229: Snow White's Abilities

Yang Qi cut through the grass, clearing a path, while Bai Xue cautiously followed behind him. After about half an hour, the two had only advanced two hundred meters.

Seeing Yang Qi drenched in sweat, Bai Xue felt a pang of heartache.

"Darling, why don't we just give up?"

Yang Qi stopped his movements, straightened his back, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself:

"That's right, this is a tropical rainforest! What am I doing, foolishly clearing a path all by myself?"

"It's not like there's a definite treasure waiting for me up ahead."

"I'm a Sea King, not a Mountain King. The ocean is my domain."

Yang Qi rubbed his nose and coughed a few times to ease the awkwardness:

"Uh, Xiao Xue, if you don't want to go into the forest, then let's not! We'll go play by the sea."

The two immediately turned around, with the rear becoming the front, and walked out of the forest.

The stuffy, humid feeling Yang Qi had just experienced immediately disappeared. He secretly thought to himself:

"To hell with exploring the rainforest, I'm never doing that stupid thing again."

"Xiao Xue, shall we go diving?"

Yang Qi suggested, watching Bai Xue play in the water on the ten-meter stretch of beach, her fair feet bare.

"Okay, let's go, let's go, let's go back and change clothes."

Bai Xue immediately agreed.

And so, this island rainforest expedition, after less than an hour, was declared over.

"Oh, get out! I'll do it myself, I can manage it."

Yang Qi, who had intended to help Bai Xue change into her wetsuit, was pushed out of the room.

After a while,

"Darling, help me pull up the zipper."

Bai Xue, wearing a tight black wetsuit, leaned against the door of the rest cabin. Her figure was curvaceous, and from time to time, she showed Yang Qi her jade-white back.

"Little vixen, let's see how this old monk subdues you!"

Yang Qi shouted and quickly pounced on Bai Xue.

After a few minutes of playful teasing, Yang Qi put a mask, oxygen tank, and other diving equipment on Bai Xue, and also tied a diving knife and a net bag to her waist.

After a few admonitions, the two entered the water simultaneously.

In terms of diving professionalism, Bai Xue was definitely more skilled, as she had taken diving as an elective in college and even had a certification.

However, what could you do about Yang Qi, this cheater, who could ignore water pressure and breathe freely underwater, just like a fish?

If it weren't for appearances, he wouldn't even want to carry an oxygen tank. He was just afraid that if he surfaced later, another boat might pass by and see him.

Although Bai Xue had long experienced his diving abilities, Yang Qi didn't want her to worry too much.

Yang Qi held Bai Xue's hand, and the two slowly descended to a depth of over thirty meters.

The clear, transparent seawater had very high visibility. Yang Qi quickly found a large number of Abalone on the reef at the bottom of the sea. There were also some Crab and Grouper that had escaped into the reef caves.

Bai Xue signaled to Yang Qi, meaning that they should split up, she would go to the other side alone, and they would surface when twenty minutes were up.

Yang Qi replied with an 'okay,' telling her to be careful.

There is a set of professional diving hand signals, which are slightly different from sign language. Bai Xue had taught him these, so the two could communicate perfectly underwater.

Otherwise, if two people were underwater, making incomprehensible sign language gestures, it would be very likely to be misunderstood.

Yang Qi pulled out his diving knife and started prying off the large Abalone. In a few movements, he pried off a large Abalone weighing about a pound.

The Abalone grew densely on the reef below, like it was covered in black beans. Basically, three out of ten were about a pound.

Twenty minutes later, Yang Qi held a seven to eight-pound Large Whelk in his hand and dragged a large net bag at his waist.

The large net bag was bulging with large Abalone.

He quickly swam to Bai Xue's side, handed the Large Whelk to Bai Xue, then gently embraced Bai Xue's soft body with one hand, letting her rest for a bit, before slowly swimming back to the setting sail's aft deck.

First, he helped Bai Xue onto the deck, then threw both their net bags up, and finally, with a kick of his leg, he pulled himself up.

"Darling, I'm really not that tired!"

Bai Xue said, looking at Yang Qi, who was still massaging her arms and thighs.

"Really? Don't push yourself! I'll massage you a bit more!"

Yang Qi said, still worried.

"Really, would I lie to you? Look at me."

Afraid that Yang Qi wouldn't believe her, Bai Xue did a split in front of him, then pressed her hands on the deck and easily brought her legs together to stand up. What she displayed was pure leg strength.

But what do you mean by doing a split in front of me while wearing a tight, one-piece wetsuit, and then bringing your legs together to stand up like that?

Your long legs, which are longer than my life, keep flashing before my eyes.

Are you trying to seduce me?

"Gulp."

Yang Qi couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Hehehe."

Bai Xue heard Yang Qi swallow and smiled a little triumphantly.

"I remember you used to get a bit tired after diving to a depth of 30 meters for twenty minutes and prying off Abalone. Why do you still have the energy to seduce your husband now?"

Yang Qi asked, a little puzzled.

"I don't know either. Anyway, after going into the sea this time, I just feel completely relaxed. If it weren't for fear of you worrying, and the net bag being full, I wouldn't have wanted to come up yet."

Bai Xue also said, feeling a bit strange,

"It's an indescribable feeling, hard to put into words!"

"Like a fish in water, a sense of closeness."

Yang Qi prompted her.

"Yes, that's probably the feeling. Anyway, it feels very comfortable."

Bai Xue replied.

Yang Qi took Bai Xue's hand and went to the aft deck, and the two re-entered the water.

"Relax, slowly follow me down, and feel with your heart. Don't worry, I'll protect you by your side."

Yang Qi slowly guided Bai Xue, who at this point was only wearing a mask and fins, nothing else.

At first, Yang Qi didn't dare to dive too deep with Bai Xue, but after a while, Bai Xue shook off his hand and slowly descended on her own.

She even signaled to Yang Qi, who was following behind, to hurry up and catch up.

The two swam around the bottom of the sea, and at Yang Qi's signal, they floated towards the surface.

"Darling, I think I've gained some incredible ability! I can actually breathe freely underwater! Hahaha, this is so cool, I'll help you catch fish from now on."

Bai Xue's face flushed with excitement as she shouted.

"Treasure, treasure, don't get too excited yet. Haven't you discovered anything else?"

Yang Qi gently patted Bai Xue's back and asked.

"Ah! Anything else? Is there?"

Bai Xue frowned and carefully recalled what had just happened.

It didn't seem like there was anything else, right? But then again, it felt like something wasn't quite right.

She looked hesitantly at the smiling Yang Qi.

Suddenly, she understood: "That's right, for such a long time just now, my darling hadn't worn any equipment, not even a mask."