Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Mermaids of the East China Sea
The river was turbulent, and Li Xingmeng, who was holding a log, floated in the river for several days, followed the river into the East China Sea, and then drifted to an island near the land in the East China Sea, and Li Xingmeng had already fallen asleep and was unconscious.
"Look, Grandpa, there's a dirty girl here. On the beach of the island, a dark-skinned little boy pointed to Li Xingmeng lying on the beach.
The old man on the side looked at Li Xingmeng and said solemnly: "Maybe there is still salvation, take it back." β
After being rescued, Li Xingmeng went out to collect pearls with the little boy every day. A few days later, Li Xingmeng saw a place with a lot of pearl shells, so he hurriedly ran to collect them, and the little boy hurriedly exclaimed: "Xingmeng, it's dangerous, you can't go there." β
However, it was too late, I saw that the wind was raging, the waves were raging, and Li Xingmeng, who was collecting pearls, was swept away by the waves. The little boy didn't dare to go over, so he had to go home and tell his grandfather at this time, and the two built a simple tomb for Li Xingmeng.
In the waves, Li Xingmeng struggled desperately, and Li Xingmeng didn't have time to appreciate the countless sea fish of all kinds in front of him, is this what it feels like to die, I don't know what will happen to me after I die, Li Xingmeng said. However, Li Xingmeng, who was struggling, encountered a situation that made her feel even more desperate, the waves swept her to a sharp reef, Li Xingmeng's body hit the reef fiercely, and her bones were shattered suddenly, and she couldn't even struggle at this time.
It's finally over, maybe I can see my father, Daosheng senior, Sister Ouyang, Li Xingmeng thought like this and then lost consciousness.
I don't know how long it took, Li Xingmeng, who was in a daze, heard someone talking next to him.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, this girl is just an ordinary person of the human race, why bother to save it, the human race has repeatedly bullied us, and it is already benevolent for us not to kill these fallen human races. β
"Your Highness, you have repeatedly rescued some of the terrans who have fallen on the seashore, and all the elders are dissatisfied with you, which will be detrimental to the status of Her Royal Highness the princess. β
However, a friendly and warm voice said: "I only saved an innocent life, it has nothing to do with her racial identity, it is the ruler of the Terran who oppresses us, what does it have to do with an ordinary Terran girl like her, we merfolk and the people of the Terran should be standing together, and our common enemies are the rulers of the Terrans."
Li Xingmeng tried his best to open his eyes, and what he saw was a mermaid with three human bodies and fish tails, the mermaid clan was originally a race that has been living in the East China Sea since ancient times, because it lives in the sea, the ancient emperor of the ancients did not expel it from the ancestral land when he ruled the world, just asked for tribute, after the death of the Great Zhou, the mermaid tribe cut off the tribute to the human race, and three years ago he participated in the war between the Pingyuan envoy and the Donglai envoy, because the mermaid clan stood on the side of the Donglai envoy, so the plain envoy Ye Yan suppressed the mermaid tribe in the East China Sea after the establishment of the Qi State, the mermaid tribe had no choice but to pay tribute to the Qi country, but now the Qi country is extinctSome merfolk think that although the Terran is now in civil strife, its strength is still the strongest among the races, and the merfolk should find the powerful forces in the Terran and pay tribute to them to seek refuge, while other merfolk think that the civil strife of the Terran is so serious that they have no time to take care of the East China Sea, and the merfolk should do a lot and cannot continue to be servants of the Terran. The eldest princess Han does not approve of submitting to the Terrans, nor does she approve of starting a war with the Terrans now, she belongs to the neutral faction, but the racial sentiment within the mermaid clan is high, and the new generation of the mermaid clan has seen the decline of the Terran with their own eyes, they have only seen the Terran who are now in civil strife and decline, and they have not experienced the fear of being dominated by the Terran like their elders, so the call for war and expansion within the mermaid clan is very high, the eldest princess Han is reprimanded by the angry youth of the mermaid clan as a soft bone because she often rescues some innocent Terran people, and the behavior of the eldest princess Han is incomprehensible to most of the mermaid clan, and they do not understand that the enemy can also be unitedThey do not understand that there is a difference between the people of the Terrans and the rulers of the Terrans.
"Thank you, and if I have the chance, I will definitely repay it. Li Xingmeng rarely has this kind of life and death experience, and this is the first time she has sincerely thanked others.
