Upon hearing Jiang Si's words, the merman took a step back and looked at Jiang Si warily: "I have said that if we want to take the forbidden path to the deep sea ruins of the mermaid race in the Abel system, we need the consent of our elders, the king, and the high priest."
"Only with their consent can the forbidden passage be opened. If they don't agree, even if you kill me, you still won't be able to open the forbidden passage to the deep-sea ruins of the Merfolk in the Abel Galaxy!"
Why make it sound so serious?
Who wants to kill her?
She is now solely focused on forbidden paths. As long as there are forbidden paths she can copy, she can return to the Abel Galaxy before the third generation who captured her daughter.
It wasn't that she wasn't worried about her daughter; it was based on her understanding of her old friend that even if the third generation had captured her daughter now, they wouldn't touch a single thing related to the investigation of Number One.
The third generation will take her daughter back to the Abel system to find her old friend. Only under the guidance and orders of her old friend will her daughter be studied, her blood drawn, and experimented on.
Traveling from Earth to the Abel Galaxy by ship would take at least a month, nearly two months.
So...if she finds the forbidden path, she can get ahead of them and find her old friend.
Jiang Si stepped aside and spread her hands, saying, "Please lead the way to your elders, the king, and the high priest."
The older the ethnic group, the more they follow traditions and everything left by their ancestors.
So elders, kings, high priests... the merfolk also have these things, as do the fourth civilization and the orcs.
Compared to them, the Troia Empire was a pure monarchy, with a monarch ruling the entire country, and there were no messy priests, shamans, or sorcerers.
Having witnessed Jiang Si's formidable power, the female merman was now behaving amiably towards her, and dared not anger her. She turned to the two male mermen, whose lips were swollen like sausages, and said, "This is a guest I brought back. I will take her to see the elders, the High Priest."
The two male merfolk glanced at Jiang Si with considerable apprehension, then said to the female merfolk, "Yes, Captain Nanzhi!"
Chief of the Guard?
Is the merman also a head guard?
Could it be that she was turned up from the seabed by Jiang Dandan while she was patrolling the deep sea?
Well, it seems that only this can explain why she climbed up in just a few minutes, but it took several hours to carry her to Atlantis.
Jiang Si waited to the side until Nan Zhi's fish tail transformed into legs, his bare feet adorned with pearl shoes, and he walked up to her: "Come with me!"
Jiang Si followed behind her. Inside this huge, seemingly endless, semi-circular transparent dome, there was oxygen and occasional bubbles, somewhat like a dragon palace, with bubbling sounds.
Just as Nan Zhi said, outsiders don't often come to the Great Western Kingdom. Jiang Si's arrival, with her walking behind her, attracted many male and female merfolk to watch.
Some of them had magical legs, while others hovered in the air with their fish tails. Regardless of gender, they were dressed in a cool but not vulgar manner, mostly in pearl-embroidered clothes and gauze skirts.
A bold merman asked Nanzhi, "Guardian Nanzhi, this human smells so good. Which merman is she with? I've never heard any merman mention having a human partner."
When other merfolk asked, they became bolder: "Yes, Chief Guard of Nanzhi, whose little merfolk's partner is this? She's quite cute, and she has a grassy and woody scent that smells so good and sweet."
"Chief Guard of Nanzhi, are these humans we introduced? Are all humans outside this high-quality?"
"If all the incense is this high quality, could you help me find one? I think using a human as a mate would be a good idea, as the baby fish born from it will be healthy!"
Jiang Dandan: "???"
Humans and mermaids can now have baby fish?
It didn't read any books.
Don't lie to it!
Nan Zhi's lips twitched. These merfolk had nothing better to do than to follow behind her, seemingly harmless humans who were actually a deadly weapon, a weapon that she could not possibly get the better of.
I don't know what these merfolk are thinking. The opponent could easily blow their brains out with a single blow and kill them, but they don't even realize the danger approaching and are still babbling on and on!
Jiang Si acted like a familiar face. Nan Zhi didn't answer the mermaids, but instead waved her hand and said, "Hello, I'm from the mermaid in the spring stream!"
If you have a problem, you might as well pass it on; it's pointless to do so anyway.
Quanjian is currently with the mermaids in the Abel Galaxy and her adoptive father, Fu Huan.
She said she was from Quanjian, which made sense and was logical. Besides, these merfolk seemed honest, reliable, and easy to fool.
The merfolk surrounding Jiang Si exclaimed in surprise, "What?! You're from Quanjian?! She...she's a female merfolk..."
