By using his special technique, Su Mo lifted the heavy sarcophagi at the centre of the room, at ease. Making the hidden stairway going down come into their vision.
"Follow me closely." Su Mo said in a deep voice, leading the way down.
Although there wasn't any mention of traps on these stairs, Su Mo didn't dare be careless. The original novel was only for reference, not a guide.
Fortunately, by the time they came to the end of the stairway, no other traps were triggered.
"Um, did you hear that sound?" Zhang Xulin put her hand close to her ear as if trying to listen carefully.
Yang Qingxi also focused and answered affirmatively.
"It should be the sound of an underground river."
Su Mo, on the side, was thinking of the plot of the underground river in the original story. If nothing goes wrong, they will encounter those mutated archerfish in the river. Ye Chen almost lost his life because of them.
Not only do they shoot high-pressure water bullets strong enough to pierce through 10 cm-thick metal sheets. They also crave human meat very much. If someone falls into the river, they won't even leave the bones behind. The enemy camp of Ye Chen's tomb robber partner also had several of their brothers eaten by them.
[*Sigh* What should I do with those archerfish?]
Upon hearing Su Mo's inner voice, Yang Qingxi became perplexed. She couldn't understand how those fish could be a trouble for him, given his strength.
'Is he troubled because of me and Sister Xulin?'
Just when she was thinking, she heard Su Mo's voice beside her.
"Miss Yang…"
"Hm, what's wrong?"
"That…"
"Just speak what you want."
Seeing his hesitant look, Yang Qingxi couldn't help frowning. 'Is it really what I thought? Is he burdened by us?' She guessed.
However, she didn't think of these things for long, as she heard his troubles the next second.
[I don't know if Miss Yang would allow me to take some mutated archerfish to her villa? At least they seem much better than those fat, lazy goldfish in the pond.]
'…? Huh…? What…?!' Yang Qingxi felt that she might have misheard something. However, she was instantly proven wrong the next second.
"Well, I wonder if Miss Yang would like to change the fish in the villa's pond? I have some recommendations. They are talented, big, and very handsome. The guests would love them."
Upon seeing him scratching his cheek and making his request. Yang Qingxi almost lost her composure, and her blood pressure soared.
"Is this what you were troubled with?! Bastard!!!"
"Huh…? Well, yeah…"
"You want to take those monsters as pets?!!!"
"That's rude, Miss. They are just some innocent, hungry fish." Su Mo corrected her with a serious expression.
"F@ck you!!!" Yang Qingxi cursed and scolded. "Hungry fishes?!!! Even sharks don't dare compare with them in terms of eating humans! And what do you mean by fat, lazy goldfish?! You are much lazier than they are!"
"I never said that," Su Mo denied it in a firm tone.
"But you were thinking!" Yang Qingxi raised her voice, exasperated.
"…" Su Mo didn't dare ask why she could know his thoughts. Otherwise, she might get even angrier after knowing that's what he was actually thinking.
"…Miss, please calm down." Zhang Xulin tried to soothe her.
To be honest, she was still confused about what was going on. Why did they start arguing over fish all of a sudden? However, she agreed that Su Mo was very lazy. So, she concluded that… Su Mo should be at fault here! Which made her look at him with contemptuous eyes.
'No, what with that look?' Su Mo looked at Zhang Xulin in confusion. But he was too lazy to find out what she was thinking. At present, the most important thing is to settle those archerfish.
Anyway, no matter what, today, no one can stop him from taking those cool pet fish home.
"Miss, I can probably cultivate them as summoned beasts in the future. Just think, with their talent, they can shoot down all our enemies."
By now, Yang Qingxi had also calmed down with Zhang Xulin's comfort. From Su Mo's persistent look, she could see that he didn't plan to give up anytime soon.
In the end, she sighed and spoke.
"The goldfish can't be changed. That's what my mom likes. If you want, you can make another pond to keep your fish. However, you have to be responsible for them, and I don't want any servants or guests to die… get injured."
"I promise! You can be assured of that." Su Mo agreed with a smile.
In his previous life, Su Mo also liked keeping fish as pets. He only lived in an apartment before, so he could only have a fish tank. He always wanted to have his own pond, it's just that he couldn't afford it. Now that he has the opportunity. Of course, he was going to grab it.
Besides, those archerfish are really cool. As for taming them, that's not a problem for him at all. He could just buy some taming pills from the system store. Most probably, Yang Qingxi should also have those things in her system store, which is why she agreed. At least, that's what he guessed.
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It didn't take long for them to reach the edge of the underground river. As soon as they did, a high-pressure water bullet was shot in their face. Before Yand Qingxi and Zhang Xulin could react, Su Mo easily slapped those water bursts away with his palm.
"Are they welcoming us?"
Just when his voice fell, a boulder in front of them was destroyed with another burst of water bullet.
Yang Qingxi and Zhang Xulin's brows twitched wildly.
'No wonder Ye Chen almost died here. Just one shot of water bullet is enough to kill me into slags.'
Yang Qingxi thought with a horrified look.
'Fortunately, there's Su Mo with us.'
She sighed in relief, but when she remembered that Su Mo was going to take these fish back home, she felt a severe headache.
'Damn it! Just end it all!'