Li Yu examined the Koi branch mission. At first the description was “in order to become a koi, one must first have the quality of a koi.” Now it has changed into “in order to become a koi, one must experience the feeling of being a koi.”
Li Yu: ???
Li Yu asked System: Why did the description change?
If he remembered correctly, it should have changed when he was causing the big ruckus inside Ganqing Palace.
The System explained patiently: “When host gained a desire to protect and dashed forth courageously for the sake of the tyrant, you possessed the quality of a koi.”
Li Yu became enlightened: So….. the special quality of a koi is protection.
Why did he always think that it was having good luck?
Actually, thinking about it again, it seemed pretty reasonable. People always hoped that Koi would bring them good luck, wasn’t this also hoping that Koi could protect them?
Because of his unintentional decision, he ended up accidentally updating the Koi branch mission.
However, this update didn’t actually mean it was done. The mission was still progressing.
Li Yu fretted: What is experiencing the feeling of being a koi?
System: “It’s– Host, are you ready?”
Li Yu: huh?
Li Yu didn’t have time to respond when the view before his eyes made a quick change.
Originally, the world inside the System was a formless mass of muddled chaos. Now it has changed into a boundless starry sky.
The System stated solemnly: “Host, please pick a target and experience being a koi.”
Li Yu: ???
Wait, what do you mean pick someone? He hasn’t prepared anything at all.
Li Yu completely didn’t understand what the System meant. Looking again, a road already appeared before him that extended into a gloomy place far away.
Li Yu was still in the form of a fish. He carefully gave a try and found out that even though there was no water, he could still follow this road and swim forward. This was impossible in real life, therefore, Li Yu concluded that he was still in the incorporeal realm.
The system urged: “Host, please relax and proceed with the task.”
Li Yu: “……”
Every time the System said this, fish would get screwed over.
Li Yu cautiously thought perhaps he should just exit and withdraw first. He wasn’t prepared at all and only came into the System temporarily to take a look. Jing-wang was still outside. What if he messed up the mission and couldn’t change into a koi?
However, before it was easy for him to exit the system. Now he couldn’t do it at all.
The system was already starting to screw fish over. It didn’t allow him to retreat and momentarily trapped him in this nonphysical world.
Looks like if he wanted to leave, he had to follow what the system said, and experience the feeling of being a Koi.
Because he switched scales before and already caused a pile of trouble, Li Yu’s enthusiasm for becoming a koi had received somewhat of a blow. But maybe this was just the life of a fish……
Li Yu swam forward, following the road before his eyes. Losing track of how long he swam, he saw a light appear ahead of him. The scenery in the surrounding area also gradually became clearer.
He discovered that he was actually in the Imperial Palace, because this place had special gold tiles on the walls which were only present in the Imperial Palace.
Because he could still swim around as he pleased, it seems like he didn’t leave the mental world– all of this was an illusion.
The system didn’t give any suggestions, implying that he needed to count on himself once again to figure things out. He was already used to this.
However, what did ‘choose a target’ mean? He still didn’t see anyone.
Like responding to his confusion, the sound of human voices traveled over from afar. Li Yu quickly swam over and discovered two kids fighting in the grass.
These two kids. One was taller and skinnier, also a little older. The other was short with bulging cheeks, a round little fatty.
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Li Yu was just by their sides. The two kids both seemed unable to see him. He attempted to separate the two kids but he couldn’t touch them.
So it really was an illusion. He can only watch. Li Yu thought internally. When System asked him to pick a target, was he supposed to pick from these two kids?
This fight very quickly ended. The little fatty viciously bit the older kid’s arm.
The older kid covered his arm, wailing and screaming: “You just wait. I’m telling father-emperor!”
Bawling and crying, the older child scrambled and ran off.
The little fatty watched the older child’s retreating back with a cold gaze. Then he lowered his head and picked up a broken kite on the side, putting it away.
From that word “father,” Li Yu can surmise that these two kids were most likely princes.
However, their ages didn’t match up with the 7th and 8th Prince that Li Yu knew. Plus, the two little carrots, the 7th and 8th prince, had a great relationship with each other. In the original novel, it never mentioned them fighting.
So what exactly was this little fatty?
