RPAGF Chapter 7 Frog, martial arts? Ghost?
Chapter 7 Frog, martial arts? Ghost?
The housekeeper was still worried, but Nan Nan's eyes sparkled with excitement. "Anyway... let's hold an auction for the pets!"
Fang Yuan, on the other hand, had already begun to drift off into his own world.
After all, what can you possibly gain from an auction of a pet?
Could he possibly buy a cultivation technique at an auction?
After all, no matter what, the steward wouldn't give a bunch of beasts a cultivation technique, right?
"Miss..." The butler sighed. Holding an auction for pets was an absurd idea that had never been done before. He didn't even know where to begin, so how could he possibly succeed?
"Why not!" Nan Nan puffed out her cheeks and glared at the butler. "Hmph, Grandpa Butler, you just said you were going to hold a pet auction, and now you're saying it can't be done? Are you lying to me? I'm going to tell Daddy!"
"No, no, no!" The butler quickly stopped her, his mind racing.
If the little ancestor were to complain to Master Lu, he might not be punished, but if he were to claim that the idea was his, where would he put his old face?
Besides, if we really complain to Master Lu, he certainly wouldn't want to directly stop this little darling. In that case, Master Lu might just make me do it half-heartedly, or even punish me for it just to please the little darling.
Even if it's just a penalty of drinking three times the amount, it won't sound good if word gets out!
Who knows which restaurant will be gossiping behind their backs, saying that the Lu family has a crazy butler who holds auctions for pets.
Sigh~ By then, who will I be able to reason with?
Besides, it would be better to hold a pet auction myself than for my little darling to go to a real auction.
He could simply prepare some trinkets, find some clever servants to help watch over them, and let the pets participate symbolically. As long as he could keep his little darling happy, he wouldn't want to go to the auction!
Anyway, as long as the little ancestor is in the Lu residence, there will be no danger.
If the little darling really gets to the auction, I won't be able to escape the blame!
"Alright..." The butler pondered for a long time, then finally sighed deeply, "Miss, since you've put it that way, I'll give it a try..."
The butler agreed to the auction.
As for whether frogs will be eaten by other animals?
Maybe, after all, there are countless random animals that the little ancestor has raised. He can still remember the habits of the spider today, but as for the others that he has raised for three or five years, he is not an animal trainer, so how could he remember them all clearly?
But, now that the frog has been eaten, the little darling will probably be just like today, at most sad for a while.
If we don't hold an auction for her, she'll probably cause a ruckus all year round.
The housekeeper agreed to Nan Nan's unreasonable request, which excited Nan Nan. She started muttering about all sorts of things she wanted to auction, and she carefully confirmed the time of the next pet auction with the housekeeper.
Finally, after the butler repeatedly declared and swore to God that he would definitely hold the auction, the little princess Nan Nan finally let him go and let him go to handle other matters.
Fang Yuan listened in silence.
After that, Nan Nan pulled him along, regardless of whether he, a frog, could understand human speech or not. Anyway, she chatted with Fang Yuan about some auction matters, and soon she picked him up and ran back to the pond, threw him on a lotus leaf, and ran off in a hurry, not knowing what she was going to play with next.
Quack, you really are a child.
Fang Yuan jumped into the water, swam to the lotus leaves in the pond, pushed off with his front legs, and jumped onto them.
The lotus leaf swayed slightly as he squatted down steadily.
The sun was warm, and the pond water rippled.
The afternoon sun filtered through the leaves, casting golden dappled patterns on the water's surface. Fang Yuan crouched on a lotus leaf, feeling the warmth emanating from beneath him.
Frogs are cold-blooded animals, and as a frog, Fang Yuan's body temperature changes with the environment.
Having been warmed up in Nan Nan's arms for so long, his body had warmed up, and now the lotus leaf was slightly hot from the sun, making him instinctively want to adjust his position.
Caw... It's getting a bit hot.
Fang Yuan shifted his position, moving himself to a spot with more shade at the edge of the lotus leaf.
Frogs need to keep their skin moist, so being exposed to the blazing sun like this is not a good thing.
His hind legs were slightly tucked in, and his forelimbs were braced on the lotus leaves, maintaining a posture ready to jump at any moment—this is the frog's instinct.
Even when it wants to rest, its body remains alert to prevent other creatures in the pond from eating it, as its instincts don't know if a natural enemy like a snake or water bird might suddenly appear.
However, to be fair, the pond in the Lu residence is quite safe.
Fang Yuan looked around.
The pond wasn't very large, but it was kept very well. Apart from koi and turtles, which were gentle aquatic animals, there didn't seem to be anything dangerous. Servants patrolled the shore regularly, probably to look after the young lady's various pets.
……
A gentle breeze blew by, causing the lotus leaves to sway softly and bringing a touch of coolness to the pond water.
Fang Yuan subconsciously lowered his body slightly, bringing his abdomen closer to the surface of the lotus leaf. Water lay beneath the lotus leaf, and the evaporation of the water carried away some heat, keeping the underside of the leaf relatively cool.
This is much more comfortable.
It was even somewhat pleasant.
A splash came from the pond; a turtle had slipped into the water from the bank. It moved slowly, leaving a long ripple in its wake, before leisurely swimming towards the deeper parts of the pond.
Several koi darted underwater, occasionally swimming to the surface, their mouths opening and closing as if breathing air. Fang Yuan could see the swimming fish clearly; their scales shimmered in the water—red, white, and gold—truly beautiful.
They swam around, then swam to a place where Fang Yuan couldn't see them, and then stopped.
Then, without moving, they disappeared from the frog's sight.
A few flying insects flew over, and Fang Yuan swallowed a few that got too close and didn't notice them. The remaining few flew away quickly and turned into gray shadows in his field of vision.
