

Nan Zhi was stunned and felt a little guilty.

Last time, she lied to Yu Shu about being busy, but in reality, she wanted to be a carefree cultivator in the Nine Provinces. As for being incommunicado? She was fully focused on her breakthrough to the Soul Transformation stage. As soon as she woke up, she came to Chunlai City and saw Yu Shu in just half a day.

But this time, she understood Yu Shu’s feelings… Being incommunicado was indeed not good.

“I won’t.”

Master of Thunder, how would I dare to be incommunicado?

Yu Shu smiled. She curved her eyes and couldn’t help but raise her hand and place it on the back of Nan Zhi’s hand. She said softly, “That’s good.”

The peaceful time didn’t last for long. The two of them parted ways.

Nan Zhi immediately sent a message to Feng Zhiwei. In just a moment, a fiery red phoenix slowly landed.

A red light flashed. A woman in red stood in front of Nan Zhi.

“I thought you wouldn’t be this early.”

Nan Zhi subconsciously said sarcastically, “Could you wait?”

There were priorities. Both of them knew that this matter was urgent and not slow. Feng Zhiwei was glad that Nan Zhi was willing to help, while Nan Zhi sighed that the proud and beautiful phoenix was willing to ask for help.

Feng Zhiwei’s expression softened. She said softly, “Thank you.”

Nan Zhi didn’t reply. Her gaze fell in the direction of Xuanming Mountain. She turned her head to look at Feng Zhiwei. “Shall we go?”

Feng Zhiwei slowly nodded.

The next moment, two figures, one a dragon and the other a phoenix, appeared soaring through the sky above Chunlai City. They flew all the way north, heading straight out of the city.

At the same time, a flying boat with a chilling aura was also suspended in midair. Two people, one in white and one in yellow, stood in the outer cabin. It was Yu Shu and Song Cai. The clouds rushed past their faces. Song Cai subconsciously stretched. She said with emotion, “We’re finally going back. I’m so sick of this place.”

Yu Shu glanced at her indifferently. She said leisurely, “No one asked you to come.”

No one asked Song Cai to come. This cat even ruined a lot of her plans a few days ago, which was a real eyesore.

Song Cai rolled her eyes. She said in a bad mood, “You just wait. I’ll tell Li Yu everything about Chunlai City, and then she can nag at you.”

Yu Shu couldn’t help but laugh.

This cat and this fish were completely fearless, but since this cat was too annoying, she didn’t mind adding to her troubles.

“The day before yesterday, you caught a little yellow fish by the river and ate it. Yesterday, you bought a dried little fish from the street and ate it.”

“I’ll tell Li Yu everything about Chunlai City too. You’d better be careful.”

Song Cai: …

What’s with this?

She was already being sneaky, so how did she still find out?

She felt inexplicably guilty. She glanced at Yu Shu guiltily and turned her back, trying to cover it up. After turning her back, she secretly glanced at Yu Shu again. She put her gaze back on the clouds, and suddenly froze—

“Wait…”

“No waiting. I’ve already told Li Yu.”

Song Cai frowned. She pointed at the sky and said in a deep voice, “Look—”

Hearing this, Yu Shu looked over.

Not far away, above the clouds.

A green dragon and a fiery red phoenix were flying on the clouds. A long red light and a green shadow trailed in the sky. The soft clouds were scattered by the two demons flying against the wind.

Yu Shu subconsciously pursed her lips and frowned.

“It’s Nan Zhi and… Feng Zhiwei.”

Yu Shu’s frown deepened. She said irritably, “You don’t have to remind me.” She didn’t need Song Cai to remind her. With just one look, she knew that the one in the sky was Nan Zhi, and the phoenix flying next to Nan Zhi had to be Feng Zhiwei.

But why?

She was in such a hurry to send her away. So eager—to travel with Feng Zhiwei. She didn’t even want to tell her where she was going.

Embarrassment and frustration rose within her. She knew what it was for.

