novelden Chapter 637 Seafood Dinner
Chapter 637 Seafood Dinner
Lou Ying glanced at him and discovered the secret: "He must be a human cultivator who accidentally wandered in here and was then captured and given a slave mark."
“They have no independent thought now. They do whatever their master tells them to do. If they are told to bring guests over, they won’t say a word more.”
The group exchanged glances, their eyes filled with shock.
Even experts at the Refinement Void Realm were branded with slave seals, destined to remain slaves here for life.
Was the mermaid sending this slave to invite them over a warning?
Everyone's expressions turned serious as they looked at Zhong Ran and the others.
Zhong Ran frowned slightly, then relaxed: "Let's go see what the merfolk's banquet is like."
Soon, they were led to a grand hall, isolated from the water, where there was beautiful singing and mermaid women dancing gracefully.
Inside were Crown Prince Yi Junlan, whom they had met before, Yi Li, a beautiful middle-aged man, and several purple mermaids.
Below them sat a row of mermaids in shimmering blue, each one exceptionally beautiful, but their faces clearly showed a sense of rejection.
"Friends, you have come from afar. Please have a seat and join us for the feast we have prepared."
The speaker was a purple mermaid, and although he said those words, his expression was extremely stiff.
Zhong Ran and the others followed their example and bowed, then sat down.
Yi Junlan introduced the Emperor and several powerful relatives to them, but the merfolk did not look at them with any friendliness.
But the words he spoke were extremely soft and pleasant to hear.
No wonder everyone says that mermaids have the most beautiful voices; even when they are unhappy, their voices are still beautiful.
The mermaids chattered away, and soon it was time to serve the food.
Then, everyone, including Zhong Ran and others, even the experienced elders like Fang Lao and Lou Ying, all stared wide-eyed.
The dishes they served could hardly be called dishes; they were seafood, live seafood.
There were two large shrimp in a large basin. The two shrimp even climbed up to look at the crowd, and their eyes seemed to show fear and apprehension.
The following ones were even more outrageous: a giant, millstone-sized crab was placed on the table, still alive and waving its claws.
The sea fish that were served, one by one, were jumping around happily in the plate.
It wasn't even killed, let alone cooked. It felt like they just caught it randomly outside, put it on a plate, and served it.
The emperor above smiled demurely: "Fellow human friends, this is a rare seafood feast for us, please enjoy."
Everyone looked at each other, then turned to look at Yi Junlan.
Yi Junlan smiled gently: "What? Don't you all eat seafood?"
Zhong Ran smiled faintly, raised her hand and grabbed the large crab, which flew up into the air.
With a gentle flick, a wisp of flame flew out, enveloping the large crab and slowly roasting it.
"We still prefer it cooked."
No matter how much the crab struggled, making piercing squeaking noises, it was no use. The noises gradually weakened, and finally it stopped moving.
Yi Junlan and the Emperor exchanged a glance, both of them showing shock.
The alchemists we captured before were made to refine pills, but even when water was removed like this, they said they couldn't use fire.
But Zhong Ran, a young girl, started a fire so easily.
Mu Jinning, An Ling, Lan Yuan, and Zhong Yuanzhe also joined in, grabbing seafood and starting to grill it.
They had all received guidance from Zhong Ran and others, which greatly improved their fire control skills, and they had no problem grilling fish.
Zhong Ran made her move again, and all the shrimp and crabs on the table flew up. She split the flames in two, then in four, and roasted them one by one.
Old Fang and the others were not idle either. They sat there without moving, but began to perform.
He could retrieve objects from a distance, his spiritual energy transforming into a giant hand to remove the fish's scales, open its belly, and then deliver it to Zhong Ran and the others for them to grill.
Ah Sheng's hands were itching to try it too.
However, he had no spiritual energy, only physical strength. Just as he was about to stand up, Yun Tianyu and Zhong Yuanheng held him down.
This is a battle between Zhong Ran and his group and the merfolk. If he goes out at this time, he will only cause trouble.
The merfolk's faces turned extremely grim upon witnessing this scene.
This is because mermaids live in water year-round and are naturally afraid of fire.
Both Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning's flames carried powerful fire energy, making them very uncomfortable from the heat.
Zhong Ran ignored them. It wasn't that they didn't know humans should eat cooked food; they were deliberately serving raw food to test them.
Her attitude was evident in her grilling seafood on the spot.
The first grilled crab was presented to Ah Sheng so that he could eat it first.
Ah Sheng looked at the huge crab, reached out and tore off a large, thick claw, and stuffed it into his mouth. With a crunch, it was surprisingly quite crunchy.
"Well, it's delicious."
After chewing the claws in a few bites, he grabbed the whole crab with both hands and put it in his mouth to eat.
The entire hall was filled with the sound of him chewing, the clattering sounds making one worry that his teeth might fall out.
The young people next to them, including Yun Tianyu and Zhong Yuanheng, all inexplicably felt that their teeth were not good.
That sound kept ringing in my ears; it was driving me crazy.
None of them expected that this kid would be even more ferocious than Zhong Ran and the others, chewing up the shell and all.
It's quite remarkable that his teeth weren't damaged.
When the mermaids saw this, even their beautiful faces were distorted.
Just then, an even bigger fish was brought in from outside, bigger than Ah Sheng's size.
After the fish was brought in, its big, copper-bell-shaped eyes stared at Ah Sheng.
Then, it swung its tail forcefully and rushed to Zhong Ran's side, even touching her with its large head.
It was older and could sense that the woman had a very comfortable aura about her.
Zhong Ran smiled and said, "If I were to roast you and eat you, would you still dare to come to my door?"
The giant fish was blowing bubbles and nudged her twice.
Ah Sheng got angry after being glared at by the fish, and suddenly stood up and strode out of his seat.
Because of his height, the ground seemed to tremble twice.
When the big fish saw him coming, it was so frightened that it turned its head and tried to run away.
Ah Sheng shook twice and went over, grabbed its tail, and pulled it over forcefully.
"Come back."
At that moment, the entire palace trembled twice.
Zhong Ran and the others instantly became alert, looking up and around, especially warily at the group of merfolk.
Are they planning a sneak attack?
But seeing the astonished expressions on the faces of the Mermaid Emperor and the other members of the Mermaid Royal Family, including Yi Junlan, they realized that even they probably didn't know what had happened.
Just as I was thinking this, the palace began to tremble violently again, and even the ground shook.
Zhong Ran quickly gathered all the fish, shrimp, and crabs and swiftly fled outside.
The Mermaid Emperor, Yi Junlan, and the other mermaids quickly followed them outside.
But I didn't see anything.