"Hmph, no thanks, if it weren't for His Highness's insistence on saving you, we wouldn't have been able to save you, a Terran girl. Originally, I wanted to say some dirty words, but considering that His Highness was next to me, the guards restrained themselves.
"And what can you give back to us as an ordinary girl of the human race, you just need to remember that your little life was saved by the eldest princess of our mermaid clan. Another guard reminded.
"Alright, you two, she's still very weak, don't say that. The eldest princess Han looked at Li Xingmeng, who was seriously injured, and sighed.
The eldest princess Han used the mermaid clan's treasure mermaid tears to treat Li Xingmeng's injuries, mermaid tears are said to be in ancient times, the ancestors of the mermaid tribe The tears of the mermaid empress, the mermaid empress is a god in ancient times, which led the mermaid clan to multiply in the East China Sea, the mermaid clan has worshipped this ancestor for generations, and the mermaid princess has to sacrifice the mermaid empress when she ascends the mermaid king, and only those who are recognized by the mermaid empress can successfully ascend the throne, but the mermaid empress has already fallen, so whether or not to get the approval of the ancestors is the high priest's final sayγ
Seeing that His Highness actually used the treasure of the mermaid clan to treat a human girl, the two guards on the side felt distressed, His Highness was too kind, hey.
After seeing that Li Xingmeng's injuries were all recovered, the eldest princess Han touched Li Xingmeng's little head with her hand and said gently: "Little guy, this is the high-frequency area of wind and waves, don't come here again in the future, it's very dangerous." After finishing speaking, the eldest princess Han left the place with two guards, and Li Xingmeng also returned to the boy's house where he had saved him, and when he saw Li Xingmeng coming back alive, the boy was startled and screamed: "Ah, ghost." β
"Ah, I'm not a ghost, I'm not dead. Li Xingmeng explained, and told the boy about his magical experience.
"You're so lucky, if only I could meet the princess sister of the merfolk clan. The boy said enviously.
Three days later, the eldest princess Han came to the island with two guards, and one of the guards said eagerly: " Since more than ten years ago, the Dao base energy in the heaven and earth began to recover, and the cultivators of the Dao base first appeared in the Middle Earth of the human race, and the recovery of the Dao base energy in our East China Sea is far slower than that of the Middle Earth, plus in ancient times, in order to show surrender to the human emperor of the human race, our clan handed over the Dao base cultivation method of the mermaid to the human emperor, and abandoned the martial arts to prohibit the mermaid from cultivating the Dao base, so that even if the Dao base energy is restored now, our race has not appeared even a single Dao base cultivator, hey, the human race has bullied our clan for 800 years, and now the Dao base has recovered the fastest in the human race's Middle Earth, is it impossible for the human race to be the eternal master of this heaven and earth, why is God so unfairγ β
However, the eldest princess Han said: " Heaven wants to destroy it, must be given first, now the Terran Dao Ji recovery is the fastest, the Dao Ji is also the most strong, but the civil strife of the Terran is also the most serious, there has never been a human race like the current Terran as a hater, since the Terran Spirit Emperor, the Middle-earth Terran, parents and children kill each other, mother and son brothers and sisters fall in love, brothers and sisters vendetta against each other, betrayal of ancestors, ravage offspring and other tragic things have happened repeatedly, the king is not a king, the minister is not a subject, the people are not the people, the strong external force of the human race is its weak internal self-identity, countless Daoji strong people can not bury the truth that their heavenly principles and humanity are collapsing, the strength of the race may rely on temporary force, but to really be based on heaven and earth and for a long time depends on internal self-identity and stable heavenly principles. β
"I heard that the third princess Na inadvertently obtained the mermaid fragments in the Human Emperor Dao Sutra from the hands of a human race's Daoji cultivator (after the mermaid clan handed over their Dao Ji cultivation method, the cultivation method was written into the mermaid chapter of the Human Emperor Dao Sutra, but in the past few hundred years, the Human Emperor Dao Sutra has long been broken, and the mermaid chapter is even more broken, but even the broken version is very noisy to obtain, when the Spirit Emperor burned all the human emperor Dao in Luoyang, only a small number of books were kept by the Dao Sheng and brought out), now the three princesses are cultivating their own Dao Ji, if the three princesses really practice it in the future, I am afraid that the position of the prince of His Royal Highness will be, heyγ "The other guard was gloomy about the future.
