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"They said they wanted to see if Shirley came over again."
Fu Hai said with a hint of resentment, "Junior sister...why didn't you say so earlier?"
I was still searching all over the mountain for Xiaoye, and even though I was anxious, I didn't get to eat her.
Song Lingyue rolled her eyes dramatically: "Senior brother, you didn't even ask?" She put on her apron and went to the inn's kitchen.
Fu Hai followed behind her, wondering if he should ask Ling Yue for help.
"Senior brother, what are you doing following me here?" Song Lingyue, unaware of the danger, turned to look at him in confusion from the kitchen. "Going to call Sister Qiu Ying down for dinner?"
Chapter 223: The "Crystal Palace" side quest continues.
"Okay, I'll go right away." The young man was, in essence, still a believer in the Five Stresses and Four Beauties.
Because I was in a hurry, I insisted on asking my junior sister for help; I couldn't possibly do something like that.
Just as he was about to cross the backyard and go up the mountain again to call for Sister Qiu Ying.
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard coming from the east gate of the backyard.
The half-open door was kicked open with a loud commotion.
You could tell it was Yue Lan who had returned just by hearing her voice.
"Senior brother, senior brother!" Xia Yuelan saw him at a glance and skipped over, "Shrimp soldiers and crab generals are coming to catch you."
As she jumped, the little bunny on her chest bounced wildly.
Fu Hai said, "What the hell? Where's Xiao Ye? Didn't she go with you?"
Xia Yuelan said, "They're behind. There are two more behind."
"Yue Lan, you're about to break down this door!" Xiao Ye's sweet and pleasant voice followed. "Ah, brother, you're back too?"
Fu Hai noticed that Xiao Ye was followed by two girls... or rather, two mermaids?
He actually saw two Sherrys.
Two girls who look exactly alike, but neither of them has a mermaid tail.
They wore specially made knee-length straight skirts, barefoot, each revealing their fair calves below the knee.
In another world, wearing such short skirts would be commonplace for girls.
But in this world, rarity makes them particularly pleasing to the eye.
Both girls had their hair styled in double buns, and their chests had a strange "fullness," as if something was covering their clothes inside.
“Those two are…” Song Lingyue, who heard the voices, also moved out.
“Young Master Fu,” one of the girls said, “this is my older sister Chunli. We are identical twins, so we look alike. My sister was born a little later than me.”
The little mermaid named Chunli bowed and said, "Thank you for saving my sister, young master. I am very grateful."
“Yesterday, my sister returned to the Crystal Palace via a waterway we didn’t even know about. When she told us about it, we learned that you, young master, have the amazing ability to read breasts and can even predict the future.”
Sherry said, "Just as you said, our Crystal Palace is facing annihilation."
“Our Palace Mistress knows that the young master’s physiognomy skills are so amazing, so she sent us, the two sisters, Fish, to invite the young master to visit the Crystal Palace and try to alleviate the crisis for our Crystal Palace.”
As they were talking, Fu Hai heard a "ding" sound in his ear.
Take a quick look.
The side quest "Crystal Palace" remains open. Completing this side quest is expected to reward you with: Crystal Palace *1, over 1000 Jiao Clan beauties (excluding those over six years old and under), and numerous treasures such as mermaid pearls and corals (estimated at over 100 million taels of silver).
[Current Quest Guide: Accept the invitation from the Crystal Palace envoy to enter the underground lake Crystal Palace, and strive to gain the trust of the Crystal Palace Master in preparation for further conquest and plunder of the Crystal Palace.]
Fu Hai thought to himself that the side quests were picking up very quickly; he had just sent Shirley back last night, and they were already here today.
It seems that things are really not going well at Crystal Palace.
Just then, Sister Qiu Ying entered the backyard from the foot of the mountain: "Those two are..."
Fu Hai briefly explained it to Sister Qiu Ying.
Sister Qiu Ying looked at him and asked, "What does the master plan to do?" Fu Hai pondered for a moment and said, "The Crystal Palace needs help. It's fine if we don't know, but now that we do, we should at least go and see."
"Besides, the new entrance to the Crystal Palace is located behind our mountain. If we leave it unattended, those people who are after the Crystal Palace will eventually affect us as well."
Xia Yuelan nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, that's what I think too."
But everyone knows she definitely didn't think that much about it.
The main reason was that now that she knew about the Crystal Palace, she felt restless if she didn't go and see it.
Fu Hai pondered for a moment and said, "How about we close the inn and go take a look together?"
Although there is a system with task guidance, it should be relatively safe.
But with a master like Sister Qiu Ying by his side, he felt more at ease.
Xiaoye said softly, "Well, I won't go. How about I stay here and watch the inn?"
Fu Hai looked at Xiao Ye and asked in surprise, "Xiao Ye, aren't you going?" Xia Yuelan said, "Sigh! Xiao Ye said she can't swim. I told her that swimming is easy to learn, especially since she's so good at it, but she just won't go."
Little Night's two fingers poked together: "I... I sink as soon as I go into the water..."
Fu Hai thought, "Skeletons sink as soon as they go into the water...that seems pretty normal?" Song Lingyue looked at Chunli and Shirley: "We're human, we can't breathe underwater, are you sure it's okay?"