"Poor little man, have you been deceived? Quanjian is a female merman, and you two can't have baby fish!"
"Yes, yes, little people, you must follow the laws of nature. Only by pairing males and females can you produce little merfolk. If you do this, you will not have a good outcome and will be despised by the merfolk."
"Oh, I see, little girl. Was it that the 'male shark from the spring stream' who tricked you, seduced you and then abandoned you, making you go to the sea to settle accounts with her?"
Jiang Dandan: "???"
Don't talk about reproductive isolation; don't different species have anything in common?
They're talking nonsense and have nothing in common. In fact, their only similarity is...gossip.
Jiang Si has a great fondness for the gossipy merfolk. As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, you can integrate into their world.
She can fight and integrate well, isn't that even more beautiful?
Just as she was about to speak, Nan Zhi stopped walking, her sharp gaze sweeping over the merfolk surrounding them. She said coldly, "You all have nothing better to do, huh? Go out and patrol, go and practice more. Don't be here like an innocent fool, knowing nothing when foreign invaders come!"
The merfolk: "???!"
Seeing that the merfolk did not move, Nan Zhi's face darkened: "What are you all doing here? Don't you have any sense? Why don't you leave now? Do you want to be beaten? If you want to be beaten, I'll grant your wish!"
Nan Zhi unleashed a barrage of attacks, scattering the merfolk surrounding Jiang Si and her companions in all directions.
As the merfolk departed, Jiang Si looked at Nan Zhi with a half-smile: "Little merfolk, you were actually insulting your people, but you were subtly criticizing me!"
Nan Zhi snorted coldly: "You're being too sensitive."
Jiang Si shrugged and said, "Am I being sensitive? No, it's you who are being too blunt. You're reminding them of the invasion by foreigners."
"Who knew that one or two of them wouldn't think much of it and mistook me for a cute little human looking for their mate, so is it my fault?"
Nan Zhi was so angry she almost choked. She glared at her fiercely, then stopped moving, took out her flying device, opened the door, and got in.
Jiang Si got into the passenger seat and turned to Nan Zhi, saying infuriatingly, "Little mermaid, don't be angry. It's like I've bullied you."
"I really... have no ill intentions towards you, nor any interest in your Great Western Kingdom. I just want to take a shortcut through your forbidden path, that's all."
Nan Zhi, being a mermaid, was so angry she almost turned into a pufferfish. She gave Jiang Si a deep look, then ignored her and started the flying vehicle, which then hovered in the air.
Jiang Si discovered that the transparent dome she saw, which appeared to be very short, was actually infinitely tall. No matter how high the aircraft flew, the transparent dome would extend upwards as much as possible.
Moreover, the city she saw was very large, truly very large, just like its name, Great Western Kingdom, an endless city stretching to the west.
The houses in the city are scattered in a unique and orderly manner, exquisite and ingenious. The merfolk men and women are handsome and beautiful, each one as beautiful as a flower, a feast for the eyes.
Jiang Si admired the scenery along the way until she arrived at an ancient and towering palace. The aircraft stopped, and Jiang Si jumped off first, looking at the ancient palace.
The palace pillars are very tall, so tall that you can't see the top of them. The pillars are carved with dragons, and next to the pillars are four tall statues of mermaids guarding the palace.
Besides the statues, there were also merfolk guarding the palace entrance. They were suspended in mid-air, their tails swaying, holding forks that looked exactly like the dung-collecting forks used in rural China.
It's just that it's N sizes bigger than the pitchfork used for picking up manure, but the same thing is that it has three prongs.
The merman held a fork in his hand, his eyes fixed straight ahead, his face serious. There were 10 guards on each side, a total of 20 guards at the palace gate.
The 20 guards are handsome men and beautiful women, with bright and attractive tails. However, the fact that they are holding up three-pronged pitchforks makes it a bit jarring and makes me want to laugh.
"Let's go!" Nanzhi stepped onto the stairs: "The High Priest and the elders are inside."
Jiang Si lifted her foot to follow. As they walked, the guards were half-suspended in the air, holding their manure pitchforks high, their heads bowed, looking at them, just like Runtu in the melon field, holding his pitchfork high, ready to poke the badger!
The palace exudes a sense of grandeur. Once inside, you look up and see the vast sky. Indeed, the palace is very high up, with galaxies and the heavens visible above.
Jiang Si didn't recognize these galaxies, but there was no denying that they were beautiful. Countless galaxies seemed to come alive, shrinking to a 1:1 scale and radiating light in the sky above.
