Chapter 237 Mission 022

It is not easy for the sea creatures to go ashore. The weak ones will quickly become dehydrated, and they will die if they do not return to the water as soon as possible. If they want to live on the shore forever, only half-human, half-fish creatures like the mermaids can use secret techniques to permanently change the fish tail into legs, become humans, and live on land. This is what the heroine in the original novel did.

And Xiao Ying brought the heroine to travel on land, of course, he could not use this secret technique that greatly reduced people's strength. He used the potion prepared by the mermaid pharmacist to temporarily turn the fish tail into legs for the mermaids, but the time limit of this potion is only one day. After one day, you must soak it in water and drip the potion on the fish tail again to turn it into legs. Even the upgraded potion prepared by the great pharmacist is only effective for five days.

Although there are many restrictions on the potion, Xiao Ying did not plan to stay on land for too long, so he got enough upgraded potions from the pharmacist of the Sea King for them to use for several months and then set off.

They swam quickly toward the sea. There was a guard beside Xiao Ying who knew the land very well. The guard looked around and identified the direction. Then he pointed in one direction and said to Xiao Ying: "Your Highness, there is a relatively hidden coast over there. No one goes there, but it is not far from the nearby human city. We can go ashore from there."

At present, the sea tribe and the human race are in a stage of friendly trade cooperation, so the coastal cities of the human race are really built not far from the sea. With the care of the sea tribe, there will be no major disasters such as tsunamis. There are also many sea tribes who will use the methods of various races to temporarily transform into human forms and go ashore to those human coastal cities to trade with humans.

It's just that Xiao Ying's identity is sensitive, so it's better to hide it if possible. Otherwise, those who live in the dark and have a deep hatred for the human race and the sea race and are almost exterminated will definitely come to assassinate him at the cost of their lives. In the original work, the male protagonist was assassinated in this way when he was in distress at sea. So the guard suggested that Xiao Ying go ashore on a hidden shore and disguise himself as an ordinary human to blend into the city.

Xiao Ying also thought this suggestion was good, and nodded, "You lead the way." He was new here and didn't know how to take the safe route, so it was better to let the experienced driver lead the way.

A group of mermaids swam quickly in the sea. Even if there were occasionally human fishing boats or merchant ships passing by on the sea, they would not find a group of mermaids swimming in the sea.

The weakest person in their group was Xingyue, a fourth-level sea spirit master. Mermaids were originally the darlings of the sea and swam very fast. They soon reached the rarely visited shore that the guard said. Or it couldn't be called the shore, it should be a cliff, and people with low strength didn't even dare to approach.

Xiao Ying and his men dripped potions on the fish tails in the sea below the cliff.

The potion worked quickly, and Xiao Ying's fish tails soon split and slowly turned into human legs. However, the process was very painful, like being cut and scaled by a knife. Moreover, this pain will not disappear after the fish tail turns into legs, but will be alleviated. When they walk on land, their legs will feel tingling, as if they are walking barefoot on gravel.

The side effects of this potion reminded Xiao Ying of a fairy tale he had heard before - the mermaid princess. The princess in that fairy tale also walked like dancing on the edge of a knife after being transformed into legs by a witch. Although they are not in so much pain at this time, they are definitely not at ease. No wonder the sea people are not very willing to come to land.

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The pain of walking made Xingyue frown slightly, and she cried out in pain at him: "Brother Xinggui, is there no other way to make it less painful?"

Xiao Ying looked at her calmly and said: "This is already the method with the least side effects. We mermaids are supposed to live in the seabed, and we can only endure this pain on land. Humans can only live on land, and we will drown in the sea."

Xingyue was lectured by him and calmed down a little, but she was still very curious about human life. She always ran in front on the road, and even ordinary plants and animals could make her fuss.

Xiao Ying looked at Xingyue who was running away in front, and was not worried about her. There was really no danger nearby that could cause her, a fourth-level sea spirit master, to get into trouble.

He whispered to the guard beside him: "Have you arranged everything?"

The guard replied respectfully: "Your Highness, everything has been arranged according to your instructions."

Xiao Ying did not really come out to practice, he wanted to break the heroine Xingyue's curiosity and good impression of humans, and even make her feel bad. Although he was also a human before, doing this is a bit of a discredit to humans, but in order to complete the task and prevent the heroine from falling in love with the hero along with the plot, he had to resort to this last resort.

So Xiao Ying deliberately chose the coastal city with the strongest influence of the sea clan to practice, and arranged a few good plays for Xingyue to see.