Chunli said, "The Palace Master asked us to bring several water-repelling beads specially made by the Crystal Palace. As long as you hold them in your mouth, even if you are in water, they can easily provide you with the air you need to breathe."
She raised her small, white hand, with a dozen tiny beads in her palm.
Sherry continued, "Once inside the Crystal Palace, which is filled with water without roots, even without the Water-Repelling Pearl, ordinary people can speak and walk freely within it."
Song Lingyue looked at her senior brother and said, "Even if we're going, we should buy some water chestnuts first. I don't know where to find water chestnuts in the city, and it's getting late, so the shops are probably all closed..."
Chunli quickly said, "Don't worry, sister, there are only girls in our Crystal Palace, no men. So, um..."
She glanced at Fu Hai, implying that as long as they didn't mind this young master Fu seeing their curves exposed after getting wet, they wouldn't be so particular.
Xia Yuelan asked in surprise, "Only women, no men? How do you have children?"
Sherry said softly, "The origins of our Crystal Palace are somewhat unusual. We don't even know if there are any other merfolk in the world besides us."
"In short, you will understand once you arrive at the Crystal Palace."
Xia Yuelan said, "Oh dear, then Senior Brother got the better deal?"
The others also looked at the boy.
Fu Hai said, "Hey, why are you all looking at me like that? What have I gained?"
"Sigh! In short, even if we bring those water-based products into the city, they don't seem to sell well. They'll probably have to go to the dock outside the West Gate. People live off the land and water. If you're talking about good ones, there are actually a few in the mountains, though they haven't been maintained and are probably almost worn out."
"There really isn't any water available, so let's just go like this!"
Song Lingyue thought that if there were no other men in the Crystal Palace, then it would be fine.
She said, "If it's not such a rush, we can finish eating first and then find some tighter-fitting underwear, which will make swimming easier in the water."
"The skirt and such are not very convenient to wear in the water, so we'll just leave them by the pool. Anyway, there's no one else here since we came from Xintan."
Qiu Ying said, "Perhaps we can find some clothes and trousers that we wore a year or two ago and that are a little smaller. Although they are tight, they will make it easier to move around in the water."
Xiaoye said, "Um, how about you leave your clothes on the shore, and I'll keep an eye on them for everyone..."
Fu Hai said, "Xiao Ye, you're different now than before. Before, you were just bones, so you would sink. Now, you just need to learn to swim."
Those who practice martial arts have strong control over their limbs and possess hidden strength. In addition, with techniques that lighten the body and enhance qi, swimming is something they can learn very quickly once they start.
Xiaoye looked up, thought about it, and felt that what her brother said seemed to make sense.
According to the twin mermaids, although the Crystal Palace was in danger, it wasn't at a point where they needed to rush there immediately to rescue it.
Song Lingyue then asked the two of them to stay there and wait while everyone else ate.
Since Xiaoye only needed to absorb her brother's yang essence and the moonlight from the sky, and did not need to eat human food, she went up the mountain first.
Fu Hai was quick too, finishing a large bowl in no time: "I'll go up first too."
He turned around and ran to the backyard.
Xia Yuelan, holding a small bowl that was only a third full, asked in surprise, "What's wrong, Senior Brother? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Song Lingyue said softly, "He was in a real hurry today."
He picked up some greens with his chopsticks and put them in his bowl, then couldn't help but look at Qiu Ying next to him: "Sister Qiu Ying, what exactly happened at Fengwu Pavilion this afternoon?"
Xia Yuelan asked curiously, "Phoenix Dance Pavilion? Senior Brother went to Phoenix Dance Pavilion this afternoon?"
Song Lingyue said, "A group of women moved in ahead of us. They wanted the best rooms. The woman in the lead was called 'Ms. Female Teacher' and she brought many zithers. She must be a master of the zither."
"They had already settled in, but when Senior Brother came back, they were all so frightened by him that they ran away as if they had seen a pervert. They even said that Senior Brother was some kind of handsome young man from the blue sea?"
Xia Yuelan asked, "The Little Gentleman of the Azure Sea? What's that? Senior Brother has a new nickname?"
She looked at Sister Qiu Ying along with her senior sister.
Sister Qiu Ying lowered her head and ate her food, saying calmly, "How would I know?" But her face couldn't help but flush.
Song Lingyue and Xia Yuelan, the two fellow disciples, exchanged a glance... How strange!
Xia Yuelan regretted it: "What happened? Ah, I should have gone into the city with you to see what was going on."
She's always been the type who can't keep things to herself, and the more she thought about it, the more curious she became.
After quickly finishing his meal, he ran up the mountain, saying, "I'm going to ask my senior brother."
On the other side, Fu Hai did not return to his own courtyard. Instead, he used his light-footed skill, taking three steps at a time and then two steps in one leap, to rush to the library.
"Xiaoye?!"
He peeked inside.
Xiaoye was bending down to look for Jianxiu's clothes when she turned around and asked, "Brother, how come you finished eating so quickly?"
Fu Hai slipped inside, picked up his sister, and said, "I need your help with something urgent." He then went into the inner room.
"Hey? Brother, didn't we...didn't we do it last night?"
"Sigh, something happened. Xiaoye, how can I live without you?"