Chapter 99
Li Yu was temporarily safe in the river, but he couldn’t just wait for King Jing to rescue him. It would be too late if the bandits wanted to deal with him.
At least this trip confirmed that Dabao and the others were not in the hands of the bandits. The bandits caught him, but they didn’t know his identity, so they couldn’t use him to threaten King Jing. This could be considered a blessing in disguise.
Li Yu kept comforting himself, forcing himself to calm down and think more about the current situation.
Of course, he wanted to escape. Murlocs were only agile on their feet. Why not escape when the bandits weren’t paying attention?
While he was thinking, a bandit came over. Li Yu quickly hid in the water.
When the bandit saw his figure, he cursed and reached out to catch Li Yu.
Li Yu didn’t want to be caught, so he kicked the bandit’s arm.
The bandit was suddenly hit and flew into a rage, pulling out a sharp sword.
Li Yu suddenly regretted not bringing a weapon with him when he left the house. Because he was worried, he didn’t expect to be caught by the bandits. Also, because he was a murloc, he couldn’t carry a weapon at all.
If only his tail was here …
He never wanted to have a fishtail so much. The strength of his legs was still weaker than that of a fishtail. Although the fish scales on his upper body were also a kind of protection, he wasn’t sure if they could withstand a hard knife. Moreover, his short fins couldn’t be used to slap people.
Thinking of this, his body changed again at the critical moment. His lower body, which was originally in the form of a murloc, suddenly became light, as if he could feel the elegance of his tail.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu shook his tail gently, confirming that his feeling was right. His tail had indeed appeared. In the past, murlocs and mermaids could last for a whole day. He didn’t expect that on the third day of the mission …
The rhythm changed randomly!
It came at the right time. Let’s deal with the bandits in front of me first!
The bandit slashed at Li Yu with his saber, but Li Yu nimbly dodged into the water. When the bandit couldn’t catch him, he angrily rushed into the water. Li Yu deliberately used his tail, which was hidden in the dark, to trip the bandit and make him fall into the water.
Before he could get up, she raised her fishtail high and smashed it on the bandit’s forehead. The bandit didn’t even have time to scream before he was knocked unconscious.
Li Yu hurriedly dragged the unconscious bandit behind the rock.
If there was only one bandit, he could deal with it accordingly. But if there were several of them at once, he only had one fish. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Moreover, his tail could knock the bandits unconscious, but it couldn’t run away nimbly. His goal was still to escape.
Wait a minute. Li Yu had just thought about the benefits of legs when he realized that his body had changed again. His fishtail had turned into a human leg again.
Li Yu: “…”
It can’t change so frequently, right?
When Li Yu calmed down, she was quite smart.
He began to summarize the changes of the day.
The first time he turned into a murloc was when he was eager to run out of the house to see if it was Dabao.
The second time he turned into a mermaid was when he had a strong urge to kill the bandit.
Just now, he wanted to use his legs to run away again. The third time he turned into a murloc.
Could it be that on the last day, he could change back and forth as he pleased?
Then — he really wanted to turn into a human!
Li Yu waited for a long time, but there was no movement. The fins were still fat and short, and he couldn’t grab or hold them.
Li Yu guessed that he was wrong. When he was doing the mission, he secretly tried to transform into a human, but it didn’t work. Since the system banned skills, it wouldn’t make it easy for him to turn back into a human, right?
… If he couldn’t turn into a human, could he turn into a fish?
This time, it was just a casual thought. Suddenly, his vision lowered and his body lowered.
Li Yu: “!!!”
It seemed that casually saying that he turned into a fish didn’t work, because he really turned back into a fish.
Li Yu couldn’t believe it. The fish was still the same size, and the cloth used to cover it fell off. He easily got rid of it.
Turning into a fish was the easiest thing to do. Li Yu hid in the water plants and looked at the bandits coldly.
No matter what, this group of bandits wouldn’t think that the hostage turned into a fish and hid. They would only think that the hostage secretly ran away.
The bandits made a scene for a while. When they saw that the brother who went to play with the hostage didn’t move for a long time, they cursed and came over to check.
They saw a brother lying in the river. The cloth on the hostage was still there, but the person was nowhere to be seen.
