Chapter 610: I'll send you out right now

"Anything there?" Tuan Tuan patted Xiao Er's shoulder, raised a hand and pointed: "Second Uncle, it's higher over there; let's go look."

"Okay." Xiao Er hugged her and leapt onto a large rock not far from the lakeside.

Xiao Ningxun frowned: "Old man, what exactly is in this lake?"

Ke Re Mu didn't answer, stamping his feet hard a few times.

The "bang bang bang" sound echoed across the open lake.

After the sound stopped, he kept stamping his feet, repeating several times, and ripples gradually appeared on the lake surface.

Xiao Er's face changed drastically: "Something's coming up from underwater! It's huge!"

Kang An pulled his grandfather back a few steps quickly, and everyone leapt onto the rock where Xiao Er stood.

Only Xiao Ningyuan stood below, looking up at everyone: "Why isn't anyone taking care of me?"

Lu Qi slapped his forehead, forgetting that the eldest son couldn't do martial arts.

He jumped down, grabbed Xiao Ningyuan's collar, and brought him up as well.

Everyone stared intently at the lake surface.

The entire lake surface trembled slightly, as if some colossal thing were rising from the depths.

Gurgle...

A string of bubbles surged up from the lake's center, bursting into a spray of white water.

Next, a huge black shadow slowly rose from the bottomless lake water.

A sheet of silver-white appeared on the lake surface, shining with a cold light in the dark water, dense and layered.

Xiao Er exclaimed: "Scales! Those are all scales! What a huge fish!"

Xiao Ningyuan clicked his tongue: "A fish this big is almost as big as our Prince's Mansion."

Ke Re Mu nodded: "Indeed, we've seen this fish before."

"So the raw stones we hold were all picked up by the lakeside."

"This lake is too big and deep; no one has ever dared to go down and fish."

Lu Qi stroked his chin: "A fish this big, even all of us together wouldn't be enough for one meal."

Everyone looked at each other.

Kang An grew anxious: "What do we do?"

Tuan Tuan stared unblinking at the big fish.

"Having a fish is great! It can help me fish!"

She raised her two little hands to her mouth, mustered all her strength, and shouted toward the lake surface:

"Hey! Big fish! I'm Tuan Tuan!"

Her clear child's voice echoed across the lake.

"I want the treasure in the lake! Will you help me bring it up?"

Ke Re Mu shook his head: "Little girl, are you joking? How could they possibly listen to you?"

Before his words finished,

"Whoosh——!"

The huge fish shuddered violently, as if split by an invisible giant hand, instantly dividing into two.

Everyone stared dumbfounded.

Only Tuan Tuan clapped her little hands and giggled: "One turned into two!"

The two large fish slowly turned a circle on the lake surface; one suddenly sank to the bottom, while the other remained where it was, swimming slowly.

The lake surface returned to calm.

Everyone stared fixedly at the water.

After a moment.

The fish that had sunk slowly floated up from the lake bottom.

Tuan Tuan raised a hand and pointed: "There's something on its head!"

Everyone focused their gaze and saw that on the fish's head sat a dark, heavy object, struggling to swim toward the shore.

Upon reaching the shallows, the big fish exerted force, and the stone landed with a "plop" on the shore.

Lu Qi jumped off the rock, grabbed the stone with both hands, and staggered a step.

"What a haul, this big!" He hugged the stone and ran to Ke Re Mu: "Old man, take a look—is this raw Wu Jin Mud?"

Ke Re Mu examined it in his hand, then touched it, and his fingers instantly trembled: "Yes! It's raw Wu Jin Mud!"

His voice changed: "I've lived by this lake my whole life and have never seen such a large raw stone!"

Kang An also came over, eyes wide: "So big! It's over ten times bigger than what my dad gave me!"

Tuan Tuan was overjoyed, shouting at the lake: "Big fish! You're awesome! Any more? I want more!"

The two fish seemed to understand.

The other fish sank down, then soon floated back up.

This time, instead of a stone, its head bore a round, shiny object.

"Pfft!"

That object was pushed ashore by it and rolled onto the bank.

Lu Qi hurried over and picked it up.

The people on the rock also all lowered their heads to look.

In Lu Qi's hand was a pearl the size of a teapot, its whole body lustrous, shimmering with a silver-white glow!

Lu Qi quickly went to Ke Re Mu: "Old man, take a look—is this also a kind of Wu Jin Mud?"

Ke Remu lowered his head to look, then burst out laughing: "Young man, what kind of look is that?"

"Even my old, blurry eyes can see it clearly—this is clearly a night pearl!"

Xiao Ningyuan sucked in a breath of cold air: "It's way too big! I've never even heard of a night pearl this huge!"

Tuan Tuan's eyes lit up: "How beautiful!"

She shouted toward the lake surface: "Big fish, big fish! Any more? I want more!"

Then, the two fish took turns diving down, bringing the treasures from the lake bottom to shore in trips.

Lu Qi simply stopped picking up and stood by the boulder waiting.

Soon, two small piles rose on the shore—one of raw Wu Jin Mud, the other of night pearls.

The largest of those night pearls was bigger than a teapot, the smallest the size of a fist, and they glittered with a variegated halo in the sunlight.

Kang An counted them one by one: "Tuan Tuan! There are ten raw stones now! Twelve night pearls!"

Xiao Ningxun gazed at the two small mounds by the shore and smiled: "Tuan Tuan, that's enough."

Tuan Tuan clapped her hands satisfied and shouted toward the lake: "Big fish! Enough! Thank you!"

She tilted her head, thought a moment, then added: "You've grown so big! Eat well! Grow even bigger!"

The crowd: "……"

Ke Remu laughed helplessly: "Little girl, they're already big enough."

Tuan Tuan said solemnly: "Then just make them a bit bigger!"

The two big fish swayed their tails in unison, kicking up a spray, as if responding to her.

The next moment.

"Whoosh——!"

After a deafening roar of water, the two giant fish actually shattered.

Countless tiny fish shot out from their massive bodies like exploding fireworks, scattering in all directions.

They leapt and churned on the water's surface, their silver scales weaving a flowing curtain of light in the sunlight, dazzling to the point of making one unable to keep their eyes open.

Moments later, they re-formed into a huge fish shape and sank into the lake's depths.

The crowd stared, dumbstruck.

Xiao Ningxun drew a deep breath: "So that's how it is!"

Ke Remu gaped, unable to speak for a long while.

Everyone grabbed what they could, carried what they could—even Tuan Tuan and Kang An each lifted two night pearls—before the two small piles were cleared away.

Ke Remu remained silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "You can't go back to my place; I'll send you out right now."

"Huh?" Tuan Tuan wondered: "Why, Grandpa?"