Chapter 46
Li Yu looked at the Koi Side Mission. The original prompt was that to be a Koi, one must first possess the characteristics of a Koi. Now, it had changed. To be a Koi, one must first experience the feeling of being a Koi.
Li Yu was confused.
Li Yu asked the System, “Why did the prompt change?”
If he remembered correctly, it changed when he caused a ruckus in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
The System explained patiently, “When the host has the heart of protection and is willing to risk his life for the tyrant, he will possess the characteristics of a Koi.”
Li Yu suddenly realized, “So … the characteristics of a Koi refer to protection.”
He had always thought it was good luck.
Actually, it made sense. People hoped that Koi could bring them good luck, but they also hoped that Koi could protect them.
Because of his unintentional actions, the Koi Side Mission was updated by accident.
However, the update was not completed yet. The mission was still in progress.
Li Yu was a little worried, “What does it mean to experience the feeling of being a Koi?”
The System said, “It means — Host, are you ready?”
Li Yu, “Huh?”
Before Li Yu could react, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
The spiritual world where the System was originally in was chaotic, but now it was a vast starry sky.
The System said solemnly, “Host, please choose a target to experience being a Koi.*
Li Yu, “???”
Wait a minute, he hadn’t prepared anything yet when it came to choosing people.
Li Yu did not understand what the System meant. When he looked again, there was a path in front of him that led to the dark distance.
Li Yu was still in the form of a fish. He tried it carefully and found that he could swim along the path without water. It was impossible in reality. Li Yu concluded that he was still in the spiritual world.
The System urged, “Host, please proceed with the mission without worry.”
Li Yu. “…”
Every time the System said something like that, it would trick him.
Li Yu thought to himself that he should leave first. He did not prepare anything and only came in to take a look. King Jing was still outside. What if he messed up the mission and could not turn into a Koi?
He could easily leave the System in the past, but he could not do so now.
The system had already begun to trap him, and did not give him a way out, temporarily trapping him in the spiritual world.
It seemed that if he wanted to go out, he would have to follow the system’s instructions and experience being a koi.
Because he had caused a lot of trouble when he changed his scales, Li Yu’s enthusiasm to be a koi fish was somewhat affected. However, this was life …
Li Yu swam along the path in front of him. After an unknown period of time, light appeared in front of him, and the surrounding scenery gradually became clear.
He discovered that he was actually in the Imperial Palace because there were palace walls and golden tiles that were unique to the Imperial Palace.
Because he could still swim around at will, it could be seen that he still hadn’t escaped from the spiritual world – all of this was an illusion.
There was no prompt from the system, which meant that he had to rely on himself to figure things out. He was used to it.
However, he hadn’t seen anyone who knew what it meant to select a target.
As if to respond to his confusion, a voice came from a little distance away. Li Yu quickly swam over and found two children fighting in the grass.
Of the two children, one was taller, thinner, and older. The other was short, with puffy cheeks and a chubby body.
The older one looked no more than seven or eight years old, and the younger one was only two or three years old. For some reason, the two children were rolling together.
The older child was very cunning. He pinched and twisted the chubby boy, and even kicked the chubby boy’s belly. If it were any other child, they would have already cried. Not only did the chubby boy not cry, he even gritted his teeth and hit the older child’s face, causing the older child to have dark circles.
Li Yu was on the side, and the two children seemed unable to see him. He tried to separate the two children, but he couldn’t touch them.
Sure enough, it was an illusion. He could only continue watching. Li Yu thought, ‘Could it be that the system said to select a target was between these two children?’
The fight ended very quickly. The chubby boy fiercely bit the older child’s arm.
The older child covered his hand and cried, “Just you wait, I’m going to tell Imperial Father!”
The older child cried all the way and ran away.
The chubby boy looked at the older child’s back coldly. He lowered his head and picked up a broken kite beside him, cleaning it up himself.
From the way they called out “Imperial Father,” Li Yu guessed that the two children were most likely princes.
However, at this age, they didn’t match the seventh prince and eighth prince that he knew.
Moreover, the seventh prince and eighth prince had a good relationship. The original book didn’t say that they would fight.
So who was this chubby boy?
Li Yu continued to watch.
An eunuch rushed forward and hugged the chubby boy. “Your Highness, why did you fight with the second prince again … Did you beat him down?”
Li Yu laughed. This eunuch’s words were a bit interesting.
The chubby boy’s dark eyes sparkled as he nodded.
The eunuch wanted to wipe the chubby prince’s face, so he turned around with the chubby boy. Li Yu instantly saw the eunuch’s appearance and was extremely surprised.
This was a face that was almost exactly the same as Wang Xi’s, but a bit younger.
Li Yu paused. ‘Could this be Eunuch Wang’s legendary relative?’
