23. Parting
"Come here......"
The looming figure of the mermaid gradually floated towards the direction where Shen Ling was standing, and the ethereal and long song became clearer and clearer in Shen Ling's ears as they approached.
This song seemed to be transmitted from another world across time and space, simple notes, completely incomprehensible language, but it deeply shook Shen Ling's soul.
At that moment, Shen Ling felt as if his soul was about to drift away with this music.
Then he saw that the shadows of the merfolk had stopped far away from them, and only two of them were still flying towards him.
The mermaid's singing became more and more ethereal, Shen Ling's vision was obscured by a white mist, and his consciousness became blurred.
The figures of the two mermaids flew to the position near Shen Ling's front, and they were two female mermaid phantoms who looked almost identical. The same long golden curls are blown by the wind and continue to rise and fall behind him, the same unclear but vaguely able to guess is a very moving appearance, the same sexy and charming figure and the same wings that stretch out as thin as light gauze.
"Shen Ling, get out of here." The merfolk shadow on the left warns anxiously. "Never come back......"
The other figure spoke, with the same voice, but the tone was several times softer. "Child, aren't you looking for your people, your parents? Keep going up and here, and you'll know all the secrets about the merfolk. β
"Get out of here with these guys!" The voice of the figure on the left was even more urgent, and she leaned forward, as if she was about to rush towards Shen Ling, but she was blocked by something and couldn't get closer. "A qiΔ here is not something you can bear! Get out of here and go anywhere! Don't let others know who you are, you only have half mermaid blood, you can be an ordinary person. Remember my words, never think about the secret of the mermaid, forget about the fact that you have half of the mermaid blood in your body! Get out of here and live wellβ"
"Are you willing to be just an ordinary person?" A soft voice interrupted the words of the other shadow disdainfully, "You have the blood of the strongest race in this galaxy in your veins, as long as you want, as long as you enter the temple, you can become the strongest being in this galaxy." Don't you like this kid next to you? As long as you get stronger, you can make her like you. Dear child, do not be afraid, do not be afraid, come inside, your people are waiting for you......"
Shen Ling looked at the mermaid shadow on the right, and his unfocused eyes lit up because of her words.
"He's just a kid!" The figure on the left turned sideways to the mermaid figure next to him and said hysterically, "You can't do this to him!" β
"He's the last blood of our clan." The soft voice became cold. "The last hope must not be given up."
"I'm not going to let you ruin him!" The figure on the left said angrily, "He's just an ordinary child, and I won't allow you to lock him up in such a dark place until his mind is mature enough to make a choice!" β
The merfolk's song became passionate and sad as they quarreled.
The female voice that was very unfamiliar, but made Shen Ling feel more cordial kept ringing in his ears, and Shen Ling, who was in a daze, couldn't understand the meaning of her words, but he liked this voice so much that he wanted to hear her say more. His eyes were sour, and tears flowed down his face. Although he opened his eyes, there was darkness in his vision, and he desperately wanted to break through the darkness to see who was talking in front of him, he wanted to see the face and shape of this person, and he wanted to make sure that she was the person who had appeared in his dreams......
He didn't know that at this time, in front of his chest, a soft white light full of soul power burst out, and it had already wrapped his whole person.
"Blackie!" The girl's childish voice was like a wake-up call in her mind, drowning out all other singing and quarrelling. Shen Ling felt a pain in his neck and suddenly came back to his senses.
The pain felt because the baby dragon was biting through the skin on the side of his neck, sucking his blood relentlessly.
Shen Ling gently pushed Celia's head away and observed the current situation, and soon he realized that he was not the only one who was tempted by hearing the mermaid's song. Even the white ghost with earbuds and the other three people fell into hallucinations and couldn't extricate themselves.
S knelt on the ground, not knowing what kind of hallucination he had fallen into, and cried bitterly. Old K sat on the steps, silently shedding tears, while Xia walked to the edge of the transparent steps with an indifferent face, his hands wide open, with an intoxicated smile on his face, his body leaned forward slightly, and he was about to jump down.
Shen Ling was very close to Xia's position, only two steps apart, he stepped forward and grabbed Xia's outstretched right arm with one free hand.
