Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One, Only I, the Demon, Offer Salvation - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Part Two)

Luo Qian nodded. The water lived up to its name. He filled two bottles, and by then the little goldfish's face had already darkened. When he filled the fourth, the little goldfish finally snapped. "That's enough! Why don't I just give you the whole fountain?" Luo Qian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. No wonder he was the stingiest creature in the Heavenly River. Luo Qian had paid a million Netherfire Clams, yet the fish begrudged him a few extra bottles of water.

"There. Nine-Eared Shell pearls. Pry them out yourself—but you only get three! Don't take any more!" The little goldfish swam over to a wall. Its stonework was strange, studded with gray-white shells. The pattern on each shell resembled an ear, with layer nested inside layer—nine in all. Luo Qian studied the wall. It stood more than thirty zhang high and stretched beyond sight. There had to be thousands upon thousands of Nine-Eared Shells in it.

"Hurry up! I'm in a good mood today, so I'm giving you three. Wait much longer and I might change my mind!" the little goldfish urged.

Luo Qian was speechless. He truly was the Heavenly River's number-one miser!

Luo Qian quickly took a pearl from each of three Nine-Eared Shells. Just as he was about to put them away, the little goldfish said, "Bring them here. Let me see. Don't use this chance to embezzle my property." Luo Qian rolled his eyes and opened his palm, plainly displaying all three pearls. The little goldfish nodded in satisfaction. "You're not bad. You pay promptly, and you keep your hands clean. You're welcome back next time you want to do business..." Luo Qian suddenly felt a powerful urge to steal something.

Come back? I never want to come here again in my life,