usatvline Chapter 147 Pig Lady Dragon is Not a Dragon
Chapter 147 Pig Lady Dragon is Not a Dragon
"Cousin, are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, I've found out everything."
Prince Fu sat on the bed, his mother beside him, worried about his health, and his cousin, who was said to have found his sweetheart, standing in front of the bed. Compared to his previous bedridden state, he was much more energetic now, probably because he had heard the good news.
"What a coincidence! That girl is my aunt's daughter, your cousin!"
In reality, the cousin, who was given high hopes, only received a message that there was a girl who looked similar nearby. Wang Zifu only saw a beautiful girl in the southwest direction, but it was impossible to be sure whether there was really such a girl in an unknown village in the southwest.
However, after the Lantern Festival, Wang Zifu fell ill from longing and spent his days in bed, unable to eat or sleep properly, and his health was on the verge of collapse.
His aunt only had one son, Wang Zifu, and the Wang family only had this one young master. If he died from all that trouble, the family line would end! Helplessly, for his cousin's health, he, as the older cousin, could only choose to lie and let Wang Zifu recover first.
After all, they only met once, and right now they're just caught up in the moment. Maybe after a while they'll forget about it. In any case, let Prince Fu return to his normal life first.
"Although marriage between close relatives is somewhat taboo... it doesn't matter, with your talent and family background, this matter can definitely be accomplished!"
Prince Fu was overjoyed upon hearing this, but the Queen Mother beside him fell into deep thought. She did have sisters who had married elsewhere, but she had never heard of any of her sisters living nearby, or any of them with a daughter.
At this point, the person in bed started asking his cousin for the exact address of his sweetheart. How could the cousin know? He could only bite the bullet and continue making things up.
"Didn't you meet her on the southwest road outside the city? Our little sister lives in the southwest mountains, about thirty miles away from the city."
After finishing the piece, fearing that the prince would actually go looking for it, he continued to add to it.
"You're not feeling well right now, and rushing into a marriage proposal might make you look ridiculous. How about this, your cousin will act as your matchmaker and help you propose. You should focus on getting better first. Young Master Wang is quite a celebrity around here, but look at him now!"
Because of his prolonged lack of appetite, Prince Zifu had lost a lot of weight and was indeed much less handsome than the spirited young master he used to be.
Seeing her son's mood gradually improve, Madam Wang was happy, but she didn't forget to pull her nephew over to ask him a question.
"Are they really relatives?"
"Uh, this... Aunt, come here for a moment."
The cousin glanced back at Wang Zifu and saw that he had taken out a plum blossom branch to express his longing and hadn't noticed them. So he pulled Madam Wang aside and told her the truth.
"I asked that immortal in the southwestern mountains, and he said there should indeed be a village in that area. As for the girl my cousin is thinking about, I don't know if she still exists."
"Then what are you doing..."
"Look at your cousin's expression. If we don't say it this way, how can we persuade him?"
Thinking about all the worries she had caused her son these past few days, Madam Wang felt that what the other person said made sense. If it weren't for the lie she told today, Wang Zifu wouldn't know how long he would have been bedridden.
"But you can't really call him a relative, can you? In this city, the only person you can be considered a relative is your nephew."
"Hey, I was just saying it offhand. I didn't expect to make up a cousin so easily. Judging from my cousin's condition, it will take him at least a month to recover. Let's put it off for now. Maybe he'll forget about it in a few months."
"...If only I could really forget it."
Madam Wang sighed. Her son wasn't some amorous playboy, and this sudden infatuation was likely something he'd find hard to forget. They'd only met once, and her son didn't even know the girl's name; the only connection was that plum blossom branch. How could he have suddenly fallen for her?
Before, she had arranged several marriages for him, but none of them came to fruition. She heard that a scholar with the same surname as her family had also met a beautiful girl on the way and even brought her home. Later, he discovered that she was a demon who could eat people's hearts and livers. With Wang Zifu suddenly becoming so infatuated, she suspected that her son had also encountered a monster.
"When I have time, I'll go to the Southwest Mountains again. My cousin should be getting married by now, Aunt, why don't you make some arrangements? Some of the young men in the city who are about his age already have children."
"But we had to get him to have that idea first, and now it's turned out like this."
Either he has no intention of getting married at all, or he is so lovesick for a girl he has only met once that he is ill. Madam Wang really wants to worry about this son, but she can't find a specific direction to worry about.
Regardless of the quality of the lie, Wang Zifu was appeased and resumed eating and living normally, no longer bedridden due to missing his lover.
He took his cousin's words to heart, thinking that he must take good care of his health and wait for his cousin to bring back the good news of a successful marriage proposal.
"How is the young master of the Wang family in the city?"
