Chapter 146 Two Hairy Legs

"Male... male fish?"

Bai Chenxue looked at Shen Yun blankly, then turned to look at Shanhu blankly.

Exquisite facial features, waist-length hair, and an androgynous voice, plus the name "Shanhu", she doesn't look like a man, right? "Shanhu, you, you are a man?"

"Now," Shanhu smiled, and before Bai Chenxue could ask, she explained, "We in the Quanxian tribe are hermaphrodites. If necessary, we can slowly change our gender over several years. Just like me, I just became a male two years ago."

Bai Chenxue's pupils almost trembled as she muttered to herself, "Hermaphrodite... such a niche term..."

Shen Yun whispered to Bai Chenxue, "It seems that there are indeed many creatures in the sea that can switch genders freely!"

Bai Chenxue asked again: "So when you get married... er, you just look for a partner, so you don't have to consider gender?"

Although Shanhu didn't understand some of the strange words Bai Chenxue and Shen Yun said, he could still understand the general meaning. He was very confused about the reasons for their conversation: "Why do you want to have children when you find a partner?"

Shanhu's tone was so natural that Bai Chenxue and Shen Yun were a little shocked.

"Uh... that seems to be the case... Never mind! Who cares!" Bai Chenxue said, "I think what you said makes sense! There is really no need to consider gender!"

Shen Yun couldn't help but muttered quietly: "Why do I feel that the mental state of the Quanxian tribe is far ahead..."

"Well... you humans seem to have a saying, 'It's impolite not to reciprocate', so I'll give you something too!"

Shanhu didn't know what Bai Chenxue and Shen Yun were thinking. While they were shocked, he took out a handful of colorful pearls from somewhere, mixed them together, and put them in two giant clam shells. He gave them to the two and said, "This is the sea spirit pearl raised by our Quanxian tribe. It has the function of avoiding water and dust. It seems that you humans like it very much. I call it 'Pearl' and give it back to you!"

"Thank you. That..." Bai Chenxue held the pearl in her hand and asked shyly, "Actually, we are very interested in the mermaid silk of your Quanxian tribe. I wonder if we can buy some..."

"Jiao silk? Are you talking about... Yuehua satin? Or Sanyang brocade?"

Bai Chenxue was stunned: "Huh?"

Shen Yun also asked: "Do these two types of fabrics also have any special effects?"

"You can tell from the names! They are all woven with the essence of the sun and the moon. Yuehua Satin is the moon, and Sanyang Brocade is the sun."

Shen Yun asked again: "What is the difference between them?"

Shanhu said: "I feel... there is not much difference, except that Yuehua Satin is more plain, while Sanyang Brocade is more colorful."

Shen Yun said: "Then can we buy some from you? If you want to sell, we will buy as much as you want!"

"Huh? What do you need so much fabric for?"

"Make clothes! We in the Taiyin Sect are desperately short of fabric! That's why we say we should buy as much as we can!"

Shanhu thought for a moment and said, "I do have some moonlight satin that I wove myself, but not much, just a few feet long. My sister has saved up a lot, and I can ask her if she wants to sell it, but she lives a little far from here... Oh, by the way! What are you going to buy it with?"

"Food? Eh? It seems that the food we eat on land will taste different when it enters the sea water, right? Then what else is there? Spiritual herbs and plants? Spiritual talismans? Pills?"

Bai Chenxue counted on her fingers.

Shen Yun simply asked, "What do you want? As long as we can get it, we can try!"

"A knife! Or gold and silver jewelry!" Coral excitedly shook his huge tail and said, "It's difficult to smelt gold, silver and various ores in the sea, so these are in short supply! Especially knives! It's too inconvenient to remove bones with your hands!"

Then he stretched out his hand. The joints of his hand were so distinct that you could almost see the blood vessels, but the fingertips were long and thin claws. They shone coldly in the moonlight, like some magical weapon, and looked terrifying.

Seeing such a "hand", Bai Chenxue was so scared that her face turned pale. Fortunately, it was too dark and it was almost invisible. Neither Shen Yun nor Shanhu noticed it.

When Shen Yun heard Shanhu's request, his eyes lit up: "What kind of knife do you want? I happen to be a weapon refiner, so I can make it according to your requirements!"

"Big knife, medium knife, small knife," Shanhu pondered for a moment, then said, "It should be a very sharp one, preferably very hard, so that it can cut corals and remove fish bones!"

Shen Yun patted his chest and said, "No problem! I can bring the blueprints later! You can pick any one you like!"

"That's great! You can blow this when you come, and I'll come over when I hear it!"

As Coral said this, he handed Shen Yun a huge conch.

The conch was as long as a forearm, and the big head was wider than a palm. The milky white conch had brown patterns on it, which were evenly distributed in circles and looked very beautiful.

With something new, Bai Chenxue put the terrifying "hand" behind her mind and instead carefully touched the conch, exclaiming, "What a big conch!"

Shen Yun also touched the rough shell of the conch, and felt that it was very fresh. He asked, "Can I try to blow it?"

Although Shanhu didn't quite understand why the two of them looked at this thing as if they had seen some rare treasure, she still nodded in agreement: "Of course!"

“Woo—woo—”

The melodious and long sound of conch horn rang out on the coast, accompanied by the waves beating against the rocks. The primitive, wild, free and natural breath burst out in the sound of the conch horn, and the world seemed to be exceptionally vast at this moment.

“What a beautiful voice!”

Bai Chenxue was amazed, and suddenly remembered something, so she asked, "By the way, Shan Hu, do you live nearby?"

Coral nodded: "Yes, it's nearby, so I come here to practice every night when the tide is high."

After hearing what Coral said, the two realized that the tide, which was originally very far away, had already approached the reef where Coral was. The nearest wave even came to within a few meters of Bai Chenxue.

Bai Chenxue asked in confusion: "Then, how did you get here? The tide hasn't risen to this point yet, has it?"

Coral replied as a matter of course: "I walked here!"

"Walk!?"

Not only Bai Chenxue, but Shen Yun was also shocked.

Seeing the two people looking confused, Coral smiled and gently swung his beautiful fish tail. Then, a colorful cloud of smoke swirled around his tail, and with a whoosh, the tail turned into two... hairy legs...

"?"

A question mark popped up on Bai Chenxue's forehead, and her voice suddenly rose: "You mermaids... no, you Quanxian tribe, why do you want to grow leg hair at the same time as you grow legs!?"