Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Her words touched the mermaid woman slightly.

Mermaid tears can cure all diseases, and are also of great benefit to many hidden injuries of human cultivators.

Mermaids are also beautiful, and many human cultivators have searched far and wide for their secluded places, wanting to capture them.

Firstly, it's to satisfy some people's perverse psychology, and secondly, it's to force out mermaid tears, which are quite valuable.

Although they live in seclusion here, humans still occasionally find their way here.

Each time, they would capture people, lock them up, wear down their dignity and fighting spirit, implant mermaid secret techniques, and control them to stay and become slaves.

They had heard of human cultivators possessing array formation techniques, but they had not encountered such powerful individuals, nor did they have such methods.

If Zhong Ran and his group can indeed set up formations to help them truly hide, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

"What do you want?" A hoarse but pleasant voice came from behind, speaking in authentic human language.

However, no mermaids were seen, which clearly indicates that they were powerful members of the mermaid race.

Their strongest members have been keeping a close eye on the situation here.

Zhong Ran had already thought it through. They really didn't have any other purpose; they just wanted to meet the mermaids. If they could have a friendly exchange, become friends, and share resources, that would be even better.

"We don't mean anything by it, we just want to make friends and share what we have with each other."

She explained, "We have formation masters and alchemists among us who can help you."

"Similarly, if you have any water-related treasures, such as top-quality water-related spiritual herbs, or treasures that you don't care about, like mermaid pearls, you can exchange them with us."

"Of course, everything is voluntary and there will be no coercion. If you are unwilling, we can leave immediately and will not reveal your location to others."

"presumptuous!"

Upon hearing her words, the surrounding mermaids became enraged, as if they wanted to devour them alive immediately.

Zhong Ran and the others were also dumbfounded. Were the merfolk making a big fuss? She was speaking normally, and they were getting angry?

No wonder he ended up living in seclusion here, never daring to go out again.

The voice rang out again, this time with more anger: "What if we insist on keeping you here if we don't want to? Once you become our slaves, you will serve us forever, and we won't have to pay anything in return."

Everyone trembled slightly, becoming alert.

Mu Jinning and Zhong Yan looked at her at the same time, a glint of something unseen flashing in their eyes.

Zhong Ran's heart trembled slightly before she said, "Senior, you can try to see if you can really keep us here."

She possesses the Water Source Pearl, so she's confident she can leave this place; otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to come here rashly.

And then there's Zhong Yan. He can devour any kind of energy. If you really anger him, turning this area into a dead zone would be a piece of cake.

The other person remained silent for a long time, but she could sense that they were sizing them up, probably considering the veracity of her words.

“Yili, friends have come from afar. Take them downstairs and settle them in.”

The purple-clad mermaid woman raised her eyebrows slightly and stared at Zhong Ran for a long time.

Of all the people here, the ones she couldn't understand the most and who made her feel the most danger were this human woman, the boy in black beside her, and the fierce, tall man.

However, since the ancestor had already said so, she did not object anymore, but coldly left with the words: "Come with me."

Although her tone was cold, her voice was very pleasant.

Zhong Ran and the other two exchanged glances and followed them, with the rest of the group following as well.

As you walk further in, you discover an underwater palace, entirely constructed of transparent crystal stones.

The Crystal Palace is surrounded by aquatic plants, exotic flowers, colorful fish, seashells, and other creatures, making it a dreamlike and beautiful place.

"Sister, their place is so much prettier than where I used to live."

Xiao Bei walked up to Zhong Ran and sighed softly, wishing she could stay and live here too.

"The spiritual energy here isn't as concentrated as where you used to be."

There was a Water Source Pearl in the area where Little Shell Spirit and the others lived before.

Even though they were so far apart, the water elemental energy was still exceptionally rich, and since it was the pure spiritual energy of the source pearl, it was extremely beneficial to these little elves.

That kind of treatment isn't available here.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Bei nodded emphatically.

If we're talking about the spiritual energy compared to where it originally was, then the original place was definitely better.

But compared to her current situation, it's definitely more comfortable here.

However, there are always gains and losses in everything.

She's traveling around with Zhong Ran now, which seems pretty good, as long as Asheng doesn't threaten her all the time.

They were led into a crystal house, which had no water or rooms, only seashells.

Each of these seashells is no smaller than the one the little seashell spirit had, and it wouldn't be a problem for three to five people to live in one of them.

Of course, this is under the premise of meditation.

"Stay here, don't wander around, or don't blame us for being impolite."

Yili left a warning message and turned to leave.

Elizabeth had left, but a large number of mermaids had gathered outside to watch the spectacle.

They didn't understand why these humans, who were usually locked in iron cages, were allowed to live in their houses.

Zhong Ran and the others looked at the mermaids with curiosity and gradually discovered that these mermaids were divided into several different colors.

Silver, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, plus the all-purple outfit of that previous Yili, it seems there are many colors.

Most of them are silver-haired, mostly children, teenage mermaids.

There are also many orange and yellow ones, and green and cyan ones are also fine. They are easy to blend into the aquatic plants and are not easy to be noticed.

Blue and purple are extremely rare. I've seen two blue ones, and the only purple one I saw was the one by Yili before. I haven't seen any since.

"Their colors must represent their strength."

Elder Cheng said softly, "The purple one is most likely a supreme expert, or it may represent the identity of royalty."

You can't tell their ages. Mermaids all look about the same, so beautiful and delicate, the kind of stunning beauty that makes you not want to look away.

Although I don't quite understand, I can tell that the identity of that Yili must be extraordinary, and those mermaids held her in great awe.

At the same time, the aura emanating from her was extremely powerful, but its exact level compared to theirs was still unknown.

All we know is that they were outside at the time, but suddenly they were moved into the iron cage, which was Eli's doing.

The ability to move so many people to a different location without leaving a trace demonstrates exceptional skill.

Huang Qiuyin said softly, "Xiao Ran's Big White can do it too."

Baymax is a space-type creature; could mermaids also have that kind of talent?

Everyone's eyes lit up, but quickly dimmed again.

Such a powerful person cannot be touched unless she chooses to do so herself.