一听到人鱼的哭声，渔人兴奋地拿起了桌上的碗，接在小人鱼的脸下面。就听到“哒、哒”几声，眼泪变成了珍珠，掉落在碗里。
“这是人鱼，据古书记载，这是最古老的鱼种之一。他们上身跟人类相似，下身跟鱼类一样声音和人类的婴儿很像。他们的眼泪不是水，是珍珠。据说如果把他们的皮炼成油，再用这种油点火，火会长时间不灭，就算遇到水也不灭.。所以千百年来，人鱼族一直被残忍地捕杀。”智悄悄说道。
“这条人鱼多少钱？”悠悠听得毛骨悚然，他决心要救这条小人鱼。
“你可真识货！一般人鱼都出现在深海，但是那片海域被巴斯占领了，我可是好不容易才逮到这条的！”渔人拿着珍珠在悠悠和小灵妖面前晃动，骄傲地说道，“你们看看，多漂亮的珍珠，光这珍珠都能卖不少钱呢！”
看到渔人炫耀的样子，悠悠更着急了，他把所有的金子都拿了出来，说道，“我们就这么多金子了，你看怎么样？”
渔人见到这金子，两眼放光，但是依然摇头说道，“这点金子太少了，你们知道吗，人鱼全身都是宝，头发可以做成世界上最结实的渔网，鱼皮可以炼成最珍贵的油，鱼……”
渔人还在滔滔不绝地说着，小兔妖义拉着小伙伴们转身就走。她装作不耐烦的样子，边走边说，“就这么一条人鱼，不管咱们打算用她来做什么都是不够的，还这么贵，咱们别要了！”
悠悠怕义真的就这么放弃了，刚要转头回去，就听义小声说道，“你放心吧，我看他一定会卖给我们的！渔人们不是刚说了，巴斯如果发现他们有稀有鱼种就会来抢的。不仅如此，他们就算想卖，也很难把人鱼运出去。”
渔人们听了智的翻译，看到悠悠和小灵妖们越走越远，好像真的不想要的样子，心里也着急了，忙喊道，“卖了卖了，你们回来吧，卖给你们了！”
不得不承认，义是个讨价还价的高手。同样的价格不仅买了小人鱼，还让渔人送了一大袋金色的飞鱼。
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小伙伴们蹲在岸边，七手八脚地把坚韧的渔网剪破，放小人鱼到海水里。小人鱼撺到水中，然后又浮起来，朝着岸上，点了点头，像叩谢一般，然后慢慢游走了。
小伙伴们看着小人鱼越游越远，一直到消失不见，才放心地舒了口气。
“咱们现在怎么办？”小虎妖勇望着一望无际的大海，问道，“师傅说到了这里以后，我们需要一直往南走才能到彩云之巅，可是南边是海呀。”
“难道咱们需要渡过这片海洋吗？”义恐惧地说道。她最怕水了。
“咱们的金子都给那个渔人了，咱们已经没有多余的钱租船了。”仁叹了口气说道。
“据古书记载，吃了飞鱼以后，可以在水里呼吸。”智扶了扶眼镜说道，“咱们趁着效力还在，要不咱们游过去吧。”
“不要！”小伙伴们异口同声地说道。
勇摇了摇头，拒绝道，“这么远，就算是平路，走都要走好几天吧？如果游过去的话，中间不能吃饭，不能睡觉，甚至不能休息，要是飞鱼的效力在半路上消失了，咱们不是都会死掉了！”
悠悠终于知道什么叫“望洋兴叹”了。他们既不能贸然前进，又不能因为一点困难就停留不前。
怎么办才好呢？
悠悠犯难地看了一眼小伙伴们，突然，他灵机一动，有了一个好主意。
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When the fisherman realized that the mermaid was crying， he proudly got a massive bowl from a bench and quickly put it right under the girl mermaid’s face. The tears of the girl mermaid started to become beautiful pearls that glimmered in the sunlight.
