I Can Record Wonders

Chapter 3: The Struggle between Crabs and Clams, the Fisherman's Gain

The night darkened as the sea urged on repeatedly.

On the shimmering sea surface, the small boat swayed as if it were drunk.

Yun Niang's cooking skills were good. Despite the lack of seasoning, the fish tasted delicious.

Perhaps due to being hungry for three days, most of the fish ended up in Fu Ning's stomach.

Looking at the bare fish bones in front of him, he couldn't help but feel guilty.

On the contrary, Yun Niang put on a serious look and held up two fingers. "Big fish, you owe me two now."

"Big fish" was the nickname Yun Niang gave to Fu Ning.

She always felt that she missed out on a big fish on the beach.

So she always called Fu Ning that way.

Fu Ning smiled awkwardly, "No problem, I owe you two big fish now."

After a simple interaction, he had already figured out Yun Niang's personality.

Innocent and principled.

High emotional intelligence: a childlike heart.

Low emotional intelligence: a fool.

Fu Ning stretched lazily, feeling the warmth in his stomach, and his limbs began to regain strength.

[Fu Ning

Age: 15

Condition: Severe injury (Origin Qi loss in progress)

Lifespan: 10 days (can be increased by replenishing Origin Qi)

Phenomenon: Jambu Vortex (conditions not met)]

The condition was still "severe injury," and there was no increase in the lost Origin Qi in his body.

It seemed that ordinary food couldn't replenish Origin Qi.

Thinking of this, he became even more eager to quickly enter Sitting Oblivion Beach.

"Yun Niang, how did you gather three pearl oysters?"

Cat's eye clams live in the seabed mud and are difficult to catch.

Moreover, the chance of producing pearls is very small, it may take several or even dozens of clams to produce one pearl.

For ordinary people, it is not an easy task to gather three pearls.

Yun Niang leaned on the bow of the boat, scooped up seawater with her hand, and wiped away the oil stains from the corners of her mouth. "It's very simple."

"Hmm?" Fu Ning became spirited immediately upon hearing this. "Tell me about it?"

Yun Niang didn't speak, but shook off the water on her hand, took off her outer clothes, revealing a tight short coat underneath.

Then, to Fu Ning's surprise, she leaped into the water.

Splash~

Like a needle thrown into the sea, not even a splash of water had time to react.

"This..."

Just by looking at it, Fu Ning shivered.

Under the moonlight, the sea, when seen from a distance, shimmered with waves. But when approached, it looked more like a bottomless abyss.

Apart from the ripples, all that could be seen were the unknown and fear.

Having lived by the sea, he naturally knew how dangerous the sea was at night.

"Is this what Yun Niang called simple?"

His own body probably couldn't withstand such a struggle.

Time passed bit by bit.

One minute, the ripples had completely disappeared.

Two minutes, the sea surface became even darker and deeper.

Three minutes, the wind in his ears seemed somewhat unsettling.

...

"Yun Niang?"

Fu Ning couldn't sit still anymore.

Although this was a world of martial arts, Yun Niang was just an ordinary person.

And she had been underwater for more than five minutes!

"Nothing unexpected should happen."

The wind ceased at some point, and the waves stopped churning.

The night seeped into the seawater, blending into a pitch-black pool.

The world seemed to have never been this quiet before.

Listening to his own pounding heartbeat, Fu Ning became even more anxious.

"I can't wait any longer!"

He decisively took off his clothes, held onto the bow of the boat, and cautiously ventured into the sea.

The water in the night was cold, and a chill immediately spread through his body, causing his limbs to feel weak and sore.

Suck! This body is worse than he imagined.

"Yun Niang!"

He splashed the water with force, trying to create some movement to catch Yun Niang's attention in the water.

But unfortunately, she didn't respond.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The white vapor that Fu Ning exhaled turned into frost in an instant. His already weak body became even more unbearable.

"Da Yu, what are you looking for in the water?"

A familiar voice sounded, and Fu Ning turned his head in confusion.

Yun Niang was standing at the bow of the boat, with seawater flowing down her hair. Her slender figure outlined a graceful curve under the moonlight.

"I'm looking for you..."

"What?"

Comparison is the death of joy, and competition is the death of value.

Others can dive for five minutes, but he can only last five seconds.

With Yun Niang's help, Fu Ning struggled to climb onto the small boat.

As soon as the sea breeze blew, his soul almost left his body.

Seeing him curled up, Yun Niang felt a warm flow in her heart.

"Da Yu, let me tell you a secret~"

Yun Niang leaned closer.

Only then did Fu Ning notice how delicate her features were.

On her oval face were a pair of distinct black and white eyes. The light in her eyes seemed to exude a coolness.

"I'm very good at swimming."

"Better than anyone on this island."

She said it with conviction, but Fu Ning didn't think much about it. He was just captivated by her gaze, lost in a daze.

Suddenly, Yun Niang seemed to remember something. "Look at this~"

Fu Ning withdrew his gaze and looked closely. In her hand, she was holding a seashell about the size of his palm.

The seashell was amber-colored with green elliptical patterns in the middle, resembling upright cat pupils.

Fu Ning widened his eyes. "This... is... a cat-eye clam?"

He was so cold that his teeth were chattering, and he could barely speak.

"Hehe, cat-eye clams hide in the mud. It usually takes a long time to find one, but I caught one as soon as I went into the water today."

After saying that, Yun Niang took out a short knife from somewhere and made a cut in the middle of the cat-eye clam.

"Clack~"

A very faint sound caught Fu Ning's attention.

It seemed that something had fallen to the ground when Yun Niang opened the cat-eye clam.

"Could it be a pearl?"

Fu Ning was curious, so he reached out his hand and searched in the cabin.

The cabin was small, so it wasn't difficult to find what he was looking for.

He quickly found his target.

It wasn't a pearl, but a large pincer.

"What is this?"

Yun Niang just glanced at it and blurted out, "This is the pincer of a king crab."

"King crab?"

Yun Niang nodded and took out a fierce-looking crab from the fish basket behind her.

This crab had a full suit of armor and hair on its face. It looked ferocious, and only one large pincer remained, making a "crack, crack" sound in the air.

It didn't look easy to deal with.

"This is the king crab, my favorite food!" Yun Niang said as she put down the cat-eye clam. It was obvious that there were no pearls inside, but catching a king crab was also a good thing.

The king crab had delicious meat and rich crab paste, making it a rare delicacy on Spirit Turtle Island.

But it was very strong, and its pincers could crush fingers. Like the cat-eye clam, it also liked to hide in the sandy seabed, making it even harder to catch.

"Why is its pincer inside the cat-eye clam?"

Yun Niang smiled and began to explain to Fu Ning.

It turned out that the king crab and the cat-eye clam were natural enemies. Once they caught each other, neither would easily let go.

Yun Niang was able to find the cat-eye clam so quickly because she discovered the traces of the struggling king crab.

So she followed the clues and ended up catching both.

After listening, Fu Ning couldn't help but laugh. "When crabs and clams fight, the fisherman benefits..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly froze in place, his eyes fixed on the king crab. Then he slapped his thigh abruptly. "Brilliant!"

"I can't catch the cat-eye clam, but it can!"

(End of this chapter)