Chapter 1191: Chapter 1187: My Butt Feels a Little Chilly

The always confident Ginsengfruit showed a rare hint of defeat upon hearing Yun Ran’s inquiry.

"Sorry, Host, I haven’t yet..."

Ginsengfruit always believed that he was well-learned, and any data available online, he had them all recorded.

However, as for the patterns before him, after trying various methods to simulate and restore them, he couldn’t quickly decipher them.

"No need to apologize, this place was never meant to be simple, especially since it’s a space rift with many secrets unknown to us; it’s normal."

Despite his incompetence, he wasn’t scolded.

Instead of feeling comforted, Ginsengfruit actually felt increasingly uncomfortable.

"Host, just give me a little more time!"

After speaking, Ginsengfruit turned away to manually replicate the weathered patterns; he didn’t believe he couldn’t figure them out!

Yun Ran, with words of consolation on her lips, held them back upon seeing Ginsengfruit’s earnest and busy figure.

It’s rare to have such an opportunity for practice; it’s not bad that Ginsengfruit is taking it seriously.

She herself went back to examining the sealing at the stone gate.

Er Dan searched around but found nothing special. Only when he turned to head back to Yun Ran did he realize no one was there.

He could only look around for them and then followed Yun Ran’s traces to find them.

As soon as he saw the artificial waterfall, excitement appeared in Er Dan’s eyes.

When he was still an egg, he had been kept inside the Gu God Hall for many years. Ever since breaking his shell, he’d seen very few things.

Now, seeing this place, he instinctively felt a bit of joy.

He immediately spread his wings and dashed under the waterfall, not caring at all about the water droplets on his body.

Er Dan was quite large, so when he leaped into the water, the pool beneath the waterfall splashed dramatically.

Completely soaking the nearby path, splashing even onto Ginsengfruit, who was busy working.

His clothes had already gotten quite wet when entering from the outside.

But that was unavoidable on the way in.

Now it was different; now it was Er Dan making trouble, which sparked a bit of anger in Ginsengfruit.

Faced with such a mischievous creature, especially compared to the obedient Little Paperman.

Er Dan was simply an aggravating troublemaker.

"You really just itch to cause trouble!"

After splashing about in the pool, Er Dan suddenly heard Ginsengfruit’s somewhat rude voice.

Startled, Er Dan buried his head under the water, hoping that if he couldn’t hear Ginsengfruit’s reprimands, it wasn’t considered mischief.

Ginsengfruit cared little for Er Dan’s self-deceptive behavior; pretending not to notice didn’t mean it was fine.

Determined, he strode out of the waterfall and yanked Er Dan, dragging him onto the shore.

Ginsengfruit held Er Dan’s head, but Er Dan refused to look at him directly.

As long as he avoided eye contact with Ginsengfruit, he could continue playing dumb.

"Come with me!"

Dragged into the waterfall, Er Dan was already soaked, as if he’d turned into a drenched little chick, his fur sticking to his skin.

This made Er Dan’s size instantly look smaller and made him appear extremely pitiful and quite amusing.

"Don’t think you can misbehave just because you’re young; now, go stand over there as punishment!"

Upon hearing this, Er Dan was immediately displeased; why should he stand as punishment? He wasn’t going to!

Ginsengfruit continued, "No room for negotiation!"

Er Dan: ...

How unlucky was he to be caught red-handed? Earlier when he tripped Ginsengfruit, he should have tripped him harder!

Humph! If it weren’t for the Companion Beast’s aura on Ginsengfruit, he wouldn’t be so close to him.

From now on, he decided to start disliking Ginsengfruit!

Irritated, Er Dan finally trudged with a self-righteous gait, fur sticking to his skin and revealing his rump, to the corner at the cave entrance.

Soon, Yun Ran noticed Er Dan glancing at her resentfully as if he were severely wronged.

Yun Ran: ...

She turned slightly, pretending she hadn’t seen anything earlier.

Confronting outsiders, she might take sides, but against her own? Sorry, she was blind-eyed.

Who would jump in to sing and dance while others were disciplining ’children’?

Er Dan never expected his act of pity would be completely ignored by Yun Ran.

Feeling a little disheartened, it seemed that playing the victim wasn’t effective after all.

With Er Dan dealt with, Ginsengfruit no longer paid him any attention, focusing back on his own work.

Er Dan glanced at both Ginsengfruit and Yun Ran; neither seemed to pay him any mind, lost in their work, making him appear quite dumb.

His gaze began to explore the surroundings, looking left and right, before landing on those weathered patterns.

"Why do these look so familiar?"

The child’s voice abruptly rang out, instantly capturing Yun Ran and Ginsengfruit’s attention.

Under Yun Ran and Ginsengfruit’s focused gaze, Er Dan suddenly remembered how pitiful he looked.

He shook himself vigorously, sending countless water droplets flying from his body.

Yun Ran: ...

She had used the Black Umbrella to avoid the waterfall’s splash but hadn’t escaped Er Dan’s antics.

In a blink, Er Dan’s fur dried instantly, restoring his size to what it had been before.

Faced with Yun Ran’s eyes longing to slap him, Er Dan realized he might have gone a bit overboard.

Afraid of getting beaten, Er Dan quickly spoke, "I really find this pattern very familiar!"

Suppressing her urge to slap Er Dan, Yun Ran replied casually, "Tell me, if there’s a clue, I’ll spare you; otherwise, you’ll experience hanging upside down."

Though Yun Ran’s tone was far from fierce, Er Dan instinctively felt a chill at his rear.

Oops (⊙o⊙)... must be the fur on his tail not yet dry!

"I promise to look carefully!"

With that, Er Dan stepped closer to the weathered pattern.

What already felt familiar now seemed even more recognizable.

But remembering Yun Ran’s previous threat, he felt a measure of caution was wise.

After taking another look, Er Dan said, "These look very much like the patterns on the containers of evil spirits bred by Gu in the past."