“Wu wu.”
“Wu wu!”
Little Marten licked while making unclear sounds.
Jian Chou stood in place, unable to move.
The spirit beast bag given by Jiang Wenchao of Tongling Pavilion was still in her hand.
At this moment, a white body carefully emerged from the bag.
Two eyes, one large and one small, blinked as they looked around, then saw Jian Chou and revealed a somewhat shy, bashful smile before climbing out.
It was that piece of bone that had gained sentience – Dijiang Guyu.
The two little creatures had been sleeping in the spirit beast bag all day. When they woke up wanting to come out, their master completely ignored them, making them truly stifled.
Finally sensing that Jian Chou had moved, Little Marten eagerly reminded Jian Chou to let them out.
Guyu naturally benefited from this and eagerly ran out.
However, since it wasn’t being held in Little Marten’s arms right now, it could only walk tremblingly on Jian Chou’s hand, its steps unsteady. In a moment of inattention, it nearly slipped off.
Jian Chou, still worrying about her own future and fate, immediately reached out to catch it.
Unexpectedly, little Guyu was quite clever. Though it had no arms, just a pair of thin little legs, in its panic it quickly hooked both feet around one of Jian Chou’s fingers, hanging there at the crucial moment.
Like a swing, head downward, swaying back and forth.
“Ji ji ji ji!”
Little Marten, crouched on Jian Chou’s shoulder, seeing Guyu in such an embarrassing situation, immediately laughed with glee, making sharp mocking sounds.
Upon hearing this, Dijiang Guyu’s little mouth drawn by the dotting brush twisted, its two eyes closed, and it began wailing loudly.
“Wu waa waa waa…”
“Ji ji ji, ao wu wu wu!”
…
For a moment, the originally quiet study was filled with various bizarre crying, shouting, and shrieking sounds…
Jian Chou had Little Marten crouched on her shoulder laughing so hard it forgot its own name, little Guyu hanging from her finger crying heartbrokenly while not forgetting to hold on tight, and her face wore an expression of…
Silence.
Living treasures were living treasures at any time.
They had no idea what kind of situation they were currently in…
However, thinking about it, even if they knew, they’d probably still be acting this way.
Seeing that little Guyu was about to cry itself to death, Jian Chou sighed, extended a hand to pinch its small, white body and lift it up, then grabbed the still-laughing Little Marten and placed them both on the ground.
“Ao wu wu?”
What’s this about?
Little Marten crouched on the ground, blinking its wet eyes, looking at Jian Chou with some confusion.
Little Guyu glared angrily at Little Marten, seemingly still upset about what just happened, turning its head away and refusing to look at Little Marten.
“You two, weren’t you getting along fine before?”
Jian Chou remembered Little Marten’s previous appearance of wanting to devour Guyu in two or three bites.
She reached out and tapped Little Marten: “And you, why are you randomly mocking others again?”
“Ao wu wu!”
This marten always laughs at people like this!
“Ao wu wu wu!”
If it doesn’t make a fool of itself, it’s not this marten’s turn to laugh!
“Ao wu wu!”
This marten did nothing wrong!
Little Marten called out three times at Jian Chou, waving its claws to express its dissatisfaction.
“…”
Jian Chou didn’t know exactly what it wanted to say, but she could roughly sense the meaning.
The corner of her mouth twitched as she crouched before this marten and bone, thinking that these two usually got along quite well, uh, if one hugging and frantically licking the other counted.
In any case, being different species, their affairs weren’t something she could interfere with.
The problem Jian Chou actually needed to face was only one—
Should she tell Little Marten that all its junk had been sold by her?
Actually, those things—Little Marten usually just picked them up and tossed them into the storage bag, never bothering to look at them again. She felt that even if she didn’t say anything, Little Marten probably wouldn’t notice.
But this matter was ultimately Jian Chou’s fault. She had originally planned to just take out the Swallowing Wind Stone to sell, never expecting that the junk mixed in would fetch such good prices.
Well, now she knew those things couldn’t be called junk, even if they weren’t treasures.
One person takes responsibility for their own actions.
Jian Chou stared at Little Marten’s small head, slowly reached out, and gently scratched it, softening her voice: “I’ve been cultivating these past few days, so I didn’t pay attention to the spirit beast bag. At least you’re out now.”
“Ao wu wu.”
These are small matters, I’ll forgive you.
Little Marten slowly squinted its eyes and casually called out a couple times.
“Now, we’ve arrived at a very dangerous place, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to find our way back to the Nineteen Continents for quite some time…”
“Ao wu wu…”
Eh, can’t go back? Oh well, it’s not a big deal anyway, at least I won’t starve.
“This place is different from the Nineteen Continents. The common currency here is profound jade, not the spirit stones we usually use, so we don’t have suitable weapons here, nor suitable things for cultivation…”
“Ao…”
This means the situation is quite bad? Mm, I understand.
