Chapter 724: Chapter 724 Who is the Second Heir of the Vampires?_1 Chapter 724: Chapter 724 Who is the Second Heir of the Vampires?_1 Geshu Tang displayed a likewise helpless expression: “Everyone shares the same sentiments. However, the Holy Tree has chosen you, Little Jiujiu. Accept your fate. What’s wrong with being a queen? So many heirs want to be queen but don’t get the chance. Now you have a golden opportunity dropped from the sky. Wouldn’t it be foolish not to take it? Have you forgotten how it feels to be treated like an invisible nobody?”
“I’ve long forgotten about those stale, rotten old stories.”
That year, her parents abandoned her to the sea. Like a drifter without roots, she was tossed about the gigantic waves and accidentally brought to Bugu Island by a massive wave. She was found by Bai Xiao and brought to a small cabin on the island, and there she met Bai Xiao, Yen’an, and Grandma Yapo.
Thanks to them, she was introduced to a new world.
It turns out that beyond the known lands, there exists a more mysterious kingdom—Atlantis.
These people don’t live on land; they inhabit the sea, a true underwater kingdom.
If people living on land are called land dwellers, then they are the genuine sea people. Physically far superior to land dwellers, they can live and breathe freely underwater and possess the ability to communicate with marine creatures.
The saying goes, three parts land, seven parts ocean. The ocean floor expanse is even more vast, home to various big and small kingdoms, commonly known as feudal states, governed separately yet subordinate to Atlantis. They are subjects to the queen, to whom they pay tribute.
If Nuwa is the creator goddess of ancient myths, then the mermaids are the creator goddesses in Atlantis’s mythology!
Unfortunately, goddesses belong to myths and do not exist in reality. If they do exist, they would be man-made, like Xia Yanyan, or like her.
She didn’t know which High Priest thought her exceptional physique was once in a century opportunity and added her to the line of succession to Atlantis’s throne.
Do you think it’s a good thing?
Then you are too naive!
The king of Atlantis has several daughters and sons, each with powerful maternal backers. She, an outsider with no standing in Atlantis, is made one of the heirs to the throne based solely on the High Priest’s word. Who would be happy with this?
Since ancient times, the royal family has been a battleground full of struggle. Even those with powerful maternal backers have to fight tooth and nail, not guaranteed success, for the throne. As for her, a nobody with no roots or background and without the support of a powerful maternal family, being included as one of the heirs to the throne, she is simply fresh meat ready for the slaughter, not even knowing how she would die.
True enough, even though she tried to stay under the radar and not participate in the battle for the throne, the other heirs would not ignore her.
From six to twelve years old, living in Atlantis, she walked on thin ice every day. She wished she could hang a sign on her forehead saying “I’m not interested in the throne, please leave me alone,” but she still faced countless assassination attempts and plots.
Court intrigues and the fight for power occurred every single day.
All she could do was keep her head down, seeking a place to nest.
However, during the peak of the throne competition, she still couldn’t escape the blatant attempts on her life. If not for Ye Junqing saving her…
Seeing the wine on the table, Ye Xingguang picked it up, drained the cup in one gulp, and slammed the cup heavily back onto the table: “If all else fails, just chop down the Holy Tree. If you don’t dare, I’ll do it!”
Rolling up his sleeves, Ye Xingguang looked ready to chop if only he had an axe in his hand!
“Also, tell me, who’s the second heir of the Vampire Clan?”
She needed to get the cure for her father, Ye Junqing, and Xiaoman from that person!