Chapter 10

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Chapter 10: Crab Sauce

"I suspect it may have been taken to be made into turtle soup."

When Cancan heard Hua Qing’s words, she rubbed her ears, thinking she misheard, then seeing Hua Qing’s serious expression, she felt shocked, hesitated, and asked, "Why?"

Hua Qing looked at her as if she were stupid, "Do you think catching a turtle is for fun? Feeding it delicious food and drink? Do you think it’s possible? It probably would have been cooked into turtle soup, whether dead or alive, we have to find it."

Cancan felt puzzled but then she thought it made sense. Thinking about turtle soup made her mouth water, so she said, "I heard in a play that it’s very nutritious."

Hua Qing stopped in his tracks, a cold air surrounded him. Cancan couldn’t understand why Hua Qing was so difficult to talk to. She thought, "We haven’t even done anything, and he’s looking at me so coldly. I’m just a young girl, I could get scared! But Cancan knew when to be agreeable. When have you ever seen a fox that didn’t know how to speak nicely?"

Cancan smiled sincerely, trying to show her kindness, "I don’t really want to eat anyone. When I see the old turtle, I know the young ones won’t taste good too. Besides, monsters are born from their mamas, should we just eat them without a second thought? They have feelings too! When my fox parents were killed, I was very sad. Brother Wolf didn’t let me see them."

Hua Qing quietly looked at Cancan, although Cancan spoke casually, her face stiffened. She continued, "My fox parents only had me, I wonder how many babies the turtle family has."

Hua Qing paused and said, "Turtles lay eggs."

Cancan scratched her head, "Stupid?"

Hua Qing looked at her, "Ever heard of turtle eggs? Turtles don’t give birth to live young, they come from eggs."

Cancan finally understood, "Just one egg, then it hatches? Isn’t that like chickens? Oh, so turtle eggs come from here?"

Hua Qing grinds his teeth.

Cancan, "Are your teeth hurting? Let me tell you, toothaches are awful. There’s wisdom in old sayings."

Hua Qing ignores Cancan, but it’s clear that Cancan is a chatterbox. Watching her ramble by herself, Hua Qing finally couldn’t help asking, "Doesn’t your neighbor, Brother Wolf, stay at home often?"

Cancan widened her eyes, "You’re really smart!"

Hua Qing, "Hehe. I think even he can’t stand it."

Cancan scratched her head, still not understanding.

Although Cancan didn’t quite understand, she glanced sympathetically at the seaside, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Hua Qing?"

"Hmm?" a cold voice.

Cancan asked, "You trapped the old turtle just now, and now everything’s gone. Did it escape, or is it still trapped there?"

Hua Qing had no words.

This person is really hard to get along with! Cancan finally understood why the Shu Mountain Sect Master didn’t want to stay on Shu Mountain and kept wandering around. The main reason was that he was too annoying. If he didn’t come out for a stroll, it would be easy to cause conflicts within Shu Mountain. The disciples might end up fighting each other.

Being annoying to others will also lead to others’ annoyance. It has to be said that the people of Shu Mountain are really too scheming!

Cancan imagined a lot, Hua Qing saw her lively expression and sighed again.

"Hua Qing, do you have any clues on where to find the little turtle?"

This time, Hua Qing finally responded to her. He reached out his hand, and his fingertips immediately drew out ice. In the reflection of the ice, a man who looked like a fisherman picked up the little turtle and continued on his way.

Cancan shouted, "So he’s the kidnapper."

Hua Qing, "Let’s go."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Qing picked up Cancan, leaped into the air, and Cancan screamed in surprise. She saw a crab about to escape in a hurry. Hua Qing’s Icebreaker Sword came out and directly stabbed the crab. The crab instantly turned into a man, his clothes stained red with blood, trembling, "Immortal, please spare me, immortal, please spare me."

Hua Qing paused and looked at him, "After spying for so long, and now following me, you must have a reason."

The crab’s eyes spun round and round, Cancan accused, "Its eyes spin so fast, it must be trying to lie."

The crab man immediately said, "I didn’t mean to spy, I just, I just saw the fairy on the shore earlier, and this girl, this girl is a fox, I found it strange and followed her."

Hua Qing squinted slightly, "Crafty argument."

The Icebreaker Sword pierced through, and the crab man immediately fell to the ground, turned into a crab, and died on the spot.

Cancan swallowed nervously, "You, you, you, you killed someone."

Hua Qing coldly said, "Minions of the Demon Realm." Without further explanation, he continued on. Since five hundred years ago, the Demon Realm had been sending various demons to spy on his whereabouts, one to see if he had found Xian Yue, and the other to search for the shattered colorful crystal of the Snowflake Glass.

In other words, these two things were now what he needed to compete with the Demon Realm for, only to see who was more skilled. The colorful crystal couldn’t be probed by the worldly demons, but Cancan and Xian Yue’s similar looks caught their attention, making them anxious. Thinking of this, Hua Qing said, "People all over the world think you are Xian Yue, but where is the real Xian Yue?"

Cancan didn’t know the ins and outs of the matter, she had heard many versions from others before, even Brother Wolf had narrated several versions by himself. Thinking of this, she asked, "Why do you have to find Xian Yue? Isn’t she already dead? Even if she’s reincarnated, she has become another person! She doesn’t remember the past, and just wants to live a simple and happy life, right? Haven’t you disturbed the original peace?"

