There's such a skill?
Shen Qing excitedly tried it several times and found that she could communicate with Li Xian freely underwater and even breathe. She felt extremely curious.
However, even so, she still couldn't swim as freely as Li Xian underwater. Instead, she flailed her limbs about like a landlubber.
Li Xian swam gracefully, like an elegant dolphin.
In contrast, Shen Qing had been a poor swimmer since childhood. Even though she could breathe underwater, she was still all thumbs.
Li Xian was amused by Shen Qing's dog - paddle swimming style and taught her a few swimming postures patiently. If it weren't for the large whirlpool nearby, they could have practiced for even longer.
After Shen Qing got a bit used to swimming underwater, Li Xian pointed at the nearby whirlpool and said, "This whirlpool appeared rather strangely. There must be something odd about it. Do you want to take a gamble?"
Shen Qing looked at the source of the whirlpool and saw a huge pit at the bottom.
She nodded and then swam awkwardly towards it with Li Xian.
But before they could get close, Shen Qing heard a familiar sound. The sound was so loud that the Forget - Me - Not on her wrist trembled a few times.
It was a dragon's roar!
Immediately afterwards, the whirlpool bubbled up a great number of bubbles, and its spinning speed became even faster. As the dragon's roar grew louder, a huge fish leaped out of the whirlpool.
Shen Qing and Li Xian were quite close to the whirlpool. Caught off guard, they almost got hit by the fish.
After tumbling in the water a few times, they bumped into the stone wall behind them and finally stopped.
Shen Qing opened her eyes and saw that the fish in front of her looked very much like a dragon. It had two dragon horns on its head, but its body was an elongated fish shape, covered in scales.
It opened its mouth and made a sound similar to a dragon's roar. It was also very large in size.
If an ordinary person didn't recognize it, they might really mistake it for a dragon. But a fake is always a fake. On closer inspection, it didn't look the same as a real dragon.
"This is the dragon - horned fish? It really looks similar to a dragon..."
Li Xian nodded in agreement. At first glance, it did look quite like a dragon.
After one fish came out, the following fish also emerged one after another.
The scales on these dragon - horned fish were all colorful and looked extremely beautiful.
Shen Qing thought to herself secretly that even if it weren't for the value of the dragon - horned fish, just its appearance would be enough to make people flock to it.
The two of them hid beside the stone wall. The fish were only focused on swimming towards the water surface and didn't notice that there were two people watching them in the dark.
After all the fish had swum out, the whirlpool became smaller and smaller, and the black hole at the bottom was slowly filled up. Li Xian and Shen Qing glanced at each other and swam with all their might towards the black hole.
There was still a whirlpool at the black hole. Countless streams of water were gushing out from the black hole, so Shen Qing felt a great deal of resistance. If it weren't for Li Xian pulling her in front, she might not have been able to swim in.
Behind the black hole was a long cave. The stones in the cave seemed to be made of light - absorbing material. Shen Qing couldn't tell directions or see the surrounding environment inside.
Li Xian blinked his eyes, and his pupils changed from their normal color to amber.
After turning amber, the surrounding stones no longer obstructed his vision. Instead, he could see everything clearly.
He could see that there were a great number of runes carved on the stone wall. Li Xian had never seen such characters before, but since he had received the inheritance of the mermaids, he could recognize that they were the characters of the mermaid clan.
It read that if a living being other than a mermaid entered, they would fall into darkness.
The meaning was that if a living being other than a mermaid came in, they would fall into a state of chaos and never see the light again.
Li Xian knew that Shen Qing couldn't see the surrounding scene, so he held onto her tightly, afraid that she would disappear around a corner.
In this darkness and still in the water, Shen Qing instinctively started to hold her breath. She didn't dare to exhale until her face turned bright red.
"Shen Qing, breathe. Do you want to suffocate yourself?"
Li Xian had been concentrating on looking at the runes on the stone wall. When he turned his head, he saw Shen Qing with her cheeks puffed up, not daring to breathe, looking confused and helpless.
In an instant, he found it both funny and helpless. He had to remind her that she could actually breathe.
Shen Qing waved her hands helplessly. Only when she touched Li Xian did her heart calm down a bit. After hearing Li Xian's reminder, she suddenly came to her senses and realized that she had been holding her breath unconsciously.
"I... I forgot that I could breathe..."
"Where is this? I can't see anything. It's so dark around. I feel like I'm blind."
Shen Qing looked around helplessly, afraid that she would bump into something terrifying around a corner.
Li Xian explained, "These are light - absorbing stones. No matter what kind of light comes in, it will be absorbed. That's why you can't see. Moreover, there are runes carved by the mermaids around. No matter what kind of spell, it's ineffective here."
"Don't be panicked. I'll be able to take you out in a while. Hold my hand tightly and never let go."
Shen Qing nodded and held Li Xian's hand even tighter.
Come on, she wouldn't let go on her own initiative!
Swimming through this long cave exhausted Shen Qing. She never thought that in her lifetime, she would be floundering in the water for such a long time.
She suddenly envied Li Xian for being able to swim freely in the water.
Wait, Li Xian was a mermaid!
Shen Qing suddenly remembered that when she saw Li Xian's father, she saw his mermaid form with a fish tail on one half and a human body on the other. Could Li Xian also transform into such a mermaid form?
She suddenly felt a bit eager and wanted to see what Li Xian would look like as a mermaid.
As she was thinking, she remembered the mermaid's fish tail again. Fish, grilled fish...
The grilled fish of the dragon babies!
Shen Qing covered her mouth and almost vomited.
She would never want to eat grilled fish again in her life!!
Just as she was daydreaming, a beam of light suddenly appeared in front of her. Shen Qing blinked her eyes, afraid that she was seeing things.
She swam a bit further. When Shen Qing felt that her hands and feet were no longer her own, Li Xian finally took her out of the long cave.
After leaving, Shen Qing looked back at the pitch - black cave entrance. It was like an abyss, which made Shen Qing shiver involuntarily.
The two of them had been soaking in the water for a long time. Shen Qing had been enduring the cold in the water all along. Fortunately, she had an ice spiritual root. If an ordinary person had been soaking in this water for so long, they would surely catch a cold.
As for Li Xian, needless to say, he had the blood of the mermaids. After receiving the inheritance, he was impervious to all the resistance and temperature in the sea water.
Shen Qing was still swimming hard. What greeted them was a gorgeous coral reef. Countless small fish were swimming through the coral. The light from the water surface made this underwater world look extremely dreamy.
"Wow, it's so beautiful!"
Shen Qing's eyes sparkled. It was the first time she had seen the underwater world.
Having been used to seeing green spiritual plants on land, when she suddenly came to the bottom of the sea, the colorful corals and some fish she didn't know all made her feel extremely curious and amazed.
"Shen Qing, after swimming through this coral reef, we'll arrive at the Mermaid Palace!"
Li Xian's voice was a bit tense, filled with anticipation for the unknown and a bit of confusion.