Chapter 416: The Secret of the Mermaid Clan
It turned out that the refining of the holy water of the mermaid clan, in addition to the water of life and the blood essence of the blood-scale shrimp that the queen said before, also needed the most important substance. 35xs
That is the mermaid's years, and the refining of a cup of holy water needs to cost each mermaid of the mermaid clan a month's lifespan, that is to say, in order to refine this cup of holy water, the lifespan of the entire mermaid clan has been shortened by one month.
Although each mermaid only contributes a month's lifespan, and the general lifespan of mermaids is several times that of ordinary humans, ordinary humans normally only live to be more than 70 years old, while mermaids can generally live to more than 200 years old.
Therefore, it is not very serious for a mermaid to contribute a month's lifespan, but it is worth noting that a single one-month lifespan may not be remarkable, but you must know that the number of mermaids is hundreds, so if you calculate it together, then it is nearly a few decades of lifespan that have been consumed.
Therefore, it is no wonder that the mermaid Selena was so surprised when she heard the name of holy water, because in the history of the mermaid family, the refining of holy water was originally rare, let alone refined by foreign races, that is, humans.
No wonder, after listening to the refining conditions of the holy water, Ye Feng finally understood why the effect of the holy water was so strong, it was really worth the money!
However, this made him feel a little puzzled, because it was very simple, it can be seen from the powerful effect of the holy water, this will definitely not be an additional reward after completing the task of the mermaid clan, just looking at the actual effect of the holy water, the health value increases by 200 points, and the physical strength attribute increases by 2 points.
This can definitely be included in the reward option for completing the mission, rather than as a small bonus after completing the mission.
In this way, the mermaid queen must be planning something, as for the specifics, Ye Feng can't reason, after all, he is not smart enough to easily deduce the truth of the matter based on some clues alone, unless he can have a reasoning mind comparable to Sherlock Holmes. Flash Dance
Forget it, since he can't think of it, Ye Feng is not ready to continue to think about it painfully, after all, no matter what, he has already obtained the benefit, and this benefit is still the kind that will not disappear and be returned.
Anyway, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge!
But what happened next made him feel happy and felt like he had fallen from the sky, only to hear a hint from the Nightmare Mark, because you took the Mermaid Clan's holy water, so Mermaid Selena's loyalty to you has increased by 10 points, and it is currently 98 points.
An unexpected delight, an absolute unexpected.
Then Ye Feng thought very shamelessly, let this unexpected joy come more and more violently.
However, he also knew very well that such a good thing was basically difficult to come by, and fortunately, he was already very satisfied with it.
At this time, he also asked the mermaid Selena about his previous confusion and why there has always been a legend that the mermaid people like to eat people in the Caribbean.
Because according to his contact with the mermaid clan during this time, he found that the mermaid he knew was not at all different from the rumor?
In the face of Ye Feng's inquiry, the mermaid Selena sighed silently, and after a long period of coldness, she said faintly, "Actually, as you can see, master, our mermaid clan doesn't even eat ordinary meat, generally speaking, we live by eating plants on the bottom of the sea." ”
"But the legend says that our clan will eat people, and that's not wrong!"
"What!" Hearing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but subconsciously whisper.
Because this is really too unexpected for him, because he really can't imagine the kind of picture of the cute and simple Selena eating human flesh, it is really incredible!
Despite being very shy, the mermaid Selena nodded decisively, although her face was full of bitterness at this time.
Subsequently, in Selena's eloquent explanation, Yefeng also slowly learned the secrets of the mermaid clan hidden deep in history!
It turns out that there are two races in the sea, they have very similar characteristics, that is, their entire race is composed of women, and they are also half-human and half-tailed, but one of them loves life and only eats plants all their lives, they are the mermaid family, and their tails are like the tails of fish.
The other race is quite ferocious, they especially like to eat and eat humans, and they are called the Kraken clan, their tails are not like mermaids are fish-like tails, but like snake-like tails, but in the bottom of the sea where the line of sight is not clear, fish tails and snake tails actually do not look very different.