Nan Zhi and Feng Zhiwei had an engagement. Nan Zhi once had feelings for Feng Zhiwei. The Heart-Guarding Dragon Scale and the phoenix feather had already been exchanged.

She subconsciously took out the red feather. Feng Zhiwei’s aura was strong, but she remembered Nan Zhi’s words.

I only wish that everything goes smoothly and you are safe and sound.

Nan Zhi was indeed very good, but she also truly cared about these things. She still did now, and even more so.

After the red light and green shadow disappeared into the sky, the whistling wind in her ears became even more piercing. Her fingertips were turning white from pressing down.

“Shu Shu, you…”

Yu Shu’s expression became composed. She turned around and looked at her. “What’s with that expression?”

Song Cai’s expression froze. Her brows were tightly furrowed.

That was what she wanted to ask—

What’s with that expression?

A bad premonition suddenly rose in her heart. She had a premonition that the troublesome matter she was worried about was about to happen, but she didn’t even dare to look at it now.

“What are you doing?”

“With whom?”

Song Cai covered her face.

Her silly friend just asked Nan Zhi directly, but if a person had a change of heart, would they admit it so bluntly?

She was just about to open her mouth to comfort her, but after a while, a voice came from the bracelet.

“Speak.”

It was Feng Zhiwei’s voice!

Song Cai couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger. Her head almost caught on fire.

“I’ve arrived in Yongcheng. With Feng Zhiwei.”

This time, it was Nan Zhi’s voice.

Song Cai: …

How brazen can they be?

She was afraid that her friend would be sad, so she quickly walked up and grabbed her friend’s hand. She suppressed her anger and said in a soft voice to comfort her, “She’s just a fickle dragon. In the future, Li Yu and I will find you a better and more caring dragon…”

“What are you talking about?” Yu Shu pulled her hand back and glanced at her indifferently. “Who said I’m going to look for another one?”

Song Cai: ?

“Then what’s with that expression?” An expression like her Dao companion was having an affair outside and she was left alone.

Yu Shu glared at Song Cai coquettishly. She said leisurely:

“What expression? I was just thinking—”

Song Cai really couldn’t hold back. She quickly asked, “Thinking about what?”

“She’s busy. I’ll look for her later.”

So understanding… Song Cai’s fists clenched. She wanted to beat up a dragon. She gritted her back teeth. “Don’t you have any other thoughts?”

Yu Shu looked sideways in confusion. She asked in a puzzled tone, “What thoughts?”

Song Cai ground her teeth. She was both annoyed and amused. She was the one who had a sad expression earlier, and now she was the one asking “What thoughts?” Her face-changing speed was unparalleled.

She finally sighed and rubbed her forehead. “Never mind. As long as you’re happy. But—if something is not right, you should cut your losses in time.”

…

Not long after they flew out of Chunlai City, the bracelet that the Young City Lord gave her lit up. Nan Zhi was confused and stopped in midair.

“What’s wrong?” Feng Zhiwei turned her head in confusion.

A green light flashed. Nan Zhi transformed into her human form. She stepped on the clouds and lowered her head, quietly watching the movement of the bracelet.

The patterns on the silver bracelet flickered and had a scorching sensation.

She slowly raised her hand, looked at it from left to right, wanting to see what kind of movement the magical artifact that the Young City Lord had refined made. After a while, that flower lit up and a voice came out.

It was the Young City Lord’s.

“What are you doing?”

“With whom?”

Nan Zhi paused. She was quite confused.

“It’s Yu Shu.” Feng Zhiwei suddenly spoke.

Nan Zhi nodded gently. After glancing at Feng Zhiwei, she fumbled with the bracelet herself. She turned it on her wrist, but couldn’t figure anything out.

After fumbling for a while, Feng Zhiwei transformed into her human form and came stepping on the clouds. She lowered her head and placed her fingertip on Nan Zhi’s wrist. After looking for a while, she said, “Press here.”

Nan Zhi looked up at Feng Zhiwei. Her fingertip moved slightly and pressed on the place Feng Zhiwei pointed to.

