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Qiu Hanlian
[A killer from the Demon Cave under the rule of the Heavenly Evil Sect, known by the alias "Qiu Ying" and infamous in the martial arts world as "Flying Erosion Flower."]
[Martial Arts Level: Fourth Realm!]
Martial Arts Techniques: Flying Blood-Eroding Blade (Perfected), Bone-Crushing Heart-Piercing Palm (Perfected), Minor Soul-Searching Poison Needle (Perfected), Bone-Shattering Evil Claw (Mastered), Thousand Spider Poison Palm (Mastered)...
This string of martial arts names is enough to make one's scalp tingle.
I... I'd better not investigate.
Although Qiu Ying had a very high level of affection for him, he still didn't want to force her to kill someone to silence her.
There's nothing much going on for now, so I had some food, tea, and a chat with Sister Qiu Ying here.
In the afternoon, a notification popped up again in the system taskbar.
[Ding! The side quest "Crystal Palace" has changed. Crystal Palace is in danger of destruction, and a third-party force is suspected of attempting to invade it. If the third-party force successfully seizes Crystal Palace and takes away all the mermaid beauties, the side quest "Crystal Palace" will be forced to stop.]
[Please complete the guided mission as soon as possible to obtain clues about the Crystal Palace from the abducted mermaid beauty. Recommended method: Corporal punishment!]
Upon seeing this sudden system notification, Fu Hai could no longer sit still.
"Master, what's wrong?" Qiu Ying asked softly when he suddenly stood up.
“I’m still a little worried, I’ll go check on that girl,” Fu Hai said. “I have a feeling something might happen! Sister Qiu Ying, I’ll leave the inn to you to keep an eye on things here.”
They went up the mountain from the backyard.
Qiu Ying shook his head; that's just how the boss is.
Upon arriving at the inn's gate, looking out, one sees a group of people heading north on the once-wide official road, preparing to enter the city gate.
The procession consisted of three magnificent carriages, covered in plum blossom brocade, clearly belonging to wealthy people.
The faint sound of a piano drifted from inside the car, like heavenly music, and then wafted away.
"The decadent and seductive Xue Yanxiang? How could she possibly end up in a place like Anjun?"
Now that Xue Yanxiang has arrived, could those two old hags, "Qin Sou" and "Zhang Po," have also arrived? Anjun is certainly bustling!
Qiu Ying glanced at it but didn't pay it any mind.
Let alone Xue Yanxiang, even Qin Sou and Zhang Po were just defeated opponents from three years ago.
She held her teacup, sipped slowly, and turned back to the counter.
Sitting behind the counter, holding a cup in both hands, she raised her pretty face and looked up at the ceiling.
Why was my employer spying on me? Thinking about it, I blushed.
Chapter 204: So it really is a mermaid?
Fu Hai arrived at the back of the mountain and saw his two junior sisters and Xiao Ye there.
Fu Hai glanced at the stone house, then looked at the three of them.
Song Lingyue said helplessly, "She's too wary. She won't eat anything. She was already tired and hungry, but she managed to hold on until now and then she fell into a deep sleep again."
Xiaoye said, "The main problem is that we can't prove to her that we're not really with the people who want to capture her. She seems to have a death wish and would rather die than confess, so we can't do anything about her."
"Forget it, forget it!" Xia Yuelan raised her hand and waved it. "She doesn't appreciate kindness, so let's just leave her be. As long as she doesn't die here, that's fine."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "But it's not a good idea for her not to eat. Hmm, could it be that the food we're giving her is wrong?"
"If she really is a fish, should we dig up earthworms for her to eat?"
Song Lingyue said irritably, "Go dig it up."
Fu Hai thought for a moment and said, "I'll go in and take a look."
He entered the stone house alone and saw the little girl curled up there, trembling in her sleep.
He sat down by the stone bed, reached out and touched the little girl's forehead; it was a little hot.
I'm exhausted, hungry, and scared. If I get sick too...
No matter how skilled Fu Hai was in gynecology, there was nothing he could do if someone was starving.
The doctor treated her, but it didn't have much effect.
Does this mean that corporal punishment is the only option?
Fu Hai sat down at her feet, lifted the satin blanket, and pulled up her skirt.
Her legs were smooth, white, and slender.
Fu Hai guessed that perhaps the system's prompt about "corporal punishment" had another meaning.
He looked up, not down, but instead reached his hand between her legs.
I kept touching the spot that should have been the vulva, but was instead smooth and flat.
Try using your unique healing skills here.
But it was still ineffective.
Back then, even Xiaoye's skeletal form couldn't withstand his "treatment" in this place using his divine hands.
