A Heaven-Sent Opportunity

Inside Fishbone Cave, that familiar ripple in the water came again.

Ursula did not even need to look up. From the Soul Power fluctuation unique to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale bloodline alone, she knew Lan Fozi had come again.

Coiled atop the Giant Clam Altar, a knowing smile flashed through her dark green eyes. Yet on the surface, she still maintained that mysterious, languid demeanor, her tentacles absentmindedly stirring several faintly glowing pearls.

"Ursula!"

Before Lan Fozi's enormous body had fully squeezed through the cave entrance, her clear voice, brimming with barely contained excitement, was already echoing through the cavern.

Unlike before, her voice carried not only its usual cheerfulness, but also an obvious urgency that seemed ready to spill over, along with the excitement of someone who had made up her mind.

Ursula slowly raised her eyes and looked at the swimming Lan Fozi, revealing a perfectly measured welcoming smile touched with confusion.

"My dear Lan Fozi, you sound especially happy today. Did you discover something fun again?"

Lan Fozi's massive body glided nimbly before the altar. Her enormous, deep-sea-gem-like eyes were astonishingly bright as they stared straight at Ursula. Even her breathing had become somewhat rapid from excitement, and the current she stirred made the seaweed along the altar's edge sway wildly.

Rather than showing off the goods she had brought to trade as usual, or eagerly demanding new toys, she took a deep breath and spoke the words that had churned and brewed in her heart for so long in a slightly trembling voice.

"Ursula! I've decided!"

Ursula's heart stirred, but her tentacles remained steadily arranged around the pearls. She wore a gentle expression, encouraging Lan Fozi to continue.

Lan Fozi's enormous tail fin swished restlessly, churning the seawater within the cave into a turbulent surge.