Chapter 614 Husband
Yuan Gui Wang ignored Xiao Chujing's words and asked, "Do you know where the half-faced fish came from?"
She only talks about topics that interest her and completely ignores the wishes of others.
This is the absolute contempt of the strong for the weak, implying the cruelty of a cat catching a mouse, and the confidence that the death is inevitable, like an executioner standing next to the victim with a knife in hand, the blade sharpening his neck, chatting casually in a relaxed mood.
Death is not the most painful thing, the time waiting for death is the most painful.
People with weak psychological qualities would be hurt by such contempt and would make a fuss in order to maintain their ridiculous self-esteem. However, Xiao Chu was good at forbearance and remained calm, chatting and laughing with the Ghost King.
"As for the origin of the Half-Faced Fish, I heard a rumor while traveling in the Ghost Realm."
"It's said that it was a high monk from Yongning Temple, or a former Holy Son, who traveled to the ghost realm. One day, he became starving and caught fish from the river to satisfy his hunger."
"The monk placed the fish on the chopping block, scraped off the scales and gills, opened its belly, and cut off one side of the fish. Suddenly, he saw tears streaming from the fish's eyes. Their shape and appearance were exactly like a person weeping in despair and pain."
"The monk was moved by compassion and released the remaining half of the fish."
"Perhaps the holy monk's compassion for all living beings moved heaven and earth, and since then, a new species of half-faced fish has appeared in the world to commemorate the merits of the kind-hearted monk."
"Nonsense." Ghost King Yuan frowned upon hearing this. Like the other ghosts, she held a deep-seated hostile prejudice against monks and Taoists. "Yongning Temple is always seeking fame and reputation. Shame on you."
Xiao Chujing put a few fish into the fish basket at his feet. The fish basket was a customized space magic weapon that could be shrunk to the size of rock candy and stored in a storage bag.
Xiao Chujing observed that Ye Xiaoman was a foodie, so he would often store some of the novel foods he encountered during his travels and bring them back for Ye Xiaoman to taste.
He manipulated the magic weapon, dividing the fish he was going to cook and the gift for Ye Xiaoman into two storages. Without even looking up, he asked, "Senior, do you know the true story?"
This touched upon the topic that truly interested Yuan Guiwang. With the amusement of discussing history with young people, she said cheerfully, "Not only do I know the truth, I'm also a witness to it."
"When my husband first entered the martial arts world, he traveled to the ghost world with his sect's junior sister."
When Xiao Chujing heard the key words, his DNA immediately moved, "Junior Sister?"
"Yes, little Junior Sister," Yuan Gui Wang smiled, "Doesn't every sect have a little Junior Sister like this? The last one to join, the youngest, spoiled and willful, but because of her innocent personality, she is deeply loved by everyone in the sect."
"My husband, as the sect's eldest senior brother, also has such a proud and lovely junior sister. They have been childhood sweethearts and have grown up together. My husband has no choice but to take extra care of her."
"This is my junior sister's first time traveling. As a member of the God Clan, she has been assigned to the Ghost Realm to purchase black ore. She won't be able to leave until the following year's Ghost Festival. My husband is worried about her and is accompanying her all the way. This kind of care and protection is truly envied by other junior sisters and brothers in the sect."
The story was long and not thrilling at all. Xiao Chujing relied on the key words "Junior Sister" to barely follow it. He manipulated his knife in mid-air to cut the fish, bored. "Oh?"
When talking about the long-ago past, the woman's tired eyes showed a gentle smile.
"My junior sister had been a vegetarian for a year. My husband was careless and saw she was hungry one day, so he kindly caught some fish for her to eat."
"Actually, I wanted to give her something better to eat, but the ghost world was short of supplies. After searching everywhere, I found only river fish that was barely edible."
"That day, my husband was setting up a stove and lighting a fire by the river, and he had killed half of the fish. When my junior sister came back from her outing, she saw him killing the creatures and flew into a rage."
"She was really angry. I tried to console her for a long time, but she wouldn't calm down."
"Later, it was my husband who had a sudden inspiration and used magic to restore the fish with half of its body to life. He then released it back into the water, and only then did my junior sister's anger turn into joy."
Xiao Chujing asked, "Using magic power to support the fish's life is only temporary. Is it senior who is maintaining the fish's half-face now?"
Yuan Gui Wang replied, "After my husband died, I helped maintain the fish for nearly a thousand years. Later, over time, the fish gained vitality and reproduced on its own until now."
Xiao Chujing asked, "What happened next?"
Ghost King Yuan said, "And then? My husband and my junior sister successfully completed their mission and returned to the divine realm. My junior sister married a man she met on her journey, which devastated my husband. I stayed with him for decades, and eventually, he and I became a couple."
After hearing this, Xiao Chujing smiled slightly and started to build a fire to roast fish.
At some point, Yuan Guiwang grabbed the willow leaf that had just scratched Xiao Chujing's cheek, and there was still some of his blood on the edge.
The Ghost King smelled his blood and read a trace of his memory. She understood: "So you also have a junior sister."
Xiao Chujing did not answer, but when he heard the Ghost King mention Ye Xiaoman, his expression finally showed a moment of alertness.
The Ghost King asked gently, "Then you are probably like my husband, a senior brother with deep affection and deep feelings, right?"
The smile on Xiao Chujing's face deepened.
The atmosphere between the two has been very friendly so far. If passers-by pass by, they will think that they are two travelers who met by chance. Because of the boredom of the journey, it is normal for them to stand by the river and chat about old times and interesting stories.
The Ghost King was indeed humble. She seemed to have only mentioned it casually, skipping over Xiao Chujing's junior sister and asking about something else that interested her more, "What are you laughing at?"
Xiao Chujing asked, "Senior, the coffin next to you must be the one sleeping in it, your husband?"
Yuan Gui Wang sighed wearily, "Exactly."
Xiao Chujing said, "Don't compare me with him."
Yuan Guiwang's face suddenly became gloomy.
Xiao Chujing looked at the golden grilled fish with some regret, feeling a little pity that he couldn't eat it tonight.
It’s okay, I’ll put it in my storage ring to keep it fresh and eat it with my junior sister next time.
Ghost King Yuan slowly broke the bone of her little finger and said, "You'd better give me a reason... to offend my husband."
Xiao Chujing said: "I will not love one person and stay with another person for the rest of my life."
He pointed to the coffin.
"The three souls and seven spirits of the corpse inside are all destroyed. Even if the senior uses ten thousand souls to nourish the corpse and force the corpse's flesh to not decay, it will be of no use."
"The dead are dead; they will not be resurrected. If a dead person does not even have a soul, then he is not even a ghost."
There was a banging sound in the coffin, as if the blood corpse inside was very angry at Xiao Chujing's disrespectful words and was trying to break the coffin open to deal with him.
Yuan Gui Wang quickly stroked the coffin and softly comforted him, "Don't be angry, my husband. He is just a dying man."
Xiao Chujing had already made up his mind to provoke Yuan Guiwang, and his words became more and more vicious.
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