"Huh? Wouldn't he be grateful if I helped him solve his problem?"
Liu Zheng asked, puzzled.
"What's a problem to you might not be a problem to others. Let me ask you this: If you had to drink water from the Underwater River every day or choose between eating a fish from the sewer tonight and eating sewer sludge next time, which one would you go for?"
The Pond Master asked.
"Hmm..."
He fell into thought.
"You get it now, right? Most people spend their entire lives drinking water from the Underwater River, never even getting a chance to accumulate enough for a fish. With this curse, at least when he eats a fish, it feels good. When he eats sludge, he just has to endure it and it's over."
The Pond Master said.
"But what if the sludge is so much that it would kill him?"
Liu Zheng asked.
"I wouldn't know about that. Anyway, when I knew him, his bad luck hadn't reached a fatal level."
"Where should I go to find him then?"
He asked again.
"Didn't the newcomer tell you?"
