Master of Monster Synthesis-Chapter 226 - 155: Leviathan Giant Beast (Two - s)

As Qin Shou had expected, the so-called Princess was indeed three female Merfolk.

Three ornately dressed female Merfolk came to the palace, and upon seeing Qin Shou’s deep-blue fishtail, flawless and without a trace of blemish, their hearts burned with jealousy.

The three female Merfolk exchanged glances and instantly made a decision.

This little wench is too much of a threat—form an alliance!

Alright, alliance it is!

The very next moment, the three female Merfolk’s faces bloomed with enthusiastic smiles.

Qin Shou naturally smiled back as well.

Female Merfolk with Horror Six-star strength—it’s just perfect for enhancing Zhi Yin.

...

Half an hour later.

When the City Lord Mermaid stormed back angrily, she saw her three "Ladies" just walking out of the palace, her expression turning even darker.

"What are you all doing here?" she asked coldly.

The three female Merfolk slightly bowed and waved their hands with a smile.

"Oh, nothing much, just having a friendly chat with Zhi Yin, that’s all."

"That’s right, why so tense? Afraid we’ll eat her or something?"

The City Lord saw Qin Shou within the palace and found that there didn’t seem to be anything out of place, letting her instinctively breathe a sigh of relief.

"You all better not play any small tricks, or I won’t let you off easily!"

She issued her warning, then broke into a smile, heading towards Qin Shou.

"Zhi Yin, dear, everything’s sorted—I’ll take you to see your room now."

"Alright."

With that, the two clasped hands and swam towards a side hall.

"Zhi Yin, dear, what did you talk about with them just now?" the City Lord asked with a smile.

Qin Shou shook his head. "Nothing much, just the three ladies inviting me to go out for some fun."

"Fun?"

The City Lord narrowed her eyes slightly, replying impassively, "Zhi Yin, dear, stay away from them in the future. If you want to play, I’ll accompany you personally."

"Alright, I’ll listen to City Lord Sister." Qin Shou nodded obediently.

In his heart, though, he couldn’t help but ponder. These three female Merfolk weren’t particularly strong, yet the City Lord seemed wary of them—looks like the Merfolk world is rather complicated.

Judging from the City Lord Mermaid’s expression upon entering, Qin Shou had no need to guess—Liu Wushuang and the others must have escaped.

Quite capable, aren’t they?

But no matter how good they are, they couldn’t possibly hunt down a Horror Nine-star Merfolk in the sea.

This time, victory was assured for Qin Shou.

The reason he was still lingering here was merely to see what treasures this castle still harbored.

With that thought, Qin Shou grabbed the City Lord Mermaid’s hand and smiled, "City Lord Sister, let’s look at the room later—you can take me around this place instead."

The City Lord Mermaid didn’t refuse. "Alright, if Zhi Yin, dear, is interested, I’ll show you around."

"Thank you, City Lord Sister."

"Ah, no need for thanks between us..."

And so, Qin Shou followed the City Lord Mermaid, leisurely "wandering" around the grand underwater castle.

"Hm? City Lord Sister, what’s that place?"

"Oh, that’s where the soldiers reside—nothing worth seeing."

"What about over there?"

"That’s the area for my household and family members..."

Qin Shou pointed to a heavily guarded palace, "City Lord Sister, what’s that place?"

"Haha, that’s the Underground Palace Treasure Vault—it holds quite a few treasures I’ve collected," she responded with a laugh.

"Treasures? City Lord Sister, let’s take a look!" Qin Shou’s eyes lit up.

The City Lord Mermaid hesitated. "This..."

Seeing this, Qin Shou didn’t even give her time to hesitate, pulling her along and resorting to playful pestering.

Calling it pestering, it was really more akin to acting spoiled.

This made Qin Shou feel sick to his stomach for half a day.

In the end, the City Lord Mermaid decided to take Qin Shou to have a look.

There’s a saying in the human world: you can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing the bait.

Zhi Yin was a Royal Merfolk, and using force wasn’t an option—it would make everything very troublesome.

To win her over and gain support from her backing forces, the only choice was to proceed slowly, offering some treasures first to keep her pacified.

With this thought, the City Lord Mermaid led Qin Shou to instruct the guards to open the treasure vault doors.

"Buzz..."

As the door swung open, rays of dazzling treasure light illuminated the grand vault, practically blinding Qin Shou.

The vault was packed with Earth Core Energy Crystals, various unknown Sea Beast Scale Armors, glowing treasure beads, tridents made of special metals, as well as fragments of Mecha and spaceships.

There were so many treasures that the Merfolk’s bubble-like spatial storage couldn’t contain them all—no wonder they built a dedicated treasure vault.

Qin Shou approached a piece of a damaged spaceship and curiously asked, "City Lord Sister, what’s this?"

"This is an alien spaceship that crashed into the ocean a hundred years ago; I personally killed the alien life onboard, and the ship became part of my collection," the City Lord Mermaid replied proudly.

Qin Shou offered an appropriately awed expression, though inwardly he felt speechless.

How many of these land-crashing alien lives were there, anyway?

"And what’s that?"

He pointed to a damaged Mecha towering fifty meters high nearby.

"Oh, that’s from thirty years ago when I fought a human Mechanical Master. He fled after losing, leaving behind this third-level Mecha.

But unfortunately, it wasn’t created using Cosmic Creature Metal, so its value is limited," the City Lord Mermaid lamented.

Qin Shou raised a brow and suddenly took out a metallic sphere.

"City Lord Sister, is this Cosmic Creature Metal you mentioned?"

He handed the metal sphere to her, and after closer inspection, her expression changed dramatically.

"This is Cosmic Creature Metal! Zhi Yin, dear, where did you get this?" she exclaimed.

Qin Shou replied casually, "Oh, this is one of my toys—there’s plenty more back home. City Lord Sister, you don’t have any?"

He stared at her with wide eyes, unblinkingly.

The City Lord Mermaid’s face froze; if she said she didn’t have any, she would definitely be looked down upon.

Being looked down upon would leave a poor impression, something she couldn’t afford.

"Ahem, Zhi Yin, dear, of course I have this stuff."

She then retrieved a gleaming iron armor for Merfolk from her bubble storage.

"Zhi Yin, dear, this is armor I crafted using Cosmic Creature Metal—how’s that? Pretty impressive, right?" she said with a smile.