Li Yu was interested in these two people. The eunuch who looked like Wang Xi led the chubby prince in front. He quietly followed behind and found that the two people went into a palace. Li Yu looked around and felt that this place was somewhat familiar. He raised his head and glanced at the plaque. The plaque was engraved with the words “Jingtai Palace Hall.”
Li Yu was immediately stunned.
As far as he knew, only one prince lived in Jingtai Palace Hall, and the eunuch beside him looked so similar to Wang Xi …
Suddenly, Li Yu thought of the truth and almost screamed out loud. ‘No way!?’
No wonder the chubby boy didn’t make a sound when he was beaten or hit, and no wonder the eunuch looked so similar to Wang Xi. As a child grew up, his appearance usually changed a lot, so he didn’t recognize the chubby boy at first. However, the changes of an adult’s appearance were relatively smaller. The silent prince who lived in Jingtai Palace Hall and the young eunuch who looked so similar to Wang Xi, weren’t they – King Jing and Wang Xi themselves?
He knew that the System loved to trick him. In the past, it was just a small pit. Now, not only did it not let him exit, it even let him enter an illusion from more than ten years ago?
Wow, so King Jing was a fatty when he was young.
Li Yu thought that he had already transmigrated, so the illusion was nothing. However, he suddenly found himself in King Jing’s childhood, so Li Yu was a little happy.
He wagged his tail wildly and followed behind the chubby boy. The chubby boy, King Jing, and Wang Xi still didn’t notice him.
Li Yu swam in front of them and jumped into the courtyard that he was familiar with.
Wang Xi wiped the chubby boy, King Jing’s face, as if he was going to get something. He left the chubby boy in the courtyard and told him not to wander around.
The chubby boy, King Jing, was very obedient. He really sat there with a straight face and didn’t move.
Li Yu swam behind the chubby boy and rubbed his back with the tip of his tail, but the chubby boy, King Jing, didn’t respond.
Tsk, as expected, the chubby boy couldn’t sense him. Then how should he “experience the koi”?
Li Yu already knew that the chubby boy was King Jing, so he had to choose King Jing.
While he was thinking with his fish head tilted, the older prince, who was chased away by King Jing, came again.
Li Yu remembered that Wang Xi called this prince “Second Prince.” This should be the second prince when he was young, right?
The second prince ran over. King Jing stared at him with a fierce face.
The second prince said angrily, “Imperial Father asked me to teach you a lesson. He won’t come to see you, and he won’t care about you!”
King Jing was angry, and the two of them started fighting again.
In Li Yu’s eyes, the fight between the two children was like two chickens pecking at each other.
Even if he wanted to help, he couldn’t do anything. The two princes fought and rolled together.
Just as they were about to roll to the side of a pond, King Jing was caught off guard and was at a disadvantage. Out of nowhere, the second prince forcefully pushed King Jing into the pond.
The young King Jing didn’t know how to swim. Seeing him struggling in the water, the second prince was frightened and ran out screaming.
Don’t run! Come back and save him!
Li Yu swam around anxiously, but Wang Xi wasn’t there. For some reason, there was no one else beside King Jing!
No, he must save King Jing …
Even if this was an illusion.
Li Yu jumped into the pond without hesitation. The moment he entered the water, he suddenly felt wet, which he hadn’t felt in a long time..
He … seemed to be able to integrate into this illusion.
Without thinking too much, Li Yu swam to King Jing’s side like an arrow.
The chubby boy, King Jing, forgot to struggle for a moment. He stared in surprise at the jet-black fish that appeared out of nowhere. The fish’s belly and tail were dazzling gold.
The chubby boy was about to sink when Li Yu opened his mouth and bit on the chubby boy’s lapel.
As he thought, he could touch the chubby boy, but he was just a small carp. Even if the system gave him more strength, a fish’s body couldn’t pull a two or three-year-old child.
If only he could grow a little bigger and have more strength …
Li Yu prayed sincerely. At this moment, the fish’s body seemed to sense his desire and began to grow bigger.
Finally, it became as long as the chubby boy’s arm. Li Yu went to bite on the chubby boy’s lapel again. Finally, he was able to move the chubby boy. He pushed and held the chubby boy in his mouth until he reached the shore.
The chubby boy’s cheeks were red and he looked excited. He opened his eyes and stared at the fish without blinking.
Li Yu was almost exhausted, but he was still thinking about the chubby boy. At this moment, he couldn’t leave the pond and swim as he pleased. He could only stay in the water and put his back into the chubby boy’s hands.
The chubby boy, King Jing, was confused.
Li Yu, … You’re too stupid. You don’t even know how to f* ck a fish! How did you become the man who f* cked my tail until it went soft?!
Li Yu resigned himself to his fate and put the fish’s body next to the chubby boy’s hand. He demonstrated by f* cking himself. The chubby boy stretched out a fat finger and poked the fish’s slippery back. After he got used to the cold touch, he put his hand on it and soon learned how to f*ck a fish.
