After weighing the pros and cons, the elder said, "If you want to go, I will go with you."
No matter what, Wu Chen was also worried about the affairs of their mermaid tribe. No matter for which level of consideration, she should accompany him on the trip.
"Great Elder, please let me accompany him in." Yu Jiaorong said.
"Jiaorong, you?"
Yu Jiaorong said, "We don't know when we can find the Fire Dragon Grass. If we can't find it and my mother's illness recurs, the Great Elder can help suppress it. So, you should stay here and let me go."
The Great Elder was silent.
"What's more, we have the mermaids and the merman tribe outside, who are eyeing us covetously. If the great elder is not here, what should we do if the merman tribe suddenly attacks?"
The Great Elder thought about it and felt that what Yu Jiaorong said made sense.
"Jiaorong, since you said that, I won't say anything. When do you plan to leave? I'll take you there."
"When do you plan to leave?"
Yu Jiaorong asked Wu Chen. He was the attending physician and the one who suggested using Fire Dragon Grass. Naturally, this matter was decided by him.
Wu Chen thought about it and said, "It's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's do it tomorrow."
"Okay, I have no objection."
Yu Jiaorong now wishes she could find the Fire Dragon Grass immediately to heal her mother. As long as her mother is safe and sound, she is willing to pay any price.
"Okay, tomorrow then."
Early the next morning, after Wu Chen had breakfast and treated Yu Wushuang, he and Yu Jiaorong went to the forbidden area under the guidance of the Great Elder.
"Young man, the forbidden area of my mermaid tribe is ahead."
The great elder pointed to the land ahead and said to Wu Chen.
Wu Chen looked up and saw that the space in front of him was empty. Apart from some seaweed, there were no other living creatures. As for fish, there was not a single one in sight.
"The space here seems very hot."
Then he discovered that the temperature of the sea water here was several degrees higher than normal, which was obviously abnormal.
The great elder said, "Young man, you don't know that there is intense geological activity underground here. It is an underwater volcano. Although this volcano has not erupted violently since our mermaid tribe settled here, it still emits some poisonous gas from time to time."
The eruption of a volcano has a certain period, which may last for hundreds of years at least, or tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years at most. The mermaids have only settled here for a few thousand years.
“It turned out to be an underwater volcano.”
Wu Chen nodded. A volcano is the most yang and the most rigid thing. It makes sense that it can form a place that is the most yang and the most rigid.
"So, the death of your mermaid tribe is caused by the poisonous gas of this volcano?"
The Great Elder thought for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I think the problem shouldn't be that simple."
Wu Chen thought about it and it made sense. Although the underwater volcano would release a lot of poisonous substances, there might be experts among the mermaids, and they might have a solution to this problem. Moreover, the volcano did not erupt completely, so the amount of poisonous gas that leaked out would definitely not be much. For those real experts, sealing it would not be a big problem.
"Jiaorong, since you won't let me in, I'll send you here. You must be careful and cautious."
Yu Jiaorong nodded: "Great Elder, don't worry, we will definitely get the Fire Dragon Grass. I'll trouble you to take care of my mother."
"You kid, why are you being so polite to me? Goodbye, young man. I will wait for your good news in the palace."
After saying this, the Great Elder turned around and left, gradually disappearing into the sea.
"Let's go too."
"good."
Wu Chen and Yu Jiaorong looked at the space in front of them and walked in without any hesitation.
The sea water here has become extremely hot due to natural geological activities such as submarine volcanoes. The temperature is much higher than the sea water outside. The deeper you go into it, the hotter it gets, just like the environment in the atmosphere outside.
"It's a little hot in here, will you be okay?"
Wu Chen asked Yu Jiaorong, this little bit of heat is not a problem for him, the temperature on the seabed is generally below zero, the sea water here is higher than the surrounding sea water temperature, which is just suitable for him.
Yu Jiaorong looked at him and said, "You don't have to worry about me. I'm living well on land, right?"
Although the mermaids live on the bottom of the sea, they can also escape from the seawater and live on land. Apart from some restrictions, such as not being able to exert their full strength and having to replenish some seawater every once in a while, there is basically no problem.
Once they come ashore, they usually store some sea water in their storage rings to avoid any accidents.
Wu Chen paused. This was good. He was relieved of some worries because the Great Elder had said that once the mermaids entered this forbidden area, it would be difficult for them to survive. He didn't want to see such a beautiful woman like Yu Jiaorong die here.
"In that case, let's keep going."
The two continued walking forward for about half an hour, but they found nothing. There was nothing around except low-level creatures such as seaweed. Fish and shrimps, the most common creatures in the ocean, were almost completely extinct here. There was no trace of them at all, not even a single one could be found. It was really surprising.
Although no accidents have happened so far, the two are extremely cautious. Since this place is called a forbidden area, and countless mermaids have died here, then there must be something terrifying about this place. Moreover, if it weren't terrifying, there would be no way that there wouldn't be creatures like fish living here.
"Wu Chen, wait."
Suddenly, Yu Jiaorong stopped, as if she had discovered something.
"What's wrong?"
Wu Chen stopped, turned around and asked curiously.
Yu Jiaorong felt it for a moment and said, "There's someone."
"Anyone?"
Wu Chen was shocked. Even he didn't notice this, but Yu Jiaorong did.
"Let me see with the Eyes of Poseidon."
Yu Jiaorong immediately used the Eye of Poseidon to look around. Wu Chen knew that the Eye of Poseidon was a unique magical power that all sea people would practice as long as their cultivation reached a certain level. It was similar to his Dan Eye and could see very far away.