There was no reaction. She looked at Feng Zhiwei in confusion.

Feng Zhiwei said flatly, “Speak.”

Nan Zhi felt a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat. “I’ve arrived in Yongcheng.” She glanced at Feng Zhiwei. After she noticed that she didn’t have any expression, she continued, “With Feng Zhiwei.”

The voice was sent out. For a very, very long time, no voice came back. It was so long that Nan Zhi thought it was broken. She turned her head and asked Feng Zhiwei:

“Can you help me check? Why is there no sound?”

Feng Zhiwei leaned over and looked at it for a few seconds. She concluded, “She doesn’t want to talk to you.”

Nan Zhi: …

What nonsense?

Nan Zhi didn’t believe it at all. She even thought that Yu Shu must have suddenly become busy. She nodded to herself and said, “Okay, let’s keep flying. Let’s try to reach Xuanming Mountain within two days.”

Feng Zhiwei nodded. She had no objections at all.

The dragon and the phoenix continued to fly through the sky, passing through the clouds, heading straight for Xuanming Mountain.

For demons who could fly with the wind, flying for days was as simple as cultivation. The two demons spent two days and finally arrived at the entrance of the Xuanming Mountain mystic realm.

Nan Zhi wasn’t in a hurry to go in. She found a place and began to feel the silver bracelet—

Her fingertip pressed on the flower pattern. She slowly said:

“I’ve arrived at the destination. Where is the Young City Lord?”

For a very long time, there was still no reply.

This shouldn’t be the case. Could it be that she really didn’t want to talk to her as Feng Zhiwei said? But this tiger wasn’t angry before they parted ways…

She couldn’t figure it out, and the tiger wasn’t by her side to be coaxed.

Nan Zhi sighed. She said to Feng Zhiwei, who had been watching for a long time, “Let’s go. Lead the way.”

Feng Zhiwei nodded. She slowly took out a red string from her storage bag.

“What is the meaning of this?” Nan Zhi asked.

“The core of the mystic realm is damaged. The spiritual energy is unstable. If we go in without it, we might end up in the south and north.”

There was such a saying.

Nan Zhi nodded and took one end of the red string.

A light mist lingered at the entrance of the mystic realm. The two of them walked in, holding the red string together.

Suddenly, one end of the string tightened.

Nan Zhi turned around in confusion. Feng Zhiwei behind her stopped and suddenly jumped away. She asked in a puzzled tone, “What are you doing?”

Feng Zhiwei lowered her brows and reminded her, “On your head.”

Hearing this, Nan Zhi slowly looked up—

A few little sparrows were circling above. They were cawing.

“Puff puff puff.”

White filth fell with the sound.

“Dodge it—”

Nan Zhi finally came back to her senses and quickly jumped away, but… it was too late to dodge. A blob of filth landed on her shoulder.

Ugh.

It was a Mountain-Returning Sparrow that pooped everywhere.

Nan Zhi could endure being mocked and buried, but she couldn’t endure being pooped on her head. She was both angry and amused. She immediately raised her hand to knock the two birds down.

Feng Zhiwei grabbed her hand and stopped her. “Don’t hit them.”

The Mountain-Returning Sparrows cannot be hit.

A hundred years ago, the little phoenixes in the clan couldn’t stand the Mountain-Returning Sparrows who pooped everywhere and decided to teach them a lesson. It was a mess after that—

These birds are vengeful and terrifying. They breed one nest after another and come to the phoenixes’ nesting grounds in groups to cause trouble, just to get revenge for their kind being bullied.

At first, the Phoenix Clan didn’t care. Later, after driving away thousands of them—they became numb.

A grasshopper trying to shake a big tree is nothing compared to this.

In the spring, the old birds would lead the young birds to poop everywhere. The phoenixes were miserable and even had the idea of moving.

But the other clans were laughing behind their backs—

A thousand years ago, the Dragon Clan had a grudge with them and was forced to fill the East Sea.

A hundred years ago, the Phoenix Clan had a grudge with them and was pooped on in their nest.