Little Marten lazily raised its paw, covered its mouth, and yawned in an extremely human-like manner.
Jian Chou’s tone was peaceful, almost hypnotic.
Little Marten shrank its neck, being scratched on the head and neck by her, feeling drowsiness surge up even more. Its eyes were squinting, as if it would fall asleep the next moment.
“…Mm, so under these circumstances, we must use some extraordinary methods to exchange for the things we need…”
The originally smooth voice suddenly took on a somewhat hesitant quality.
“Wu…”
Why does this sound like something’s not quite right?
Little Marten was already somewhat confused, only vaguely sensing this.
Little Guyu, who had been eavesdropping nearby, finally turned its head, blinking its black grape-like eyes at Jian Chou.
Jian Chou suddenly felt guilty.
But what needed to be said still had to be said. She forcibly suppressed the urge to cough and continued: “So, some of those things you previously picked up… collected were sold by me in exchange for some profound jade…” Jian Chou tried to use a very normal voice, as if she were just chatting with Little Marten.
“Ao wu wu, ao…”
It’s just selling some things? It’s not a big deal, it’s fine, no—
Wait.
Sold what?!
Little Marten’s soft calls suddenly disappeared in its throat. An ominous premonition made all its fluffy marten fur stand on end, and its previously half-squinted eyes suddenly snapped wide open!
“Ao wu wu wu!”
You damn well say that to this marten again!
“Ao wu wu wu!”
Sold what? What did you just say you sold?!!
“…I accidentally sold those things you picked up before, but it doesn’t matter, we got lots and lots of profound jade in exchange…”
Jian Chou immediately got a headache and tried to appease Little Marten.
“Ao wu wu!”
Bullshit, bullshit!
All bullshit!
Little Marten was extremely agitated, standing on all four legs in a roaring posture, looking like it wanted to fight Jian Chou to the death.
“Ao wu wu wu!”
Liar, bandit! Give back people’s junk!
“…”
Finally understanding why everyone was unwilling to admit their mistakes after doing wrong!
This was the consequence!
Jian Chou conducted a profound self-examination in her heart, feeling helpless: She was probably the first cultivator in the Nineteen Continents to be scolded by her own pet, right?
Raising both hands, her attitude of admitting fault was quite sincere.
“Alright, alright, I know I was wrong. But I didn’t think at the time that what you picked up was all valuable stuff, not junk. I definitely won’t misunderstand you like that again in the future. How about I let you keep all the profound jade I got?”
“Ao wu wu!”
Nonsense!
Liar!
What profound jade—never even heard of it!
Don’t want it, don’t want it, don’t want any of it!
Give back my junk—no, my treasures!
Little Marten continued calling out, unrelenting, even directly stumbling and falling down, beginning to roll on the ground with all four legs flailing in the air, simply…
Simply like a hooligan trying to extort people at the city gate!
Dumbfounded!
Jian Chou had never seen Little Marten acting like such a rogue before. This was an eye-opener: This wasn’t just a marten with some temper, but a hooligan marten!
Look at this performance—so lifelike!
“Ao wu wu wu!”
Little Marten continued wailing.
Jian Chou didn’t even have the energy to sigh: “Alright, alright, stop rolling on the ground, it hasn’t been cleaned…”
“Ding dang!”
Suddenly, a crisp sound came from the ground, interrupting Jian Chou’s words.
She looked toward the sound and made a surprised noise.
Little Marten was still in the middle of rolling, but hearing the sound, it mysteriously stopped and got up.
On the ground, a large red round pearl had somehow appeared.
Its center seemed to contain volcanic lava, with gorgeous colors and a captivating radiance.
Where did this come from?
Jian Chou was stunned upon seeing it—the ground had been completely empty before!
Her brow furrowed, and with a thought, she suddenly looked up at Little Marten.
“Ao wu!”
Little Marten knew it was in trouble the moment it saw the large round pearl. The instant Jian Chou’s gaze turned toward it, without hesitation, it raised both paws and covered its mouth tightly, sealing it shut!
“…Hehe.”
There’s no silver here, three hundred taels worth.
Jian Chou had originally been puzzled about where this pearl came from. Thinking about it, only Little Marten had been rolling around here just now, and now it was covering its own mouth, afraid she might see something…
If not it, who else could it be?
Jian Chou’s previous guilty feeling immediately disappeared. Obviously, Little Marten was the guilty one now.
Her tone remained slow but had become pleasant.
“Why are you covering your mouth? Toothache? Come, let me take a look.”
“Wu wu wu!”
You’re dreaming!
Little Marten quickly shook its head and tried to run away!
Jian Chou was quick with her eyes and hands, immediately grabbing it like lightning!
“Ao wu wu wu!”
