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The mermaid in the fishing net didn't look good. His body was leaning against the reef, his tail was in the water and swaying with the waves, and his exposed upper body was pale blue. There were dark blue scales on his shoulders and back, and his long hair was stuck to his cheeks and half of his body.
The faint blue light that Du Heng had seen before was emitted by the mermaid's hair and scales. This was a beautiful mermaid, especially the big fish tail, which satisfied all of Du Heng's fantasies about mermaids.
The golden fishing net covered the mermaid's body. Xuan Yu took a closer look and found that the fishing net did not entangle his body, but trapped him. This fishing net did not look big, and I don't know why it could trap the powerful mermaid.
The mermaid's condition was not good. If it weren't for the spiritual sense scanning his body several times, I wouldn't be able to sense his breathing at all.
Du Heng and Xuan Yu fell from the reef they were standing on to the reef that the mermaid was leaning on. Du Heng squatted down and pulled the fishing net. The light fishing net seemed to weigh thousands of pounds! Du Heng couldn't even drag it.
Du Heng's action startled the mermaid, who opened his eyes with difficulty and looked at Du Heng in panic. Du Heng comforted him, "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we will rescue you right away."
The mermaid whispered something, his voice was as sweet as a flute, but Du Heng didn't understand a word. He looked up and asked Xuan Yu: "Xiao Yu, what is he saying?"
Without waiting for Xuan Yu to translate, the mermaid spoke incoherently. He choked with sobs and reached out his hand through the mesh to grab the corner of Du Heng's robe: "Save...save him..."
Du Heng held the mermaid's hand, which was as cold as ice. He was very handsome, and even if he was trapped in the fishing net, it was difficult to hide his beautiful face. The thin mermaid curled up and begged Du Heng bitterly: "Save him...save him..."
Du Heng comforted him: "Are there any other companions of yours in danger? Are they nearby?"
Xuan Yu stretched out his hand and pulled at the fishing net a few times, but the net didn't move at all, but his palms were broken and blood was flowing. Xuan Yu's face was serious: "This fishing net seems to be some kind of magic weapon. With my cultivation level, I can't tear it apart. I can only try with the Slaughtering Heaven Sword."
The mermaid was crying. His tears fell from his cheeks and slid into the water, turning into round pearls: "Save him..."
Du Heng held the mermaid with both hands: "Don't be afraid, we will rescue you first."
The mermaid shook his head and said, "He's in trouble. Please save him..." After saying this, the mermaid turned over, and his body changed from curled up to facing the sky. One of his hands fell on his belly, and Du Heng realized that his belly was as big as a drum!
The place where the human body and the fish tail meet is round, the bluish-white skin is stretched tightly, and under the round belly there is a small heart beating weakly...
This is a pregnant mermaid!
Du Heng was stunned! His eyes moved around the merman's chest. He thought it was a boy, but it turned out to be a girl? !
The merman's hands were shaking, and he begged Du Heng: "Save him... please, save him..."
Xuan Yu's hand just pressed on the Slaughter Heaven Sword and then released it. He said to Du Heng, "She is pregnant. The aura of the Slaughter Heaven Sword will hurt the baby in her belly. I will go into the water to see if I can untie the restraints under the fishing net."
After saying this, Xuan Yu dived into the water and not even his shadow could be seen.
Du Heng's spiritual energy flowed through the mermaid's hand into his body. He comforted the mermaid, "It's okay. Xiaoyu will definitely be able to rescue you and your child. What's your name?"
Perhaps it was because they were trapped for too long and the waiting time was too hopeless; perhaps it was because Du Heng had a harmless face; perhaps it was because Du Heng's aura was too warm, the mermaid saw Du Heng as a life-saving straw.
Hearing Du Heng's words, the merman whispered, "My name is Yan Huaizhen." His hand gently stroked his bulging belly: "His name is Nuonuo."
At this time, the fishing net slid underwater a few times, and Yan Huaizhen's body was dragged by the fishing net and slid downward. Yan Huaizhen, who had just calmed down, began to panic again. He cried out in pain and curled up again.
Du Heng kept holding his hand, and Yan Huaizhen's hands were shaking badly. It was not appropriate to stand on the reef at this time, so Du Heng went into the water and floated beside Yan Huaizhen.
