"Yes, mermaids."
After getting Li Xian's confirmation, Huan Zhong looked as if the world was about to end.
"Years ago, several mermaid skeletons were discovered in the old warehouse of the Purple Star Palace. Some people guessed that mermaids once lived in the Demon Realm."
"But no one had ever really seen a mermaid. It was thought that mermaids, like the Dragon Clan, were mysterious and reclusive.没想到, the palace left by the mermaids is actually so close."
Huan Qianyu looked confused. "Father, considering your age, you shouldn't act so naive."
In the Demon Realm, the Huan Zhong that Huan Qianyu knew was a heroic general. Thousands of demon soldiers followed him, and he trained his terrifying subordinates like chicks.
At that time, in Huan Qianyu's eyes, Huan Zhong was an all - powerful hero. If he said one day that he led the demon soldiers to occupy the Nine Wastelands Continent, she wouldn't be surprised.
Because at that time, her father truly seemed capable of such a feat in her eyes.
But everything changed after they came to the Nine Wastelands Continent.
She saw the vulnerable side of her father. After experiencing life and death, she realized that her father was also a vulnerable person.
Coming here, she suddenly felt that her father was just an ordinary middle - aged man. He could get injured and had the same emotions as ordinary people.
Losing that aloofness actually made the relationship between father and daughter closer than when they were in the Demon Realm.
It wasn't bad, actually.
Huan Zhong was teased by Huan Qianyu. He pursed his lips and said, "Over the years, the Demon Clan has been trapped in the Demon Realm. We can only learn about the outside world from the Demon Lord. It's not strange that I don't know many things."
If he knew everything, he wouldn't have been treated like this by Ji Chongming and Lin Yibai.
Hearing Huan Zhong mention the mermaid skeletons, Li Xian frowned and asked, "Senior, what exactly happened to those mermaid skeletons?"
Huan Zhong replied, "Those skeletons have been stored in the old warehouse of the Purple Star Palace. If the new Demon Lord's wife hadn't been looking for treasures, no one would have touched that warehouse."
"According to the records in the Purple Star Palace, mermaids were captured for sacrifices to the Demon God. But as a person from the Demon Realm, I've always been in the dark about which Demon God we in the Demon Realm worship."
"Every sacrifice was held at the Mouth of the Abyss. Some people said that the monster in the Mouth of the Abyss was the Demon God. But clearly, there were only restless souls of the Dragon Clan in the Mouth of the Abyss. How could the Dragon Clan be the Demon Clan? It's really puzzling."
As Huan Zhong spoke, he took a big bite of the roasted fish. His deeply furrowed brows showed his confusion at the moment.
At this time, Shen Qing suddenly remembered Li Yuan's diary.
She quickly took out the prepared rubbings from her storage bag and placed them in front of everyone.
Previously in the South Sea, she and Li Xian had been busy finding a way out, so they had forgotten about this. Now that they were talking about these things, she remembered.
"I found this in the Mermaid Palace. It's the diary that Li Xian's father started writing when he was a child. I'm not sure if it's useful, so I made a rubbing in advance. Take a look."
Li Xian picked up one of the diaries and opened it. A somewhat childish handwriting came into view.
Hearing Shen Qing mention Li Yuan, the Chenxi Sword twitched twice.
Li Xian had no choice but to say to the Chenxi Sword, "Stop moving. Come out."
Chenxi instantly emerged from the sword, spun around in the air, and then squeezed between Shen Qing and Li Xian. Looking at the rubbings curiously, he said, "Let me see, let me see. It's Little Li Yuan's diary. I saw him writing it before."
"All these years have passed. Hey, look here. Do you know why he drew a fish here? Because he made a spelling mistake. Hahaha."
Chenxi chattered on and on, completely oblivious to the petrified expressions of everyone except Shen Qing and Li Xian.
Huan Zhong rubbed his eyes and nudged Yu Xizi beside him with his elbow. "Brother, am I seeing things? Is that... a fish tail behind the sword spirit?"
Yu Xizi came back to his senses and quickly adjusted his expression, pretending that he had known all along.
In fact, he did know Li Yuan's identity, but he was quite surprised to see that even the sword spirit had the appearance of a mermaid. However, after seeing Shen Qing's sword earlier, Yu Xizi thought he could accept it.
So he turned around and said to Huan Zhong calmly, "I said you have limited knowledge in the Demon Realm. A mere sword spirit has scared you like this."
Huan Zhong's mouth twitched. He wasn't blind. He had seen Yu Xizi's surprised expression just now!
The Dark Wolf had been silent because whenever the Demon Realm was mentioned, he thought of his clan members who were still suffering in the Demon Realm.
But his clan members were still alive and there was hope for their rescue. However, it was highly likely that there was no such hope for the Mermaid Clan.
Feeling sad, he could only shrink to one side and keep silent.
"Chenxi, you've been in the Mermaid Palace for a long time. Do you know about these things?"
Shen Qing asked Chenxi. She was referring to the sacrifices and the Demon God.
But Chenxi shook his head and said, "If even the Saintess doesn't know, how could I? Since I gained consciousness, I've been a sword in Li Yuan's hand. I know only as much as he does. It's probably impossible for you to get any information from me."
But if you asked him how many treasures there were in the Mermaid Palace, he would know.
Shen Qing had expected this, so she wasn't disappointed.
Looking at the lines written by Li Yuan, Li Xian couldn't help but recall the few memories he had of being with Li Yuan.
His memories before the age of three had been sealed and he had just remembered them recently.
In fact, in his mind, his father always looked sad, and he couldn't match this image with the father in the diary who used a childish tone.
While Shen Qing and the others were exchanging information, in the Demon Realm, someone had already started to take action.
Lin Yibai was nestled in Ji Chongming's arms, admiring her newly - done nail polish. The color on her nails was extremely bright red, the color of blood, which was her favorite.
There were also black mandala flowers painted on them by Ji Chongming himself. Together, they looked both charming and strange.
Lin Yibai had changed her previous light makeup and now wore thick eye shadow and red lips. Her long eyeliner made her eyes look even more unruly.
Ji Chongming was completely infatuated with Lin Yibai now. He had been attracted to her before because she had saved him when he was seriously injured and had given him warmth.
Now, she had become even more charming. That feeling of being elusive, giving a slap and then a sweet date, simply made him sink deeper.
"Ji Chongming, is there any news from the Main Shrine?"
Ji Chongming placed Lin Yibai's hand on his lips and kissed it devoutly. He whispered, "The prophet said you can go out."
"Really?"
Lin Yibai sat up excitedly, and the look in her eyes gradually turned sinister.