I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

"My name is Bai Yaoyao, the 'yao' in 'the peach tree is young and beautiful, its blossoms are bright and beautiful.' What's your name?"

"I... my name is Goldfish Princess," Goldfish Princess said softly.

"Princess Goldfish, why are you here all by yourself?"

"I ran away on my own; those bad guys wouldn't let me play with them."

Upon hearing this, Princess Goldfish instantly lost her composure and became somewhat sullen again.

Xiao Yao, however, didn't care. She grabbed the Goldfish Princess's hand and ran towards Miketsu, saying, "Then come play with us. We just got here."

Bai Qingyu shook his head helplessly; Xiao Yao really needed to change her personality.

Actually, Xiao Yao's transformation is largely due to her. She used to think Xiao Yao was too shy and timid, so she trained her specifically. Now it seems that the effect was a bit too much.

Fortunately, Princess Goldfish had a good personality and didn't mind Xiao Yao's behavior, so the two little girls quickly became friends.

To be honest, Bai Qingyu didn't expect things to go so smoothly. He couldn't help but wonder if the Lord of the Arakawa would come to him for people when he couldn't find them.

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Volume Two: The Journey Through the Demon Book - Chapter Ten: The Water Demon of the Arakawa River

Princess Goldfish gets along surprisingly well with the children. She has a slightly arrogant personality and likes to brag, often talking about ruling the world. It's clear that Princess Goldfish is actually just a child at heart, much like her appearance suggests.

Bai Qingyu didn't dislike this kind of personality. Children should be innocent and carefree like this. Being too mature like Liu Changsheng is not good.

Bai Qingyu spent the whole day following the children, and eventually had Zhen Tian put Xiao Ya down as well. The little brat followed behind her older sisters, toddling around and babbling for toys and snacks.

Bai Qingyu sat sideways on Xiaoli's back, one arm around Xiaoli's neck, experiencing the exclusive mount of the Inari God.

"Little snake, there are many waterways in Jiangnan, which should be a good place for you to cultivate, right?"

The little snake is a jiao (a type of dragon), and jiaos love water. Jiangnan is a cultivation paradise tailor-made for the little snake. If the little snake undergoes another tribulation in the future, coming here will definitely be the right choice, and it can increase its chances by at least 10% or 20%.

The little snake was chatting with Zhen Tian. It wasn't raining, and she was holding an oil-paper umbrella. Under the umbrella, the little snake had a bit of an ethereal, otherworldly air about her. Her alluring figure and pure face gave her an overall temperament that was so otherworldly. Then, looking at the little green snake hanging on her body, Bai Qingyu suddenly remembered a name.

Her surname was Bai, and his was also Bai. Perhaps she should have named the little snake Bai Suzhen from the beginning, as the name suited her very well.

"Yes, the humidity in Jiangnan is much higher than outside, it's so comfortable, I love it here."

The little snake hopped and skipped to Bai Qingyu's side. Its lively, rabbit-like nature snapped Bai Qingyu out of her reverie, and she decided to retract her earlier thought.

Bai Suzhen is a gentle and kind older sister, while the little snake is at most a child who hasn't grown up.

Have you recently had a premonition that you're about to undergo a tribulation?

"Hmm, no." The little snake thought for a moment and shook its head.

She is a jiao, unlike ordinary demons and demons listed in the Demon Book. Even if we were to categorize her, the little snake is a "mythical" creature from the second half of the Demon Book, so her tribulation process is also different. Ordinary demons undergo tribulation once, while some demons don't need to undergo it even once, but the little snake must undergo tribulation at least twice or more.

Without undergoing tribulation, one cannot activate their bloodline. Like her now, she is neither a dragon nor a snake.

"You must tell me when you feel it."

"Yes, yes, I know, Auntie."

The surrounding area was bustling with activity, with many people coming and going, including wealthy young men and cultivators.

Bai Qingyu used the power of her luck to envelop herself, making herself subconsciously ignored by other people on the street. However, this didn't work for the little snakes. Although her luck power could also envelop them, they would forget about it after a while.

