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

Chapter 236 All My Assets
Shi Ruoan stopped what she was doing, her fingertips gripping the knife hilt. She stared into her eyes for a long time, as if trying to see the deeper meaning behind her question behind her playful expression.

Is it simply being mischievous, or is there something else going on?

"Is it really that simple to think about this for so long?"

Shi Ruoan was a very meticulous person. He stared at her for a long time but didn't see what he wanted to see. In the end, he just lowered his eyes and said, "I'm not sure."

"But as for forging the dagger, I will keep it a secret. You don't need to worry about leaking information from me and causing trouble for your beastman."

Ling Chengen chuckled lightly and didn't continue the topic. He looked down and pointed to the slowly forming ice on the leaves: "Why are you spreading ice?"

"Try it, cut it and eat it cold first, it will taste better."

Ling Chengen initially intended to use his hands, but upon seeing the razor blade in his hand, he suddenly said, "You don't usually slice fish like this with a knife, do you?"

“Tear it with your hands.” Shi Ruoan answered calmly without any hesitation, “But judging from your eating habits in Shilin, it seems you’re used to using two sticks…”

"Those are chopsticks."

“…I’m used to using chopsticks.” Shi Ruoan immediately changed her tune and continued, “I thought that if I tore it by hand, you probably wouldn’t eat it, so I used a knife blade.”

Ling Chengen took out his usual chopsticks from his spatial storage, picked up a thin slice of fish, and put it in his mouth.

She had assumed that even if the fish was delicious, it wouldn't be anything special.

But she still changed her mind.

Fish meat that all sea creatures covet is naturally no ordinary thing. The moment it entered her mouth, she seemed to taste a sweet flavor similar to cream, somewhat like the crispy mountain she had tasted during her travels years ago.

The texture is icy cold. Although it's meat, it has a melt-in-your-mouth feel to it, and it's very smooth.

Ling Chengen was amazed by the taste of the silvery fish slices in his mouth. He couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand, his eyes lighting up: "Mmm... the taste is really good."

Shi Ruoan quickly sliced ​​the remaining fish meat, froze the fish bones, and then with a forceful movement, the fish bones were completely crushed. As he spread his fingers, tiny ice shards fell into the seawater with a clatter.

He placed the leaf on the rock next to Ling Chengen and glanced at the dark cave behind her: "Did you bring anything for lighting?"

“There are still a few pots of light-emitting grass.” Ling Chengen asked him while eating fish, “How do you guys use lighting in the sea?”

"Most marine creatures use fireflies because they are easy to catch, and one catch can last for about half a month. Once the fireflies' light weakens, they are released and re-caught."

Shi Ruoan, with her tail submerged in the water, said thoughtfully, "However, sea fireflies die as soon as they are dehydrated, so there's no way to bring them ashore. The royal family mostly uses fluorite, which is usually found in deep-sea trenches. Because mining it is quite dangerous, the quantity is very limited, so only the royal family uses it for lighting and decoration."

Fluorite is more useful than sea worms because it can glow continuously, and the larger the size, the brighter it is. It also comes in various colors and is very beautiful.

Shi Ruoan took out a fist-sized light pink fluorite from her spatial container and handed it to Ling Chengen: "This is for you. Without Yuheng's special ability to nurture it, the light grass in your hands will probably have a hard time surviving in the far north. As the weather gets colder, the light grass you have left will gradually wither and die."

Ling Chengen took the pink fluorite, his face scrunched up with a frown: "Aren't there any other colors?"

"Many young female sea creatures really like pink fluorite. Don't you land-dwelling females like pink?"

Ling Chengen played with the fluorite in his hand and said with a smile, "It is indeed quite beautiful, but I can only appreciate pink. I feel that white is more suitable for lighting."

Upon hearing this, Shi Ruoan didn't take the pink fluorite back. Instead, she took out a white fluorite of the same size: "Keep the pink one too. I should have given you a proper reward, but since we haven't entered the Sea Extreme Cave yet, I can't get it for now..."

Shi Ruoan pondered whether she should take some time to visit her treasure cave.

Actually, he didn't have much hidden away; most of his wealth accumulated over the years was in his spatial ring.

He was sincere when he said he would give the ring to Ling Chengen; it represented all his wealth.

