Beside them, Ming Jiuxiao saw this, flicked his three-meter-long wide sleeves, letting Leng Ruoli tie the rope to his long sleeves, and then throw the rope down. Leng Jinyu was just able to reach it.
Then, Leng Jinyu grabbed the rope and used his Qinggong to fly onto the large stone. The few people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But after a moment, the strange fish leaped out of the water again, and with its mouth full of sharp teeth, it jumped onto the large stone where they were.
Immediately, it lunged at Leng Jinyu. Leng Jinyu quickly dodged, and Leng Ruoli and the others also moved aside. However, the strange fish seemed to have a vendetta against Leng Jinyu and kept chasing him, jumping back and forth over the piles of rocks, which stunned Leng Ruoli and the others.
The next second, a thought suddenly flashed through Leng Ruoli's mind.
“Daddy, could this strange fish have set its sights on the Hai Su Cao on your person?”
Leng Jinyu, reminded by Leng Ruoli, also remembered the Hai Su Cao he had placed on his chest, and his vigilance increased several hundredfold.
If this strange fish was indeed targeting the Hai Su Cao on him, he absolutely could not let it succeed. This made him even more cautious, but he couldn’t keep dodging it either. Originally, Leng Jinyu had intended to let the strange fish go, because strange fish that grew to this size were generally intelligent, so he didn’t want to commit a sin.
Unexpectedly, this strange fish was actually targeting his Hai Su Cao. That wouldn't do. The Hai Su Cao he had painstakingly collected was for curing Wan'er, and he couldn’t give it to it.
As Leng Jinyu was thinking, the large fish chasing him suddenly exerted its strength and lunged fiercely at him. Fortunately, his reaction was quick, and he successfully dodged it.
Immediately, Leng Jinyu spread his hands, raising his palms upwards, gathering three-tenths of his internal energy, and with a flick of his hand, he struck at the strange fish. The strange fish was instantly sent flying several meters away, getting stuck in a rock crevice, but it was not injured. Moreover, it easily wriggled out of the crevice.
Leng Ruoli watched this scene, immediately took out two long swords from her spatial dimension, threw one to Leng Ruorui, drew her long sword, and hacked at the strange fish that looked like a hedgehog.
Leng Ruoli hacked at the strange fish three times in quick succession. She only heard three clangs, but her long sword not only failed to injure it but also chipped a large piece.
She had not expected its spines and flesh to be as hard as iron, rendering even her sword useless against it.
Jun Mohan and Leng Ruorui, who followed closely behind her, were also stunned on the spot.
It was the first time they had ever seen such a hard, spiny strange fish.
However, Leng Ruoli's action also enraged the strange fish. It immediately changed direction and attacked her. Leng Ruoli and the others hastily dodged, but this strange fish only attacked Leng Ruoli. Leng Ruorui and Ming Jiuxiao, who wanted to help, didn’t know where to start, and could only watch Leng Ruoli and the strange fish leap back and forth over these large rocks, which made Leng Ruoli feel very frustrated.
This unknown strange fish was too cunning.
While dodging the strange fish, she also used her internal energy to block its attacks. However, no matter how Leng Ruoli struck the strange fish with her internal energy, it remained unharmed. At most, its spines were slightly askew.
Seeing this, Jun Mohan quickly ran to Leng Jinyu's side and asked Leng Jinyu to hand over the Hai Su Cao. He attempted to lure the strange fish away with the Hai Su Cao. As it turned out, just as Leng Ruoli and he had thought, the strange fish had climbed ashore to attack people because of this Hai Su Cao.
However, this Hai Su Cao was the only one they had found. They could not let this strange fish have it. His wife needed to take this Hai Su Cao back to save his mother-in-law.
But when Jun Mohan took out the Hai Su Cao, the strange fish immediately changed its target of attack and lunged fiercely at Jun Mohan.
Its small eyes were fixed on the Hai Su Cao in Jun Mohan's hand. From its eyes, Jun Mohan could see the anger emanating from the strange fish.
“Strange fish, do you want the Hai Su Cao in my hand?”
Jun Mohan tried to communicate with the strange fish. To his surprise, the strange fish actually understood and stopped attacking him.
Jun Mohan's heart leaped with joy, and he continued, “But I also need this Hai Su Cao to save someone. How about you give me a few leaves from this Hai Su Cao, and we’ll return the whole plant to you.”
After he finished speaking, the strange fish stood still, staring at Jun Mohan.
Jun Mohan couldn’t tell if the strange fish agreed or disagreed. He had no choice but to call Leng Ruoli over, as Leng Ruoli often interacted with her beast pets and knew some beast languages.
“Li’er, come here and see if you can communicate with it.”
Leng Ruoli heard Jun Mohan's words and immediately walked to his side.
“Hey, strange fish, I’m telling you, if you agree with what I say when I ask you a question, nod your head. If you disagree, shake your head. Can you do that?”
Leng Ruoli tried to communicate with it.
Unexpectedly, this strange fish could indeed understand.
It not only nodded but also made two "woo woo!" sounds.
“So you can really understand! Not bad, you’re so smart!”
Leng Ruoli praised it without reservation.
Upon hearing this, the strange fish proudly turned its head, as if saying, “Of course, who do you think I am?”
However, Leng Ruoli immediately got down to business.
“Alright then, since you can understand what we’re saying, I’ll ask you some questions.”
“Do you want this Hai Su Cao?”
After hearing Leng Ruoli’s question, the strange fish looked at Leng Ruoli and nodded. Leng Ruoli immediately understood its meaning.
“Since you want this Hai Su Cao, and we also want this Hai Su Cao to save someone, then we can only think of a mutually beneficial solution. Actually, I don’t want much, just a few leaves of Hai Su Cao. If you agree to let me pick a few leaves, I’ll return the whole plant to you. How about it?”
Upon hearing Leng Ruoli’s words, the strange fish stared at Leng Ruoli with its small eyes, as if deep in thought.
Then, Leng Ruoli continued to fan the strange fish.
“If you don’t agree, we’ll have to keep fighting… and then we’ll kill you and take the entire Hai Su Cao.”
Upon hearing Leng Ruoli’s words, the strange fish finally nodded.
Leng Ruoli looked at its wronged and angry expression, casually plucked a few leaves of Hai Su Cao and put them into her spatial dimension. Then, she threw the entire plant to the strange fish. The strange fish held the Hai Su Cao in its mouth and quickly leaped from the large stone into the sea.
At this moment, Leng Ruoli and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After obtaining the Hai Su Cao, in order to fly over the dangerous beach they had just encountered, Leng Ruoli forcefully woke up the Snow Dragon that was in hibernation in her spatial dimension and released it to act as a mount to fly over the beach and return to the courtyard.
In any case, she couldn’t let Jun Mohan continue to expend his internal energy.