Chenxi's sobs came intermittently, but her mouth kept running.
"What should I do? Why is the sword spirit so sad too? Am I going to die too?"
"Why are your lifespans so short? One by one, you all leave me behind. Am I some cheap sword spirit?!"
"No, no. You might as well break me. Let me go and accompany the giant octopus, find the saintess, and find Li Yuan."
However, when Li Xian put his hand on the Chenxi Sword, Chenxi changed her mind.
"Wuwuwu, you cold - hearted person. You say you'll break me just like that and destroy me. Where else can you find such an excellent sword? I'm the legacy left by your grandmother and father. How could you bear it!"
The atmosphere on - site was completely ruined by Chenxi's chatter. Shen Qing's mood fluctuated, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Suddenly, the red - silk pearl fish around them panicked and scattered in all directions. The sounds in their ears disappeared, replaced by what seemed to be a series of low - pitched screams.
"What's going on?" Shen Qing quickly looked up.
A huge ship had appeared on the sea at some unknown time. Its dark shadow loomed heavily right above them.
What had caused the panic among the red - silk pearl fish were the hooks and large nets lowered from the ship.
Three giant hooks were quickly lowered. One of the hooks happened to fall in the direction where Shen Qing was.
Knowing that Shen Qing swam relatively slowly, Li Xian grabbed her and swam outwards at an extremely fast speed.
Shen Qing patted her chest in fear. If Li Xian hadn't grabbed her, even if her reaction speed was fast, it wouldn't have been of any use. The hook was coming down so fast that with her swimming style, there was no way she could have dodged it.
The three hooks stabbed deeply into the giant octopus's head, and a stream of blue blood oozed from the octopus's wound.
Chenxi got anxious: "They don't want to fish out the giant octopus's corpse, do they? They won't even let the dead rest in peace. These humans are so disgusting!!"
"Li Xian! Shen Qing, I'm begging you. I don't want the giant octopus's body to be eaten by humans after its death. Will you go and stop them? Please, I'm begging you."
Chenxi anxiously watched as the giant octopus's body, which had been slowly sinking, was now being pulled back up towards the sea surface by the hooks. She was so anxious that she kept spinning in circles.
She wanted to take action, but without Li Xian's permission, as a sword spirit, she couldn't act on her own.
Shen Qing looked up and saw that a large net had caught a group of red - silk pearl fish. The fish were anxiously looking for an exit but to no avail.
"Li Xian, let's go and stop them!"
"Okay!"
Li Xian turned to Chenxi and said, "Go back into the sword. Don't let anyone see you."
If Chenxi's mermaid form was seen, even as a sword spirit, it would cause quite a stir.
Without a word, Chenxi turned into a beam of light and钻进了 the sword.
The two looked at each other and swam towards the sea surface.
The remaining red - silk pearl fish had scattered and fled, and the water, which had just become a bit clearer, turned turbid again.
The large net was very close to the sea surface. Some of the red - silk pearl fish near the top jumped a few times and accidentally jumped out of the water, instantly turning into a pool of blood.
The blood - red color on the sea surface instantly became more intense.
Shen Qing tried to remove the hook that was fixed on the giant octopus but found that the hook was stuck very deep and she couldn't get it out for a while. The rope that was pulling the hook was made of some unknown material, and even the Forget - Me - Not Sword couldn't cut it.
There was no other way, so Shen Qing and Li Xian decided to swim towards the shore first.
Before they reached the water surface, Shen Qing heard a familiar voice.
The somewhat irritable voice of the Plum Blossom Lady came: "I've already said not to pull it up so fast. Don't you know these red - silk pearl fish can't leave the water? Look, these on top have all turned into blood."
"You're so useless!"
Then, the flattering voice of Scar came: "Plum Blossom Lady, don't be angry. It's my two subordinates' fault. We'll lower the net a bit more."
"A You, A Zuo, you two useless fools. What are you standing there for? Hurry up and do as the Plum Blossom Lady says!"
Hearing this, A Zuo and A You turned around to lower the net, but they were still muttering something不满ly, though Shen Qing didn't catch what they said.
Shen Qing's eyes flashed. So it was these people.
It was just right. She could settle the old and new scores together!
"Cold Ling Frost Descends!"
Shen Qing emerged from the water with the Forget - Me - Not Sword in hand. As the sword sliced through the air, the splashed water instantly turned into ice pillars that crashed heavily onto the ship.
Some people on the ship who were too slow to dodge were hit hard by the ice pillars and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The Plum Blossom Lady and Scar reacted very quickly. They dodged the ice pillars with a few quick moves and then shattered the successive ice pillars.
Wu Tong and the two sisters from the An family heard the commotion and hurriedly came out of the cabin.
Before they could counter - attack, Li Xian followed closely behind. With a wave of his hand, the sea water rose up and formed a small wave that knocked the people down on the deck, soaking them all.
Shen Qing seized the opportunity and threw the Forget - Me - Not Sword onto the deck. The sword inserted itself into the deck, and centered around the sword, all the places on the deck with water turned into ice.
The Plum Blossom Lady had just taken out her package and was still in the posture of scolding when everything below her neck was frozen and she couldn't move.
The same happened to the other people.
Shen Qing slowly landed on the deck, pulled out the Forget - Me - Not Sword from the deck, twirled a beautiful sword flower with her wrist, her beautiful eyes filled with frost as she coldly looked at the frozen people.
Li Xian followed closely behind and landed steadily behind Shen Qing.
The words that the Plum Blossom Lady was about to curse were forcefully held back when she saw this perfect couple who seemed to have descended from the heavens.
Shen Qing and Li Xian didn't hide their cultivation levels. One was in the middle stage of Nascent Soul and the other was in the late stage. The Plum Blossom Lady, who had the highest cultivation level on the ship, was only in the early stage of Nascent Soul, and all the insects she relied on were frozen.
So, she forced out an extremely stiff smile and said, "Two... two seniors, what are you doing? Could it be that you've come to rob the ship?"
"If you want to rob the ship, you can have all these things. Please spare our lives!"
"And also! We just caught a sea beast in the sea. We'll give it to you too, to you too!"
Although Scar was a bit dissatisfied with the Plum Blossom Lady's act of giving away things so easily, under the suppression of the Nascent Soul cultivators, he didn't dare to say a word.
Shen Qing and Li Xian didn't deliberately hide their appearances anymore. Their auras and spiritual powers were completely different from before, so the people on the ship didn't recognize them.
Shen Qing glanced at Li Xian, who immediately understood. He released the hooks that were holding the giant octopus and let the red - silk pearl fish in the net go. Then he jumped back into the sea.
He wanted to let Chenxi go and see her friend off one last time.
When the Plum Blossom Lady saw Li Xian's actions, she immediately realized that these two people weren't here for these things.
She immediately felt a bit unsure.
Shen Qing calmly twirled another sword flower and looked at the people on the ship one by one.
"Where's Liu You? Where is she?"
Everyone was here except for one. Shen Qing wanted to figure out if this person was still on the ship. It wouldn't be good if she was hiding in the dark and launching a sneak attack.
Everyone's expressions changed. The Plum Blossom Lady's voice was a bit panicked: "How do you know Liu You?!"