Li Yu continued to watch.
A personal servant anxiously ran over and hugged the little fatty, saying: “Your highness, why are you fighting with the 2nd Prince again…… did you win?”
Li Yu laughed out loud. This personal servant has quite a way with words.
Pitch black eyes gleaming, the little fatty nodded.
The servant wanted to help the little fatty rub his face. When he turned around with the little fatty, Li Yu immediately saw clearly the servant’s face and felt extremely surprised.
This face was precisely the same as Wang Xi, but a few years younger.
Li Yu paused: Was this… Wang-gonggong’s supposed relative?
Li Yu became interested in these two people. The servant strikingly similar to Wang Xi led the little chubby prince along. Li Yu quietly followed behind them. He discovered that these two people circled around into a palace. Li Yu looked around and felt this place looked a bit familiar. Raising his head and glancing at the inscribed signboard above, Li Yu was shocked to see the words “JingTai Palace” carved on it.
Li Yu was instantly stunned.
According to his knowledge, only one prince lived in JingTai Palace. Also this servant looked eerily similar to Wang Xi……
Li Yu, who abruptly realized the truth of this matter, almost screamed out loud: No way?
No wonder when the little fatty got hit and hit back, he didn’t make any noises at all. No wonder this servant looked so similar to Wang Xi. When children grow, their appearances usually change majorly. Therefore, Li Yu was temporarily unable to recognize the little fatty. However, grownups didn’t change as much as kids. This silent prince that lived inside JingTai Palace and the young personal servant who looked just like Wang Xi, wasn’t this– Jing-wang and Wang Xi in the flesh?
Li Yu knew that the system loved to screw with fish. Before, it dug pits on a small scale. This time, refusing to let him leave was already bad enough; it even made him enter an illusion ten plus years into the past?
Haha. So when Jing-wang was young, he was a fatty huh.
Li Yu thought he had already transmigrated into a book. At this point, an illusion really wasn’t anything. Li Yu only felt a little happy after learning that he suddenly arrived at a time when Jing-wang was still young.
Wagging his tail wildly, he skipped and hopped enthusiastically behind the little fatty. The little chubby Jing-wang and Wang Xi still didn’t discover him.
Li Yu ended up swaggering in front of them, jumping into the courtyard that he was familiar with.
Wang Xi wiped the little chubby Jing-wang’s face clean and went to get something, leaving the little fatty in the courtyard and instructing him not to walk around randomly.
The little chubby Jing-wang was very obedient. Sitting with a blank face, he really did remain completely motionless.
Li Yu swam behind the little fatty’s round, plump body and used the tip of his tail to rub against the other’s back. However, the little chubby Jing-wang didn’t respond at all.
Ze. As expected, this little fatty couldn’t feel him. So how was he supposed to do this “experience being a koi” task?
Li Yu already knew this little fatty was Jing-wang. Of course he was going to pick Jing-wang.
As he pondered with his fish head tilted, the older prince that Jing-wang chased away came back again.
Li Yu remembered that Wang Xi called this one the 2nd Prince. So this should be the 2nd Prince when he was younger?
The 2nd Prince ran over. Jing-wang had a ferocious expression on his face and gave him a glare.
The 2nd Prince said angrily: “Father wanted me to teach you a lesson. There’s no way he’d come in person to see you, nor would he care about you!”
Jing-wang got angry and the two people started to fight again.
In Li Yu’s eyes, two kids fighting were like two weak chickens pecking at each other. Even if he wanted to help, he couldn’t do it. As the two princes fought, they ended up rolling into a mess again. Just as they rolled next to a pond, Jing-wang was caught off guard and had a moment of disadvantage. Who knew where the 2nd Prince got the strength; he gave Jing-wang a forceful push and shoved him into the pond.
The young Jing-wang didn’t know how to swim. Seeing the other struggle in the water, the 2nd Prince was also terrified and ran away with a scream.
Don’t run away. Come back and rescue him ah!
Li Yu swam back and forth anxiously. But Wang Xi wasn’t here and for some reason, there was no one else by Jing-wang’s side.
No. Jing-wang must be saved……
Even if this was an illusion.
Li Yu jumped into the pond without hesitation. When he entered the water, he suddenly felt a wet feeling that he hadn’t experienced for a while.
