Chapter 189: Evil Seed, Schizophrenia, Golden Rooster Award-Winning Actor, Child Trafficking
I know what the sea tastes like!
Wave seaweed!
After experiencing a dizzying, chaotic, and sudden transition from land to sea, Huali went through a process of initial bewilderment, then terror, and finally resignation in just half an hour.
She was standing on the soft sand, gazing in amazement at the boundless blue sky and sea.
"I just...want to eat Poli seaweed."
Ao Bai went berserk, yelling, "Eat, eat, eat! All you ever think about is eating! Those three guys over there have been staring at us for ages, watch out, they might be child traffickers!"
Karin turned to look at three suspicious-looking men not far from the beach...
Three seconds later, he slowly took out the Earth-type card and flicked it lightly.
Boom—
The flat beach in front of the person and the cat suddenly surged and churned as if boiling water had been poured. The moment the rock dragon burst from the ground, it completely enveloped the small figure of Huali.
The hollow eye sockets formed by the black reefs stared intently at the three men who were about to walk forward!
"roar--!!"
The deafening dragon's roar terrified the three men, causing their legs to buckle and them to kneel on the beach. After a few moments of stunned silence, they scrambled away as fast as they could.
As he ran, he screamed at the top of his lungs, "Help! There's a monster!!!"
Ao Bai: "......"
Huali put away the earth-type card. "Where's the monster?" She turned to the fisherman drying his nets nearby and smiled sweetly. "Uncle..."
"Aaaaaah!!!"
They abandoned their fishing nets and ran away!
Undeterred, Huali tried another approach, "Auntie..."
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
In just half a minute, within a radius of one kilometer, there was no other living creature besides the rosewood tree.
Hua Li was stunned for a moment, then asked sincerely, "Ao Bai, do you know what happened to them?"
Ao Bai numbly replied, "It's nothing, I just saw a ghost."
Karin exclaimed in surprise, "How could this be! Shouldn't there be a Little Mermaid at the beach?" Her eyes sparkled, "How about we have a seafood feast later? It's on me!"
Upon hearing that there was food, Steward Ao immediately cheered, "Alright, alright. I just checked with the system navigation, and the closest coastal town to the Cangming Sea is Jiangling. Let's go there first."
Just as the person and the cat were about to leave, the communication stone, which had been ignored for a long time, began to heat up due to the overwhelming number of messages.
Karin exclaimed, "Eh? I almost forgot about that."
She had barely clicked on it when messages started popping up one after another—
"Karin!!! Where have you been?"
"Karin??? Are you alright?!"
"Huali, are you alright? That damned Bingyue! If you lose even a single hair, I'll devour her alive!!"
"Hana-ri!!!"
Even through the screen, you could feel the extent of Tang Wanwan's breakdown.
Huali quickly left a message above, "It's okay, I'm at the beach."
Almost instantly, Tang Wanwan replied, "The seaside? So I was really teleported to the Cangming Sea? Wait for me there, and whatever you do, don't talk to strangers. If anyone tries to give you candy, be sure to refuse!!"
Ao Bai, who witnessed firsthand her feat of single-handedly scaring away the entire beach, was speechless.
Huali nodded obediently: "Okay."
*
On the outskirts of the Canglan Sea, inside a hidden cave amidst the reefs.
The air was thick and sticky, like congealed blood. Three corpses of cultivators, dressed in matching dark blue outfits with sea beast patterns embroidered on their chests, lay limp on the ground at bizarre angles that exceeded the limits of human endurance.
Their throats were precisely ripped apart by an invisible force, exposing their tracheas and blood vessels to pale flesh, where blood pooled into a nauseating pool.
The "painter" who created this hellish spectacle is suspended in the central deep pool, the only one connecting to the outer sea.
A few strands of Yan Xi’s silver-blue hair were stained with a striking scarlet by the splattered blood, like a poisonous poppy suddenly blooming in the snow.
The violet fish tail, which should have been absolutely gorgeous, now looked as if it had just been pulled from a pool of blood, its tail fins slapping against the water, stirring up ripples that smelled of blood.
“Boring.” Yan Xi’s tone was ethereal, yet it carried a chill that could freeze the air.
His gaze slowly fell towards the corner.
There was a fourth monk there.
A deep, bone-revealing wound on his chest and abdomen was bubbling with blood, and he gasped for breath with every breath.
He stared in terror at the monster slowly raising its upper body in the pool, its body convulsing from the excruciating pain, only able to utter "hoarse" sounds.
Yan Xi's lips slowly curved into a pleasant smile.
It was an expression of pure appreciation for pain and despair, like a child holding down an ant with a twig and watching it struggle with great interest.
“You’ll have to see if you have the ability to catch mermaids,” he said with a condescending pity, his finger pointing downwards at the monk’s right leg. “Don’t rush… I’ll free you.”
Just as that fingertip, imbued with destructive power, was about to touch it—
Boom—
An extremely subtle force, imperceptible to others, swept in layer by layer along the seawater and rock walls.
Yan Xi froze.
Almost instantly, his mind resonated with the half of his soul sealed in the Abyss, and a delicately carved dumpling suddenly appeared in his mind.
"It wasn't just my imagination..." Yan Xi slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly able to pierce through the rocks and seawater, precisely targeting the undulating beach.
"Let me test the truth of Geluotan's prophecy..."
The moment the spiritual energy at her fingertips vanished, a healing light flew to the dying cultivator. To the astonishment of the other man, Yan Xi's lips curled up once more.
It wasn't an appreciation of pain, but a sharp, radiant smile, like that of a hunter.
His gaze slowly fell on the trembling cultivator, and he touched the cultivator's brow with his hand. "Forget about all that. You have a new mission now."
*
The sea breeze carries the salty, fishy smell, along with the unique hustle and bustle of the harbor.
Huali, holding a skewer of grilled fish in her left hand and a fried squid in her right, was standing on tiptoe to look at the stall selling conch shell wind chimes in front of her.
Ao Bai sighed, "The inn refuses to accept money because they think we're too young. What should we do?"
Huali took a bite of squid, then bent down to give Aobai a fish skewer, chewing as she said, "How about we sneak in behind you, sir?"
Ao Bai chewed and chewed: "It's inconvenient to be small and not have any adults around. Let's see who I can meet next."
A person and a cat were enjoying their meal when suddenly a vendor's cry came from ahead.
A cultivator dressed in a dark blue, close-fitting outfit, with sea beast patterns embroidered on his chest, stood on the platform and repeatedly lashed out at the iron cage below. "Look! Look! A deep-sea merman, a once-in-a-millennium find! A rare commodity! Buy it to guard your home, to admire as a treasure..."
The cage was surrounded by people, all craning their necks to look inside.
One of the characteristics of Chinese people is their tendency to join in the fun; even children and kittens are not immune to this.
Hua Li and Ao Bai exchanged a glance and immediately peered over.
But she's too small now, and after squeezing in for a long time, she's still on the outside.
Just as Huali was feeling a bit discouraged, the crowd suddenly parted to make way for her. Her eyes lit up, and she immediately darted through like a fish.
The moment she stood still, the merman, who had been hanging her head, seemed to use all the remaining strength in her body to lift her face, which was half-hidden by her wet hair, with great difficulty.
Those deep blue eyes, as if shattered by a storm, were now brimming with tears, the corners of their eyes red, as they looked at Karin.
Karin gasped, "...A...mermaid?"
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