The first thing the elder saw when he walked in was Qiu Bai. Unfortunately, the woman's beauty was simply too overwhelming.
This gave her a slight sense of crisis; no one should be entering this game instance right now.
He looked warily at Qiu Bai, and then the next second he understood what was happening to Gu Chen on the ground. He was lying there like a rag doll, completely...
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
The elder walked to Gu Chen's side, intending to help him up, but Gu Chen slipped away and hid behind Qiu Bai in the next second.
"I'm fine. Tonight is my coming-of-age ceremony. What brings the Grand Elder here?"
"Your Highness, you have forgotten your manners again."
Gu Chen has Qiu Bai now, so he's not afraid of the Grand Elder at all. "If you've forgotten, then forget. Who's the princess, me or you? I don't want to talk about etiquette, so I won't."
The Grand Elder's face darkened. "You mean, you're going to defy me?"
Qiu Bai tapped the table, attracting the attention of the Grand Elder.
"I'm afraid the Grand Elder is mistaken. How can this be considered disobedience? Princess is clearly the Queen of the Merfolk. Is the Grand Elder overstepping his bounds and plotting a rebellion?"
Having received the message, Gu Chen pointed at the Grand Elder, his tone somewhat arrogant, and said, "Yes, do you want to rebel?"
The elder remained silent, quietly observing the three people opposite him, and then suddenly chuckled.
"Your Highness, it's good that you've returned. I just checked the Black Tail Clan's list, and there's no mention of this disabled Miss Qiu Bai, or that tall human gentleman behind her. You two are a couple, aren't you?"
"They have secretly entered our merfolk territory with ill intentions and are even trying to bewitch Your Highness! Guards!"
"Take them both down."
In the blink of an eye, the merfolk guards had completely surrounded the princess's palace.
Gu Chen's smugness vanished, and his smile cooled. "What do we do now?"
Qiu Bai glanced at Lu Didi and said, "Yao Yao, tie up the princess. Since the Grand Elder said he had ulterior motives, we should do as he says, otherwise we would be letting down the Grand Elder's good intentions."
"yes."
Lu's younger brother grabbed a fruit knife made of seashells from the side and placed it against Gu Chen's neck.
Gu Chen: ...
What kind of show is this?
What if the First Elder wants him dead?
The elder snorted coldly, "If you kill the princess, none of you will escape. Put her down now, and I might give you a whole corpse."
Qiu Bai lazily looked at the Grand Elder opposite her. In a single glance, she calculated the other party's combat strength, which was indeed comparable to hers. He was the mermaid with the highest combat strength among those who appeared in this area.
Gu Chen could probably be ranked second.
"Elder, you're overthinking it. How could I possibly kill Her Highness the Princess? I've heard that eating mermaid flesh can grant immortality. Is that true? Yao Yao, what do you think?"
Lu Fangyao looked at Qiu Bai with doting eyes. He liked the way Qiu Bai was. "Of course. If you want to eat, I'll cut you a slice right now."
The elder looked at Lu's younger brother with a cold gaze, not believing that he would make a move.
But then he saw that the seashell had already cut Gu Chen's skin, and pale golden blood was flowing out.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"
"Elder, step back! Are you trying to murder me?"
Gu Chen was in real pain, and Lu Didi was really going all out. Seeing the pale golden blood flowing out, the Grand Elder panicked immediately.
"No, I'll back down. You must ensure the princess's safety."
Seeing that the Grand Elder had really left, Gu Chen's eyes flashed with surprise, but also with disbelief.
"I thought she was going to use this opportunity to kill me."
Qiu Bai glanced at Gu Chen and shook his head.
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