Hua Qing stopped walking and looked at Cancan, who stood tall, indicating that what she said made a lot of sense. After a pause, Hua Qing said gently, "Everything is fate."

Cancan didn’t understand what fate was, but she knew it wasn’t a good thing, making people feel uncomfortable. But as a little fairy who had just learned to take human form and didn’t know much magic yet, how could she understand fate or not?

Cancan patted Hua Qing’s shoulder and said solemnly, "You will find Xian Yue."

Hua Qing saw her petite figure trying to stand on tiptoes and laughed, saying, "Yes, I will find Xian Yue. Snowflake Glass has already manifested in this world, how much longer can Xian Yue hide?"

Cancan was stunned and said, "You… you look really nice when you smile."

Hua Qing quickly stopped smiling and said, "Let’s go!"

Cancan pouted, they didn’t speak much more. Soon, Hua Qing brought Cancan to a bustling small town, unlike the quiet market town before, it was lively and crowded with people.

Cancan watched the people passing by and imitated their walking style. She saw some young girls choosing things at the stalls and went to learn from them. Hua Qing stood quietly on the side, watching Cancan without saying much.

Although they didn’t speak, somehow she suddenly felt a bit cold, she couldn’t explain where it was cold, just felt chill all over. She turned back and understood immediately, she had forgotten about Hua Qing! She quickly smiled apologetically, "Hua Qing, let’s go."

Why did I forget the most important person while looking? Seeing Hua Qing’s unhappy face, Cancan stuck out her tongue secretly. Hua Qing glanced at her with a serious look and suddenly asked, "Can Cancan do magic?"

Cancan was unhappy and rolled up her sleeves, "Are you trying to fight?"

Hua Qing frowned at her sleeves, his eyes showing disapproval.

Cancan reluctantly dropped her sleeves under his gaze, "You know I can’t do it, yet you still ask me like this. Isn’t it hurtful? Being a poor student, poking at others like this, is it really good?" These kinds of people are the worst, they are not good themselves and can’t stand others being good. Oh wait, she remembered turning into crab paste earlier, with a painful expression, she forced a smile, "Um, I’m not that rude. Actually, you know, I’m just not very good, that’s why… that’s why…" Cancan’s words were a bit jumbled, trying to figure out how to save herself from turning into fox paste.

Luckily, some people didn’t want to argue with her, Hua Qing took out a book from his pocket and handed it to Cancan, "Read this when you have time."

Cancan asked, "What’s this?" She flipped through it briefly and felt embarrassed, "This is typically ‘it knows me, I don’t know it’. You know, I can’t read."

Cancan said confidently, Hua Qing remained expressionless, "If you can’t read, look at the pictures."

Cancan continued flipping through the book, although not many, there were indeed some pictures. Curiously, she asked, "What’s this? Is it a manual of peerless martial arts? Or… practicing this can make me immortal?" She still remembered Hua Qing mentioning her having an immortal aura! If she didn’t have an immortal aura, how could she have rung the bell?

Cancan walked and glanced at the book, Hua Qing felt helpless, thinking he was being silly to do something for her.

"Look out!"

Cancan, "Oh!" She felt a bit embarrassed, but still carefully said, "Hua Qing, the celestial being!"

Hua Qing had already noticed that only when she needed something from him or when she was afraid of him, she would call him "Hua Qing, the celestial being" with a pleasing smile like a little mouse. Otherwise, it was always just "Hua Qing."

"I can’t understand what you’ve given me, I’m afraid," Cancan didn’t want to be so blunt, but Hua Qing wasn’t very bright, so she needed to be direct, or he wouldn’t understand. "I think you can’t expect the intelligence of a celestial being from a demon. Although you are already a backward member in the Immortal Realm, in our eyes as demons, you’re still quite powerful!"

Cancan wasn’t sure if she had explained herself clearly, she just continued to explain. – "Bang."

Just as she finished speaking, the small building next to them suddenly collapsed. Cancan looked at Hua Qing in disbelief, shivering as she said, "You, you, you can’t just destroy public property when you’re angry."

Hua Qing’s face darkened, "It wasn’t me."

Cancan didn’t believe it, "If it wasn’t you, then who was it?"

Because the small building suddenly collapsed, many people were running out, looking disheveled and dirty. Seeing their disheveled appearance, Cancan’s eyes nearly popped out. It was one thing for the men to have unkempt clothes or no clothes on, but even the women looked the same, wearing colorful little tops, looking very "refreshing."

Feeling Cancan’s surprise, Hua Qing thought for a moment and covered Cancan’s eyes.

"Don’t look."

Cancan struggled, "Hua Qing, why are you covering my eyes!"

"Indecency should not be seen."

"What nonsense. Hua Qing, I know this is a brothel." Cancan thought Hua Qing was making a big deal out of nothing. How could someone like her, who was knowledgeable and talented, not understand!

Hua Qing, "…" Maybe he was overthinking.

"You’ve been training for so many years, you probably haven’t seen many women, right? Take this opportunity to look! You won’t find another chance like this." Cancan said thoughtfully.

Hua Qing’s voice was almost gnashing teeth, "Are you… tired of living?"