In this ancient world, there are many tribes on the seabed just like on the land, the most important of which are the mermaid and mermaid tribes. The territory of the human tribe, they do not invade each other, and the contacts are not too close.
The mermaid tribe is divided into countless small tribes. Different tribes have different races. The most obvious is the color of the tail. Among them, the dominant mermaid is called the royal mermaid. Their tails are the same color as the sea.
The number of mermaids in the royal family is very small, and the total number is less than a thousand, but they have the most powerful power among all mermaids. Their powerful tails can even kill the most ferocious tiger shark with ease. One year after the birth of mermaids, they can freely switch between legs and fish tails. After giving birth to two legs, they have the ability to survive on land, and they can also go to the island to pick precious white sand fruits. This is very important for other mermaids. It's impossible. Mermaids of other races generally don't have this function until they become adults and have a relationship with their partner. But the mermaids of the royal family also have a fatal weakness, that is, their ability to reproduce is extremely low, and the stronger the ability, the more this is the case. The possibility of the most powerful mermaid king among the mermaids of the royal family is almost zero.
Compared with the royal mermaids, there is another famous race in the mermaid world, that is the golden mermaids. Three hundred years ago, everyone in the golden mermaid tribe had a huge and beautiful golden fish tail. They were the darlings of the sea god and had With the most beautiful appearance and the strongest reproductive ability, in general tribes, there are relatively few females, and they can give birth to three to four children at most in a lifetime, but golden mermaids can also give birth to five or six children in general, and their physical fitness is particularly good. There are eight or ten of them. If these can’t explain their difference, there is one more thing that no other mermaid tribe can have, that is, golden male mermaids and female mermaids have the same reproductive ability. even stronger.
Having too much without powerful protection is a disaster in itself. For nearly two hundred years, the golden mermaid was brutally plundered by other races and reduced to a tool for reproduction. However, the blood of the golden mermaid is very precious. They only have the same Tribal people can only produce pure-blooded golden mermaids, with blond hair, golden eyes, and golden fish tails. The mermaids produced by mating with other races will more or less have the characteristics of other races, and pure blood rarely appears. These mixed-race mermaids The reproductive ability of females is relatively strong, but almost all male mermaids have lost their ability to conceive. In this way, from generation to generation, the characteristics of the golden mermaids are becoming less and less, and they are facing the crisis of genocide at any time.
About a hundred years ago, a pure-blooded mermaid in the golden mermaid tribe gave birth to an heir to the king. The golden mermaid reached an agreement with the royal mermaid to pay tribute to the royal family with ten pure-blooded golden mermaids every five years. The shelter of royal mermaids.
After the agreement was reached, the people with golden mermaid blood who fell into various tribes gathered together and carried out a long migration, and finally arrived at a bay not far from the Tiger tribe, where the scenery was beautiful and the climate was suitable. It is also full of white sand fruit trees that mermaids like. White sand fruit is very effective in healing wounds on mermaids. Eating more can also enhance your physical fitness. The most important thing is its protective effect on pregnant female mermaids and newborn babies. It can make female mermaids The childbirth was smooth, and the newborn baby was delivered safely.
Fifteen-year-old Berg is the precious son of Lian Shi, the patriarch of the golden mermaid tribe. Lian Shi is a rare pure-blooded golden mermaid, but Berg is obviously not so lucky. He is just an ordinary mixed-race mermaid with low abilities. It's very light, just slightly golden, and has a big blue tail with the same color as the eyes. Although the shape is pretty and long enough, but in the golden mermaid tribe, bloodlines determine everything.
Berg had no aunt since he was a child. According to his father, his aunt died in the sun a long time ago. He has never seen his aunt. Berg is a little regretful, but not particularly sad. After all, his father I dote on him very much, and my father will do everything possible to satisfy him with what he likes.
"Qing Ning, do you want to go out for a walk?" Berg lay leisurely on the beach, his blue fish tail dipped in the sea and splashed up and down. He squinted his eyes and looked at his unmarried partner, the female Mermaid Qingning.
