After running for a long while, he realized that the other party didn't seem hostile.
Lin Xiao stopped, and the mermaids around him stopped as well.
They surrounded Lin Xiao completely.
Lin Xiao looked around. Why had the Mermaid Clan come here? If he wanted to escape, he could, but he had other plans in mind.
The mermaids showed no intention of attacking. Instead, they parted to make way.
A beautiful mermaid wearing a crown came over.
"A human! You wretched thing!!"
When the crowned mermaid saw Lin Xiao, she cursed furiously.
Lin Xiao stayed on guard. If they attacked, he would run.
He gently tapped his ring, and Ice Empress drifted out.
Seeing the mermaids, Ice Empress grew curious. "The Mermaid Clan?"
"Why are you stopping us?"
Ice Empress had always felt warmly toward the Mermaid Clan. Otherwise, she wouldn't have spoken so mildly. Snow Empress knew Sea Princess, so Ice Empress knew her too.
When the crowned mermaid saw Ice Empress, she looked confused. Was this a Soul Beast?
"Hmph. Why are you, a Soul Beast, following a human?" the crowned mermaid demanded.
Ice Empress had a fiery temper and nearly attacked. The only thing that stopped her was that she knew their clan leader.
Lin Xiao spoke calmly. "Mermaid Princess, we mean no harm. This is Ice Empress, a Soul Spirit."
"May I ask whether you're Li Jing or Li Ya?" By bringing out Ice Empress, he was showing his goodwill.
Lin Xiao remembered that, at this point in time, the Mermaid Clan hadn't yet been deceived by the Evil Soul Masters, and Li Ya hadn't been turned into a vengeful spirit.
By his reckoning, those events were still a few years away. (PS: In Chapter 624 of the original, Sea Princess said it happened two years