The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

279. The Timid Turtle

Translator: 飞弹

Without Zhan Ling, who was clamoring for betting with him around his head, Feng Xi felt that the world was quiet.

It didn’t take them much time to go back to the Netherworld. On the same day, King of the Netherworld went to deal with the work which had piled up during his absence. Feng Xi originally wanted to see Feng Ling and the others, but a big discovery made him postpone the visit, because he found that the Seven-coloured Turtle had not come out since he got it.

Feng Xi wanted to ask King of the Netherworld for the reason, but seeing that his Boss seemed to be busy, he abandoned the idea.

“Mr. Feng Xi, what’s going on? Why do you look like this?” The four maids couldn’t help but ask curiously when they saw the confusion and gloom on his face.

Feng Xi sighed and said, “I got a turtle from the Iron Fence a few days ago. There seems to be something strange with it but I don’t know where the problem is.”

A turtle?

The four maids looked at each other in dismay. They didn’t expect the little master to be a man of wide interests that even he had even raised the ocean beasts of the Ocean World.

“Well… If you don’t mind, you can tell us and we might be able to come up with ideas with you,” Hua Shi said as she bowed slightly. The surname of the four of them was all Hua, and Hua Shi was the head of the four maids, who was also the eldest one among them.

“That’s right, Mr. Feng Xi. Many hands make light work,” Hua Qing echoed.

“Alright. Wait a minute, I’ll move it over,” Feng Xi knew that they had to guard the Quiet Stage Palace and couldn’t leave, so he didn’t willfully let them go to his room with him.

Soon, Feng Xi moved the Seven-coloured Turtle over.

When the four maids saw it, they were stunned. After a long while, Hua Shi murmured, “Mr. Feng Xi, you…use a basin to raise the turtle?”

“Can’t I do it?” Feng Xi raised his head and said.

“Of course, you can’t do it. The basin is used to wash the face, not to raise the turtle. Besides, this is the turtle of the Ocean World. I think it must be unusual. Even if you can’t raise it in the sea, I think you should at least put it in the pond,” Hua Shi said without knowing whether to laugh or cry.

“Then what you mean is that because I raise it in the basin, it is not willing to protrude its head and feet?” No matter how Feng Xi had tried to tease it before, it didn’t poke its head out, which made him think there was something wrong with the turtle.

“That might not be the fact, but you can try to put it in the pond. If it still doesn’t protrude its head and feet, it will mean that it’s not the reason,” Hua Shi was not sure either.

“Could it be that it is not accustomed to the climate here?” Hua Hua said.

“I don’t think so. After all, it is also a turtle of the Ocean World. It should be different from an ordinary one. If it is just not used to the climate, then this coloured turtle is probably an empty suit. Maybe it will die after being raised for a few days. You’d better not to raise the turtle.” Hua Yi immediately dismissed Hua Hua’s guess.

“Then, what do you think is the reason?” Hua Hua said in an unhappy tone.

“Well, we have to have a try before knowing the reason. I’m not a doctor, how can I know what its symptoms are at a glance?!”

“Then the reason I have said is also possible!”

“Alright, how can you two argue here? If you bother His Majesty, you will be punished severely,” Hua Shi scolded, pulling her face.

The two immediately stuck out their tongues and didn’t dare to argue anymore. Feng Xi felt that what they said made sense, so he tried it according to their words. But after he put the Seven-coloured Turtle in the pond or took it to the vet’s, it was useless. The turtle was still hiding itself in the shell. Therefore, Feng Xi had no choice but to carry it back, feeling depressed.

“It seems that it still can’t work!” Hua Hua and Hua Yi looked disappointed.

“Mr. Feng Xi, when did this Seven-coloured Turtle become like this?” Hua Shi asked.

“I remember that since boss gave it to me, it has always been like this. I don’t know why. It seems that it has never poke its head out. It just hides in the shell no matter how I tease it. It even hasn’t protruded its head to eat the meal.” Feng Xi said.

“Mmm, let me take a look first,” said Hua Shi.

“Oh,” Feng Xi moved the basin in front of Hua Shi. The little turtle was lying quietly in the water without moving.

Hua Shi took over the basin and let Hua Qing remove the small stone statue from the door. Then, she put the basin on the stone pillar. The four of them stepped forward and gathered around to discuss about the turtle. Feng Xi remained on the fringe of them, and their four heads were just in his line of vision so that he couldn’t see the basin. At this moment, Hua Hua suddenly called out, “It moves! It finally moves!”

“What? Let me see.” Feng Xi hurriedly squeezed in, but only saw the Seven-coloured Turtle lying motionlessly in the water again, “Didn’t you say it moved?”

“Yes, it moved. We did see its head popping out just now, but it quickly retracted back,” Hua Hua couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

“How did this happen?” Feng Xi felt that it was unfair that he had not seen it.

