Chapter 49: Reaching an Agreement

“Little thing, you can’t possibly have your eyes on my two Golden Loaches, can you?”

Seeing the small black beast staring at the kitchen, Lu Qing couldn’t help but cover his forehead.

He didn’t need to guess; it was definitely the case.

Because those two Golden Loaches were in the kitchen.

He remembered how the small black beast had circled around him, sniffing, and it must have been the scent of the Golden Loaches on him.

After all, in the evening, he had just moved the two Golden Loaches into the water tank and pressed a wooden board on top to prevent them from jumping out and escaping in the middle of the night.

Once the fishy smell got on him, it was difficult to get rid of in a short time.

He didn’t expect this little thing’s nose to be so sensitive. With so many fishy smells mixed together, it could still distinguish the scent of the Golden Loaches.

The small black beast didn’t answer, just quietly looking at Lu Qing.

However, based on their time together, Lu Qing understood its meaning.

It really wanted to eat those two Golden Loaches.

Lu Qing couldn’t help but have a headache.

“Little thing, let’s make a deal. You can eat any of the fish here. If it’s not enough, I’ll get you more. I’ll keep those two Golden Loaches, okay?”

Lu Qing didn’t care if the small black beast could understand his long speech and started to negotiate with it.

However, the small black beast either pretended to be stupid or really didn’t understand.

Anyway, it just blinked and continued to stare fixedly at the kitchen behind Lu Qing.

Well, now Lu Qing understood. This little thing was determined to eat the Golden Loaches.

Knowing that there was no room for negotiation, Lu Qing could only take a step back.

“One, I can only give you one. I have a use for the other one, so I can’t give it to you.”

Lu Qing held up one finger and said seriously.

The small black beast looked at Lu Qing quietly for a while and finally nodded.

“You really can understand me!”

Seeing the small black beast’s action, how could Lu Qing not understand?
He had guessed it before, but he had never been sure.

Now, seeing this fellow’s performance, he could finally confirm it.

This fellow had always been able to understand him. It had been pretending to be stupid all this time!

Hearing Lu Qing’s words, the small black beast returned to its previous somewhat dazed and calm expression, as if it had no idea what he was talking about.

But how could Lu Qing be fooled by it again?
Thinking that he had been fooled by a small beast for so long, he felt a little amused and exasperated.

Turning back to the kitchen, he lifted the wooden board on the water tank, caught a Golden Loach, and returned to the courtyard.

“I can only give you one. Do you want it?”

Seeing the struggling Golden Loach in Lu Qing’s hand, the small black beast’s eyes had long since lit up.

As soon as Lu Qing’s voice fell, he felt a black shadow flash before his eyes. His hand loosened, and the Golden Loach in his hand had already disappeared.

When he looked closely, the small black beast was already holding the Golden Loach and eating it with big mouthfuls.

Lu Qing watched as it bit off the Golden Loach’s head, and his heart couldn’t help but ache.

That was hundreds of taels of silver.

However, he saw the small black beast eating and eating, its eyes squinting with happiness, its tail wagging, looking extremely happy.

He could only comfort himself.

Forget it, at least this little thing had given him such a precious hundred-year-old ginseng last night. It was only right to give it something good to eat, as a return gift.

The small black beast ate quickly. Before long, a plump Golden Loach weighing more than one or two catties had all gone into its stomach.

After eating this Golden Loach, the small black beast looked at Lu Qing again.

Lu Qing was startled and quickly said, “No more, I have a use for the other one, I can’t give it to you!”

The small black beast glanced at Lu Qing sideways, as if it disliked his stinginess, then walked to the basin of fish and began to eat leisurely.

Lu Qing: …

So you didn’t dislike these small fish, you just wanted to eat the delicious ones first.

However, seeing that the small black beast did not continue to ask him for the remaining Golden Loach, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, this little thing was still reasonable. Otherwise, if it really wanted to snatch the other Golden Loach, Lu Qing would have no way to stop it.

Watching the small black beast eat happily, Lu Qing thought for a moment and squatted down.

“Little thing, do you really like to eat strange fish like the one just now?”

After confirming that the small black beast could understand him, Lu Qing’s interest in communicating also rose.

The small beast raised its head and looked at Lu Qing, its eyes shining brightly.

Lu Qing quickly said, “I’m not saying I’ll give you the other Golden Loach, don’t misunderstand.”

Hearing this, the small black beast immediately lowered its head to eat the fish and ignored him.

Lu Qing didn’t care, “However, I can’t give you the Golden Loach, but that doesn’t mean I can’t give you other strange fish if I catch them in the future.”

The small beast raised its head again and looked at him with some confusion.

“Little thing, how about we make a deal?” Seeing that it was interested, Lu Qing took the opportunity to say, “In the future, if I catch another strange fish like the Golden Loach, as long as you find another plant root like the one last night, I’ll trade with you, how about it?”

The plant root from last night?
The small black beast tilted its head and thought for a moment before it understood that Lu Qing was talking about the grass it had given him last night.

It had only instinctively felt that the grass was somewhat special, which was why it had dug it up and given it to this two-legged beast.

Now it seemed that he liked it very much?
It remembered that there were still some of that grass growing in its activity area in the mountains.

However, although digging grass was not a difficult task for the small black beast, it could not agree to him so easily.

Who told him that he was not even willing to give it an extra fish to eat, hmph!

The small black beast pretended to hesitate for a long while before reluctantly nodding in agreement.

Lu Qing didn’t know that a small beast still in its infancy had so many twists and turns in its mind.

Seeing that the small beast had agreed, he was very pleasantly surprised.

If the little thing could really dig up another hundred-year-old ginseng, then it wouldn’t matter if he gave it all the strange fish he caught in the future.

After all, for him, the value of ginseng was much greater than that of strange fish.

In this way, both the man and the beast felt that they had gotten a great deal and happily reached an agreement.

Although it had eaten a Golden Loach, the small black beast still ate all the fish in the basin. When it left, its stomach was a little bulging.

Watching the small black beast cross the fence with a hint of clumsiness, Lu Qing smiled and shook his head.

It really loved fish as much as its life, and would rather eat until it was full than leave a single fish behind.

After the small beast’s figure disappeared, Lu Qing took the wooden basin back to the kitchen to wash it clean, then went back to his room to sleep.

The night passed without a word.

The next morning, Lu Qing got up and practiced the Body Nourishing Fist a few times, and immediately felt refreshed.

The Body Nourishing Fist was indeed a fist technique that his master had painstakingly created.

As its name suggested, it had an excellent effect on regulating and nourishing the body.

Lu Qing had only practiced for two or three days, but he could already feel that his physique had strengthened a lot, and his spirit had also become much more vigorous.

After a simple but nutritious breakfast, Lu Qing took Xiao Yan and carried the Golden Loach in a bucket to the small courtyard on the half-slope.

When he went up the mountain, Lu Qing’s heart was still a little expectant.

According to what his master had said before he went into seclusion yesterday, the Qi-Benefiting and Blood-Replenishing Pill would be refined today.

With the help of the medicinal pill, he believed that it would be just a matter of time before he stepped into the Qi and Blood Realm.

(End of this chapter)