Not long after the pink light spread, he heard a series of noises.
The first to appear were several silver-scaled fish about three feet long. They slipped out of the cracks in the rocks, swam twice around the immortal herb, then slipped back inside.
Next, a giant turtle as large as a small hill climbed up from the deeper waters and swam slowly over his head.
After that, the commotion grew louder and louder.
From deep within the stone forest on the left, a sailfish, dark blue from head to tail and over ten feet long, shot out. Its dorsal fin was like a blade, and it moved with incredible speed.
From beneath the sandy bed on the right, a greensteel giant-clawed crab pushed its way out of the sand. Each of its claws was larger than a person, and blue-black markings covered its shell. It was at least five thousand years old.
Farther away, beneath the dark waters, he could see more shadows approaching, ranging from three thousand to eight thousand years old.
Was this the allure of the aromatic silk beauty?
So many large soul beasts were swarming over.
This should be enough.
With that thought, Wu Changkong swam upward, holding the aromatic silk beauty.
He broke through the surface, drenched from head to toe.
He waved the immortal herb in his hand at the others. "I've successfully lured them all over. There are beasts ranging from three thousand to eight thousand years old."
"Keep an eye out and pick whichever one suits you."
Before his words had even faded, the water beneath his feet suddenly burst apart.
A grayish-white sea eel shot out of the water, opening its fang-filled mouth to bite straight at Wu Changkong's calf.
The sea eel was as thick as the mouth of