But alas, there were three of them, which created an imbalance in the cycle—and the mossback crayfish noticed something was off.
A few times, judging by its soul fluctuations, the shadow lotus shrimp mother seemed to be right on the edge of charging over and attacking the mossback crayfish. Yet such a move would have been reckless, for she was only at the fourth stage of the qi refinement realm while the crayfish was at the seventh. A direct confrontation would not favor her in the slightest.
Luckily for her, the mossback crayfish's investigation was not thorough. Her eggs remained undiscovered as the crayfish finally walked away, disgruntled, its black beady eyes still glinting with fierce suspicion.