The nearest coastal city, Hanhai City, is a medium-sized city, which is basically supported by trade between humans and the sea clan. The influence of the sea clan here is very large.

Xiao Ying brought Xingyue to Hanhai City and found that the construction style here is just that of an ordinary human city, well, very simple. Unlike the construction style of the sea clan, various underwater gems and gold that are valuable on land are just embellishments on underwater buildings.

There are many people coming and going in Hanhai City every day, not only humans, but also people from the sea tribe. Xiao Ying saw a catfish tribe member with fish whiskers on his cheeks and a strange appearance after walking a few steps, and a sea tribe member with a fish head and a human body. He even saw a crab tribe member who was born with the unique ability to directly leave the water and land. If it weren't for the mediocre talents of that amphibious race, with their amphibious characteristics and outstanding fertility, the land and the seabed would not be so peaceful.

Coming to Hanhai City, let alone Xingyue, even Xiao Ying was amazed. Although he has the memory of the original owner, that memory is only a text description, how can it be as exciting as seeing it with his own eyes? This made Xiao Ying feel that the knowledge he saw from the memory was verified in reality.

The shops in Hanhai City are basically 50-50 between humans and sea tribes, selling some seabed specialties of the sea tribe and products brought by human merchants from distant human cities, and the sales are very hot.

The original owner and Xingyue only practiced silently in the seabed, and had never seen such a mixed and lively bottom. Even if they saw it, they would only see the prosperity of the sea clan city under the sea.

When Xiao Ying was watching with relish, suddenly a third-level sea spirit master's pressure broke out in a shop in front.

His heart jumped, and it started!

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A third-level spirit master is considered a master in Hanhai City. Feeling the pressure of this third-level sea spirit master, Xiao Ying suggested going over to take a look.

Unlike other people in Hanhai City who hurriedly avoided and dared to hide in the dark to watch the excitement, Xiao Ying and his group were skilled and bold, and walked directly to the door of the shop and looked inside.

This is a shop that sells materials for refining spiritual tools such as sea coral gold. No wonder there is a third-level sea spirit master in the shop.

At this time, there were two honest-looking human men and a weak-looking human woman in the store. They were only at the level of second-level spiritualists. They struggled to support themselves and begged in words under the rage of the third-level sea spiritualist. However, the third-level sea spiritualist shop owner was not moved at all and looked like he wanted to kill them all.

When the three humans saw that begging for mercy was useless, they cursed fiercely: "Shark monster! You profiteer! Don't you just want to swallow our payment? If you break the rules like this, you will not be able to survive in Hanhai City sooner or later!"

The shark tribe shop owner just showed a sneer on his ferocious face, without saying a word, but his attack became more ruthless and heavier.

Xingyue, who was standing outside the store, heard what the three humans said, and saw that the shark tribe owner was so vicious, so he quickly looked at Xiao Yan and said, "Brother Xinggui, the people of the shark tribe are too hateful. How can you cheat people in business? Let's save those three people!"

Xiao Yan was very helpless when he heard the heroine's words. The heroine really lived for more than two hundred years in vain. She was so naive!

To be honest, the first play he asked people to prepare was not very clever. Anyone with a discerning eye could see the problem at a glance, but the heroine jumped into the pit without hesitation.

Although it was just a show, Xiao Ying still had to persuade: "We can't judge the truth based on what those three people said, and I prefer to believe the sea people than humans."

Xingyue automatically ignored the first half of Xiao Ying's words, as if she only heard the second half. She looked at Xiao Ying in disbelief: "Brother Xinggui, how can you be so unreasonable and biased towards the sea people? You should treat people of any race fairly and justly!"

Xiao Ying: "..."zz! I found out that the heroine's brain circuit is abnormal! She actually asked him, a prince of the sea people, to treat people of any race fairly and justly!

Xiao Ying didn't say anything, Xingyue thought she had convinced her prince brother, and then burst out with the power of a fourth-level sea spirit master to rescue the three people from the shark shop owner. Faced with a fourth-level spirit master who is more powerful than himself, the shark shop owner can only tolerate and hand over the three people to Xingyue.

The three people who escaped the clutches of the vicious shark shop owner were very grateful to Xingyue. They followed her and praised her beauty and kindness, and then looked at the expensive accessories on her body without leaving any trace...

Xiao Ying saw all this, but he did not remind Xingyue that he had to let the heroine suffer a loss.

Whether it was the shark shop owner or the three humans, they were arranged by Xiao Ying to perform a good show without knowing it, so the three humans did not realize their identities at all and greedily set their sights on their benefactors.