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Chapter 69: Such a Water Palace (First Order Request)

"dragon?"

Chen Ji opened his eyes wide and looked carefully.

It is really impossible to connect this little guy in front of me with the dragon in my memory.

It has no dragon head, no scales or claws, and only the tail fin can barely be considered a dragon tail.

Suddenly I remembered some records and came to my senses.

In folk legends and Taoist anecdotes, loach is indeed called the fallen dragon.

Some books even record it in extraordinary detail.

It is said that loaches are the descendants of ancient evil dragons, and their dragon skin and tendons have been stripped away, so they must live in the mud forever and be surrounded by foul air.

Regardless of the situation, if Loach really claims to be a dragon, it's acceptable...

Chen Ji took another look at it and found that this loach was indeed different from the ones he had usually seen.

The whole body is golden, exuding a sense of nobility, and there is no dirty air on it, but rather the coolness of moonlight.

It just still retains the characteristics of loach.

After a pause, Chen Ji asked.

"Fellow Daoist, are you a loach monster?"

"Bah! I already told you, I'm a dragon!"

There were shouts from underwater.

Then a golden shadow was seen rolling on the water surface, spraying out fist-sized water bullets straight towards Chen Ji's face.

Unfortunately, his magic power was not enough, and he fell back before reaching the wellhead, without hurting Chen Ji at all.

Chen Ji laughed out loud.

"Your magic is nothing more than this."

"You're just talking big on the ground. If you have the guts, come down here! I'll show you the power of a water dragon!"

The loach monster screamed angrily.

"Okay, but it's rude to come without returning the favor."

Chen Ji smiled slightly.

"I've seen your skills, fellow Taoist. How about mine?"

After saying that, he looked at the water surface, dispersed the wall-opening technique, controlled the strength and blew out a breath of hot air.

There was no blessing from the climbing technique, but the fire dragon that came out of his mouth still had flying hair and beard, showing off freely.

The dragon's eyes were burning as it locked onto the loach monster on the surface of the well and suddenly pounced down. Heat waves spread from its body, and even the moss growing on the well wall dried up and burned, emitting smoke.

"What a terrifying magic!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the loach monster simply twisted its body and dived into the water.

"Pfft!"

When the fire dragon entered the water, the surface of the water boiled and turned into a white mist, which gathered in the well and had nowhere to dissipate. Soon it hung on the wall of the well and slowly flowed down.

The fog dissipated, but Chen Ji could no longer sense the shadow of the loach in the water.

"gone?"

Chen Ji raised his brows, feeling it was a pity.

I finally met a monster in the town. Just when I was about to ask it something, it ran away unexpectedly.

But then I think the loach monster should come back.

The well mouth was opened only during the day, and the loach monster was able to sense it immediately, which means that it is very concerned about this place and will not leave easily.

"Then why didn't I see you before? Oh, that's why..."

Chen Ji thought about it for a moment and probably figured out the key point.

There was indeed a ghost in this house before, but it was probably not the mirror ghost, but this loach ghost.

When the owner asked someone to take a look, they only found a loach monster. They thought it was the loach monster causing trouble, so they sealed the well mouth, covered it with five-colored soil, and added talismans.

The loach monster had little magical power and could not enter the well, so it had to leave.

But the owner of the house discovered that there were still ghosts, so he sold the house at a low price and moved away. So when Miss Bai came, she only saw the mirror ghost and did not find the loach monster.

It is possible that the cleaning of the wellhead by myself in the afternoon opened the passage for the loach monster to leave, which attracted it to come back to practice.

But he never thought that he would alarm himself and the fox.

If this is true, then our group arrived later than the loach monster, and this is the place he chose first.

Chen Ji smiled and shook his head.

The mountain spirits follow the first-come-first-served principle, and the contracts in the human world are fair and reasonable.

Now it’s hard to say who this place belongs to.

We can only wait for the loach monster to come back.

The little foxes saw Chen Ji performing magic and noticed his expression, and asked what happened.

Chen Ji gave a brief summary.

"There's a loach monster in the well that claims to be a dragon."

"Bah! What a shameless loach, actually calling himself a dragon!"

"How dare you, little loach, attack sir? You are a great enemy of the fox!"

"I'd better catch it and take a look!"

The foxes were furious and gnashed their teeth.

But when he got to the well, he looked in.

The water in the well is deep, the moonlight is silver, and there is a light mist. The scenery at the bottom of the well cannot be seen clearly, and there is no sound.

"Why don't you go down?"

Chen Ji asked.

"Foxes are not good with water."

Bai Shijiu spoke first and asked if the loach monster could dream.

"If that doesn't work, I can use the Mirage Dream Pearl to see if I can find it in my dream."

"Maybe, but it's a bit troublesome, so forget it."

Chen Ji himself was skilled in dream magic and knew that finding someone in a dream was a troublesome matter.

There are no special rituals or identification methods, so you can only search through dreams one by one. If you encounter someone who wakes up suddenly or carries an amulet, it will cause trouble.

What's more, the loach monster had just been frightened by the fire dragon, so no matter how brave it was, it would not sleep now.

He rejected Bai Shijiu's proposal.

"Sir, I can try a spell, maybe I can draw the water out of the well and catch it."

"I can also attract lightning and electrocute it in the water!"

White Three and White Four are eager to try.

"Let it go."

Chen Ji originally wanted to let the little foxes try out some magic, but he felt it was not a good idea.

The loach demon has a pure and clean aura and is also practicing worshiping the moon, similar to the squirrel demon.

To be more specific, he is also a fellow Taoist.

It sprayed water at me simply because I had revealed its identity and it was angry and embarrassed.

To be more specific, it's just tsundere.

It was fair enough that I had scared him by using the fire dragon. If I let the little foxes try it again, it would be a bit too much.

