A weak and evil woman was exiled? The beastly husbands risked their lives to protect her

Chapter 433 Confession 3
Jiang Xinli pondered, "The tip of the iceberg?"

Yunbo hummed in agreement. "The information they have is only what's been passed down orally within the Deep Sea Territory."

Seeing that she shifted her body uncomfortably, he patted his thigh and softly commanded, "The rocks are hard, come sit here with me."

Jiang Xinli glanced at his bare, muscular chest and well-defined abs, and her ears turned red:
".Need not."

"My little bride, you can actually be shy?" The man chuckled softly, and with a gentle reach of his long arm, he lifted her onto his lap.

"You—" Jiang Xinli struggled to get up, but he pressed her back down with his large hand. "Be good, sit still."

"Wouldn't it be nice to listen to a story in my arms?" He reached out and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, his long, slender, pale fingers gently caressing her earlobe, neck, and shoulders.

"Why do you have to try to escape from my arms?"

Jiang Xinli felt extremely uncomfortable being touched by him, and quickly reached out to grab his restless hand:

"Okay, I won't move anymore, alright?"

"That's more like it," the man said with a satisfied smile.
"My little bunny bride, our private time together is too short."

He pulled her closer to him. "So, come closer to me, okay?"

Jiang Xinli looked at the man's sexy Adam's apple so close to her face and pouted speechlessly, "It's already very close, okay?"

“No, not close at all.” The man’s voice suddenly became low and hoarse.

He took her hand and placed it against his chest, his deep purple eyes gazing at her with tender affection.
"If possible, I want the distance to be negative."

"Negative distance? What does that mean?" Jiang Xinli was stunned for a moment, then belatedly realized what she meant, and her ears turned even redder.

She was speechless. "Yun Bo, how can you speak like that, as a mermaid prince?"

"So what if he's a mermaid? So what if he's a prince? A mermaid prince is just an ordinary male, with his own emotions and desires." Yun Bo's fingers slowly traced the mask on his face.
"But just because he is a prince, he has to bear what others cannot bear. In fact, because of this, he cannot even show his true face to his bride."

"But what they don't know is that once a mask is worn on the face for a long time, it becomes difficult to remove."

Jiang Xinli felt a pang of sadness as she recalled the bloody wounds all over his body.

"Alright, Yunbo." Her tone softened. "Let's get back to the main topic, okay?"

"Okay." Yun Bo reached out and tugged at her bunny ears. "Alright, where were we?"

"Could you please stop pulling my ear?" Jiang Xinli lightly slapped the back of his hand.

"You mentioned that the sea creatures are trapped in the deep sea. Then you said, 'What I know is just the tip of the iceberg.'"

Yun Bo suppressed his smile and continued his story.

A thousand years ago, the sea creatures were defeated in a great war with the land creatures, and tens of thousands of sea creatures were captured by the land creatures and became test subjects in the land creatures' genetic laboratories.

At a time when the sea creatures faced near extinction, a black dragon beastman claiming to be an ancient god arrived in the deep sea.

He found Yunbo's father's father, who was also the Sea King at the time, his grandfather, and said that he could help the sea people defeat the land people and reclaim the ocean they had lost.

However, His help is not free; they need to sign some kind of contract with Him.

Jiang Xinli interrupted him, "Can we replace 'Sea King' with 'Sea Emperor'?"

Every time she heard this title, she felt a little out of place, always thinking of the movie of the same name she had seen back in ancient Earth.

“Alright.” Yun Bo nodded. “The Sea Emperor at the time, in order to save the environment on which the sea creatures depended for survival, naturally agreed to His conditions immediately.”

Jiang Xinli frowned. "What are the conditions?" "He provides a powerful energy to our sea race males, which will qualitatively improve the overall abilities of our sea race. However, the Sea Emperor needs to offer sacrifices to Him."

Sea creatures have long lifespans.

According to the contract, each Sea God was required to sacrifice half of their lifespan to the gods.

After the sacrifice, the Sea God's soul and body will be gradually separated, and he will eventually become a beast-shaped sculpture when he dies of old age.

At the same time, all the emotional energy generated by the Sea God during his lifetime will also nourish the sacred tree.

In addition, according to the contract, one of the most special and noble bloodlines among the successive princes of the sea race will be selected to become His special contractor, who will offer Him fresh blood every day.

This special contractor will gain the most powerful force in the deep sea territory, becoming the guardian and protector of the entire deep sea territory.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be the top choice for the next Sea King.

In addition, the deity also stated that, as an ancient deity, He was bound by some kind of restriction, preventing Him from directly attacking the Lu Clan.

At that time, the Sea God, in accordance with His request, provided a large number of sea creatures as His followers, to be at His command.

These sea creatures will receive a portion of His power.

But they will lose their intelligence, emotions, and memories, becoming powerful, emotionless fighting machines.

Jiang Xinli frowned. "Didn't the Sea Emperor realize back then that He was an evil god?"

“A good god would not allow others to offer him their blood.”

Moreover, it's not just for a day or two, but for hundreds of years.

Even though this donor would be the Sea God's first choice, it also meant that he would have to sacrifice half of his lifespan to that deity.

This donor, no matter how you look at it, sounds like a deeply resentful person.
"Of course I know." Yun Bo's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
"However, at that time, he had no better choice in order for the sea creatures to continue to survive."

“But—” Jiang Xinli frowned:

"Since it was the successive Sea Emperors who sacrificed their lifespans, why do those people on the Ocean Star have green spots on their bodies after they die and drift towards the Holy Land?"

“And this.” She raised her wrist, looking at the transparent octopus. “I’ve heard that all female sea creatures and land creatures possess this octopus.”

"And if I'm not mistaken, its function is to draw on people's emotional energy and then gather it at the sacred tree, indirectly offering it as a sacrifice to Him."

“You guessed right.” Yun Bo nodded. “In the beginning, it was indeed the Sea Emperor himself who was sacrificed.”

"But later, after the sea race regained its territory, the sea emperor at the time was not satisfied with sacrificing himself to save the lives of his entire race."

Furthermore, the sea creatures have suffered from both environmental and demonic pollution, impacting their fertility.

"So the Sea Emperor at that time used some kind of substitution technique, sacrificing the emotions of the sea race to exchange for the other half of his lifespan that he had sacrificed."

Later, this sacrifice gradually evolved into the sea god obtaining the extension of his lifespan through sacrifices by sea creatures.

"Later, the royal family and noble class of the sea tribe learned of this secret and forced the sea emperor to abdicate."

"At that time, the Sea Emperor had no choice but to rely on the power of that deity to change this substitution technique."

From then on, on their wedding night, male sea creatures would sacrifice the entire life of the female to gain the lifespan of their sacrificed mate.

(End of this chapter)