Little Marten immediately began crying out loudly, and its previously tightly closed mouth immediately opened wide, looking like it could swallow an entire cow!
Row after row of sharp teeth were arranged in its mouth, gleaming white with bright tips.
However, among these bright lights, there was something a bit different.
Golden and glittering, bright and shining.
Jian Chou was immediately struck by this bit of light.
Since the Crimson Kill Realm, she hadn’t really seen Little Marten open its mouth wide. What exactly was this bit of light in its mouth?
Staring at that bit of golden light in Little Marten’s mouth, Jian Chou’s expression became strange.
Little Marten’s heart went cold, immediately knowing it was about to be exposed. Its wide-open mouth was about to close while it struggled hard, trying to escape from Jian Chou’s grasp.
But how could Jian Chou let it succeed?
At least this was human versus marten!
Just as Little Marten’s mouth was about to close, Jian Chou directly stuck a finger in, lightly touched the tip against that bit of golden light, wrapped around it, and pulled it outward!
Swish—
That bit of golden light rapidly expanded, becoming like a small waterfall, flowing like silk as Jian Chou pulled it out with one hand!
Accompanying this endless golden light was actually a chaotic “ding ding dang dang” sound, as if a large pile of things were clattering to the ground under the golden light’s illumination, creating a cacophony.
Multicolored pearls, pure black shells, octagonal copper coins, azure jade hairpins, ancient bronze wine cups, tongue-shaped long spoons…
All kinds of strange and wonderful things!
Jian Chou’s eyes were about to pop out!
The more golden light she pulled, the more things fell.
Later, emerald daggers and cold jade small swords were nothing—most terrifying was when a kitchen knife as big as a table and a painted halberd a full zhang tall fell out!
“Clang!”
“Clang!”
Two huge crashes.
Jian Chou’s arm, which had been stretched straight, finally stopped and stiffened.
That golden light was far from finished being pulled out—who knew how much more was hidden in Little Marten’s teeth gaps.
The entire study seemed about to be filled with this radiance, even illuminated and melted.
The ground was a chaotic mess with everything imaginable. The two most conspicuous “big guys” lay beside Jian Chou’s feet, creating an inexplicable sense of shock…
“What are all these things…”
She was completely overwhelmed!
Little Marten was also overwhelmed, its two eyes tearful, whimpering twice.
It’s over!
The little treasury has been discovered!
Now she’s definitely going to be angry.
She and her companions risked their lives fighting in front, while it sneakily collected a pile of treasures and hid them in its teeth gaps. This was already unethical, and now it had been discovered!
Moreover, it had just gotten angry at her for selling that pile of junk…
It’s over, it’s over!
Creating its own trap!
Marten life is hopeless!
Heaven knows that junk was indeed just “junk” to Little Marten—it never took it seriously. The real treasures were always used to arm itself “to the teeth.” How could they possibly be placed in Jian Chou’s storage bag?
That place was just its garbage dump!
Wu wu wu…
It was all because it got too carried away. Now it literally had nowhere to cry!
Little Marten still had that golden light in its mouth, but at this moment, the pervasive golden light was beginning to gradually fade.
Thus, the true appearance of this long strip of things was finally revealed.
It really was a long piece of silk, just not golden in color.
It was white, yet seemed to be interwoven with various colors, making it difficult to determine what color it actually was at a glance.
One look showed red, the next look showed green.
Jian Chou gazed at this strip of silk in her hand, feeling like she was touching clouds at the edge of the sky—ethereal and uncertain. If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, if it weren’t right in front of her, truly held in her hand, she would almost doubt its existence.
Definitely a good thing!
And also…
All these chaotic, miscellaneous things on the ground…
Just looking with her eyes, Jian Chou could tell that each item below was probably worth a considerable amount—throw any one out and it could cause cultivators to fight over it!
Little Marten was…
A thought flashed through her mind as Jian Chou slowly raised her head to look at Little Marten.
Little Marten held the silk in its mouth, extremely stiff. Seeing Jian Chou look over, it slowly grinned, revealing that row of neat white teeth, awkwardly and ingratiatingly smiling at Jian Chou.
“…”
A moment of silence.
In this situation, how could she not understand?
Usually acting foolish and crazy, but secretly hiding a little treasury!
She had previously wondered why she hadn’t seen that tongue-like silver spoon Little Marten picked up in the Crimson Kill Realm among that pile of junk—turns out because this thing was more precious, it hid it in its mouth!
What exactly are you?
Jian Chou was completely puzzled. It even had space? Did it grow a qiankun bag in its mouth?
More importantly…
Humans couldn’t compare to martens, humans couldn’t compare to martens!
Jian Chou immediately felt the urge to bang her head against the ground: The junk that leaked from its teeth gaps was enough for her to dominate the Extreme Domain!
Where was the justice in heaven…