The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

Chapter 23 An unexpected surprise

A good night's sleep.

When Shen Yaochen returned after practicing her basic skills, Jinli Xianyu was still fast asleep.

I guess I was dreaming about something delicious; I was even smacking my lips in my dream.

The salted fish's blanket was kicked over and rolled up, revealing its chubby little feet.

When the salted fish sleeps, a large bubble will occasionally rise from her body.

The large bubble enveloped her, lifting her up, before silently bursting open and the salted fish slowly falling back onto the bed.

Shen Yao found it quite amusing to repeat this process.

After watching the salted fish sleep for a while, Shen Yao left with great reluctance. She had to go practice her skills; her divine-level Qi Concealment Technique was only at the very beginning.

The sight of the salted fish sleeping was so interesting that Shen Yao felt she could watch it all day.

After a good night's sleep, the first thing the salty fish said when he woke up was, "Ugh, I'm so hungry."

As soon as Shen Yao entered the house, she heard Xianyu say that he was very hungry, so she turned around and went out to prepare ingredients.

The hibiscus flowers in Minshan are in bloom, and she plans to make steamed hibiscus flowers.

The hibiscus clings to the cliff face, growing on vines.

The Cymbidium faberi has few leaves but many flowers. The leaves are dark green and small, while the flowers are quite large.

The flower is the size of a washbasin, with green stamens and pink petals, each about the size of a bowl.

The petals are very thick and plump, hence the name "succulent flower".

The plump petals of the Cymbidium goeringii are best suited for steaming or grilling.

Shen Yao washed Huihua, put her in a homemade steamer, placed it on the stove, picked up the blazing beast bone placed next to the stove, scratched it on the firewood, lit the fire, and began steaming.

The awakened salted fish stood behind and watched curiously.

After finishing the steamed hibiscus, Xianyu insisted on taking Shen Yao to retrieve the treasure.

Shen Yao wasn't interested in Xianyu's treasures, and she wouldn't covet them anyway.

But she really wanted to meet the master hidden in the salted fish's mouth.

After asking the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle to lift the barrier around the Clear Pool, Shen Yao followed the Salted Fish to retrieve the treasure.

Following Xianyu downstream along the Minxi River, they walked to the middle reaches. On a bank covered with cattails, Shen Yao pointed to the dense clusters of water hyacinths in the stream and asked Xianyu, "Is your master here?"

“That’s right,” said the salted fish. “My baby is here too.”

Shen Yao couldn't help but wonder, could the salted fish's master also be a koi demon?

The salted fish plunged headfirst into the stream, instantly transforming into a green koi carp, waving its fins as it swam towards the bottom of the shrubbery.

Soon, the green koi swam back to the shore, crawled out, and instantly transformed back into the shape of a salted fish.

Shen Yao clicked her tongue in amazement. The demon race is really good; they are born with the ability to transform themselves, which is an advantage over other races.

Looking closely at the salted fish's condition, noticing that its hair and clothes were completely dry, I couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't your hair and clothes wet?"

The salted fish replied, "My hair and clothes are made of scales from my body, which have the function of repelling water, so I don't get wet when I go into the water."

The demon race is indeed wonderful.

After each time Shen Yao went into the water, she had to use her spiritual power to dry herself off when she got ashore.

Although it's more convenient than the previous life, it needs to be air-dried, which is not as good as being dry directly.

Looking around and not seeing Xianyu's master, Shen Yao asked, "Where is your master?"

The salted fish pointed to its neck: "It's right here."

Shen Yao looked over and noticed a different colored scale on the lower right side of the salted fish's neck.

Shen Su's mind was filled with questions. What kind of cultivation technique was this? How could it be parasitizing her disciple's body? The demon race was indeed different!

The salted fish easily peeled off the scales, touched the scales, and a piece of cloth appeared in its hand.

Every step the little koi took was unexpected by Shen Yao.

It completely baffled her.

Xianyu pulled Shen Yao out of the cattail bushes, found a flat and wide place, spread the cloth on the ground, and began to shake the scales on the cloth.

With a series of splashes, strange-looking objects kept falling out of the scales, quickly piling up into a small mountain.