He smelled blood and looked closely. He saw a bulge covered with fish scales on the fish tail under Yan Huaizhen's belly. Under the bulge was a long and narrow seam covered with small fish scales. At this time, thick blood was constantly oozing out of the seam, and the blood was washed away by the tide and disappeared into the water.
Du Heng initially thought Yan Huai was really injured, and he even thought about bandaging him first. But when his hand touched the fish tail, it resisted and slid twice, and more blood flowed out of the gap.
Yan Huaizhen had tears in his eyes: "No, don't..." He tried to curl up his body, seemingly wanting to hide his big belly and the gap under his belly.
Du Heng miraculously understood what the seam was. His face turned red and he said, "I'm sorry, I thought it was your wound."
Suddenly, Yan Huaizhen's body sank weakly. He lost his strength, his arms drooped, and his head tilted to one side. He fainted! His curled-up body also opened up, and the blood at the fishtail flowed faster.
Du Heng quickly grabbed his sinking body: "Yan Huaizhen! Wake up!" However, the mermaid in the net was breathing weakly and dying.
At this time, there was a creepy sense of oppression on the sea. Du Heng swept his consciousness and saw dozens of black shadows approaching quickly in the sea not far away. They were a group of sea beasts, some as big as a hill and some as small as a person. They were attracted by Yan Huaizhen's bloody smell and gathered like jackals.
Du Heng wanted to drag Yan Huaizhen to fly, but after trying several times, he found that the fishing net that bound the mermaid was too heavy. Ordinary fishing nets can be torn apart, but this one is different.
The mermaid's hands have sharp nails. If they could be torn apart, Yan Huaizhen would have escaped long ago.
The thickest line of the fishing net looked as thick as the rough noodles that Du Heng usually made, and it felt unusually soft. How could it have stumped three people?
Seeing the monsters getting closer and closer, Du Heng made up his mind. He used his spiritual energy to hold Yan Huaizhen up and let him float on the water. He drew his sword and stood in front of Yan Huaizhen, waiting for the monsters to get close before killing them.
The monsters were getting closer and closer. When the fastest monster was only a dozen feet away from Du Heng and his companions, a green light spread out under the water, mixed with a platinum light.
The sea beasts that were close to them immediately floated on the water with their white bellies turned upside down, while those that were far away fled without even looking back. Xuan Yu took action, and with one move, he frightened those sea beasts that were ready to move!
Du Heng turned his head and saw the fishing net on Yan Huaizhen sliding into the sea like flowing water, and a brilliant golden color spreading under the water.
After a while, Xuan Yu emerged from the water: "Okay, the fishing net is untied."
A palm-sized folded object appeared in Xuan Yu's hand. If you didn't pay attention, you would think it was a handkerchief. However, only he knew that when he unconsciously touched the pull ring in the middle of the fishing net, the fishing net shrank and finally formed this shape.
I don't know which weapon-making master in the world of cultivation made this fishing net. Even Yan Hui and his colleagues from Wan Workshop cannot achieve such craftsmanship.
Du Heng turned around and picked up Yan Huaizhen who was floating on the water. The blood on the fish's tail was flowing more fiercely. Du Heng felt his scalp tingling as he watched: "Go, go, go, he can't hold on any longer!"
Jing Nan was sleeping soundly, resting his head on Feng Gui's arm. Suddenly he heard Du Heng's voice: "Nan Nan, Nan Nan, get up and save people!"
Jing Nan got up with a confused look on his face: "Huh?" Feng Gui scratched Jing Nan's tail: "Du Heng and the others seem to be back."
As soon as he left the bedroom, Jing Nan smelled a bloody smell. The generals were all awakened, and saw Du Heng holding a big-bellied merman in his arms, with blood dripping from the merman's tail all the way and still dripping.
Jing Nan scratched his head in confusion: "Didn't you two go to look for the blue wave grass? How come a pregnant mermaid came back? Wait a minute."
Yan Huaizhen was placed on the wooden bed in the living room. His belly was surprisingly big and was still moving. Jing Nan touched Yan Huaizhen's belly and his face froze: "It's time to give birth. Spread out."
There was a commotion in the car, and Du Heng's eyes were full of confusion: "She's going to give birth?! How is she going to give birth?!"