Liu Qingyuan looked at Xiao Cui hanging upside down in front of her. Yes, upside down. The other girl, in the form of a fox, was peeking out from under the eaves like a bat hanging upside down. Liu Qingyuan wondered how she managed to do this with her fox claws.
"...Shouldn't you be asking me that?"
If he could add a special effect to himself at this moment, Liu Qingyuan would definitely have a big question mark appear above his head.
Upon learning from Wang Zifu's cousin that Yingning and Wang Zifu had met, signifying the imminent start of their story, and considering that Wang Zifu would later go up the mountain to find someone on his own, Liu Qingyuan went to tell the Ghost Mother about it.
Liu Qingyuan didn't know what the Southwest Mountain in the original story was like, but now there were many spirits living in this mountain, and many ghost walls. He was afraid that if Wang Zifu impulsively ran in one day, and he happened to be away, this person would cause him a lot of trouble.
The next day, the Ghost Mother sent Xiao Cui to deliver a message, asking him what kind of person Wang Zifu was. It seemed that if Liu Qingyuan also said that Wang Zifu was a good person, the Ghost Mother would decide to entrust Ying Ning to him.
Liu Qingyuan roughly understood the Ghost Mother's intentions. He had dealings with the scholars in the city and knew about many people's situations. The Ghost Mother herself was a lonely ghost buried in the mountains and could not leave the mountains. If she wanted to know the specific situation in the city, she could only rely on inquiries.
But first of all, he is now Jianzi Xianji, a Taoist priest. Even if there are some differences due to differences in worldviews, he is still a "monk". You shouldn't ask him about matters involving your daughter's marriage.
"The old lady said that she just wanted to hear your opinion. Rather than following worldly rules, it's better to hear the insights of an expert."
Putting aside whether Yingning's situation qualifies for a conventional marriage, the very first step of finding a matchmaker before even discussing marriage is already stalled. Yingning's father completely ignores her; otherwise, her birth mother wouldn't have entrusted her daughter to the ghost mother.
The idea that the adoptive mother was a ghost was something that couldn't be told to the matchmaker, as it would likely scare them to death.
"I've never seen that prince's robe before. When I asked Sister Ning, she just smiled and brushed me off. What do you think, Immortal Master?"
"Prince Fu..."
Liu Qingyuan thought for a moment.
"Compared to others, he is a good man."
Based on the original story, Prince Fu's conditions were indeed quite good. He had a solid family background and considerable talent, making him very good compared to those poor scholars who had either caused or were about to cause calamities.
Her mother was also quite reasonable, and the overall family relationship was harmonious, without any of the clichés of a wicked mother-in-law oppressing her daughter-in-law.
"However, none of that matters. It depends on Yingning's wishes. Since the old lady doesn't care much about worldly customs, there's no need to rush the marriage."
"Didn't they say they were related by blood? Maybe they want Ning to recognize her relatives. After all, she's a human being and can't stay in the haunted house forever."
Although Yingning is not afraid of the yin energy of ghosts because of her human-fox hybrid blood, and has lived in a house full of ghosts for more than ten years without any health problems, she cannot live with ghosts forever.
"It is said to be a kinship, but that is a matter between the Wu and Qin families, and has little to do with Yingning herself."
Although it is always said that Yingning and the Wang family are related, in reality, Yingning and Wang Zifu are not related by blood. Madam Wang's original surname was Wu. Her older sister married a family surnamed Qin first, and the two families had some connection. After the death of the first wife, Madam Wu, the Qin family patriarch fell in love with a fox spirit and had Yingning. Therefore, Yingning's kinship with the Wang family is only verbal, and there is no blood relation at all.
There's no taboo against close-kin marriage between the two, and simply recognizing each other as relatives would feel a bit awkward.
Liu Qingyuan walked to the eaves where Xiao Cui was hanging upside down. Looking up, he saw that she was hanging upside down by her big tail wrapped around something. It turned out that Xiao Cui was imitating a snake and a monkey, not a bat.
“I probably won’t be in a state of enlightenment anytime soon. If anyone comes looking for me, just tell them I’m going to help someone else.”
To be precise, it's about helping the natural order of this world.
"What kind of person is your friend?"
Xiao Cui asked this question mainly because the composition of those who had been to the Realm of Openness was too complex, including gods, demons, ghosts, spirits, and even innate beings. It was too mixed, making it impossible to determine whether someone was friend or foe unless they explained their reason for coming.
"Anything is possible."
Liu Qingyuan thought about it carefully. If something went wrong along the way, the people who might be called in would be:
"Heavenly immortals, earthly ghost messengers, wandering Taoist priests, mythical beasts and monsters... In short, anyone who can name me or a few of my other friends counts."