So much so that three seemingly elegant and wealthy young men came over, fanning themselves with folding fans, their faces full of confident smiles, their eyes fixed on Zhen Tian and Xiao She.

I don't know how these so-called young masters endured the cold in this freezing weather. To maintain their composure, they wore very thin clothes, and since they weren't cultivators, they had no spiritual power to keep warm. Under these circumstances, they could still maintain confident smiles; that must be a talent.

The three young masters swaggered over, and before they could speak, Bai Qingyu grabbed them with a single hand, his powerful demonic energy instantly pulling them to his side. Removing his disguise so they could see him, Bai Qingyu asked calmly, "Are you three locals?"

Forced to stand close together by demonic power, the three dared not utter any more presumptuous words upon seeing Bai Qingyu and quickly nodded.

"Since you're locals, the three of you must have considerable influence here. Prepare an empty courtyard for me, one that no one lives in. It can't be too small; it needs to be able to accommodate at least seven people. Does any of you have a courtyard like that?"

The three people struggled incessantly, while the two on either side frantically gestured to Bai Qingyu, the person in the middle.

Seeing this, Bai Qingyu released the three people and untied them, asking, "Is there such a courtyard?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The rich young master nodded quickly.

Tell me your location.

"On the southern edge of the city, across the street, is a tailor shop. Adults can see it when they go there."

The man quickly spoke up, knowing in his heart that he had kicked a hornet's nest.

"What are you afraid of? It's not like I'm going to eat you. Wait for me over there in the courtyard this evening. I'm buying this courtyard." Bai Qingyu used her demonic power to send over a piece of silver. "This is the deposit."

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely be waiting for you there, sir."

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad. That courtyard was the place he used to keep his mistresses, but it was going to be gone before he could even use it. It was rare to build such a large place, and he was thinking that he could fit in a few more beautiful young ladies.

After letting the man leave, Bai Qingyu glanced at the sky and saw that it was getting late.

"Little Tanuki, let's go." The subordinate patted Little Tanuki's neck, and Little Tanuki immediately darted away, even more obedient than when she was with Miketsu.

Three little girls were picking out various cute hair accessories at a stall. Because of her height, Bai Xiaoya could only stand on tiptoe and stick her little hands on the stall, peeking out with her little head, watching longingly. However, her three older sisters were seriously choosing what they liked, and no one was willing to help her.

Suddenly, Xiaoya felt a force lift her up and hold her in its arms. Tilting her head, she realized it was Bai Qingyu.

"Mother, I want that one."

The little girl pointed to the hair accessories on the stall.

"Okay, which one do you want?" Bai Qingyu patted her head and chuckled.

"I want them all!" Xiaoya said earnestly, her small face seemingly filled with seriousness and earnestness.

"You want them all?"

Bai Qingyu frowned, wondering if the little guy was being tempted.

"Uh-huh!"

"No, we can only have one."

"Waaah, Mother..."

"Calling for your mother won't help. How can you possibly wear all those hair ornaments?"

Seeing that Bai Qingyu had already said so, but the little girl still insisted, Bai Qingyu's eyes lit up and she told the little girl that since they were going to buy them, they had to wear them. The little girl readily agreed.

Bai Qingyu waved her hand and bought all the ornaments with spirit stones. She was just waiting to teach this girl a lesson tomorrow. Otherwise, how could she learn to take everything when she was so young?

After the little incident, Princess Goldfish also received two accessories she liked from Bai Qingyu: a bracelet made of an unknown material and a hair ornament.

"It's getting late, Princess Goldfish. Do you need to go home? I'll take you home."

After packing up the accessories, Bai Qingyu hugged the happy-looking Xiaoya and looked at the Goldfish Princess, who was still hesitating about which hair flower to wear.

"Hey, is it getting dark already?" The little goldfish looked up, gazing blankly at the red clouds on the horizon. The red sun had already said it all.