Jing Nan glanced at Du Heng coldly, and he looked at Du Heng's lower body: "How do you say he will give birth? He will give birth the same way a woman gives birth. Prepare some hot water for me, Xiaoyu, prepare some pure sea water. Xixi, help me set up the barrier."
Feng Gui quickly set up a barrier next to the wooden bed. Du Heng could only see Jing Nan's figure swaying vaguely in the barrier. He was nervously boiling water, not caring that his clothes were stained with blood.
When Xuan Yu came back with the sea water, he saw Du Heng anxiously sticking his head out. He casually used a cleaning spell on Du Heng: "Don't be afraid, with Nan Nan here, this mermaid will be safe."
At this time, Yan Huaizhen's painful groan and Jing Nan's voice were heard from the barrier: "Don't be afraid, your baby is coming out now, you have to cooperate with me."
Yan Huaizhen said intermittently: "If...if I can't make it...please...save my child..."
Jing Nan said calmly: "It's not a big deal, don't scare yourself. You and the child will be fine. By the way, why did you choose to give birth to a baby? Wouldn't it be easier to give birth to an egg?"
Viviparous? Oviparous? Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu in confusion: "What is Nan Nan talking about?"
Xuan Yu explained: "Mermaids are a special species among the aquatic creatures. There are three genders in their tribe: male mermaids, female mermaids, and hermaphroditic mermaids. Both female mermaids and hermaphroditic mermaids can give birth to offspring. There are two ways for their offspring to be born: oviparous and viviparous."
Xuan Yu glanced at Zhou Lianhua and said, "Tell Du Heng the difference between oviparity and viviparity."
Zhou Lianhua rubbed her hands. "Oviparity means... the eggs are fish eggs when they are born. A mermaid needs to wait beside the eggs and wait for them to hatch. This process may take one to one and a half years. Viviparity takes ten months."
Du Heng asked doubtfully, "Are eggs hatched and live births different?"
Zhou Lianhua shook her head. "No, they are all the same. It's just that the risks in the sea are high. After the fish eggs are born, they will sometimes be stolen and eaten by sea beasts. If they are born alive, the mermaid will suffer a little. But as long as the mermaid is fine, the fish will be fine."
Zhou Xiyue said: "By the way, our Kunpeng clan is also like this."
Du Heng didn't know what expression to use. It turned out that there were hermaphroditic creatures in this world. The sea creatures were really amazing. He imagined the Zhou brothers with big bellies, and he felt sick all of a sudden.
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Yan Huaizhen's muffled groans turned into sobs. He couldn't bear the pain any more, but he could only hold his belly and whisper vaguely: "Nunuo, be good...Nunuo, be good...you have to be good with daddy..."
Big drops of tears rolled down from the corners of Yan Huaizhen's eyes and turned into light pink pearls when they fell to the ground.
Seeing this scene, Jing Nan sighed, took out a pill and handed it to Yan Huaizhen: "Hold this pill, maybe it can relieve your pain."
Yan Huaizhen swallowed the pill obediently, and his long tail turned into two slender legs. Jing Nan pulled off a piece of cloth to cover his lower body: "The birth canal has been opened, don't push now, listen to my command and push harder."
Du Heng listened to the groans and moans that were getting louder and louder in the barrier. He saw basins of hot water being sent in, and when they came out, they turned into basins of blood. His heart tightened, "Is Yan Huai really okay?"
Xuan Yu said: "Trust Nan Nan." Apart from this, they had no other choice.
Two sticks of incense later, everyone heard a heart-wrenching scream, and at the same time, the cry of a baby rang out. After a while, Feng Gui opened the barrier, and Jing Nan smiled and said, "A little mermaid was born."
Du Heng was quite happy: "Is it a boy or a girl?"
Jing Nan was a little embarrassed: "This... I can't tell."
Du Heng soon understood why Jing Nan said that, because the child born by Yan Huaizhen was not the child Du Heng imagined, but a little mermaid with a baby's upper body and a fish tail. The little fish's tail was not ice blue like Yan Huaizhen's. The outermost layer of his fish tail had an orange-red color, and it looked like he would grow into a warm-colored fish.
The little mermaid was sleeping quietly in the clean sea water that Xuan Yu had prepared for him, with his finger in his mouth and his tail swaying slightly. He was asleep!
