Curse? Freedom?
Looking at his sudden change in appearance, Wei Qinghe also considered some possibilities.
"Since you are cursed and your freedom is restricted, why did you try to stop me from coming over earlier?"
If someone gets the Heart of the Sea sooner, wouldn't the curse be lifted sooner and freedom be gained?
The merman shook his head, "Not just anyone can obtain the Heart of the Sea, and even less can anyone break our curse."
"Many cultivators have come here before, but none of them could get the clam to open on its own. In order to obtain the Heart of the Sea, they would attack the clam, using all sorts of desperate methods, just to get what was inside, completely disregarding the fact that the clam also felt pain..."
The merman grew increasingly angry as he spoke, but his gaze towards Wei Qinghe was filled with awe.
Although Wei Qinghe obtained the Heart of the Sea, she did not cause any harm to the clam.
He had been there the whole time, and even saw the clam open by itself.
It was the clam that was willing to give the heart of the sea to Wei Qinghe.
The clam acknowledged that Wei Qinghe was the ruler of the Azure Sea Continent.
Furthermore, Wei Qinghe lifted the curse for them, which made them even more grateful.
"Thank you, my benefactor."
Outside the cave, the beautiful merfolk, having transformed into human form, all knelt respectfully before Wei Qinghe.
Wei Qinghe, holding the Heart of the Sea, arrived outside the cave and saw that there were indeed quite a few merfolk.
"Have you merfolk always lived here?"
Why do I feel that the merfolk shouldn't be confined to this place?
"We originally lived in the Great Wilderness, but were punished by the gods and banished to this place..."
An elderly man with white hair and a white beard hugged himself and spoke slowly.
The merman following behind Wei Qinghe stepped forward and introduced, "Benefactor, this is Zhu Jing, the patriarch of our merman clan."
The Protoss's punishment?
"Then what is this so-called curse?" Wei Qinghe asked curiously. If the Merfolk had help, wouldn't it be easier to solve the problem of the Nine Stars Alignment?
The merfolk brought out tables and chairs, and also offered some spiritual fruits, inviting Wei Qinghe to sit down.
Chief Zhu Jing sighed deeply, "Back then, our Merfolk lived carefree lives in the Great Wilderness. But one day, a princess from the Divine Race came to our Merfolk tribe, wanting to take some of our men into her harem. Our Merfolk are bound by the principle of one love for life..."
As Chief Zhu Jing spoke, tears welled up in his eyes, revealing the deep sorrow he felt as he recalled the past.
"What's most despicable is that our young clan leader was about to get married and refused. Not only did that goddess princess kidnap the bride, but she also had her defiled and killed."
Is the princess of the gods really that fierce?
Not only did she take a fancy to a number of merman men and want to add them to her harem, but she also harmed their brides.
"Your young clan leader should have avenged his wife, right?" Wei Qinghe guessed that was the case. Anyone with backbone would not let this matter go so easily.
Zhu Jing said with a face full of grief, "He wanted revenge, but unfortunately the gods had many magical artifacts, so he was unable to kill the princess, he only severed her arm."
Wei Qinghe was skeptical. "So, you were sent here by the gods? You and the gods should be from different races. How can they let you be arranged by them?"
“The strong prey on the weak! The Merfolk were almost wiped out because of this.” Zhu Jing’s eyes were bloodshot as he spoke, showing the boundless hatred in his heart.
Wei Qinghe could understand the law of the jungle.
It was clearly the goddess princess who was in the wrong, yet she wanted to destroy the merfolk.
"Was the curse also placed by the gods?" Wei Qinghe asked again.
Zhu Jing seemed too grief-stricken to continue speaking; he sat to the side, covered his face, and nodded repeatedly.
"Does the clan leader know about the Nine Stars Alignment?" Wei Qinghe now felt that perhaps the alignment of the Nine Stars on several adjacent continents, or the Nine Stars Linked, would kill all those with low cultivation levels and reshuffle the power of several continents. It might also be related to the God Clan.
"These are the rules of the gods, and perhaps they also mean our deaths." Chief Zhu Jing's mood improved somewhat.
"Our benefactor must have received some guidance to come here. We have been trapped here for who knows how many years, it seems to be thousands of years."
“Yes.” Wei Qinghe put the Heart of the Sea into the forbidden space. Only she could enter and exit this place; even Xiaobai couldn’t go in.
"This Heart of the Sea is both a shackle and the lifeblood of our Merfolk."
Zhu Jing's expression turned even more solemn, "To stop the cataclysmic disaster, we must..."
"Wei Qinghe!" Xue Rubai's voice suddenly came, and the Xuan Turtle beneath his feet seemed to move even faster.
When Wei Qinghe saw Xue Rubai here, she frowned slightly.
They found you so quickly; it seems I underestimated Xue Rubai before.
Yun Yang and the octopus monster hadn't appeared yet, and it was unclear whether they had been delayed by the other merfolk.
"So you're with the Merfolk?" Xue Rubai immediately had a bad feeling.
The fact that Wei Qinghe and the Merfolk are so friendly together suggests that Wei Qinghe has already obtained the Heart of the Sea.
The Heart of the Sea can only belong to the snowy region.
"Didn't you come here too?" Wei Qinghe knew that she had already put away the Heart of the Sea a moment earlier.
"Did you get the Heart of the Sea?" Xue Rubai asked eagerly, all tenderness he had shown to the beauty vanished at this moment.
His eyes and face were filled with intense possessiveness. "Hand over the Heart of the Sea."
The merfolk stood directly in front of them, saying, "If you want to harm our benefactor, you'll have to ask us first."
"Benefactor? You bunch of fools, guarding the Heart of the Sea without knowing how to use it, instead you want to benefit this little girl. You deserve to be trapped here." Xue Rubai said with a cold laugh.
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