Chapter 8. OVO
Nowadays, the speed of the high-speed rail was very fast, after a mere two hours, they travelled from S city to B city.
The country"s Supernatural Office was located on a small mountain in the outskirts of B city, the sign on the outside said it was a high-cla.s.s, private club, if a person didn"t have a membership card, they weren"t allowed to enter.
"But we are not people."
That"s right, the monsters who came for the exam didn"t have whatever membership card, but they weren"t people, were spirits and monsters, after reverting to their original form, they could enter through the backdoor of the clubhouse through the small road at the back of the mountain, extremely convenient.
The back mountain was a stretch of verdant forest, occasionally hung on the trees were little lanterns that gave off gentle waves of spiritual energy, directing the monsters who came to take the exams.
Beneath a big tree, the little rooster put his bag to the side, reverting to his original form.
The little rooster"s original form was actually a native Chinese Plymouth Rock Chicken!
A beautiful, fiery-red crest, a graceful and plump body, feathers alternating between black and white, black tailed feathers suffused with a glossy green, slender and fine pale-yellow chicken claws, on top there was still dots of white sprinkled throughout. The Plymouth Rock Chicken puffed out his head and raised his head high, striding forward, unexpectedly filled with a special charm.
Hua Ji"s saliva suddenly dripped down.
The little rooster suddenly shuddered with fear, instantly flapping his wings, flying off twenty, thirty meters!
He turned his head, looking left and right, "Lord Fox, I suddenly felt there was some danger back then, did you discover anything?"
Hua Ji silently wiped his saliva, he shook his head, "I didn"t discover anything."
He put his bag to the side too, inhaling a deep breath before reverting to his original form.
This is an enormous fox.
The fiery-red fur gave off a l.u.s.trous glow, like that of flowing flames. His body was slender, with powerful legs and large ears, tipped with tufts of black fur. Two long, furry tails occasionally twitched, looking extremely beautiful.
The fox"s eyes were light brown, looking closely there were even flecks of gold in them. When he grinned, it revealed sharp, incisive teeth, the clear saliva dripping down the fangs, plopping onto the ground and corroding a small hole in the ground.
The little rooster received a big fright, squawking loudly before…… flying away = =
Hua Ji: "……"
The fox sighed in a very human manner, walked under the tree and picked up his own bag plus the bag that the little rooster left behind, intending to chase after him. Suddenly, a milky-white tentacle descended from above his head.
Lord Jellyfish said, "Let me hold them."
Hua Ji was very moved, Lord Jellyfish is a good person!
Lord Jellyfish said, "It"ll prevent your saliva from corroding the return tickets in your bag."
Hua Ji: "……"
Lord Jellyfish sprawled on the fox"s head as before, but compared to his human form, Hua Ji"s fox form was more attractive to people.
No, it was more attractive to jellyfish.
Lord Jellyfish stared at the two large ears close to him, especially the constantly trembling tufts of black fur on the tips of the ears, feeling a sense of wanting to touch them.
The fox"s speed was extremely fast, climbing up rocks, jumping across gaps, clambering up trees and leaping across water. His posture while doing so was graceful, his gait was precise yet agile, furthermore every landing spot was stable, he definitely wouldn"t lose his footing. Even if he suddenly received an attack, he would still be able to evade and counterattack.
The feeling this gave off was completely different compared to when he was in his human form.
This sort of fox, this sort of Hua Ji, let Lord Jellyfish recall the eruption of an underwater volcano.
The fiery-red magma suddenly spouted out, even if it met the icy-cold seawater, it still unceasingly continued forward. Finally, a black sh.e.l.l of volcanic rock congealed because of the cold water, but even though it looked to already have been cooled by the frigid waters, the inside was still blazing hot, and it might explode again at any time.
Even the temperature was similar, both were warm, yet not scorching, it was the warmth from the balancing of ice-cold and flaming-hot. He remembered his tentacle accidentally getting caught in the cooled volcanic rock once, the very tip stuck in the rock. No matter how hard he tried to yank it out, there was no success. In the end, he had to give up on that tentacle.
The fox in front of his eyes was like a cunning hunter, not stopping to rest once. He also didn"t use his sense of smell or spiritual sight to search, casually giving a glance to the shrubbery or rocks, and was able to find the trail of the madly escaping chicken.
Lord Jellyfish suddenly felt, the red fox"s sharp and penetrating yet potentially explosive att.i.tude was astonishingly beautiful.
He couldn"t help but spit water.
Hua Ji shook the fur on his body, his ears kept trembling, aiya, the fur on top of them was all wet, this would affect his hearing!
"Lord Jellyfish?" He asked, "Is something wrong?"
Lord Jellyfish didn"t reply for a long while, only when the shape of the chicken appeared in the distance did Lord Jellyfish say, "I like the sight of your body covered with my water."
En, just like the thunderous explosions of the magma, no matter how crazy, it could only be confined in a corner by the seawater.
Hua Ji: !!!!!
The fox"s feet slipped, and in front of the chicken"s disbelieving gaze, directly tumbling down from the top of the boulder.
"Name?"
"Ji Hong."
"Species?"
"Plymouth Rock Chicken."
"How old?"
"72 this year."
"Is this your first time taking the exam?"
"Yes, it"s my first time."
"Do you have a recommender?"
