Chapter 489: Imagined Landscape
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Zhang, today was really an eye-opening experience! See you later!”
Liu and Wang parked the car in front of the pet shop and waved goodbye to Zhang Zian.
“Co in for dinner. I’m just about to order food, I can order so for you.” Zhang Zian invited them.
“No, thank you. We asked for the day off, there are a lot of chores for us to do when we go back tonight,” Liu said.
Zhang Zian knew what he said was true, so he didn’t insist on dinner. “Well, have a safe trip and drive slowly.”
After watching them drive away, Zhang Zian and Famous went into the pet shop.
“Ho, sweet, ho.”
Zhang Zian patted the cashier desk to greet Lu Yiyun, who was focused on painting. He made a phone call and ordered two servings of food, one of which was for Lu Yiyun.
Famous looked up and saw that everything in the pet shop was the sa as usual. The energetic Galaxy was playing hide and seek. Fina was taking a nap on the highest branch of the cat tree, its tail waving in the air. Snowy Lionet was srizingly staring at Fina’s tail and murmuring “raw beef brisket.” Old Ti Tea was watching TV on the electric blanket in the corner, while Richard was commanding Old Ti Tea to change the channel.
Lu Yiyun rapidly put on her jacket. After ordering dinner, Zhang Zian asked her about her day. It seed that everything went smoothly.
Famous was more tired than usual because not only did it fight the Mastiff King, but it also ran back and forth several tis in the scene where the wandering group of Tibetan Mastiffs chase the police dogs. It would really like to find a place to rest before supper. Since it had nothing to do, it walked over to the TV, wondering what Old Ti Tea was watching.
It was a martial arts movie set in the ancient tis. When the energetic music, a handso, young man jumped and kicked his enemies with fierce leg techniques.
Old Ti Tea was fascinated by the movie, its eyes twinkling. Whenever a kick was executed properly, Old Ti Tea applauded the man. How it wished it could engage in the fight too.
“Change the channel! This horrible movie is so fake. Why do you like watching it? I want to see the freaks of the United States. No! Arica’s Got Talent!” Richard hated martial arts movies. It flapped its wings, trying to grab the remote from Old Ti Tea. It always failed.
With its eyes on the TV screen, Old Ti Tea could make Richard exhausted by moving the remote from its left paw to its right paw, and then from right to left.
Famous felt bad for Richard because even if the parrot practiced for thirty years, it may not ever be able to grab sothing from Old Ti Tea’s paws.
“Old Ti Tea, how co you chose a different movie?” it asked.
Famous and Zhang Zian knew that Old Ti Tea’s favorite movies were the ones with Ye Wen. Whether the movies were old or new, it watched the movies of Ye Wen multiple tis. Its second favorite movies were those starring Bruce Lee. The protagonist of the movie currently on the TV was neither Ye Wen nor Bruce Lee.
When the martial arts sequence ended, Old Ti Tea looked away from the screen and said pleasantly, “It’s a bit boring watching the sa movies all the ti. It’s not bad switch things up occasionally. This series is about a martial arts master nad Huang in the Foshan region. Although this man is not quite the sa as the man I rember, the martial arts scenes are so amazing that they kind of make up for the inconsistency in storytelling.”
Famous rembered that a few days ago, Old Ti Tea was watching the first installnt of this series. Back then, Famous was worried about the Mastiff King matter, so it didn’t pay enough attention to know what the movie was about.
Old Ti Tea thoughtfully glanced at Famous’s legs and smiled while it said, “Famous, have you been on any adventures recently?”
Famous was stunned and asked in wonder, “How did you know?”
“I may be old, but I can still see. I can see that your posture is different yesterday. You’re striding powerfully, in a way that can only be obtained after years of diligent practice. This change is inexplicable unless you’ve had adventures like the protagonists in the martial arts movies,” Old Ti Tea stared at it and laughed. “You’ve either here or on set, and you’re never in these two places alone. Is there a secret martial arts manual hidden in sowhere in this shop?”
Famous went silent for a mont, then it nodded and said, “Indeed, this is true. A secret martial arts manual is hidden in sowhere in this shop.”
“Oh?” It was Old Ti Tea’s turn to be surprised. It couldn’t tell whether Famous was joking or telling the truth. Based on common sense, Famous should be joking. Then, how did that explain the changes in Famous’s posture?
Old Ti Tea had not been to the set, so it didn’t know about the jaw-dropping events of Famous’s day. It just detected sothing had happened to cause a change in Famous’s posture. Such a posture required diligent practice, it couldn’t be attained overnight, so Old Ti Tea was exceptionally confused.
