Games with fairies

Chapter 62 The Illiterate Fairy
  "What you just said is not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish...a very philosophical statement."

In the mist, after knocking down a terrifying ghost with a health bar on its head, the Dragon God Fairy who had been silent suddenly spoke and sighed like this.

This woman was always poking and moving. Only when Li Muyang asked her something, she would give a cold reply.

But this was the first time that she had taken the initiative to speak.

Li Muyang was originally busy collecting the resentful soul orbs that exploded on the ground, but he was surprised when he heard that the Dragon God Fairy took the initiative to talk to him.

"Ah?" He turned his head in surprise and looked at the Dragon God Fairy beside him, almost suspecting that his ears were hallucinating.

——This woman actually took the initiative to talk to me?

But I saw the Dragon God Fairy saying: "...But this is actually a sophistry. It is very philosophical, but it seems to have hidden malice."

At this moment, Li Muyang was convinced that Fairy Dragon God had indeed taken the initiative to talk to him.

Before, he struck up a conversation and chatted from different angles, trying to explore the plot line, but this Dragon God Fairy was extremely cold to him.

Li Muyang thought for a moment.

The Dragon God Fairy, who had always been aloof and indifferent, actually smiled at this moment.

"...the two philosophers, one is otherworldly and unconventional, the other is truth-seeking, pragmatic, and cunning, which is really interesting."

But after hearing these words, Dragon God Fairy was slightly startled.

……

"This is indeed sophistry, a quarrel between two philosophers and sages traveling above Haoliang."

"Huizi said: "You are not a fish, how do you know the joy of fish?"

Li Muyang recited this text he learned in the middle school textbook to Fairy Long Shen.

Although her smile cannot be seen in the mist, just hearing her soft laughter and joyful posture gives people an amazing feeling of "looking back and smiling happily."

It is now the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zhuangzi and Huizi are from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but Fairy Dragon God has never heard of these two people... Good guys! This Dragon God Fairy is illiterate!

Li Muyang couldn't understand the fairy's laughter.

Li Muyang blinked, almost doubting that he had not woken up.

But the Dragon God Fairy said curiously: "These two sages are so interesting and impressive, but I have never heard of their names... Do they have other stories?"

"Zhuangzi and Huizi were swimming above Haoliang. Zhuangzi said: "The minnows travel calmly, which is the joy of fishes."

Li Muyang's mind was spinning, he put away the Resentful Soul Orb with a smile and stood up.

Then this aloof and indifferent Dragon God Fairy suddenly let out a sigh and smiled.

Actually, they don’t even know about the famous Zhuangzi!

The Dragon God Fairy, who had tried so hard to strike up a conversation before but never got much in return, actually smiled this time?
  But is there any humor in these words... I can't figure it out.

But illiteracy doesn't matter, Li Muyang doesn't know much.

But he didn't expect that the casual words just now made this woman care so much.

The moment she smiled, it seemed that the entire fog in Luoyang City became brighter.

If she was not illiterate, then Li Muyang would have nothing to do.

Since the illiterate Dragon God Fairy is interested in historical philosophers, Li Muyang just likes her and has a good chat about philosophy with her.

There isn't much in his stomach, but giving it all to the Dragon God Fairy should satisfy the Dragon God Fairy, right?

Li Muyang once again told the story of Zhuangzi that he knew.

What Zhuang Zhou dreamed of a butterfly, was I the butterfly, or was the butterfly transformed into me?
  There are other techniques such as helping each other, imitating others, cooking cattle and slaying dragons... Zhuangzi is indeed a little expert in idioms.

Although these stories of Zhuang Zhou should have been familiar to people during the Eastern Han Dynasty, they are all idioms after all, and anyone with a little bit of education should have heard them. But the illiterate Dragon God and Fairy had never heard of any of them, so she firmly held the title of illiterate.

She listened to every story Li Muyang told with great interest and smiled from time to time.

After listening to a story, she would curiously and carefully ponder it, and think about the philosophy in it very seriously.

The originally cold and aloof Fairy Dragon God actually turned her back on guests at this time and began to chase Li Muyang, asking questions and chatting.

Her strong curiosity, endless thirst for knowledge, and endless conversations and questions made Li Muyang begin to doubt life and suspect that she was the one being targeted.

——This woman has turned against Tiangang!

You are the game character being captured!

Faced with Dragon God Fairy's curious questions and conversations, Li Muyang had a hard time resisting.

This Sanwu Fairy was as cold as ice before, so why is she so enthusiastic and powerful now?
  Fairy, can't you be more reserved?
  Cold on the outside and hot on the inside... It's a contrast to play with me here, right?
  At this time, Li Muyang could only be glad that the knowledge he learned while studying was not returned to the teacher.

With the experience and knowledge accumulated from reading comprehension in his previous life, Li Muyang finally stood his ground in the face of this illiterate fairy who was like a curious baby, without showing any timidity.

Li Muyang could barely answer or fool around many of the words and questions raised by Dragon God Fairy.

If he couldn't reconcile or fool him, Li Muyang would just change the topic and talk about something else.

Anyway, all the "zis" in the Spring and Autumn Period were masters of philosophy. Just throwing out a few topics was enough for this illiterate fairy to ponder for a long time.

And the illiterate fairy is worthy of the name of illiterate. Except for Zhuangzi and Huizi, she knows nothing about other historical celebrities, such as Confucius, Laozi, Mencius and Han Feizi.

Li Muyang was fighting monsters while dealing with the illiterate fairy's endless questions and curiosity. He only felt that one was bigger than the other.

Originally, I had a headache on how to strike up a conversation and discover the hidden plot of this Dragon God Fairy.

But now Fairy Dragon God is too proactive and enthusiastic, which makes Li Muyang a little tired of dealing with it.

It was a good monster-killing and upgrading game, and Li Muyang played it like a small Chinese language class.

The enthusiastic, curious and ignorant illiterate fairy was extremely interested in all the topics Li Muyang talked about, and kept chattering and asking questions throughout the whole process.

The two of them were talking to each other while fighting monsters, they were talking to each other while walking, and they were also talking to each other while fighting monsters.

At this moment, all the ghosts and monsters in the city seemed to have become marginal characters.

Fortunately, these monsters are neither intelligent nor able to speak, otherwise they would have to scold me a few times - you two bitches, please respect me, okay? Who is a good person who is busy talking about philosophy while fighting monsters?

"The Master said on the river: The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night..."

"Heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me... Such amazing words, this should be what Zhuangzi said, right?"

"As expected of Zhuangzi who said [the law of heaven is impermanent]..."

"The best thing is like water. Water is good for all things without fighting. This saying is really..."

"Uh... Sir, why are you silent? Did I say something wrong?"

The extremely curious Dragon God Fairy asked Li Muyang in surprise.

Her tone was even a little cautious, as if she was afraid of being blamed by Li Muyang.

Li Muyang, who was busy picking up the Orb of Resentful Souls, looked up at the sky and sighed silently.

"Don't call me sir."

You are my husband and I am afraid of you - why do you have so many words and questions!

This illiterate fairy has very strong thinking ability and can draw inferences from one instance to another.

Now you can even guess who said which sentence from the style of speaking... How did you, a smart fairy like you, become illiterate?
  (End of this chapter)