“What’s going on? Where is he?!”
A bad-tempered bandit pulled the unconscious bandit up and slapped him a few times.
The unconscious bandit woke up with a blank look in his eyes. Obviously, he didn’t see anything when he tripped over the fishtail and was knocked unconscious.
“What are you waiting for? Go after him!”
Someone shouted, and the bandits rushed out to find the hostage.
Li Yu held his breath and waited for a while.
A masked bandit didn’t go with the other bandits. Instead, he walked to the river alone. He looked for a while, but didn’t see anything.
This bandit didn’t give up. He squatted down and fished in the river.
Li Yu tried to avoid his hand, but inadvertently glanced at him. He found that there was a scar on the bandit’s hand, which looked like an animal’s bite mark.
The bandit didn’t find anything and was about to stand up. A hubbub of voices came from outside the ruined temple.
A few of the bandits who ran out before came back and shouted in panic, “Military Advisor, it’s not good. King Jing is here!”
So this person was Military Advisor. Also, Li Yu excitedly wagged his tail. His Highness came so quickly. He finally came to save him!
As soon as he finished speaking, King Jing, who was covered in blood, rushed into the ruined temple. A bandit braced himself and stepped forward with a knife, but was killed by King Jing with a sword.
King Jing was full of killing intent. His eyes were terrifying. He would kill anyone who blocked his way. The bandits fell to the ground in an instant.
Only Military Advisor was left standing among the bandits.
Military Advisor slowly raised his hand. Li Yu thought that he was going to surrender, but Military Advisor threw a smoke ball at him at lightning speed!
Be careful, Your Highness!
Li Yu was burning with anxiety. The smoke released by the smoke ball could make people faint. He had suffered from it before, so he was afraid that King Jing would fall for it.
Fortunately, King Jing reacted quickly. He flicked his sword and threw the smoke ball far away.
Military Advisor drew his sword and stepped forward to fight with King Jing. King Jing had been fighting for a while, but he couldn’t gain the upper hand. Li Yu was very anxious. Why didn’t King Jing bring any bodyguards to save him?
Military Advisor blocked King Jing’s sword with his sword. When he got closer, he threw a bag of white powder at King Jing.
This bastard, he’s too shameless!
Li Yu was so anxious that he wanted to turn into a fishman. He wanted to rush over and kill this shameless bastard.
King Jing’s body swayed. He raised his hand to cover his eyes. This time, he seemed to have fallen into a trap.
Military Advisor snorted and knocked away King Jing’s sword. Then, he made a strange move to stab King Jing’s calf. However, King Jing, who shouldn’t be able to see anything, changed his body shape and nimbly dodged the attack. He circled behind Military Advisor, pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed it into Military Advisor’s back.
This series of actions was fast, ruthless, and accurate. Military Advisor’s sneak attack, his attempt to stab King Jing’s calf, and King Jing’s dodge and counterattack were all done in a flash.
“You, you didn’t …”
Military Advisor looked into King Jing’s dark eyes and suddenly realized what had happened. However, before he could finish his words, King Jing turned the dagger and sent him to the afterlife.
Li Yu had turned into a fishman again. He stood up from the river and rushed over like a cannonball to save Old Gong.
However, he found that King Jing was fine and had killed Military Advisor. Li Yu: “…”
King Jing also noticed him. He pursed his lips and strode towards him, walking faster and faster.
Your Highness …
Li Yu subconsciously closed his eyes.
He didn’t kill the bandits because he was afraid of King Jing. He was afraid that King Jing would be angry with him.
Because he left the secret residence on impulse, King Jing must have had a hard time looking for him.
When he first saw King Jing, he noticed that his face was pale and the corners of his eyes were red. He looked furious.
King Jing had never hit him before, but this time, he knew that he had gone too far.
“Your Highness, I’m sorry …”
Li Yu knew that he had done wrong. He turned into a talking fishman again and wanted to apologize in person.
However, it was too difficult to keep his fishtail upright. He wasn’t used to it and almost fell to the ground.
Li Yu felt wronged no matter how many times she tried to change it.
King Jing reached over and helped him up. Then, he hugged him desperately.
