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"Oh no. After being interrupted, I completely forgot to tell my aunt to go eat via the communication jade!"

When it comes to inviting guests to a banquet, if you can meet the person in charge, you should personally extend the invitation. If you cannot meet them or the two places are too far apart, you can use letters or other means of communication to notify them. Invitations should be made in accordance with etiquette.

Because merfolk are engaged in maritime trade, they place great importance on etiquette and customs.

But the confused Jiao Nanwu forgot about this, and now that she suddenly remembered, the entire merman was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, the memory of her childhood, when her mother used bamboo to control her, brought a faint pain to the mermaid's large buttocks.

Ball tickets, Ball subscription

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 392 Blind Date

"Whoosh~ Little fox, do you want to play in the sea? Big sister's coral reef bed is quite big."

As evening approached, Su Yan followed her aunt and Jiao Nanwu to the coastal city for their appointment. The coastal market was also closing time, and the merchants who originally looked like humans transformed into sea monsters and walked from the dock and coastline into the endless sea.

A creature with a human body and a smooth, white, scaleless fish tail emerged from the sea and lay on the edge of the dock. It had no other clothing on its chest except for two starfish attached to it to cover itself.

The Zhiyu tribesman emerged from the sea, looked at the white fox walking on the water, his face full of ambiguity, raised his right index finger and thumb and made a circle, making some very seductive gestures to invite Su Yan.

"Uh"

When Su Yan saw Sister Zhiyu, he paused for a moment, a slightly subtle expression on his face, and said, "This child really can't handle all this. Thank you for the honor, young lady."

"Is that so? What a pity. This is the first time I've seen such a well-proportioned fox. I'm so tired of those desert foxes with big ears and big faces."

Zhiyu turned around with a regretful look, looked at the dim sea reflecting the moonlight, and shouted, "Sisters, the little fox said she's too young to handle it, let's go, let's go."

"!?"

Su Yan stared in astonishment at Zhi Yu, the dolphin girl emerging from the seabed, and the two orca girls, feeling as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.

"Lazy Fish must have been paid to solicit customers," Auntie said, scooping up the stunned Su Yan.

"Auntie, hurry up, dinner's ready!"

Jiao Nanwu, who was walking in front, turned around on the steps of the arched bridge and called out to the aunt and nephew who were standing on the bridge pier complaining about the Zhiyu tribe.

………………

The merfolk's banquet was held at the post station, located in the southern suburbs of the coastal city.

Young and talented men, each accompanied by a mermaid girl, and their friends from the mermaid race arrived one after another. Su Yan jumped down from his aunt's arms and transformed into human form, then sat down at a long table that could accommodate dozens of people.

The long table is placed in the center of the banquet hall, mainly for the local deities and their families to sit together. The traditional round table can accommodate about twenty people, which is almost the limit. If you want to pick up a bite of food, you have to wait for half a day.

Although the long tables were unusual, they were used by many people and were staffed with servants to bring dishes to the guests. The other areas of the banquet hall were quite normal, with large round tables.

"Dad!"

As soon as Su Yan sat down, Hu Li, who had been staying in the Merfolk territory, raised his hand with a smile and greeted Su Yan, saying, "I've already smoothed things over in the Merfolk territory. How about we go to the city together after dinner to have some fun? So I can finally take care of my parents."

The Merfolk are very well-informed; they know all the fun places near the sea city and in the surrounding area, but they won't say anything unless there are special circumstances.

They worried that the major branches of the Zhiyu tribe might secretly abduct the talented young men that the merfolk had sought out from various places.

"Pfft."

Hu Li shouted, attracting the attention of the other guests. They couldn't help but laugh. It wasn't unheard of for a son to invite his father to a brothel, but if it were said openly, the other guests would never have seen it.

After they had seen Huli, they looked across at the table and saw an elderly man who was even younger than Huli. The guests sitting at the long table looked even stranger.

I appreciate your kindness.

Su Yan covered her cheeks and waved her hands repeatedly to refuse the invitation from the simple-minded Hu Li: "I really can't handle it."

"dong dong dong"

However, before the guests at the long table could react further to the bizarre situation of the father and son, a slight tremor came from the ground, gradually approaching, and a faint sound like drumming emanated from the ground.

A giant, no less than four meters tall and with a massive, mountain-like physique, covered his entire body in black robes and slowly entered the banquet hall, supported by the patriarch of the Merfolk clan.

