Making Camp

"How is this possible?! They were trapped by layer upon layer of massive waves—how are they still alive?!"

Gu Qing shot to her feet, her face ashen, her lips trembling faintly. She stared fixedly at those familiar figures not far away, her phoenix eyes brimming with disbelief.

No one knew the power of the Wave-Attracting Talisman better than she did. Faced with thousand-zhang Profound Heavy Water waves, even a ninth-rank Martial Venerable would be stripped of a layer of skin. How could Lu Changsheng and the others have survived? And... and they were perfectly fine, seemingly without even a scratch?

She had thought Lu Changsheng and the others had long since been crushed to pieces by the waves, leaving not even dregs behind. Yet now, they stood there alive and well, chatting and laughing with the Spirit Trout Race—this slap had landed solidly across her face!

"Miss." At that moment, the Gu Family elder beside her lowered his voice and said gravely,

"It was probably the Spirit Trout Race who saved them. Look, they're together with the Spirit Trout people. That little girl is holding... what looks like the Sea-Suppressing Pearl."

"The Sea-Suppressing Pearl?"

Gu Qing's pupils contracted.

Understanding suddenly dawned on her. No wonder... no wonder they had survived the enormous waves summoned by the Wave-Attracting Talisman!

"Those damned Spirit Trout Race bastards, daring to ruin my plans!" Gu Qing gritted her pearly teeth, her nails digging deeply into her palms, her eyes full of venom. She had gone to such lengths, even using the Wave-Attracting Talisman without hesitation, only for the Spirit Trout Race to ruin everything?

"Well, well—isn't this the Gu Family's young miss who tried to stab us in the back?"

A flippant voice rang out.

Shi Jingtian strode over with the Mountain Shaker Staff slung