Famous did not answer, instead asked, “Old Ti Tea, have you heard of the Foshan Invisible Kick?”
Old Ti Tea inadvertently looked at the TV and said, “Not only have I heard of it, but I also know how to use it. However, due to my body restrictions as a cat, I can’t practice it more. The Foshan Invisible Kick was the ultimate weapon of Master Huang, but only three moves of this technique were passed on, to coincidentally. I heard that you and Zian were having so difficulties while filming and I intended to teach you the Foshan Invisible Kick. However, teaching would be too slow to be helpful because you have to practice it for at least a year and half before you can see results. ”
Famous knew that Old Ti Tea wasn’t lying. The Old Ti Tea in the mory said sothing similar, that any kind of profound martial arts could only be achieved through persistent training. Even if the Old Ti Tea in real life did teach Famous the three moves of the technique, it’d be totally useless because Famous neither had the ti nor the place to practice.
“What are you guys talking about?”
While they were talking, the food had been delivered. Zhang Zian sent Lu Yiyun ho, pulled down the shutters, and couldn’t help, but approach them when he heard them talking about martial arts.
Richard chid in, “We are talking about if we should change the channel now.”
Zhang Zian automatically ignored it.
Famous felt it was ti to tell them. “I want to tell you sothing. It’s very strange. Actually, I don’t know what it is exactly. I’m not sure if it really happened or if it was just my imagination.”
Since Famous sounded serious, Zhang Zian listened to attentively. He had been wondering about Famous’s magical performance today, but considering its mood, he held back his questions.
Old Ti Tea paused the movie on the TV and hid the remote in its arms so that Richard couldn’t touch it. Old Ti Tea also listened attentively because it felt like whatever Famous was going to say would answer the questions in its head.
Famous looked at Galaxy who was playing hide and seek with Wendy and said, “This is a very long story that starts with Galaxy.”
Then Famous robotically described its strange experiences that started ever since it appeared in the wax museum, its experiences that involved entering the mories of Galaxy and Old Ti Tea.
Zhang Zian forgot to eat his dinner. He beca more or less aware of what Famous saying, feeling like he was watching a movie.
Old Ti Tea was enchanted by Famous’s story.
Richard, who asked for the remote control at the beginning, gradually listened to the story. Fina opened its eyes and listened with curiosity.
After it finished, Famous felt thirsty. It went to drink so water in its basin and walked back. “What do you think? Was I dreaming?”
It desperately needed so advice because it was confused and couldn’t tell which world was more real.
Both Zhang Zian and Old Ti Tea were pondering. They didn’t want to speak until they finished thinking. Famous’s experiences were indeed strange, but they could explain everything that had happened recently, including the fact that Famous acted like Old Ti Tea and defeated the Mastiff King so easily. The fact that, just like Galaxy, Famous also overca its space issues.
Richard spoke up the instant it thought of sothing, “Quack! You idiots, I already know what happened!”
“Oh, tell then,” said Famous skeptically.
Richard raised its head arrogantly. “You guys have been talking about ‘the inner world of Galaxy’ and ‘the mory node of Old Ti Tea.’ Those terms are lengthy and inefficient. Have you ever heard of the Japanese term, Imagined Landscape?”
Zhang Zian and the other elves all shook their heads.
Richard was even more arrogant. “That’s what I thought! None of you ignorant idiots would know about this! The Imagined Landscape refers to a landscape of mories that erges in one’s mind. It’s not 100% loyal to reality. So things that are impossible in reality, are allowed in the Imagined Landscape! Can you think of anything? That’s right, Galaxy’s black box! The black box does not exist in reality, but in Galaxy’s Imagined Landscape. This term can accurately describe what happened to Famous.”
Although Richard’s tone was pretentious as usual, Zhang Zian rembered Famous’s characteristics as described in the Pet Hunter ga, “Everything the Reincarnated Dog experiences in its heart is real.” Did the description refer to Famous’s Imagined Landscape?
Famous learned how to predict the future from Galaxy, learned martial arts from Old Ti Tea. If Famous could learn sothing new every ti it saw the Imagined Landscape of an elfin, then Famous would possess incredible skills.
The most important thing was that Famous didn’t need to learn these things in real life. It could have all the ti in the world to practice the skills in its Imagined Landscape. Was the Imagined Landscape just like the “Room of Spirit and Ti” in Dragon Ball Z?
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