Chapter 299 Pretending to be a Mermaid

After washing her hands in the sea water, the mermaid gently held Ji Wan in front of her.

"How old are you, little mermaid?"

Ji Wanyi didn't feel much pressure about this problem. The mermaids had a long lifespan. They ended their infancy at the age of 500 and became adults at the age of 1,000.

"29 years old." Ji Wanyi answered calmly.

"Hmm...it just hatched not long ago, no wonder it's so small."

Ji Wanyi thought he would remind her to be careful of those people, but he didn't. He just looked at her with tenderness in his eyes.

Catch her fish and teach her to hunt.

It seems that in the eyes of these mermaids, nothing the cubs do is wrong, and the ones who should be paid attention to are always the space pirates.

Ji Wanyi had no idea what the identity of the mermaid in front of her was.

But in the following days, the pirates who came to search encountered a lot of trouble. Anyway, whenever they encountered mermaids, they would be beaten.

After searching the entire ocean star field, the pirates finally left.

Ji Wanyi breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave.

But looking at the big guy guarding her, she didn't know what to do.

"Now that they're gone, you're safe. Little one, you don't have to pretend anymore." The adult mermaid looked at Ji Wanyi, her eyes still gentle.

"I'm sorry, senior. I had to disguise myself as a mermaid due to the situation." Ji Wanyi returned to his original appearance and bowed to the mermaid.

"You are still a child, why do they want to capture you?" Seeing Ji Wanyi's original appearance, the adult mermaid was also very curious.

"One of their leaders wanted me to go back with them, but I didn't want to. My adoptive father and I couldn't defeat them together. To help me escape, my adoptive father pushed me into the spatial turbulence, and then I ended up here."

"I disguised myself as a mermaid to avoid their search. I'm truly sorry, and thank you for taking care of me these days."

As Ji Wanyi spoke, he bowed to the mermaid again.

"They haven't left yet and will be back soon. You have to pretend for a while. During this time, you stay with me and I will protect you, but how about you do me a favor?" the mermaid suddenly said.

"I wonder if there is anything I can help you with, senior?" How could she dare to agree to this so easily?

"Don't worry, it's nothing to embarrass you. Ocean Star is about to hold the Cub Coming-of-Age Ceremony, which happens once every thousand years, to celebrate the cubs who are about to reach adulthood."

"We have too few mermaid cubs. Currently, there are only two, and one is about to reach adulthood."

"To prevent them from laughing at us, please disguise yourself as a mermaid cub and come with us to attend the coming-of-age ceremony."

"Okay." This request can indeed be agreed.

"Don't call me senior anymore. My name is Hai Ming, and I'm the old patriarch of the mermaid clan."

After hearing the other party's introduction, Ji Wanyi's mouth twitched. She was really lucky. All the people she met by chance were big shots.

"Don't be afraid, don't be nervous. We mermaids will never harm young cubs."

After getting Hai Ming's promise, Ji Wanyi felt relieved.

Follow him for the next few days.

Just as he said, those pirates really shot Xu Huang and quickly sneaked back.

This time, they even searched the mermaid clan's palace.

"It seems that the person they are looking for is very valuable to them." Hai Ming said as he looked at the crazy looks of these people.

"I don't know either." Ji Wan swung her colorful mermaid tail and swam beside Hai Ming.

Her face is not even half the size of Haiming's.

From the moment she entered the Mermaid Palace, mermaids kept looking at her.

But there was only curiosity in their eyes, and no malice.

Instead, those space pirates were also looking at her stealthily.

If she hadn't heard their conversation, she would have almost thought she was exposed.

"That little mermaid is so delicate and pretty."

"That's right. If we catch him, he'll definitely fetch a lot of money on the black market."

But what responded to them was the weapons wielded by the mermaid guards.

"If you want to find someone, we will let you do that, but if you dare to target our mermaid cubs, we will fight you to the death!" The current chief slammed the table and stood up, his energy spreading out with a strong sense of oppression.

"Old patriarch, where did you find this little mermaid?" the current patriarch asked after driving away the people from the Star-Moon Pirates.

"I met her by chance in the sea. At that time, the people from the Star-Moon Pirates were trying to capture her, but I killed her." Hai Ming said calmly.

"Damn pirates, they think we're afraid of them just because we don't want to cause trouble." The other mermaids who were listening became extremely angry just by listening.

"Well, I don't know what the Xingyue Pirates have behind them. Over the years, no one has been able to make them suffer except Hongkong. We have few children in our clan to begin with, so if they retaliate, they will definitely target these children."

"The ocean belongs to them, and they should be able to swim in it carefree until they grow up. We cannot put them in danger just because we can't control our emotions."

"The coming-of-age ceremony is in a few days. Is Haile ready?"

As he was talking, Hai Ming suddenly turned a corner.

Hearing this question, the other adult mermaids all laughed out loud.

"He's definitely not ready. His good days are about to end. When he comes of age, I'll be the first one to beat him up."

"When he first hatched, he tore down my house, stole my prey, and slapped me a few times. I've got all of this in mind, waiting for his coming-of-age ceremony."

Seeing these mermaids gloating over their misfortune, Ji Wanyi once again understood the coming-of-age ceremony.

This is also a day of relief for adults, as they can now start beating people up.

Amid their laughter, a three-meter-tall teenager and a two-meter-tall green mermaid swaggered in, ignoring all the guards.

The three-meter-tall boy's eyes seemed to be on top of his head. Even when facing the clan leader and the old clan leader, he looked down on them.

"Hey, there's a new little guy here. You have to call me boss, okay?" The three-meter-tall boy looked at Ji Wanyi and pointed at himself as if it was a matter of course.

Hai Ming pulled Ji Wan to his side and looked at the mermaid named Hai Le who was about to become an adult with a warning look.

"You can only be the boss for two days." Another adult mermaid couldn't help but speak.

Hai Le frowned unhappily, swung his tail, and used his supernatural power to throw the other person out.

The thousand-year-old mermaid already had great strength, and his attack was not weak at all.

Looking at the arrogant Hai Le, Hai Ming shook his head, hoping that he would remain as arrogant when he grew up. By then, the rules of the palace would be enough to make him suffer.

Hai Ming has also been with Ji Wanyi for some time. In his opinion, Ji Wanyi's temper is too gentle. She does not have the pampering and naivety of a minor at all. Instead, she is more mature than many adults.

He subjectively felt that it was because she had suffered too much outside that her temper and claws were smoothed out.

Now looking at Haile and the other minor, he suddenly felt that they were living too well.