Traveling through the world of beasts, various big guys are chasing after your pets!

He Jiaojiao was stunned and slowly looked down at Lan Yu holding her hand. When she came to her senses and wanted to pull it back, she found that Lan Yu was holding it very tightly and she couldn't pull it out at all.

"Let go, don't hurt Jiaojiao!"

Zhutian was the calmest one. He stepped forward and clamped Lan Yu's hand, his eyes full of hostility.

Lan Yu reluctantly let go of his hand, and Zhutian hurriedly picked up He Jiaojiao's hand to check. He found that it was just slightly red and not injured, so he felt relieved.

"Jiaojiao, I'm sorry..."

Lan Yu lowered his head, looking very self-blaming. He was just too happy and had no intention of hurting He Jiaojiao.

"Tell me something!" He Jiaojiao wanted to sit on the stool next to her, but Zhutian picked her up and sat her on his lap.

This is indeed normal in front of a partner, but Lan Yu is an outsider after all, so He Jiaojiao still feels a little uncomfortable and struggles to get down.

"It doesn't matter. He heard everything you did last night. This is nothing to him now."

Zhutian leaned close to He Jiaojiao's ear and whispered, his hot breath spraying on her earlobe. Combined with Zhutian's words, He Jiaojiao's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It turns out that even in the cave next door, you can still hear it?

"Jiaojiao wants me to say what?"

Lan Yu still looked weak and pitiful. Although He Jiaojiao didn't want to admit it, she really fell for it. If she weren't sitting in Zhutian's arms, she would have gone over to comfort Lan Yu long ago.

"Ahem!" He Jiaojiao cleared her throat and calmed herself down. "What's your purpose in deliberately approaching me?"

He Jiaojiao raised an eyebrow as she spoke, "And just now, why did you frame Chi Yan and deliberately let me see him bullying you?"

Although Chi Yan, the fox, could be impulsive at times, he had no ill intentions and was certainly not one to bully a wounded person, let alone one who had done a favor for their family. Therefore, this problem could only be with Lan Yu.

Seeing that He Jiaojiao was not bewitched by Lan Yu's beauty, Mo Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't wait to come to He Jiaojiao and whispered to her.

"Jiaojiao, his injury is fake. He did all this just because he wanted to be your partner."

He Jiaojiao stared at Lan Yu motionlessly, "Just because of this?"

For some reason, looking at He Jiaojiao's dark eyes, Lan Yu had an indescribable feeling. He always felt that any lie he told would be exposed by her.

Just like just now, she didn't reveal any flaws, but she knew she was the one doing the bad things.

"Then what do you think Jiaojiao is?"

Lan Yu was very smart and threw the question back to He Jiaojiao.

He Jiaojiao chuckled, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Lan Yu changed. In fact, she was very angry when she just discovered Lan Yu's true face, but for some reason, when she saw that he could still sit calmly in front of her, she suddenly became interested.

Thinking carefully about what happened after she met Lan Yu, and adding some legends she had recently heard about the mermaid clan, He Jiaojiao quickly came to a conclusion.

"I think you should have known from the beginning that I am the Holy Female!"

After hearing this, not only Lan Yu, but also several of He Jiaojiao's companions became nervous. After all, they had always tried their best to conceal He Jiaojiao's identity as a holy female. Even Zhutian's family was unaware of Jiaojiao's identity.

After a while, Lan Yu lowered his head and said, "That's right!"

After receiving a positive answer, He Jiaojiao continued, "I think your mermaid clan must have encountered some major problems, otherwise they wouldn't have let you take the risk of approaching me."

Lan Yu lowered his head even deeper. Yes, He Jiaojiao guessed right again.

In reality, the mermaids were much like the legends I'd heard before: they were mysterious and considered themselves noble, so they never intermarried with outsiders. However, there were very few female mermaids, and their reproductive capacity was low, so over the years, the mermaids were on the verge of extinction.

Lan Yu is the only priest who has appeared in the mermaid tribe in hundreds of years. He learned the revelation from the beast god through divination and knew that a holy female named He Jiaojiao was about to arrive at the seaside.

In order to solve the problem of offspring, Lan Yu decided to take action himself, trying to persuade or seduce He Jiaojiao, so that she would willingly go back to the sea with him and give birth to many offspring for the mermaid clan.

After listening to Lan Yu's self-narration, Mo Ran stood up angrily.

Although Lan Yu didn't say it explicitly, he simply wanted to take He Jiaojiao away without caring about their companions. He would then find Jiaojiao more merman companions and help the merman race reproduce.

"I never thought the mermaids could be so despicable!"

Considering that He Jiaojiao was still there, Mo Ran swallowed the swear words that were on the tip of his tongue and uttered these words.

But He Jiaojiao laughed in anger, "Lan Yu, what makes you think that I would be attracted to you and willingly follow you back to the deep sea?"

"I now have five companions, each of whom is exceptionally capable and incredibly handsome. While your mermaid race is certainly beautiful, what makes you think I would abandon my companions to save you, the mermaids?"

"Besides, what do you mermaids think of me, He Jiaojiao? An emotionless reproductive machine?"

He Jiaojiao's words made Lan Yu feel ashamed, and he didn't even dare to raise his head. Putting aside other things, this matter was indeed a case of the mermaids being unkind, completely considering how to continue their offspring without considering He Jiaojiao's perspective.

After a long silence, Lan Yu slowly stood up, said "I'm sorry", and walked towards the cave entrance.

Looking at Lan Yu's depressed back, He Jiaojiao felt inexplicably flustered. For some reason, she suddenly seemed to be able to sense Lan Yu's mood, and her whole body seemed to have fallen to the bottom.

Although she did not agree with Lan Yu's actions, it did not mean that she could watch Lan Yu die.

"Wait!" Just as Lan Yu was about to jump out of the cave, He Jiaojiao's voice rang out from behind him. He turned around in confusion, not knowing why He Jiaojiao called him.

"Perhaps you shouldn't pin all your hopes on me alone. There are still many females out there who want to mate with mermaids. By then, I'm sure we can give birth to many little mermaids."

After all, she is a legendary mermaid. It would be a pity if she really became extinct.

Lan Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head. "It's useless. We've tried everything."

"What do you mean?"

He Jiaojiao didn't quite understand.

"We've tried looking for females from other tribes, but for some reason, we've never been able to get a mermaid cub." Lan Yu smiled bitterly, a single tear trickling down his cheek. The instant it landed, it transformed into a pale blue pearl and rolled towards He Jiaojiao. "Perhaps this is the fate of the mermaids!"

Looking at the light blue pearls that rolled to her feet, He Jiaojiao bent down and picked them up.