Du Heng placed his hands on the circular barrier and looked at the little mermaid in the water curiously: "Why is his color different from his father's?"
Feng Gui glanced at the little mermaid and said, "Maybe she took after her other father?"
Jing Nan said, "Don't gather together, the patient needs to rest. Mao Buyan, you come and move the patient!"
The cat who was named trembled and said, "Here I come."
Yan Huaizhen fell into a deep sleep after giving birth to the little mermaid. He lay pale on the wooden bed. He didn't even wake up when Mao Buyan carried him to the next room.
After transferring the two mermaids to the next room, everyone gathered in the living room. Feng Gui asked Xuan Yu, "Where did you get the fish?"
Xuan Yu took out a net from his arms and handed it to Feng Gui: "When Du Heng and I came back, we saw him in the reef southeast of the island. He was trapped in this net. Xixi, look at this net. Although it is small now, when we found it, it still contained a lot of fish and shrimp."
Feng Gui took the net without knowing what was going on. He tugged at it and was shocked: "Where did this magical weapon come from? It's so powerful?"
Xuan Yu said: "I can't tear it apart with my strength. I don't know which cultivator's magic weapon this is. If someone uses this magic weapon against aquatic creatures, I'm afraid the aquatic creatures in the sea will be in danger."
Jing Nan took the fishing net and looked at it: "It's so light!" He held the fishing net and looked at the night pearl, "I can't tell what this material is."
If Jing Nan were to say, he felt that this web was more like a web woven from hair. But who in this world could weave a web with hair that even the three demon gods couldn't tear apart? Even Jing Nan's hair couldn't reach such strength.
Du Heng sighed, "I don't know how he got caught in the fishing net with such a big belly." Yan Huaizhen was unconscious. Even if Du Heng had a thousand questions, he could only wait until he woke up to ask.
Xuan Yu suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I found the green wave grass. I'll stew it for you now."
Du Heng pricked up his ears. What? Do you want to stew the green grass? !
Xuan Yu took out Du Heng's casserole, put half a pot of water in it, and then took out a piece of green grass from the conch shell in the barrier and threw it into the water. Du Heng was sweating coldly: "Wait, Xiaoyu, why are you so stingy?"
The green grass is only this small. If you don't throw all of it in to stew, at least give each person one piece, right? Xuan Yu only threw one piece in. Is he trying to fool people?
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "It's not that I'm stingy, but one is enough. The green grass we found is of good quality. If you don't believe me, come and see it?"
Du Heng leaned over to look at the casserole, only to see that the green grass that Xuan Yu had thrown in quickly dissolved in the clear water. The clear water turned into a dark soy sauce color. If Du Heng had not seen Xuan Yu put down the green grass with his own eyes, he might have suspected that Xuan Yu had thrown in ink.
As the water temperature rose, the water in the pot became viscous. This reminded Du Heng of sweet potato starch, which would also solidify when heated.
Large bubbles appeared in the viscous liquid. Du Heng looked at the pot and asked, "How long should we cook it?"
Xuan Yu said: "It will be fine when it turns transparent green." Du Heng was once again shocked by his own shallowness: "Transparent... green?"
From black to green? Is the green grass so amazing?
Du Heng stared at the clay pot intently, he wanted to see this magical transformation. But he didn't see the clay pot change color after watching for a cup of tea, but Jing Nan and the others laughed out loud: "How silly..."
Feng Gui sighed with regret: "Thinking back then, he threw the three of us into another sect's library to steal books, but he didn't read books properly. See, isn't it embarrassing?"
It was Xuan Yu who solved Du Heng's confusion: "Don't look at it, the green wave grass needs to be stewed for two hours before it can be cured."
Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? Isn't there a speed-up formation on our casserole?" Xuan Yu said helplessly, "The formation is ineffective against the green wave grass."
What else could Du Heng say? He looked at the sky and said, "In two hours...it will be dawn, right?"
Jing Nan yawned, "That makes sense. I'm going to go back to rest. It was so hard to be woken up from a good sleep. Let's go, Xixi."
Feng Gui nodded to Mao Buyan: "Keep an eye on the casserole." Mao Buyan stood up straight immediately: "Yes!"
Xuan Yu said to Du Heng slowly, "Let's go and rest too?" After a whole night of noise, Du Heng was indeed a little tired. He took a last look at Yan Huaizhen in the side room, and then went into the room with Xuan Yu.