He…… seemed to have entered this illusion.
No time to think, Li Yu swam to Jing-wang’s side like an arrow.
For a second, the little chubby Jing-wang forgot to struggle and looked in surprise at the black colored fish that appeared out of nowhere. The stomach and tail of this fish was a dazzling gold.
The little fatty was about to sink down with a whoosh, Li Yu opened his mouth and grabbed the front of the little fatty’s clothes.
Like he thought, he could touch the little fatty now. However, he was only a little carp. Even if the system blessed him with increased strength, a fish couldn’t pull up a 2-3 years old child.
If he can get bigger and stronger, that would be great……
Begging sincerely, Li Yu felt like at this moment, his fish body seemed to have felt his desire. It actually started to become bigger.
In the end, he turned as long as the little fatty’s arm. Li Yu went to grab the little fatty’s clothes again. Finally, he can move him. Dragging and pushing, Li Yu carried the little fatty back onto land.
Cheeks crimson red and with an excited expression, the little fatty opened his eyes and looked unblinkingly at the fish.
Li Yu almost died of exhaustion, but was still worried about the little fatty. Right now, he could no longer swim around randomly outside of the pond and had to remain in the water. He moved himself to bring his back near the little fatty’s hand.
The little chubby Jing-wang: ?
Li Yu: …… so stupid. Don’t even know how to pet fish! How did you turn into that man in the future? The man who was capable of stroking him until his tail turned limp.
Resigned, Li Yu scooted himself next to the hand of the little fatty who didn’t even know how to pet fish and self-demonstrated a stroke. The little fatty extended a soft and fat finger. First he poked the fish’s slippery back. After getting used to the cold touch, the little fatty placed his hand on there. Soon after, he learned how to pet the fish.
Petting fish can make people happy! Also this, little fatty!
As Li Yu enjoyed the little fatty’s slightly inexperienced petting, he also placed his fish head under the little fatty’s palm and nudged it twice himself.
Although he didn’t know what this meant, he really enjoyed it a lot whenever Jing-wang did this.
Guided by him, the little fatty smiled, lightly touching the fish’s head……
This smile on the chubby face finally revealed a shadow of the handsome and beautiful man in the future.
Li Yu wagged his tail all over loudly in encouragement.
He and the little fatty silently played for a while. Then the sound of a lot of people came from outside. Now that Li Yu could be seen by others, he hastily turned around, waved his tail and hid into the plants at the bottom of the pond.
The little chubby Jing-wang was very quickly surrounded by a pile of imperial physicians. Someone wearing the dragon’s robes– a younger looking Emperor quickly walked over. He looked in surprise at the rippling pond water and the gold color scattered amidst it.
This was because the little carp was hiding in the plants. The Emperor couldn’t see fish, but managed to see the gold light reflecting from the fish’s tail and body. This dazzling color was already imprinted into the Emperor’s eyes.
“How do you feel? Are you okay?” The Emperor turned his head and looked worriedly at the 5th Prince who fell into the water.
The little fatty looked at the Emperor, then looked at the pond. Unable to see the fish, the little fatty struggled and climbed up. Then, swaying twice, he fell back down again.
“5th Prince!” The imperial physicians hastily grabbed the child.
One of the physicians touched the 5th prince with a shaky hand and cried out in alarm: “The 5th Prince has a high fever right now! It’s literally scalding to touch!”
Li Yu never thought that the little fatty’s reddened face was because he had a fever. Panicking, he was about to jump out from under the plants. However, it felt like a fog suddenly appeared over his eyes, which gradually took him far away.
The last that Li Yu heard was the Emperor’s furious voice saying: “Hurry up and treat him! If anything happens to TianJing, you guys can forget about living as well!”
Li Yu: “……”
Li Yu was stunned. So the little fatty was called TianJing, not TianChi?
Did– he make a mistake? This wasn’t the tyrant master?
……impossible. He read the entire novel. The Emperor didn’t have any sons named TianJing. Not to mention, the young Wang Xi was personally taking care of this prince. Also, he couldn’t speak. This was definitely Jing-wang, no doubt. Plus……
Why was Jing-wang’s title, just happened to be the word “Jing”?
