Watching the Sparrow-tailed Fish swim in circles, Li Qian frowned helplessly.
He ventured a guess, looking at the Sparrow-tailed Fish not far from the shore. "Do you have something to give me?" he asked.
The moment he spoke, the Sparrow-tailed Fish shivered and then dove back into the depths.
Li Qian watched, confused. About two minutes later, it shot out of the water again, its tail seemingly wrapped around something.
SPLASH!
With a faint splash, Li Qian clearly saw something wrapped in the Sparrow-tailed Fish's tail get flung into the air.
He didn't overthink it. Believing the Sparrow-tailed Fish wouldn't harm him, he instinctively reached out and caught the object.
Once it was securely in his grasp, he stared at it, only to find it was a pearl—one about the size of a baby's fist and as black as ink.
Li Qian stared at the strange pearl, utterly baffled.
'What's going on?'
'Why would the Sparrow-tailed Fish give this mysterious pearl to me?'