The hall master Qiu, seeing this, asked in confusion, "Your Holiness the Pope, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing! I have some matters to attend to, you all go back first!" With that, he vanished in a flash.
This left all the Black Lotus cult members on the boat feeling very perplexed.
Not long after, the vanished Pope of the Black Lotus Cult appeared in a patch of grass not far from the shore.
At this moment, Ye Feng was still there, loudly calling out for He Shasha.
"This kid, he still has some conscience!" the Pope of the Black Lotus Cult said, and immediately took off the mask from his face.
If Ye Feng had seen this, he would have been greatly surprised.
After a while, He Shasha walked out from the grass.
"He Shasha! He Shasha!" Ye Feng was still calling out for He Shasha by the shore.
Chu Ling'er muttered behind him, "Hey, Brother Ye Feng, what are you calling for? Did He Shasha come here?"
"She did! I saw her above the Sea God City, and we even..." As he said this, Ye Feng suddenly realized something and quickly shut his mouth.
Seeing this, Chu Ling'er became curious and asked, "Even what?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing! Hehe!" Ye Feng quickly covered up.
But Chu Ling'er didn't believe him at all. She narrowed her eyes, pouted, and walked step by step towards Ye Feng, saying, "No, you're speaking evasively, and your expression is shifty. There's definitely something going on!"
"Uh, no, absolutely not! Don't think nonsense!" Ye Feng said while backing away.
Seeing Ye Feng like this, Chu Ling'er became even more convinced that Ye Feng had something to hide.
"You're guilty! Did you do something in Sea God City!" Chu Ling'er asked loudly.
Cough, cough, cough!
However, at this moment, a familiar cough suddenly came from the side.
The two of them quickly turned their heads to look.
The person who arrived was none other than He Shasha!
"Huh? He Shasha! You, you're okay?" Ye Feng was overjoyed to see He Shasha and excitedly stepped forward to grab her shoulders.
Seeing this, He Shasha pushed his hand away, then crossed her arms and snorted lightly, "Hmph, what could happen to me!"
"It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay! Hehe! I thought you died... oh no, I thought you sank to the bottom of the sea with Sea God City!" Ye Feng said, patting his chest.
He Shasha heard this and snorted coldly, "You're the one who's dead! Besides, even if something happened to me, what does it have to do with you?"
"Of course it has something to do with it, we..." Saying this, Ye Feng suddenly remembered that Chu Ling'er was there and quickly shut his mouth.
Seeing this, Chu Ling'er became even more displeased and said sarcastically, "Brother Ye Feng, when did your relationship become so good? I never knew!"
However, He Shasha looked at Chu Ling'er and also said, "Brother Ye Feng? It seems your relationship has also developed quite well recently!"
"Uh! He Shasha, it's good that you're okay! And Ling'er, you two chat, I still have unfinished business with the Merman tribe, I'll go attend to it!" After saying that, Ye Feng fled into the distance in a panic.
Leaving Chu Ling'er and He Shasha standing facing each other, the atmosphere was exceptionally awkward.
Upon arriving at the Merman tribe's territory, Ye Feng couldn't help but mutter, "Women are so troublesome!"
Just then, Cang Long and the Mermaid tribe leader happened to walk over with the Merman tribe leader.
"Greetings, Lord Sea God!"
The three of them saw Ye Feng and immediately knelt down.
"Get up! How did things go?" Ye Feng asked.
Cang Long replied, "Reporting to Lord Sea God, all the Mermen have surrendered!"
"Really?" Ye Feng looked at the Merman tribe leader and asked.
The man trembled and said, "Really, really, it's true this time!"
Ye Feng saw that he was trembling all over when he spoke, and there were several bleeding wounds on his body. He was immediately confused and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's like this, this fellow was not honest..." Cang Long explained the process.
It turned out that the Merman tribe leader had outwardly agreed to surrender, but as soon as he reached the Merman tribe, he immediately turned his back.
He even ordered all the strong fighters of the Merman tribe to attack the strong fighters of the Mermaid tribe and Cang Long.
If Cang Long's strength had not been sufficient, he would have fallen into his trap.
In his anger, Cang Long killed five or six Xiantian realm experts and dozens of Houtian realm experts from the Merman tribe, and severely wounded the Merman tribe leader.
Seeing this, the Merman tribe leader finally understood how powerful Cang Long was.
If he hadn't surrendered in time, the Merman tribe would have been wiped out by him.
This was also why he was covered in wounds.
"So that's how it is! You fellow were not honest!" Ye Feng looked at the Merman tribe leader and said.
He was so scared that he repeatedly kowtowed, "Lord Sea God, I dare not, I will never dare again!"
"Hmph! Remember your words, if there's a next time, it will be the demise of your Merman tribe!" Ye Feng said with a cold snort.
The man repeatedly kowtowed in thanks upon hearing this.
After dealing with the Merman tribe, Ye Feng asked Cang Long about his situation.
It turned out that he was a pet subdued by the previous Sea God, who had asked him to guard Sea God City when he left.
Now that Sea God City had collapsed and sunk, there was no need for him to guard the bottom of the sea.
"What are your plans now?" Ye Feng asked.
Cang Long immediately knelt down and said, "I guarded Sea God City to await Lord Sea God. Now that I have finally waited, of course I will follow Lord Sea God!"
Ye Feng was pleased upon hearing this, "Very good, but for now I have to go back and cannot take you with me! Also, to prevent the Mermaid tribe and Merman tribe from being exploited by bad people again, I hope you can guard here and protect them! I will take you all over after I return and sort things out!"
"Everything will be as Lord Sea God arranges!!" Cang Long said.
Cang Long's strength was no less than that of a Grandmaster expert, and with him guarding the Misty Sea, Ye Feng felt a little more at ease.
After that, Ye Feng and the others spent a few days playing in the Misty Sea, enjoying the hospitality of the Mermaid tribe and the Merman tribe.
At the same time, Ye Feng also studied the ability he gained from breaking through to the fifth level – Water Control Technique.
This ability had some similarities to the function of the Water Stabilizing Pearl, but also some differences.
The Water Control Technique could only control water flow for attacks, while the Water Stabilizing Pearl could allow water flow to change its form at will, enhancing its power, and so on.
The two complemented each other, as if they were a whole, instantly greatly increasing Ye Feng's strength.
A few days later, Ye Feng, Chu Ling'er, He Shasha, and the Ai Xi siblings left the Misty Sea by a Merman tribe ship.
They were going to take a boat back to the Silver Archipelago, and then fly back to the Huaxia region.
The Ai Xi siblings' home was in the Silver Archipelago, so after returning, Ai Xi invited Ye Feng and the others to their home as guests.
Ye Feng and the others did not refuse. After disembarking, they browsed the mall for a while, and then headed directly to Ai Xi's home.
However, not long after they left, they were suddenly surrounded by a large group of people dressed in black.
As Ye Feng was wondering, he suddenly saw a familiar figure...