Chapter 49
Ever since Li Yu was given the title of “Koi Fish” by the famous Zen Master Liao Kong, he was no longer an ordinary Koi Fish. He had already completed the Koi Fish Side Quest, and the rewards were constantly beckoning to him. Li Yu resisted the temptation. Although he was now part of the Koi Fish Clan in name, he couldn’t immediately transform in front of the Emperor and Liao Kong. It was only after a few days that he followed King Jing back to the palace that King Jing recovered from his injuries. Li Yu guessed that no one would pay attention to him anymore, so he picked a sunny day and sneaked into the system to receive his reward.
He had already asked the system before, and the reward this time would also change his appearance. Li Yu looked at the reward expectantly and found that it was mainly divided into two types. One was that he could choose the color of his fish scales again. It was still gold, red, green, silver, and purple. The other was the good luck of being a Koi Fish. The system was very stingy and refused to give him good luck in all aspects. It was only willing to increase his luck in three random things.
No matter what, it was better than nothing. Li Yu was already very good at comforting himself. He thought that having three things to increase his luck was better than having nothing at all, right?
Since it was a random selection, it was not up to him to decide. Li Yu still chose the color of his scales first because he had chosen gold before. In fact, gold scales had grown on his jet-black body. Li Yu thought that scales of other colors would also grow this time. He had thought about mixing the three colors for a long time, and this time he chose silver. He wanted to make a cool Koi Fish.
After the color was chosen, the fish body in the system didn’t change for the time being. Li Yu guessed that it would be the same as last time, and it would only take effect after he logged out of the system. He wasn’t in a hurry and checked his luck bonus again. The system listed out the few things that had increased his luck one by one.
1. Face Slapping Villain, Luck 10
2. Ample Food and Clothing, Luck 10
3. Soul Imprint, Luck 20
Li Yu: “…”
He could still understand the first two items, but there seemed to be something strange mixed in at the back, and there was a lot of extra luck.
Li Yu: “What does Soul Imprint mean?”
The System said mysteriously, “This is a skill that is required for special missions. The greater the bonus, the easier the mission will be to complete.”
Li Yu: “Why does it sound a little weird … But since it’s related to the quest, I’ll just accept it. I’ll know when I use it in the future.”
Li Yu left after receiving the reward. The first thing he did was to look at the fish tail excitedly to see if it had grown silver scales.
With one look, Li Yu was shocked. His originally black fishtail with a hint of gold had turned silvery-white with a hint of gold.
Li Yu:”…”
Where was the super cool mix of colors he had imagined?!
Li Yu swallowed his saliva. Could it be that the color selection this time was not as simple as adding a new color to the fish, but completely changing its base color?
Li Yu quickly jumped out of the fish tank and slid to the front of the bronze mirror in King Jing’s room using her tail as a small skateboard.
Facing him in the mirror, a silver fish jumped out. Its silvery-white scales looked like pearls from afar, and its belly and tail were still mixed with gold.
Li Yu took a deep breath. He … had turned from a black fish to a silver fish!
And it wasn’t just his base color. His body size had grown bigger and longer, and he looked even more like a koi fish. As expected of the reward from the “Become a Koi Fish” side quest. At first glance, he looked like a koi fish.
This change was even bigger than when he had grown golden scales. Even if Liao Kong covered him up, he didn’t know if King Jing could handle it.
However, when he thought about it, he didn’t choose black this time. This meant that he was destined to never have a normal base color again.
Li Yu was a little worried about King Jing’s reaction. He was afraid that King Jing wouldn’t be able to accept the change when the little black fish disappeared and a big silver fish jumped out. After the change, he didn’t dare to swim around. Instead, he went into the cave in the rockery and hid most of his body, only revealing his mouth. He planned to wait for King Jing to come and show it to King Jing bit by bit.
In this way, the impact wouldn’t be too big, right?
During this time, Eunuch Wang came over to feed him. It was the first time Li Yu saw something he liked to eat, so he didn’t swim over happily.
Wang Xi was a little puzzled, but he still followed the fish and used a jade ruyi to move the fish food to the cave where the fish was hiding, making it convenient for the fish to eat.
