A glimpse of opportunity: Start by marrying a mermaid bride.

With a loud bang, the small boat shattered into pieces, leaving everyone present stunned.

Zheng Xuan saw the monster's appearance for the first time: a tiger's head, a fish's tail, a body covered in blue tiger stripes, and four short arms. It looked like a mutant of some kind of giant salamander.

The monster was about six meters long, larger than a small boat. It suddenly leaped out of the water and smashed a small boat to pieces.

Before anyone could react, the monster made a graceful splash as it plunged into the water, disappearing into the river in the next instant.

For a moment, everyone forgot what they were doing, especially the foreigners on the ship. They even forgot what kind of monster it was.

But they quickly realized, "Find it! Find it!"

At this moment, the foreigners on the boat shouted loudly, but the river was calm, as if what had just happened was an illusion. Only the wreckage of that small boat proved that a monster had attacked the area.

But before these people could calm down, another ship was suddenly thrown into the air with a loud bang and smashed into pieces.

The people on the boat were thrown into the air and fell into the water, where they were bitten in half with a snap.

"Oh my god, it's here! The monster's here! Quick, cast the net!"

The foreigners on the ship were terrified. They rushed to cast their nets, but the monster was very agile. It easily dodged the nets and then violently rammed into them.

All four small boats were destroyed amidst the foreigners' terrified cries.

boom!

Just as the monster was destroying everything in its path, a loud bang was heard. On the ironclad ship, Anthony fired the cannon, and the cannonball slammed into the direction of the monster fish.

Zheng Xuan was shocked to see this. The strange fish seemed to be an enemy rather than a friend, so he quickly shouted, "Be careful!"

Hearing the cannon fire, the monster instinctively dodged a distance. With a boom, the cannonball entered the water, sending the strange fish flying a distance.

A large amount of blood appeared on the river surface.

When Zheng Xuan saw this, he thought the strange fish had been blasted to death.

Unexpectedly, after a short while, the strange fish slowly emerged from the water, its body submerged, with only its huge tiger head protruding above the surface, its two eyes fixed on the iron-clad warship.

The next moment, something happened that shocked Zheng Xuan's worldview.

Then, this tiger-headed monster fish angrily charged towards the iron-clad warship.

Upon seeing this, not only Zheng Xuan, but also Anthony on the ironclad ship stared wide-eyed. What a strange fish that doesn't know its own mortality!

"Secondary guns, prepare to fire!"

boom!

A shell was fired, but the strange fish made a sharp turn, dodging the shot, and then accelerated and crashed into the iron-clad warship.

boom!

It was as if a cannonball had struck the warship hard. The warship shook violently, knocking the soldiers off their feet. However, the ironclad ship remained as steady as a mountain and there was no possibility of it sinking.

A moment later, the tiger-headed monster fish that had just been hit was seen floating on the surface of the water, its eyes glazed over, clearly stunned by the impact.

Zheng Xuan was dumbfounded. This tiger-headed monster fish actually used its flesh and blood to fight against the iron-clad warship. It was really brave.

At that moment, Anthony realized what was happening and roared, "Cannons! Cannons! Smash it!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier immediately realized what was happening, but the artilleryman said, "Captain, we're too close; the cannons can't cover us."

"If cannons don't work, use guns. Do I need to teach you?"

Anthony was provoked by a fish and was furious. He picked up his spear and prepared to shoot, but just then, Zheng Xuan heard a very clear sound. The next moment, the dizzy fish suddenly woke up, plunged into the water, and disappeared.

At the same time, Zheng Xuan heard a clear voice whisper in his ear, "Come find me with it~"

The voice was clear and deep, but it seemed that no one around could hear it.

The voice spoke again: "This is a voice only our Merfolk can hear. Others can't hear it. Come with Ah Hu..."

Upon hearing the sound, Zheng Xuan was taken aback. It was a sound that only the Merfolk could hear, so it must be a sound with a special decibel level.

Junior high school physics textbooks tell us that the range of human hearing frequency is 20Hz to 20000Hz (Hertz). This audio is definitely not in this range; it is the sound of communication within the Merfolk.

Merfolk, fisherwomen!

Zheng Xuan instantly realized that the fisherwoman was a merman. With that thought, he looked at the reeds, but there was no one there anymore; they must have already escaped.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xuan dived into the water and chased after the tiger-headed monster fish, which was clearly waiting for him on purpose.

They swam for an unknown amount of time until they came to an island in the middle of a lake, which was probably an unnamed island in the Haihe River.

When the tiger-headed monster fish arrived here, it swam directly to the shallow bay, revealing its skin, which was covered with many cannonball marks.

Just then, a small wooden house appeared on the island. Zheng Xuan went ashore and was wondering what was going on when the door of the small wooden house suddenly opened, and the fisherwoman rushed out with red eyes.

"My husband!"

"Fisherwoman!"

Zheng Xuan was taken aback when he saw the fisherwoman rush into his arms. Looking at the weeping fisherwoman, Zheng Xuan gently patted her back twice and said, "It's alright, it's alright."

As they were talking, two women came out of the house: one was a graceful and elegant woman, and the other was a beautiful young girl.

The girl didn't look at the fisherwoman and the other woman at that moment; instead, she immediately saw the injured tiger-headed monster fish and said, "Oh, Tiger, you're injured."

As she spoke, she approached the tiger-headed monster fish, reached out her hand, and the next moment, a gel-like liquid began to secrete from her hand. She applied it to the tiger-headed monster fish's wound, and the bleeding stopped.

Zheng Xuan looked somewhat surprised, while the fisherwoman whispered from the side, "Actually, I can do this too."

"what?"

As Zheng Xuan looked at the fisherwoman, he noticed that she was different. Not only was she more beautiful, but her temperament was also different, and she had a different feeling about her.

"Are you surprised by the princess's change?"

At that moment, a voice rang out, and Zheng Xuan looked towards the voice; it belonged to the elegant and graceful woman.

"Princess, who are you?"

Zheng Xuan then looked at the woman in front of him, who said, "I am Her Majesty the Queen's butler. You can call me Aunt Lan."

The fisherwoman said, "Husband, she's not a bad person. It was Aunt Lan who saved me that day."

Zheng Xuan looked at Aunt Lan after hearing this, and then said, "Thank you for saving my wife."

Aunt Lan said, "I was just saving our mermaid princess."

Princess!

Zheng Xuan looked at the fisherwoman again after hearing this, and a bad feeling crept into his heart. These guys came here not just to save him and the fisherwoman, right?