Starting with the frog, he has ruled for eternity.

Chapter 6: Frog, Preparing for the Auction

A frog actually used knife skills!?

Huh?! Pfft!

The sound of the stick piercing the spider's hard shell was particularly clear by the tranquil pond.

The patterned spider was struck hard by the blow. Its body swayed, and its eight legs thrashed wildly for a few moments before finally collapsing to the ground. Its legs twitched twice, and then it became completely still.

"this……"

Grandpa Lu stood there, his mouth slightly open, unable to utter a word for a moment.

He'd seen frogs eat spiders before.

He could understand the spider eating the frog, after all, that patterned spider was almost as big as his head.

But he had never seen a frog actually kill a spider with a stick before!

Frogs know martial arts?

A frog the size of a palm?!

This...this...

"Little frog! Little frog!"

Nan Nan, however, was completely oblivious to her father's shock. She struggled to slide down from Lu Ye's arms and ran towards the pond with her short legs, her little face beaming with joy.

Fang Yuan was panting heavily as he leaned on the wooden stick. Although the attack was effective, it had also exhausted a lot of his strength.

He tilted his head to the side, his throat pouch bulging, preparing to check if the spider was truly dead—when suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps approached.

Ok?

quack!

No, no way!

He'd been seen using his technique again!

Damn it! Quack!

Frogs are naturally insensitive to stationary objects. If Nan Nan had been standing still, observing his battle with the spider without moving, he wouldn't have noticed that she was staring at him.

What if Nan Nan notices me?!

Damn it, now I'm completely exposed!

quack!

How can I pretend to be weak and fool others like this?!

Caw... Wait, something's not right. I have no chance against a pig right now; I'm not even as good as a pig...

That's enough, that's enough. Since things have come to this, I can only continue to play dumb.

I wonder if I can get away with it this time.

Quack~

"Croak~ croak~!" Fang Yuan croaked, looking to the left and right with his eyes, pretending to be a senile frog.

However, the butler and Master Lu saw it clearly; they even watched Fang Yuan put down the wooden stick he was holding with his webbed hands...

How could they possibly believe that this was just an ordinary frog, given such behavior?

"Master...Master..."

The butler's voice was hoarse. He swallowed hard, pointed at the frog by the pond, and his voice trembled slightly: "This...this frog...it just now...it just now wasn't..."

"You saw it too?" Master Lu asked in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on the frog.

"I...I saw it..." The butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "In all my years of wandering the world, I've seen talking mynahs, snakes that dance to the sound of a flute...but a frog that can wield a sword...I...I've truly never seen one..."

Lu Ye didn't say anything.

His gaze lingered on the frog for a long time, his eyes unfathomable.

Are you fine?

still……?

Master Lu frowned even more deeply.

However, no matter what Master Lu thought, Nan Nan didn't care at all.

"Little Frog is amazing! He even defeated the giant spider!"

Nan Nan had already run to the edge of the pond. She squatted down, carefully reached out, and poked Fang Yuan's forehead.

Nan Nan carefully picked up the frog, her eyes sparkling. "This little spider is amazing! When I kept it, it couldn't even beat some birds or mice!"

She paused abruptly at this point.

The smile on her little face froze.

She slowly turned her head, her gaze falling on the motionless patterned spider on the ground.

She went to see that big spider every day and said the patterns on its back looked like a human face.

"what……"

Nan Nan's voice trailed off.

"Little Spider..."

She loosened her grip on the frog, her gaze shifting to the spider's corpse on the ground with a complex expression.

"The little spider is my pet too..."

When Grandpa Lu heard his daughter's words, his temples throbbed twice.

Not good.

Is this little darling about to cause trouble again?

"Nan Nan—" He stepped forward, about to offer words of comfort.

"Daddy!" Nan Nan suddenly turned around, her big, watery eyes filled with grievance. "Little Spider is dead... I... I still wanted to raise Little Spider..."

"Uh..." Master Lu was speechless for a moment.

"Daddy, I want to go to the auction!" Nan Nan seized the opportunity, her little hands tightly gripping her father's sleeve. "Didn't the butler say that Manager Ma brought several high-quality spiders? I want to go to the auction! I want to buy two more little spiders!"

"this……"

Master Lu's attention was instantly diverted.

He glanced instinctively at the frog in his daughter's arms, then at the spider carcass on the ground.

Oh, right, about the spider.

Compared to a frog that knows how to use a knife, his daughter's trip to the auction was clearly a bigger headache for him.

After all, no matter how powerful a frog is, it's still just a frog!

Even if it can kill the spider, so what?

Can it outrun a house cat or the family's big yellow dog?

Master Lu knew very well that the most important thing for martial arts practitioners was body size and weight. Ten pounds of weight made a world of difference, let alone a frog weighing less than eight ounces. What could it possibly fight against?

A spider weighs only about half a pound. No matter how big a spider is, its size and weight are only that much.

A yellow dog, however, can weigh thirty or forty pounds.

A frog that knows how to use a knife is certainly rare, but it's still a rare find. Even if it cultivates the Lu family's martial arts to their peak, and perfects the Tiger Roar Knife Technique to a level that is unprecedented and unparalleled...

Even a frog like it can't possibly defeat a yellow dog! That's a natural difference.

With that in mind, Master Lu focused all his attention on Nan Nan's desire to go to the auction.

He shook his head: "No. Father already said that there are too many people and too many eyes at the auction—"

"But Little Spider is dead!" Nan Nan's voice trembled with tears. "It's all Little Frog's fault... no, it's not Little Frog's fault... it's all that servant who wouldn't feed the insects! If he hadn't starved Little Spider, Little Spider wouldn't have eaten Little Frog..."

"My poor spider, it was so obedient."

