Seafood Feast

The roles are reversed, which looks both funny and cute.

Watching from the shore, Jian Mo couldn't help but say to Wu Jiong, "This looks like a lot of fun. Why don't we go down too?"

Wu Jiong grabbed Jian Mo's arm. "Wait a moment, let's ask them again when they come up if there's anything we need to be careful about."

Perhaps because orcs and sub-orcs have excellent physical abilities, their ability to hold their breath far exceeds that of ordinary people.

They stayed underwater for a good six or seven minutes before surfacing for air.

Jian Mo called out to them from the rocks, "How are you feeling?"

Xing Jiu wiped the water from her face and smiled, "That's great, these are things we're used to doing."

Jian Mo: "We'd like to come down too, is that alright?"

Xing Jiu: "Come down, stretch your arms and legs before you come down. The water here is calmer, and with us watching over you, there won't be any problems."

Jian Mo laughed and said, "Well, here we come!"

No one took off their clothes, and neither did they. They simply adjusted the length of their baskets and jumped into the water from a convenient spot.

Seawater is indeed different from water in other places; its buoyancy is different.

However, it felt alright; it wasn't as cold as Jian Mo had imagined.

Jian Mo used to swim in the Snow Foot Tribe; that water was melted snow and ice, much colder than this.

Jian Mo swam with all her might, heading towards Xing Jiu and the others.

Wu Jiong followed behind, not falling behind at all.

As Jian Mo swam closer, looking at the large fish swimming to and fro underwater, he couldn't help but exclaim, "These big fish look like Heqin Fish!"

Xing Jiu: "You've seen Heqin too?"

Jian Mo: "Yes, I've met her before. We went to look for chili peppers before, and we met her in a tribe called 'Upper Meng Tribe.' At that time, their tribe's Heqin had a difficult childbirth, and I helped deliver the baby."

Xing Jiu: "How come you can do everything?"

Jian Mo: "You'll naturally get the hang of it after seeing it more often. The main thing is that the psychological pressure of delivering Heqin's baby isn't that great. I can also treat many animals, and the pressure of treating animals is much less than that of treating beastmen and sub-beastmen. I can also directly use some of the more risky treatment methods."

Xing Jiu nodded in agreement. "When treating orcs and sub-orcs, sometimes we really don't dare to use certain treatment methods for safety reasons."

Xing Jiu patiently talked to Jian Mo and the others. After a while, seeing that they were quite used to the water environment, he gestured for them to come down to the surface. "Just get close to the fish and scrape the seaweed off their bodies. It's okay if you scrape the wrong ones; we'll pick them out again when we get back to shore."

Both Jian Mo and Wu Jiong nodded.

Xing Jiu smiled and said, "Then come with me, let's give it a try first."

It's not easy for inexperienced people to sink directly from the surface to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, although Jian Mo and Wu Jiong hadn't swum much in the sea, they had swum in large rivers and lakes and successfully sank into the sea.

Xing Jiu swam ahead, occasionally turning his head to observe them. Seeing that they were adapting well, he led them to a large fish with a relatively gentle temperament.

The big fish slowly turned its head and glanced at them, showing no intention of attacking.

Xing Jiu demonstrated underwater how to use a scraper to remove debris from the large fish. They learned quickly after two demonstrations, especially Wu Jiong, who scraped fast and well.

They have to go up for fresh air every now and then, it's actually quite tiring.

However, this experience was so unique that even though it was tiring, I was still very happy.

As they scraped, Jian Mo noticed that the big fish seemed pleased with itself. Suddenly, it rolled over, its belly facing them, and let out a long, coquettish cry.

Surprisingly, the belly of a big fish is quite easy to lick.

Jian Mo reached out and stroked the big fish's belly with satisfaction. The big fish was also quite happy, wriggling in their hands as if interacting with them.

Because the water temperature is quite low, even if they don't feel cold for the time being, they can't stay in the water for too long and still need to go up and rest.

Once back on shore, everyone basked in the sun, took out food to eat, and picked out the seaweed they had just scraped off.

Xing Jiu sifted through the seaweed inside to show Jian Mo and Wu Jiong, explaining what kinds of seaweed it was and which ones were used in medicine.

Jian Mo quickly grabbed a pen and notebook and carefully wrote it down.

After finishing writing, Jian Mo said, "I treated an orc who had a severe case of ringworm. I treated him for a long time, and even now, the fur in the affected areas is still sparse."

Jian Mo described what the ringworm on Dan Guan's body looked like. "The skin where he had ringworm was very smooth, especially his scalp. If I hadn't noticed the ringworm patches on his body, I would have thought he was balding."

Xing Jiu thought for a moment and said, "This should be ringworm. Seaweed won't cure it. You need black knife grass and white clay to treat it. When you go back, I'll pack some black knife grass and white clay for you."

Jian Mo: "That's great. He was such a good young man, and now he's bald. It's quite pitiful."

Xing Jiu laughed, "It's just baldness, it's actually not so bad. Oily skin doesn't hurt or itch. There's a kind of skin rash, which is painful, itchy, and causes baldness, it's awful."

Jian Mo: "Then you have to teach me how to treat tinea versicolor."

Chapter 174 Seafood Feast

Scraping seaweed seems simple, but the yield is actually very low.

The seaweed they scrape off still needs to be washed and selected, and after this whole process, even less seaweed is left to use.

Fortunately, this is medicinal seaweed. If it were food, I doubt anyone would be impatient and work so hard for so long to get such a small harvest.

After resting, Jian Mo and the others went back into the sea to collect seaweed.

Some of the big fish slowly left, and then new big fish came.

Jian Mo discovered that only large, slow-swimming fish had seaweed that could be used in medicine.

While resting on the shore, Jian Mo, panting, asked Xing Jiu, "How did you discover that this seaweed can be used in medicine?"

Xing Jiu: "I don't know, maybe it was discovered by chance? Anyway, it's knowledge recorded in prescriptions, and we've been using it for at least hundreds of years."

Jian Mo couldn't help but say, "It's so good to have a legacy."