latelenovela Chapter 358 Giant Salamander
Chapter 358 Giant Salamander
Yunbo said, "It is said that Penglai is a fairyland, so the creatures there are more spiritual. Please come this way."
Nianyao strode forward with her head held high, seemingly unconcerned, but casually broke off a willow branch and threw it at a giant frog that was croaking with its mouth wide open, thinking to herself, "Let you laugh at me."
The giant frog opened its mouth to catch the willow branch, then tilted its head back and spat it out. The branch shot towards Nianyao like an arrow. Nianyao had no idea that the frog had such abilities, and caught off guard, she was hit in the back by the branch.
The once lively lake surface now seemed even more boiling. Nianyao, finally unable to bear the embarrassment, picked up a fallen willow branch, instinctively ready to retaliate.
Uncle Yun said, "Although they have a spirit, they are still animals after all. Madam, there is no need to argue with them."
Xu Sheng, always eager to stir up trouble, said, "Animals with spirits are far superior to humans without them. Uncle Yun, don't you agree?"
Yunbo couldn't possibly respond to such a casual remark. Turning around, he saw Luo An still standing there and called out from afar, "Young Master?"
Luo An stared blankly at the lake, seemingly unaware that they had gone far away, nor that Nian Yao was making any noise.
Penglai is a celestial realm, so the animals in its lakes are said to possess sentience. What about Mount Taiwei? If Mount Taiwei is a celestial realm, shouldn't all the animals there be sentient? Why is it that only one giant salamander seems to understand human nature? If Mount Taiwei isn't a celestial realm, why would one giant salamander possess sentience?
So many years after his father's passing, Luo An's question remains: Where did the giant salamander go? Now he has another question: Where did the giant salamander come from?
Nianyao was getting anxious seeing Luo An's dazed expression. Ignoring the animals in the lake and Xu Sheng's mockery, she was about to turn back to see what was going on when she suddenly heard a baby crying: "Waaah...waaah..."
Animals that were leaping and tumbling on the lake surface instantly sank into the water, and the once lively lake became quiet.
The animals in the lake aren't afraid of adults, but they're afraid of a baby? Is there really a baby being kept in this palace? Could this be the secret of the palace?
Luo An jolted awake, as if suddenly snapping out of his daze. He crouched down, dipped his hand into the water, and called out, "Baby..."
The sound, though soft, carried immense power and traveled far along the water's surface. Luo An's call was quickly answered: "Wow...wow..."
A giant salamander, about two meters long, crawled from the distant lake surface. Its short four legs did not hinder its swift movements at all. It crawled up to Luo An, rested its head in Luo An's palm, and rubbed it affectionately.
Luo An couldn't believe it: "Baby, is it really you? What are you doing here?"
The giant salamander looked up at him, its wide mouth gleaming with an unusual light. Before Luo An could see it clearly, the giant salamander lowered its head and spat a bead into his palm.
The turquoise bead shone brightly, but its center was black, resembling a blue eyeball and exuding an eerie aura.
Luo An asked, "Doll, what is this?"
Giant Salamander: "Wah...wah...wah..."
Luo An looked at the giant salamander with some confusion; he couldn't understand it.
A conch shell voice sounded from behind: "He said this was given to you by your father."
Xu Sheng took the bead from Luo An's palm, squatted down, and asked the giant salamander, "Where is his father?"
Where is his father? Luo An was slightly taken aback. Xu Shengming knew that his father was buried in the back mountain of Heaven and Earth.
The giant salamander stared at Xu Sheng for a while, then suddenly leaped up and headbutted his hand, sending the pearl rolling into the lake. Xu Sheng reached out to catch the pearl, but the giant salamander opened its mouth and bit him.
The giant salamander's wide mouth swallowed Xu Sheng's entire hand, its teeth lodged in his wrist. It stared at Xu Sheng, its gaze filled with wariness and threat.
In the wild, a giant salamander would pose no threat to Xu Sheng. But here, Xu Sheng was completely unprepared for the giant salamander, especially since the crocodiles had been very friendly, and the giant salamander had been very affectionate towards Luo An.
Luo An patted the giant salamander's head and said gently, "Baby, let him go, he is mine..."
Xu Sheng interrupted, "Brother, I'm his brother, his own brother..."
Luo An glanced at him and remained silent. The giant salamander seemed to understand human nature; its teeth appeared to clench.
Xu Sheng's arm stiffened, unable to move. He wrapped his other arm around Luo An's shoulder, feigning intimacy: "Brother, I'm his brother, his own brother. Brother, my own brother, save me! I'm still young, I don't want to be crippled..."
Nianyao clicked her tongue twice: "A true man can bend and stretch, that's remarkable."
Xu Sheng was completely subdued. He didn't dare to make any big movements and slowly turned his head to look at Nian Yao: "Sister-in-law, dear sister-in-law."
Nianyao slightly raised her chin: "What? I didn't hear that."
Conch frowned when she heard him call her "brother," and now, seeing Nianyao's smug look, she couldn't hold back any longer. She pulled Nianyao back, strode forward, and was about to slap the giant salamander on the head.
Luo An reached out to block the conch shell and said to the giant salamander, "Let him go."
The giant salamander slowly opened its mouth, and Xu Sheng slowly moved his hand away. Once his hand was completely removed from the salamander's mouth, he immediately shook his wrist, took out a handkerchief, and wiped his hand repeatedly: "Really..."
What a disgrace! His lifelong reputation has been ruined by a giant salamander. Xu Sheng looked at the small, cone-shaped teeth marks around his wrist and finally swallowed his words.
Luo An said to the giant salamander, "Baby, pick up the pearl for me!"
The giant salamander dived to the bottom of the lake, then quickly surfaced again, its short, thick right forepaw grasping the turquoise bead, and deftly placed it in Luo An's palm.
Luo An was very polite: "Thank you, little girl. Little girl, when did you get here? What's the use of this bead? What did my father say...?"
Before Luo An could finish his question, the giant salamander rubbed against the back of his hand, wagged its tail, and walked away. Its four short legs crawled quickly across the water's surface, disappearing from their sight in no time.
The conch shell wasn't interested in the beads; it kept staring at Xu Sheng's wrist. Only then did it say, "Its teeth are very small; it can't bite anything. You can just pat its head or pry its mouth open."
Xu Sheng resigned himself to his fate: "When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head."
A group of people went to the beach. The vast and boundless sea stretched as far as the eye could see, its surface shimmering like countless sparkling jewels.
A gentle breeze blows, and the waves softly lap against the giant rocks on the shore, making rhythmic sounds, as if telling ancient stories, but they cannot understand them.
Several people sat on the boulder, and Luo An handed the turquoise bead to Nian Yao. Xu Sheng, with perfect understanding, also handed the bronze mirror to Nian Yao.
Nianyao, holding a mirror in one hand and beads in the other, asked in bewilderment, "Why are you giving them to me?"
Xu Sheng retorted, "Didn't you break it?"
Nianyao looked at the bead, then at the hole in the mirror; the size seemed about right. As she placed the bead into the hole to test the size, she said, "I'm not a craftsman; I don't know how to set jewelry."
The bead was just the right size on the mirror. Nianyao was about to suggest finding a craftsman to set it when the bead suddenly burst into a dazzling light, making the mirror glow as well.
Several people instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes. When the light dissipated, the bead was already firmly set in the hole in the center of the mirror, looking like an eye growing from the heart of a dragon.