"This time we heard about the whereabouts of the mermaid on the island, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, we must grasp it, and do our best. "The eldest princess Han is not discouraged.
However, after finding the Terran Dao Ji cultivator who was secretly in contact, the other party said strangely: "I can give you the mermaid chapter in the Human Emperor Dao Sutra, but you need to exchange it for mermaid tears, and the number cannot be less than one hundred drops." β
"Hmph, the mermaid's tears are the treasure of our clan, even Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, as the prince, can only apply to the king for twelve drops every year, you are too greedy. The guard said dissatisfied.
The eldest princess Han was entangled in her heart, although a hundred drops was too much, but she had saved it for so many years, how could she say that there were more than a hundred drops, and a hundred drops could still be taken, but the price was really a bit big, just as the eldest princess Han was still thinking about whether to make a deal with this Daoji cultivator of the human race, Li Xingmeng suddenly broke in and said: " Sister Princess, she's a liar, don't believe him, yesterday I accidentally saw him conspiring with a mermaid woman to cheat your mermaid tears away but not give you the mermaid chapter, so that you can be punished for losing the mermaid tears and lose the position of the prince. β
Hearing this, the eldest princess Han was shocked, and the guards on the side also seemed to understand something and said: "Your Highness, I heard that the third princess left the palace yesterday and went to Jiuye Island to find the Dao Ji cultivator of the Terran Race to discuss Dao Ji cultivation, could it be that the Dao Ji cultivator of the Terran Race is this person." β
Seeing that his identity was revealed, the Daoji cultivator surnamed Pu stopped pretending, and said in a cold voice: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I have no intention of being an enemy of you, but I and the third princess Na are truly in love, and I must obtain the position of prince for her." β
In the end, the eldest princess reluctantly took two guards and prepared to go back, but Li Xingmeng always followed.
"Little guy, don't follow, you can repay your kindness if you see through the deception for Your Highness, don't pester us anymore. The guard dissuaded.
"But I have no relatives on the island, and I offended that Daoji cultivator, Sister Princess has the support of the Mermaid Clan behind her, so naturally I don't have to be afraid of him, but I dare to stay on the island there, please Sister Princess take me, I am willing to be Sister Princess's maidservant." Li Xingmeng refused to give up, the eldest princess Han was currently the closest to her.
"You Terran Middle-earth Fourteen States are so big, don't you just go back to the land, Middle-earth is so big, how can that Daoji cultivator find you, you and Your Highness are useless to go down to the Mermaid Clan, you are just a drag oil bottle. "The other guard was reluctant to take a Terran girl back, it would be too conspicuous, and he would have to waste a water-repellent bead, which was a treasure worthy of the mermaid's tears.
"If you can't get back to land, I can help you. The eldest princess said.
"Sister Princess, in fact, I am a student of the Daosheng seniors, and I studied some of the contents of the Human Emperor Dao Sutra with the Daosheng seniors in Xiapi County, including the mermaid chapter, although I have almost forgotten it, but I still remember a little bit. Li Xingmeng was about to cry in a hurry, and hurriedly said.
"I didn't expect you to be a student of the Taoist seniors, the Taoist seniors are selfless, travel around the counties, and spread the human emperor Taoism all over the world for free, but unfortunately my mermaid clan is far away in the East China Sea, and I have never had the opportunity to go to Ling to listen to the preaching of the Taoist seniors, since you are a student of the Taoist seniors, come with me to the land of the mermaid clan, this is to avoid water droplets, which can allow you to breathe in the water. The eldest princess Han put the water-repellent bead into Li Xingmeng's immature little hand and said with a sigh.
After swallowing the water beads, Li Xingmeng followed the eldest princess Han down to the bottom of the sea to go to the mermaid land, on the way, the eldest princess Han stretched out her willow eyebrows, the eyelashes at her eyes drooped slightly, and asked a little happily: "Little guy, I don't know your name yet." β
"Li Xingmeng, you can call me Xingmeng or Xiao Meng'er. Li Xingmeng took the eldest princess's hand and replied lively.
The mermaid land, the cool sea water caresses our hearts, and the soft mermaids breed here, which is an undisturbed underwater holy place.
