Chapter201:TurningPoint

TheLamiaRaceandTheMermaidRacewerebothWaterGod’schosenraces.However,duetotheirdifferentappearancesandlivinghabits,peoplehaddifferentviewsofthetworaces.

MermaidswereseenasoneofWaterGod’savatarsduetotheirperfectfacesandwonderfulsongs.Theywerepopularthroughoutthewholeworld.Lamiashadcreepysnakebodiesandwereseveraltimeslargerthanhumans,therefore,theywereregardedasanightmarefromthedeepsea.Nohumanhadthegutstogetclosetothem.

EventhoughtheLamiaQueenwasoneofthethreeWaterGod’sHighPriests,shecouldn’tdispelthehumanprejudiceseither.Therefore,theLamiagirlsjustwatchedthefunanddidn’treallythinkthattheycouldtakepartintheselectionceremony.Theydidn’tthinkthattheywereentitledtoapplyforitbecausetheycouldn’thavechildrenwithhumans.Tohumans,theywereabsolutelydifferentkindsofcreatures.

"Infact,I闁炽儲鐛玡hadatalkwiththeApostle.Hesaidthathedidn’tmindwhetherhisbrideishumanornot.Besides,heisunlikeotherhumansbecausehecanhavechildrenwithanyrace."LookingattheanxiousexpressionsontheLamiagirls’faces,theLamiaQueensmiledmeaningfullyandannouncedthisstartlingnews.

"What?!Isittrue?Hecanactuallydothis!"

"MyQueen,you’renotjoking,areyou?"

"Whoa!He闁炽儲鐛╝perfectApostle!"

Itreallywasamazingnews.Foralongtime,therewasahugemisunderstandingbetweenhumansandLamias.Almostnoneofthemdaredtobelievethisnews,eventhoughtheyhadhearditfromtheLamiaQueenpersonally,whowasalsoWaterGod’sHighPriestess.

TheLamiaRaceandtheMermaidRacebothhadnomalesintheirraces.Theirreproductivesystemswerespecial:first,theygestated"womb"intheirbodies,thentheywouldfindstrongbeingstoofferthembioticgenessothattheycouldbreedstrongoffspring.

Infact,theHumanRacewasn’tagoodchoicefortheLamiaRaceandtheMermaidRacebecausemosthumanswereveryweak,sotheycouldn’timpregnateMermaidsorLamias.Mostmermaidsandlamiaswouldlookforstrongseamonstersandobtaintheirbioticgenestogestatetheiroffspring.

InWaterGod’sworld,severalspecialseamonsterswereresponsibleforthistask.TheywerenearlyimmortalandhadobtainedafewgodpowersfromtheWaterGodsothattheycouldhelpthetworacesmaintainastablepopulation.

Unfortunately,duetosomeunknownreason,severaloldseamonstershadallfallendeadasleep.Fordozensofyearsthetworaceshadn’thadanychildren..

"WecanhavechildrenwithouthelpfromtheSailJellyfishes?"TheyoungestLamiagirllookedsurprised.

Shewasthelastonewhohadseentheseamonstersthatwerecalled"SailJellyfishes".TheMermaidRaceandtheLamiaRacehadreliedontheseveralSailJellyfishestogestateoffspringformany,manyyears,whichwassolongthattheyhadevenregardeditasanaturalthing.

"Yes,becausehisbodycontainsWaterGod’spower,sohecancarryoutthesamedutyastheSailJellyfishes.HeisauniqueApostle,andallofyoucantrytoobtainhislove."TheLamiaQueenlookedattheyoungLamiagirlswithanexpectantlook.

Shehadseenvariousemotionsintheireyes,includingpleasantsurprise,itchingforatry,nervousness,anduneasiness.

Howlong,sincethelasttimethesamenoiseappearedamongstLamias?TheLamiaRacehadbeencompletelycutofffromhumanworldforalongtime.Itwasabouttimetoreappearinfrontofhumansagain.

Thisworlddidn’tonlybelongtohumansbutbelongedtoalllivingbeingswhobelievedinWaterGod.

TheHumanRacewerethemastersoftheground.

TheMermaidRacewerethecommunicatorsbetweenhumansandthedeepsearaces.

TheLamiaRaceweretherepresentativesofseademons.

Now,duetoanunforeseenopportunity,thethreeforcesintheWaterGod’sworldstartedtocommunicatewitheachother.

TheWaterGod’sworldhadstoppedchangingforalong,longtime.Butnow,itstartedtoreformitselfagain.Itwasallduetothesilver-maskedyoungboy.Basedonahuman’sstandard,hewasalreadyamatureman,butintheLamiaQueen’seyes,hewasstillaboy.

"Ifso,Iwanttohaveatry!"Finally,aLamiagirlraisedherhand.

Yes,thisisit.You’restillyoung,howcanyoualwaysstayaloneinthedark,deepsea!Gooutside,gooutside!Toseethevastworld,toseethemountainsandcities,tolookforthethingsyouarelongingfor!

"Yes,Iwanttohaveachild.SincetheSailJellyfisheshavefallenasleep,thenIwillchoosetheApostle!"

Oneafteranother,theLamiagirlsbaredtheirhearts.Infact,theLamiagirlswerealreadyboredoftheirdaysinthedeepsea.Almostallofthemhadexperiencedswimmingclosetothecoastlineatnight,lookingatthebrilliantlylithumanworldfromadistance.However,theyhadnoreasontoandlackedthegutstoswimclosetothebrightlitworld.

TheLamiaRacewasominous,therefore,humanscouldn’tlivetogetherwithlamias.TheLamiagirlsbelievedthis.However,thistime,thesituationwasdifferent.Theyoung,curiousLamiagirlshadfinallyfoundagoodreasontoventureintothebrighthumanworld.

TheWaterGod’sNoticewaspostedtoalllivingbeingsinWaterGod’sworld,whichmeantthattheyalsohadtherighttobecometheApostle’sbrides,sotheycouldfindanexcusetogotoCaelian,theCityofWater.

"Good,good,verygood!"TheLamiaQueensmiled.

Thisisit!

NoruleactuallyforbadetheLamiaRacetoleavethesea,andnohumandaredtobehostiletotheLamiaRace.Otherwise,theLamiaQueenwouldn’tbeoneofthethreeHighPriestesses.

Theybuiltaninvisiblewallthemselves.Theyworriedaboutbeingrepelledortreatedcoldlybyhumans,sotheyrefusedtoleavethenest.Tothem,YunXi’sBrideSelectionCeremonywasjusttherightexcusetoletthemleavethedeepseaandgotothebrandnewhumanworld.

Therefore,astheirelder,Imustleadandprotectthesechildrenwhojuststeppedoutoftheircomfortzonestoaccomplishtheirlifegoals.TheLamiaQueenthoughtinherheart.

Thankyou,WaterGod.Thismustbeyourgreatwill,sothattheyoungboywouldcomehereandmeetwithus.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫ｅ啯袧)