Xiao Qi glanced at Long Tianyu and said: "The benefactor doesn't have to be so polite, just say what you have, as long as I know, I will definitely tell the benefactor, and I will definitely not hide anything from the benefactor." ”

"It's not really a big deal. Long Tianyu shook his head embarrassedly, and said embarrassedly: "Those subordinates we saw you before we came to save you, why are they all so, so?"

Long Tianyu was a little embarrassed to say this, Xiao Qi looked at Long Tianyu's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, understood what Long Tianyu was going to say, smiled and said, "The benefactor wants to say why they are all so ugly, right?"

Long Tianyu nodded hurriedly.

"Haha, silly boy, you want to know this, in fact, you don't need to ask Xiao Qi, I know the answer to this question. Xiao Budian said with a smile on the side.

"You know, why didn't you say it earlier? Long Tianyu glanced at him and said complainingly.

"You didn't ask, why do you blame Ben Long now. ”

Xiao Qi didn't know Xiao Budian and Long Tianyu, thinking that the two of them were really quarrelling, and hurriedly said in order to ease the atmosphere: "The benefactor has worked hard to save me, so I'll answer for my son." ”

The image of the mermaid in Long Tianyu's heart comes from the beautiful mermaid Lorelei often mentioned in German legends and poems. She would often appear on the banks of the Rhine when it was dark, and with her cold and poignant appearance and mournful singing, she would distract the passing boatmen and disorient them, and finally sink to the bottom of the river.

The upper body of a mermaid is a human (mostly female) and the lower body is the body of a fish, which is the basic form. At the time, it was widely believed that the dugong, a mammal that lives in the oceans today, was a monster, but this claim is not substantiated. However, in art, literature, or painting, it is mostly used as a metaphorical symbol, which is more credible. Mermaids are often used to symbolize very unfortunate events, such as the mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. In most literary works, the mermaid ends up miserable, and in the end, he is not happy. Incidentally, although the familiar mermaid sculpture has only one tail fin on the lower body, in ancient Western paintings, mermaids usually have two tail fins, which is quite incredible.

Legend has it that mermaids are cursed by those who go to sea. Their upper body is breathtakingly beautiful, but the lower half is covered with scales, cold fishtails (sometimes one, sometimes split), and their seductive singing voices, so countless sailors have been led to the point of no return. [Miss Sairen, for example] Although they live a long life, they still face death, and it is said that merfolk have no soul.

Many folklore tales mention the story of a mermaid marrying a human. In most cases, men stole the mermaid's hat or belt, or comb and mirror. When this is properly hidden, the merfolk will live with him, and if she finds her lost property, she will return to the sea. In general, merfolk are dangerous to humans. The gifts they give can bring misfortune, such as causing disasters such as floods. Seeing a mermaid during a trip is a bad omen for a shipwreck. They sometimes longed to see mortals drowned, to cite a famous example: Lolaili of the Rhine

elei]。 Sometimes they lured young people to live underwater with them, and stories like this were carved on the pews of churches in Cornwall and England.

The Melanesians of the islands of the Southwest Pacific have similar myths and legends, and their mermaids are called "adala".

o), the upper body is humanoid and the lower half is fish-shaped, living in the sun, coming to the earth through rainbows, and usually hiding in tornadoes at sea. Unlike other mermaids, Adara is a dangerous creature in the eyes of Melanesians, who will attack humans with flying fish, leaving them unconscious or even dead.

Pliny the Elder, a natural scientist who wrote about the "mermaid" creature, wrote in his monumental book Natural History: "As for the mermaid, also called Nielid, it is not incredible...... They are real, but their bodies are rough and scaly, and even those parts that resemble women have scales. "There are many examples of mermaids allegedly seen like this, and media reports of mermaids are not uncommon.

In the mid-18th century, London, England, hosted an exhibition of mermaid specimens that caused a sensation in the British Isles. Subsequently, a similar exhibition was held in New York, USA, which also caused a national sensation. One of the most famous specimens is called the "Figi Mermaid". Later, after being examined by relevant scientists, this so-called mermaid specimen was a combination of a monkey and a fish. As a result, many people expressed doubts about the existence of mermaids. Norwegian biologist Eric Pontupidan said in The Natural History of Norway: "They give mermaids beautiful voices and tell people that they are great singers." Obviously, a person with a little brain would never be interested in this bizarre theory, and would even doubt the possibility of the existence of such a creature. Eric's view represents that of the majority of the biological community. However, Eric's view is not necessarily correct.

