Five cubs clung to her; the wicked woman was being targeted.

The salty sea breeze swirled the unique shimmer of scales characteristic of the mermaid market. Behind a stall, a blue-haired mermaid flicked her silver-blue tail fin. Seeing the female lead staring intently at the merman, she immediately raised her clear voice:

"This beautiful female has excellent taste. This is mermaid silk woven from a deep-sea spring. It's as thin as mist and as light as smoke. It's so light that it doesn't even weigh up to put in your pocket." The mermaid flicked her finger and placed the mermaid silk into a huge seashell filled with fish. The shimmering white silk then unfurled in mid-air, clearly reflecting the colorful fish swimming behind her.

"It doesn't get wet, it doesn't burn, and at night it glows with a blue light like stars in the deep sea. If you wear it, even if you dive to the bottom of the ocean, your clothes won't get wet at all!"

The merman took a half-step closer, his tail fin slapping the ground and splashing water, and added in a low voice, "Other people's silk can at most repel water, but mine can also conceal my presence, allowing me to silently escape from ferocious beasts!"

Niu Kou Shui stared at the somewhat feminine-looking male mermaid in front of him with a mixture of disbelief and skepticism, feeling that he was exaggerating.

"How much?" Niu Kou Shui asked. This silk was truly beautiful, comparable to a dream princess dress, and ten times better in quality than the most expensive dress she had ever bought in her previous life, which cost 3,800 yuan.

"Well, that'll only cost ten orange crystals!"

"!" Niu Kou Shui remembered that he had clearly heard three orange crystals just now.

The mermaid seemed to understand the cow's drooling expression, picked up a piece of silk gauze that was only a single piece of fabric next to her, and said, "This piece of silk gauze can be wrapped around your head to shield you from the sun on hot days, and it only costs three orange crystals."

Niu Kou Shui looked at the two pieces of silk: one was a complete dream princess dress, and the other was just a square scarf.

As expected, businessmen are the shrewdest.

The salty sea breeze swirled the shimmering scales, and the mermaid said in a crisp voice, "This silk doesn't get wet in water and glows at night. Other places sell it for twelve orange crystals, but I'll give it to you for ten—a great deal!"

Niu Kou Shui ran his fingertips along the fine weave of the silk, raising an eyebrow. Yue Lin, standing beside him, said, "Eight pieces. Although the weave is dense, it lacks the ice marrow thread from the bottom of the spring chamber, reducing its concealment effect. Against ferocious beasts of level three or higher, it won't be able to hide its presence at all."

The mermaid, in her haste, shook the silver bell on her wrist, water droplets glistening on her scales: "My lord! Eight is too few! I spent three whole months weaving these! Nine, nine is the most I can have!"

Niu Kou Shui pretended to let go and turned to leave: "Eight pieces, take it or leave it."

"Hey! Wait!" The merman quickly called out to her, tenderly stuffing the mermaid silk into Niu Kou Shui's hand. "Never mind, never mind, meeting is fate. Eight it is! You'll have to patronize my business more often next time!"

Niu Kou Shui smiled, tossed over eight bright orange crystal cores, grabbed Jiao Xiao, turned around, and merged into the crowd at the market.

Once out of sight of the mermaid selling the silk, Niu Kou Shui happily picked up the silk and examined it closely.

"It's so beautiful! This money was well spent!" Even though she hadn't spent much of the orange crystal.

"But that's okay. If you encounter something you like and it's within your power, you should definitely get it!"

"My lady, I will work hard to save up beast crystals in the future. Buy whatever you want!" Yue Lin said firmly.

"Mother, I will also try my best to hunt!" Little Jinxuan vowed from the side.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, thank you all!"

"But thanks to you, Yue Lin, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to bargain! We saved two orange crystals! Let's go see the salt." The three of them held hands, and Yue Lin carefully carried the silk ribbon.

Mo Yang concealed his presence and followed at a distance.

"Tch, so useless, they even try to save money on beast crystals." After complaining, Mo Yang continued to follow silently.

After buying the silk, the price of sea salt seemed quite reasonable. Niu Kou Shui immediately bought five large jars. The jars were made of conch shells, with a scallop-shell-like lid at the back. The pointed end of the conch shell could be opened, and you could simply sprinkle the salt from the tip when needed.

That was truly an eye-opener!

The shop also gave me a large seashell-shaped handbag as a gift. The strap was woven from something like seaweed, and it was decorated with small corals and seashells, which was very pretty.

Niu Kou Shui simply put the bag over Yue Lin's shoulder and then filled it with sea salt. Yue Lin was quite happy carrying it.

"A luminous pearl! Don't miss it! A deep-sea luminous pearl!"

The cow's saliva was successfully attracted. The oil was originally intended to be used to make candles to put in the house, so that it would be cozy and not dark at night.

"Boss, how much?" Niu Kou Shui asked.

The salty sea breeze carried the clamor of the mermaid market. Everywhere else was vibrant with color, but the stalls selling luminous pearls were wrapped in black cloth.

Only upon closer inspection could one see that a bead the size of a pigeon's egg lay inside the split giant clam shell, its white color resembling shattered moonlight. It was cool to the touch and surprisingly light.

As soon as Niu Kou Shui's fingertips touched the bead, a pale blue halo rippled across its surface in the surrounding dim light, illuminating even the patterns on the giant clam shell. Within the halo, there seemed to be fine, flowing silver patterns, as if sealing stars from the deep sea within.

The stall owner was a young male mermaid. Seeing her gazing at him with fascination, he said, "These pearls are nurtured by deep-sea clams. It's extremely difficult to harvest even one. Only someone like me can manage to harvest one or two." As he spoke, the mermaid casually tossed his long blue hair and showed off his arm muscles.

Niu Kou Shui: "..." Handsome, but greasy. But it does sound very difficult to pick, otherwise this is the only place in the market selling luminous pearls.

"How much?" Niu Kou Shui asked.

"Just one amethyst is needed!"

"!" Amethyst is required? That's too expensive! Niu drooled in disbelief.

"No, no!" Niu Kou Shui hurriedly waved his hand, pulling Yue Lin and Xiao Jin Xuan along without looking back.

Before leaving, Yue glared at the merman and struck a pose!

Mo Yang watched from behind, pondered for a moment, and then looked at the luminous pearl in his own space, which was twice the size.

Seemingly deep in thought, Mo Yang quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Although everything at the market looked beautiful and I wanted to buy everything, I knew when to stop. Today I've already bought the necessities—salt—and also some very satisfactory silk.

Finally, I bought a bag of oysters and prepared to head home.

"Why did you buy this, Mother?" Xiao Jinxuan pointed to the oysters with ugly shells in the bag.

"Let's bake this when we get back, it'll be delicious," Niu Kou Shui said, patting Xiao Jin Xuan's head.

Yue Lin's face was a little red. The old stall owner had pulled him aside and told him that eating this was good for his sex life...

"Let's go, let's head back home."

The three returned the way they came.

"Night-shining pearl, don't miss it if you pass by." Mo Yang finally spoke when he saw people coming, imitating the people who sold night-shining pearls before. It was his first time selling something, so he was still a little unskilled.

"Hey, how come they sell luminous pearls here too? I don't remember them when I came here," Niu Kou Shui said.

"Maybe they just set up their stall?" Yue Lin said.

"Let's go take a look."