The villa living room.
A mermaid walked in from outside, wearing a crown and a dragon robe, with a scepter in hand. He exuded an emperor's air—noble, aloof, and incomparably dignified.
He was the ruler of the Mermaid Race, the Mermaid King, a peak Divine Ability Realm expert!
Once, he had been the strongest being in the Cloud Sky Realm, the emperor who ruled over an entire race. Back then, he had been someone Xia Ping could only look up to. But now, he was nothing special.
"Mermaid King, what did you want to see me about?"
Xia Ping got straight to the point and asked without beating around the bush.
"Mr. Xia, you certainly are direct. Actually, I haven't come for anything important. I wanted to ask about my daughter, Yu Qiqi," the Mermaid King said gravely.
"Yu Qiqi?"
Xia Ping raised an eyebrow and looked at the Mermaid King.
"She's missing now. No matter how hard I look, I can't find her. And she isn't the only one. The humans Chu Rong and Jiang Yaru disappeared with her."
Pain showed on the Mermaid King's face.
"What? What happened?" Xia Ping frowned. When he returned to the Cloud Sky Realm, he had noticed that Jiang Yaru and the others were gone. But the maids at the villa had said they'd gone out on an adventure and hadn't returned yet.
So he hadn't paid it much mind, assuming they'd be back soon. But now the Mermaid King was saying they'd gone missing and might have met with disaster.
"The three of them went together to search for a relic left behind in this world by a True Dragon—the True Dragon Nest!"
The Mermaid King spoke gravely. "I didn't pay it much attention at first, since it was only a legend.