The steps are not narrow, about a meter long and about a meter wide. But it's still very dangerous for two people to stand close together.
Xia turned around because of Shen Ling's pull and glared at him in disgust.
Shen Ling noticed that Xia's eyes were blurred, and like S and Lao K, the whole person was in a state of confusion.
He remembered that Celia had bitten himself awake, and rushed up with Celia in his arms and bit Natsu's arm through his clothes.
Xia was in pain and pushed Shen Ling away, Shen Ling stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately he finally stood firm on the edge of the steps.
Xia's eyes were bloodshot and red, and his anger grew stronger and stronger, and he rushed towards Shen Ling with grinning teeth.
Shen Ling quickly climbed a few steps, passed by S, who was kneeling and crying bitterly, and went all the way up, dodging Xia's attack. Xia pounced, squinted his blood-red eyes, stared at Shen Ling coldly, and then walked up step by step towards Shen Ling's position.
Shen Ling was frightened by Xia's fierce appearance, and didn't dare to stop and climbed up the steps.
The little fat who was sleeping sweetly in Shen Ling's pocket was woken up by the concussion, it poked its head out, glanced out in confusion, and the next second it was frightened by a big silver-white cat that quickly rushed up, and retracted into its pocket with a "whoosh".
"Meow~"
The big cat raised its neck and barked, and the sharp cry pierced Shen Ling's eardrums, and Shen Ling covered his ears uncomfortably.
Xia also seemed to hear this voice and frowned, but not as strongly as Shen Ling's reaction. Still not in a hurry, he approached Shen Ling with a terrifying momentum.
"He can't hear me?" A low male voice sounded directly in his mind, and Shen Ling, who had been running away with his ears covered, paused, turned his head, and looked at the big silver-white cat in surprise.
"Why can't he hear me?" The low male voice in his head sounded again.
"Earbuds!" Shen Ling screamed loudly at the big cat, "They all wear earplugs!" β
"Take their earbuds off." The big cat commanded bluntly, its lilac pupils glowing faintly in the night.
"Can you save them?" Shen Ling also tried to respond to the big cat in his mind.
"Yes."
The big cat's calm affirmative answer made Shen Ling subconsciously choose to believe it, Shen Ling was afraid that it would be more dangerous if he delayed for too long, so he put Celia on the next step and instructed her: "Wait for me here for a while, don't move." β
He turned around, calming down, relying on his short stature and thinness, and Natsu had the advantage of being in a state of confusion and moving slower than usual, rushing past him and rushing directly towards S.
Shen Ling rushed to S's side and pulled out the earbuds in S's ears. Because he was so sad, S didn't notice Shen Ling's action at all. Then Shen Ling rushed to Lao K's side again, and wanted to β‘β‘ the earplugs in the ears of Lao K, who was sitting on the steps crying silently.
But as soon as he got closer, Lao K grabbed his arm and said to him with tears streaming down his face: "Muzi, if you hold on a little longer, my brother will find you a doctor immediately!" Brother will definitely cure you, and he will definitely ......"
Old K's voice was so sad that Shen Ling's heart trembled when he heard it, he gritted his teeth and pulled out the earbuds in Old K's ears with his other hand.
"Alright, you wake them up first!" Seeing that Xia turned around and trotted towards Shen Ling again, Shen Ling hurriedly called the big cat in his mind.
"Meow-" The sharp and piercing cry sounded again, and Shen Ling hurriedly pulled his arm back from Old K's hand and covered his ears tightly.
Hearing the shrill scream, Old K's expression immediately distorted, and after a few seconds, he also covered his ears when he was obviously back to normal. S also returned to normal, covered his ears and scolded loudly in the direction where the big cat was standing: "The stupid cat in front of you, shut up the old lady!" β
The cold big cat heard S's scolding, glanced at her, and disappeared from the steps.
"It's a hidden cat! It turned out to be a hidden cat! S exclaimed in surprise, "Did you see that?" There really is a hidden cat in this world! β
Shen Ling yelled at S: "Leave that cat alone, stop Xia, and β‘β‘ the earbuds in his ears!" He was bewitched by the mermaid's song! β
S turned around and was just right for Natsu who rushed down. S was frightened by Xia's blood-red eyes, and grabbed Xia who was attacking him with a simple grab, and easily removed the earbuds from his ears.
This time, Shen Ling hadn't contacted the big cat in his mind, and the big cat had already let out a sharp scream.
"Why don't you tell me first, I'm going to come again!" In the shrill cry of the big cat, S roared at Shen Ling.
As soon as Xia returned to Qingming, the big cat's barking ended, and he turned his head at a loss to look at S who knelt on the ground upside down.
S let go of Natsu, waved his hand downward, and ordered, "Hurry down!" It's me who underestimated this place, couldn't stay here any longer! β
The three of them quickly ran down the steps, Shen Ling first picked up Celia, who was obediently sitting in place waiting for him, and then fled down with the white ghost.
It's hard to climb up, but it's much easier to run down. It took only half the time to climb the stairs before the four of them ran down. Not long after they came down, the transparent steps dissolved into powder layer after layer, dissipating into the darkness.
The four of them raised their heads and looked deeply at the steps that had dissipated into powder. As the steps dissipated, the silvery-white glow faded away, and the whole world was shrouded in a deep darkness.
"It's not safe here, let's get out of here." S pulled out the ruby necklace and pulled out a small spaceship shaped like a large disc. The ship looked very old, and the paint on the hull was not only dull, but also rubbed off in many places.
The door of the spaceship opened, and Shen Ling followed the four of them into the spaceship, and when they didn't pay attention, a silver-white figure also quietly followed them into the spaceship.
The inside of the spaceship is the same as its appearance, the space is not large, and there is a kind of old and cramped feeling, which is simply two levels compared to Celia's clean and spacious spaceship.
However, in Shen Ling's eyes, having such a spaceship was already a very powerful thing.
After getting on the spaceship, Xia consciously went to the cockpit, S asked Shen Ling to sit on the sofa in the rest cabin, and then personally poured Shen Ling a glass of water.
The old K, who was sitting next to Shen Ling, said exaggeratedly: "The eldest sister personally poured water for you, you kid is simply a blessing from the previous life." β
Shen Ling thanked him a little embarrassedly, and after drinking a little, he brought the water cup to the mouth of Celia, who had been slapping his chest and making a fuss about drinking water.
"Just a glass of water, what to thank." S sat beside Lao K and said to Shen Ling, "It should be that we thank you, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid we would have died there today." β
"This time the action mistake was my fault, I underestimated that place, I thought that as long as I blocked my ears and didn't listen to the mermaid's song, it wouldn't be affected, but I didn't expect that their song could be transmitted directly into our heads." S sighed, "Originally, I just wanted to simply test this place, but now that I think about it, this idea is really stupid." β
"Why do you want to go to that place?" Shen Ling posed the question he had always wanted to ask the White Ghost.
"What's the why?" Old K took out a cigarette, took a few puffs, and replied, "It's just that a great benefactor went there to see the situation." β
"Great benefactor?"
"It's the person we told you about who can guide you to the correct use of your soul power." S raised his eyebrows and extended an invitation to Shen Ling again, "Even if this adult is not the most powerful soul beast master in the world, he is definitely one of the people who has studied soul power most thoroughly in the world, are you really sure you don't want to be his apprentice?" β
Shen Ling shook his head shyly, he wanted to become stronger, but he wanted to stay by Celia's side even more.
S smiled slightly: "It's a pity. β
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Aquamarine is a developing planet with many uninhabited islands, although there are also regulations for private spacecraft to dock and take off in the small spaceship management center. But because there are no satellite monitoring facilities on this planet, most of the people who come here just look for a random place to land their spacecraft.
Of course, the White Ghost is not the kind of person who will run to the small ship management center to land and take off in a proper manner, and for them, this unnecessary expense can be saved a little.
So the White Ghost found a relatively remote beach on the edge of the island to land.
After the spaceship landed, Shen Ling said goodbye to the three of the white ghosts, picked up Celia and walked out of the spaceship, eating and drinking on the white ghost's boat, and after two days of eating and drinking, the fat little who had gained a circle also rushed to follow the boat and got off the boat together.
