Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Li Nianfan thought that if he could befriend such a well-cultured person, it might be beneficial.
He could not help holding back his desire to befriend this person. He asked, “May I ask which senior in Azure Ville painted these?”
Gu Ziyao shook her head awkwardly. “No, our seniors acquired these three paintings from three different realms. Father likes them, so he hung them here to admire them.”
Actually, these three paintings were not ordinary paintings. If they were, they would not have hung them here in the side hall. Even the two Gu siblings were not allowed to come here often. They opened up this hall solely because of Li Nianfan’s visit today.
Luo Shiyu and Qin Manyun were captivated by the paintings. The Immortal spirit for the Immortal, the Kraken spirit of the Kraken, and the Demon spirit of the Demon gave them different insights. The person who painted this must have been an Immortal, and the painted subjects were unlikely to be of this Immortal Realm!
Li Nianfan’s eyebrows twitched as he sighed. “I see. They’re from three different painters.”
Instantly, his evaluation of these three paintings dropped a notch. If they were drawn by three different painters, then their skills were not impressive at all. The skills needed to be able to create three different artistic conceptions were very different from just drawing one. From the looks of it, the Lord of the Azure Ville was indeed a cultured man, but his artistic maturity was not that high.
Gu Ziyao and the rest paused slightly. If they did not hear wrongly, the expert sounded as if he was…looking down on the paintings?
The expert’s realm was indeed beyond their imagination!
“Eh?” Li Nianfan paused as he noticed a hideous-looking black statue under the Kraken painting.
He picked up the statue and looked at it closely. After a while, he asked curiously, “Someone likes carving here? The technique isn’t too bad at all. Where did you get this from?”
“This…this is…” Gu Ziyao’s face went pale. She could only feel her scalp itching as she struggled to stand upright.
She was panicking!
It was not just her. The rest went pale as well as their hearts raced. They almost fainted!
It was because they had all overlooked one thing.
Li Nianfan was the one who killed the Kraken last night. In other words, this statue was supposed to belong to him! Yet, they forgot to bring it to him and kept it for themselves!
Now that the expert was asking about it, he was condemning them!
Gu Ziyao felt chills all over her as she bit her tongue. “We happened to come across this by chance. If you like it, you may have it.”
“Hahaha! I’ve already taken the compressor, I can’t take anything else!” Li Nianfan smiled and shook his head. He put the statue back.
Seeing that he was not pissed, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Gu Ziyao still felt the chills in her. She was unable to calm down for a long time. She felt so lucky to be alive. It was probably because of the Divine Bead she had given to the expert earlier that moved him. If not, they would have been dead by now!
Lucky! How lucky!
Without having to be reminded, Gu Ziyu packed the statue along with the three paintings. He was ready to give them all to the expert.
They continued walking and somehow arrived at the backyard. Li Nianfan did not expect to see so many animals back there besides some plants. There were even some rare-looking animals that left Li Nianfan in awe.
The backyard was big, like a world filled with wild animals of different kinds, running about.
Qin Manyun and Luo Shiyu exchanged a look with one another. The expert truly was a big fan of wild animal meat. His eyes lit up just by looking at them!
“Wow! Such a plump bear!” Li Nianfan exclaimed as an animal by the corner of the yard caught his eye. It was a big, black bear. Its size was considered gigantic. Its stomach even bulged out like a small hill. It laid face up on the ground, sleeping soundly. With its massive size, it was probably hard for it to move.
When he looked at the bear, he could not help but gulp. Since the ancient days, bear meat had always been a delicious dish. As the saying went, ‘one cannot have both the fish and bear palm at the same time, one bear palm was more than enough’.
Even now that he had come to the Immortal Realm, he still had not tasted the bear palm he always wanted.
As Gu Ziyao had been keeping a close watch on Li Nianfan, she noticed him gulping. She followed his gaze and instantly, her face lit up.
Without hesitation, she said, “Mr. Li, this bear is well-grown. We were going to prepare it for lunch today. Someone will slaughter it later.”
“Oh? We’re having the bear for lunch?” Li Nianfan asked in delight.
Gu Ziyu’s face darkened as he looked at Gu Ziyao in disbelief. He stuttered, “Eat…eat the bear?”
Gu Ziyao turned to glare at him. She spoke in a passive-aggressive tone, “That’s right, we’re eating the bear! Go and prepare it right away!”
Gu Ziyu nodded obediently. “Okay.”
His heart was bleeding. He had intentionally captured this bear from the wilderness to raise it. After listening to ‘Journey to the West’, he was captivated by the Black Bear Demon in the story. Even the Buddha used the Black Bear Demon to watch the gate. Hence, he went to find one for himself as well. After capturing this huge bear, he treated it with good food every day and shared his treasures with this bear from time to time. He thought that one day, he could finally roam around with a Black Bear Demon by his side. How cool would that be!
Now that he finally managed to raise this bear into such a gigantic size, his sister wanted him to kill it?
It had not even turned into a demon yet! It was still a baby!
Gu Ziyu’s heart was aching painfully. He looked at his sister with a pitiful look.
“Why’re you still here!” Gu Ziyao said as she enunciated each word through her gritted teeth while trying her best to repress her annoyance with her brother.
Gu Ziyu shrank. He knew the importance of this task, so he hastily dragged the snoring bear away. He looked at the black bear with tears in his eyes as he said in a low voice, “Little bear, I’m sorry. I promised you the world, but now you’ll have to move on without me.”
He then took another look at Gu Ziyao. To avoid causing a bloody scene, he dragged the bear into the woods for slaughter. As he dragged the bear, he kept mumbling, “Little bear, don’t blame me. I don’t have a choice.
“I remember when I brought you home, I left in a hurry and forgot that you were feeding two baby bears. I’ll look for them right away and take good care of them. Then, I’ll turn them into demons.
“Don’t worry. As your good friend, I won’t eat you! But to be honest, being chosen by the expert is a big opportunity for you. Your next life will definitely be better. Rest in peace…”
