"Huh?"
At Yue Wen's words, the merfolk grandfather and granddaughter both froze.
We need to have a destined connection too?
Several possibilities had flashed through their minds just now: Yue Wen might act unreasonably and forcibly take the Spirit Plants... or fly into a murderous frenzy and kill the two Monsters outright... or show them mercy and simply leave...
But what do you mean, suddenly bringing up a destined connection?
The reason Yue Wen had not immediately noticed these two merfolk was that their demonic auras were so faint. Mingled with the powerful demonic atmosphere inside the thunder tiger whale, they were almost undetectable.
He felt no pressure dealing with such weak little demons and simply asked with a smile, "Tell me, why did you come inside this thunder tiger whale to grow these pearl flowers?"
"We..." The elderly merman hesitated, but seeing the fierce, baleful aura around Yue Wen, he dared not show the slightest disrespect, even with Yue Wen smiling at him.
So he answered frankly, "Our Merfolk Clan originally had a small realm of our own. It wasn't as vast as the Human Realm, but we lived fairly comfortably there, growing pearl flowers and hunting little fish and shrimp. Our people have no innate Supernatural Powers. We fight using only the sun and moon pearls we grow."
"But a few years ago, an army from the Demon Realm discovered our little world, stormed in, and plundered our entire tribe. We fled to the Demon Realm to escape the disaster. Growing pearl flowers there attracted numerous Demon Kings, who robbed and hunted us. My granddaughter and I became separated from our people. We happened upon a rift and escaped into the Human Realm, landing here in the East Sea."
"There are so many sea demons in these waters.