A Merfolk's coming of age isn't just about the maturation and growth of their own power. The most crucial part is the inheritance of the Merfolk Clan.
Within Huai Xu's inherited memories, there was an account of an ancestor who had mistakenly eaten an Exotic Beast.
This ancestor lived a century ago. His willful female had caused the death of a powerhouse's female, which led to them being hunted down and chased into the Exotic Beast Forest.
In the Exotic Beast Forest, the only things Beastmen could eat were Exotic Plants.
But Beastmen are carnivorous, and Exotic Plants simply could not provide the energy they needed.
With the powerhouse blocking the entrance, leaving meant certain death, but so did remaining in the Exotic Beast Forest.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, they decided to stay in the Exotic Beast Forest and look for a chance to break out.
He gave all the food they had to his female, while he set his sights on the poisonous Exotic Beasts within the forest.