Li Yu leaned on his shoulder, sniffled, and said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have left …”
However, he really couldn’t ignore the baby’s crying. He was already a father. This was a father’s instinct to protect his child. Even if he knew that he should trust King Jing and knew that this was most likely a bandit’s plan, he still couldn’t ignore it. Sometimes, reason couldn’t control emotions.
King Jing and his four children were his reverse scale. He was so anxious that he almost went crazy. After the impulse, he realized how ridiculous it was. However, if he were to experience it again, he would still make the same choice.
“Your Highness, it’s my fault. Please punish me.”
Domestic violence wasn’t good. Li Yu accepted the punishment.
King Jing shook his head. He hugged him tightly with red eyes and stuffed something into his hand.
Li Yu looked at it. It was the amulet that King Jing gave him before.
It turned out that when the bandits took him away, the amulet accidentally fell on the ground and was found by King Jing.
Li Yu looked at King Jing’s red eyes and lowered his head in embarrassment.
King Jing looked at him and suddenly took his hand. He hurriedly wrote in his palm: It’s not your fault. It’s my fault. I came late.
“No … Your Highness came in time to save me. It’s all my fault.” Li Yu hurriedly waved his hand.
It’s my fault that I didn’t come back in time and made you suspicious. King Jing wrote.
“Your Highness, let’s not fight, okay?”
Li Yu was so touched that he sniffled. “Why didn’t Your Highness come back?”
Just like you. The corners of King Jing’s lips curled up slightly.
Li Yu blinked and looked at him. After a while, he understood. Could it be that King Jing thought that the bandits had taken Dabao and rushed to catch them? Was that why he was late?
“Does Your Highness also lose control of his emotions and get carried away?” Li Yu asked.
King Jing nodded.
Li Yu: “…”
Li Yu thought to himself that the two of them were really stupid.
But after King Jing’s explanation, Li Yu felt much better.
In the future, trust me, I’ll do it. King Jing wrote.
Li Yu smiled and nodded. Okay!
King Jing didn’t mention that he had met the leader of the bandits and that they had fought. The bright yellow swaddling clothes in the bandits’ arms didn’t fool him. But when he returned to the house, he found that Xiaoyu was missing. Later, he found the amulet and learned that Xiaoyu had been taken away by the bandits. At that moment, he felt as if he had fallen into hell.
Even though he was calm, he immediately started killing. All the bandits who bullied Xiaoyu deserved to die!
If he hadn’t found Xiaoyu, he didn’t know how long he would have killed them. Only when he saw that Xiaoyu was safe with his own eyes did his anger gradually calm down.
Therefore, he could understand the feeling of losing control and being carried away by Xiaoyu.
After Li Yu and King Jing finished talking, King Jing took off his outer robe and draped it over Li Yu’s body to cover his fishtail. Then, he picked him up.
After everything was ready, the guards outside the ruined temple were allowed to enter to deal with the bandits. King Jing killed his way into the ruined temple alone. The guards stood guard outside the temple and were responsible for killing all the bandits who had escaped.
While the guards were busy, King Jing carried Li Yu back to the King’s Mansion.
Li Yu and King Jing were watching from outside the house. Wang Xi was the first to notice King Jing and was about to run over. King Jing reached out to protect Li Yu and gestured for him to stop from afar.
Wang Xi guessed that they had something important to do and tactfully didn’t disturb them.
In the house, Uncle Ye, who was so bored that grass was about to grow, was playing with his children.
Ye Qinghuan let Si Bao sit in his arms while Er Bao and San Bao lay on his back. Then, they made funny faces at Da Bao. The Crown Prince swore that he would make this little fatty laugh out loud.
In the end, the other three children were the first to burst out laughing.
Da Bao, who felt that life was so difficult that he might as well be a fish, was speechless.
Don’t worry. King Jing held Li Yu’s hand.
Li Yu understood what he meant. King Jing wanted him to see with his own eyes that the children were safe and sound.
Li Yu nodded, indicating that he understood.
After checking on the children, King Jing faced Li Yu and raised his right hand.
Was he finally going to be punished?
Li Yu bit his lip and didn’t dodge.
King Jing’s hand fell and gently rubbed his head.
Your Highness? Li Yu looked at him in confusion.
After the punishment, King Jing smiled.
