"Look, look! That's Floating Cloud Isle. Hurry up and get up there—I'll wait here." Before long, Xiao Kui pointed upward and spoke to Huo Hai. Hearing this, Huo Hai raised his head as well.
But Huo Hai's expression was rather strange. "This is Floating Cloud Isle? Why does it look so odd?" Above them, mist curled and coiled, looking like a vast expanse of low-hanging clouds. If not for the information he had gathered and Xiao Kui's assurance, Huo Hai would never have believed people could actually live in such a place. Floating Cloud Isle truly was bizarre.
"That's right, this is Floating Cloud Isle. I heard Grandma used to love going up there to play. Ever since humans occupied it, our Sea Anemone Tribe has never gone up again." Xiao Kui seemed rather drawn to the isle as well.
Huo Hai shook his head. "Don't worry, girl. You'll be able to go up and play soon enough." Huo Hai rubbed Xiao Kui's head.
Xiao Kui, however, shook her head unhappily and flung Huo Hai's hand away. "I told you not to touch my head! And I'm older than you." Huo Hai sighed inwardly. Xiao Kui truly was much older than him, but whether in appearance or thought, she had never grown up.
"Alright, alright, I know you're older. Hurry and hide." Huo Hai's words left Xiao Kui somewhat dissatisfied, but she still hid herself as he instructed. With a spin, she revealed her original enormous sea anemone form, swayed a few times at Huo Hai, then slowly sank into the water. The Sea Anemone Tribe's connection with seawater truly was exceptionally close.
After merging into the water, she seemed to become one with the sea itself. Even Huo Hai's senses could not detect her. No wonder the Sea Anemone