Qingge looked at Zhao Shuning.
She was actually about to reach out and touch her clothes.
The mermaid girl took a few steps back.
Zhao Shuning looked up at her.
The mermaid girl stopped in her tracks, coughed a few times, and then said, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"Zhao Shuning. I'm here to find Xie An."
"Hmm?"
"The owner of this wooden token."
Unfortunately, Qingge didn't remember that this wooden token was dropped by the Viper.
"Is he your lover? He should be gone by now. Girl, most men are heartless. Even if a man like him were really with you, he wouldn't treat you well."
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Girl, look behind me."
Qingge turned around and pointed at the sea.
Then she turned sideways and asked the girl beside her, "Girl, tell me, what do you see?"
Zhao Shuning rubbed her eyes.
All she saw in front of her was still the sea, and there were still many mermaid girls swimming on the sea. What was different?
Seeing Zhao Shuning's expression, Qingge continued to ask, "Tell me, what do you see?"
"The sea?"
Qingge thought she had misheard and frowned.
Zhao Shuning pointed at the mermaid girls on the sea and added, "And many mermaid girls?"
Qingge was even more surprised.
She wasn't willing to give up. She waved her hand again and asked the same question, but the answer was still the same as before.
Qingge was stunned.
Even the man she had met before could see the illusions created by the mermaid girls. This mirage should have been able to deceive the girl in front of her.
"Beauty, have you been here for too long and gone crazy?"
Qingge didn't say a word.
Her expression became even more solemn.
"Girl, do you know who we are?"
"Mermaid girls. My master took me to meet you before."
"You've met us?"
"Yes."
"Why don't we know about it?"
"My master created a mysterious realm and transformed all of you from the Beast Realm into real entities. When I was training back then, I experienced your power one by one."
"Your master has such great skills?"
"Of course."
The mermaid girl took a few steps back.
She returned to the sea.
She stared at Zhao Shuning.
"Sister Qingge, what should we do with this girl?"
"What else can we do? She has a sacred object protecting her and can't see what we've transformed. We can only trap her here like the 16 - year - old boy before."
After the mermaid girl said that, she was about to leave.
But just as they were about to leave, Qingge felt a soft brocade fabric wrap around her waist. She looked down and saw a soft whip tied around her waist.
She followed the soft whip with her eyes.
The person holding the soft whip was none other than Zhao Shuning.
"How can she do this?"
Before Qingge could finish her sentence, in the panicked voices of the mermaid girls, she was pulled back to the shore by Zhao Shuning.
"You, you, you, how can you do this?"
The soft whip disappeared.
Qingge was even more surprised.
This was impossible. No one who came here could use external forces. Why was the girl in front of her not restricted?
"I've already said that I'm different from others. I've experienced your power before. Although my master only created your virtual entities in the mysterious realm, your abilities are real. I've already said that I understand. You still want to slip away in front of me. Tell me, beauty, you're really so disobedient."
After Zhao Shuning said that, to vent her anger.
She raised her hand and gave Qingge's perky buttocks a loud slap.
Qingge's face.
Immediately turned red.
What kind of strange person was this? Not only was she not afraid of the mermaid girls, but she also dared to openly spank the leader of the mermaid girls?
Looking at Qingge's blushing face and her incredulous eyes.
"Beauty, I know all your skills, but you know nothing about my background. So stop being stubborn and tell me, where is the owner of this wooden token?"
"Dead."
"Ah? Impossible. Although that Viper kid is not as capable as me, your mermaid illusions shouldn't have a fatal temptation for him."
Qingge struggled a bit.
She found that although the girl in front of her was young, her spiritual power was that of a real Gold - level, Seventh - Realm spiritual pharmacist. It really wouldn't end well if she went against her.
"I don't know who you're talking about."
Zhao Shuning quickly nodded.
"It was my oversight."
Zhao Shuning raised her hand, and in front of Qingge and the mermaid girls, a portrait appeared. It was the Viper's appearance.
"Is it him?"
Qingge said dejectedly.
"You recognize him?"
Zhao Shuning waved her hand, and the portrait disappeared.
"He's on the other side. He came in for another young man. Girl, first of all, let me clarify that we have no intention of harming them. Those humans who came in were just too greedy, so they fell for the mermaid illusions. They died because of their own greed. It has nothing to do with us."
"I know. You don't need to explain."
Suddenly, Qingge thought of something.
She tore off Zhao Shuning's veil.
Sure enough, a familiar face appeared in front of all the mermaid girls.
"It's really her! It's actually her!"
The woman imagined by the Viper back then was extremely beautiful. The mermaid girls had discussed before whether such a woman really existed.
Now, they finally saw the real person.
In that man's heart, this girl should have been a gentle - mannered woman in a crescent - white gorgeous dress. Why was there such a huge difference?
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Nothing, girl. Are you Zhao Shuning?"
"You know me?"
"Before, I saw you in someone else's mind." And it wasn't just one person.
One was Ye Xingchen.
The other was Xie An.
These two men were both men the mermaid girls had met who were neither greedy for money nor lustful.
In the secret sea of this Haiyou City, what kept them here were the ties to their friends, their admiration for the girls they liked, and the ties of blood.
"You must be the senior fairy the man mentioned."
"You mean Xiao An. He's always been like this. It's just a habit."
Zhao Shuning smiled sweetly. She looked extremely charming.
"Let's go, beauty. Take me to find them."
Zhao Shuning knew that the mermaid girls were good at magnifying the things in those men's minds. She didn't know what was tying Xiao An down.
Qingge had no choice. The girl in front of her was so powerful that she had no chance to say "no".
"What? Am I different from what you imagined?"
Many mermaid girls quickly nodded, then suddenly shook their heads.
However, the woman the mermaid girls saw in that young man's mind was gentle and generous. Apart from having the same appearance, there was nothing in common with the woman in front of them.
Zhao Shuning didn't know what kind of scene she would see after she reached the other side.