Dragon Bone Reef, Merfolk Clan territory.
Yu Jiao led Qin Ming and the other two to the entrance of the reef cluster.
Numerous Tidal Demon Guards of the Merfolk Clan were stationed here.
The demon guards responsible for watching over the formation saw Yu Jiao arrive with three merfolk and immediately bowed with utmost respect.
"Your subordinates pay respects to the Grand Commander!!"
"Who are these three?"
"Impudent! Must this commander report every matter to you? This is a clan secret, not for you to know. Open the way at once!" Yu Jiao shouted sternly, frightening the formation guards until their scalps went numb.
"Yes, yes, yes! Your subordinates know their mistake!" The demon guards hurriedly took out their command tokens, opened the island's grand formation, and ushered them inside.
After making some inquiries, Qin Ming learned that the Merfolk Clan followed a bloodline hierarchy. They called themselves Dragon Blood Descendants. The higher one's inherited bloodline, the more complete the vertical dragon-pattern mark formed upon one's forehead, and the greater one's cultivation strength.
Merfolk with high bloodlines held absolute, all-encompassing suppression over the clansmen beneath them, controlling their lives and deaths.
Qin Ming and the others passed through the formation's inspection and entered the Merfolk Clan without incident.
They then found a coral reef to settle down upon.
The Merfolk Clan had many clansmen, and the sudden appearance of three additional members drew no attention.
"Fellow Daoists, I did not expect such a change to occur on the island. The three of us should split up and investigate the three Forbidden Areas. Once we determine the location of the Heart-Questioning Fruit Tree, we will regroup and act at once." Li Qianjie was not one to hesitate, and he immediately made his decision.
But the next moment—
Qin Ming directly said,