Chapter 392

Chapter 392: Why Should I Help You?

“This fish, shall we give it to Brother Ao?”

Ming smiled as he looked at Ao Jin.

Ao Jin’s eyebrows twitched, his fists tightly clenched, but his face remained calm with a smile: “Brother Ming is too kind, but I can manage on my own.”

“Alright then.”

Ming nodded and tossed the fish into the nearby basket.

Time passed minute by minute.

Ao Jin had completely let go of his thoughts, just fishing for some insignificant small fish.

By noon, everyone tallied up their catch and sold all the fish to an old man by the lake who was buying fish.

Watching this old man sell fishing hooks and bait, and also buy fish, he was practically raking in the cash.

And most people who came here to fish were only interested in leisure, not caring about how much money they made, so even if the old man bought low, most people didn’t mind.

At a glance, this old man was making more money than anyone else.

The group used the final selling price of the fish as a reference.

Sure enough, Ao Jin came in last place.

Ming happily took second to last.

Ao Jin also generously admitted: “Looks like I lost. Come on, I’ll treat everyone to lunch.”

Yu Wen Xi laughed heartily: “Then Brother Ao will be footing the bill for lunch.”

Ao Jin nodded: “What nonsense is this? Everyone, eat your fill. If you don’t, that’s my problem.”

“Let’s go then.” Fang Yu loved being treated to meals.

“Everyone go ahead, I have some matters to attend to, so I must take my leave first.” Ming smiled and bowed politely.

The others looked at Ming, and Ao Jin chuckled: “Could it be that Brother Ming looks down on me? Won’t give me this face?”

Ming shook his head: “How could that be? Of course I should accept Brother Ao’s invitation, but I really need to visit someone. The time is about right, and if I don’t go, I’ll break my promise. Brother Ao wouldn’t want me to become a person of no integrity because of a meal, would you?”

Ao Jin: “…”

“That’s fine then. Another day won’t hurt. But Brother Ming, since you didn’t give Brother Ao face this time, next time you must invite us all to eat.” Yu Wen Xi’s eyes flickered as he quickly stepped forward and said.

Yu Wen Xi didn’t know what grudges these two had, theoretically they were meeting for the first time.

But he had to play peacemaker and give the other side a way out.

“That goes without saying, another day I will surely treat everyone.” With the step given by Yu Wen Xi, Ming naturally followed it.

“I’ll be waiting for Young Master Xu then.” Despite being very upset with Ming inside, Ao Jin still had to pretend to be cheerful and polite.

“May all of you enjoy yourselves, I must take my leave now.” Ming turned around and walked towards the depths of Coral Sea.

Looking at Ming’s back, Ao Jin narrowed his eyes.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Ming walked into the depths of Coral Sea.

Following the route given by Lord Turtle, it wasn’t long before Ming saw a stone house.

The stone house was surrounded by a fence, inside were some strange monster beasts.

Standing in front of the stone house, Ming bowed politely and loudly said: “Junior from Wu Kingdom, Xu Ming, pays respects to Mr. North Sea.”

Ming’s voice echoed through the courtyard, a sea dog lifted its head and looked at Ming, then continued lying down to sleep.

Ming called out again: “Junior from Wu Kingdom, Xu Ming, has come to visit.” But there was still no response.

Ming wondered if the person wasn’t home. Should he wait outside the yard?

Just at that moment, the door inside the yard opened.

A middle-aged uncle walked out.

But this middle-aged uncle was like he didn’t see Ming at all, directly picking up a watering can and watering the flowers and plants in the yard.

Watering underwater plants, this was truly fantastical.

But since fishing underwater earlier wasn’t an issue, Ming accepted it.

“Junior from Wu Kingdom, Xu Ming, pays respects to the senior.”

Looking at this middle-aged uncle, Ming bowed again, but this middle-aged uncle still ignored him.

Ming’s heart wasn’t particularly angry, after all, he came here himself, seeking help, and how the other person treats him is their business.

If you can’t handle the other person’s personality, just turn around and leave, no need to stay here any longer.

Moreover, Lord Turtle had already warned him beforehand, this Mr. North Sea had a rather peculiar character.

After several failed attempts to greet him, Ming just stood outside the courtyard waiting.

Then Ming saw this Mr. North Sea water the plants, then take some rice and feed the sea chickens, then stew a bone soup for the sea dog.

Finally, this Mr. North Sea boiled a pot of water, brewed a pot of tea, and leisurely sat on a chair.

“You brat, who told you I live here?”

The place where I live can’t exactly be called hidden, but it can be said to be little known.

He could find this place, definitely because some old guys deliberately told him.

“It was Lord Turtle who told me, sir.” Ming immediately sold out Lord Turtle.

“That old turtle!” Mr. North Sea rubbed his teeth, “That old turtle doesn’t do anything serious, but instead tells people where I live, disturbing my peace.”

Ming didn’t respond, when two friends are criticizing each other, it’s best not to say a word.

“So, why did you, a human, come find me?”

After Mr. North Sea drank a cup of tea, he finally looked at Ming.

Ming bowed politely and didn’t beat around the bush with this Mr. North Sea: “Junior wants to learn about some things regarding the North Sea Abyss.”

“North Sea Abyss, what do you want to go to the North Sea Abyss for? That’s not a place you should go.”

Mr. North Sea poured himself another cup of tea.

“Junior wants to obtain the Linglong Pearl, this thing is crucial to junior, I have no choice but to go,” Ming said.

“Linglong Pearl ah, that indeed is a good thing, but its uses aren’t very widespread.”

Mr. North Sea nodded and looked at Ming.

“I roughly know what you’re going to do. You’re going to the North Sea Abyss, and that old turtle couldn’t bear to see you go straight to your death, so he recommended me to you.

Indeed, I know quite a bit about the North Sea Abyss. If you want to get that Linglong Pearl, I can certainly help you a lot, at least enough to let you come back alive.

But then again, why should I help you?”