Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 147 Hiding Gold

Fortunately, the lower half of the coral body was dressed in a "skirt," a short, umbrella-shaped garment that shimmered with the same multicolored light as its scales...

Beneath the skirt were two smooth, hairy legs, so thick with hair that it looked like she was wearing wool pants, and the hair was even black!
Shen Yun glanced at Shanhu's delicate, almost feminine features, then at her extremely unsightly hairy legs, and broke down: "No, big sister, oh no no, big brother, it's one thing for you to have hairy legs, but how come a white-haired person like you has black leg hair?!"

Bai Chenxue's focus instantly shifted: "Wait, although long leg hair is ridiculous, Coral has silver hair, not white!"

Coral looked innocent: "Hmm? Silver hair, can't it grow black leg hair?"

Shen Yun's voice was almost in despair: "Of course! Look, look at your eyebrows! They're silver too! Your body hair is silver, how could black leg hair grow? Even if it did, it should be silver! Besides, aren't these legs created by magic?! Why would they need to grow leg hair?!"

Coral's expression turned very strange: "More than ten years ago, I met a human. He thought I was one of his own kind who was drowning and wanted to save me. I saw that he was just an ordinary person and was worried that he would be scared, so I conjured up legs. But he thought I was a woman. I said I wasn't, but he didn't believe me. He said that all men have leg hair and even lifted his clothes to show me. His legs... were like this!"

Then, looking puzzled, he asked, "Don't all male humans have legs like this?"

Shen Yun lifted her clothes and stretched out her bare legs: "Look, I don't have any leg hair!"

Bai Chenxue rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "That's because you didn't pinch his cheeks when you were making them!"

Coral exclaimed in realization, "I thought all human legs were like that!"

But then he asked, "However, why did he mistake me for a woman in the first place?"

“Mainly, among our human race, girls are indeed more beautiful and refined,” Shen Yun said, then thought for a moment, pointed to himself and Bai Chenxue, and asked, “Hmm… for example, can you see the difference between the two of us?”

"If we're judging by appearance..."

Coral pondered for a moment, looked the two of them over and over, and then honestly shook her head, saying, "Judging from their appearances, I really can't see any difference. I even thought you two were siblings!"

Bai Chenxue looked at Shen Yun, who was standing next to her and bore no resemblance to her except for their black hair, in shock, and began to doubt the Quanxian Clan's judgment.

Shen Yun asked, "Then how do you distinguish between men and women?"

"Smell it!"

Coral replied matter-of-factly, "Whether it's humans or the Spring Immortals, the scents of males and females are quite different. Can't you smell it?"

Shen Yun spread his hands: "Fine, pheromones, huh?"

Bai Chenxue suddenly realized that many animals in the animal kingdom distinguish between the sexes using steroid pheromones, and androstenone, the source of the famous pungent odor on boars, is one of the most typical examples.

Coral hadn't heard of this word before and asked, "What kind of substance is it?"

"Pheromone is a biological pheromone that most animals can smell, but we humans are not sensitive to. I guess this is what you're talking about! Anyway, we humans are divided into men and women, and we generally use our eyes to see!"

"Oh……"

Coral nodded blankly. Although he still didn't understand, he was too embarrassed to ask any more questions.

"Let's not talk about that. By the way, Coral, do you Quanxian people eat cooked food? Grilled meat? Grilled seafood?"

"Of course we ate! Our Quanxian tribe has so many delicious foods!"

Shen Yun scratched his head: "Can you even start a fire underwater? And even if it's cooked, it'll be soaked in seawater, right?"

"Although the Quanxian Clan lives mostly underwater, they cultivate on the surface, so they sometimes eat on the surface, on reefs, or on islands." Bai Chenxue asked curiously, "So what do you eat? Fish? Crabs? Shellfish?"

"And seaweed, but if we don't eat crab, how are we supposed to eat crab? That's so strange!"

Bai Chenxue's eyes lit up, and she suggested, "The pearls you gave us are too precious! How about this, we'll treat you to barbecue? It's a delicacy of our human race!"

Shen Yunfu instantly understood his companion's meaning, and hurriedly raised the bamboo basket in his hand, echoing, "That's right, that's right! Look, we're going beachcombing! We were planning to have a barbecue later anyway! Since we've already exchanged names and gifts, we're practically friends now, so let's have a meal together!"

"Barbecue? Is it just cooking food over a fire?"

"That's right! Want to try some?"

"Then I shall gladly accept your offer. Please wait a moment, I'll go catch some fish!"

As soon as Coral finished speaking, her figure transformed into a streak of light and flew into the sea.

Once the coral was completely out of sight, Bai Chenxue's eyes lit up, and she excitedly urged, "Quick, quick, make a reservation with Brother Dachang! Let him cook for us himself! This is a rare opportunity! Let's try to become the regional distributor for the Quanxian Clan's specialty products! Let's expand and strengthen our business! These pearls alone are worth a lot of spirit stones! Not to mention the mermaid silk! If we can monopolize the mermaid silk in the future, it will be like gold falling from the sky!"

Shen Yun was also very excited: "They're in contact! Aren't you on good terms with Second Senior Sister and the others? Ask them if they're free! I don't think the two of us can handle such a big deal! Besides, this place is too close to Longshan Port. Let's seize this opportunity to snatch it up first! Otherwise, once Longshan realizes what's happening, we won't even get a sip!"

Bai Chenxue also became anxious upon hearing this, and hurriedly began to scroll through her friend list to send private messages to the top testers one by one, muttering, "Oh right! That makes sense! What if they take advantage of their proximity to the mermaid and act as middlemen? Then we'll be giving away our prize for nothing!"

……

Meanwhile, on the seabed, in a house made of various reefs and fish bones, Coral changed its previous innocent demeanor. First, it casually caught a few sea fish and carried them around excitedly several times in the house. After calming down a bit, it contacted its sister, whom it hadn't heard from in a long time.

"Sister, I met two human cultivators on the shore today. They invited me to dinner. If I get out of their range, please remember to come and save me!"

The Quanxian tribe communicates primarily through divine sense, allowing them to communicate instantly even across thousands of miles. Therefore, Coral quickly received a reply: "Why take such a great risk?"

"Just in case. Those two cultivators are only at the Foundation Establishment stage, they're very weak. Even if hundreds more came, they wouldn't be able to hurt me! But I think they seem very interested in our mermaid silk and sea spirit pearl. I'm thinking of seeing if we can exchange them for some knives, or gold and silver jewelry. If we can do business with them long-term, then the sea will be paved with gold! Wouldn't we be able to make a fortune in this area of ​​the sea?"

"They actually agreed to sell the ore?"

"Not only that, it seems like you could also directly buy spiritual artifacts and magic weapons!"

"Such a good thing!? In this way, our Xiling clan will no longer have to put up with the Changwu clan's bullying! My brother, should we bring some more gifts?"

"I've already given out quite a few Sea Spirit Pearls!"

Why are you so stingy?

"I don't know what the human race wants, so I'll bring some of everything and see what they like later!"

"That's quite thoughtful!"

"Sister, wait for my good news!"

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(End of this chapter)