Deep in the azure sea.
The Mermaid Palace was shrouded in an invisible aura of sorrow.
All the merfolk felt it; their princess, on whom they had placed so much hope, had chosen to cut off her tail.
This means she will never be able to return to the sea.
She betrayed the sea and abandoned her people.
And they abandoned the responsibilities inherent in their royal bloodline.
Inside the main hall, the clansmen gathered.
"Ah! The fish tail is a gift from the sea god, not something a mermaid can sever without her own will. Waaah... Princess, why are you doing this?"
"The princess is the only hope for our mermaid race; we cannot lose her..."
"Grandma, I don't believe the princess would abandon us. She must have had her reasons..."
"Yes...humans are cunning. The princess must have fallen for their trick and been seduced into cutting off her tail to survive..."
“The princess must be in danger. Please, Grandma, allow us to go and find her and find out what happened.”
"..."
Inside the main hall, an elderly woman, who appeared to be quite frail, sat languidly and listlessly in her chair.
It gives people a sense of decay and decline, as if it is on its last legs.
She is the most senior and longest-lived elder in the mermaid clan.
Everyone should respectfully address her as "Grandma".
The Mermaid King perished in a great war hundreds of years ago, and since then, Grandma has been in charge of all affairs of the tribe.
At this moment, she slightly raised her eyelids and gently tapped the scepter in her hand onto the ground.
The room fell silent instantly.
Some people were secretly alarmed; Grandma's cultivation level was becoming increasingly unfathomable...
"There's no point in saying more now. What good would it do if you went? If she did it willingly, she has already betrayed her people and will have nothing to do with us anymore. ... If she was deceived, then she can only blame herself for being stupid. It would be a disaster for our clan to have such a stupid person as our merfolk king."
A group of mermaids stared wide-eyed, clear yet foolish eyes.
It was as if I couldn't believe these words came from my kind and gentle grandmother.
You see, Grandma loved the princess more than anyone else and had been carefully nurturing her, hoping that the princess would become successful, master the Eye of the Sea God as soon as possible, and become the new Mermaid King.
It seems Grandma is truly disappointed in Her Highness the Princess…
Grandma continued:
"A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, nor can the merfolk be without a king forever. From this day forward, I will open the forbidden area, and all members of my clan shall try to obtain the Eye of the Sea God. The one who is recognized by the Eye of the Sea God will be the new king of my merfolk."
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped.
Should a new Mermaid King be chosen?
After a moment of restless anticipation, there was also a sense of helplessness.
Even a princess with royal blood, who has been carefully trained for many years, has not been able to master the Eye of the Sea God, let alone those of commoner blood.
But since Grandma has spoken, they'll give it a try.
What if we really hit the jackpot?
A plump mermaid was rather impatient:
"Shall we go now?"
Grandma slowly shook her head:
"No rush. We need to find an auspicious day to set up an altar and perform rituals to seek the blessing of the sea god and have him personally select our king for our people."
ah?
A group of innocent mermaids were somewhat bewildered.
Should we find an auspicious day to set up the altar and perform the ritual?
They don't do this kind of thing with their merfolk...
But Grandma lived a long life and knew a lot, so she must have had her reasons for doing so.
But then Grandma did some calculations and set an auspicious date, tentatively three days later, for the opening ceremony to worship the sea god.
Tell them to hurry back and train hard, and maybe they'll be chosen by the Sea God to become the new Mermaid King.
Grandma held absolute prestige among the mermaids.
Whatever they say, their people believe.
Almost everyone was energized and took their leave, intending to return to their studies and focus on their cultivation.
I hope to be chosen by the sea god.
Some things come quickly and go quickly; the grief of being abandoned by the princess just now seems to have faded away.
Only one person still couldn't forget the princess, torn between striving to become the Mermaid King and going ashore to find her.
Finally, with a resolute gaze, he silently withdrew from the crowd…
After everyone left, Yu Shuang followed her memories and returned to the original owner's residence.
This world is a derivative world of a fantasy/martial arts story.
The protagonist levels up and fights monsters, unlocking various side quests and dungeons, and finally defeats the biggest boss, the Evil Lord, becoming a savior—a cliché story.
The Evil Lord is immortal and indestructible; he was formed from the desires that the Heavenly Prince, the God of War, had severed in order to increase his strength.
The male protagonist is the reincarnation of the God of War from Heaven.
Therefore, the setting of this world is that only the male protagonist can kill the immortal and indestructible evil lord.
The male protagonist needs to collect the five divine artifacts that have fallen into the human world and gather their power in order to completely destroy the evil lord.
The female protagonist is a fairy of a hundred flowers in the heavenly realm. After the God of War enters reincarnation, she also falls to the mortal world and experiences a lifetime of love in the mortal realm.
A third party inevitably intervenes in their relationship; all the women like the male lead, and all the men like the female lead.
The most prominent female supporting character in this story is the mermaid princess Luo Xi.
Because he was playing, he went ashore and ended up in human territory. He was very kind and shed tears to make pearls to help the poor.
She was targeted by someone with ulterior motives who plotted to capture her, but was later rescued by the male protagonist, and fell in love with him at first sight.
From then on, she joined the love triangle involving the main characters.
The journey to find the magical artifact has begun.
She risked her life for the male protagonist, even sacrificing her heart and tail, making a tremendous contribution to the team.
And they found it sweet.
Unfortunately, the male and female leads are a couple, and the mermaid princess ends up with nothing after all her efforts.
After collecting the other four divine artifacts, only the last one—the Spirit Pearl—was missing.
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