The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 849 The Merman in the Lake

"Really?" Listening to his words, Asmodeus muttered to himself, and then fell silent.

This may be the difference between Eastern and Western concepts. In the East, people feel that they are too attached to something, and later they will become a person's bewilderment, but this is not the case in the West.

They believe that being obsessed with one thing or thing and working hard for it is a very good thing in itself.

"Anyway, there is such a saying in our place." Yang Yang said so, stood up and stretched.

"But think about it, if you are obsessed with one thing every day, it might not be a good thing in itself, right? It's all here, and the things you still think about day and night, no wonder it will make people have nightmares."

Yang Yang's words were completely unreasonable, but Asmodeus, who was the party concerned, couldn't find any rebuttal sentences for a while.

While the two were talking, Michelle's tent was opened from the inside. She got out and looked at the two of them, and asked in surprise, "Why did you two get up so early today?"

"Can't sleep."

As for Michelle, Asmodeus didn't want to say so much, and he didn't deliberately say nothing to Michelle, but he didn't want things to be known to everyone, and some things can be said once .

It's a matter of finding someone to fall in love with, but after saying it countless times and to different people, it's a very puzzling thing.

Asmodeus said a few irrelevant words vaguely, and Michelle obviously felt his displeasure, so she stopped asking and turned her head to observe the surrounding environment.

When they came here yesterday, it was already relatively late.

For the sake of their safety, Yang Yang didn't let them hang around like before, and before they rested, they knew that there was a lake near the camp, but they never had the chance to take a look.

It just so happened that Michelle wanted to go and see it because she got up early.

Yang Yang saw what she was thinking, and asked with a smile, "Would you like to take a look around?"

"Is it okay?" Seeing him say this, Michelle immediately asked with a smile, "I won't cause you any trouble, will I?"

There was a reason for her to ask this question. Once and again, it was because when they were camping, Samael and Asmodeus ran around and almost strayed into other enchantments.

It took Yang Yang a lot of effort to calm things down, so Michelle wondered if it would be bad to run around so close to Lord Kunlun's cave.

"It doesn't matter." Yang Yang said, pointing to the lake in front of him and said, "This is Mr. Kunlun's personal hobby. Have you heard of sharks?"

"Is it the legendary shark whose tears can turn into pearls?" Michelle, as a human who has lived in China for many years, has naturally heard this legend.

This legend is well-known in China. In ancient times, there was a poem saying that there are tears in the moon and pearl in the sea.

After hearing their conversation, Asmodeus suddenly said, "Are you talking about a mermaid?"

Human beings always have various legends and stories about non-human creatures in this world, but there are some things that are always surprisingly consistent before the human beings in the East and West communicate.

For example, there have been floods in ancient legends from both the East and the West.

Among the ancient creatures in the East and the West, there are half-human, half-fish creatures. This kind of phenomenon has been the subject of research by human scholars until now.

Because they have never seen a mermaid or a merman until now, so they firmly believe that those are just legends. What they have never thought about is, since they are just legends, why have such legends never stopped for so many years?

But no matter for Asmodeus or Yang Yang, those human legends are just some small pastimes after dinner, because they themselves are also part of human legends.

Apart from other things, Yang Yang has seen sharks before.

For him who often travels to and from the East China Sea, mermaids are nothing unusual. The mermaids in the aquarium are famous for their beauty, so they are naturally the most popular maids in the Dragon Palace.

As Yinglong's friend, he once saw a beautiful merman girl. Of course, it was a long time ago. Later, the entire demon clan left Shenzhou to go to the demon world. Only the dragon clan guarding Zhenhaizhu stayed in the East China Sea. .

Once glorious, the crowded Dragon Palace is now deserted and desolate.

Fortunately, Ying Long himself is not a person who likes to be lively. He has always only thought about cultivation and friends, and other things are not within his scope of consideration.

How about the Dragon Palace is just a residence for him, as long as the Dragon Clan is fine, in his words, there is a Dragon Palace everywhere.

"Well, it seems that their name is indeed a mermaid on your side."

Yang Yang thought about their definition of a mermaid, and said: "But I haven't seen it before, so I don't know whether it is a mermaid, so let's just think so."

After all, the two sides have different definitions of many things.

For example, the dragon in their mouth is just a big lizard with wings in Yinglong's mouth.

Ying Long expressed his displeasure at being dubbed the word "dragon" for them: "It's just a big lizard with wings and a beer belly. Can it be called a dragon? You need wings to fly. That's fine, but being able to spit fire and perform acrobatics can also be worshiped by others? How new are they to the world!"

Bai Ze responded with a smile to Ying Long's complaints. Eastern and Western cultures are often like this, so now Yang Yang has no way to assert.

The mermaid that Asmodeus said was the mermaid in his mouth, so he decisively staggered the topic, looked at Michelle and said: "Just treat them as mermaids, I think even if they are not the same creature, they should be The difference is eight or nine or ten."

"Yes." Regarding this, Asmodeus gave affirmative feedback: "Even if there is a little difference, it should be the same thing. At most, the habits and races are a little different."

Hearing this sentence, Yang Yang felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Seeing him like this, Asmodeus didn't continue to speak, but closed his mouth.

"In this lake, I remember that there are sharks invited by Lord Kunlun from the East China Sea."

"You came here from the East China Sea?" Michelle asked in surprise, "So it's true that there are sharks in the East China Sea?"

"Of course it's true."

Seeing her appearance, Yang Yang laughed: "If you ask me about this matter, you might as well ask Ying Long, he knows best, after all, it is his place, and the mermaids used to be regular visitors to the Dragon Palace, and there are mermaids everywhere. But the conditions in Donghai are very good, so their favorite is Donghai, as I remember, it’s better to ask Ying Long what’s going on.”

"It's so cold here, can these sharks survive?"

Before Michelle had time to make a statement, Asmodeus spoke. He frowned and looked at the foggy lake not far away, "The climate in the East China Sea is warm, and mermaids can survive, but in this kind of place, how can they survive?" Survive? Even if the food is sufficient, it is only a lake after all, compared to the East China Sea, it is indeed too small."

"This is related to Mr. Kunlun's own little magic. I don't know exactly what it is." Yang Yang didn't refute this, he just said with a smile: "But I remember that these sharks are very happy to come here. It is said that most of the merman who practice here can transform into human form and live outside the water."

"Isn't that the same as the princess with legs in fairy tales?" Michelle's attention was not on the living standards of the mermaids at all.

In her heart, just like what Yang Yang said, on the land of Shenzhou, all monsters can transform into human forms.

Both his sisters can practice to become monsters and have powers that mortals cannot possess. If living here is not comfortable, they can change to live in another place, or even go back to the East China Sea.

As a human being who grew up in Shenzhou and was brought up by fox demons, Michelle fully accepted such values.She didn't care much about the problems Asmodeus said, because in her heart, these were not problems.

In China, be it monsters or monks, all living beings will have more freedom and opportunities to choose than living beings in the West.

This is Michelle’s view all along. For non-humans in the West, they are born demons and will always be demons, born angels and most of them will always be angels, and born mortals will always be mortals.

But this is not the case in China. In China, every creature has countless possibilities.

As long as you are willing to do it, as long as you work hard, as long as you have a mysterious thing called luck.

"Almost." Yang Yang laughed when he heard her words: "However, you shouldn't take medicine here."

In Western fairy tales, the mermaid princess trades her voice for a potion and uses it to turn her tail into legs.

"Then I'll go and have a look around." Michelle smiled knowingly when she heard what he said, and said, "Maybe I can even pick up pearls!"

(End of this chapter)