In the dark strait ahead, stacks of chains cradled huge shells, hanging from the cliffs on the seafloor. They were clearly artificially farmed.
I looked toward the surface, but couldn't see the top at all. As expected, this was the deep sea. I had no idea what kind of ghostly thing had raised so many of them, or how it had managed to make the shells so huge that each one took both hands to carry.
"Granny Sun, what kind of ghostly creature is up there? If we steal their pearls like this, won't something happen?" I asked warily. Looking at the chains and cages, whoever was raising them clearly wasn't an ordinary ghost. If we stole from them like this, something was bound to happen.
"What kind of ghost? We aren't taking much, just squeezing out a little. They won't notice." Granny Sun laughed nonchalantly and flew over first. She knocked on one of the shells, and it obediently opened. Strange, oddly shaped pearls were hidden inside.
Without hesitation, she dug one out and tossed it into her sleeve.
"What are you standing there for? Do you expect Granny to do it herself? What a sin! I don't even know who owes whom anymore!" Granny Sun immediately grew displeased when she saw that I still hadn't come over.
I saw quite a few shells hanging from several chains. Since whoever farmed pearls beneath the Ten Directions Sea was unlikely to be any good, I went over to help.
The other ghost generals followed suit and began stealing pearls as well.
With a whole crowd of ghost generals stealing for dear life, I figured that having strength in numbers would make things go faster. That reminded me of Liu Xiaomiao, whom we'd forgotten. I released her, but the moment she