How to become a mermaid

Chapter 206 Ocean Trade
"These butterflies really grow from trees?"

Shamanleir looked at the butterfly in his hand with a look of disbelief.

Looking closer, these little things are even more beautiful. Palm-sized butterflies flap their wings in their hands, just like the starry sky unfolding in front of them.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that such a dreamy butterfly turned into leaves.

"It's animals and plants." Leah smiled and said, "Even though I've seen this scene many times, every time I see it, I will be shocked by the charm of the Butterfly Tree."

"However, today is considered lucky. Usually there are not so many butterflies pupating at the same time. I didn't expect to see so many butterflies at once today. It seems that I will be busy later." Liya said again.

Shamanlell let go of the butterfly in his hand and asked casually, "What are you busy with?"

"These butterflies die after mating and laying eggs. They don't survive daylight."

"I need to collect their corpses, dig out the eggs they laid in the soil, and destroy them all," Liya explained with a smile.

"These butterflies are so pretty, can't we make them grow longer?"

Hearing that Leah was going to destroy the eggs laid by the butterflies, Samantel felt very sorry.

Liya shook her head and said, "No! There are already enough butterfly trees here, and no other plants can grow."

"Although I also like them very much, but if I like them, I still can't be too indulgent, and I can't let them destroy the environment here!"

"Then what's the use of the collected butterfly corpses? Are you collecting them?" Shamanlael asked again.

These butterflies are so beautiful that Shamanlear even had the idea of ​​taxidermy them.

Hearing Shamanlael's question, Leah shook her head, and it separated a small ball of sea water, wrapping a butterfly that fell on the ground.

As the sea water washed away, some bright blue powder fell from the butterfly's wings. After a while, its entire wings changed from dark blue to light light blue, as if they had faded.

The reason why the wings of butterflies show many different colors is because there are many tiny scales on them.

These scales are arranged in a special way, which can reflect, diffract, and scatter light to emit beautiful light.

And because these thin scales themselves have a metallic luster, it makes the butterfly's wings so dazzling.

The same is true for the flashing of the wings of these butterflies, but unlike other butterflies, the scales on their wings seem to have a more special structure.

Even when it is detached from its wings, it emits blue fluorescent light in a blink of an eye.

"I collect the dead bodies of butterflies, mainly for these scales."

Leah sent the ball of seawater wrapped in scale powder to Shaman Lair, and said to him: "These scale powders have many uses, and I need to use them in several potion formulas, and more importantly, they are It is a precious resource for ocean trade."

Looking at the beautiful sea water like a starry sky in his hand, Shamanleer showed a confused expression on his face: "Ocean...trade?"

"Yes, trade!" Leah nodded with a smile and said, "It's not just humans who can trade, of course our marine life also has a trade market."

"It's just that, because the ocean environment is unstable, we don't have a fixed trading place. Every few years, the leader of a large ocean tribe will take the lead to send news to other tribes in the surrounding sea area and organize the opening of a trade market."

"Just next door to us in the Sink Sea area, there is a powerful Naga tribe, and they have led the organization of several trade markets."

"I participated in it once before, and among the items I brought to exchange was the scale powder of the Butterfly Transformation Tree."

"Many tribes are full of praise for this item, especially those Naga, who almost rushed to exchange it with me, and it was sold out in a short time!" Speaking of this, the expression on Leah's face was still a little proud.

It looked at the butterflies flying in the forest, and said with a smile: "I don't know when the next trading market will open, I have already saved a lot of phosphorous powder, and I should be able to exchange for more things next time. "

After listening to Leah's narration, Samantel fell into thinking.

Sounds interesting indeed, a barter trade market...

Establishing a trade relationship in the ocean is more troublesome than the human world, because there are many types of marine life, and establishing a trade market is equivalent to bringing together several different tribes.

Disputes and disputes are not uncommon. There are also many marine creatures that are hostile to each other. If the trade is not handled properly, it will become a vendetta.

The organizers must have great energy to allow these different races of marine life to trade in peace.

"Sounds very interesting, and I would like to see it if I have the chance!" Shamanel said to Leah expectantly.

Unlike Sirens, the relationship between Naga and Mermaid is neither good nor bad, and they are mutually neutral.

If the organizer of the trade market is Naga, Shamanlael really has the idea of ​​wanting to see it.

"It's been several years since the last trading market opened, maybe the next one will be opened in the near future, maybe you can really meet!"

Leah touched Samantel's head with her fins, and said in a gentle tone: "If the trading market opens, I can take you to have a look."

"Okay!" Hearing Leah's promise, Samantel happily circled around in the blister several times, and said excitedly, "Thank you, Aunt Leah!"

Seeing that her son wanted to see new things again, Alicia shook her head helplessly.

This kid... really likes to join in the fun!

Alicia has been to the trade market several times before, but not in this sea area, but in other sea areas.

In fact, she also likes this kind of activity quite a bit. However, as a mermaid, she has no tribe, no property, and nothing to change.

This feeling is like going to the supermarket without a penny.

She just looked at it, didn't buy it, just Tu Yile!
If the trade market can really be opened this time, Alicia thought that there should be no danger if the killer whale takes her with her.

In this case, it is good to take this opportunity to let the children see it.

While Alicia was thinking, Leah took the two mermaids away from the growth area of ​​the Butterfly Tree and drifted deeper into the forest.

After passing through dense trees one after another, as well as countless weeds and wild flowers growing wildly, Liya stopped by a small puddle.

Leah stretched out her fins, pointed at the puddle in front of her and said, "That's where the dancing grass grows. See if it's what you're looking for."

Following the direction that Leah pointed, Shamanlaer and Alicia looked towards the puddle together.

It is not easy to see the hallucinations seen last time, this time it is a real dancing grass!

These dancing plants are still immature, and each one looks so green and tender that it looks like it can squeeze out water.

There are no broad leaves hanging down to the ground, only two tender new leaves quivering slightly under the moonlight.

It's not so much dancing as it is trembling.

【Name: Unknown】

【Species: Dancing Grass】

[Alienation degree: 1.3%]

【Status: Healthy】

[Special part: overall]

[Evaluation: Non-toxic, edible]

[Note: A rare land plant with dioecious plants, but there is no obvious morphological difference between the female plant and the male plant. It is almost exactly the same before immaturity, and it will emit different smells after maturity, attracting plants of the opposite sex to approach pollination.

The flowers of this plant are not visible, but are hidden in the bulbous bulb at the top of the stem, which belongs to cryptogamous plants.

It usually lives in water sources, likes water and is not drought-tolerant, so it needs to be watered every day when planting.

According to research, Dancing Grass will swing its leaves under the moonlight. The stronger the moonlight, the greater the swing of the leaves, but it will not swing its body when it encounters sunlight.

If it is during the moon of tides, the dancing grass will wither after being illuminated by the red moonlight. 】

Yes, that's right, this is the dancing grass!
(End of this chapter)