Qi Tongchen and Hai Qingshan were both stunned. When they saw Zhu Changyang asking Mr. Mo to record this sentence, they didn't take it seriously.
Who would have thought that a mermaid who could speak human language would actually appear here.
Although the mermaid in front of me, who has a fancy appearance, speaks with a slight accent, he is very fluent and they can definitely communicate.
Zhu Changyang breathed a sigh of relief, turned off the speaker, and greeted with a smile: "Hello, we are just tourists passing by, please don't hurt anyone..."
The mermaid had no intention of listening to him. She just stared at the horn in his hand and interrupted, "What is this? Why does it speak the language of us mermaids?"
"Oh, are you talking about this? This is just a recording." Zhu Changyang didn't expect that he would pay attention to this first, but he still explained it again.
The main reason is that the situation is tense now, so it is better to be honest. Being mysterious will easily lead to more misunderstandings, which will make it even harder to explain.
As he spoke, he generously handed the speaker to him and said, "It's very simple, you can try it too."
Press the record button in your hand.
When the mermaid saw him handing over the horn, she immediately looked wary, took a step back, and asked, "What do you want to do?"
The mermaid leading the group next to them also let out an "Aiya" and raised their halberds.
Jun Shu moved to the side of Zhu Changyang, raised his hand to push away the long spear, and said coldly: "Be polite."
"Don't be nervous." Zhu Changyang quickly pulled Jun Shu and pressed the play button on the speaker.
The speaker sounded again.
"What do you want to do?", followed by an "Ehh".
This is exactly what the two mermaids just said.
The mermaids around suddenly looked at each other with even more surprise on their faces.
The one who could speak human language narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something, and suddenly asked: "Could this be the phonograph that has become very famous in the cultivation world recently?"
Zhu Changyang said, "Huh?" "You've also heard of the phonograph?"
Is the underwater information so well-informed
The mermaid did not deny it and said, "I heard that phonographs can record instrumental music and singing, but they are hard to buy, and Zhu Changyang is also hard to find..."
Zhu Changyang finally understood that the mermaid could be summoned not because of the mermaid language recorded by Mr. Mo, but because of the recorder itself.
The situation between Langzhu City and the mermaids has reached a point where it is on the verge of breaking out. At this time, it is impossible for the mermaids to easily believe the explanation of the human race.
If Mr. Mo had explained it to them in the mermaid language just now, they probably wouldn't have listened at all, and they would probably have started fighting by now.
The machines were different. Mermaids were good at singing and were as enthusiastic about music as the sound cultivators. They were naturally very interested in the magic weapons related to it. For example, this leader had noticed the news about the phonograph early on.
After thinking this through, Zhu Changyang quickly revealed his identity and said, "To be honest, I am Zhu Changyang. If you want a phonograph, we can sit down and talk. The most important thing is to be harmonious, and harmony brings wealth."
Sure enough, when the merman heard that he was Zhu Changyang, his eyes lit up instantly: "Are you telling the truth?"
After getting a positive answer, he immediately turned around and spoke a few words to the mermaids around him, and they put away their spears and retreated to the side. The two who were holding Hai Qingshan also let him go and politely sent Hai Qingshan back to Zhu Changyang and his group.
Qi Tongchen, Hai Qingshan: "…"
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[This development is somewhat sudden. ]
[But it cannot be said to be unreasonable...]
The originally tense atmosphere was eased. The merman made a gesture and the fish tails under his waist and those of several mermaids around him turned into a pair of human legs.
Qi Tongchen was secretly shocked. The skill displayed by this mermaid must have shown that his cultivation level was at least Golden Core. Fortunately, they didn't fight just now, otherwise the result would be hard to predict.
After growing human legs, the mermaid led them around the reef, where there was a makeshift hut.
Zhu Changyang saw that the mermaids were still secretly on guard to prevent them from escaping, but no matter what, at least they could sit down and talk.
On the way, the mermaid who could speak human language introduced himself to them. It turned out that he was the youngest son of the current mermaid king, named Ying Shuangze.
Ying Shuangze has been in contact with humans since he was a child and is very interested in human culture. After he developed his legs, he went to the mortal realm to study for a few years.
Zhu Changyang suddenly realized that he was an international student, no wonder he spoke so fluently.
Ying Shuangze's purpose was very clear, he just wanted to buy the phonograph. As long as Zhu Changyang sold the phonograph to the mermaids, he would promise not to attack them and would also escort them away safely.
Of course, the prerequisite is that they are not spies of Langzhu City and they promise not to tip off Langzhu City.
"No." Qi Tongchen shook his head without hesitation and refused, "I can't watch you burn down Langzhu City."
"As expected, the human race is still on the side of the human race." Ying Shuangze's face turned cold, and he said stiffly, "In this case, I have no choice but to ask you to 'stay' here for the time being."
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting tense again, Zhu Changyang quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Brother, this is not a question of who we side with. We just don't want to see a tragedy happen. If this fire continues, it will not only be the people of Langzhu City who will suffer, you will also have to pay the price."