Gradually, the turtle stopped moving.
The willow trees by the pond also stopped moving.
The wind stopped blowing.
Today is truly a peaceful and tranquil day.
"Hey, little frog. You're the only one who behaves well in this pond." A muffled male voice suddenly rang out.
Fang Yuan looked over, but couldn't see clearly. However, the voice sounded like Nan Nan's older brother.
"If my parrot were as quiet as you, I'd be driven crazy," he complained, but seemed to be just passing by before quickly walking away.
"By the way, those two over there, why are the koi in the pond so restless today?" He walked further and further away, his voice becoming increasingly indistinct and unclear, as if it were drifting from afar.
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Restlessness?
?
Fang Yuan paused for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at the pond twice.
It's still grayish-white...
Logically speaking, a grayish-white color should mean that the fish in the pond are not moving.
Frogs can see moving objects quite clearly!
"I don't know. Maybe it's because it's about to rain and the water is stuffy, so the fish are surfacing and jumping around," a servant replied.
Fish, rising to the surface...?
Where can I find fish?!
Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and the laziness on his face disappeared. He looked down at the water surface again with a serious expression!
A sea of gray!
There was absolutely nothing moving!
What are they... saying and moving?
……
A chill ran down my spine instantly!
The wind seems to have picked up again.
The sounds seemed to return, and my vision returned.
The willows on the bank drooped their branches, gently brushing the water's surface and making a rustling sound.
The sound of servants' footsteps could be heard in the distance, but they were all far away.
The water gently lapped against the edge of the pond, making a rhythmic sound.
In the water, several koi carp swam, weaving under the lotus leaves, and occasionally leaping out of the water.
The fish were indeed jumping around.
Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment... What just happened?
Is there something wrong with the frog's senses?
Is it because I'm in a dormant state that I'm not sensitive to the activities of slightly larger animals?
This has never happened before... What happened?
……
"Speaking of which, frogs seem to only look at things in motion, not stillness. If we put what it wants to eat right in front of it, it might not see it and therefore not eat it," a servant's voice, seemingly coming from afar, asked his companion in a somewhat ethereal tone.
"Yes, I've seen it. A bunch of dead mosquitoes fell in front of a frog, but the frog wouldn't eat them and starved itself to death." Another servant patted his chest, proudly showing off his experience.
"But, young lady, is that a frog or a toad?"
"Is there a difference between the two? In my hometown, we call them both toads."
"I don't know, I can't tell the difference, and my father never told me." The two servants came over and placed a small bowl in it, which contained some large, fat worms.
Then, he quickly left.
There was nothing unusual around him, and all the sounds were normal. Fang Yuan turned his head and saw the willow branches around him swaying in the wind, with some of their green strands hanging into the water and creating ripples.
In the water, koi carp are swimming and leaping.
It seems there's nothing unusual.
It's probably because when a frog's senses are just beginning to rest, they're not very sensitive, as if they're asleep and ignoring some sounds and sensations.
Fang Yuan felt a little relieved.
"However, such a big pond, and only one frog in it, not even a single fish? Isn't that a bit too extravagant?"
"It wasn't just one frog. I remember there was a big spider here this morning. Didn't the frog kill it?"
Ok?
"So, there's only one frog in this pond right now? Young Miss is really extravagant..." The two servants' voices trailed off...
Fang Yuan felt increasingly terrified.
He glanced at the pond again...
There were clearly hundreds of colorful koi in the pond!
?
Those sounds just now...
The older brother's voice, the way he talked to the servants... the fish in the pond... the grayish-white color from before... and the servants who came to put the bowls and insects in the pond just now...
in the end……
Who is the real one?
Whose words are true?
……
?
!
A chill ran through me, like ants crawling up my back.
Fang Yuan suddenly realized that he couldn't stay in this pond for even a second longer!
His body sprang up in an instant!
It leaps swiftly, landing on another lotus leaf, then leaps again and lands once more.
The surrounding scenery was so clear, and the hundreds of koi carp seemed to be increasing in number and becoming more and more detailed. Fang Yuan could even see every single scale on the koi carp clearly...
But the frog simply couldn't see the details that far away.
With two or three leaps, it quickly reached the edge of the pond, then jumped suddenly and rolled forward.
But my body felt as if it had been plunged into amber; my movements became increasingly sluggish and labored. The more I tried to get away from the pond, the more suffocated I felt.
But Fang Yuan dared not stop for a moment...
His body was leaping forward frantically! The amplified fear made him only able to jump forward with all his might...
stab~
As if something had been broken, in an instant, the strange suffocation, the strange silence, and the eerie atmosphere all vanished without a trace.
All senses returned to normal.
"Ah, Little Frog? How did you get here? Didn't I tell you to stay in the pond?" Nan Nan's slightly childish voice rang out, and soon a pair of tender and warm hands lifted Fang Yuan up and placed him on her head.
"Never mind, you probably just hate the atmosphere around the pond."
Nan Nan chuckled and hopped around.
Fang Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief; things seemed to be returning to normal.
"By the way, Little Frog! Shouldn't you put some fish in your pond? Isn't it a bit too deserted without any fish?"
"Hmm, Daddy likes koi. Little Frog, do you like them too? Koi are those colorful fish, they're so pretty. If you like them, just croak once, and we'll put a few in the pond tomorrow. If you don't like them, just croak twice, and we won't put any in."
……
...?
Fang Yuan was stunned.
So, there really aren't any fish in the pond?
In other words, the conversation between the two servants that I saw and heard was fake?
What you heard later was true?
Then... at the beginning when everything in front of me was gray and white, and then I heard Brother Nan Nan and those servants talking, who was speaking!?
What were those fish I saw earlier?