Shells, reliefs, pearls, and all sorts of ancient artifacts are displayed in the palace, looking incredibly valuable, like money, money, money...
The pillars inside the palace are even more magnificent than those outside. Just like the pillars outside, the pillars inside the palace are carved with lifelike dragons.
According to Chinese proverbs, one should not draw the eyes of a dragon, nor the eyes of a paper figure. It is believed that without eyes, there is no spiritual power, and without spiritual power, one need not worry about being tainted by bad luck.
These pillars are full of dragons of all shapes and sizes, but they have no eyes. It's as if they were deliberately left out, or as if they are afraid of something.
Jiang Si patted the invisible Jiang Dandan.
Jiang Dandan couldn't figure it out either.
But that doesn't stop it from making up its own ideas.
Imagine that this legendary Great Western Kingdom has other passages besides the one that leads to Abel's beloved mermaid clan. Otherwise, why would they carve dragons on the mermaid pillars?
Nanzhi told Jiangsi to wait a moment while she went to call the elders and the high priest.
Jiang Si nodded.
After Nan Zhi left, the vast palace was left with only her, the invisible Jiang Dandan, and Ling Xi, who had become a miniature version of herself.
Jiang Si looked around, walked to a pillar, reached out and touched it, tracing the dragon carved on it. She said to the invisible Jiang Dandan, "A five-clawed dragon, a six-clawed dragon, and a three-clawed dragon..."
Jiang Dandan: "..."
It has four claws.
It clashes with the dragons carved on these pillars.
So what's the meaning of these dragons?
The dragons carved have all sorts of claws, but there are no dragons with four claws!
Jiang Si also noticed this. As far as she could see, the dragons on the tall pillars were spiraling upwards around them. Each dragon had either five, six, three, or nine claws, but there were no four-clawed dragons to be seen.
What are you looking for?
A calm male voice came from behind Jiang Si.
Jiang Si's eyes darkened, and she remained still, continuing to touch the pillar as she said, "I'm looking at the dragons. The dragons here are so beautiful, even more beautiful than mermaids!"
The calm, monotone male voice rang out again: "Survival of the fittest. Among the creatures that can survive on Earth, merfolk are the best. They are all handsome and beautiful. Do you think they are not good-looking?"
Jiang Si withdrew her hand from her stomach, turned around, and looked at the man who had spoken. The man had long hair, and his face was somewhere between male and female, neither effeminate nor hard, but handsome and with a touch of allure. He was wearing a dark black robe with wide sleeves.
He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his posture was as upright as a pine tree. A belt was tied around his waist, with pearls on both sides, one white and one black, hanging down to his insteps.
He was barefoot, with red ropes, bells, and lucky charms tied around his ankles, but... as he walked, the things on his ankles made no sound.
Jiang Si openly sized him up and said, "To put it nicely, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; to put it bluntly, anyone who is not of my kind should be killed. What's the point of talking about being beautiful?"
The man's eyes, almost pure black, met Jiang Si's gaze, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "You are human. If I'm not mistaken, you are a human with Chinese blood."
"Since you are a human with Chinese blood, no matter how many years have passed, you should know that the dragon is your totem!"
"The giant dragon of the East, the divine dragon of the East, the rooster of the East are all symbols of you Chinese people. If you say they are not beautiful, aren't you just contradicting yourself?"
Where did this old fogey come from?
Take her classes here!
It's important to know that more than 3,000 years ago, dragons were legendary creatures; no one had ever seen one, captured one, or had any information about one.
Going back several thousand years, in the legendary Xia Dynasty, there are records of dragons, and dragon meat is edible. The Xia Dynasty also had people who specialized in raising dragons, called the Dragon-Raising Clan.
It is said that during the Xia Dynasty, dragons were relatively common creatures, like cats and dogs, and could be kept as pets at home. If a pet dragon died at home, people would cook it into a delicious dish for the whole village to eat.
“As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I only said it’s not pretty, not that it’s a symbol of the Chinese nation.” Jiang Si retorted to the man, “The Chinese are known as the descendants of Yan and Huang, the descendants of the dragon. Saying that the dragon is too ugly does not affect… I acknowledge its status in the hearts of the Chinese people.”
The man suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. I was being narrow-minded. What's your name?"
Jiang Si looked at the man and asked, "What's your name?"
The man's lips curled slightly: "My name is Cangying!"
Jiang Si narrowed her eyes: "Cangying, another name for the vast ocean, refers to the eastern coastal region. You are the high priest of the Merfolk, are you a dragon?"
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