Mermaids have been a hot topic since ancient times. As early as the 3rd century B.C., the Babylonian historian Barossos wrote about mermaids in his book "Ancient History".

In the 17th century, a "Hutson Voyage Diary" was published in London, England, in which it was written: The mermaid's back and chest were like a woman. Its body is about the size of a normal person, with white skin and long black hair draped over its back. When it dived, it was also seen that it had a dolphin-like tail, with many spots like mackerel on the tail.

There is no shortage of records about mermaids in the history books of our country. The form of the mermaid is described in detail in the book "Zu Yi Ji" of the Song Dynasty: during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, a man named Cha Dao went to Goryeo (now North Korea) and saw a "woman" appear on the sea, "red clothes and double coats, hair in a messy bun, and a slight red mane on the back of her cheeks." Life in the water, worship the hand and feel in love, but the mermaid also". There is a similar record in the Song Dynasty scholar Xu Xuan's "Jishenlu".

The image of the mermaid in Long Tianyu's mind was also obtained from films, television and books, and now that he has met Xiao Qi, he also has some understanding of the mermaid in this world.

It turned out that the mermaids in this world were similar to what he knew in his previous life, and Long Tianyu doubted whether the people who wrote books in his previous life had really seen mermaids.

From Xiao Qi's mouth, Long Tianyu learned that the men of the original mermaids were all extremely ugly, and it was not an exaggeration to describe them as uglier than the other, and the women of the mermaids were particularly beautiful, seeing Xiao Qi's appearance, Long Tianyu also believed in this fact.

I thought, maybe God is so fair, the women of the mermaid clan are all beautiful as flowers, and they are all ugly in exchange for male mermaids.

Waking up from his thoughts, Long Tianyu suddenly thought of what was going on this time, and hurriedly asked again: "Little Seventh Girl, since you are the princess of the mermaid, you must have a great friendship with the Dragon Clan, I wonder if you can take us to the Dragon Clan?"

"Looking for the dragon clan?" Xiao Qi turned his head and glanced at Xiao Budian next to him, and said puzzledly: "Isn't it a dragon, if Engong wants to find the dragon clan and let it take you directly, isn't it?"

Xiao Qi asked like this, but Long Tianyu didn't know how to answer for a while, Xiao Budian's identity was too sensitive, and he couldn't tell Xiao Qi truthfully, otherwise he really didn't know how to explain, after thinking about it, Long Tianyu decided to lie to Xiao Qi.

Long Tianyu first gave Xiao Budian a color, signaled it not to speak, and then said to Xiao Qi: "Little Qi girl, you don't know, Xiao Budian has been separated from his family since he was a child, so he doesn't know where the dragon clan lives now, and we came this time to help it find a home." ”

Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Budian sympathetically, as if maternal love was overflowing, maybe this is the nature of women, I can't listen to these things, and I comforted Xiao Budian: "Don't worry, you saved my life, I will definitely help you find your family, it's late now, I'll take you to the dragon clan at dawn tomorrow." ”

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On the other side, the four brothers of the Jiaolong clan are looking around for the whereabouts of Xiao Budian.

"Fourth, what about the dragon you are chasing, won't you not catch up?"

"Alas, what a strange thing happened, the dragon had been flying in front of me, and it seemed that it was about to catch up with it, and in the blink of an eye it was gone, and no matter how much I looked for it, I couldn't find it. The fourth brother said depressedly, seeing that the credit of his hand was gone, he was depressed, and suddenly thought of how his third brother chased after him, and asked puzzledly: "Third brother, don't you believe in my ability, why did you chase after me." ”

"Alas!" The third sighed and said: "Don't mention it, you chased the dragon and just left, and another dragon rushed out of the woods, I thought that the credit was snatched away by you just now, and this credit can not be snatched away again, so I hurriedly chased it, who knows that it was also chasing and chasing, and the dragon suddenly disappeared, and today I really encountered something strange." ”

"The third, the fourth, there's nothing wrong with the two of you. As soon as the two finished speaking, the eldest and second came in the woods.

The four of them glanced at each other, and the fourth opened his mouth and asked, "Big brother, second brother, shouldn't you two also run after the dragon?" ”

The second child nodded, and the eldest said: "After the three of you ran away after chasing the three dragons, another dragon came out, saying that you fell into their trap, I was worried about your safety and hurriedly ran after it, who knew that the dragon suddenly disappeared just now, I was relieved to see that you were okay, I was still worried that something would happen to you just now." ”