230: Adaptability

Bai Xue’s eyes widened as she stared intently at Yang Qi and asked, “Hubby, how can you do it too? You must know what’s going on, won’t you tell me?”

“Hmm, let’s try one more time, and then we’ll talk,” Yang Qi suggested.

“Okay, come on! You chase me.” This time, she didn't wear a blindfold and quickly dived headfirst towards the bottom of the sea.

Yang Qi also turned and followed. Although Bai Xue was a better swimmer, Yang Qi’s strength was superior.

Soon, Yang Qi caught up with Bai Xue, and the two swam side-by-side, quickly reaching the seabed. They discovered they could truly ignore water pressure and buoyancy, just like fish.

They could easily perform any movement, even walk on the seabed.

About half an hour later, Bai Xue pointed upwards. The two surfaced together and then boarded the setting sail.

“Hubby, being down there for so long might have affected me; I felt a little breathless just now.”

“Can you tell me what’s going on now?” Bai Xue asked, slightly out of breath.

“Xiao Xue, look, there seem to be two Sea Bass over there,” Yang Qi suddenly said, pointing to the sea surface about 10 meters ahead.

Bai Xue stared at the spot, looking left and right for a long time but saw nothing: “Where? I don’t see anything. Did they just jump out?”

“Yes, they just jumped out,” Yang Qi confirmed. Bai Xue likely didn’t gain x-ray vision.

He organized his thoughts and said, “The day I rescued you, I discovered I had a special affinity for water, so I chose to become a fisherman.”

“That day when I went swimming with you, I found I could breathe underwater. I was afraid of scaring you, so I never told you.”

“I suspect it might have been after the auction that day, when we were on the boat…”

Yang Qi leaned into Bai Xue’s ear and whispered a few words, making Bai Xue blush intensely and giggle.

“I think it’s possible that at that time, I passed this ability on to you,” Yang Qi continued.

“Then, Hubby, will my ability get stronger? Look, right now, I can’t even keep up with you in terms of time,” Bai Xue asked excitedly, hugging Yang Qi’s neck.

“Hmm, that, I really don’t know,” Yang Qi said truthfully.

“Come on, Hubby, let’s practice more.” Bai Xue said, her eyes like silk.

“Okay! Let’s go, for your ability, we need to exercise frequently.”

Yang Qi was overjoyed and scooped up Bai Xue, heading towards the rest cabin.

Having just gained her extraordinary ability, Bai Xue was filled with excitement and wildness today, greatly satisfying Yang Qi’s mind and body.

As for the Abalone left on the deck, the two had long forgotten about them.

The two battled for a long time, with occasional shouts and pleas for mercy echoing out. However, both were people who disregarded martial ethics.

Instead of stopping and making peace, both sides struck harder, using all their might, wanting to defeat the other.

Bai Xue fought with increasing ferocity, eventually turning defeat into victory, ultimately leaving Yang Qi frothing at the mouth, completely weak, and surrendering.

It was just a spar, only to determine superiority, not life or death!

After an unknown amount of time, the two walked out of the rest cabin hand in hand.

Yang Qi went to pick up the two net bags on the deck, putting all the Abalone into one large net bag and keeping them in the small live fish tank.

The Large Whelk, taking advantage of being ignored, had already escaped to the side of the boat. If the gunwale hadn’t been too high for it to climb out, it would have long since jumped into the sea and fled.

Alas, man proposes, God disposes. Feeling a surge of frustration, it was ultimately thrown into the live fish tank by Yang Qi.

“Hubby, what do we do next? Continue diving for Abalone?” Bai Xue asked. Now that she also possessed such a miraculous ability, she wished she could live in the sea.

“Let’s rest for a while before going back into the sea, or how about we set the ground cages first?”

“We’ll stay here for today and not leave. Later, we’ll go into the sea and play to our heart’s content.”

Yang Qi used to be careful not to reveal too much, but now that Bai Xue also had this ability and there was no one else nearby, the two could truly enjoy themselves in the sea.

“Okay, I’ll listen to you. Let’s set the ground cages and earn some money, hehehe.” Bai Xue always obeyed Yang Qi.

About an hour later, the two had placed all the ground cages in the reef area. They had prepared a lot of bait for this trip, and both were looking forward to a big harvest.

“Hubby, next time we come out, can we buy some swimsuits? When no one is around at night, we can go into the sea wearing swimsuits,” Bai Xue said, looking at Yang Qi with wide, blinking eyes.

“I think that’s a good idea,” Yang Qi’s eyes lit up, and then he said with a mischievous smile, “Actually, when it’s night, no one will see us even if we skinny-dip.”

Bai Xue glared at him but didn’t say anything.

Yang Qi continued to coax her: “Last time, when I was alone, I skinny-dipped, and it felt especially comfortable.”

“Really? You just dangled that bad thing of yours and swam like that? Aren’t you afraid a fish would come and snatch it away?!” Bai Xue finished speaking and covered her mouth, laughing, as if she had imagined something amusing.

Alas! Sometimes, after some people transform from girls into women, they can say anything.

The two teased each other for a while, then put on their flippers and went into the sea hand in hand.

After playing around in the seabed for a while, the two began to pry Abalone in one direction.

Because each of them was carrying two net bags this time, it would take longer, and having two people together also meant they could look out for each other.

At this moment, Yang Qi saw Bai Xue nearby, holding a Spiny Lobster’s long whiskers with both hands, signaling to him.

He quickly kicked hard, wiggled his flippers a few times, and arrived beside Bai Xue, seeing this four-jin (approx. 2 kg) Chinese Spiny Lobster, colorful and very beautiful.

At this moment, it was struggling constantly in Bai Xue’s hands, bouncing up and down.

Yang Qi, fearing its hard shell would scratch Bai Xue, quickly opened a net bag and put it inside.

Finally, he tied the mouth of the bag and gave Bai Xue a thumbs-up. Bai Xue grinned sweetly, her smile captivating.

Next, Yang Qi also caught a few Spiny Lobsters weighing one or two jin (approx. 0.5-1 kg), but of course, most of what they caught were Abalone.

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Qi’s net bag for Abalone was full, and he saw Bai Xue still catching Spiny Lobsters not far away.

At this moment, she had her back to him, bending over between some reefs, looking at something.

Yang Qi was curious and went to see what was happening.

As he approached, the appearance of two faces might have startled the creature in the reef hole.

A sandstorm suddenly erupted from the cave entrance, and before they could clearly see what it was, they only felt a black shadow “swish” and disappear without a trace.

By the time the two turned their heads to look in the direction the black shadow had fled, it was already dozens of meters away.

Only a few places of churning sand were left along the way. Yang Qi used his ability to see clearly that it was a large moray eel, as thick as Bai Xue’s thigh.

The moray eel, also known as the yellow-margined moray eel or bare-breasted moray eel, has an elongated body, slightly flattened laterally.

Its head is relatively long, with a mouth full of teeth, and it has barbs, giving it a very strong bite force.