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Chapter 134 Christmas Sleigh, Monster Talent, Extraterrestrial Reinforcements (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Li Qingping, wait for me down here!" Caesar shouted from the railing on the rooftop.

Seemingly because he shouted too loudly, he coughed while clutching his stomach, and then raised his right hand, in which a striped book suddenly appeared in his palm.

The shark was taken aback: "You're the Messenger of Wonders?"

“I have always been a mystery maker. My two older brothers are also mystery makers.” With that, Caesar took out a card from the mystery encyclopedia and raised the corner of his mouth. “Found it.”

The shark looked closely and saw that the back of the card was printed with orange light patterns.

"A card with orange glowing patterns?" Ji Minghuan was stunned for a second. "A generational phenomenon?"

Before the shark could react, Caesar crushed the card, his white hair blowing wildly, and his blue eyes gleaming with an unusual light.

The next moment, the cry of a deer rang out in the air, clear and melodious like a distant song.

Following the sound, two reindeer wearing Santa hats flew in from the other side of the sky. They had bells tied around their necks, and the ends of the ropes dragged a red sleigh.

The deer trod through the wind and snow, their hooves rising and falling with the howling wind and snow. They dragged their sleds through schools of swimming fish, past the spires of the floating castle, and finally stopped in front of the rooftop.

Caesar clutched the crystal ball to his chest, boarded the Christmas sleigh, and descended towards the courtyard of the floating castle. In mid-air, he stretched out his hand to Li Qingping:
"Li Qingping, let's go upstairs and talk!"

Li Qingping was taken aback, then smiled and shrugged, suddenly grabbing the Third Prince's hand and shoving himself inside the sled.

He sat with Caesar. Amidst the howling wind and snow, elk pulled the sled, flying towards the top of the whale-shaped garden like a long serpent of snow.

Schools of fluorescent fish swam past them, stirring up a sea breeze mixed with damp waves, making the sky above the miniature garden brightly lit.

Looking up, you can see dolphins tumbling across the sea through the almost transparent whale skin; if you look down at the sea in the whale's miniature garden, you can see islands gradually shrinking into tiny dots of light in their eyes.

It seemed that this wasn't Li Qingping's first time riding in Caesar's Christmas sleigh. Compared to Caesar's happy expression, his expression looked quite indifferent, as if he were playing with a child.

A moment later, Li Qingping turned his head and glanced at the shark inside the crystal ball:

"A Nobel Shark? Your Highness, is this a gift from the King?"

“Yes, this is a birthday present from my father.” Caesar nodded. “And didn’t I tell you? When we’re alone together, you can just call me Caesar.”

"Your Highness Caesar."

"I'm impressed, Li Qingping."

Caesar smiled, his pale white hair flying freely in the wind.

At that moment, a pure Beijing-accented Mandarin voice suddenly emanated from the crystal ball, breaking the brief silence between the two: "Li Qingping, you big idiot."

Caesar tensed up.

Li Qingping was slightly taken aback, wondering if the sound of the snowstorm stirred up by the deer was too loud, or if he was just too busy today and was hallucinating.

"The Nobel shark spoke? And it spoke with a distinctly Beijing accent, a national treasure?"

Thinking this, he lowered his eyes to look at the Nobel Shark inside the crystal ball.

The Nobel shark completely ignored him, instead staring blankly at the fish flying all over the sky.

"How strange," Li Qingping thought expressionlessly.

He had just raised his head, about to speak to the third prince, when he heard another faint voice coming from the crystal ball:
"Li Qingping is a complete idiot."

Li Qingping suddenly lowered his head and stared intently at the crystal ball.

The palm-sized Norbek shark tilted its head, revealing only a round, bulging cheek, and stared innocently at the Third Prince with its bright, watery eyes.

"What's going on..." Li Qingping frowned, his hair in a pigtail swaying in the wind.

"Shh!" Caesar, holding the crystal ball, turned to the other side, lowered his head, and gestured for the shark to be quiet. Then he whispered, "Aguru, what language are you babbling about?"

“This is a language used by people from the East, we all call it ‘Chinese’,” Shark said. “In Chinese, ‘Li Qingping is a big idiot’ means that Li Qingping is super awesome.”

"Oh, I see. 'Li Qingping is a big idiot,' I've memorized it. Once I learn it, I'll praise Li Qingping in Chinese like that too."

Xizel paused, then whispered, "Aguru, I've seen it with my own eyes, and you've fallen for Li Qingping too."

Looking at Caesar's furtive figure, Li Qingping finally couldn't help but ask:
"Your Highness, are you talking to that Nobel shark?"

