7. Soul awakening

Between the chest of the mermaid soul body, which was so pale that it was almost transparent, a pure mermaid soul power that was completely different from the soul power of Shen Ling himself that he had been in contact with before burst out.

This is the real powerful soul power that can only be burst out by pure-blooded mermaids who have received the mermaid inheritance, and this kind of soul power is definitely not something that this half-blood mermaid cub in front of him can emit!

Just in just two breaths, the phoenix bird was wrapped in this powerful soul power, no matter how much he struggled, this soul power could be like an infinitely stretched eraser, firmly binding him.

As if the painful feeling of thousands of thin needles piercing into the soul body came from the place where the mermaid's soul power was enveloped, the phoenix bird flapped its wings vigorously to gather flames, trying to melt the mermaid's soul power.

His efforts were in vain, and this soul power kept spreading over him, frantically devouring his soul body. He could even feel the monstrous anger hidden in this soul power, the anger of the child who was carefully cared for by himself being coveted by others.

He thought of the female mermaid he had seen three hundred years ago, the power of that female mermaid was not as powerful as this mermaid's soul power, but it was also so pure.

A terrible phoenix roar came out of Shen Ling's body, and Shen Ling's eyes rolled up, and he fell to the ground and fainted. The silver-white mermaid scales that fell beside him flickered with silver light as if they had suddenly been injected with vitality.

The little white tiger has been guarding Shen Ling's side, but when Shen Ling was fighting with the phoenix bird just now for the right to control his body, the soul power in his body overflowed like no money, and the air around the soul power fluctuated violently, so scared that the little white tiger didn't dare to approach.

Now that the deterrence of soul power has disappeared, the little white tiger first walked to his master's side and bit his master's wings, slowly dragged him to the dark lake, and pushed him into the lake. Then he cautiously walked up to Shen Ling and licked his sweaty arm to make sure that Shen Ling had fainted, and it pushed Shen Ling into the lake from behind.

After doing this, the little white tiger lay on the shore of the lake and stared at Shen Ling quietly.

As soon as the body of the black bird fell into the water of the lake, it immediately sank to the bottom of the lake. And Shen Ling's body floated on the surface of the lake for some reason, and around his body, it was as if he had been enchanted, flashing with dots of golden light.

Shen Ling, who was floating in the lake and had no reaction in his body, was awake at the moment.

He had never been as awake as he was at this moment, the intense pain had gradually disappeared under the moisture of the lake, the wounds he had scratched were slowly healing, and even the top of his head, which had become bald after he had ripped off his hair, had grown new hair. In addition to the wounds and pain, his limbs were thoroughly washed and moistened by the lake, and although he could not move and was unconscious, he knew that his body had become stronger than before.

He won, he didn't understand why, but he knew the result, and he devoured the soul of the phoenix bird. He also understood a little bit about the concept of the Natal Soul Beast that the Phoenix Bird said, and the Phoenix Bird would become his Natal Soul Beast when he fully awakened. Moreover, as the winner of this battle, he will have overwhelming control over the future natal soul beast.

In his body, an unfamiliar force was like a tender shoot in spring, stretching upwards little by little, and it took an hour or two to ...... It took five hours for the force to stretch into a slender vine, drawing a simple pattern of a pair of small fish cubs with thin silver wings growing on its back.

When the back pattern condensation ended, Shen Ling felt for the first time what a beautiful experience it was to have soul power.

His thinking became clear, and problems that he couldn't figure out before were solved at that moment. Memories from his past life, like a five-fold fast-forward movie, flashed through his mind one by one.

In his previous life, he was taken to the Alien Beast Forest by the three of Gildas on this day. But he didn't meet the little white tiger, let alone the guardian holy beast phoenix of the alien beast forest. When the three of Gildas noticed something strange in the depths of the forest, they left him alone on the outskirts of the forest and fled back to the town.

It took him more than two hours to break the hemp rope that bound his hands and feet with sharp stones, and by that time it was almost dark in the alien beast forest. Then he walked home crying in the thick of the night and uncontrollable fear.

His adoptive father, Louis, did not punish him for his late return, but when he saw that he was dirty, he comforted him, gave him a bath, filled his stomach, and let him lie down on the bed and sleep comfortably.

At that time, his adoptive father was still good to him. Life in the small town of Linas River is still unsatisfactory, but it is normal.

Just over half a month later, there was one of the most terrifying beast riots in the history of the Alien Beast Forest. Ferocious beasts even rushed out of the forest to human territory and trampled on them.

In addition to the small town of Linas River, dozens of nearby villages have been similarly devastated.

The chaos didn't end until three days later, when the beasts returned to the Alien Forest, but the destroyed villages could not be restored, and those who had been bitten and trampled to death by the Alien Beasts could no longer come back to life.

People from nearby villages poured into Linus River Town, which was closest to the Alien Beast Forest, and the village chiefs and mayors of Linas River towns, as well as some prestigious representatives, had a long meeting. They claimed that this riot was due to the anger of the Beast God, and that it was the outsiders like Shen Ling and Louie who angered the Beast God.

In recent decades, the situation of outsiders coming to the forest to poach foreign beasts has become more and more serious. Those greedy outsiders capture foreign beasts back as pets, combat tools, and even enjoy the flesh and blood of foreign beasts, which is a crime that orcs are extremely disgusting. As the people of the Beast God, they did not protect this forest for the Beast God, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Beast God.

