After handing the item to Shi Wuxie, the mermaid said very seriously, "Although I don't know what use this thing is for my benefactor, it is indeed the saltiest thing in the sea."
"Hmm, not bad, very satisfied."
Holding the salt crystal marrow in his hand, Shi Wuxie nodded in satisfaction, then continued, "I've found that this stuff is quite hard to find. How about this, you guys continue to help me find the salt crystal marrow, and I'll be responsible for collecting the salt crystals, okay?"
"Our benefactor, you're not playing a trick on us, are you?"
Upon hearing this, all the mermaids' smiles froze on their faces, followed by barely suppressed anger.
They should have left long ago. They've been putting up with this until now just to avoid conflict with Shi Wuxie.
But they've endured this so humbly for so long, and Shi Wuxie still refuses to let them go. Isn't he just deliberately toying with them?
How could they possibly endure this? Most importantly, they really couldn't stay any longer and had to leave immediately, or it would be too late.
"Of course I... was just messing with you guys."
Upon hearing this, Shi Wuxie smiled slightly, then nodded very readily, "Besides, it feels pretty good to play tricks on you guys."
"you!"
These words nearly choked the merfolk, but they still managed to suppress their anger and asked, "What exactly do you want?"
"I didn't want anything, I just wanted to see how anxious you all were."
Shi Wuxie relaxed his shoulders, put away the salt crystal marrow in his hand, and said, "Are you all in a hurry, anxious, and eager to leave as soon as possible?"
"you…"
The mermaids hadn't thought much of it at first, but after seeing Shi Wuxie's expression, they seemed to suddenly realize something, and their eyes flickered.
“These days you’ve been running around like crazy, seemingly looking for a way, but actually you’ve been marking out and tipping people off.”
Seeing this, Shi Wuxie lazily stretched and stopped circling around them, directly opening his palm.
"Splash..."
Immediately, several streams of black energy emanated from his palm.
Then, it slowly condensed into three words in the sky: Salt Crystal Island.
"How did you find out!"
Sure enough, upon seeing those three words, all the mermaids' expressions changed drastically, and they subconsciously took a few steps back.
“I’ve been on guard against you from the very beginning, how could I not have noticed?”
Shi Wuxie smiled slightly and said, "Tell me, when did you start tipping each other off?"
"Now that you've discovered us, there's nothing left for us to hide."
At this moment, the gentle expressions on the faces of the three mermaids vanished, replaced by ferocious and terrifying features. Their scaly ears twitched and crackled. "We sent out the message seven days ago."
It turns out that the reason why these three mermaids had behaved so strangely before was entirely because they had been baptized by the Buddha's power that day.
It's only because the Buddhist power that invaded their bodies was so small that it only temporarily changed their temperament, but it couldn't purify their minds from the essence, and this state couldn't be maintained for long.
This explains why the three mermaids initially had human desires to repay a debt of gratitude, but later betrayed Shi Wuxie.
Seven days later, the Buddhist power that had seeped into their bodies completely disappeared, and they fully returned to their original nature.
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