The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

Although Ma Changshou was puzzled, he still nodded.

"No doubt about it!"

Lu Changfeng chuckled immediately, then pointed at the little red carp from before and grinned sinisterly.

"Then give me this little red carp! I've never eaten such a mischievous one before!"

gulp,

Ripples spread across the water's surface, and the little red carp, which had been quite mischievous just moments before, flipped over and hid trembling beneath the small pond.

Upon hearing this, Ma Changshou couldn't help but smile and shake his head. Seeing Lu Changfeng's expression, he knew perfectly well that he was playing a game, and immediately became interested.

"No problem, given our relationship, would you prefer fried or grilled?"

"I have all the seasonings here!"

Lu Changfeng immediately suggested,

"Deep-frying is too cruel, let's just grill it!"

"But I like it spicy, so add extra chili!"

"By the way, could you ask if this little carp eats spicy food? Letting it eat beforehand is like marinating it, it'll be more flavorful!"

For a moment, Lu Changfeng and Ma Changshou chuckled.

They look like two weird uncles!

But this terrified the little red carp that had never left the pond. It would rather die than let those two strange uncles eat pickled carp.

With a mighty leap, it charged headlong into the wall.

Just as they were about to collide, Lu Changfeng reached out and stopped them.

With a gentle wave of his hand, the little red carp appeared before the two of them.

However, Lu Changfeng had no intention of letting it go.

"Look at the longevity plants! They're practically begging us to eat them, so they've all jumped out!"

"Look how wonderful it is! We can't let it down!"

Ma Changshou grinned widely.

"Absolutely! Absolutely! Let's have a barbecue!"

The little carp, now caught by Lu Changfeng's spiritual power, struggled desperately. Seeing no hope of escape, it finally burst into tears.

Although there was no sound, you could see the eyeballs steadily falling down.

The most amazing thing is that when these tears fall to the ground, they turn into tiny beads.

With just one glance, Lu Changfeng found a clue from his existing knowledge.

Fish tears are materials for setting up illusion arrays and can also be used to refine Soul Return Pills. Unfortunately, the level of the crying carp is too low, so it can only be used as a material for setting up first-tier illusion arrays. As for Soul Return Pills, that's even more impossible.

But seeing the little carp crying so hard, Lu Changfeng and Ma Changshou exchanged bewildered glances.

"Hey, haven't we gone a bit too far?"

Lu Changfeng looked serious.

"How could that be? I was just teasing him!"

"Don't worry, watch me!"

After saying that, he gave Ma Changshou a reassuring look, then looked at the small carp floating in his hand.

"Little one, don't cry, I was just teasing you!"

However, the little carp continued to cry!

Having no other choice, he had to take it out to amuse the little creatures of his third and fourth sons.

"Look what this is! A giant popsicle! Want one?"

Snapped!

Ma Changshou sighed,

"Alright, alright, this popsicle is bigger than this little carp! How is it supposed to eat it?!"

"let me!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng immediately pushed the little carp over.

"Fine, let's see what tricks you have up your sleeve!"

Unexpectedly, after being comforted a few times in Ma Changshou's hands, the little carp immediately stopped crying. Lu Changfeng was astonished and immediately took it back. The little carp was crying, so he gave it back; it stopped crying.

Cry, don't cry, cry, don't cry!

Only when Ma Changshou was crying did Lu Changfeng nod in satisfaction.

That's more like it! Look, even you, Ma Changshou, can't do anything about it!

Ma Changshou was furious.

How do you think it cried?

"Brother Lu, this is all your fault. You're in charge of comforting it!"

Looking at the little carp that was now in his hands, Lu Changfeng scratched his head frantically.

Suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Hey, if you can't soothe the little carp in its form, surely you can try its human form!"

He immediately took out a piece of Human Transformation Grass from his storage ring, which was actually his resource inventory.

Although this thing is a sixth-tier spiritual plant, it actually grows in a clump, so picking a leaf from the edge is perfectly fine.

He immediately grabbed the human-transforming herb and waved it at the little carp.

"Little one, Uncle has some delicious food, want some?"

The little carp was childlike by nature. Although it didn't know about sixth-tier spiritual plants, it could sense that the thing in front of it was very kind to it.

As the leaf approached, the little carp, who had been crying peacefully, suddenly bit into it and swallowed it whole in a few bites.

Instantly, spiritual energy gathered around, then wrapped the little carp into a small dumpling.

Splat!

The moment it hit the ground, the outer shell gradually cracked.

Suddenly, a red-haired Thumbelina—no, she should be called Thumbelina the Carp—appeared on the ground.

Seeing this, Lu Changfeng was overjoyed.

"Wow, I didn't expect it to be a Thumbelina! It can talk!"

However, the thumb-sized carp girl crossed her arms and turned her head.

"Hmph, I don't want to talk to that big bad guy!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Hehehe, that's not up to you!"

After saying that, he grabbed the carp girl by the collar and went into the room.

At this moment, Ma Changshou poked his head out from the mountain of jade slips.

"Hey, Brother Lu, you've managed to appease him!"

"Hmm, wait, what's that in your hand?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng held up the struggling thumb-sized carp girl and showed her off.

"Ta-da! This is the little carp from before!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Changshou immediately went to Lu Changfeng's side, took the little girl from him, and then examined her carefully.

After a long pause, he nodded.

"It really is the scent of that little carp from before!"

"Brother Lu, how did you do that?!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Changfeng looked smug.

"That wouldn't make sense when it was a small carp, so we simply gave it a leaf of the 'human-transforming grass,' and that's how it turned out!"

After listening, Ma Changshou suddenly realized, and then his eyes widened.

"Human-transforming herb, holy crap, Brother Lu, you even have something this good!"

Lu Changfeng waved his hand.

"Ahem, keep it down, keep it down!"

"But don't cry anymore, I've comforted you. Now it's your turn!"

"If they cause any more trouble, it's none of my business!"

Before long, Lu Changfeng and Ma Changshou sat on the prayer mats, while Xiao Li sat on a jade slip, dealing with a brittle sausage that was twice her size.

Lu Changfeng also told Ma Changshou about Wan Longfei's situation.

After listening, he suddenly realized what was going on.

"So that's why you suddenly made a move!"

"Well done! Daring to unleash his power at the entrance of the Azure Dragon Gate, does he really think no one can control him just because he's only at the Nascent Soul stage!"

"But Brother Lu, you're amazing too! You can defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator in one move even at the Golden Core stage!"

However, Lu Changfeng shook his head in response to Ma Changshou's praise.

"Under normal circumstances, I might brag a little, but not this time!"

"Although this guy has high cultivation, he doesn't exhibit any extraordinary phenomena, so he can't be considered a true genius; he's just someone who's taken too many shortcuts!"

Under normal circumstances, Foundation Establishment phenomena do not exist and depend to some extent on talent, but achieving a fifth or sixth grade Golden Core can be accomplished through hard work.

But Wan Longfei didn't, which is why Lu Changfeng categorized him as taking a shortcut.

"I see!"

"But we can't interfere in other people's business!"

Suddenly, Ma Changshou grabbed Lu Changfeng's leg and hugged him tightly.

"Brother Lu, help me! I can't possibly read all these jade slips! You have to give me some advice and help me solve this!"