The sunset glows on the lake of Qinghai Lake, making it particularly bright. Children accompany the old man to enjoy the scenery along the way, and walk slowly along the beach to the lakeside.
After relaxing after the experience, Ah Jun began to pay full attention to the beautiful scenery... until a gust of wind with some sand drifted past his mouth, and a question that had just been ignored reminded him again.
—— Yeah, how did you forget all those things that were in your mouth before...
Although there was no discomfort in his body and nothing unusual in his mouth, the hygienic man had to turn his head politely and clean it quietly, so as not to disturb everyones pleasure.
"—— Dont worry, my child, its a healthy soil. Its not harmful to your health."
However, all this was found by the old man who was walking in the front. He walked on his back and kindly pointed out the confusion to the child: "——Dont waste it, this is not available to ordinary people!"
"Xirang—— Oh! I remember now, my family has a Jingde porcelain piece. Dad said its a treasure, but I couldnt tell. Once, I accidentally broke it—— But did you know, Mom didnt even notice? Now you want to know why?" At this moment, when Xiao Xi heard the word "Xirang," she suddenly became very interested and started telling everyone a story.
"So, why is that?" Then Xiao Shuai cooperated and added a sentence.
"Well... I was so scared that I almost collapsed. The porcelain was smashed with a chopstick, after all, the amount was ridiculously large—— But fortunately, after I was shouted at by my mother, the porcelain actually restored itself in no time—— Ha ha, amazing!"
"Could it not be that Xiirang did it?"
"No ——my dad said he spent a lot of money to get it. At first, my mom almost beat him up, but after my dads persistent efforts, my mom knew it was durable and kept it as a financial product."
"Yum! Xi Rang is an ancient treasure, brimming with boundless vitality and extraordinary value. If it exists, even the slightest possibility would allow objects to self-repair—— no matter how severely damaged they are, they could gradually return to their original state!"
At this moment, the Yuwen brothers standing beside them understood the old mans eyes and interrupted the two of them. While unconsciously looking in the direction of the maze, they explained to everyone, their expressions becoming subtle as if they remembered something in the past.
"Oh! That makes sense... You must have more experience than we do!" Xiao Shuai saw his old friend looking in the direction of the maze and joked to the Yuwen brothers.
—— Oh, I was overthinking it again!
After listening to this, Ah Jun was relieved. He gave himself a hint, and then continued to follow the old man as the team went to the lake.
Suddenly, he remembered the schools of fish and that eye-like dot on the lakes surface he had seen earlier when flying over here—— He couldnt help but gaze into the distance under the light... He saw those koi still striving once more, and the doubt in his heart arose spontaneously. He sighed, "They really have a chance to become dragons..."
"—— How easy!"
At this time, the old man had reached the lake. He stopped and turned around to say goodbye to the children —— When he heard A Juns idea, he suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance together, sighing.
"Could this be just a legend?" Then, the young marshal who had been talking eloquently just a moment ago stopped chatting and asked the senior for advice in confusion.
"Well... no, its not just a legend, but of course its not that simple..."
The old man stroked his beard, gazing at the fish eyes with a mysterious air as he began to explain to the children: "——In the mystical carp spirit beast, there have indeed been cases where fish leaped over the dragon gate and transformed into dragons. ——However, not every child in this group has such an opportunity. To be precise, none of them do—— No matter how hard they try, it remains just a beautiful aspiration."
"Why is that—— does it mean that there is no return on the effort?" Xiao Shuai, as a semi-informed person, asked a question that everyone wanted to know for A俊.
"Um! Thats right, effort is indeed important. Even a slow bird can learn to fly early, but theres a prerequisite—— that it must be a bird capable of flying, right? Do you think ostriches are viable? Its like having zero before one; no matter how hard you try, youll just end up with many zeros...""
While entertaining the children, Old Grandpa shared his observations: "For millennia, only a select few in the koi clan have managed to ascend to the dragon lineage. It takes nearly two thousand years—no... wait, a millennium? Ah... right, thats correct. Only once or twice in a thousand years does such a possibility emerge, and only that particular lineage possesses the potential to achieve it...""
