Chapter 147
Now he understood. Every time he encountered Pan Shulin, he had sensed something odd in the man's gaze. Only upon careful reflection did it become clear—that look was one of scrutiny, laced with a clear intent to kill.
No matter how friendly he appeared on the surface, his eyes were constantly probing whether he had remembered or not, every single moment wanting to cause his death...
A chill ran from the soles of Wang Jin's feet straight to the top of his head, causing his entire body to tremble uncontrollably.
The original owner had been deeply wronged! And now, he too was a victim of this injustice! He never could have imagined that someone he interacted with so closely harbored such murderous intentions towards him...
Wang Jin gnashed his teeth in hatred, wishing he could immediately return, bring the beastman from his pavilion, and directly beat Pan Shulin to death, to seek proper justice for what the original owner had suffered, and for what he himself had suffered!
Remembering what he had suffered, Wang Jin paused slightly, moved his body, and felt wet all over. What met his eyes was a clear sky. Turning his head to look, he found he was surrounded by blue seawater...
Where am I?
He had been pushed off the ship by Pan Shulin earlier, and before he could call for help, he fell into the water, and then... he lost consciousness.
Wang Jin looked around and found that he seemed to be carried forward by something.
To one side was a gauze parasol. The parasol's frame was very strange, like the skeleton of some animal... The parasol was blocking the area above his head, seemingly shading him from the sun, but this gauze was transparent and thin, hardly blocking anything at all.
His knuckles bent slightly, propping himself up to sit. The place he was propping himself on was slippery. Looking forward, he saw a huge fish tail, swishing back and forth.
"!" Wang Jin started, a series of blurred images suddenly flashing through his mind.
He remembered now. After falling into the water, he had sunk into the water, drowning and unable to breathe. Just as he was about to lose consciousness, he had seen a strange-looking fish.
That fish used its long beak to nudge him onto its back, and then he lost consciousness...
Wang Jin looked down at his hand. It seemed he had used some beast-taming power on the fish at that time... And now, this fish had saved him by bringing him to the sea surface and had been swimming on the surface for his sake...
Does that mean I have succeeded?
Wang Jin mustered his courage and crawled closer to the fish's head, reaching out to touch its forehead. The fish felt it and actually snuggled closer to his palm, rubbing against it a couple of times.
"!" This fish was so intelligent. Wang Jin found it quite novel, the tamed fierce beasts he knew of weren't this lively.
Wang Jin looked at the fish again... searching the original owner's memories for information about this fish, he vaguely recalled it was called a Yin fish, with a gentle temperament, never attacking people, and moreover, very fond of getting close to beastmen. An ordinary Yin fish was about the size of a beastman, but the one Wang Jin was riding was as big as a small boat, he could lie or sit on it with plenty of room to spare...
["胤" (Yìn) means descendant/heir/lineage, a homophone to 银 (yín) which means silver.]
The Yin fish was intelligent. Its thin fins secreted a kind of mucus that could treat drowning people... Beastmen never hunted it, and when it encountered a drowning beastman, it would rescue them...
Wang Jin touched his body; some parts felt sticky... Could it be that he really got some of the mucus from this fish on him?
Seeing how intelligent the fish was, Wang Jin felt that, rather than believing it was his beast-taming ability, it was more believable that this Yin fish had a kind nature and saved him...
It wasn't that he lacked confidence in his beast-taming ability, but he had only moved instinctively before fainting, not using it fully, so it probably wasn't effective.
But Wang Jin knew very clearly that there was a power inside him now, a power that could make fierce beasts obey.
"Gurgle~~" His stomach suddenly made noises. Wang Jin covered his stomach and frowned. He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, but his stomach was so hungry it was making noises.
"Jie!" As if sensing Wang Jin's hunger, the fish suddenly shook its body, dove into the water, and soon after, lifted its head and threw two fish onto its back.
"!" Wang Jin was astonished.
This Yin fish is even feeding me...
Wang Jin looked down. The fish were semi-transparent, looking extremely fresh. Although he didn't know the species, Wang Jin immediately felt these fish were perfect for slicing into sashimi and eating raw with dipping sauce...
But, with these two live fish just thrown in front of him like this, he didn't know how to eat them.
The fish were jumping about on the Yin fish's back. As if sensing their restlessness, the Yin fish's dorsal fin suddenly opened, and its bone spines swiftly and accurately pierced the fish.
Wang Jin watched with wide eyes as the skeleton of the dorsal fin moved rapidly, and in a moment, the fish were sliced into pieces.
"..." This Yin fish was really so intelligent. It seemed to know exactly what he was thinking. This time, when he returned, he must take this fish back with him.
Whether the fish sensed his thought again or not, the dorsal fin trembled and retracted, as if quite unwilling regarding Wang Jin's idea.
Wang Jin leaned to the side, washed his hands in the seawater, then directly reached out to grab the fish slices and eat. He ate several dozen slices before filling his starving stomach.
Just as he lowered his hand, the Yin fish suddenly threw three water-pouch-like things onto its back.
Those things were still moving, with some small tentacles underneath. Once on the Yin fish's back, the skeleton of the dorsal fin cut off all the tentacles, leaving behind transparent water pouches in front of Wang Jin.
