Dong Qianqiu shook her head vigorously, “I, I don’t remember. Maybe it was from some picture scroll.” She lowered her head, her eyes flickering slightly.
“Ok. Was this what you wanted to talk about? You have awakened a second time too, this is a great thing! It’s a pity that I can’t help others anymore. Fatty is currently crying because of that. With all of the stuff that happened to him these few days, it really seems like he has been cursed by the god of misfortune !”
Dong Qianqiu raised her head and looked at him. At this moment, her eyes suddenly became firm. Looking at Lan Xuanyu’s beautiful face and clear eyes, she took a deep breath and thought, yes, he must be that person. He is that person’s descendant, there is at least a blood connection. I most likely will never find that person ever again. Then, let me pay back what I owe him to this guy in front of me.
Lan Xuanyu didn’t feel the change in Dong Qianqiu’s mentality, and told Dong Qianqiu about Qian Lei’s experience in the past two days.
After hearing what he said, Dong Qianqiu’s expression also became weird. Regarding the persons close to Lan Xuanyu, Qian Lei was even closer than Liu Feng because he has been with Lan Xuanyu for the longest time, but who would have thought that among all the people around him, he was the only one unable to evolve through the influence of Lan Xuanyu’s bloodline, and he had also wasted his third soul ring.
“Perhaps, that fat ape is not useless? Let’s go and see.” As she said, Dong Qianqiu naturally took Lan Xuanyu’s hand and walked into the canteen.
Her hands were a bit cold, but they were very smooth, and the soft skin contact made Lan Xuanyu feel an electric shock course through all over his body.
Was this the feeling of an older sister holding her younger brother’s hand? It should be. Lan Xuanyu thought so, but his heartbeat was still a bit fast.
The two returned to the canteen, and Dong Qianqiu graciously pulled Lan Xuanyu to Lan Mengqin and Qian Lei.
At this time, Lan Mengqin was looking at Qian Lei with her red lips slightly rising, while Qian Lei was depressed. She did not seem to see the appearance of Dong Qianqiu holding Lan Xuanyu’s hand.
Seeing them, Dong Qianqiu’s face blushed, and then she quietly let go of Lan Xuanyu’s hand.
“Tell me, what should I do!” Qian Lei cried bitterly, “I brought it here for dinner just to save some money. At least I can save the transportation fee.”
Lan Xuanyu said: “Don’t worry, who knows this might be a blessing in disguise. Moreover, according to the records in the history of the Federation, almost all soul rings with different colors are very powerful. We still don’t know this little guy’s abilities. But that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to figure it out in the future. I think that since its life core is so strong, and Old Shu confirmed it, maybe it will become especially strong when it grows up? Since it’s already done, just accept it.”
Qian Lei cried and said with a sad face: “How can you resign so easily?”
Lan Xuanyu said: “Continue to feed it. Anyway, it is already a part of you. You can’t ignore it, and maybe after its life imprint got connected to yours, if something goes wrong with it, you might have problems too. After all, in a sense, you guys now share the same life. Since you are one, you should try to feed it with good things. Didn’t Old Shu say to give it water from Sea God Lake? Then let’s feed him that when we go back and see if some changes happen.”
“There’s more!” At this point, Lan Xuanyu glanced at the fat ape who was eating and drinking, “You should have a better attitude towards it. Don’t be full of resentment in your heart as it might be able to sense it. Since there is no way to change what’s done, accept it happily.”
Qian Lei looked at the fat ape around him with a sad expression on his face.
“Puff.” Lan Mengqin escaped a laugh suddenly, “Well, at least it had helped you gain some weight! Look, you are a lot fatter now. I think the top priority is that you have to give it a name now. Otherwise we won’t know how to call your good brother.”
Qian Lei rolled his eyes, “Go ahead and continue to gloat. What kind of name ? Help me think about it.”
“It’s so fat, so little fatty, how about this ? In the future, you will be big fatty, and it will be little fatty. Or second fatty can do too. Like two good brothers, right.”
Qian Lei said angrily: “You are the fatty! Do you have any brain? Or are you only good looking?”
Lan Mengqin suddenly burst out in a loud laughter, “Then what do we call it ? Think about it yourself. Don’t tell me just fat ape?”
Seemingly dissatisfied, the fat ape raised its head and barked its teeth at Lan Mengqin!
“Hey, it seems quite discontent. It seems that it’s quite smart!” Lan Mengqin was a little surprised.
