She shook her head helplessly. "Fine, you have a point, but don't stay underwater too long. You have to come up for air."
"Don't worry, Sis. I've got plenty of experience."
Shui Yue'er flashed her a grin, then turned and walked toward the edge of the reef.
Then Yu Hairou, Gu Qingbo, Qiu Ruoshui, and Shui Yue'er released their martial souls and jumped into the sea one after another.
Wu Changbing crouched at the edge of the reef, gazing into the water with longing written all over her face.
She turned and tugged on Wu Changkong's hand. "Big Brother, I want to go down and play too."
"No."
"But why can the big sisters go down?"
At that moment, Xue Wu crouched beside her and put on a terrified expression. "There are soul beasts down there that eat little children. You're so tiny, they'd swallow you in one bite."
Wu Changbing puffed out her little chest. "I'm not scared."
Wu Changkong said, "Stop fussing. The big sisters are doing something important, not going down to play."
Wu Changbing's lips drooped. She turned her little face away and fell silent.
Seeing this, Shui Bing'er reached over and drew Wu Changbing to her side, then looked up at Wu Changkong. "Why are you being so harsh with your little sister?"
"Was I? My tone was just a little firm."
"You were."
Now that someone was defending her, Wu Changbing immediately buried her head in Shui Bing'er's arms, as though she had suffered the greatest injustice in the world.
Sitting on the reef, Xue Wu watched the scene unfold and laughed at his misfortune.
"Class monitor, no matter how mighty you are outside, you still get scolded when you go home. That's a big brother's lot in life."
"I'm getting scolded without even