The next morning, as soon as the sun shone into the room, Du Heng felt a heaviness in his chest. He reached out and touched it, and sure enough, he felt a hand full of soft hair. He opened his eyes and looked at Xiaoxiao's big face: "Xiaoxiao..."
Xiaoxiao tilted her head and said, "Chirp, good morning. Du Hengheng, I'm hungry! You said you'd make me shrimp wontons yesterday, but you ran away halfway through, and I haven't had any yet. Can I have wontons in the morning?!"
Du Heng climbed up from the bed and yawned: "Okay!"
The generals had already woken up. When they saw Du Heng appear, Chonghua happily called out to him, "Du Heng, Du Heng, come and see. We found something good on the island."
As he spoke, Chonghua dragged a large backpack from the corner of the living room. The backpack was covered with a lid and weighed down by stones. Seeing him presenting treasures, Du Heng smiled and said, "What is so mysterious?"
Chonghua opened the lid: "Look! Coconut crab!"
The backpack contained a huge coconut crab, one of whose claws was bigger than Du Heng's head. The coconut crab, which was covered in armor and glowed with a faint blue light, was still alive. It slowly raised its two large claws and clamped them in the direction of Du Heng.
Chonghua quickly closed the lid: "This morning I saw it eating coconuts on a coconut tree. I've eaten this before in the Feather Tribe. It's so delicious! I didn't expect it to be available here too. Shall we steam it?"
Du Heng gave a thumbs up: "Good! I'll steam it in a while!"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "The green grass is cooked. Do you want to see it?" Du Heng nodded quickly, "Yes, I do."
When Du Heng opened the lid of the casserole, he was in a trance. The sticky black grass last night had turned into a clear and transparent green this morning. At the same time, a faint fragrance came from it, which smelled quite good.
Du Heng was amazed: "It really changed color!"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "I didn't lie to you, did I?" Du Heng nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, I didn't lie. What are you all standing there for? Come on and eat it!"
Xuan Yu said: "Nan Nan is still sleeping in, let's talk about it after he wakes up."
Du Heng thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll go make some wontons first. Xiaoxiao said he's hungry."
But when he turned around, he saw Xiaoxiao standing in front of the big backpack. He looked at Xiaoyu with sparkling eyes and said, "Xiaoyu, let me tell you, this crab is delicious. Once it's steamed, the meat inside the claws is fragrant and sweet, and it's delicious even when eaten alone!"
Du Heng smiled: "How about I steam the coconut crab now?"
Hearing this, the monks immediately became happy: "Great!"
Chonghua said, "If there is one, there will be two. I will go and look for them." Yun Zheng and Lao Dao also responded, "Let's go together."
Xuan Yu lifted the coconut crab from the backpack. The crab waved its two claws and its abdomen was curled up, just like a hermit crab in the sea. This coconut crab was very big. Even if it didn't open its belly, the whole crab was three feet long.
Du Heng thought of the sea crabs he had eaten in Yunyan Tower. He felt that he would need to take out his largest steamer to steam them!
Xuan Yu said, "I'll wash the crabs." Du Heng nodded, "Then I'll go see Yan Huaizhen."
Yan Huaizhen hadn't woken up yet, but he looked much better than when he went to sleep yesterday. His fishtail had turned into legs, and when he lay in bed he looked like a child who hadn't grown up yet.
Du Heng tucked the corner of the quilt for him. He sighed: What a bastard, who would not even let a child go?! Yan Huai was really pitiful, she got pregnant at such a young age.
Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu were attracted by the little mermaid sleeping in the sea water in the room. They stood in front of the circular transparent barrier and looked up at the little mermaid.
Xiaoxiao was shocked: "Du Hengheng! What happened after I fell asleep last night?! Why are there two more mermaids in our family?!"
Du Heng motioned Xiaoxiao to lower her voice: "He is the merman that Xuan Yu and I rescued from the sea yesterday. He is injured and needs to rest. Let's go out first."
Just as Du Heng was about to turn around, he heard the sound of water splashing behind him. He turned around and saw the little mermaid Nuo Nuo, who was still sleeping just now, happily spinning in the water.
Seeing Du Heng looking at him, Nuonuo spit a big bubble at Du Heng: "Bo Bo~"
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