69novels Chapter 426 I just wanted to understand, I had no other intentions!
Chapter 426 I just wanted to understand, I had no other intentions!
Chapter 426 I just wanted to understand, I had no other intentions!
The village chief frowned, crossed his arms, rested his head on his hands, and frantically searched through his memories.
"My understanding of the mermaid race comes from my grandfather, who in turn heard it from my great-grandfather's generation, but it's all just ordinary information."
"The mermaid race mainly lives in the far north! There, there is a sea called the Ice Sea! That is the habitat of the mermaid race."
Upon hearing this, Ye Nanxiao scratched his head. Before he could voice his doubts, the demon spirit asked, "Northern sea spirit beasts? Shouldn't we not see them here?"
The village chief nodded, thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "My grandfather said that the mermaid race are sea spirit beasts that can move on land, which is extremely special. My father said that although the mermaid race has a main habitat, every year some mermaids travel all over the world."
"The most troublesome thing about the Deep Sea Spiny-tailed Bat is not its attack power or venom! It's that this fish is extremely restless! It doesn't have a main habitat and often roams around. In addition, it is particularly prolific, so you can see the Deep Sea Spiny-tailed Bat in both the East China Sea and other sea areas."
"Wow! Sea spirit beasts are much freer than continental spirit beasts, they can roam all over the world." The demon spirit said with a smirk.
"You can wander around too, provided you dare to." Ye Nanxiao glanced at the demon spirit.
The inland areas are mostly mountainous, but they are not as fraught with danger as the ocean.
However, the demon spirits have gradually become Di Tian's best employees, the kind who never get a day off.
"Village Chief, could you elaborate on the fact that mermaids can come ashore and move around? I'm quite interested." As usual, the demon spirit relayed Ye Nanxiao's telepathic question.
The village chief shook his head, a little embarrassed, and laughed, "Well, when my grandfather told me these stories, I was in my arrogant teenage years, so I didn't remember much! Hehe!"
"Let's knock this guy out and throw him into the sea as bait," the spirit offered a friendly suggestion.
"No way! I think I'm still pretty useful! I forgot about my grandfather! But I still have my father's! I've memorized everything my father told me!" the village chief said with a forced smile.
Given the demon spirit's ability to drag him along, he certainly couldn't resist. He was just an ordinary, resilient little soul king.
"Then let's not change the fishing rod for now. Tell me, what did your father tell you about mermaids?" the spirit asked.
The village chief sat down cross-legged, thought carefully, and said, "My father told me about the appearance of mermaids and some secrets of the icy sea."
"What kind of information is this?" the demon spirit said, somewhat disappointed.
A leaf slapped hard across the face, startling the demon spirit. Then Ye Nanxiao's serious voice rang out.
"Listen to me!"
"But strategist, what's so interesting about a mermaid's appearance?"
"Remember! Appearance and physique are also important components of intelligence data!"
"But mermaids aren't our target, are they?"
"I know! I just want to know!"
Having said all that, how could the demon spirit not understand Ye Nanxiao's meaning?
Having spent so much time together, Yao Ling was practically hearing the teachers whisper about Ye Nanxiao being a seasoned pervert.
"Strategist! There's something I'm unsure whether I should say or not."
"Then don't say it!"
Ye Nanxiao's heart tightened. The demon spirit had already begun to learn how to swindle people, and he didn't have much wealth to be swindled by the demon spirit.
"Alright then, let's stop talking and go back to the village chief's courtyard to rest for the night," the demon said, feigning exhaustion.
"Tell me, what do you want?"
"Now that you've said that, I'm no longer sleepy!"
The communication between the demon spirit and Ye Nanxiao was completed in an instant, while the village chief continued to recall information about the mermaid race.
"The mermaid race all have a handsome appearance. Just like their name, mermaid, the upper body is human and the lower body is fish. There are some records from our ancestors that some of our companions were fortunate enough to see a mermaid and hear her singing!" The village chief leaned forward, a smile with a strange meaning on his face.
"Now that you've mentioned this, I'm wide awake!" Ye Nanxiao perked up instantly when he heard that the mermaid was the beautiful mermaid he remembered.
"Don't drool, strategist!" The demon spirit inwardly scorned Ye Nanxiao, silently pricked up its ears, and took a few steps closer to the village chief.
A small fishing village.
As evening fell, smoke rose from every household's chimney, carrying the faint aroma of rice mixed with the scent of firewood.
The village chief, exhausted, walked home, followed by two excited little creatures wiping their drool.
"Young man? Why don't you have some food first? Look how late it is! I've been talking for so long, you need to rest for a while, right?" The village chief rubbed his hands together. This honest man had been completely won over by the demon spirit and now all he wanted was to rest.
