Legend of the Great Sage

ing about as they swam around.
It seemed like someone had grabbed a handful of stars and scattered them in the sea water, leaving the ocean utterly magnificent.

However, what shone even brighter were the baskets of goods constructed from coral and seaweed on the whales’ backs.
They were filled with luminous pearls of the deep sea, giving off a gentle, pure-white glow.
They glimmered away, contending against one another in resplendence.
The item that attracted the most attention was a stack of coral around the same size as a fake mountain, constantly changing in colour.
It was dazzling.

The whales seemed to carry the precious treasures of the entire world, contending against the resplendence of the moon and stars in the sky.

Clouds and mist rose up from the surface of the ocean.
The merpeople rode the mist and moved the dazzling array of goods onto the fluffy clouds, which drifted to the beach with the sea wind.
Merpeople could split their tails into legs, but most of them were unaccustomed to that sensation.

The disciples of the Cloud Sail sect went up to receive the goods.
They were responsible for recording the goods, separating them into groups, and delivering them to the Sea Pavilion of Remote Corners for people to pick and choose.

However, the most eye-catching part was the beautiful mermaids.
Every single one of them was a natural beauty, but they were beautiful in their own way.
They were not bound by the norms and rules of humanity, smiling and acting about freely, but they did not come off as improper at all.
They seemed extremely pure.

Under the curling mist and within the illumination of the treasures, the bay seemed like paradise.
Let alone the mortals who had been completely stunned by this sight, even the cultivators were unable to look away.

Even with all that Li Qingshan had seen and heard, he was still amazed by this.
Otherfolk really were not boasting and glorifying themselves when they called themselves “godfolk” in the ancient times.
In the eyes of the mortals, they really were like creations of the divine!

In particular, races like night roamers, fire devourers, and merpeople were naturally endowed with strength and longevity far greater than mortals.
Even their appearances were utterly perfect, enough for people to completely forget about the unique characteristics of otherfolk, even treating it as a special form of charm.
Even if human beauties could match them in appearance, they were nowhere close when it came to bearing.

In terms of value, these mermaids were indeed the most precious “good” out of everything present.
If a mermaid had been taken to the Dragon province to be sold, she would definitely fetch a greater price than all the goods on the back of a single whale.

Their tears could turn into precious mermaid pearls, their eyes could be made into priceless Condensed Jade pearls, and their scales were a precious medicinal material.
Even their tails were a supreme delicacy, a dish essential to the banquets of the imperial court.

In order to taste the freshest and most delicious Merfolk flesh, some of the most dedicated foodies would shackle a mermaid in a specially-made jade dish before using extremely sharp ice blades to slice off extremely thin pieces of flesh.
They would consume it immediately without any other seasoning.
The coldness from the ice blades would freeze the wounds, preventing even a droplet of blood from being spilt.

The mermaid would have to remain conscious.
Not only would she have to endure the pain of the slow slicing, but she would have to endure great mental agony too.
The sobs of despair she gave off, combined with the sounds of her tears striking the jade dish, was the most wonderful music the world had to offer.
Combined with admiring the mermaid’s beautiful figure and appearance, multiple senses—sight, hearing and taste—of the foodie would be appeased.
This dish was called Flowing Pearls of the Brilliant Moon.

When Li Qingshan first heard about it, he could not help but sigh, “If you aren’t heartless, how can you eat that, let alone enjoy it?”

However, Ru Xin said, “Anyone can resort to cannibalism if they’re desperate enough, let alone otherfolk.
Apart from races like the fire devourers and giant lumbermen that aren’t carnivorous, godfolk also had different ways to eat human flesh in the ancient times! They even specially ate infants that have just taken shape in their mother’s womb, a dish called Cart-puller of Placenta.
It’s all just preying on the weak in the end.”