“No.” Caesar shook his head and said in a panic, “Li Qingping, you must have misheard me.”

"Really?"

Caesar turned around, a sheep-like smile on his face: "You really misheard."

"If Your Highness doesn't mind, could I borrow this shark for one night?"

"No, this is a birthday present from my father!" Caesar hugged the crystal ball tightly.

"All right……"

Looking at the Third Prince's innocent smile, Li Qingping shrugged, thinking to himself that today was truly a nightmare. First, he encountered a twenty-meter-tall demon robbing the auction, and then he met a talking Nobel Shark.

But to be honest... even if a nobe shark mutates and becomes a talkative animal like a parrot, it shouldn't pose much of a threat, right?

But the question is... why are beautiful Chinese words coming out of this Nobel shark's mouth?

The Christmas sleigh glided through the sky, and the two remained silent.

Caesar closed his eyes, raised his arms, and felt the water and wind brushing against his cheeks, his white hair swaying violently.

He said, "I only dare to let the Christmas sleigh take us for a ride when you come to me, otherwise my father and mother will scold me to death."

Li Qingping remained silent.

He lowered his gaze, sweeping over the other floating cities. In the courtyard of one of the castles, the eldest and second princes were having afternoon tea on the lawn, tilting their heads and quietly watching the sleds flying through the sky.

The eldest prince, with a faint smile on his face, narrowed his eyes and waved to them.

The second prince remained expressionless and indifferent, quickly withdrawing his gaze.

“Your Highness Caesar, let’s go back,” Li Qingping suddenly said.

"Are we going back? Okay."

Amidst the howling snowstorm, two reindeer dragged a sled down toward the castle, finally stopping in front of the rooftop.

Li Qingping got off the sled first, landed on the rooftop, and then reached out to help the Third Prince.

"Where have you been all this time, Li Qingping?" Caesar asked impatiently.

“I attend school normally in the human world,” Li Qingping replied. “During holidays, I search for fragments of strange tales to improve myself.”

“I see,” Caesar said. “Everyone says you’re tired of the world of Oddity Maniacs and don’t want to come back.”

"That might be part of the reason."

“That’s wonderful,” Caesar said. “I wish I could be like you, able to go wherever I want.”

"You can definitely do it in the future." Li Qingping raised his hand, hesitating whether to pat the top of his head.

Just as he was about to pull his hand back, Caesar suddenly leaned his head closer.

He nuzzled Li Qingping's hand like a small animal, looking at him with a smile. Li Qingping was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and patted his head. Caesar's soft white hair swayed gently in his palm.

If Li Qingping hadn't possessed extraordinary hearing, constantly hearing a shark inside the crystal ball muttering like a parrot, "Li Qingping, you big idiot," he would definitely be in a great mood right now.

Soon, the two people and the shark arrived in the bedroom and sat down on the soft bed.

“Tell me about what happened outside,” Caesar said. “Was that Tokyo auction you took your second brother to fun?”

"It's quite fun. There are a lot of interesting people there." Li Qingping nodded.

He hesitated for a moment, then said, "There was a magician at the auction who liked to play cards. He stuffed playing cards into everyone's pockets, performed a magic trick... and then 'Boom!' everyone disappeared."

"Wow, what amazing magic!" Caesar exclaimed, clapping his hands in amazement.

Inside the crystal ball, the shark nodded in agreement, thinking, "Yes, yes, what an amazing magic trick! It only turned a hundred-odd people into thin air!"

Caesar thought for a moment, then suddenly asked in confusion, "But didn't you say that auctions are places for selling things? Why would someone perform magic tricks?"

"Improvisational performance."

"Li Qingping, are you just giving me the runaround again?"

"Nothing."

"What other fun things are there at the auction?"

Li Qingping scratched his cheek: "Uh... there was a pig among the guests at the auction, named 'Zhou Jiuya'. He could sleep a lot, and he didn't wake up until the auction was over."

"Hahaha, what an interesting pig! Could it be a magical creature?"

"I also think this pig is quite amazing; it must be a magical creature."

"Hmm... I really want to attend the auction," Caesar said with a drooping head.

"There will be a chance."

Then Li Qingping first talked to Caesar about the new video games in the human world, then about how busy high school students are with their studies, and finally about a friend he met outside named "Gu Wenyu".

He also said that he had confessed the matter of the Strange Envoy to Gu Wenyu, although he had only confessed half of it.

“Actually, I’ve known him for a long time.” Li Qingping smiled.

"Then why didn't you mention him to me before?" Caesar turned to look at him.

"I just feel a little awkward about bringing it up."

“I know, you must be worried that he’ll get involved in something dangerous,” Caesar laughed.

