Ahri then took out a ring, which was a mustard seed space refined by Pei Jingcang. The space inside was very large and could hold a lot.
"Are you still willing to believe me?"
The merfolk fell silent. They also harbored some resentment towards Ahri, wondering why she had chosen to be with a demon.
The old merman stopped coughing and swam towards Ahri, saying, "You are the patriarch of my merman clan. How could we not trust you? You have helped us avoid danger time and time again."
The old merman knew that Ahri first activated the protective array when Nianyin brought the giant seashell back.
At that time, she had a premonition that the Merfolk might be doomed.
However, the merfolk's protective array was activated.
Although the merfolk cannot freely enter and exit, everything is calm and peaceful.
This time, the demon did not harm them; instead, Nianyin made a mistake by trusting outsiders, which brought disaster upon herself.
The old merman slowly recounted all of this, adding, "Back then, during that calamity, it was a demon lord who helped the merman race, allowing us to settle down in the South China Sea and continue our lineage."
The merfolk all looked at the old merfolk; they were all unaware of this past event and were very curious.
The old merman said, "This story is going to take a long time to tell, let's listen to the clan leader's arrangements first."
Ahri then looked at the other merfolk and said, "Come here, I will take you to a safe place."
The merfolk quickly looked at the ring in Ahri's hand, but they were still a little hesitant.
At this moment, the old mermaid turned around and said to them, "If you still want to know what happened back then, come in with me and I will tell you slowly."
The old merman was the first to enter the mustard seed space in Ahri's ring, and the other mermen followed suit.
Soon, there were no more merfolk in the South China Sea.
Nianyin has disappeared; we can't find her anywhere.
Ahri sent the two children into the Mustard Seed Space as well, then turned and swam towards the depths of the South China Sea.
In the deepest part of that sacred pool in the South China Sea, where countless pearls are piled up, there are actually other passages leading to places that no one has ever set foot in.
Ahri collected all the pearls in the spirit pool, and the spiritual energy in the pool gradually dissipated.
When Ahri entered another passage, she turned around and destroyed the entrance to that passage.
Beyond the South China Sea, in order to break the protective array of the Merfolk, some people invited Taoist cultivators, who used magic to destroy the protective array.
The protective array was destroyed, the reefs in the South China Sea exploded one after another, and countless whirlpools appeared.
As a result of this incident, the merfolk race appeared to be wiped out in the eyes of outsiders.
On the other side, Ahri swam for a long time before things gradually became clear.
When Ahri surfaced, she found herself in a vast ocean, filled with nothing but water, and schools of fish swimming around in it.
The sky was a deep orange-red, with seagulls flying by every now and then.
Ahri moved her hand and released the merfolk from the mustard seed space.
The old merman was holding two children in his arms, and the other mermen looked around in surprise.
Ahri took the two children from the old merman and said, "I think you should find someone to be your chieftain. I am no longer suitable to be your chieftain."
The old merman shook his head and pulled Ahri back. "Chieftain, are you saying that because you're with the demon, you can't continue to be our chieftain?"
At this moment, the merfolk didn't have time to listen to Ah Li's words. Having just arrived in this beautiful sea area, they were very excited. They swam around and scooped up the seawater in their hands, saying, "This place is much bigger than the South China Sea, and the water is so sweet."
"We can settle down here now."
Mermaids also dived underwater, and after a long time, they swam back up, saying, "The coral reefs down here are beautiful and plentiful, and there are many places suitable for building nests!"
Upon hearing this, the merfolk all plunged into the sea.
The old merman said, "See? We mermen are always kind-hearted. No one blames you. In fact, we should thank you for allowing us to start over here."
The two babies in Ahri's arms fell asleep. Ahri took out a large seashell, put the two children inside, and poured water into it from time to time.
At this moment, the old mermaid's eyes were filled with longing. She gazed into the distance at an unknown place and said, "A long, long time ago, our mermaid clan also suffered the same calamity as today."
In the past, the Merfolk also faced the crisis of extinction.
At that time, a demon lord from the demon realm accidentally traveled to the human world.
He couldn't bear to see the endless bullying and torment suffered by the merfolk, so he helped them by killing all those who were harming them.
He also burned all the books about merfolk, and then the Demon Lord continued his travels. No one knows where the Demon Lord went afterward.
The protective array in the South China Sea was also set up by that Demon Lord.
The spirit pool deep in the South China Sea was also opened up with the help of the Demon Lord.
It was also because of the protection of the Demon Lord at that time that the Merfolk were able to be reborn.
Later, as the world gradually forgot about the fact that the merfolk were a treasure trove, they reopened the protective array of the South China Sea and made contact with the human world again, bartering goods or exchanging silk for money, or forming a family with fishermen.
The old merman chuckled and said, "You might not know this, but the Demon Lord you're meeting now looks somewhat like the Demon Lord from back then. I wonder if he's his descendant."
Back then, the old merman was just a very young female merman. That demon lord was also the most carefree demon she had ever seen, undisturbed by worldly affairs, only doing what he liked to do.
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