The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 235 Hidden Skills

Shi Ruoan casually brushed aside the dark blue hair that was sticking to his cheek, and the water droplets on his eyelashes trembled slightly as his eyelids fluttered, falling onto his strong arms.

Ling Chengen's slightly teasing tone gradually relaxed his tense nerves.

He first checked her condition with his eyes, and after calming his breathing, he replied, "After cooperating with the Ancient Giant Octopus Clan, I borrowed some manpower from them. One informant was left near the coast to keep an eye on you, so that I wouldn't be at a loss to find you if you left."

“That man sent me a message when you were being chased into the sea by the pack of monstrous beasts.”

Ling Chengen looked at his sharp eyebrows and slightly drooping eyes, and asked, "You rushed here as soon as you heard the news?"

"almost."

"Did I delay your important business?" Ling Chengen asked.

Shi Ruoan pushed off the bank with both hands and leaped out of the water, sitting sideways on a rock on the bank. She turned her head to look at her profile and said in a flat tone, "No."

In fact, it caused a delay.

He had originally planned to take this opportunity to enter the sea eye, as there was only a short period of time each day when it was safe to enter. The timing was perfect, but upon hearing that a large number of vicious beasts were attacking on the shore, he immediately gave up the opportunity and chose to go to the shore to rescue people first.

The young chieftain of the Stone Forest and her two beastmen stayed here because of him. He dared not imagine how serious the consequences would be if anything happened to them during this time.

Ling Chengen tilted his head, sat down next to her, and chuckled, "You're lying."

Shi Ruoan looked into her eyes and found that her gaze was fixed on the water below the surface of the Blue Cave. The silver powder fish, which had been frightened and fled during the fight, had now swum back.

Shi Ruoan saw her following a small fish like a lynx, and suddenly she raised her tail and hit the silver powder fish, sweeping it out of the water with her long tail fin and landing it on her leg.

He casually held a silverfish in his left hand and offered it to her: "Would you like to try some? It's a specialty of our far north seas, the silverfish."

"Isn't this fish rare? Even the royal family of the sea would be imprisoned if they ate it?"

Shi Ruoan chuckled dismissively, glancing at the Shan Na tribesmen who were secretly watching from a distance: "Did those shallow-sea beastmen tell you that?"

Ling Chengen nodded: "You sea tribes call the Shanna tribe 'shallow sea beastmen'?"

"Yes, they are different from us sea people. Like the orcs on land, they live on the shore and only go into the sea when they are hunting. Moreover, most of them cannot enter the deep sea, so we sea people have always called them that."

Ling Chengen's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything more.

Based on her understanding of the Shanna tribe, the Shanna tribe basically categorized themselves as part of the sea tribe. However, she did not expect that in the eyes of the sea tribe, the Shanna tribe was not much different from other beastmen on land.

This difference in perception is quite strange.

Shi Ruoan pointed to the silver-white dagger at her waist: "Let me borrow it for a moment."

Ling Chengen took the dagger and handed it to him. Seeing that he was holding the small dagger rather unfamiliarly, he asked curiously, "How do you usually eat fish?"

“Eat it raw.” Shi Ruoan lowered her head and sliced ​​the fish, making the silvery-pink fish meat so thin that it was translucent. She then casually placed it on a leaf she took out from her space. “There’s no way to start a fire in the sea, so sea creatures basically eat the fish in the sea raw.”

"Aside from some poisonous ones that cannot be eaten, the others are just a matter of taste."

"Silver powder fish were once loved by marine life because of their delicious and sweet taste, but due to overfishing, their numbers have gradually decreased."

The claim that sea creatures that kill silverfish will be imprisoned in ice cages is partly true and partly false.

"The rules are set by the royal family themselves, but they don't actually follow them."

"These rules are for other sea creatures." "They're few in number, and you're still catching them for me to eat? What if I get dragged to an ice prison?" Ling Chengen teased him.

Shi Ruoan didn't raise her head, her tone flat: "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Ling Chengen looked at him in surprise, a hint of doubt on his face, before he heard him speak.

"The ice prison is at the bottom of the sea. If you can't get to the bottom of the sea, you will die."

Ling Chengen raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the shoulder, his lips curling down: "With that mouth of yours, you're destined to be a bachelor for life."

The bone blade in Shi Ruo'an's hand slashed off course and landed on the pad of her index finger.

The sharp blade easily pierced the skin at his fingertips, and a thin red line slowly appeared.

Ling Chengen stared blankly at the bloodstains on his fingertips for a moment, then said, "I'm sorry."

Shi Ruoan stared blankly at the bloodline on her fingertip, then looked up at the guilt in her eyes and asked, "Where did you get this dagger?"

"It was a gift from Su Weihua."

Ling Chengen glanced back at the depths of the cave, but she couldn't see anything inside from there. Her special ability allowed her to sense that many people were exploring and resting inside the cave. Su Weihua's aura was mixed with those of the Shan Na tribe, but she could still vaguely distinguish them.

“He must have forged this himself,” Ling Chengen said uncertainly. “He has metal-type abilities and is currently at the eighth level. He is very skilled at forging various metals into weapons. I don’t know the specifics of how he does it, but if you’re interested, I can ask him for you.”

Shi Ruoan ran his right hand across his fingertips, and the wound on his fingertip was quickly frozen.

Ling Chengen paused as he took out the medicine bottle, and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to administer the medicine?"

“It’s just a minor injury, no need to worry.” Shi Ruoan shook her head, put the dagger in the water to wash it, and while slicing the fish, she said to her, “You should know that high-level warriors have very strong physical defense capabilities.”

"Ah."

Shi Ruoan raised her eyes and said, "Your beastly husband is quite capable."

"Although it's only at the eighth level, the metal weapons it creates can easily slice through my skin."

Ling Chengen said thoughtfully, "You mean..."

"Although I don't think I'm that powerful, so far, the only weapons that can easily cut my skin, besides bone blades, are weapons forged by warriors of the same rank."

"Do you understand the value of his ability?"

Shi Ruo'an has already made it clear; if Ling Cheng'en still doesn't understand, then he's a fool.

"The making of bone blades depends mainly on the materials and the blacksmith's skill."

"Both are indispensable, and the conditions are relatively demanding."

"Bone blades are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Many bone blades are passed down through three generations. Due to the scarcity of materials, masters skilled in bone blade forging are becoming increasingly rare. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to have a weapon that can help you fight against opponents of higher levels and that won't hold you back in crucial moments."

"Don't easily lend the dagger he gave you to others, otherwise it won't be good for you, him, or Shilin."

"I understand." Ling Chengen nodded, as if to express his gratitude for his kindness.

Then, she gave him a half-smile and suddenly asked, "So, do you consider yourself... someone else?"