The most obvious difference in appearance between female mermaids and male mermaids is that the female mermaids have two lumps of meat on their breasts. After giving birth, they can secrete milk and feed their offspring there. There are not many females in the golden mermaid tribe, but the shellfish Ge is the son of the patriarch. Although he is a mixed race, finding a partner is easy. Qing Ning grew up with him, a little older than him. She has blond hair and green eyes, and a beautiful golden fishtail. The place is green, and the bloodline is not very pure, not up to the level of tribute, but in a tribe where male pureblood mermaids have been extinct and female pureblood mermaids are very rare, it is already considered very good.
"Where do you want to go?" Qing Ning was playing with a conch hanging on his chest, and turned sideways to him.
"I don't know, I just want to walk around and relax." I've been very irritable recently, and my uncle and cousin are pressing on every step of the way, so he really can't be bothered to deal with it.
"Okay, let's wait for my sister and the others to leave. As you know, my house is very chaotic now." Speaking of her sister, Qing Ning's eyes darkened. It was another five years, and her sister was also in this time. One of the tributes, the fate of most tributes is tragic. In the tribe, these pure-blooded mermaids are excellent existences, but when they come to the mermaids of the royal family, they are just reproductive tools. No matter who wants to mate with them, they will not refuse Right, not to mention that my sister also has a male she likes.
"Don't be too sad. When our tribe is strong, we won't have to pay tribute to those royal mermaids." Berg was also angry, but the tribe's strength could not be counted on him. He was just a half-breed mermaid. Dad tried every means to protect him, it would be fine if he left, and Dad didn't have to compromise with his uncle and the others.
Qing Ning twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "It will probably be difficult." The royal family ruled the entire eastern sea area, and it would not be easy to get rid of them.
Berg scratched his head, "I know this too, but let's think about something better, I'll catch cod for you to eat."
Qing Ning smiled and said, "Okay, let's get more food, and we can eat it on the way."
Berg agrees: "That's a good idea."
But Berg's itinerary was broken up seven days later.
"Father, where is Qing Ning?" Who will tell him that this is not true, the person who paid the tribute just left yesterday, and he went to find someone today, but her family said that Qing Ning had already made the tribute yesterday.
"Her sister forced her to die, and she would rather be exiled to the Nether Sea with the person she likes."
"That's not Qing Ning's turn. Isn't there someone in the tribe with a purer bloodline than him?"
"Yes, but that is Qingning's elder sister. There is no need for others to be responsible for his family's wrongdoing." Lian Shiduan sat on the seat, his eyes were cold and cold, he only wanted to protect his only child, as for the others , He was powerless, his brother and nephew were staring at him, and they directly offered to make up for Qing Ning. There was a good reason for him, and he couldn't refuse.
"But father, Qingning is my future partner."
"Uncle, does Brother Beige not agree to let Qingning pass?" Beige's cousin, Sang, has blond hair and golden eyes, and his huge fish tail is light yellow. His bloodline is considered pure, but because the fish tail is not Pure golden, without fertility, so he is not in the ranks of tribute, but his fairly pure blood can make him the seat of the next patriarch.
"Don't touch me." Berg twisted his waist and walked away. He knew how much his cousin hated him under the mask of kindness. In the mermaid tribe, the position of patriarch is passed down from father to son, but because he is a mixed race, he is disqualified. Uncle and cousin came to force father to give up.
Zisang's hands were in the air, and the smile on the corner of his lips was unusually indifferent: a lowly mixed race.
"When did Zisang come here? Sit here." Lian Shi smiled and pointed to the seat beside him.
Zisang bowed gracefully, took a seat at the side without being polite, looked at the angry Beige, and said, "Why should my brother be angry? When my brother becomes the patriarch, I will help you choose someone with a purer bloodline."
Berg gritted his teeth, knowing that he couldn't beat him, but wanted to rush over and beat him up, Lian Shi shook his head slightly.
Three months later, the person who accompanied the royal mermaid came back and said that Qing Ning was favored by the king and stayed by his side. The entire mermaid group knew their king's name was Lan Qi.