The treasure cave located near the trench contained items that were mostly left to him by his parents.

Since he didn't earn it himself, he didn't think about using it.

Over the years, apart from occasionally checking to see if anything is missing, I haven't taken anything from inside.

If Ling Chengen is interested, it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it to her.

After all, when his mother passed away, she told him that he could give those treasures to his future partner.

However, since becoming the High Priest of the Sea Clan, he has had no desire to find a partner. Although he doesn't quite understand why the Sea Temple has a rule that the High Priest must be an unmarried merman.

But none of that matters; he never intended to violate the rules of the Sea Sacrifice Temple from the beginning.

A partner is not in his future plans.

Therefore, those treasures were useless to him.

It was used to thank the young clan chief of Shilin and her beast husband for their rescue, so it could be considered to have some value.

Ling Chengen had no idea that while he sat quietly to one side, these were the things on his mind.

She quickly ate all the fish sashimi on the leaf, washed the chopsticks and put them away, then patted her stomach, which looked about half full.

This stuff tastes good, but it doesn't really have a substantial feel when you eat it.

After washing his hands, Ling Chengen squatted down instead of sitting and asked, "Didn't you say you were going to kidnap Mei Ji? It's been two days, why haven't you made a move yet?"

Shi Ruoan slightly turned her hand and said, "My face is too distinctive, so this matter should be handled by the Gu Juzhang clan. They are good at disguise and transformation, and they have spies and helpers everywhere, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Ling Chengen rested his chin on his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly: "You should know that this is the most crucial part of the whole plan. If we fail to bring Mei Ji out and instead alert the enemy, it will be much more difficult to repeat the same trick later."

“Megi’s vigilance will definitely increase, and the guards around her will definitely be strengthened.”

“I know, I have taught the Gu Juzhang clan chief how to capture Mei Ji, and I have also given them weapons to counter Mei Ji.”

"What kind of weapon?" Ling Chengen asked curiously.

Shi Ruoan opened her mouth, then smiled and said, "It's a secret."

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, we should have the results tonight."

Ling Chengen: "So, are you going back to the sea now?"

Shi Ruoan lifted her fish tail out of the water, transforming it into long, slender legs, and stepped barefoot onto the rocks in the water: "I'll go in with you to take a look. This should be an abandoned treasure cave."

Ling Chengen: "You've been here before?"

“I came here with Panxing when I was a child.” Shi Ruoan stood up, wiped the water off her body, and took out a fluorite and placed it in her palm. “Because Panxing had basically never seen his mother and no one took care of him when he was with King Kesaiya, he was a bit withdrawn and insecure when he was a child. He liked to go to some remote and deserted corners and sea caves.”

“Although the far north sea is vast, the merfolk swim fast, so he and I are familiar with most of the secret caves and grottoes in this sea. After the sea creatures who discovered you were being attacked by inferior beasts pointed me in the general direction, I basically guessed that you would come this way.”

"This is the only safe place here, suitable for hiding from vicious beasts."

"It's just that the entrance is too hidden, and without a local sea creature to guide you, you usually can't find it."

"How did you find it?"

Ling Chengen blinked: "I told those Shan Na people that it was a sea tribe friend who told me. But as for how I knew, don't ask me."

Shi Ruoan suddenly smiled and nodded, saying, "Okay, I won't ask anymore."

It wasn't anything important after all. It was already quite an achievement that they decisively went into the sea during the attack by the beasts and found their way here.

Ultimately, it all comes down to nothing.

The two walked to the broken rock, and Ling Chengen pointed to the marks on the stone and asked, "Do these marks have any special meaning?"

"It's an ancient mark, the name of this place."

Shi Ruoan said in a relaxed tone: "This place is called Poseidon Cave. As I told you before, this is a treasure cave that has been abandoned for at least five hundred years. Look at the bottom of the stone, you can still feel some crooked carvings with your hand. Those are the carvings that Pan Xing made on the stone when he was a child."

Ling Chengen moved his fingertips downwards and, sure enough, felt some indentations.

It's very fine; it looks like it was carved with a knife.

"He carved it with his own fingernail."

Shi Ruoan showed her his left hand. With a sudden exertion of force, his originally fair and clean fingers instantly transformed into sharp beast claws, gleaming with a cold light.