The Demon Lord Forced to Marry the Female Leader

The mermaids guided her to the palace. Awen followed the mermaids into the palace. Her footsteps echoed on the stone road, and every step she took was extremely careful.

The palace was empty, with only a few rays of sunlight shining through the broken windows, creating mottled shadows. She walked along the corridor, and the remaining murals on the walls depicted the life of mermaids, which made her imagine the prosperity of that era.

She once heard her father say that before he came to this sea area, there were many mermaids living here and they ruled this sea area. Later, they suddenly disappeared and this sea area became a sea without a master. Then her father, who had just reached adulthood, found this sea area and it became his territory from then on.

So what happened to these disappeared mermaids?

It was for this reason that Awen followed the guidance of the mermaids to explore. The mermaids led her to an underground secret room. The dark and humid environment made her heart beat faster. The secret room was filled with a faint salty smell and the fishy smell of seaweed, which made her feel a little uneasy.

Suddenly, she saw some mermaid skeletons imprisoned in cages, and a chill surged in her heart. Although these skeletons were dried, they still maintained their elegant postures in life. Mermaids were wandering on them. Awen was horrified. Were they already dead? Why did they stay in the world in this state?

In this strange environment, Awen also backed off and muttered to herself:

"These mermaids lured her here, won't they eat her?... How could I be so naive to follow them down here... That won't do, I have to go back!"

Just as Awen was daydreaming, the mermaids began to circle around her. Their singing was melodious and graceful, as if calling out to something.

Awen felt that they really had no ill will towards her, so she decided to follow the mermaids and continue walking.

She followed the mermaids through another winding passage and came to the last door. On the door was a huge shell that emitted a faint fluorescence.

Behind the door was a spacious secret room. The mermaids opened the stone door for her. Ah Wen looked up anxiously, and saw nothing else in the secret room except a square bronze tripod in the center. After cooling, it showed a deep bronze color, and the surface was covered with traces of time and complex patterns. The body of the tripod was engraved with ancient symbols, as if telling a thousand-year-old secret. There was a dragon head at each corner of the tripod, with its mouth open and tongue sticking out, lifelike, as if it would wake up at any time. There was a bronze lid on the tripod, blocking Ah Wen's sight.

"So this is the tripod in the magma!"

Awen approached the tripod and carefully observed the ancient symbols. She tried to interpret their meaning, but the symbols seemed to contain some profound meaning, which made her feel an indescribable pressure.

Suddenly a sea soul rushed up and cut her finger, then with lightning speed, pressed her finger on the tripod. It pressed her finger tightly on the tripod, leaving her no chance to break free.

At this critical moment, Awen felt a sharp pain, but she quickly calmed down.

She tried to communicate with the sea soul and asked in a gentle tone:

"Why are you doing this? I'm here to help you."

The sea soul seemed to understand what Awen said. It loosened its hand, stepped aside, and said something to Awen in a jumbled voice. The strange thing was that Awen understood what he said.

it says:

"Recognize the Lord."

Just when Awen didn't understand why she suddenly understood what it said, the body of the Shennong Ding emitted a light green light.

Ah Wen looked at the Shennong Ding in surprise. The pale green light from the Ding seemed to be telling something. She felt a warm force coming from the Ding and gradually flowing into her body. The wound on her finger began to heal and the pain slowly disappeared.

When Haihun saw this scene, he did not show any surprise, but was unusually calm.

Awen took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and gently placed her hand on the Shennong Ding. The Shennong Ding suddenly emitted a dazzling green light, completely enveloping her.

In this light, Awen felt her consciousness gradually merged with the Shennong Ding. She seemed to see scenes from ancient times, when the ancient god Shennong worked hard in the fields, tasted hundreds of herbs, and searched for medicines to cure diseases and save lives for mankind. She felt Shennong's wisdom and courage, as well as his awe of nature.

As time went by, Awen also saw the memories of Shennong Ding.

When the world was in chaos and all things were yet to take shape, Shennong, with his wisdom and strength, condensed the essence of heaven and earth into a cauldron, which he used to refine hundreds of herbs and cure diseases.

Later, because the Shennong Ding had the function of immortality, people had a fanatical desire to possess it, and disputes arose in the world because of it.

In order to prevent the Shennong Ding from being abused, Shennong sank it to the bottom of the sea, letting it sleep forever.

However, sinking into the sea is not a foolproof solution. There are still mermaids with ulterior motives who might use it to destroy the world.

One day, in the darkness of the deep sea, a mermaid elder secretly made an evil deal with a human monk. He hurt his compatriots and sold the tears and blood of mermaids in exchange for the weapons of human monks. However, this deal aroused the anger of the mermaid leader, who decisively expelled him from the tribe.

The expelled mermaid elder accidentally fell into a sea trench while wandering, where he obtained the legendary Shennong Ding.

When he realized that this artifact was the ancient artifact Shennong Ding, he began to plan how to use it.

He used the power of Shennong Ding to capture all the mermaids and tortured them in cages. He used evil methods to refine them into sea souls, and then let them watch their bodies rot while their souls were driven by their enemies. He enjoyed torturing them all day long.

The sea souls suffered endless pain and torture from the mermaid elders. Their souls were bound in the Shennong Ding and could not escape. They could only silently endure the elders' brutality, hoping to regain their freedom one day.

When the elder was feeling proud and triumphant, the human beings with whom he had traded in the past got the news and came to him.

Facing humans, the elder felt unprecedented pressure, but he still relied on the power of Shennong Ding to gain the upper hand.

In the end, the elder killed all the humans who came, but he was also seriously injured and very weak.

At this time, the sea souls sensed the elder's weakness and did not give him time to breathe. They took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack.

Although they were transparent, when they gathered into a powerful force, they poured into the elder's body in droves, disrupting his breath and passing through his gills, making it impossible for him to breathe.