Qian Lei looked at Lan Xuanyu as if asking for help: “Xuanyu, you help me think of a name for it, I am very confused now.”
Lan Xuanyu twitched the corners of his mouth and said, “The word “fat” actually feels very close in many cases. Look, we call you “Fatty Qian”, don’t we? Don’t you love money the most?* Even your Martial Soul is about money. This little guy had golden hair and you are called Fatty Qian. Let’s then call it Golden Fatty. You two get together and it just so happens to form the word money.”
Qian Lei stared blankly for an instant, “This seems to have some meaning. Do you agree?” Qian Lei touched the fat ape next to him.
The fat ape looked at him, then at Lan Xuanyu, it suddenly shrank its head, and then nodded.
“It seems to be a little afraid of you, and doesn’t dare to refute your words.” Dong Qianqiu looked at Lan Xuanyu in surprise.
Lan Xuanyu scratched his head, he didn’t know why this little thing was a little afraid of him.
“Okay, it’s decided. I’m Fatty Qian, and you will be Golden Fatty in the future. Golden Fatty, it’s not bad, and sounds very close.” Qian Lei’s mood finally improved, and he hugged Golden Fatty’s shoulder beside him. “In the future, we will be good brothers who depend on each other. You have to become stronger as soon as possible!”
Golden Fatty glanced at him blankly, then lowered its head and continued to eat and drink.
Lan Xuanyu narrowed his eyes and said, “Fatty, let me give you a suggestion.”
At his interjection, Qian Lei raised his head, but Golden Fatty who just got its name actually also raised its head. It seemed as if he thought that he was calling it.
It’s really smart! Lan Xuanyu was a little surprised, wasn’t this little guy still in infancy?
“What suggestion?” Qian Lei didn’t notice this, and stared at Lan Xuanyu, waiting for his suggestion.
Lan Xuanyu narrowed his eyes and said, “Didn’t Old Shu say that this little guy can feed itself at Sea God Lake? The water from Sea God Lake is so expensive, so I have thought of a good way. Golden Fatty can eat so much, and you said that it can absorb life energy like a bottomless pit. That is to say, the amount of Sea God Lake water it will need is probably not a small amount. Then, we might as well try it more fiercely and directly take it to the Sea God Lake to see how much it can drink. On one hand we’ll be able to test its limits and judge how much life energy it needs. On the other hand, if it can drink more than 30 liters, we won’t lose money, and if it exceeds forty-five liters, then it’s a bit profitable.”
“Three yellow emblems for a session of cultivation at Sea God Lake ?” Qian Lei understood what he meant.
Lan Xuanyu nodded.
Qian Lei hesitated, “But, forty-five liters, can it drink so much? Its stomach should still be limited, right?”
Lan Xuanyu said angrily: “It has eaten so much in such a short while. Can an ordinary stomach hold that much ?” Currently, there were a dozen empty pots on the table in front of Qian Lei. Whole pots ! Golden Fatty, who was no more than one meter tall, according to the size of its belly, there was no way it could fit in the contents of a pot.
Qian Lei said with a painful look at this time: “That’s three yellow emblems ! It’s really a bit much !”
Lan Xuanyu said: “One can’t trap the wolf if he can’t bear to let his child go. If it can drink a lot of Sea God Lake water, that would be really worth it. If it can cause its body to evolve, or at least let it gain some ability to help you and assist you back, then even more so. Our investment is already so big, with the Ivy of Life bag gone. How can that little loss compare ? I will give you the emblems. It just so happens that I have to go there to cultivate today, you can just come with me. Fatty Jin is one with you. You can summon it when you bath in the Seagod Lake’s water. What’s more, don’t forget, haven’t you lost a lot of vitality? Is there a better place for cultivating in Sea God Lake in that case ? Not only can it drink, but you can also absorb life energy! It kills two birds with one stone. In my opinion, even if it’s a loss it won’t be by much.”
After hearing his calculation, Qian Lei felt more relieved immediately, and gritted his teeth, “Okay, let’s do it. You don’t need to pay for me. We can sell that thing for five million, right ? Three yellow emblems is six hundred thousand federal coins, I can still afford it. Golden Fatty, you have to do your best at drinking when the time comes ! Isn’t your stomach a bottomless pit ? Don’t make me lose face.”
Fatty Jin put its head closer to him and rubbed itself on his face.
* TL note :”Qian” means money
** TL note : 金钱, pronounced jin qian, literally means gold coin, and more generally means money