This entire area was a coral reef, with red, green, and yellow coral below. Sunlight streamed through the seawater and fell across the coral, making it exceptionally beautiful.
Lu Ao swam forward. Many Coral Fish flitted among the coral. They did not look large, but they were brightly colored, and many were venomous.
Today's goal was not fishing, so Lu Ao ignored them and simply kept swimming forward.
Before long, Lu Ao spotted two Lobsters in a pile of sand.
The big Lobsters looked quite leisurely in the water. Lu Ao grabbed one in each hand and tossed them straight into his fish basket.
As he caught them, he made a point of checking. Neither of the two big Lobsters was carrying Little Dragons, so they were within the legal range to catch.
After catching the Lobsters, he did not find any Abalone. Instead, he found Sea Urchins covering the entire seabed.
They often saw Sea Urchins while diving and fishing, but most of the time, they saw Spherical Sea Urchins—the black, round kind.
Spherical Sea Urchins had a relatively bland flavor and tasted ordinary. Most of the time, they could not even be bothered to catch them when they saw them.
However, the Sea Urchins here were White-spined Three-row Sea Urchins, also called Horse-dung Sea Urchins. The entire Sea Urchin was grayish white, and the roe inside was plump and full, with a rich, mellow flavor.
Seeing so many Sea Urchins, Lu Ao picked out the larger ones and gathered more than ten in one go. He planned to take them back up and make steamed egg with Sea Urchin and Sea Urchin sashimi for lunch so Ge Ranzhou could try them.
After catching the Sea Urchins, Lu Ao reckoned he had been underwater long enough. If he did