The merfolk brought out a specially made giant recliner from the storage room and placed it at the head of the long table. The merfolk mother and father worked together to help the gluttonous Lord of the Near-Sea City sit down.

"Haha, everyone, don't mind me. I just came here to join in the fun and freeload a meal."

The glutton shifted slightly, found a comfortable sitting position, and then stretched out his arm covered with fine white scales, waving it to indicate that everyone didn't need to pay attention to his presence; he was just here to mooch a delicious meal from the merfolk.

As he spoke, the gourmand turned his gaze to his aunt and nephew, who were sitting in the fourth or fifth seat on his left, and raised his hand to greet them politely.

"The guests have all arrived, tell the kitchen staff to get ready to serve the food!"

After the glutton's extravagant entrance stunned the cultivators who had never seen him before, the Mermaid Mother turned to the mermaids beside her and gave an instruction, clapping her hands to draw everyone's attention, saying:

"Eat as much as you like! There will be plenty of food, drinks, and delicious dishes. Just enjoy yourself!"

There was no need for many words. The merman girls all knew the real purpose of the banquet: to let everyone sit together, chat, and get to know each other, so that they wouldn't be too shy to open up during the Winter Festival and the merman girls wouldn't have to waste time comforting them.

Moreover, with all the talented young men around, the girls can once again have the opportunity to choose.

If you are not satisfied with your partner, you can choose one you like now. After you have settled your partner at the beginning of the Winter Festival, you can go directly to the male beast you like.

The matriarch had already explained these things to the children before the banquet began, so there was no need to say anything more in front of outsiders, lest they offend someone by speaking too much.

"Everyone, feel free to do as you please! Thank you, merciful Daenerys Targaryen, for your blessings upon us."

After the clan matriarch finished her opening remarks, she and the merman clan father moved behind the glutton, took out three incense sticks about the thickness of a thumb, lit them in front of a white jade painted female statue, and then returned to their positions.

Even the most gluttonous gourmands did not touch the dishes on the table before the incense and candles were placed in the incense burner.

"A white jade statue... Is it the Dragon Mother of the West Sea?"

Su Yan leaned back slightly, lifting the front leg of his chair off the ground to look at the statue enshrined on the altar, and asked Jiao Nanwu with a hint of curiosity.

Su Yan had heard the term "West Sea Dragon Mother" more than a hundred times since arriving in the West Sea region, and knew of her existence, but this was the first time he had seen a statue of her.

From conversations with others, Su Yan could roughly understand what kind of dragon the West Sea Dragon Mother was.

The Dragon King of the West Sea doesn't care about the creatures on land; he mainly thinks about reproduction and the birth of dragons with mutated ancestral bloodlines.

However, the Dragon Mother of the West Sea is a gentle dragon who controls the ocean climate to protect the creatures on land, allowing the people living near the mountains to live a life of good weather and abundant harvests, and to gather delicacies from the hills and mountains to make a living.

It can also protect fishermen who go out to sea from bad weather and big waves, and bless them so that they can return home safely.

Under the influence of the Dragon Mother of the West Sea's magical powers, the people lived a life of plenty, without having to worry about the weather turning bad and causing them to have no harvest all year round.

It can be said that the Dragon Mother of the West Sea fed the vast majority of the people in this region and turned the desert into hills.

But with the passing of the West Sea Dragon Mother, everything returned to its original state. The creatures living here still deeply missed the time when the Dragon Mother was alive, so they still believed in her and hoped to gain the forgiveness of the West Sea Dragon Clan through their devout faith, so that this dry and withered land could once again welcome the living goddess of the Dragon Clan.

Unfortunately, since the death of the Dragon Mother, the West Sea Dragon Clan has never paid attention to the arid land again.

"The goddess enshrined on the altar is the faith of all living beings in our West Sea region. Whether they are beings who have received the blessings of the Dragon Mother Goddess or beings who possess the blood of the dragon race, they all hold the Dragon Mother Goddess in high esteem."

Jiao Nanwu swallowed the food in her mouth, took a big gulp of water to rinse her mouth, and then answered Su Yan's question about who the sculpture in her expression was. She then casually told Su Yan about the gentle and benevolent Dragon Mother.

The other sea beast cultivators at the same table did not say anything after hearing what Jiao Nanwu said.

What she said is a fact that is generally accepted in the West Sea.