At this moment, Hua Shi seemed to think of something. She walked straight to Feng Xi and pulled him to one side. She said in a serious voice, “Mr. Feng Xi, I have come up with an idea. But it needs your cooperation. If that is the case, I will know where the problem is.”

“Alright, just say it. I’ll definitely cooperate with you,” Feng Xi promised happily when he heard Hua Shi had a way.

“You just stand here right now. Come over again when I call you, understand?”

“Oh,” Feng Xi thought it was strange, but he still cooperated and stood motionlessly.

Hua Shi came over and the four maids surrounded the basin again. This time, Hua Hua and the others didn’t call out. Instead, they looked at the turtle in the basin with excited expressions. Hua Shi immediately turned her head and said to Feng Xi, “Mr. Feng Xi, come over quickly. It moves again.”

Feng Xi ran over quickly and almost threw himself at them. However, he heard Hua Hua’s disappointed voice again, “Why doesn’t it move again?”

Then Hua Shi let Feng Xi cooperate and do the experiment again. And the result was the same as she thought. She originally thought that the Seven-coloured Turtle had some illness, but the reason turned out to be so simple. However…

Hua Shi walked towards Feng Xi and asked, “Mr. Feng Xi, may I ask you a question? Have you said or done anything to it? Uh…something that makes it unhappy or afraid of?”

Feng Xi was stunned, then he recalled, “I haven’t. After I got it, I just said that it was beautiful. Then I didn’t say anything to it. Besides, it just retracted into the shell when I got it. I didn’t have time to talk to it.”

“Then have you done something to it before?” Hua Shi said, speaking from experience. She felt that the biggest problem was probably related to the little master. This was her experience.

“Before? I was talking to my boss about whether the turtle meat was delicious or not,” Feng Xi said simply.

“Ha ha!” Hua Hua and Hua Yi couldn’t help but laugh.

Hua Shi couldn’t help but say with a smile, “No wonder it refused to poke its head out. It was because you have frightened the turtle and it thought you wanted to eat its meat, so it was like this. It isn’t difficult to let it poke its head out, but I’m afraid you have to promise it that you will never eat its meat in the future and let it feel at ease!”

“Really? I just said it casually. I don’t really want to eat its meat. What’s more, it’s so small that it’s not enough for me to eat.” Feng Xi did not expect the reason to be the conversation he had with his Boss, but this Seven-coloured Turtle would actually understand human language, which was really very unusual.

“Even if you said it casually, your words would also frighten it. It is still small now. But what if it grows up in the future? It will think that you have to raise it before eating it, so it refuses to eat anything. I think that you just have frightened it.”

“It’s too timid,” Feng Xi said unhappily.

“Ha ha, in my opinion, this colored turtle should have just been born. It hasn’t left its parents for long, so it is so timid, which is reasonable,” Hua Shi said, smiling and covering her mouth.

“Alright, you move aside first. I’ll talk with it,” Feng Xi looked at the turtle in the basin and whispered, “Little turtle, little turtle, do you know what is roast turtle meat? I’m telling you, the roast turtle meat means to put you on an iron shelf, and then roast you on fire until you become a piece of cooked meat. Then I’ll sprinkle some spices on you and you’ll be eaten by me. If you don’t believe me, let’s try it now?”

The four maids were shocked by Feng Xi’s words. How could it be called a guarantee? It was clearly a threat!

The turtle didn’t move. And Feng Xi was also not anxious, “If you don’t poke your head out, then I will roast you, understand?” After he finished, he really stretched out his hand into the water and took it out. He deliberately shook it twice and said loudly, “Little turtle, you have to obediently let me eat you.”

Just when the four maids thought that the turtle wouldn’t come out, a small head suddenly emerged from the colored shell and four small feet were also stretched out. The head and limbs were translucent, and the two small eyes were like golden agates inlaid in the small head, which made it look like a beautiful handicraft. Together with its colored shell, the turtle looked very beautiful.

The Seven-coloured Turtle hit the palm of Feng Xi’s hand with its head. It was probably because the turtle was angry at what he said, and Feng Xi could also feel its anger.

The four maid were touched instantly by its cute behavior and shouted with their faces in their hands.

Feng Xi pouted. ‘Humph, the turtle would only poke its head out after I threatened it.’

The four maids were infatuated with the turtle for a moment, but finally, their common sense prevailed. Hua Shi suddenly remembered something, “Mr. Feng Xi, I forgot to tell you something about Lord Bai Huang and Lord Feng Ling.”

“What’s wrong with them?” Feng Xi asked as he teased the little turtle with his fingers. The little turtle’s small head kept dodging, and this time, it did not retracted into the shell again.

“The last time you and His Majesty left the Netherworld, Lord Bai Huang took Lord Feng Ling to the Infernal Realm of the Ghost World. In the end… well… it seemed that Lord Feng Ling had a second personality because he couldn’t stand it, so he ran away!”

Feng Xi was so surprised; he accidentally threw the Seven-coloured Turtle out carelessly.