Chapter 204: Chapter 140: You Tried to Trick My Sister With This?

"White dragon carp! It’s the white dragon carp!"

Chen Shen leaned over the side of the boat, watching the flash of white light beneath the fishing boat, and excitedly shouted.

For the outside fishermen, the thrill of seeing the legendary white dragon carp was enough to temporarily overshadow his worry for his wife, who was in critical danger.

Mr. Yu, however, did not regain the exuberance he had when he saw it last time. He watched the white dragon carp speeding towards the lake with a somewhat grave expression.

Even in the stories passed down from generation to generation, there had never been an instance where two white dragon carps were seen in such a short time.

What puzzled him even more was why this one was the same size as the one he had caught the day before, yet it didn’t attack the fishing boat?

And what was the purpose of the white dragon carp that had been gutted, which attacked the fishing boat?...

Mr. Yu’s cloudy eyes suddenly shone with a bright light. This elderly man’s mind was still as vibrant as his rowing arms, and a strong intuition surged up from within!

That fish came for that Mr. Xu!

At this moment, the boat subtly turned its direction. Chen Shen, holding the fish tank with his wife in it, was oblivious.

But Mr. Yu was different. He was the most experienced fisherman on Jade Ring Lake, with a keen sense of water currents that left all other fishermen in his shadow.

And now, he could clearly feel the fishing boat trapped in a vortex, a vortex from which it was impossible to escape!

Mr. Yu’s face turned extremely grim as he desperately rowed, trying to break free from the underwater current:

"Chen Shen! Throw all the heavy things off the boat! Quickly!"

Chen Shen, not understanding, looked at the man who now appeared almost frenzied, and quickly got up to comply.

Yet it seemed as though an invisible giant hand in the water was tightly gripping the boat, allowing it only to drift with the current.

Chen Shen also sensed something amiss, and while reducing weight was preparing for escape, everything that could be thrown off had been...

He looked at the last remaining heavy object on the boat—a water tank filled with water, in which lay his wife, half of her body transformed into a fish tail.

His expression suddenly turned fierce, his hands already firmly clasped around the rim of the tank.

"If you throw her, you’ll have to go down too, and maybe then I can still make it out."

A cold, aged voice quietly came, as Mr. Yu gave up struggling.

He realized that the legacy of Jade Ring Pool was no longer in his hands. He would be devoured by this lake that had kept company with him every morning and evening, just like those other fishermen who mysteriously disappeared on Jade Ring Lake.

He took a puff of his pipe and calmly blew out a smoke ring: 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Born by this lake, destined to die by this lake..."

...

"Mr. You, what question do you want to ask this time?"

Yudie wiped the sweat off her forehead with an arm, taking small breaths, her face red with exertion.

"Mr. You has helped me a lot, whatever you want to ask, I’ll tell you!"

While transporting the fortunate white dragon carp from the Little Pool Palace to the dock where You Su landed, all the effort was made by You Su, but Yudie insisted on accompanying for a long distance, which was a bit strenuous for someone who seldom went outside.

You Su simply stared in a daze at the direction the white dragon carp disappeared, knowing that once they left Jade Ring Pool, they faced a much more dangerous world.

They might die just as they stepped out of their ’home,’ or they might secure a place in the external waters only to attract more danger. How many white dragon carps could really live better than in Jade Ring Pool?

"To see a bigger world, is it really a good thing for it..."

You Su’s soft murmur caused the joy on Yudie’s face to stagnate as she also gazed at the vast line where the sky met the lake.

She quickly regained her composure, her smile extending long and far:

"Rather than succumbing quietly in the small pool, I would rather be a fish that roams Beiao in the morning and rests in Dngying in the evening, even if facing death the next day, I have no regrets. I set the white dragon carp free according to my wishes, Mr. You can call it hypocritical, but keeping it here, isn’t it also a fate of being eaten? Besides, Yudie... was never perfect, to begin with."

She turned to look at You Su with a playful smile when she said the last sentence. She seemed never to care about her image, even though she had a flawless appearance, she candidly admitted her imperfection.

"No one is perfect, and You Su didn’t mean it that way." You Su slightly bowed in apology.

"Let’s head back, Mr. You." Yudie, unconcerned, smiled serenely, lifted her skirt, and walked barefoot along the wooden path.

You Su followed behind, silent for a while before voicing his question this time:

"May I ask the Sacred Maiden, everyone says the dragon carp is magical and can refine souls, aren’t you afraid it will become a Divine Beast in the future by setting it free? That’s quite a loss."

"It won’t, perhaps due to the Jade Ring Pool’s influence, a white dragon carp that can refine souls hasn’t been seen for a hundred years."

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...

As the sun set in the west, Ji Xueruo returned to her sleeping quarters. The four beautiful young men sent to attend her had long been replaced with four flower-like girls.

"Miss Ji, would you like to dine first, or bathe first?"

She concealed the peculiarity in her eyes well, gave no response, and walked in silently.

Clearly, when she suggested changing attendants to Immortal Master Yui Zhen, he tactfully declined, saying the attendants were paired with the palace and couldn’t be individually replaced.

But the eldest master, with just a simple word, resolved her issue.

As the son of the Patriarch of Jade Ring Pool’s family, the eldest master not only had exceptional strength but also a gentleman’s demeanor, changing her views on men and even making her feel that not all in the Human Race were utterly detestable.