"Eldest sister, did you really let him go like this?" Old K smiled jokingly and said, "He's a once-in-a-century soul power genius, and you originally planned to forcibly take him to the base." β
S looked at Shen Ling's departing back and said, "If he doesn't save us, I will definitely take him away directly, what does a little kid of this age know, in a few years he will be brainwashed to accept our base." But he saved us, and we White Ghosts are not such a treacherous hunter combination. β
Old K shrugged, noncommittal. Then his brow furrowed, as he remembered a very strict question.
"Big sister, do you remember what happened when we were bewitched by the mermaid's song? Why can't I remember it at all? β
S thought about it a little suspiciously, and didn't think about it for a long time, and finally gave up and scolded in a low voice: "No matter what he is, it won't be a good thing anyway, I'm too lazy to think about it." β
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Shen Ling stood still on the beach, watching the white ghost's spaceship fly into the sky and leave the sea blue star.
Celia rubbed her eyes, suddenly hugged Shen Ling's neck, and bit hard at the place where the flesh and blood that had been bitten by her were already blurred, greedily sucking Shen Ling's blood.
Shen Ling gritted his teeth and endured Celia's attack, although it hurt to be bitten on the neck. But in the past two days, Celia had sucked his blood seven times, and he could feel Celia becoming more active after sucking his blood. He estimated what special use his blood should have, and he also hoped that Celia would soon be able to change back to her original form, so he silently endured it.
Celia, who had sucked up the blood, raised her head and licked the corners of her mouth.
She struggled to jump out of Shen Ling's arms, burped, and fell asleep on the ground
Shen Ling was a little dizzy because of excessive blood loss, so he sat down beside Celia and looked at Celia gently.
He liked Celia as she was, and he liked Celia as an orc. Celia in human form is cute, intelligent, and assertive, almost like a little adult.
Celia, who has become a baby dragon, is also cute, and he can always hold her and kiss her while she is sane like a child.
He wished he could stay by Celia's side forever and watch over her forever.
Even if it was just a lowly servant, he was willing to stay by her side.
Or one day, he will become a beautiful and powerful being like the legendary mermaid, and if that time comes, will there be a shadow of him in Celia's beautiful green eyes?
Thinking chaotically, Shen Ling fell asleep.
When he opened his eyes again, a cute little face of little Lolicilea in human form broke into his eyes. His eyes widened, and he sat up happily.
"You've changed back!" He said excitedly, but when he saw Celia in front of him, his face immediately turned red like a boiled prawn.
Probably because she had just come back from her transformation, Celia at this moment was a/silk/no/hanging, and her white and tender skin was honest and honest outside.
Shen Ling wanted to look away, but he had already seen Celia's lower body.
Something he had made his face blush and bleed.
Swept by Shen Ling's scorching gaze, Celia was also a little embarrassed. She pulled out a set of clothes from the bracelet and quickly changed into them.
Shen Ling lowered his head with a fixed face, his face still reddening even more.
Celia asked curiously, "Blackie, are you sick?" The face is so red. She noticed the wound on Shen Ling's neck, vaguely remembering that it seemed to have been bitten by herself, and there was still the smell of blood in her mouth.
It was very sweet, even more delicious than the most delicious dessert she had ever had, and a hundred times better than the chocolate of Granny Maria's. She wanted to taste it again, or just let her lick it......
As soon as the dangerous thought appeared, Celia immediately shook her head and chased it away.
How could she want to suck Xiao Hei's blood, Xiao Hei must have become this weak and strange appearance in front of her because she sucked her blood!
Shen Ling couldn't help shaking his head, biting his lip and refusing to answer. But his heart was in a mess, and he saw the fruit of Celia! Although it's just a ten-year-old little Lori, he sees it! A girl's chastity is very important! Is he responsible for Celia?
At this moment, Shen Ling hadn't realized that he had seen something that shouldn't have appeared on Lori, he just felt a little strange. But Shen Ling, who didn't understand the physiological differences between boys and girls, felt that since he had it, it was very normal for Celia to have it!
