Chu Han mechanically twisted his neck, staring blankly at Wang Cai, who had said that. Then he spotted what Wang Cai was holding high in its paws—two palm-sized scales, golden and gleaming with a brilliant light!
Scales? Fish scales? Where had they come from?
Ignoring Chu Han's rare dumbfounded expression, Wang Cai suddenly became bolder. It jumped to the ground and curiously wandered around the countless droplets and water weapons suspended in midair, touching this and poking that.
Yet those droplets and weapons seemed to have lost their ferocity. They remained in the air, neither falling and vanishing nor reacting in any way.
Wang Cai grew even bolder and started playing with them, having the time of its life!
Having finally snapped out of it, Chu Han could no longer stand watching. He shoved aside the various water weapons surrounding him, stepped forward, and grabbed Wang Cai by the scruff. "What the hell is going on?"
Wang Cai struggled symbolically a few times, its chin practically raised to the sky. "Is that how you treat your lifesaver? If it weren't for me, you'd already be dead!"
"Talk!" Chu Han showed Wang Cai no courtesy. He grabbed it by one leg, turned it upside down, and shook it violently several times, revealing his brutal nature without restraint.
Wang Cai was shaken so badly that it became dizzy and disoriented. Only after it begged several times did Chu Han stop. Wang Cai slumped onto the ground with stars in its eyes, panting heavily. "Isn't this thing obvious enough? You can't recognize it?"
Chu Han carefully examined what Wang Cai had been holding all along, his eyes filled with deep confusion. "Fish scales. Golden fish scales. The Merfolk Saintess's?"
"Yeah!" Wang Cai nodded as if it were only natural. "They're scales from the