After a pause, he tried to reason with her, "Besides, the reason you and Langzhu City are in this mess is because of money. If you destroy the entire Langzhu City, you will have no business to do in the future, which will not be good for you..."
"This has nothing to do with money." Ying Shuangze interrupted abruptly and said angrily, "We mermaids have no shortage of treasures. We don't care if we have more or less money. But Langzhu City actually dared to swallow our treasures and kill our envoy. If we don't avenge this, how can we mermaids continue to survive in the Yuse Sea!"
His words made Zhu Changyang stunned for a moment, and he vaguely realized that the truth of the matter seemed to be somewhat different from what they knew.
In fact, Zhu Changyang was a little puzzled just now. He had heard from Mr. Mo that the conflict between Langzhu City and the mermaids was caused by the mermaids' lack of credibility and demand for benefits.
But judging from the contact just now, Ying Shuangze is not an unreasonable person, otherwise, from the beginning, he could have taken advantage of his numbers to directly snatch the loudspeaker instead of politely offering to buy it.
Zhu Changyang thought for a moment before he spoke: "Brother Ying, may I ask what exactly happened between you and Langzhu City?"
When this matter was mentioned, Ying Shuangze's face darkened and he gritted his teeth and said, "Langzhu City broke their promise. They promised to help us transport the blood jade coral, our treasure, but ended up pocketing it. This is simply outrageous."
It was said that a month ago, the mermaids supplied a batch of pearls to Langzhu City, but since the son of the city lord took over the pearl business, he had been nitpicking about the quality of the pearls. So the mermaids sent a special envoy to go with them, so that Langzhu City would not take the opportunity to find fault again.
Everything was going well until they passed Qili City, which was separated from Yuse Sea by a mountain range. They unexpectedly heard that a pawnshop in the city had obtained a bunch of blood jade coral. The merman envoy who was traveling with them was overjoyed and immediately found the man, took out all the money he had for the goods, and bought the bunch of coral.
It turns out that mermaids were first born in association with coral reefs, and coral can be said to be the most important memory heritage of mermaids.
Ten thousand years ago, the ancestors of the mermaids used a piece of blood jade to refine a cluster of corals, which recorded the history of the mermaids and became a treasure passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, during the long years of change, the blood jade coral was lost, which became a great regret for the mermaids.
The envoy guessed that the blood jade coral unearthed in Qili City might be their lost treasure. In his joy, he couldn't help but tell the son of the Lord of Langzhu City who was traveling with him about this past event.
After hearing this, the city lord's son expressed his warm congratulations to the envoy, but the journey had not yet ended, and the envoy could not rush back to Yushehai immediately, so he was inevitably a little anxious.
The son of the city lord took the opportunity to say that the envoy, as a mermaid, would be too conspicuous walking in the mortal realm, and carrying the blood jade coral on his body might attract covetous people, so it would be better to give it to him for safekeeping. He would be protected by the caravan of Langzhu City and would be able to keep the blood jade coral safe. When he returned to Yuse Sea, he would return it to the envoy and let the envoy personally deliver it to the mermaid king.
Unexpectedly, after returning to Yushe Sea, the special envoy asked the city lord's son to take back the blood jade coral, but the city lord's son turned his face and denied that he had ever taken such a treasure.
The envoy was furious. He had sent a message in advance to inform the mermaid king that he had found the blood jade coral. The mermaids were already very excited and were looking forward to the return of the treasure, but they didn't expect that the son of the city lord would be so unfaithful.
In a rage, the Mermaid King ordered an end to all trade with Langzhu City, and blocked the coast, forbidding fishermen from going out to sea to fish. Several conflicts broke out between the two sides over this.
However, in the Yuse Sea, the mermaids always call the shots, and the fishermen are helpless. Under heavy pressure, the city lord finally agreed to send someone to negotiate, and the person sent was naturally his son.
However, during the negotiations, the city lord's son not only insisted that the payment for the mermaid had been paid in full and that there was no debt between the two parties, but he also turned the tables and accused the special envoy of slandering him.
Mermaids have violent tempers and would not tolerate such slander, so the envoy got angry and started fighting. But the city lord's son was well prepared, and he brought several good fighters with him and beat the envoy to death.
The mermaids have been rampant in the Yuse Sea for thousands of years, how could they swallow this evil breath
Qi Tongchen sighed and said, "So you tricked the city lord's son out of the city and drowned him?"
Ying Shuangze sneered: "We didn't expect him to be so stupid."
After killing the mermaid envoy, the city lord knew that the mermaid would not give up, so he sent more people to protect his only son. It was not so easy to capture the mermaid.
But the city lord's son was a lustful man, so the mermaids sent a beautiful mermaid to disguise herself as a mortal and enter the city, which immediately led the city lord's son to shake off his guards and follow her.
By the time the guards found out, the city lord's son had already swollen himself in the sea outside the city, killing the envoy.
At this point, the two sides had completely forged a blood feud. The city lord recalled the deputy city lord Yan Yao, who had just been expelled last year, and officially declared war on the mermaids.
