Chapter 549: Golden Pearls of the Golden Lip Shell

This chapter is an extra update thanks to the sect leader "Falling Leaves Yes." For now, it's just one update, but the remaining five will follow soon.

When Liszt arrived at the seaside castle, he happened to find Acheronides teaching Pyke to speak. It’s worth noting that spirit bugs are easy to win over. After just a few days of interaction and the right amount of jade powder, Pyke stopped resisting Acheronides.

Even Rainbow Whale Rosi could roam around the seaside castle without fear of being attacked by Pyke.

Not to mention Fizz, Tahm, and Eddie, the three spirit bugs who were practically bouncing with joy at the sight of Acheronides. Liszt couldn’t help but think that if the contract were broken, these three little ones would probably rush into Acheronides’ arms.

“Liszt!”

“Liszt!”

When Pyke saw Liszt, he shouted at the top of his lungs. Liszt stepped through the glass door and stood on the room’s shore, waving to Pyke and saying, “Pyke, keep up the good work.”

Pyke grinned, his teeth oddly prominent.

He pointed at Liszt, then Acheronides, and finally himself, declaring, “Liszt, Acheronides, Pyke—family.”

Then he pointed at Rainbow Whale Rosi outside and scoffed, “Rosi? Just a fish.”

“Rosi isn’t a fish; she’s a Rainbow Whale, part of the dolphin family, and like humans, a mammal,” Liszt thought. But then he considered that in this world filled with magic, the variety of species far surpasses Earth’s, and they’re even more fantastical, making detailed classification pointless.

Whether the Rainbow Whale is a fish or a dolphin isn’t worth debating.

He waved Pyke off to play and then got ready to show Acheronides his magical masterpiece.

But Acheronides beat him to it: “Brother, I found a group of huge shelled sea monsters near the rocky island.” When they open up, there’s a big golden pearl inside!” As she spoke, she manipulated the water to bring over a pale golden shell roughly the size of a basin.

Seeing the shell, Liszt immediately activated his Magic Eye.

He clearly saw the bright magic aura radiating from the shell—another shellfish sea monster!

“Brother, be careful—it can shoot a magic water bullet, and it’s pretty dangerous,” Acheronides warned. But the warning was unnecessary; with his Magic Eye, Liszt could clearly see the magic flow on the sea monster and tell if it was about to cast a spell.

He grabbed the pale golden shell and tossed it into the room.

Then he drew his Sky-Splitting Sword and jammed it into the shell’s crack. The shell’s crack was tightly shut, and the force holding it closed was immense. But with Liszt’s Dragon Aura in full swing, he forced the Sky-Splitting Sword in and pried it open, causing the shell to instantly split in two. Even the meat inside the shell was shredded.

Without casting a single spell, Liszt brutally killed the pale golden shell.

Though it was dead, the golden pearl inside was fully exposed. Gently slicing through the membrane with his sword, the smooth golden pearl, as big as a man’s fist, gleamed brilliantly, like a sphere of pure gold.

There was only one, but the rich blue-white magic aura already indicated its value.

“This… must be the reward for the last smoke mission, a pearl-producing shell?” Liszt already understood. Clearly, the group of shells Acheronides discovered was the belated mission reward.

Looking at the dead shell, he noticed that the flesh inside the shell had a golden line at the crevice, like lips.

“Golden Lip Shell… Golden Pearl.” It only took him three seconds to determine the name of this shell and the pearl it produced. Official records of sea monsters are scarce, and almost every encounter with a sea monster is a new species, with the naming rights held by the discoverer.

“Acheronides, did you find these Golden Lip Shells near the rocky island?”

As a woman, Acheronides’ eyes sparkled at the sight of the pearl: “Yes, brother, isn’t its pearl so beautiful? Golden, just as beautiful as the black pearl of the black clam.”

“It is indeed very beautiful, but I need to study it carefully to see its value. If it’s highly valuable, the territory will have another specialty. Even if the pearl has no value, the sea monster meat is highly nutritious.”

The Black Clam, Pink Conch, and Golden-lipped Clam.

All are local specialties.

Unfortunately, the techniques for farming and harvesting them have not yet been developed. Fishermen can only assist in the process or plant gravel for the Black Clam. The serfs are powerless to handle the Pink Conch, a magical sea monster. Harvesting them still requires Acheronides or Liszt to personally intervene.

The Golden-lipped Clam likely requires the same approach.

However, as long as the golden pearl holds immense value, even if it requires personal harvesting, Liszt won't feel tired.

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Setting the golden pearl aside for the moment.

He retrieved his magical masterpiece "The Unified Argument of Triangle Theory and Magic Circle Structure" and handed it to Acheronides: "This is my speculation on the magic system. There might be errors in data references or unnoticed logical mistakes. Please review it for me."

"Okay."

Now, Acheronides is also a great water magician. Though she relies more on talent than accumulated knowledge, she has still read a lot of magical books seriously.

Unlike Liszt, who picks magical books that record interesting little stories.

He has amassed many anecdotes but remains a novice scholar.

Without further disturbing Acheronides.

He summoned Rose and headed straight for the sea, preparing to explore the waters around Rocky Island, following Acheronides' directions to find the group of Golden-lipped Clams and study them carefully.

Ever since acquiring the Rainbow Whale Rose as a mount.

Liszt almost rides it into the sea every day, exploring the ocean's breathtaking scenery. For many, the sea is an uncharted, forbidden realm, always accompanied by various mysterious legends, unknown sea monsters, and dark abysses. Ordinary people dare not easily set foot in the sea.

During his search for the Giant Kelp Forest.

If it weren't for Acheronides accompanying him, Liszt wouldn't have dared to venture into the sea casually.

But as the number of sea trips increased, he has conquered his thalassophobia and embraced the thrill of galloping and swimming in the sea. The ecosystem, so different from land, with its colorful fish, corals, seaweed, and sea-dwelling creatures, as well as sharks, sea turtles, etc., deeply attracts him.

Though the Rainbow Whale is merely a low-level dragon beast with only one magic—the Rainbow Breathing Membrane—it is still a dominant force in the sea, with few threats to it.

In the waters around Coral Island and Black Horse Island, there is no danger. Even when encountering a large group of sharks once, the Rainbow Whale bravely charged, flipped one over, easily tore open its belly, and ate its liver, scaring off the rest of the sharks.

Even a humpback whale dozens of meters long, upon seeing the Rainbow Whale, turned and swam away, not daring to approach.

"Among sea monsters, the Pink Conch and Golden-lipped Clam are akin to nobles' fire rabbits and rock goats, with minimal combat power. The Rainbow Whale, this low-level dragon beast, probably holds the status and combat power of an intermediate magical beast like Hiddleston." Arriving at Rocky Island smoothly, he couldn't help but muse.