"Dragon Mother Goddess"

The glutton's arms paused slightly as he ate, and the shoulders of his black robe trembled slightly, as if something round inside was moving, turning towards the statue behind him.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 393 A Feast Featuring Earth Immortals

"Can crabs walk upright?"

After the merfolk father and mother paid homage to the Dragon Mother, the banquet officially began. One after another, delicious dishes were brought to the table by the maids, including a crab dish with a strong aroma of wine, which was placed in front of Su Yan.

Under Su Yan's astonished gaze, the crab on the plate shook off the yellow ice and crawled straight out of the plate, raising its mottled crab claws and spitting out threatening foam.

“Drunken crabs like to walk upright,” Jiao Nanwu glanced at the drunken crab on the table, gently nudged it with the tip of her chopsticks and tossed it back into the wine dish, then looked at Su Yan and said with a smile:

"The live drunken crab meat has a soft, tender texture, with a slight aroma of Shaoxing wine and the crab's natural sweetness. However, they aren't completely drunk yet. Here, this is my favorite: stir-fried shallow-sea shark belly with chili peppers."

Jiao Nanwu reached out and placed a piece of her favorite dish into Su Yan's bowl.

You looked really tired this afternoon, eat something to replenish your energy.

Unlike other mermaid girls who, after entertaining their companions, left the banquet hall with their wine cups and jugs to search for a suitable partner, Jiao Nanwu did not.

Su Yan is already quite handsome, both in appearance and in terms of bloodline cultivation, so Jiao Nanwu naturally wouldn't do anything meaningless.

However, some mermaid girls who were unaware of Su Yan's background but were attracted by his handsome appearance quietly walked towards Su Yan. Moreover, the mermaid girls who came were mostly older sisters.

"This humble mermaid girl, Ji, hopes that you, sir, will do me the honor of sharing a cup of wine to make friends."

The merman approached Su Yan, poured two cups of spirit wine from his wine jug, handed one to Su Yan with a smile, and drank the other cup himself.

Although the girl said it was a drink for making friends, the wine actually contained a trace of her aura. If Su Yan drank the wine offered by the girl, then Su Yan would have a trace of merman aura on him, apart from Jiao Nanwu.

Once the other mermaid girls sensed his presence, they knew how many people had already reserved the handsome young man in front of them. Once the number reached a certain limit, the other mermaid girls would no longer approach him to chat.

But Su Yan knew nothing of these things. He genuinely thought the merman girl in front of him was just trying to make an appearance, and without a second thought, he drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"Come, let me toast you too."

After Jiao Ji turned and left, the merman aunt appeared out of nowhere, smiling broadly, and invited Su Yan to drink a cup of wine with her to make friends.

As a mermaid who knew Su Yan's dragon bloodline, and an aunt who longed to have a child who would become a dragon, she naturally couldn't resist the temptation and, after a long time, had the urge to reproduce, came to mark Su Yan.

After several rounds of drinks and several dishes, the number of mermaid girls coming to savor Su Yan's flavors gradually decreased.

Every Winter Festival is related to the future development of the merfolk clan's strength. Although Su Yan is handsome, handsomeness can't fill an empty stomach. In addition, he has not shown any characteristics of his clan, so the merfolk girls naturally pay attention to the males who look like they can fight.

"Go away, you're going to throw up from drinking so much."

The tiger's strength, revealed by its tiger ears and tail, attracted the special attention of the merman girl. Given its robust physique and the fact that it possessed over thirty merman auras, it was likely to have a fulfilling winter at the Winter Festival.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Hu Li glanced at his sullen mother sitting beside him, and then at the terrifying city lord sitting in the main seat, tearing apart a three-meter-long shark with his bare hands.

Surrounded by powerful seniors, Hu Li was hesitant to move around freely for fear of offending them.

But he was already full and had no interest in continuing to drink in the banquet hall. He wanted to go to the auction house or a brothel to have some fun, but he was hesitant to cross the long table and drag his father to the other side of the inn to enjoy himself.

But nothing is absolute. As if he had thought of something, Hu Li's eyes lit up. He crawled under the long table and quietly ran to Su Yan's seat.

Tiger Power poked its head out from under the table and stuck straight between Su Yan and Jiao Nanwu's seats, so much so that the shrimp Jiao Nanwu had just peeled and was about to feed Su Yan ended up stuck directly on Tiger Power's head.