Before he returned, he had been dragged by the demon spirit and racked his brains to recall every physical feature of the mermaid race, even how soft and smooth a mermaid's hair was.
The little boy in front of me not only listened with great interest, but also pulled me aside to ask if all mermaids liked to wear seashells as vests.
Oh my god, Sea God!
He was just a village chief who had only heard stories of mermaids from his elders. How could he have been so lucky as to have seen the legendary mermaid?
But why would a spirit be so concerned about whether a mermaid is wearing a seashell vest?
The village chief only thought about the question briefly before putting it out of his mind, because he still had to cook for the guests himself.
"Whether we eat or not is not important. Let's go see your father first! I'm more interested in mermaids. As the saying goes, knowledge is spiritual food! It can fill you up!" the demon said seriously, wiping the unknown liquid from the corner of his mouth.
Ye Nanxiao, who was on her shoulder, did the same thing.
These two are obsessed with mermaids right now.
They don't wear things like seashell vests or seaweed skirts; they're very determined, they just want to study the living habits of marine life!
There was absolutely no other intention.
"Young man! No! Big brother! I really don't know any more information!" The village chief clasped his hands together; he genuinely didn't know what a seashell vest was.
The spirit licked the nib of the pen in its hand and put away the notebook, which was already filled with notes.
"Ahem, why don't we go find your father? Maybe the old man knows something?"
The village chief was on the verge of tears. Why was this young man so obsessed with the mermaid?
Is it a spirit beast that likes fish?
No, this guy mentioned a seashell vest several times!
Could it be!
The village chief seemed to have discovered something, and his eyes suddenly gleamed as he looked at the demon spirit.
Stared at by the village chief's eyes, which seemed to "see through everything," the demon spirit touched his nose somewhat guiltily. He couldn't possibly admit that he and the strategist were interested in the beautiful mermaid, could he?
"I know! I understand!" The village chief clasped his fists together.
"Young man, you've hinted at it to me many times, but I only just realized what you want now!" A red bow seemed to appear on the village chief's collar and chest.
"Village chief, you finally understand! Tell me quickly!" The demon spirit and Ye Nanxiao on his shoulder rubbed their hands together at the same time.
The village chief went into his house, fiddled with something for a while, and then ran out with a cloth bag.
"Here you go! This is what you wanted!" the village chief said confidently.
The spirit took the bag, which contained many items and made a rather crisp clinking sound.
Opening the bag, I found it filled with white seashells of various kinds.
With a blank expression, the demon spirit took out a seashell from the bag and held it in front of her.
"How big of a pole would it take to tie an adult up there?" the spirit asked itself.
"Just get a tree about the thickness of a bowl. Will you do it or should I?" Ye Nanxiao transmitted his voice.
Fifteen minutes later, the battered village chief knocked on his father's courtyard gate.
An old man heard the sound and came out, where he saw his son with tears in his eyes.
"Why did you bring your guests so late!" The old man walked past the village chief and warmly took the demon's hand, leading him to sit down on one of the stone benches in the courtyard.
"Dad, the guest wants to know about the mermaid race! Especially what the mermaids look like!" The village chief pounced on the old man's waist; his own father was his only hope of being able to go home and sleep with his wife tonight!
"Mermaids?" The old man was taken aback at first, then looked at the demon spirit scrutinizingly for a few moments.
"Young man, why are you inquiring about the mermaid race? Is it to satisfy your curiosity? Or to broaden your horizons?" The old man spoke gently, exuding a sense of calm honed by the passage of time.
"To be honest, I want to see the merfolk in person and then make some trade with them!" the demon spirit said truthfully, without hiding its main purpose.
"Trade? Let me tell you something first, young man. The merfolk are one of the guardians of the sea! They have taken on the task of guarding the sea from the Sea God! If you are only trading goods with the merfolk, then I'll say this: if you have designs on the merfolk, then I can't keep you here for tea!" The old man's cloudy eyes suddenly showed a hint of majesty.
"It seems the merfolk are having a tough time," Ye Nanxiao mused.
"Naturally, it's the former," the demon spirit said.
Hearing the demon's reply, the old man's scrutinizing gaze gradually faded. "Then this old man will give you a brief explanation, young man!"
"The old man is getting on in years, and some of his memories are fading. The following news may disappoint you, young man. However, if you want to know more, you can go and inquire in the next village. It just so happens that the sacrificial ceremony in the next village is in a few days!" The old man said, pointing in the direction of a mountain.
"A sacrificial ceremony? In the next village?" The demon nodded and noted down the information.
"So, young man, what information about mermaids would you like to know?" the old man asked.
Seeing the smile on the demon's face, the village chief very consciously slipped into the house to prepare tea.
"Do all mermaids wear seashell vests and seaweed skirts?"
"What? You're asking about mermaids?"
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