Following the old mans gaze and listening to his story, the children watched the persistent koi fish with rapt attention, spontaneously cheering them on. Among the crowd, Yuwen Brothers stood out as the most absorbed. Even when Xiao Shuai called out to him, he remained completely silent, quietly staring at something unknown while lost in thought.
"Hey! Whats wrong? Youre feeling inspired by the scenery again?" Xiao Shuai seemed to see his old friends heart and said something that only a close friend could understand.
"Um..."
The Yuwen brothers merely gave a perfunctory response before resuming their previous demeanor. Meanwhile, Ah Jun, using the effects of high-tech glasses, spotted the pair of koi fish lovers who were close to the brothers again. They were still waiting in line for their next leap.
Amidst the sea of mocking, scornful, and disdainful glances around him, the yellow koi fish looked dejected with low morale. Yet his girlfriend remained unfazed—radiating silver energy, she kept cheering her partner on, whispering that with just a bit more effort, he could surely become part of the dragon clan.
"Well, its a goldfish... maybe they should!"
At this time, the old mans self-talk interrupted A Juns mood again—— Just as the children wanted to continue listening to the lecture, the old man turned around without saying much, yawned, probably ready to go home to sleep early.
He did his warm-up again, moving his arms and twisting his waist... Then he put his hand back behind his back and faced the lake with its waves, as if he were about to say another quote.
As a result, as soon as the old man opened his mouth, a huge wave appeared in front of him and everyones sight, and then it was directly photographed—— The old man was soaked to the bone, but he just wanted to say goodbye to the children.
"Good boy—— you can do it too, keep trying—— there will be a time!" The old man, roused by the waves, seemed to wake up and added a sentence to Ah Jun. Then, putting on his cool sunglasses, he waved his large hand and prepared to jump into the lake alone, carrying the heavy shell on his back.
" father!"
However, just as Grandpa Turtle was poised to stand on the reef, suddenly two figures darted onto the beach from the lake. ——Everyone looked closely and saw it was a giant shrimp and a large crab, both standing upright and talking!
"You forgot the last time you went into the water and hit a reef—— Do you still have your hair and hat?"
"Um? I know, you two have to remind me... I was just watching the sunset!"
Grandpa Turtle reluctantly refused, immediately canceled the action, and began to do aerobics... while the shrimp soldiers and crab soldiers once again, with senile dementia and behavior mismatch, gave a kind reminder.
"What! I cant do aerobics... I want to do it, what the hell, kids dont interrupt me!"
So, the shrimp soldiers and crab generals looked at the stubborn old man, shook their heads helplessly, then greeted the children with a smile—— It turned out they were Grandpa Turtles attendants, coming to keep an eye on the elderly man who had already turned a thousand years old and was showing signs of dementia...
"—— Are you thinking about it?"
Suddenly, the old man who was still doing aerobics asked a question to the setting sun, which puzzled everyone——This left everyone staring at each other in confusion, probably due to his advanced age...
—— Only the Yuwen brothers did not respond, but they were still thinking.
"Okay, tell me when you think of something. You know, theres always a trade-off!"
Then, the old man calmly said something to the lake, which was still mysterious, and then suddenly jumped into the water—— Oh!
"—— Yeah! You cant think so hard. You should take the medicine!"
" come on!"
In this way, the shrimp soldiers hurried to say hello to everyone, and then supported the unconscious old man, slowly out of the childrens sight...
As twilight deepened, Yuwen brothers checked their watches. They abruptly cut through the groups chatter, urging everyone to head back before dinner—lest Grandpa worry again—— While Ah Jun lingered with his dimples, still fumbling around... Perhaps he was still savoring Grandpa Haiguis tender concern!——
"Ajun, youre still there... Lets go!"
"Oh, I know—— Hey, little dimple, look, its so beautiful!"
" mew ..."
"Wow—— the lake water looks like its glowing..."
" mew!"
"Wow! Look, the waves along the lakeshore carry deep blue spots that shimmer with the light of blue tears as the tide rises and falls—— What a beautiful scene, twinkling and sparkling, filling the sky..."
"Ajun, you must hurry, or you will be late for supper!"