Listening to Flame Carp, Jiang Yan lowered his head and pondered for a moment.
"When it burns, it becomes ash; when it spreads, it becomes calamity. Then let's call it Ash Calamity Fire."
"Ash Calamity Fire? That does sound rather good."
Flame Carp nodded his fish head, then turned his gaze toward the imposing Yanbao.
He kept looking him up and down.
"You little fellow, looking imposing is one thing, but why does even your fire sound more imposing than this old man's Golden Water Flame?"
"How vexing! Better to go and rest!"
With that, Flame Carp turned and plunged underwater, disappearing without a trace.
Jiang Yan had never expected him to leave so suddenly when they had just been chatting so happily.
He instinctively raised his hand, but did not ask him to stay.
Forget it. With that carp face of his, Uncle Flame Carp really doesn't look as imposing as a Qiongqi. Better not provoke him any further for now.
Jiang Yan shook his head helplessly and turned to mount Yanbao and leave.
He had only just taken a step when bubbling sounded from the lake before him again.
Splash-
Amid the bubbling, the surface broke open, and a piece of reddish-gold material flew up from below and landed on the shore.
Thud!
Judging by the sound it made upon landing alone, this thing had to be heavy.
Jiang Yan looked closely. The object on the shore was none other than a fish scale.
The scale was fully the size of a water vat, looking just like an oversized shield.
It was reddish-gold all over. Wasn't this a scale from Flame Carp's body?
Perhaps, despite all his envious talk, Flame Carp had been unable to resist tossing this scale up after diving underwater, counting it as a helping