Li Yu was hungry, so this helped him a lot. Wang Xi saw the hidden fish’s mouth flash quickly, and the fish food was gone. In a daze, Wang Xi saw the fish’s head seem to be shining.
Wang Xi walked away in confusion.
When it was King Jing’s turn to come over, King Jing had already noticed that the little fish had been in the cave for quite some time.
The usually lively carp spirit was suddenly motionless. Something was wrong. King Jing reached his hand into the cave and wanted to fish the fish out.
However, even though his hand went in, he couldn’t fish the fish out. King Jing:”…”
Li Yu: Sob, sob, sob, it’s stuck again.
This fish had been stuck before. King Jing guessed that the carp spirit’s body size must have changed again, so he immediately ordered the servants to move the rockery and rescue the trapped fish.
In the end, the rockery was moved away, and a fish with shining silver scales and pitiful eyes swam out.
King Jing: “…”
Li Yu was afraid that the tyrant master wouldn’t recognize him, so he hurriedly blew a bubble at King Jing and hooked King Jing’s finger with the tip of his silver tail.
King Jing suddenly realized that the color of the fish had changed. Even if he was mentally prepared, he still needed some time to accept it.
Li Yu had no choice, so he took the initiative to turn his belly over and show King Jing the golden scales on the fish’s belly.
The fish was still the same fish, but its color had changed.
King Jing: “…”
King Jing finally recovered from the shock. He hesitated for a moment, then poked the fish’s belly.
Li Yu: Ow, this is for you to recognize the fish. Don’t poke it!
The silver fish rolled around under his palm. King Jing touched the fish’s smooth back again. Even though the black fish had turned silver, it still felt the same, and the fish’s reaction didn’t change.
He was sure that it was a small fish.
The small carp spun twice in the water. Seeing that the tyrant master had started to rub the fish again, Li Yu was slightly relieved. At the same time, the doubts in his heart increased.
Why did King Jing accept it so quickly?
It was the same in the past. He grew golden scales and became bigger. As the master, wasn’t King Jing too calm?
It seemed that other than calmness, he couldn’t find a suitable description. Maybe this was the aura of the male lead? Thinking about it, if King Jing was like Heir Ye, who was so shocked that his jaw dropped, it would be a bit of a violation of his character setting.
King Jing took the fish out of the water without any hesitation. He measured it and found that the fish had indeed grown bigger. It was now as long as his forearm.
At first, it was a small black fish the size of a palm. Later, it grew to a black goldfish the size of two fists. Now, it was a silver goldfish the size of an arm.
What would it look like if it grew bigger?
King Jing found that this fish could exceed his expectations every time. He was inexplicably looking forward to it.
Because the fish had suddenly grown bigger, the various teacups and fish tanks couldn’t be used again. King Jing carried the fish and walked a few steps quickly. He first put the fish into the big fish pond outside the house. At the same time, he ordered the servants to take out the bigger teacups first.
King Jing had considered this problem when the fish grew bigger last time. It had to be said that King Jing was a very far-sighted person. When he was choosing new teacups, he even preparec the bigger ones in advance. Now, all he had to do was find them.
Li Yu quickly found a red lotus teacup that matched the fish’s new size.
King Jing also used this opportunity to warn everyone in the residence, including Wang Xi.
With regards to the fish’s various changes, he insisted that the fish was a koi. With Liao Kong’s protection and the Emperor’s words, no matter how it changed now or in the future, it would only look more and more like a koi.
Moreover, this change had at least one advantage, which was that it fully confirmed Liao Kong’s words. King Jing weighed the pros and cons. Three days later, he slightly revised the matter of the small koi turning into a silver koi and wrote it in a memorial to report to the Emperor.
To outsiders, he couldn’t tell them that the fish’s original color had suddenly changed. He still used the original story of the fish’s scales to make it more convincing.
King Jing racked his brains on how to cover up the fish. As for Li Yu, once he was accepted by King Jing, he had nothing to worry about. His tyrant master would always protect him. He had an inexplicable confidence in his tyrant master.
