170: Frightened Song San

Bai Ye looked at this pile of Materials and calculated the price in his mind.

Although this Shadow Devouring Sea Tuo was only Initial Lord Rank, its advantage lay in its rarity; the poison sac and the shattered single eye were both good items that could sell for a high price.

Plus the full hold of Materials previously "borrowed" from Blackbeard.

Once this competition ends, the startup capital for building a breeding base in Luoxue City will be more than enough.

"Mela, come here for a moment."

Bai Ye beckoned to the siren leader, who was curiously examining the infinite not far away.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

Mela immediately walked over, keeping her posture very low.

She was now completely obedient to Bai Ye; even if Bai Ye asked her to serve him in bed, she probably wouldn't hesitate at all.

Or rather, she was now desperate for Bai Ye to take a liking to her.

Unfortunately, Bai Ye's preferences hadn't been too severely corrupted by this world yet, and he wasn't interested in Demonic Beasts for the time being.

"Move all these things to the warehouse of the ship behind us, sort them well, and don't mix them up."

Bai Ye pointed to the Materials on the deck that were still emitting heat.

"Yes, Boss!"

Mela picked up the dirty internal organs from the ground without any hint of disgust on her face, casually wrapped herself in a layer of bubbles, and started acting as a porter.

Song San watched from the side, his eyelids twitching.

Using an Elite Rank Demonic Beast as a porter?

Too extravagant!

His admiration for Bai Ye had reached a new level.

This was no longer a question of whether one's strength was strong or not; this kind of attitude towards life was something he probably couldn't learn in this lifetime.

If it were Mermaid Miss's kin, he would absolutely never let them touch dirty internal organs.

Even if he worked himself to exhaustion, he would move these things himself.

Watching those sirens nimbly move pieces of Lord-level Materials into the warehouse.

And carefully holding a siren egg that had absolutely no detectable innate aura in their arms, sitting obediently in a corner of the whale breaker's deck.

Like a group of pets waiting for their master to feed them.

The scene was very beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

But humanoid pets were still too sinful.

Moreover, whenever Song San thought about the shameful actions he had made towards the air under the singing of these sirens earlier, he felt uncomfortable all over.

He got goosebumps all over his body.

He quietly edged up to Bai Ye, lowered his voice, and spoke sneakily.

"Brother Bai, are we just going to let them stay here?"

"Otherwise what?"

Bai Ye gave him a strange look.

"The ship is so big, having a few more people makes it livelier. Didn't you complain that it was too quiet being alone at night?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

Song San scratched his head and ears, trying to organize his words.

"I mean, they are sirens after all, they are Demonic Beasts, and they are psychic-type ones. Have you forgotten how we... how I got hit earlier?"

"Letting them stay on the same ship as us feels a bit ill-considered."

He felt his concerns were very reasonable.

Those not of our race must have different hearts.

This was a maxim passed down by the Old Ancestor.

These sirens look quite obedient now, but who knows what they are thinking.

What if they start singing again when Bai Ye isn't paying attention, wouldn't I make a fool of myself in public again?

That kind of thing, once in ten years is enough!

If it happens again, he might as well just jump into the sea.

"Brother Bai, I think we could put them on the deep sea behind us. Watering those sharks would be a good use of them."

Song San secretly glanced at the sirens sitting by the wall, and only after seeing they weren't doing anything did he suggest in a low voice.

This was the correct way to treat Demonic Beasts.

Making them do some work is better than letting them be idle, staring at him from the side and making him feel creeped out.

After hearing his words, even Bai Ye couldn't help but scratch his head.

He looked up and down at Song San with an extremely complicated expression.

It made Song San feel creeped out.

"Brother Bai, did I... did I say something wrong?"

Bai Ye reached out and pointed to the group of sirens who were holding the siren egg and humming a tune softly.

"You, a simp who talks about 'Mermaid Miss' every day and would risk your life for a mermaid."

"Now you're actually telling me you want to discriminate against another group of humanoid Demonic Beasts that look almost like humans?"

"I suggest you hurry up and change your name to five characters right now."

Although Song San didn't quite understand what Bai Ye's last sentence meant, the subtext was clear.

You are so good at double standards.

"That... how can that be the same?"

He stammered in defense: "Mermaid Miss, she... she is different!"

"What's different? Aren't they both Demonic Beasts that look like humans? Are you being a racist?"

Bai Ye looked up at the live broadcast drone; fortunately, the idea that "Demonic Beasts' lives matter" wasn't very popular in this world.

Because there really were terrifying disasters like beast tides.

Anyone who dared to say that would easily be targeted by people using network-type artificial Demonic Beasts.

"Deep Sea Mermaid are good friends to humans. They have a gentle temperament and have never had a record of actively attacking humans!"

"Blue-Eyed White Dragon City could not have today's prosperity without the help of the mermaid race."

Song San got anxious and loudly defended his goddess's race.

"These sirens use their singing to bewitch crew members, making so many innocent people make fools of themselves!"

"You're right, but they are my subordinates now. And there are records online of Deep Sea Mermaid attacking crew members; they only allied with humans after humans beat them into submission."

Bai Ye shrugged; the sirens could be considered his semi-official employees.

How could he drive them to the deep sea, which could sink at any time?

"Don't say it, I don't want to hear it!"

When Song San heard about Deep Sea Mermaid attacking crew members, he immediately covered his ears and started yelling, afraid of hearing any dirt about Mermaid Miss's race.

Don't destroy my fantasies about mermaids anymore!

Just as Song San was sinking into deep self-doubt.

A voice that was cold yet carried a hint of charm came from the side.

"It is you who are indulging in filthy fantasies. Others were merely uttering harmless dream talk, unlike you, who was doing that to the air..."

Mela, holding the siren egg, had arrived beside them without them knowing when.

She was followed by several sirens, all looking at Song San with unfriendly eyes.

Sirens are very sensitive to human emotions.

Bai Ye was willing to help them, so naturally, the sirens were willing to serve him as their master.

But this man named Song San had been exuding feelings of vigilance and disgust from the very beginning.

Mela was even more direct.

She looked Song San up and down, her tone filled with undisguised disdain.

"At the end of the day, you are just a dead weight our boss brought along on the way."

"If it weren't for the sake of considering your feelings as a Third-Tier Beast Tamer, with our boss's strength, he would have long since completed the Transmigration of this Silent Windless Zone and entered the Storm Sea Eye."

"Instead of feeling any gratitude, you are here sowing discord. I think you are the one who should be thrown onto the ship behind us to water the sharks."

"You are nothing but a guy providing emotional value on the side."