Sea Demon, Heidel

"Is this Deep Sea Silver?"

Inside the cell, Tang San stroked the black bars at the entrance to the cell, noticed their material, and couldn't help but exclaim, "To use such precious materials to make this thing is such a waste!"

It's important to know that Deep Sea Silver is a crucial material for Tang San to create the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle!

If combined with Soul Guiding Inscription, the power of the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle might be comparable to, or even surpass, the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus!

But these underwater mermaids actually used such a simple and crude method to polish it into railings—

That's such a waste.

"A waste of resources? Not really. Perhaps for the Merfolk Tribe, this material is only of limited use." Zhou Qing didn't think so, assuming that the mermaids' civilization was still very primitive. After all, in the era when humans ate raw meat and drank blood, they would only regard gold as a strangely colored stone.

However, the fact that the mermaids were able to polish Deep Sea Silver into railings proves that there are many Deep Sea Silver deposits in this area, and that the Mermaid Clan have the corresponding polishing skills.

As they spoke, Zhou Qing noticed that another group of mermaids, accompanied by a large ship, were coming from the huge Undercurrent Vortex Channel outside. The unconscious people inside were wrapped in bubbles by the mermaids and imprisoned in a nearby cell.

Now, Zhou Qing realized something and turned to Ariel, asking, "I feel like they're not after you? I've seen that ship's design at the port of Vast Sea City."

"It is indeed a ship from the Vast Sea City, the Sea Demon, and the captain's name is Heidel." Ariel didn't understand what the mermaids wanted to do, but she still introduced the ship and the captain's basic information.

"Sea Demon, Heidel..."

Zhou Qing frowned slightly, feeling that those two titles sounded somewhat familiar...

Oh, right!

Isn't this the ship that the Shrek Seven Devils rented when they set sail in the original story?

Heidel himself was a pirate, a member of the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, and had an extreme aversion to nobles.

From the perspective of the original work, once a nobleman boards a ship, he will take action without regard for right or wrong... However, he should also be doing legitimate business, otherwise he would not be able to anchor near Vast Sea City.

"He was actually a pirate," Ariel continued. "He was a member of the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, who specialized in killing nobles and wealthy merchants. They kept a portion of the spoils for themselves and handed the rest over to the Purple Pearl Pirate Group, who would then distribute them to the poor villagers near their territory."

"Robbing the rich to help the poor? Not bad!" Tang San nodded secretly, after all, the Tang Sect disciples in his previous life would also do such things.

"But I think their actions will lead to bigger problems."

Zhou Qing, however, had a different opinion.

Firstly, Heidel's fundamental purpose in doing such things was still for personal gain; essentially, he was robbing others of their wealth to alleviate his own poverty.

After all, the poor villagers who benefited were located in the area occupied by the Purple Pearl Pirates, which is the area around the Sea God Island, rather than the villagers of Vast Sea City and the surrounding fishing villages.

The nobles' money was extracted from them!

If we really want to rob the rich to help the poor, shouldn't we return the money to them?

No matter how powerful the nobles of Vast Sea City are, they cannot exploit the villagers living on the islands near Sea God Island.

Secondly, doing such things will not make the powerful and wealthy reflect on their actions; on the contrary, it will arouse their vigilance and even gradually accumulate contradictions between them until one day a real conflict breaks out.

At that time, the people suffered the most.

The powerful and wealthy don't really care about the lives of ordinary people, and those who can become pirates are also Soul Master. Even if they are defeated, they can change their appearance, hide for a while, and then come out again to target the nobles.

In short, their Robin Hood-like approach, devoid of any ideological framework or goals, and solely focused on plundering to help the poor, will only make life increasingly difficult for the people near Vast Sea City.

However, for Zhou Qing, at least these pirates had the will to resist the powerful and wealthy, and were potential targets worth winning over.

"I think the same thing as you. I think Heidel and his men have gone too far," Ariel said. "Perhaps their intentions were good, but the appearance of pirates has only made life more difficult for the residents near Vast Sea City."

Upon hearing this, Tang San pondered for a moment, recalling his past life, and realized that the lives of the villagers in the villages that had been helped by various Righteous Path people were indeed no better than before.

The local gentry of Shihao Township came one generation after another.

The lives of ordinary people are becoming increasingly impoverished!

Until a certain point is reached, the people can no longer survive, and they begin to revolt and rebel. Then the government suppresses them, quells the public anger, and the cycle begins again.

Compared to the pirates and nobles near Vast Sea City, they seem to be not much different.

To truly break the cycle of reincarnation, we must break everything in the world! We must establish a completely new order, unlike any before!

Noticing the determination in Zhou Qing's eyes, Tang San thought about the changes in Holy Soul Village and other surrounding villages, and further understood Zhou Qing's true thoughts.

That's truly making enemies of the whole world!

But--

This life is bound to be magnificent!

How fortunate I am to be able to participate!

At this time.

A mermaid swam over, saw that Zhou Qing and the others had woken up, glanced at the Mermaid crew members who were still unconscious, swam to the top of the cave entrance, pulled out two railings made of Deep Sea Silver, and said, "Those who have woken up, come out! Come with me to see the Sea Princess!"

"Go out."

Ariel swam out first.

Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Romantina followed closely behind.

This mermaid's cultivation level is around 50,000 years, equivalent to Soul Saint or Soul Douluo, but its strength will drop drastically if it leaves the water.

"Do all mermaids awaken their Martial Soul?" Zhou Qing thought of the Sea Maiden Douluo of Sea God Island and asked Ariel in a low voice.

"Under normal circumstances, only mermaids who serve as the Sacred Pillar of Sea God Island will awaken their Martial Soul."

Ariel said, "After all, mermaids can't transform into humans, so they can't condense Soul Ring on their own. They have to hunt Soul Beast to obtain them."

"But they are half- Sea Soul Beast. If they go to hunt Soul Beast, they will be attacked by the other Sea Soul Beast in the first place."

"But if you don't hunt Soul Beast after awakening your Martial Soul, you will be restricted by the rules of the Douluo Continent. Without Soul Ring, no matter how talented you are, you will not be able to break through."

"Therefore, although mermaids are half-human and half- Sea Soul Beast, they have two paths to choose from in their cultivation: the path of Soul Master or the path of Soul Beast. Most of them choose the latter."

The mermaid leading the way also heard Ariel's words and exclaimed in surprise, "You know quite a lot about the Mermaid Clan, and you even know that Sea God Island... is where those who cannot pass the Sea God's test go to live along the mainland coast?"

Ariel did not answer.

Seeing this, the mermaid didn't ask any more questions.