Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 685 - 352: Dang Kang’s Wish

Luo Jun has already given a personal demonstration, so Qin Huai had to believe it to some extent.

Qin Huai put the cut candied fruits into a plate, continued chopping the nuts, and asked while chopping, "Mr. Shi, as a Dang Kang, has successfully survived the tribulation. In a sense, his past black history has become his path traveled. So what is he still hiding from me? Or, what is it that he still can’t say even after succeeding the tribulation?"

"There’s a lot." Chen Huihong originally just wanted to be a bystander but couldn’t help but chime in, "Successfully surviving the tribulation doesn’t conflict with feeling embarrassed. If you, Xiao Qin, couldn’t read my memory and directly asked what happened in my past life, I definitely wouldn’t tell you how I was a crazy lady in Beiping, scamming for food and drinks."

"Nor would I tell you the exact cause of Hui Niang’s death, let alone that I actually noticed something wrong with Hui Niang the night before. Especially, I wouldn’t tell you that in the minutes before Hui Niang died, I hesitated to save her because of the fear of exposing myself as a spirit."

"Even if you succeeded in the tribulation, it’d still be embarrassing to say these things, wouldn’t you agree, Luo Jun?"

"Hey, if Xiao Qin couldn’t read your memory, what wouldn’t you tell her?"

Luo Jun: ...

Luo Jun turned his head to roll his eyes at Chen Huihong, then turned his head back hard, refusing to even glance at her, and after a ten-second silence, gritted his teeth, squeezing out a few words.

"Hmph, I wouldn’t say a word."

Chen Huihong is a story with black history mixed in, while Luo Jun is black history with a story mixed in.

Seeing this reaction from Chen Huihong and Luo Jun, Qu Jing felt a bit confused, suddenly realizing she might not fit in, and could only weakly say, "But I don’t think there’s anything I can’t say."

"If Qin Huai asked me, I would definitely tell everything in detail."

Luo Jun: ...

Chen Huihong could only kindly comfort her, "You’re different. Of course you can say everything. You little birds can say whatever you want."

Seeing that the topic was about to veer off course, Qin Huai quickly spoke to steer it back: "So even if Mr. Shi withheld some facts and didn’t speak, it’s not intentional. It’s simply that he doesn’t want to say or feels embarrassed by his black history."

Luo Jun was quite satisfied with Qin Huai’s diversion, looking slightly relaxed, and nodded, "That should be it. The Dang Kang is not a Scammer, they aren’t that skilled at lying. Moreover, given Dang Kang’s personality and intellect, they disdain lying, can’t lie, and are welcomed everywhere as an auspicious beast, without the need to live by lies."

Even though Gong Liang wasn’t here and hadn’t even woken up, Luo Jun still couldn’t forget to disparage Gong Liang.

Qin Huai began to wonder whether he should find a reason to take away the bowl of spicy rice cake in front of Luo Jun. With such a bowl in front of him, Qin Huai feared Luo Jun might inadvertently lick his lips while talking and intoxicate himself.

"So what’s the usual personality of a Dang Kang?" Qin Huai asked.

Qin Huai had long noticed that although each spirit was an individual with their own personality and hobbies, most of the time their characters were somewhat connected to their being. For instance, the old bird has a fiery temper, the little bird is cute, the Plant Spirits are a bit odd, the Three-legged Golden Toad loves to lie flat and money (An Youyou is a mutant), Xiezhi is fair and just, Scammer is full of lies.

By identifying the species of these spirits, one could roughly determine their standard personality.

"Just what you’ve understood," Luo Jun said, "Dang Kang is the auspicious beast among auspicious beasts; surviving the tribulation is either very easy or very difficult. They are non-competitive, not particularly sharp-minded, and apart from loving some staple food, they don’t have much of any special interests."

"Just like what Shi Dadan said, it has a passive buff in cultivation and planting. Once it appears, there’s abundant harvest, and weeds grow more vigorously where they live compared to other places. Ideally, it’s most suited for farming. However, most Dang Kang are too lazy to do such things, even too lazy to go out and trade."

"Those who are a bit more hardworking raise animals that neighbors like and trade with neighbors regularly. Pixiu, Scammer, and this kind of spirit love to be neighbors with the Dang Kang, and sometimes the Three-legged Golden Toad also enjoys being a neighbor, as dealing with Dang Kang guarantees only profit."

Qin Huai: ...

Sounds like the life of an auspicious beast is carefree and worry-free, without a trace of trouble.

"Then why is Dang Kang’s tribulation either very difficult or very easy? Is Mr. Shi’s considered difficult or easy?" Qin Huai asked again.

"Difficult, I guess." Luo Jun blurted out, "Dang Kang’s character is most suitable for tribulation, just like Plant Spirits. Some time ago, I discussed with Chen Huihong why many Plant Spirits successfully survived the tribulation in a muddled way after being burned by humans. It’s simply because they never went through a tribulation." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"They never integrated into the human world, and never wanted to learn to be humans, so their tribulation was easy. Although this way seems opportunistic, not every spirit can achieve it."

"Coming into the human world, the first to tribulation is entering the world. Being able to completely not integrate, not linger, not impose emotions when entering the world is a skill in itself. Chen Huihong didn’t have this skill, thinking she hasn’t integrated, but in actuality failed the tribulation for so long without knowing, a real confused egg among confused eggs." Finishing the sentence, Luo Jun gave a cold snort at Chen Huihong, "Just a bit better than me, what right do you have to criticize me?"

Qin Huai: ... Should he take away the bowl of spicy rice cake soup in front of Luo Jun?

"Plant Spirits have an innate advantage due to poor educational dissemination. Dang Kang has this advantage due to its nature too."