Too Late!

However, others in the hall looked as if they were looking at a demon beast being slaughtered or a fish.

Even if this mermaid had the same facial features and upper body as a human.

No one felt that what they had done was cruel.

The old emperor's eyes overflowed with greed as he urged, "Hurry up, I want the pearl! Quickly find it for me."

Legend had it that one could obtain eternal life after consuming a mermaid's pearl.

To the old emperor, longevity was the greatest temptation.

Finally, when the imperial physician with the dagger made the eighteenth slash, he dug out a blood-red bead from the fishtail.

It was only the size of a thumb.

The imperial physician presented the pearl to the emperor.

Everyone in the hall burst into laughter and congratulations.

No one cared about the mermaid's life.

Xiao Yuzhu had also unintentionally discovered Xiao Yue's secret.

She never thought that Xiao Yue was not human!