"There is, my grandfather, this is the recommendation letter."
"Right, here is your examination pa.s.s, on it is your guest room. Just nice, three days later there will be an examination held, you can stay in the guest room for now, if you"re bored you can head to the back mountain to fly for a bit. However, if any extraordinary things happened that"s seen by ordinary people, your examination pa.s.s and recommendation will be revoked. You will then have to return to cultivate in seclusion for ten more years before coming down the mountain to take the exam, understood?"
"Yes, I understand."
Ji Hong exited the Mythical Protection Department"s office, saying to Hua Ji, "It should be your turn now."
The little rooster said, "I"ll wait by the door for you?"
Hua Ji nodded his head, "En, it should be quick."
The Mythical Protection Department"s office was quite s.p.a.cious, mainly to make it more convenient for those monsters with huge forms. The instant Hua Ji entered, he saw a large sheet of gla.s.s splitting the room half, a bro smoking a cigarette sat at a desk behind the gla.s.s, he lazily asked, "Name?"
Hua Ji retreated a step, Lord Jellyfish slowly slid down from the top of Hua Ji"s head. Even so, he still left a few tentacles to wrap around Hua Ji"s neck.
He said, "Shui Mu."
The smoking bro continued to ask, "Species?"
He said, "Jellyfish."
The smoking bro repeated, "I asked species, not name[1]."
Lord Jellyfish said, "My species is jellyfish."
The smoking bro finally raised his head. He first saw Hua Ji, discovering Hua Ji standing in front of the door, both arms crossed in front of his chest and dozing off. The smokig bro blanked for a moment, he said, "I say, I won"t eat you, you come closer ah!"
Hua Ji blinked, "It"s not me, it"s Lord Jellyfish."
He pointed to the centre of the room.
The smoking bro moved his gaze, spotting the empty s.p.a.ce in front of him, he sucked in a startled breath, "This is the Mythical Protection Department, not the Ghost Purging (Difficult to Purge Ghosts and Spiritual Bodies) Department!"
Hua Ji"s head was filled with black lines, "I know this is the Mythical Protection Department, Lord Jellyfish is a lifeform, not a phantom, look clearly, he"s standing in front of you."
The smoking bro inhaled in shock, he rubbed his eyes hard, almost plastering them on the gla.s.s before discovering something in front of his eyes. This something was half transparent, and it seemed as if there were faint ripples shimmering past. The floor inexplicably had an extra puddle of water.
The smoking bro felt that although he didn"t know what it was, it seemed pretty amazing.
He asked Hua Ji, "You said that he was…?"
Hua Ji inhaled a breath, "Jellyfish, Shui from fire and water, Mu from mother, Jellyfish[2]!"
Only now did the smoking bro react, "Aiya! He"s a jellyfish ah!!"
He pointed at Hua Ji and said, "You, quickly go out!"
Hua Ji blanked, then spotted the smoking bro lifting his hand to press something on the desk. Hua Ji hadn"t even reacted before a pitch-black hole appeared in the office"s wall, water surging out with a rumbling sound. Not even a few seconds pa.s.sed before the entire office was completely flooded.
At the same time, six spotlights appeared on the floor, shining multi-coloured lights into the water. In an instant, Lord Jellyfish"s body shape was revealed.
The smoking bro gaped.
My G.o.d–! What a big jellyfish!!
The almost 300 square-metre[3] large office was practically filled up by Lord Jellyfish"s tentacles, the entire sheet of 15×5 metre gla.s.s was completely covered by Lord Jellyfish"s umbrella, innumerable dots of light flashing, as if they were eyes- alright, those were eyes staring at the smoking bro.
The pressure of a ferocious beast from ancient times seeped out, the smoking bro only felt that his entire body was icy-cold, the cigarette in his mouth quietly extinguishing, his entire body woodenly sitting there, not even daring to move.
Lord Jellyfish: "I am going to eat you now!"
Actually flooding the room without any indication?! The fox will drown!
Hua Ji originally thought that he would be submerged for a while, who would have thought that the water flow seemed to have been blocked by something right in front of his face. In the s.p.a.cious room, only the area around him didn"t have a drop of water.
He blankly watched the uncountable number of wriggling tentacles, these tentacles perfectly controlled the flow of all the water, not letting a drop fall in front of him.
Hua Ji reached out a hand, holding on to one of the small, small tentacles, smiling.
"Thank you, Lord Jellyfish."
Lord Jellyfish: OVO It"s good if you"re okay.
The smoking bro: Chirp chirp, luckily managed to avoid death!
TN: A double release! I translate faster than I thought haha so I somehow managed to get these two out. Enjoy! I’m also publishing this during work while hoping my manager doesn’t see me do this >_>
[1] In Chinese, Lord Jellyfish’s name is Shui Mu, and ‘jellyfish’ in Chinese is also Shui Mu, with only the Mu character being different. This is why the guy thought he was repeating his name.
[2] The Shui in ‘jellyfish’ is the same character as the one for ‘water’ (and also a character in my name lol, my name is 水莹 or Shui Ying xD). The Mu in ‘jellyfish’ is the same Mu in ‘mu qin’ or ‘mother’.
[3] I’m actually not sure about this, I did some searching, and all the results that popped up with this description is roughly 300 square-metres big so I just used this. The original is 三百平.