The koi branch had been successfully completed. Next, it was time to focus on “revitalizing the family.’ This new branch was still stuck at the first step, “Wind, Flower, Snow and Moon.”
He speculated that to do this step, he would need some wine. One day after the transformation of the koi, Li Yu quickly turned into a human while King Jing wasn’t around. He still remembered that King Jing liked to read books about immortality recently. First, he hid the books on immortality on the bookshelf where they weren’t easy to find. Then, he went to find Wang Xi to settle the matter of the wine as soon as possible.
“Eunuch Wang, may I ask where there is wine in the residence?” Li Yu took the initiative to find Wang Xi and asked politely and carefully.
He carried a box of gifts. When asking for help, he always had to prepare some gifts, especially in ancient times. Li Yu didn’t know what he could give. Many of his gifts were given to Yu by King Jing, so he couldn’t directly give it to Yu. After thinking about it, he packed a few snacks that he liked very much and put them in a box. He tied the box with a red ribbon and tied it into a beautiful bow. Wang Xi smiled at him, and he stuffed the gift box into Wang Xi’s hands.
This time, he wore a pearl-white shirt. The collar and hem of the shirt were embroidered with continuous water ripples made of golden thread. The cuffs were embedded with a circle of small jade beads the size of rice grains. The belt was a loose colorful silk ribbon, and on his feet were small white boots with silver patterns. Every few days, King Jing would reward him with a few “old clothes.” Among them, he felt that this one was very similar to his current body. Not long after he got it, he set it as his new favorite and wore it everywhere to show off.
Young Master Li obviously didn’t know much about the clothes he was wearing, but Wang Xi couldn’t be more clear. These clothes were all made according to King Jing’s instructions. He found the best embroidery workshop in the Imperial City to make them overnight, washed them, and then handed them to King Jing.
He didn’t know what was wrong with His Highness. Every time he gave new clothes to Young Master Li, he would say that they were old clothes, but Young Master Li didn’t notice.
However, every time Young Master Li changed into a new style, His Highness would hide and secretly watch for a long time.
Wang Xi could feel that His Highness cared a lot about Young Master Li, although the way he showed it was strange. Even he couldn’t help but smile when he looked at the young man in white in front of him. Young Master Li rarely went out of the house and didn’t interact with many people, but he was polite to everyone and didn’t put on airs.
Eunuch Wang touched the gift box in his hand. It was no wonder that His Highness cared about such a likable boy.
“Why did Young Master ask me about wine? Do you want to drink wine?” Wang Xi asked with a smile.
Li Yu nodded. His real purpose was to complete the task, and drinking wine was just a step. It wasn’t wrong to say that he wanted to drink wine.
Wang Xi said, “His Highness has ordered that Young Master Li will do his best to do whatever he wants. Young Master, please come with me.”
Wang Xi carried the gift box and took Li Yu to the wine cellar.
Li Yu looked at the rows of wine jars in the King Jing Mansion and his eyes widened. “There are so many?”
Wang Xi smiled and said, “The various manors gave them to you, and the palace rewarded you with some. What kind of wine does Young Master want? Do you know the name of the wine? “
Li Yu blinked his eyes. Young Master wanted something that could complete the task in one go.
Li Yu said awkwardly, “I don’t know either. Apart from green plum wine, is there any other wine that won’t get you drunk?”
“Yes, there is a wine called Amber Light, which is made from grapes. Women and children can also drink some.”
Wang Xi patiently introduced the wine to Li Yu and finally picked a small jar of Amber Light for Li Yu.
Li Yu excitedly carried the wine jar away. Wang Xi was very loyal to King Jing, so he turned around and reported to King Jing.
Xiaoyu asked for wine?
King Jing couldn’t help but worry. As far as he knew, the carp spirit couldn’t hold his liquor very well. In order to prevent the fish from getting drunk and randomly transforming, King Jing decided to accompany the fish right away.
Wang Xi volunteered to lead the way for King Jing to find Young Master Li. After taking a few steps, King Jing’s gaze fell on the gift box that Eunuch Wang was carefully carrying in his hand,
King Jing: What is it?
Wang Xi: “…”
