I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

"Huh? What is that?"

Before they knew it, the group had arrived at a relatively open area.

This place is much livelier than other places, with a lot of noise, but there is also a sense of oppression.

"Eh... Uncle-Master." Gu Qiqing was a little stunned when he saw this place. He thought of something and was about to speak when Yun Qingyi had already stepped inside.

From the outside, people could block the view and make it impossible to see anything, but as soon as Yun Qingyi entered, she knew what this place sold.

Sure enough, Gu Qiqing also walked in, his eyes sweeping over the people who were bound by ropes, and said to Yun Qingyi, "Junior sister, this is a place that sells sea slaves."

"Sea slave?" Yun Qingyi was puzzled when she first heard this term.

"This is a legend from Laizhou and the West Sea. The legend says that a long time ago, a monster appeared on the coast, feeding on the sea people living by the sea and causing storms in the West Sea for many years."

But one day, while hunting humans, he fell in love with a human girl. For the sake of a peaceful future for all the sea creatures, the human girl took the initiative to ask the siren if she could be with him.

But the condition was that they could no longer hunt sea people. The sea monsters agreed, and since then, there have been no more instances of sea monsters hunting humans in the Western Sea.

After listening, Yun Qingyi looked at Gu Qiqing speechlessly and uttered two words indifferently, "Do you believe it?"

Gu Qiqing scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, "Oh dear, it's all just a legend. Who knows the real story anyway?"

"But, senior brother, you've said so much, but you still haven't explained where the term 'sea slave' came from," Yun Qingyi said calmly, looking at the sea slave closest to her.

“They…” Gu Qiqing followed Yun Qingyi’s gaze and said softly, “They are the children born from the union of the legendary sea monster and that human girl.”

Because of their strange appearance, low intelligence, and brute strength, this race has been rejected by humans ever since it was discovered.

Add to that the legend, and people hated the siren, and naturally they hated them too.

Over time, people began hunting down these foreign tribes and selling them as slaves, calling them sea slaves.

After listening to Gu Qiqing's words, Yun Qingyi nodded lightly. From the moment Gu Qiqing told that story, she immediately thought of the story her master had told her.

The story was similar to Gu Qiqing's description. The sea monster did exist, but it wasn't called a sea monster. Instead, it was a race of merfolk born in the depths of the Western Sea.

That tribe was innocent and kind, and each member had a beautiful face. They were not aggressive, but they were good at finding treasures in the sea.

In the story her master told her, it was once upon a time when a mermaid who had just reached adulthood accidentally came to the surface of the sea because she was playing around.

But because of that accident, he happened to be discovered by a human girl.

The girl was amazed by his appearance and fell in love with him. She came to see him every day. Over the years, the merman gradually became dependent on the girl.

He didn't understand what love was, but he wanted the girl to always be by his side.

But later, as the girl grew older, she got to get married.

The merman understood the meaning of marriage from the girl, and he didn't want to lose her.

So he told the girl he wanted to marry her and made a promise with her that he would come back to marry her at that time.

The girl was overjoyed and went home to tell her parents, but how could ordinary people accept their child marrying someone of a different race?

He immediately locked the girl in the house in anger, forbidding her from going to the beach or having any contact with anyone, and found her a marriage.

Soon, the day agreed upon by the mermaid and the girl arrived. He changed into human clothes, conjured human legs, and, carrying a box of treasures he had found in the sea, went to the girl's village.

Because of the mermaid's outstanding appearance, she quickly attracted the attention of the villagers. The mermaid stood in front of the wooden house that exuded a girlish aura and knocked on the door.

While the door was open, he tidied himself up. He remembered the girl saying that when meeting his parents, he should dress appropriately and be polite.

After a while, the door opened.

The girl's parents peeked out of the house and, upon seeing the merman, a fleeting look of amazement crossed their eyes.

"Who are you looking for?" the girl's parents asked.

"Hello, I'm here to propose marriage. My name is Liang Jiao, and I wish to marry Mingyue." Liang Jiao displayed a smile he had practiced many times, hoping to gain more favor.