As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Nan Nan—"

"I want to go to the auction! I really want to go!"

"No means no!" Master Lu's face hardened, his tone becoming stern. "If you keep causing trouble, you won't even get anything from the auction!"

Nan Nan pouted, tears welling up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to argue back.

"snort……"

The little girl reluctantly snorted, turned around while hugging the frog, and muttered softly, "Fine, I won't go... Daddy's the worst..."

Grandpa Lu sighed, rubbed his temples, and comforted him, "Alright, alright, since the Miao region has sent over a few more spiders, how about I give them to you after this is all over?"

"Hmph! My spider is a spider, not some other kind of spider! Even if you give me a few more, they won't be my dead spiders!" The little girl puffed out her cheeks, turned her head away, but then secretly glanced at her father.

It gave Lu Ye a headache.

The little rascal started causing trouble again, but in any case, the auction was successfully resolved. Thinking of this, Master Lu looked at the frog again.

Then let's not bother investigating why this frog can learn swordsmanship!

It's just a frog the size of a palm. So what if it becomes a spirit?

At best, it can only fight with spiders and scorpions, and maybe even fight with other people's crickets.

Could it possibly turn the world upside down?

Thinking of this, Lu Ye's surprise subsided somewhat.

"Let's go." He turned and walked back the way he came, his voice regaining its usual calmness. "Go back for dinner. Butler, have someone give that spider a proper burial. Punish those servants who didn't feed the spider, and if it happens again, expel them from the Lu residence."

"If you can't even care about such a small thing, what else can you care about!"

"Yes, sir," the butler replied hastily.

Nan Nan followed behind her father, carrying the frog, her little face still showing an unwilling expression.

After taking a few steps, she suddenly turned her head and winked at the butler.

The butler frowned. What idea had this little rascal come up with this time?

But he was just a butler after all, so he could only nod helplessly to show that he understood, slowed down, and came to Nan Nan's side.

Master Lu seemed happy to escape from the little girl's side as soon as possible. Seeing this, he walked faster and faster, disappearing in just a few steps.

Once Master Lu had walked away, Nan Nan immediately looked at the butler with a worried expression.

"Grandpa Butler..." she called softly.

"Oh, Miss." The butler sighed inwardly, bowing slightly as he approached. "What are your orders?"

"I want to go to the auction..." Nan Nan pouted, "but Daddy won't let me... Can you help me think of a way..."

The butler glanced awkwardly at Master Lu's back in front of him.

"This...Miss, Master..."

"Grandpa Butler loves me the most!" Nan Nan said sweetly, shaking the butler's sleeve with her little hand. "You'll definitely find a way, right?"

"Miss..." the butler said with a wry smile, "This is something I can't decide..."

There are too many people and too many eyes at the auction. If anything goes wrong, he could lose his head.

The housekeeper looked into the little girl's big, watery eyes and sighed inwardly.

If this little darling really starts crying, the entire Lu family will be in for a world of trouble. But the master's orders are clear: the auction is indeed a mixed bag and not very safe, so the young lady can't go.

His brows furrowed, then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Miss," the butler lowered his voice, making sure Master Lu was out of sight before leaning closer, "Master doesn't want you to go to the auction because he's worried about safety. But... what if we organize our own auction?"

"Do it yourself?" Nan Nan's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" The butler nodded. "We can hold a 'pet auction.' Invite all the young masters and ladies in town who keep exotic pets. They can bring their pets, appraise them, and bid on whichever pet they want. This way it's safe, and Manager Ma's spiders can also—"

"A pet auction!" Nan Nan interrupted him excitedly, "Let's send Little Frog and the others to the auction! That's great!"

She clearly misunderstood the housekeeper's meaning.

"Huh?" The butler was taken aback. "Miss, what I meant was—"

"Little Frog, you can go to the auction to buy things now!" Nan Nan spun the frog around, hugging it. "Little Frog, did you hear that? You can go to the auction too! I'll buy you whatever you want!"

Fang Yuan: ? ? ? Quack?

Should a frog be included in an auction?

Ribbit, he's just a frog!

"No, no, no, Miss, you've misunderstood—" The butler's forehead began to sweat. "What I meant was, please have someone else bring the pet, and then we—"

"I get it!" Nan Nan's eyes sparkled. "It's a pet auction! Little Frog, Wang Cai, and Second Brother's parrot can all go! They can buy what they like, just like people!"

"Yes, yes, that's right!" Nan Nan became more and more excited as she spoke. "Little Frog just defeated the giant spider, he must want a reward too! Little Frog, do you want worms or dried fish? It doesn't matter, whatever you like, you can bid for it yourself later..."

Fang Yuan: ...Quack.

He's just a frog; all he can do is croak. How can he talk to buy things?

"Miss, how could pets go to an auction by themselves..." the butler said with a wry smile. "They can't talk, and they don't recognize money..."

"But Little Frog is very smart, and it even knows martial arts!" Nan Nan said confidently. "It just defeated the big spider! Grandpa Butler, you saw it too! And Second Brother's parrot can talk, and Wangcai can obey commands, so they can definitely participate too!"

The butler opened his mouth and glanced at the frog that was tilting its head and looking innocent.

But he had clearly seen that "Tiger Descending the Mountain" move just now...

That seems to make sense, after all, the second young master's big yellow dog is indeed extremely intelligent...

Even if they could participate... would it really be a good thing for frogs to be mixed together with all those livestock and insects? Who knows which pet might eat a frog as a snack! Spiders are one thing, but there are countless things bigger than spiders that eat frogs.

The housekeeper was very worried about the frog's safety, after all, this little guy was the pet that the little darling was most concerned about recently.

Is it really possible for this auction to take place?

Frogs, are they really not eaten by other animals?