Before entering the world of the Merfolk, Su Jiu had never seen one, but she had heard plenty of legends about them.
In this world, humans were not the only ones who enjoyed eating Merfolk. Merfolk enjoyed eating humans just as much.
Su Jiu could not help pondering this. Qiao Zirong, whom the Merfolk village chief had never mentioned, was probably facing grim odds.
At that moment, they still did not know that Qiao Zirong had already escaped while the village chief was outside.
The village was only so large, so there should not have been much to explore. Yet as they talked, they saw quite a few villagers emerge from their shells. Apparently realizing that the three posed no danger, some villagers even could not resist sizing them up.
To Su Jiu's surprise, not a single villager here was elderly!
A young man who looked to be in his twenties tugged at a boy in his teens and asked, "Great-grandpa, has Swallowing Heaven brought us food again? But ten years ago, a lot of our food escaped, and some even went to the Black Dragon Tribe. Those villains helped the Black Dragon Tribe devise schemes that killed so many of our people. Why does the village chief still want to keep them alive? When dealing with humans, we should just kill them outright."
The boy glared at his grandson, who stood a head taller than him. "Has Jiao Lin's great-grandson been spouting nonsense to you again? Spend less time with him from now on."
Watching this strange grandfather and grandson, Su Jiu was filled with questions. Why did the grandfather look younger than his grandson?
Among these Merfolk villagers, most of whom were hostile toward humans, Su Jiu discovered that this boy was one of the rare few who