Starting with the frog, he has ruled for eternity.

Chapter 19 Croak! ? Did the frog really cultivate internal energy?

quack...

The Taoist charm is not enough.

Since defeating the cockfighting rooster, Fang Yuan has received significantly more attention.

The most direct reaction was that the number of times the children came to the Lu residence increased in the past few days, and the children also competed to come and teach Fang Yuan all sorts of random skills.

For example, playing chess, embroidery, or painting.

However, although the idea of ​​entering the Dao through painting and poetry is good, Fang Yuan did not add points to these skills.

The reason is quite straightforward: the [Taoist charm] is insufficient.

This isn't enough. It's not that his [Daoist Rhyme] has truly been reduced to zero, but rather that Fang Yuan is well aware that adding points to these artistic skills now wouldn't directly help him deal with the strange phenomena.

The only purpose of adding these skill points to him is to use them as a foundation, as material, for his own [Frog Roar Thunder Sound].

However, he also has many skills that he hasn't upgraded yet, and using them as materials wouldn't be much different from these.

As for the [Frog Roar Thunder Sound], its effect on the eerie is still unknown at this stage. Even with the eerie creature in the pond, my internal energy did not show any obvious damage.

I don't know how many levels I need to reach to make my internal energy able to inflict a certain amount of damage on the strange entities.

Instead of wasting Taoist essence by adding more points to these skills, it would be better to save some Taoist essence and wait until you encounter a Taoist priest or monk to see if you can learn some abilities from them to combat the supernatural.

Of course, Fang Yuan noticed that the prompt box for "[Painting] (Beginner) (Points Can Be Added)" still showed no signs of disappearing even after three or four days.

The same applies to the prompt box for 【Embroidery】(Beginner) (Points can be added).

This likely means that these tooltips have no time limit.

This is one of the reasons why Fang Yuan made such a decision.

Quack~

It seems that I, the Immortal Venerable, can only hide my potential and talent here for now.

Fang Yuan sighed silently.

……

"Little frog, come and learn embroidery!" The Li family girl rubbed her hands together with great interest.

Fang Yuan squatted on a rock, and opposite him was the little girl Qiao Yin.

Qiao Yin held a plain-colored small piece of silk cloth and a needle threaded with colorful thread in her hand.

She clumsily poked a small, crooked stitch into the silk fabric, then held it up to Fang Yuan's eyes: "Little one, this is a 'flat stitch.' My mother said that you have to start embroidery like this..."

Fang Yuan glanced at it.

Quack~ I don't want to study...

How could I, a celestial being, waste my talent on embroidery and needlework?

"It saw it! It saw it!" But the Li family girl became even more excited and whispered to Qiao Yin beside her.

"I just glanced at you two, what's so exciting about that!" Wang Xiaopang muttered, wondering what the two girls were so happy about.

Compared to the first day, when the frog learned Hu Family Boxing after just a couple of glances, it has been four or five days since the frog started learning embroidery.

As a result, the frog couldn't even hold a needle and had to use a small stick instead, but the two little girls were still teaching him with great enthusiasm.

"..." Nan Nan was also a little unhappy, puffing out her cheeks.

Clearly, she was the one who met Xiao Gua first.

Whether it's teaching martial arts or becoming friends with Little Frog, it's always her first step!

Why did it turn out this way?

……

Outside the garden, three or four guards watched from a distance.

"Hey, see that?" A scarred guard nudged his companion with his elbow and sneered in a low voice, "Teaching a toad to embroider? Could it get any more outrageous? That thing doesn't even have hands, all it knows is hopping around and eating bugs."

"If you can't even hold a needle properly, what are you going to do embroidery?"

His companion, a more composed man, shook his head:

"Don't say that. They're still young; how could they understand so many things? Besides, I heard that toad learned martial arts yesterday."

"Learn martial arts? Don't be ridiculous. If even toads could learn martial arts, what would be the point of us?" The scarred guard scoffed and sighed softly.

"That toad probably just jumps around and croaks a couple of times, and the kids think that's martial arts... Honestly, if you could learn martial arts just by looking at it once, what would all those years of learning have amounted to?"

"Not even as good as a toad?"

"..." The other guard remained silent.

"Don't say that. Young Master Yao and Young Master Le have been practicing boxing for three or four years. They told us yesterday that the toad's boxing is actually quite good... Who knows, maybe one day the toad will save our lives." The third guard joked.

"If a toad can save our lives by eating insects, how big and how many insects would it take for us to be unable to fight back?" The scarred guard chuckled.

Suddenly, the voices of the group quieted down.

The butler arrived and overheard their conversation, but he didn't refute anything.

He simply offered a reminder:

"Be careful, don't let the children play in the pond and fall in."

"yes!"

The guards immediately fell silent, stood ramrod straight, and bowed to the steward.

The butler nodded, glanced at the children still teaching the frogs in the garden, and said nothing.

He saw it clearly that day; that toad... could really learn Hu Family Kung Fu.

