Don't Eat My Plate!

A few days later, once Xiao Yan and the others had more or less learned the Water Evasion Art, Jiang Lin handed each of them a small blue bead.

"The water pressure outside is extremely powerful. This is a Water Evasion Bead. Used together with the Water Evasion Art, it will let you survive in the deep sea without any pressure." Jiang Lin had not been idle these past few days. Using materials from the Merfolk Race, he had forged several special Mysterious Artifacts for everyone: Water Evasion Beads.

The principle behind the Water Evasion Bead was simple. When used alongside the Water Evasion Art, it shared the pressure of the deep sea through Dou Qi, allowing them to move underwater without hindrance.

Jiang Lin had never forged these before because he had no use for them. The Water Evasion Art, combined with the Water Element Crystal Core within him, was enough to keep him completely comfortable in the deep sea. But Xiao Yan and the others could not do that. They did not possess Water Element Dou Qi, so learning the Water Evasion Art took them much longer. And the Water Evasion Art alone could only keep them from being crushed or drowned by seawater; it could not allow them to move freely.

The Water Evasion Beads solved that problem perfectly. To Xiao Yan and the others, they were essentially temporary converters for Water Element Dou Qi. They allowed them to temporarily draw Water Element Dou Qi from their surroundings and use it to sustain the Water Evasion Art, reducing the pressure on their bodies.

"You really do have a lot of treasures on you." Zi Yan took a Water Evasion Bead from Jiang Lin and curiously played with it for a while before swallowing it whole. She then