Qiqi glared at Hu Xiaotian. "What are you looking at?"
A disdainful smile curled Hu Xiaotian's lips, and he puffed out his chest. No argument was necessary. When it comes to well-developed chest muscles, mine are much bigger than yours.
Qiqi understood exactly what he meant. She snorted and turned her pretty face away.
His pectorals were not the only things that bulged beneath the water suit. The fellow thought his curves were more worth looking at than Qiqi's current figure. If anyone was feasting their eyes, it certainly was not him.
For the first time, Qiqi felt a little nervous and afraid. Even she found it inexplicable. She should not have been afraid of this scoundrel.
They walked side by side to the waterway leading from the underground passage to the Jade Pool. Before entering the water, Hu Xiaotian asked, "How did you find out there was a secret chamber beneath Misty Mountain?"
"The imperial family has plenty of secrets," Qiqi said. She stretched at the water's edge, then jumped in first.
Hu Xiaotian jumped in after her. Swimming behind Qiqi, he watched her slender body glide freely through the water like a mermaid. She held the Night-Luminescent Pearl to light the way ahead. Since the Old Emperor's restoration, the defenses here had been withdrawn. Although Misty Mountain remained forbidden ground, guards no longer patrolled the surface of the Jade Pool.
Both had mastered a method of swimming underwater for long periods without coming up for air. Qiqi was slightly weaker in this regard and still had to take a breath along the way. Reaching the foot of the waterfall, they found the underwater dragon's head and swam into the waterway through its ear. Using the same method as before, they opened the passage and entered the Dragon Spirit