Shen Yao looked at the treasures scattered all over the ground.

She wasn't sure what the treasures were yet, but each one possessed spiritual energy—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice, air, and soul—it really had everything.

However, they did not meet the master of the koi.

"Your master isn't here either," Shen Yao said, looking at the salted fish with a face full of questions.

Xianyu hesitated and said, "Well, my master made quite a commotion when he came out. Let's go back first and talk about it later."

What kind of big commotion could there be? Could it be that the appearance of a demon as a master requires such a grand spectacle?

Shen Yao: "Let's put all the treasures away and talk about it when we get back."

Salty Fish: "You choose a few first."

With a wave of her hand, she said with great confidence, "Pick whatever you like!"

Rich and arrogant! It turns out the little girl's grandmother's thighs weren't fat, they were thick!

Shen Yao looked at the treasures scattered on the ground and urged Xianyu, "Hurry up and put them away, we'll pick some more when we get back."

On the way back, they encountered a long-tailed beast with a prominent bone. Before Shen Yao could even make a move, Xianyu took it down with a single ice blade, deftly plucked off its tail, and put it into its colorful scales.

He was very skilled; he must have been through a lot.

Shen Yao casually asked, "Jiaoluo Sea is so far from Minxi, did you encounter any danger on your way here?"

After thinking for a moment, Xianyu said, "I traveled along the Hengtong River without any major obstacles, except at the confluence of the Di River and the Hengtong River, where I encountered a group of high-level demon cultivators chasing me."

Salty Fish is a seventh-grade mid-level cultivator with four spiritual roots. If she says it's high-grade, then the demon cultivators chasing her must be at least sixth-grade cultivators with five spiritual roots.

"Then how did you escape?" Shen Yao asked.

The salted fish replied, "I fled in the river for a long time, and they chased after me relentlessly. Then suddenly the ground split open, and they all fell in. After that, they stopped chasing me."

That was quite an unexpected answer! Thinking of the perfect treasure that Xianyu possessed, Shen Yao sighed inwardly, "Truly a lucky charm!"

Back in the cabin, Xianyu couldn't wait to pile his treasures all over the table and arrogantly told Shen Yao, "Choose!"

Then he said to the Purple Cloud Golden Beetle, "If you have any favorites, feel free to choose!"

What an easy leeway to cling to!

But more than the treasure, Shen Yao wanted to see the salted fish's master. She was very curious about how much of a commotion the salted fish's master would cause when he came out.

“Don’t rush to choose, darling,” Shen Yao said. “Let’s meet your master first.”

Salty Fish readily agreed: "Okay."

The salted fish stretched out its left hand and picked up a scale with its right: "My master's appearance was quite a commotion, but it's all normal, so don't be afraid."

Shen Yao had nothing to fear, and she was even less afraid of the golden beetle, so she said, "Don't worry, we're not afraid."

"Then I'll ask my master to come out." With that, the salted fish flicked the scale above his left hand...

In an instant, spiritual energy surged, and the celestial phenomena changed.

Dark clouds loomed overhead, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and strong winds howled from all directions. A tornado was hurtling towards the wooden house from the mountaintop.

Suddenly the lightning disappeared, the thunder stopped abruptly, the gale ceased abruptly, and the tornado retreated and vanished.

Clouds and rosy hues filled the sky above the wooden house, and golden light shone brightly.

A rich spiritual energy permeated the wooden house and filled the courtyard outside.

The rich spiritual energy continued to surge and spread outwards from the clear pool...

Shen Yao's mind was in complete disbelief, and she was utterly shocked.

She stared wide-eyed at the salted fish's left palm.

On the palm of the salted fish's left hand was a milky white jade plaque, on which were carved the ten Great Spirit Source Beasts.

Lan Yan, Kuang Ye, Xuan Lan, Lin Chuan, Zi Xiao, Huo Xin, Yun Ya, Qian Kui, Feng Wu, and Du Jiao are all exquisitely crafted and lifelike.

Seven-colored light flowed over the three large characters "Qi Ling Yin" on the jade plaque.

The salted fish's master was actually a Spirit Awakening Seal!