"Perhaps..." Li Qingping shook his head. "It's getting late, so I'll be leaving now, Your Highness Caesar."

Caesar was silent for a moment, then raised his blue eyes and stared at him: "Will you go back tomorrow?"

"No, I will be staying in the miniature garden for the next period of time."

"Really?" Caesar's eyes lit up.

“Really.” Li Qingping paused, then lowered his voice. “I have some things to do. I can only leave here after I’ve finished dealing with these matters.”

"That's great, I was worried you'd be leaving tomorrow."

"By the way, Your Highness Caesar," Li Qingping hesitated for a moment, "how have you been doing with the other two princes lately?"

Caesar nodded: "It's alright. My brothers come to see me occasionally and bring me food."

"That's good."

Li Qingping left, and the palm-sized phoenix grew larger, becoming a giant bird, carrying him away from the floating city.

Caesar stared blankly at his departing figure, then slowly slumped back and collapsed onto the bed.

"Why didn't you tell me that you actually possess a generational wonder?" the shark in the crystal ball spoke.

Caesar explained, “When I was nine, my brothers and father took me to the royal court. At that moment, I suddenly resonated with a fragment of a legend left behind by a hero—'The Christmas Sleigh'—and then naturally became attached to that fragment.”

"Isn't this even earlier than Li Qingping? Li Qingping is a genius seen only once in a thousand years, so what kind of monster are you?" Ji Minghuan's heart stirred slightly.

He then realized why the eldest and second princes were targeting the third prince: it was because the third prince possessed a talent that was unprecedented and unparalleled in the world of the Mysterious Envoy...

How could such a monstrous prince not be favored by the king?
"And then?" the shark asked again. "Didn't you resonate with those strange fragments in the royal court anymore?"

“It’s not that simple… but it’s also possible that my Oddity Shard level is not high enough,” Caesar said. “I am a D-rank Oddity Shard, which is the lowest level among Oddity Shards. At most, I can only bind one Generation-level Oddity Shard, so other Generation-level fragments will no longer resonate with me.”

He shook his head: "But that's too arrogant... In fact, for a normal person to be able to bind a generation-level wonder is already considered very, very lucky. Not everyone is a genius like Li Qingping."

"You're a genius too."

"I was just lucky."

"You haven't even cultivated, how do you know you're not a genius?" the shark asked. "If you increase your Mystic Envoy level, you can bind more generation-level fragments, right?"

“My health is not good,” Caesar said. “My father said I have great talent and wants to wait until I grow up before letting me cultivate… He also said that I will become the greatest astrologer in the future, and also the greatest monarch of the Whale Kingdom, but I have no interest in power or status at all. I think my two older brothers are more suitable to be kings than I am.”

He paused for a moment, then said, "I just want to be like Li Qingping and see how big the outside world is."

"The prerequisite is that you have to be alive."

"Alive?" Caesar paused, looking down at the shark inside the crystal ball.

“Yes…alive.” The shark emphasized again.

Caesar asked, puzzled, "I'm safe here, everyone treats me well. Agubaru, why do you say that?"

"You'll find out soon enough," the shark said quietly.

"You're so strange."

Through the glass of the crystal ball, the shark's eyes gazed at the sky above the rooftop, its mind filled with a multitude of thoughts.

"If a shark were to maximize its size inside a normal whale's belly, it would likely burst the whale's stomach from the inside... But the legendary whale is 200 meters long, and its insides are a bizarre and fantastical continent."

"Even if I maximize the shark's size, it's still insignificant on this continent, let alone what effect it would have on the whale's body. Therefore, the only way to eat the legendary whale is in the real world."

"But this is also a good thing, which means that if a huge conflict occurs with the people of the Whale Garden later, I can make Agubaru's body grow to a gigantic size to fight against the enemy."

“Especially the ‘Royal Court Team’ that Li Qingping is in. If the Royal Court Team sides with the First Prince and the Second Prince instead of the Third Prince, then one day I am destined to clash with them… But can Li Qingping and I, who are just the two of us, defeat the other six Strange Envoys who each have a ‘Generation-level’ fragment?”

Just then, a name suddenly appeared in Ji Minghuan's mind:
—"The White Raven Brigade".

“That’s right…” the shark’s eyes widened. “If I were to swallow the legendary whale whole, wouldn’t all those priceless treasures in the royal treasury be wasted?”

"On the other hand, I can use the treasures in the vault as an additional bargaining chip!"

“The captain will definitely be interested in these treasures. I can use these treasures to make a deal with him, to lure the wolf into the house—to let him bring the White Raven Brigade into the Whale Garden, and together with Li Qingping and me… turn this world upside down.”

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