There was a hidden cove where a sleeping mermaid lay. Her long hair spread around her like a silken seaweed. One day, a pirate ship anchored nearby. The pirates were a superstitious lot. When they saw the mermaid, they were both in awe and a bit scared. But then, a ghost of a former pirate captain who had drowned in that cove started to appear. He seemed to be warning the pirates not to disturb the sleeping beauty. Some pirates heeded the ghost's warning, while others were tempted to touch the mermaid, not knowing what fate awaited them if they did.
Once upon a time, there was a pirate ship sailing the high seas. At night, as the pirates slept, they heard a strange song. It was a mermaid, but this mermaid was in a deep sleep, floating on the water. A ghostly figure then emerged from the mist. It was the spirit of a pirate long dead. The ghost was drawn to the sleeping mermaid. He remembered in his past life, he had seen a mermaid like this. He watched over her as if protecting her from the other rough pirates on his old ship, creating a strange and silent scene on the moonlit sea.
A group of pirates were sailing in search of treasure. One night, in a foggy part of the ocean, they spotted a sleeping mermaid on a small island. As they rowed closer, they felt a strange chill. A pirate ghost, who had died at sea years ago, started to haunt them. The ghost was attached to the mermaid in a way. It was as if he was her guardian. The pirates debated among themselves whether to leave or try to capture the mermaid. The presence of the ghost made them more cautious, and in the end, they decided to sail away, leaving the sleeping mermaid and her ghostly protector behind.
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Chapter 150, "Green Bamboo Fence and Marking Stone, Expanding Territory", is the clearest early answer because it turns Great Xia Camp's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with In the past five days, the leader has used nearly six hundred pounds... and closes on But it was indeed unexpected for him that the Mirror Immortal Camp....
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Chapter 177, "Population Growth, Trouble for Hong Guang【Big Chapter, Votes and Subscriptions Needed】", is the clearest early answer because it turns Kong Ning's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is 孟鳌 also nodded and said, "My father also said that Lord Minister is..., but the pressure keeps building through Among the sixty-seven Earth-digging Realm warriors who helped Shi....
Chapter 187, "Lu Sheng, Unauthorized Mining, Humiliation", is the clearest early answer because it turns Unauthorized Mining's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from Everyone collected around four to five hundred pounds each, they must... to If they brought people over before Xia Chuan, relying only on these....
Chapter 160, "Night Has Fallen, The Time Has Come", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Chuan's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with The pressure on the more than a hundred people holding the front door... and closes on More than an hour had passed since nightfall..
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