A poor little virgin's outlook on life is distorted like this!
"Xiao Hei, don't stop talking, what's wrong with you?" Celia turned to Shen Ling and said worriedly.
Shen Ling raised his head slightly, saw Celia's slightly frowning little brow, his qi and blood suddenly surged, he impulsively grabbed Celia's shoulder and said, "I will be responsible for you!" β
"Responsible?" Celia asked, puzzled, "What is the responsibility?" β
Shen Ling said awkwardly, "I...... I see it...... Girls, don't you value innocence very much? I'll take care of it. He took a deep breath and looked at Celia firmly, "Although I don't have anything now, I can't do anything, but I will definitely make myself a person worthy of you!" If you...... If you don't like it, I'll always be by your side. β
Celia blinked and asked, "Blackie, are you confessing to me?" β
Shen Ling's face turned red again, and his head was so low that he was almost buried in the ground.
"But I like mermaids." Celia looked embarrassed. In fact, she thinks Xiao Hei is quite good, but the mermaid is simply her biggest obsession, and she doesn't want to give up no matter what.
"I ......" is a mermaid!
How much Shen Ling wanted to sue SΓΉ Celia for this, but he felt a kind of powerless sadness, if Celia only liked herself because she was a mermaid, then this kind of liking, was it too cheap?
What's more, if she knew that such an ugly and lowly person was the mermaid she was looking for, would she be disappointed? Will it be sad?
Celia is still so young, he shouldn't have broken the hope that Celia has been guarding, he should protect Celia instead of imposing his own ideas on him.
How could he be so selfish, so filthy, and say such a thing to such a pure little Lori......
Shouldn't someone like him die right away?
"Xiao Hei, why is your face so pale again?" Celia said anxiously, "You must be sick, you wait!" Celia took out her jade pendant from the bracelet and semi-forced Shen Ling to put it on. This jade pendant can make your body get better quickly, and you are not allowed to take it off until your body is well! β
Shen Ling smiled weakly, as if he remembered something, and asked Celia to take out the cloth bag he had stored in her space bracelet. Opening the cloth baggage, Shen Ling took out the mermaid real scale that the phoenix bird gave him and handed it to Celia.
"What is this?" Celia took the scales, then looked up at Shen Ling in surprise, and said incoherently, "People...... Mermaid's? β
Shen Ling nodded.
"Someone else gave it to me, and it will be yours in the future."
"Do you really give it to me?" Celia's scaly hands trembled.
Shen Ling smiled and said, "My qiΔ is all yours." β
For you are my only master, the one who gave me light in despair, the one I swore to protect for the rest of my life.
"Thank you, Blackie!" Celia gripped the scales firmly in her palm and jumped up excitedly.
Shen Ling's eyes looked at Celia without blinking, and the corners of his mouth always had a faint smile on his lips.
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The sky soon darkened, Shen Ling and Celia didn't go anywhere, after eating some fruit, they all found a place to snuggle together and fell asleep because they were too weak, and the little fat who came back from a wave in the forest behind the beach also snuggled up to the two children and fell asleep.
The temperature on the island is very high, and it doesn't feel cold even at night. So the two children slept very soundly, and an off-road hovercar approached them without waking up.
The hovercar stopped more than a dozen meters away from them, and an old man with white hair but good spirits stepped out of the car. The old man was dressed in a proper civilian military uniform, and the years had carved wrinkles on his face, but they could not bend his back a little.
Fu Chenhui walked to Celia's side, and after confirming that this bear child was his little grandson, the heart that had been hanging finally let go. He cursed in a low voice: "The old and the young are all unconscious things!" He gently hugged Celia up, and glanced at Shen Ling, who was sleeping beside Celia.
Fu Chenhui thought to himself that Shen Ling should just be the child of a nearby fisherman who was tired of playing with Celia, so it was best not to wake him up. So he carried Celia back to his hovercar.
After placing the cute little grandson, Fu Chenhui drove away quickly in the direction of the island terminal.
Shen Ling was left alone, lying alone on this pitch-black island.
Oh, and a millet rat that accompanies its owner.