After a moment of stunned silence, the confusion on Goldfish Princess's face vanished instantly. Seeing how late it was, she knew things were going to get bad. If she went back so late, and the big oaf found her missing and searched the entire Arakawa River without success, he would definitely know that she must have sneaked out to play.

I originally planned to go back at noon, but after noon I thought it wouldn't be too late to leave in the afternoon, and then I kept putting it off until now...

At this moment, Princess Goldfish's two short legs burst with unprecedented speed, and she said, "Sister, I have something to do, I have to go back first."

The little legs kicked very fast, and the hurried and flustered look was quite amusing.

"Mother, what happened to Goldfish?" Xiao Yao walked over and stood beside Bai Qingyu, watching Goldfish Princess leave.

“You must have made an appointment with your family to go back at a certain time, but it’s already dark now. It’s like you and Miketsu went out to play in the morning, and I told you to come back in the afternoon, but you played until it was dark before you came home.”

Bai Qingyu's gentle voice rang out, and Xiao Yao shivered. Even Yu Zhuan Jin couldn't help but feel afraid when she thought of this scene, and silently prayed for Little Goldfish Princess.

If what my aunt said is really true, then that's terrifying.

"Let's go home."

Heading south of the city, she had already made an appointment with the wealthy young man to buy the courtyard. She would likely have to live there for a long time to come, as the situation in Arakawa was not so easy to resolve.

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At the same time, the little goldfish unleashed all the power she could muster and ran at full speed toward Arakawa.

She accidentally stayed out so late, which must have worried everyone. She needs to hurry back.

No, that's not right. It's clearly because they didn't want to play with me, otherwise I wouldn't have gone out.

Princess Goldfish thought to herself, and the thought of them going out without her during the day made her angry. She was really angry this time, extremely angry. If there was a next time, she wouldn't care how they coaxed her!

Thinking this to myself, I didn't stop moving at all.

She didn't want everyone to worry.

The monsters of Arakawa are indeed looking for Princess Goldfish, including the Lord of Arakawa.

"Chief, I've searched the north as well, but there's no trace of Princess Goldfish." The black-haired girl with a human body and a fish tail emerged from the water, her face full of worry.

She was the adorable older sister, the carp spirit, that Princess Goldfish spoke of.

After the carp spirit finished speaking, the little old man riding a big yellow goldfish also surfaced and slowly said, "We've searched the west side too, but we didn't find it. Those humans have almost completely surrounded this place, and it's very difficult to break through."

"I searched the east side as well, but I didn't find her."

The little kappa climbed up and whispered something. After he finished speaking, he noticed that the carp spirit seemed to be looking at him, so he quickly changed his mind.

Arakawa no Nushi stood on the shore with his hands behind his back. After listening to everyone's words, he remained silent, gazing into the distance in the direction of Nanquanzhou. The last aura of the goldfish he sensed was heading in that direction. If nothing unexpected happened, she must have gone to Nanquanzhou.

It wasn't just these few monsters in the water; soon, more than a dozen aquatic monsters emerged, each telling their own stories about their situation.

There are at least 500 to 800 aquatic yokai in Arakawa, but not many of them are usually high-profile. Someone like Princess Goldfish is truly unique.

Most yokai don't like to get involved in anything, live in the water, and don't provoke the Lord of Arakawa much. To them, the Lord of Arakawa is a leader, not a friend.

Similar to the situation in Nanshan, where tens of thousands of demons are comparable to a youthful version of the Ten Thousand Mountains, even so, Shuten-dōji only had a few demons around him who could become his friends.

Whether it's a carp spirit, a kappa, or a goldfish princess, their situation is rather special. They dare to contact the Lord of Arakawa, and the Lord of Arakawa doesn't reject them.

"I'll go look again." The carp spirit's eyes were filled with worry. It turned its tail and tried to swim away, but was stopped by Arakawa.

"Wait, there's no need to look for her anymore, she's already back."

"what?"

Arakawa no Nushi stepped forward, waved his hand lightly, and a stream of water shot out, transforming into the shape of a dragon in mid-air, which swept over a small figure.

"Let me go, let me go, you annoying big oaf, I'm getting angry!"