Wang Jin picked one up and examined it carefully. Seeing the Yin fish's intention seemed to be for him to eat it, he put it in his mouth and cautiously took a bite. The skin was very thin and crisp, and with one bite, the juice inside burst out, flowing entirely into his mouth.
It was sweet fresh water.
"Wow..." Wang Jin sighed contentedly, picked up the remaining ones, and drank them all.
Satisfied!
After drinking, Wang Jin rubbed his stomach, his face full of happiness.
This happiness seemed to affect the Yin fish below. The Yin fish happily swung its tail, the huge caudal fin splashing water all over Wang Jin.
Wang Jin tried to block it, but seeing it was useless, he simply ignored it.
Fortunately, the sunlight was strong now, and the water splashing on him wasn't cold.
After resting a bit, Wang Jin began to ponder: Just where exactly am I?
Wang Jin looked around. All around was seawater, as far as the eye could see. There were no ships or beastmen on the sea surface...
After being unconscious for who knows how long, the Yin fish had carried him to an unknown sea area. He had no idea how to find the ship that had set sail. Even if he could find it, Pan Shulin was still on that ship. Returning would inevitably mean having to fight against Pan Shulin.
The wrongs suffered by the original owner, and the life-threatening enmity from this time, all had to be avenged.
But right now, besides revenge, he had more important things to do. He had to find Yuan Heng.
Here, he had food and drink, and the Yin fish was carrying him, ensuring he wouldn't drown. Now he also possessed the original owner's beast-taming ability.
Thinking of this, Wang Jin made a decision.
He simply wouldn't go back for now. He would let the Yin fish carry him along until he found Yuan Heng.
With Yuan Heng by his side, he could help him deal with that Pan Shulin.
Thinking this, Wang Jin felt even more at ease lying on the Yin fish's back.
He lay there for who knows how long when suddenly the Yin fish let out a screech, its huge body shaking violently, nearly throwing Wang Jin into the water.
What happened?
Wang Jin quickly got up and looked around in confusion. He saw that the previously calm sea around them was now stirring up huge waves. The waves splashed spray that directly rushed towards Wang Jin. Wang Jin hurriedly climbed up and held onto the Yin fish's dorsal fin, barely enduring the impact.
As the spray washed over, Wang Jin took the chance to look forward and saw a huge figure.
The fish was azure blue, about two stories tall. Just one of its side fins was as big as the Yin fish he was currently on. Wang Jin's eyes widened, his legs uncontrollably going weak.
This was an instinctive fear of gigantic creatures.
It was just like the giant beast he saw during the beast horde!
The fish was too big, and they were extremely close to it. They could only see one side of it. The Yin fish reacted extremely quickly. Just as the fish turned towards them, it dove headfirst into the sea, then swung its tail extremely rapidly, surged out of the sea in one breath, and leaped far away.
Wang Jin followed it into the sea, choked and coughed violently. Just as he was about to run out of breath and suffocate, the Yin fish dragged him out of the water again. Air rushed directly into his mouth, which he inhaled, only feeling a faint pain in his lungs.
The Yin fish did not stop but sped forward swiftly. Wang Jin recovered after a moment and looked behind him.
With the distance increased, he finally saw the appearance of the giant fish clearly. Its head was flat and round, its teeth were all sharp and protruding outwards... its appearance was extremely terrifying.
Even more terrifying was that it opened its mouth and quickly closed in on them.
The original owner recognized this fish, this was the Haiqiong, feared by everyone in Ning'an City!
Judging by its size, this was still a juvenile one!
Wang Jin's heart felt as cold as if frozen by winter frost, wondering why he had to run into this Haiqiong of all things.
He looked down at the Yin fish beneath him. The Yin fish currently had no extra energy to pay attention to him, desperately swimming forward with all its might. The wind whistled past Wang Jin's face, scraping painfully.
He suddenly remembered that this Yin fish was the Haiqiong's favorite food.
Back then, the original owner's father had told him that the Yin fish was a good friend of the beastmen, and the Haiqiong, which loved to eat Yin fish, was the most detested sea beast by beastmen.
He finally understood why they had encountered the Haiqiong so easily, it was clearly here for the Yin fish he was riding!
The problem was, this Yin fish had saved Wang Jin's life, and their fates were now tied together out here on the sea. This Yin fish absolutely could not come to harm.
Wang Jin tightened his knuckles and, with great difficulty, shuffled forward a few steps, and tightly held onto the dorsal fin. Not caring whether the Yin fish could understand him or not, he crouched down and shouted loudly to the Yin fish, "Quick, go underwater!"
On the sea surface, the Yin fish's speed was greatly limited.
The Yin fish seemed to understand. It let out a screech and plunged sharply into the water. Wang Jin hurriedly held his breath.
Underwater, the Yin fish was like an unbridled wild horse, its speed at least doubling. On the surface, the wind had scraped his face painfully; underwater, the water current battered his whole body painfully.
But fortunately, the distance from the Haiqiong increased slightly. However, the Yin fish needed to surface periodically for Wang Jin to breathe, which greatly reduced their overall speed this time.
Wang Jin anxiously tried to think of a solution, looking around in all directions.
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