Could it be? Jing-wang changed his name while he was a child? All of the other princes had a “Ri” in their names. For Jing-wang to be called “TianChi,” it was very different. If he was called “TianJing,” it’d match perfectly.
The only person who could make Jing-wang change names was the Emperor himself. This was most likely the case.
But… why?
Li Yu thought about it but couldn’t figure it out. This wasn’t anything super important either. No matter if Jing-wang was called TianChi or TianJing, he was still his tyrant master.
“Host, congratulations on completing the branch mission “Become a Koi.” After obtaining the reward, you will become a Koi and also obtain the abilities of a Koi.”
The System aptly reminded him.
Li Yu’s thoughts were still on the sickly little fatty. He continuously reminded himself that it was only things that happened in an illusion, not real. Jing-wang was fine right now, just outside of the system. He was no longer the little fatty so he probably didn’t really get sick either?
Li Yu: System, the little fatt… that kid just now. What happened to him?
Even though it was an illusion, Li Yu couldn’t help but inquire.
System: “Afterwards, he became ill. A few days later, he got better.”
Li Yu: “……”
Forget it. He already knew that the system was best at screwing fish over. To be able to hear this kind of result was good enough.
Li Yu looked at his own body. In the illusion just now, he turned big. Now he turned back to his normal size. It was only an illusion and didn’t count after all. He was fine with this.
The koi mission was completed probably because he just helped the little chubby Jing-wang inside the illusion.
The System wanted him to experience being a koi. He already knew that the Koi’s special quality was protection. In other words, experiencing the feeling of being a koi meant experiencing the feeling of protecting someone.
Just like how he chose the little fatty and helped the little fatty.
Finally, he finished the branch mission and could turn into a koi……
In face of the reward that he’s been anticipating for a long time, Li Yu didn’t feel particularly excited inside.
Would the color of his scales change again if he turned into a koi?
System: “Yes. The color of your scales will adjust again.”
Li Yu: Then let’s wait a bit first.
He was pretty much compelled to finish the koi mission. Outside, because he changed his scales once, he ended up causing a lot of trouble. Jing-wang finally managed to cover everything up for him. If he made another huge change, wouldn’t it make people even more suspicious?
Even real Koi wouldn’t change this frequently.
Li Yu: Can store it for a little longer……
System: “……”
Li Yu tried again; this time he finally managed to leave the System. Leaving with lingering fears, he returned to the real world and discovered that Jing-wang was currently covering fish up with the gold silk grass blanket.
Li Yu shook his tail emotionally. Although the illusion wasn’t real, still– very glad to have met you, little fatty!
thanks for the chapter!
Awwe this chapter was so cute—
Thank You for the chapter (｡’▽’｡)♡
li yu, are you a fish or a dog?
Great question 🧐🧐🧐🧐 since he’s always wagging his tail and ask
omg to be petted 🧐🧐🧐
❤️🐟 Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the cute chapter ☺️.
Yo did Jing-wang learn how to pet fish from that experience? My brain fumbling aaa
I’m guessing this happened! After all, Jing-wang asked Li Yu before: “Why did you save me?” ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧
I guess the emperor change tianchi name because of that day, he saw golden scales on the pond, and maybe guessed something happen with the pond and his son. So he change the “jing” to become “chi” that means pond.
+1
+2 !! That’s a nice theory!I have a goldfish’s memory so I didn’t remember the Chi/Jing’s meaning
He went in past and saved one of the MC’s brothers who died maybe? Didn’t one of them die from a fever or drowning but wouldn’t that completely change the future and make MC chances of Emperor harder so that doesn’t make much sense…..
that kid he saved was the younger version of Jing Wan, the Ml, not any dead brother of Jing Wan but Jing Wan himself
It seems that he really save ML in the past cause i was wondering why ML went back to get him the first time he saw the fish.
aww i love this chapter omg no wonder why jingwang picked up xiao yu during their first meeting 😍
Did anyone notice that it said the illusion took place ten years in the past, but Jing Wang was no older than 2-3. That doesn’t make sense because that would make the current Jing Wang 12-13 years old.
Good catch. That was a translation error from me. It’s suppose to be ten plus years. Has been changed. Thank you!