There is no need to make enemies for no reason, just make things clear with it.

But now there is no way to talk underwater, which is a problem.

It was impossible for Chen Ji to go down the well to look for the loach monster.

After thinking about it, I simply went to the kitchen and caught a fish.

Sister Sun bought this this afternoon, but since Taoist Xiyun returned to the mountains, she didn't cook it, so it's still in the basin. "Fish, if you can understand what I'm saying, go down and find Taoist friend Loach and ask him to come back."

"After he comes back, you can go live in another water vein. If you understand, nod your head."

I originally thought that ordinary grass carp would not understand what I was saying.

Unexpectedly, under the blessing of the climbing technique, the fish in the basin, which had been motionless, nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and even its eyes lit up.

It is indeed the method of a saint, so wonderful!

"Then go ahead."

Chen Ji picked up the basin and poured the fish into the well.

After a moment, he suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead.

"Oh no! How could I forget that fish have a worse memory than Mr. Su? What should I do now?"

But as the ripples on the water surface calmed down, we could only wait for the fish to really remember and find the loach monster.

"Sir, will the loach monster come?"

The little foxes were still looking at the water, feeling a little expectant and a little nervous.

"Are you curious too?"

"I've never seen a water monster like the loach monster before. I find it very strange."

The foxes replied.

Chen Ji suddenly understood.

There are mostly mountain monsters on Xiantai Mountain, and occasionally there are water monsters such as turtles and snakes, but there are no pure water monsters.

It's normal to be curious.

But he didn't know whether the loach monster could come.

So he shook his head.

"Let's wait and see, maybe it will come."

"Now that we're here, please don't be rude. He's also a fellow Taoist."

As he spoke, he thought of something and his face frowned.

"Just now I saw Fellow Daoist Loach absorbing the moonlight on the water surface. Even loaches know how to cherish time. Why are you still playing around here when you want to take the Fox School exam?"

"In the past, Mr. Su taught us knowledge on the mountain, but now we should switch to absorbing the moonlight."

"Haw?"

The foxes opened their eyes wide, not expecting that Mr. Chen had not forgotten about this matter.

They all sat down with bitter faces and began to practice.

Not long after.

There was the sound of waves on the water again.

The sound of loaches spread through the wall of the well.

"That man, you occupied my water palace, why did you come to me? Do you want to humiliate this dragon?"

When Chen Ji heard this, even his breathing stopped for a moment.

"This loach, it's okay to call it a dragon, but it's really shameless to call a well on earth a water palace."

The foxes were very excited. They all jumped up and rushed to the well mouth, sticking their heads out to look.

"It's a loach! I saw it!"

"It really is a loach monster?"

"What beautiful loaches! They are different from the ones I saw in the mountains."

"Pfft!"

The fox's paw moved the small stone into the well.

The loach in the well dived into the water, and after a while it poked its head out again with a surprised tone.

"Why are there so many fox demons?"

"That person... No, are you a human or a ghost? How come you live with a fox?"

"Nature is human."

Chen Ji spoke slowly.

"My name is Chen Ji, and these foxes are my disciples."

"hiss……"

Loach gasped and fell silent.

After a while, he asked Chen Ji again.

"Since you are Mr. Fox, why don't you just teach the fox well? Why did you ask the fish to come back to me?"

"I want to ask how you ended up here."

"Hey! You, and the fox..."

"You are the ones who have taken over my Water Palace, yet you still have the nerve to ask such a question."

"How can there be such a small water palace?"

Bai Si muttered.

"What's wrong with being small? Does being small mean it's not a water palace? What do I, a tiny mud... dragon, need such a huge water palace for?"

"Okay, okay, then even if you are Xiaolong, can I ask Xiaolongjun a few questions?"

Chen Ji had figured out the characteristics of this loach monster and started to respond to his words.

"You said."

"Little Dragon King lived in this well, how come it was filled up?"

"Just talking about this makes me angry!"

The loach monster excitedly drained the water, and waves rose up.

"Originally, this place only had water veins but no wells. I have absorbed the moonlight here for hundreds of years, hoping to cultivate peacefully."

"When I woke up from my sleep, I found that there was a new house here, and the place where the water palace was located had become a well."

"Fortunately, we got along well at the time, so I didn't say anything. I even used my cultivation to help them guide the moonlight into the water, turning it into a sweet water well, which can also be used for quenching fire."

"But later, when I was practicing well in Wangyue, a ghost appeared from nowhere and possessed the mirror, wanting to harm people."

"I sensed a ghostly aura, so I struck the water to alert the family, but I never imagined they would hire someone to fill up my water palace!"

"I had no choice but to follow the Shuikou underground river to the Hutuo River tributary to practice."

"I checked today and found that the water palace had been dug up again, so I came back."

"I thought the Mirror Ghost was gone, but I never imagined you were still living here."

It was similar to what Chen Ji guessed, but I didn't expect there was the previous experience.

"So what should we do now, fellow Daoist?"

Chen Ji asked.

The loach monster sighed.

"My cultivation is low, so I can't defeat you. However, you are reasonable and can communicate. If you allow me to practice here, I will still guide the moonlight into the water. It will be beneficial for you to drink it, and it will also be a good quenching material for forging."

"If you don't allow me, I will go to practice in the nearby areas. There are also places like Ziyun Mountain and Hutuo River."

“Is that so…”

Chen Ji thought about it and bowed slightly.

"Since you are cultivating ahead of me, why don't you stay here with me? I have never seen any water creatures before, so we can discuss the Dao together."

"You are indeed a good person, and a good group of foxes. When I transform into a real dragon, I will definitely benefit from you!"

The loach monster said loudly.

Chen Ji nodded slightly.

"Then I will wait for the day when fellow Daoist transforms into a dragon."

(End of this chapter)