Reasons for the Mermaid Migration

Ariel looked at the crew on the Mermaid and asked Zhou Qing, "Can your storage bag store living creatures?"

"Uncertain."

Zhou Qing wasn't making excuses; he genuinely couldn't determine whether the Gray Pouch could hold living creatures.

Although the eggs of the Light Goddess Butterfly can be stored in it, there is a possibility that the Light Goddess Butterfly is a special case, and that the Gray Pouch is not suitable for storing live animals.

"Then let's give it a try."

Ariel was a woman of action. She used her Soul Power to touch the small pouch at Zhou Qing's waist and actually crawled inside.

Zhou Qing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly poured in his Soul Power, and saw Ariel peek out from within.

She can squeeze in by herself, but she can't get out without help from the outside.

"Your Storage Soul Tool is much more valuable than ordinary ones. It has its own space inside, which can store living things." Ariel emerged and asked Zhou Qing to put the crew of her Mermaid into it.

Zhou Qing did as instructed.

"How do we get out of here?" Tang San asked Ariel, gazing at the swirling undercurrent nearly a thousand meters above the prison. "Should we go up? But if we swim up, we'll definitely attract the attention of the other mermaids."

"This is indeed a problem, and we can't go back through this Undercurrent Channel." Ariel explained to everyone that the undercurrent vortexes all form in a single direction, and to return to Vast Sea City, they need to find another Undercurrent Channel leading to the Reef Sea Area.

"How do we find it?" Xiao Wu asked hurriedly. Apart from being initially interested in the Crystal Palace where the mermaids lived, she was very uncomfortable with the strange feeling of being completely submerged in the sea without getting wet.

The same applies to Zhou Qing and Romantina.

"Have no idea."

Ariel shook her head.

Zhou Qing looked doubtful, but then suddenly realized. "That's right, you haven't been back here for over 20,000 years, so you must have forgotten the route of the underwater Undercurrent Channel."

"That's not the reason," Ariel sighed and said Youyou. "Actually, this is my first time here too."

"Ah?"

Romantina was puzzled. "Could it be that Neptune raised you outside the family? But that doesn't make sense! If he treated you like a lover's child, why would your sister hate you? She probably wouldn't even see you more than a few times, right? You... Waaah!"

Zhou Qing quickly covered Romantina's mouth to prevent her from using any more strange metaphors, and apologized to Ariel had a resentful look in her eyes, saying, "She's a bit outspoken, don't mind her."

"Won't."

Ariel glared at Romantina, then sighed and said, "Actually, the Mermaid Clan did not live beneath the Ice Sea in this Extreme North 20,000 years ago."

"Mermaids love warmth and sunshine. They used to live in the waters near Sea God Island, where the climate was warm and there were many islands of all sizes. At that time, the humans living on those islands and the Mermaid Clan lived in harmony. The mermaids would trade with the humans on those islands by exchanging fish and shrimp from the ocean."

"I think you've gleaned some insights from the clothing, food, and dwellings of the Mermaid Clan beneath this Ice Sea, haven't you? Aside from living underwater, mermaids' lifestyles are actually quite similar to humans'. Their only drawback is that mermaids aren't good at creating things. Otherwise, why would they dress so revealingly?"

Recalling those female mermaids, who almost always wore only two seashells on their chests, Zhou Qing and Tang San couldn't help but nod slightly in agreement.

That's definitely revealing enough!

But!

You seem to be about the same, right?

Zhou Qing, in particular, still doesn't understand whether Ariel was wearing underwear or not...

Seeing Zhou Qing's strange gaze sweeping back and forth between her lower body and chest, Ariel wasn't embarrassed, just a little speechless. "I just spend most of my time at sea, so I wear less clothing."

Then, Ariel continued, "Getting back to the main point, there are two main reasons why the Mermaid Clan migrated here. First, Nicole needs to use the cold of the Far North Ice Sea to suppress my Bloodline Power. Even though the Sea God injected my Bloodline Power into her body, it is not an easy thing to fully withstand it. It takes time for her body to adapt."

"It feels similar to how Soul Beast eats certain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, causing its bloodline to evolve accordingly?" Xiao Wu realized this at this moment.

"Indeed, there's not much difference."

Over the past 20,000 years, Ariel has witnessed many Soul Beast consuming certain minerals or seaweed over a long period of time to transform their bloodlines.

One's own Bloodline Power can be regarded as a very high-level Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

"The second reason is that the area has been occupied by the Demon Soul Great White Shark."

The Demon Soul Great White Shark was the first Sea Soul Beast race to submit to the Sea God. In terms of cruelty, they surpassed even the Evil Spirit Orca. The very name 'Demon Soul' testifies to the views of past Soul Master and humans towards them.

Moreover, once they smell blood, they go berserk and riot, and may even kill all the Sea Soul Beast they encounter.

If the Evil Spirit Orca, which is over 10,000 years old, was driven mad by other Sea Soul Beast that worshipped the Sea God in the last 20,000 years and began to kill indiscriminately, then the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan is born bloodthirsty. However, because one of the Demon Soul Great White Shark was defeated by Poseidon and taken as his mount, the entire Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan transformed into the Sea God's most loyal supporters.

In order to repay these followers, the Sea God could not do nothing, so the Mermaid Clan had no choice but to relocate.

In this way, the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan gained access to the warmest and most abundant sea area, and under the lingering influence of the Sea God, their intelligence grew stronger, gradually making them the leaders of the vast majority of Sea Soul Beast. Meanwhile, the migration of the Mermaid Clan to this Ice Sea Extreme North allowed the other Sea Soul Beast to gradually forget what was once the most powerful race in the Great Sea, making it easier for the Sea God to gather the Power of Faith of the Sea Soul Beast.

Is the Demon Soul Great White Shark more deadly than the Evil Spirit Orca?

Does the smell of blood drive someone crazy?

This differs from the original description, but Zhou Qing is more inclined to believe Ariel's version of events.

Nothing more!

No matter how cruel orcas may be, they are still mammals with social characteristics similar to humans; while sharks are ultimately just fish.

Although Soul Beast are different from ordinary animals, but—

No way.

Even after encountering mermaids, Zhou Qing still couldn't forget the biological knowledge he had learned in his previous life. Moreover, this world also values science. He had even seen a group of Evil Spirit Orca with cultivation levels of only ten or a hundred years, yet they already possessed a social network similar to that of human society.

And what about the Demon Soul Great White Shark?

He had never seen it before.

"So--"

Ariel concluded, "I don't know how many Undercurrent Vortex Channel there are in the Ice Sea Deep Domain beneath the Extreme North, or which one leads to the sea area near Vast Sea City. I'll have to ask a mermaid."