The mermaids looked at Li Xingmeng curiously, many of them had never been out of the mermaid land in their lives, and they had never seen humans, but there were also some mermaids who had bad intentions towards Li Xingmeng, and among the mermaids, some mermaids shouted: "It's humans, damn human beings have repeatedly bullied us, captured our compatriots as slave trade, human beings are devils, kill them." β
There are many mermaids who are angry and angry, and more and more mermaids who don't know the truth are also coaxing, but Li Xingmeng is protected by the eldest princess, and the mermaids also curse but don't dare to do it, the eldest princess Han has long been used to this kind of life, and not everyone has reason. Li Xingmeng looked at the angry mermaids and was a little overwhelmed, he didn't do anything wrong, why did they do this.
"Don't care, come into my room with me and tell the mermaid story. The eldest princess didn't care about the mermaids' brainless venting at all, and took Li Xingmeng to her room.
After many days of getting along, the eldest princess's control over Daoji is getting stronger and stronger, and on this day, Li Xingmeng was still telling the eldest princess about the mermaid chapter, but the eldest princess's maidservant hurriedly walked in and said, "Your Highness, it's not good, something big is happening outside." β
The eldest princess took Li Xingmeng outside, only to see a strong mermaid with a few mermaid soldiers besiege the two guards of the eldest princess, and the two sides fought red-faced.
After seeing the eldest princess come out, the mermaid at the head said: " Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, some mermaids reported that you colluded with the human race to steal the treasure mermaid of our race, and you are ready to cooperate with the Wanmin Association to subvert the rule of the king (although the Wanmin Association is headquartered in Luoyang, there are branches in all parts of the world, and even other races of the non-human race have also been set up branches, just because the purpose of the Wanmin Association is to overthrow their own rulers and establish a pure land belonging to the people, and this people not only refers to the people of the human race, but also includes the people of all races, and the people of all races will establish a world of equality among all races in the world and no oppression and exploitation) γ β
Hearing this, the eldest princess Han did not react, her face was calm, as a prince, she had to face all kinds of conspiracies, but the two guards of the eldest princess were angry.
"Bastard, what are you talking about, Your Highness is clean and self-conscious, and will never do anything to steal the mermaid's tears, as for colluding with the Terrans, it is even more useless, this Terran girl is just an innocent person who was taken in by His Highness, you dare to talk nonsense Lao Tzu will fight with you. The guard scolded at the mermaid in great anger.
"You're just the third sister's favorite minister, and you're not qualified to investigate me, but for the sake of the third sister's face, you can get out. "The eldest princess didn't bother to give the third princess a favorite of the so-called face, and directly let her get out.
Seeing that the eldest princess didn't give herself face at all, the mermaid strong man led by him was angry in his heart, but he didn't dare to vent to the eldest princess, so he said: "The subordinates are guilty, Your Highness is angry, but the origin of this human race girl is unknown, for the sake of the mermaid clan and the safety of His Highness, please hand over this person to your subordinates, and your subordinates will definitely enforce the law impartially to find out the facts." β
However, in response to the mermaid strong man, it was a water blade, and the eldest princess cast the newly learned water blade attack on the strong man's body, and in an instant, the strong man's right hand was cut off entirely.
"Still not going?" said the eldest princess coldly.
The mermaid strong man endured the severe pain and fled his head and did not dare to turn back, but his heart was turbulent: the eldest princess actually mastered the cultivation of the Dao base, and it seemed that it would be more difficult for Her Royal Highness the Third Princess to overthrow the eldest princess and seize the position of the prince, this matter was extremely important, and she must be told to Her Royal Highness the Third Princess quickly.
"Your Highness, what should I do if this person says bad things about His Highness after he goes back. The guard asked anxiously.
"Let him say, if you are even afraid of this, how can you be this prince. The eldest princess didn't take it to heart.
Inside the boudoir of the three princesses of the mermaid. Looking at the favored minister who was covered in blood and looked embarrassed, the third princess's face was gloomy: "I didn't expect that my sister to actually master the cultivation method of Daoji." β
The favored minister trembled and didn't dare to speak, but behind the third princess, the Dao Ji cultivator of the human race said: "I think it's just luck that inadvertently stimulated the Dao Ji, there are countless people like this in the Middle Earth Continent, there is nothing to worry about, besides, the high priest has already been bought by us, and at the grand ceremony of sacrificing the empress seven days later, as long as the high priest says that the eldest princess has not been approved by the empress, it is foolproof, you don't have to worry." β
"Brother Park, thank you for your comfort, if I become the king of mermaids, the mermaid will cry and give as many concubines as you want. The third princess snuggled into the man's arms with a comfortable expression.