"Looking at this Dragon Infant Vermilion Blood Fruit, it was picked not long ago. Where did you find it?" Lu Xiaotian sensed the lingering life force in the fruit's severed stem and asked, his interest piqued.
"In a secret realm, but the Lan Scorpion Tribe has already taken control of it. My husband and I were pursued as soon as we left. The Tiger-Striped Demon Sharks coveted what we'd found, but didn't dare cause trouble for the Lan Scorpions, so they kept hounding us instead. If we hadn't encountered King Feng, my husband and I would never have made it out alive."
Yu Min looked at Lu Xiaotian with undisguised gratitude. Though he had also taken the treasure she had worked so hard to obtain, it could purify her bloodline and help both her and Hou Yan advance another level in cultivation. But with the Demon Shark Tribe hunting them down, they could never have kept the treasure even if they had obtained it.
"Take one pill from this bottle each day for the next ten days. Your injuries should be almost healed by then." Lu Xiaotian raised a palm, presenting the bottle. Yu Min's injuries were serious, but the Hundred-Origin Transformation Pills in the bottle were potent enough to treat them.
"Many thanks, King Feng!" The sea-monkey couple hurriedly thanked him.
"Tell me about the secret realm," Lu Xiaotian said.
Two months later, at Haiqing Gorge, deep beneath the sea, groves of sea cherry trees flourished underwater. The region had once teemed with fish, but now it seethed with killing intent. The demon fish, demon crabs, and other sea demons that had lived here for generations had all fled. In their place, swarms of black-and-white-striped, tiger-faced demon scorpions had taken over. In these waters, they were also called Lan