Free Web NovelChapter 269: Chapter 146: Good People, Good Fish (Part 3)
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A little while later, the red koi quietly swam back and mustered the courage to say to Chu Xuan:
"Thank you for saving me."
After speaking, it turned its head to flee again, but Chu Xuan reached out his right hand without turning his head. Using [Grasping the Sun and Moon, Shrinking a Thousand Mountains], he immediately shrank the unsuspecting red koi into the palm of his hand.
This move was intended as a joke; Chu Xuan just wanted to tease this coward.
But what he absolutely didn’t expect was that the red koi let out a shriek and suddenly expanded in his hand! freewёbnoνel.com
Chu Xuan hadn’t seriously practiced the Divine Techniques of the Long-armed Ape, relying solely on the Divine Command for support. Therefore, he found himself unable to control it, watching as this small fish transformed before him into a true dragon stretching tens of meters long!
Before him was a crimson-scaled dragon, its body surrounded by layers of dazzling rainbow light, with a pair of short horns on its head and five claws under its belly. Chu Xuan was utterly stunned.
I mean, you’re a true dragon, disguised as a red koi, which is quite literal in the "White Dragon Fish Suit," but being chased by two low-level cultivators, almost running into a disaster zone?
Why didn’t you just turn around and take out those two good-for-nothings? Don’t tell me you don’t have the strength.
This should be a dragon, right? According to ancient books, dragons usually have two horns, while jiaos don’t have horns or have only a single short, straight horn.
While Chu Xuan was in shock, the beautiful dragon quickly swam up into the sky, diving into the clouds, shedding tears of fear, only after half a day did it gingerly poke its head out and timidly say to Chu Xuan below, "Please don’t bully me."
Chu Xuan, coming back to his senses, was both amused and annoyed, "Are you a true dragon?"
The dragon timidly nodded.
"Then why were you chased by those two cultivators like that?"
The dragon bit its lip and said, "Usually, when I encounter other marine creatures in the sea, I release some aura to scare them away, and they naturally run off."
"But, but this tactic doesn’t seem to work on human cultivators. When I released the dragon aura, they got more excited, so I was very scared and ran away."
"Also, Brother Shrimp told me not to reveal my dragon identity while playing outside."
"Because dragons are very precious, and I’m young, my magical power isn’t high enough, so I must act low-key; otherwise, if caught, it would be terrible."
Chu Xuan was speechless to hear this. Basically, it’s just being timid and too naive.
"If you release the dragon aura without showing your true strength, those two definitely thought you had dragon blood, which is even more precious, so naturally they’d rush over to try and catch you."
"Next time, if you encounter such situations and confirm it’s not a trap, immediately transform and go for a full attack!"
"Be sure to silence them. If you show mercy and let them go, next time they’ll bring more powerful cultivators to hunt you down."
Listening to Chu Xuan’s skillful advice on "killing," the dragon was even more frightened, hesitating as she asked, "Are you really a good person?"
Chu Xuan was more amused than ever, "Alright, alright, I’m a bad person; you are a good fish, no, a good dragon, happy now?"
The dragon shook her head, still timidly saying, "Sorry, I shouldn’t have doubted you."
"There’s no need to apologize. Can you come down and talk? It’s tiring to look up at you like this."
The dragon shook her head like a bobblehead, "I can’t, I’m scared."
Chu Xuan understood that his sudden grabbing really scared it, causing it to transform its true self without a care. The fear in its heart was apparent.
He couldn’t help but feel some regret, knowing full well it was timid yet still frightened it.
"Sorry, I shouldn’t have suddenly grabbed you; I just wanted to play and chat, not hurt you."
As Chu Xuan spoke, he sincerely nodded and apologized.
This left the dragon somewhat bewildered. This was the first time someone formally apologized to her, especially a human.
She quickly shook her head and waved her tail, saying, "No, no need to be polite—ah, wrong; I mean, it’s okay; anyway, I’m not angry."
Chu Xuan smiled then, "So, do you want to be friends with me?"
The dragon hesitated for a moment before responding, "Can dragons and humans be friends?"
"Of course, you and Brother Shrimp are friends, aren’t you? Though there are many bad humans, there are also plenty of good ones, so it’s fine to make friends with good people."
The dragon finally nodded, "You saved me, so I kind of want to be friends with you."
"Are you curious about me, with many questions you’d like to ask?" Chu Xuan encouraged.
The dragon nodded again.
"How about this? Transform back into a small fish, jump into the water, and talk with me from there. We don’t need to be too close, just three feet away. I promise I won’t grab you again, okay?"
The dragon hesitated for a bit but agreed, swam away a bit, and then transformed into a red koi and jumped into the water, cautiously approaching.
During this, Chu Xuan raised both hands to show no ill intentions. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
Once the red koi stopped, Chu Xuan casually conjured a piece of solid ice on the sea, sat down, and started chatting.
"Let me introduce myself first; I’m Chu Xuan, a cultivator from a very distant land."
"And you, what’s your name?"
The red koi blew bubbles and said, "I’m Xiang’er."
"Brother Shrimp said that my mother originated as a koi from the Xiangjiang River. She endured many hardships to leap over the Dragon Gate and become a true dragon... She missed her hometown, so she gave me this name."
"I dearly wish to visit the Xiangjiang River, my mother’s birthplace, but it’s far, far away—perhaps hundreds of thousands of miles. I likely won’t have the chance to go there in this lifetime."