The merman refused to give in and started to rain for half a month, vowing to flood Langzhu City.
However, Yan Yao was quite capable. While defending the city, he also led people to carry out drainage construction, which allowed Langzhu City to survive until now.
A few days ago, Yan Yao sent someone to talk to the mermaids, saying that he wanted to have another talk with them. The mermaids believed it, and considering that there were so many mortals in the city, the mermaids did not want to do anything extreme, so they sent an envoy again. Unexpectedly, the other party suddenly turned hostile, saying that they had made a foolproof plan, and wanted the mermaid king to kneel down and apologize to the city lord, otherwise they would massacre the mermaids.
The merman was furious and killed the envoy from Langzhu City directly, and the peace talks broke down.
Afterwards, the merman inquired from many sources and found out that Yan Yao had secretly sent people to Kunlun to ask for reinforcements, and they would arrive in Langzhu City soon.
Kunlun is the strongest in the world, no wonder the city lord is so arrogant.
At this point, Ying Shuangze's face became even colder, and he snorted heavily: "The city lord thought that inviting Kunlun Immortal Master would scare us away. That really underestimated the mermaids. Even if we fight to the death, we will never retreat."
Since Langzhu City was unkind, we couldn't blame them for being unjust. So the mermaids stopped the heavy rain and transported a lot of flaming oil from the bottom of the sea, preparing to burn Langzhu City to ashes before the Kunlun Immortal Master arrived.
The vibrations detected by the Eight-Direction Earthquake Disk were caused by the mermaids gathering together to mine and transport pyrotechnic oil on the seabed.
Zhu Changyang and the others looked at each other in shock.
What Ying Shuangze said was undoubtedly very different from what Mr. Mo said. But if you think about it carefully, the merman's is obviously more reasonable.
Zhu Changyang had found this a bit strange before. The mermaids had been cooperating with Langzhu City for a long time, so even if they were dissatisfied with the money, it shouldn't have come to this.
But Mr. Mo didn't seem to be lying.
After a long while, Zhu Changyang slowly spoke, "I think you and the people of Langzhu City may have been deceived by the city lord."
Ying Shuangze: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Changyang said: "The people in Langzhu City don't know about the blood jade coral. They think the dispute is caused by the pearl payment."
So I repeated what Mr. Mo said.
After hearing this, Ying Shuangze slammed the table in anger: "How can this be possible."
However, at this point, both sides were in a difficult situation. The mermaids would never bow to Langzhu City first, and Langzhu City had even invited the immortal master, so this battle had to be fought.
"Don't be like this. Why fight when you can talk about it?" Zhu Changyang tried to dissuade them. The scene he saw in the illusion of Sixiang Ancient City had left him with a great psychological trauma. He really didn't want this scene to happen again in reality.
Ying Shuangze shook his head: "We no longer have room for negotiation with Langzhu City."
In the two previous negotiations with Langzhu City, both sides killed each other's envoys, and the possibility of further talks was completely cut off.
This is indeed troublesome. If the mermaid comes forward, Langzhu City will probably think it is some conspiracy. Zhu Changyang thought about it and volunteered: "How about I go and help you negotiate?"
Ying Shuangze: "You?"
"Yes." Zhu Changyang nodded, "We have met the deputy city lord once before, maybe we can talk to her about it."
Upon hearing this, Ying Shuangze's expression relaxed a little.
If things were really as Zhu Changyang said, and the citizens of Langzhu City had no idea of the truth, then this battle they had fought was truly unfair.
And once Kunlun intervenes, the mermaids will be in trouble and will have to pay a huge price.
But let Zhu Changyang talk...
Ying Shuangze narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a look of doubt: "How can I trust you?"
Zhu Changyang looked around and pointed at Hai Qingshan: "Let me introduce you solemnly. This is our most important good friend, good brother, good partner, and an indispensable soul figure in our team."
Hai Qingshan was flattered to receive so much affirmation all of a sudden: "Brothers, I didn't expect that I am so... "
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Changyang continued, "I'm handing him over to you as a hostage. Are you relieved?"
Hai Qingshan choked suddenly:?
It was the first time that Ying Shuangze met someone who was so willing to mortgage a friend, and he was stunned for a moment.
Zhu Changyang thought he was still worried, so he thought for a moment and took out a black cat wearing a pink silk flower from his pocket and put it on the table: "I will also temporarily leave my most precious cat here, is that okay?"
The developer was sleeping soundly, but was caught off guard when his property was mortgaged. He was shocked and dug with his claws: "Meow??"
"Don't worry, I will come back to pick you up. This is all for the sake of peace." Zhu Changyang stroked the cat's head and whispered to comfort him, "Don't be afraid. You are a cat and they are fish. Do you understand what I mean?"
The developer suddenly realized what was going on and quieted down: "Meow!"
Ying Shuangze:
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[??? Zhu Changyang, how could you treat cats like this! ]
[It’s fine if you mortgage the cat, but why are you threatening the fish? ]
The author has something to say:
Mr. Yu: Who are you trying to scare
(End of this chapter)