Does that mean that the toad has also learned the Tiger Roar Blade from the Lu family?

If we think about it even more deeply, since Young Master Lu Yong also taught Nan Nan and Frog Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, did Frog also learn internal energy?

Hey ~

Just as he was thinking this, a servant suddenly ran over.

"Master Steward, the master's carriage has returned."

"Come with me quickly to greet them..."

……

The sound of horses' hooves stopped in front of the Lu Mansion.

Master Lu dismounted and tossed the reins to the gatekeeper who came to greet him. He looked tired, and his robe was stained with dust, indicating that he had traveled a long way back.

On this trip, he encountered mostly strange things, which really bothered him.

Now that he's finally home, he can breathe a huge sigh of relief.

"Master." The butler, who was already waiting at the door, bowed and greeted him.

"Hmm," Master Lu responded, continuing to walk inside. "Has the city been peaceful these past few days?"

The steward followed half a step behind him and replied in a low voice, "Reporting to Master, nothing serious has happened. All households are at peace, and everything in our mansion is as usual."

It's good that nothing happened, it's good that nothing happened.

Master Lu nodded upon hearing this. His brows relaxed slightly, but his pace remained quick.

The butler handled things fairly well; when he said everything was fine, he probably meant it. But this calmness, ironically, made one feel uneasy.

Master Lu entered the main hall, took off his outer robe and handed it to the maid, sat down on the armchair, and took a sip of the freshly brewed tea.

"Go." He put down his teacup and looked at the steward. "Call everyone here. Madam, Eldest Brother, Second Brother, and all the servants in Nan Nan's courtyard, call them all to the front hall."

Since there's nothing to do, we should hurry up and send them away while things are calm... to prevent any more trouble in the city.

Thinking of this, Master Lu frowned again. He was troubled by the things he had personally asked about at the Zhao family's place and the things he had learned from the Hu family village.

The butler was taken aback by Master Lu's reaction.

Should we send someone to call everyone?

Having been with the Lu family for so long, this was the first time the butler had ever seen Master Lu call everyone together to give instructions. In the past, he would only call whoever had something to do...

This situation... suggests that a momentous decision needs to be made.

Thinking of this, the butler also became serious.

He glanced cautiously at Master Lu's expression. Master Lu's face remained expressionless, but his fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, a gesture he often made when deep in thought.

The butler, realizing the seriousness of the matter, immediately nodded: "Yes, sir."

Without asking any further questions, he turned and walked out.

There must be a reason why Master Lu gave such an order.

"Wait a minute," Master Lu called out to him again.

"master?"

"Where's Nannan? Playing in the back garden again?"

"Yes, Miss is in the back garden with some young guests, looking...looking at that frog." The butler's tone was somewhat unnatural when he mentioned the frog.

The frog has been getting bigger lately, and he doesn't know if it's just his imagination.

Master Lu nodded, indicating that he understood.

frog……

Thinking of that frog, which also seemed rather unusual, Lu Ye's brows furrowed even more deeply.

He sighed.

"Alright, I understand. I'll go get Nan Nan myself. You go get the others first." He waved his hand.

That's enough, that's enough...

No matter how rare a toad is, it can't turn the world upside down.

There are more important things to do right now.

The steward quickly withdrew and instructed the servants to spread the word.

Master Lu sat alone in the hall for a while, without drinking any more tea.

He got up and went to the back garden. The others, being sensible, simply told him to wait in the front hall. Nan Nan was young and at that playful age, so he probably wouldn't go obediently; he would have to go and take her himself.

Perfect timing, let's go check on that frog too.

"It's my turn to teach!"

"I'm going to teach it to draw!"

"I want to teach embroidery!"

"No way! You've been teaching me for three days already! I still can't hold the needle properly, how am I supposed to embroider a frog? I'd rather you teach me painting!"

Master Lu frowned and stepped into the moon gate.

In the garden, the other children who often played with Nan Nan were gathered in a circle, their heads huddled together, chattering away. Nan Nan stood in the middle, her little face flushed with excitement, gesturing as if she were talking about something.

Master Lu's gaze fell on the ground in the center of the circle.

The green frog was squatting there, a full size larger than a normal frog, its dark green skin shimmering faintly in the sunlight. Its two front paws were clasped together, realistically holding a thin twig, and it remained perfectly still.

This is completely different from how the frog needed to hug a twig with both arms just a few days ago!

More importantly, it was twice as big as it had been before!

How could a normal frog grow this fast?!

At this moment, the children's eyes were fixed on it, as if they were looking at some incredible treasure.

Instead of disturbing them directly, Lu Ye stared at the frog.

He wanted to see what was so special about that frog that it could attract a group of children to surround it and teach it.

Unexpectedly, the frog seemed to react to his vision, and looked over instantly the next moment!

His eyes still held the sharp glint typical of a master of internal energy.

!! ?

Could it be!?

Master Lu was stunned!

Only four words remained in my mind!

"Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound"!!