The angry villagers decide to use their actions to protect their homes and appease the wrath of the beast god.

When the villagers gathered together with torches, blocked the door of Shen Ling's house, and kept saying that they wanted to kill Shen Ling and Louie to the Blood Sacrifice Beast God. Louis fled the town of Linas River with Shen Ling in a disc-shaped flying machine. After nearly two days and three nights of flight, they arrived at the nearest city to the town of Linas River, the city of Mengdian.

The city is a typical hybrid city on planet D13, where the majority of its inhabitants are still the indigenous black people of planet D13, but there are a large number of outsiders who seem to have come here from other planets. Most of these outsiders come here for business, hunting or tourism, and they are characterized by living in high-end areas of the city, wearing soft clothes made of unknown materials, and traveling in hovercars and frisbees. When talking to the locals, these outsiders will always involuntarily raise their chins and put on a haughty posture.

In contrast, the local natives are dressed in shabby clothes, mostly the same linen cloth worn by the people of the Linas River town. The work is relatively rudimentary, heavy labour, and the places where they live are mostly low-level residential areas or slums.

This city can only be called an extremely backward town on any planet except for the New Galactic Empire in the letter D galaxy, but on planet D13, it is one of the most famous cities here.

Shen Ling, who came to Mengdian City for the first time, was as excited as a typical country boy entering a big city, he found that he was not a monster, there were many strangers in Mengdian City who looked like him and took a long time to grow up. He also found that the city was so big, and if it weren't for this flying frisbee, he wouldn't have been able to finish the city from dawn to dark.

As the frisbee passed in front of a majestic building, Shen Ling saw for the first time the Beast God Temple, which was enshrined as a sacred place by the people of planet D13. There are four tall bronze statues at the entrance of the temple, which are the four guardian sacred beasts of the beast god, the Vermilion Bird (Phoenix), the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, and the Xuanwu.

He was so impressed by the lifelike bronze statues of the four guardian beasts that he remembered them vividly many years later.

Later, Shen Ling grew up in the city, read a little book, and barely learned to read and write. Living in the city, not going out to look for a job, hiding in the room all day long to do research, the economic situation of his adoptive father Louis is not as good as it is year by year, and his attitude towards Shen Ling is also worse year by year. If it weren't for Mengdian City's strict regulations against hiring child laborers under the age of 20, he would have thrown Shen Ling, who had been thin since childhood, out to be a heavy laborer.

Later, when Shen Ling was twenty years old, Louis took him to the planet Mars and handed him over to the Lanton Star General.

After combing through the complicated memories, Shen Ling, who was floating on the dark lake, slowly opened his eyes......

The little white tiger carried Shen Ling back to Linas River Town, but in just half a day, when he saw Linas River Town again, Shen Ling felt that the last time he left here, it seemed like a century had passed.

Shen Ling returned home, and as in the previous life, Louie saw Shen Ling, who was covered in dirt, neither scolded him nor asked him what had happened. He asked Shen Ling to take a shower, prepared some food and put it on the table, and then went back to the bedroom to continue sleeping - it was already three o'clock in the middle of the night.

Lying on his small bed, Shen Ling chewed carefully and recalled the events of his previous life. His previous life was too monotonous, as if nothing had happened, and he hadn't experienced anything, so he died inexplicably.

He didn't hate Louie, Louis was a man of study, and in Louis's eyes he might be a real person. But he didn't want to stay here any longer, and if he continued to stay here, his final fate would be nothing more than being sent to Mars by Louis to hand over to the hateful Lanton General.

Fortunately, he lived again, and since God had given him another chance to resurrect, this time, no matter what, he would not let himself die so lightly again. He wants to do a lot of things, he wants to learn to read and write more systematically, or learn a skill to support himself; He wanted to visit other planets, especially Kamilia, the main star of the New Galactic Empire, and he wanted to see if the main star was more beautiful and spectacular than the second habitable planet, Mars.

He also wanted to find his people, to find his parents......

Shen Ling took out the mermaid scales that the phoenix bird gave him, stroked them gently, and the slight warmth was transferred to his fingers.

Knowing that he was really the legendary mermaid clan, the feeling of loneliness quietly took root in Shen Ling's heart, and the idea of looking for the clansman naturally arose. In addition to his people, he wanted to see his parents more. In his previous life, he had asked Louie about his parents, but Louie vaguely prevaricated, so he only knew that he was an orphan abandoned by his parents.

In this life, he already knew that he was a mermaid, and he also knew that Louie did not have much real feelings for him. This couldn't help but make him wonder if his parents didn't abandon him on purpose? His parents must also be mermaids, could it be that they encountered something very difficult and couldn't take care of him, so they lost him? After all, whether he was on planet D13 or Mars, he never saw a second mermaid other than him.

He wanted to see his parents, and he wanted to ask them in person why they didn't want him. He secretly swore that he would never blame them, that he would not complain when he saw them, that he would hug them and tell them that he missed them so much.

He really ...... Really just wanted to meet them.

Shen Ling's eyes moistened, he wiped away his tears, closed his eyes, and tried to make himself fall asleep.

That night, Shen Ling made a decision that truly changed his life.

He's leaving the town of Linus River, leaving planet D13.