In addition, the Kraken clan, like the mermaid clan, is composed of beautiful women, so humans will mistake the Kraken for a mermaid, and the misunderstanding has become a legend.
Speaking of which, to say that there is no relationship between a kraken and a mermaid, I believe many people will definitely not believe it.
In fact, the true identity of the Kraken was evolved from a fallen mermaid.
Before the fall, the Kraken was a mermaid who loved life, but after the fall, they became very ferocious, and compared with the mermaid, it was just like a different person!
The reason for the fall of mermaids also has a lot to do with human beings.
In ancient times, powerful wizards among human beings have been slaughtering and studying the bodies of mermaids in order to study the secret of immortality.
Watching his people being wantonly slaughtered and dissected by human wizards, no matter how kind the mermaid is, it will definitely not be able to bear it, but unfortunately, as a descendant of the sea god, the mermaid can naturally master water spells.
But because of this, in addition to the water spells in their lives, the rest of the spells are difficult to master, and individual genius mermaids are at most a variant that can master the water magic-ice magic.
And because of the mermaid's unique talent, even the weakest mermaid can easily set off a huge storm in the sea that can destroy the battleship.
Therefore, the heavens have also limited the cultivation speed of the mermaid clan, which makes although the mermaid clan can be said to be a whole clan of mages, but because of their cultivation talents, most mermaids only stop at the level equivalent to intermediate magicians in their lives.
It is already rare to be able to reach the level of high-level magician.
Humans are different, although they don't have extraordinary talents, but their cultivation progress is definitely not comparable to that of mermaids, so the number of top magicians born in humans is simply beyond the reach of mermaids.
Coupled with the fact that humans can practice many other types of magic, this makes it possible for the strongest among humans to slaughter the mermaids at will.
Because of this, a mermaid finally couldn't bear such a humiliation and dedicated her soul to the demon in exchange for the strength to resist the strong human beings.
But in this way, although the mermaids gained strength, they also paid the good part of their hearts for it, and they became even more brutal and terrifying.
What's even more terrifying is that in order to control these mermaids forever, the demon also deliberately placed a curse on these mermaids, but it is not so much a curse as a demon who gave his evil talent to the mermaids.
Legend has it that demons can become powerful by sucking the souls of living beings.
And the evil talent it gives to the mermaid is also similar to it, the mermaid can obtain 110 of the human cultivation speed by sucking humans, although it is not much, but the accumulated cultivation speed can make the mermaid's magic cultivation increase rapidly.
What's even more terrifying is that when a mermaid eats a human with fire or other systems, she can gain a little bit of the human's magical talent through this evil talent, so that she can master magic other than water and ice.
In addition to magicians, in fact, ordinary humans may also have magical talents, but they have not been able to get the magician's professor to turn on this power.
It is precisely because of this that the mermaid, who longs for strength to resist the powerful human wizard, has degenerated into an evil kraken, and is not eager to prey on humans all the time.
And because these krakens still belong to the mermaid clan in essence, but their hearts have become brutal and dark, so humans who don't know the inside story confuse mermaids and krakens together.
However, it is precisely because these krakens also belonged to the mermaid clan before, so they and the mermaids also belong to the well water and do not interfere with the river water, they do not harm the mermaids, and the mermaids will not hinder their hunting behavior.
Although the mermaids are very shameless about what the Kraken does, they also have to admit that if it weren't for the Kraken, then their current fate would still be wantonly slaughtered by the strong among humans as before.
It's just that this peaceful situation has gradually changed in recent times, that is, mermaids who have fallen into kraken, although their lifespan has become longer than that of mermaids, but they have not reached the point of immortality.
Recently, a number of old Krakens have died of old age, and because they have betrayed the belief of the sea god and believed in demons, the Kraken clan can no longer produce offspring through the power of the Fountain of Life before they fell.
Therefore, they gradually turned their attention to the mermaid clan, fortunately, they may still be thinking about the face of the same race, and the Kraken clan has not yet launched a forced action, but I believe that with the passage of time, this situation will definitely be broken.
And because the Kraken is not human, even if the mermaids escape to other seas in this world, they will definitely be found in the end.