“Clang， clang…” as the pearls dropped into the bowl.
“This is a mermaid， in the book of ancient history chapter 300， it says that mermaids are one of the most oldest fish species in history. The top part of the mermaids’ body is like the humans’ body. The bottom parts of the mermaids’ are fish scales. The sound of a mermaid is like a baby. When a mermaid cries， it doesn’t cry tears， but pearls! If you use the mermaids’ skin to make oil and you put the oil on a candle and light it up， it won’t go out for two straight years. If you put the oil in water and light it up， it also won’t go out. Thousands of years ago， the mermaid species were hunted most cruelly.” Zhi whispered in a secret tone.
“How old is this girl mermaid exactly?” Yoyo asked with shivers all over， he knew that he must save this girl mermaid.
“You have really sharp eyes. These mermaids are extremely rare， they can mostly be found in big depth dark waters. Those places are Buzz’s places. I had to search to hell to find this mermaid.” The fisherman showed Yoyo the pearls and said proudly，“Look， look these pearls are expensive by themselves. Imagine if you could have a whole mermaid to yourselves.”
After looking at the fisherman show of， Yoyo was starting to become a little impatient. He took out all of the gold he had and asked the fisherman，“Is this enough gold， it is all that we have.”
When the fisherman saw the gold， his eyes glittered in excitement， however， he still shook his head and said，“This is not enough. The whole of the mermaid is special， the hair can be used to make the world’s most strongest net， the skin can be used to make the ultimate oil， etc”
The fisherman kept on talking about the benefits of the mermaid. Yi took the rest of the small demons and started to walk away. She pretended like she was very impatient and wasn’t interested. She said as she walked，“What is the point of the mermaid， it doesn’t even have much of anything. It is also very expensive， RIP OFF!
Yoyo thought that Yi was giving up for real! He was just about to leave when he heard Yi whispering “Don’t worry I have got this all under control. I know that the fisherman would sell this to us. The fisherman already said that Buzz has already put out the area. If buzz knew that a buyer was coming， he would come to take it away from us and even if he doesn’t， the buyer would need a space for it to be kept. So it would be hard to sell it.”
After Zhi’s translation， the fisherman saw that Yoyo and the others were going further and further away. He also started to become a bit impatient and shouted，“Come back I will sell it to you!”
Everybody was admitting that Yi was a professor at negotiating. They not only got the mermaid but also a big bag of golden flying fish.
The small demons took the mermaid in the net to the seashore and franticly tried to cut the net. After， they let the mermaid into the sea. The mermaid took a big leap and ‘Splash’ she went into the water. Soon she floated back up and looked at the shore. She nodded as a way of saying thank you. And then she slowly managed to take off into the ocean.
The small demons watched the mermaid take off into the water. They watched the mermaid until they couldn’t see her anymore. After， the small demons felt more relived that the mermaid was safe. They finally had a deep breath.
“What are we going to do now?” Yong asked while looking at the sea in a disappointed voice，“Our master said that after we go through this， we need to keep on going South. However， the only thing I can see in the south is sea” what are we going to do?
“Does that mean we would need to go through the water?” Yi asked in a scared voice. Yi hated the water.
“We already have given all of our gold to the fisherman. And now， we have nothing left. We don’t have the money to rent a boat.” Ren said with a big sigh.
“Since we still have the water breathing ability，” Zhi said adjusting his glasses，“since the ability is still on why we don’t just swim the way.”
“No Way!” The small demons cried.
Yong shook his head and said，“do you know how long it is， if it was a straight path， it would still take days to go through. Besides， what about food， there would be no food， nor place to sleep， not even rest! What if the ability lacked of? We would be dead from lack of air.”
Yoyo finally figured out what a hard time means. He knew that taking risks was not an option， however， going this far and stopping is also not an option.
What is the best solution for this problem?
Yoyo looked at the small demons in pity and suddenly got a good idea!