"...Not surprising at all."
The relationships were still so varied. From their unexpected encounter in the mountains, Xiao Cui had seen more important figures in the mountains than she had in the rest of her life.
Even her mother probably hadn't met such important figures as the Judge or the Dragon Shepherd. I wonder if, when her mother discovers that she ran away halfway through repaying a debt of gratitude, she'll be a little lenient with her, considering how much of a connection she's built for the family.
According to her mother's calculations, she and Wang Yuanfeng had a five-year destiny, meaning she had to be husband and wife with him for five years. She ran away halfway through, and her family didn't know. But if anyone went to the capital to visit her, the truth would be revealed immediately.
She's doing this to repay her mother's kindness; if she's found out she's giving up halfway, she'll definitely get a beating.
If Xiao Cui were to try and argue her way out of it, she could actually come up with something, even though her journey to repay a debt of gratitude was interrupted after she ran away from Imperial Censor Wang's house. But she unexpectedly met a group of immortals from beyond the realm, and when they needed connections in the capital, Xiao Cui recommended Imperial Censor Wang. Now she's been entrusted with an important task again, and her official hat has returned.
"Speaking of which, there is no White Lotus Sect here."
Liu Qingyuan discovered that the White Lotus Sect was causing trouble in the capital, but not in the area where he was staying. It was true that there were fewer White Lotus Sect members in the north, but it was not like they all avoided this place.
"The White Lotus Sect...that sounds familiar."
"It's normal to be familiar with a cult that's relatively well-known among the public. But how long do you plan to stay there?"
Xiao Cui came to deliver a message for the Ghost Mother. She's been hanging upside down the whole time. Does that mean that monsters don't have to worry about cerebral hemorrhage when they hang upside down?
Just then, a letter floated to Liu Qingyuan's side. He opened it and was somewhat surprised.
"Pig dragon doing hard labor, cough, what a creative idea."
……
"Wouldn't it be better if it was like this earlier?"
Lan Ying stepped on the tail of a crocodile, and this long-lost situation of being able to easily defeat others made her feel refreshed.
Good news: the so-called "pig dragons" mentioned in the intelligence report are not real dragons, but a group of large crocodiles that have become spirits and are terrorizing the river.
Crocodiles are great. The illegal dragon transmigrators dare not provoke them, for fear of attracting real dragon relatives. But a few large crocodiles are more than enough for Lan Ying and Ying to handle.
This place has many rivers and pools, and it's too inefficient for people to dive into the water to explore. This family of crocodiles that have become sentient is just right. After subduing them, the two time travelers used them as laborers.
These crocodiles were unlucky. They are a deadly weapon in the water, and the local people couldn't do anything about them. The methods used to control crocodiles in the past were only effective against ordinary crocodiles, and they were no match for these crocodiles that were so adept at understanding human behavior.
In the past, there were daring people who would go in groups to catch crocodiles in the river. They could make a lot of money just by catching one. Now, a group of crocodiles that seem to have become supernatural have come, and the people are afraid to touch them.
As a result, when Lan Ying and Ying arrived with the White Lotus Sect members, they immediately got excited upon seeing that the crocodiles were real. They vented all the anger they had suffered at the hands of the Xiantian people on the crocodile group. If the crocodiles hadn't been intelligent enough to know that there was an option to surrender, they would probably have been skinned alive and slaughtered.
In this way, the time traveler vented his anger, the "Pig Dragon" disaster was dealt with, the White Lotus Sect regained its limelight, and Qingyangzi took advantage of the situation to promote the implementation of the magic array, thus achieving a world where only the crocodiles were injured.
"There's a place that looks like the end of a spiritual vein. If we follow that path, we'll find the main branch of the spiritual vein."
To avoid being killed, these crocodile spirits worked incredibly hard, and they actually managed to find traces of the underground spiritual veins.
The crocodile spirits migrated here because they felt the local spiritual energy was richer and more conducive to their cultivation. From this perspective, the spirits are probably experts on the Zhao Spirit Vein.
"Finally, I feel comfortable."
Lan Ying exclaimed that these crocodiles were more obedient than her cursed insects; it was truly amazing.
"Where's that Qingyangzi? Never mind him for now. We'll find him when we need to set up the formation."
I don't recommend you do this.
Ying glanced at Lan Ying, who was stepping on the crocodile, and commented as follows.
"Your distinctive features are too obvious."
Lan Ying is a woman, and a woman who is different from the current secular society, especially in terms of her feet. Most women here bind their feet, but Lan Ying could not have bound her feet. This action highlights the biggest difference between her and the indigenous people.
"Even if it's not your true appearance, it's better to hide something."