Never mind, I'll just follow the system's instructions.
A stick pointing to the sky can be used anywhere, and nothing can be used as a stick.
He used his fingers as a stick and slowly probed downwards.
The little girl's delicate body suddenly trembled, as if she were trembling slightly in a wonderful comfort.
Fu Hai was slightly surprised.
What's inside is...
"Ah!" The little girl in her shattered dream suddenly cried out.
Upon hearing the little girl's voice inside, Song Lingyue, Xia Yuelan, and Xiao Ye, the three girls outside, all rushed in.
The only boy in the mountains stepped aside and watched the little girl tossing and turning on the bed.
Snap, snap, snap, snap...
The girl's lower body emitted a pale blue glow, and her entire delicate body seemed to be changing.
"Senior brother, what did you do?" Xia Yuelan asked curiously.
Fu Hai said, "I don't know either, it just suddenly changed like this."
He thought to himself, "So the so-called corporal punishment is about me breaking through the spells or restrictions that cause changes in her body?"
As they spoke, they saw that the girl's legs were gone, and a fishtail appeared in her lower body. Her waist was thinner, and her breasts were even more swollen.
"Mermaid? Is she really a mermaid?" Xia Yuelan exclaimed in surprise as she watched the little girl transform into a mermaid.
Song Lingyue remained calm: "It was something I expected."
Xiaoye's eyes widened: "Brother, how did you do that? You didn't actually touch that little sister's private parts, did you?"
The two junior sisters turned their heads at the same time to look at their senior brother.
The senior brother, not expecting that Xiao Ye had seen through him, braced himself and said, "How could that be? What are you thinking?"
As they were talking, the little mermaid woke up, screamed, and slammed her fishtail against the rock with a thud.
Seeing that she had revealed her true form, she became even more panicked.
Fu Hai took a deep breath, looked at her and said, "We already know that you are not an ordinary person."
"Whether you believe it or not, we really are trying to help you. Since we saved you last night, we can't just leave you here. Since you don't trust us, that's fine too."
He looked at Song Lingyue and said, "Junior sister, since she doesn't trust us, she probably trusts the government more. Let's report to the authorities and let them protect her."
Xia Yuelan wondered, how could the government possibly protect something so strange?
Song Lingyue replied, "Senior brother, I understand. I'll go to the government office right away. The officials are kind-hearted and will definitely help her find a solution."
"Senior brothers, you should also get ready. We don't have a horse-drawn carriage here, so let's use a handcart to take her into the city."
Turn around and walk out.
A panicked voice came from behind: "No!"
Xia Yuelan saw the little mermaid looking at them with pleading eyes and realized what was going on.
It turned out that her senior brothers and sisters were threatening her, saying that if she didn't obey, they would just hand her over like this.
If the people on the street all see her like this, then no matter what she tries to hide, she can't hide it anymore.
Although Xia Yuelan was a beat slow to react, she understood immediately.
She waved her hands, saying, "Senior brothers and sisters, no, that won't do. If we hand her over to the authorities, who knows what they might do?"
"I've heard that there are many strange people in the government. If they see her like this, they might dissect her to see why she looks like this."
"That's not all. If the government reports it to the imperial court, the court will wonder how many strange mermaids like her there are in the world. Then they'll use tweezers to clamp her hands, use hot irons to brand her chest, and use needles to prick her fingernails, toenails... oh wait, she doesn't seem to have toenails, but she does have fish scales."
"How do we poke into her fingernails and fish scales one by one to force her to confess?"
Fu Haiyi said sternly, "No! The people in the government are not that bad. We should trust the government and the imperial court."
Looking at the little girl, he said, "Little sister, don't worry, we must trust the authorities and the imperial court."
"We'll take you to the yamen (government office), and soon everyone will come to help you find your family. There are still many good people in this world, and you'll be able to go home soon."
He then looked at Song Lingyue: "Junior Sister..."
"Don't report it to the authorities," the little mermaid cried out in panic. "I beg you, please don't report it to the authorities."
At this moment, Song Lingyue started to play the good guy: "Look at you all, how can you be so wicked? You've scared everyone."
Approaching the little girl, he put his arm around her shoulder and said softly, "Little sister, at least tell us your name first. If you don't want us to know too much, you can stay here to recover and go back on your own when you're healed. We really aren't bad people."
The little girl burst into tears: "My name is Shirley, and I can't go back. The road back has all collapsed, and there are many bad people guarding it. I can't find my way home."
She buried her face in her arms by the bedside and began to sob softly.
[Ding! The quest "Abducting a Beautiful Mermaid" has been completed.]