F *cking a fish makes people happy! And there’s this, chubby boy!
As Li Yu enjoyed the chubby boy’s unskilled f* cking, he put the fish’s head in the chubby boy’s palm and took the initiative to rub it twice.
Although he didn’t know what this meant, Li Yu liked it very much every time King Jing did this.
The chubby boy was led by him and smiled widely. He gently stroked the fish’s head …
The smile on his chubby face finally revealed a bit of the charm of a handsome and beautiful man in the future.
Li Yu flicked his tail to encourage the chubby boy.
He and the chubby boy played silently for a while. There were a lot of people outside. Li Yu could now be seen. He hurriedly turned around, flicked his tail, and hid in the grass under the pond.
The chubby boy, King Jing, was quickly surrounded by a group of imperial physicians. A man wearing a dragon robe, the young emperor, quickly walked over. He was surprised to see that the water in the pond was scattered with fine golden fragments.
This was because the little carp was hiding in the grass. The emperor couldn’t see the fish, but he could see the golden light reflected by the fish’s tail and body. This gorgeous color was also imprinted in the emperor’s eyes.
“How do you feel? Are you alright?” The emperor turned his head and looked worriedly at the Fifth Prince, who had fallen into the water.
The chubby boy looked at the emperor and then looked at the pond. He couldn’t see the fish anymore. The chubby boy struggled to get up, swayed twice, and fell down again.
“Your Highness!” The imperial physicians hurriedly held him.
An imperial physician touched the Fifth Prince’s forehead with a trembling hand and exclaimed,
“His Highness is running a high fever! He’s even scalding his hand!”
Li Yu didn’t expect the chubby boy’s red face to be a fever. He was anxious and wanted to rush out from under the grass. Suddenly, everything in front of him seemed to be separated by a layer of fog and gradually moved away from him.
Li Yu finally heard the emperor’s angry voice, “Quickly treat me. If anything happens to Tianjing, you don’t need to live anymore!”
Li Yu was speechless.
Li Yu was stunned. The chubby boy’s name was Tianjing, not Tianchi?
Could it be that… he recognized the wrong person? This wasn’t the tyrant’s master?
… Impossible. He had read the whole book. The emperor didn’t have a prince named Tianjing.
Moreover, he was taken care of by Wang Xi when he was young and couldn’t speak. He should be King Jing’s setting. Moreover …
Why did King Jing’s title happen to be Jing?
Could it be that King Jing changed his name when he was young? After all, among the princes with different names, King Jing’s name was very different from “Tianchi.” If it was “Tianjing,” it would make sense.
The only person who could make King Jing change his name was the emperor, and this was most likely the case.
But, why?
Li Yu thought about it but couldn’t figure it out. This wasn’t particularly important. Whether King Jing was called Tianchi or Tianjing, he was still his tyrant’s master.
*Host, congratulations on completing the ‘Become a Koi Fish’ side task. After receiving the reward, you will become a Koi Fish and have the abilities of a Koi Fish.”
The system reminded him in a timely manner.
Li Yu’s mind was still on the sick chubby boy. He kept reminding himself that this was just an illusion and not reality. King Jing was fine now and was outside. He wasn’t a chubby boy, so he wasn’t really sick, right?
Li Yu: System, chubby boy … that child just now, what happened to him?
Even if it was an illusion, Li Yu couldn’t help but ask.
The system replied, “Later, he fell sick. After a few days, he recovered.”
Li Yu:”…”
Forget it, he knew that the system was the worst at tricking fish. It was good enough that it could get such a result.
Li Yu looked at his fish body. He had grown bigger in the illusion and then turned back. After all, it was just an illusion and didn’t count. He was satisfied.
The Koi Fish Mission was completed. It should be because he helped chubby boy King Jing in the illusion.
The system wanted him to experience the feeling of being a Koi Fish. He already knew that the Koi Fish’s special trait was protection. Then, experiencing the Koi Fish should be experiencing the feeling of protection.
Just like how he chose chubby boy and helped chubby boy just now.
He finally completed the side task and could become a Koi Fish …
Li Yu faced the long-awaited reward, but he wasn’t particularly excited.
If he became a Koi Fish, the color of his scales would change, right?
The system replied, “Yes, the scales will be adjusted again.”
Li Yu: Then let’s wait and see.
It was as if he had been forced to complete the Koi Mission all of a sudden. Because he had changed his scales once, he had caused a lot of trouble outside. King Jing had gone through a lot of trouble to cover for him. If he suddenly changed his scales, wouldn’t that be even more suspicious?
Even if he was a real Koi Fish, it wouldn’t change so frequently.
Li Yu: Let’s store it for a while …
The system: “…”
Li Yu tried again and finally could leave the system. He exited with lingering fear. When he returned to the real world, he found King Jing wrapping the fish in a gold-threaded seaweed blanket.
