Shen Ling understood the meaning of the mysterious man's words, and at the same time, the figure of Admiral Elena in the photo appeared in his mind.

Shen Ling's eyes flashed, and he tried his best to keep his tone calm: "Do you know where she is now?" ”

The Mystic was silent for a moment: "I am not omnipotent. ”

Shen Ling clenched his hands into fists and impulsively wanted to rush inside to ask again, but Ludwig grabbed his hand and shook his head at him.

Shen Ling lowered his head, looked at his trembling right hand, and asked, "Then do you know what she did to make her son reborn?" ”

"Change your life against the sky." There was a sigh in his thick voice. "She paid the price."

She ...... Is she still alive? Speaking again, Shen Ling's voice had already turned into a crying tone. He blinked, tears rolling down the corners of his eyes.

There was silence again.

"All I know is that she's no ordinary merfolk." "Unlike you, her power is very strong. ”

……

According to what the phoenix taught, Shen Ling sat in a multicolored spar with his tail folded and closed his eyes in meditation.

The Mystic has allowed him and Ludwig to enter their territory and be cleansed by the hedron energy. Unlike in the Alien Forest on planet D13, the hedron in the Mystic Cave is extremely powerful and very well sealed. As soon as he stepped in, Shen Ling had a feeling that the energy was frantically trying to burrow into his body.

Ludwig also felt it, and after glancing at Shen Ling, the two sat next to each other and began to absorb this energy.

When they entered the meditative state, their five senses were cut off from the outside world, and the phoenix, which was not staying in Shen Ling's body, took advantage of Shen Ling's fact that he couldn't hear what he was saying at this moment, ran to the mystery's side, and asked, "Is that mermaid cub really reborn?"

"Instead of asking me, ask your master."

"Humph!" Phoenix turned her head and said arrogantly, "It's just a temporary master."

The Mystic did not respond.

Phoenix's eyes rolled and she said, "Actually, you know where his mother is."

"In a place that is very close to him and yet far away." The Mystic whispered, "There are some things that he shouldn't know yet. ”

Phoenix and the Mystic have been friends for many years, and they understand what he said, and at the same time, they silently feel sorry for Shen Linglai in their hearts.

I don't know how long it took, but Ludwig opened his eyes, and then slowly exhaled a long breath of turbidity.

He stood up, looked at his fist full of power, and excitedly wanted to find something to test what he had reached now.

Ludwig has awakened his physical abilities since he was a child, but in fact, his physical abilities are very weak, except that he is much stronger than others and more agile in his movements. And since awakening, his ability level has not increased.

In fact, within the Empire, it's already very rare to be able to awaken an ability, let alone level it up.

Now Ludwig felt that he had endless power in his body, and his ability level had increased by at least two levels! But this level is still in the range of low-level abilities, and Ludwig is not impatient, he understands that breaking through to mid-level abilities is not such a simple thing.

He glanced sideways at Shen Ling, who was still in a meditative state. And beside Shen Ling, there seemed to be a layer of white mist looming with a faint light.

"Come here, don't bother him, he's breaking through." The Mystic reminded.

Ludwig tiptoed to the Mystic, whose figure was hidden in the darkness, and Ludwig could only vaguely see that he was very large, but he could not see his true face.

He sat down and looked at Shen Ling quietly.

Unconsciously, the white mist around Shen Ling became brighter and thicker, enveloping Shen Ling layer by layer like a cocoon. I don't know how long it took, the thick fog finally wrapped Shen Ling in it, and only a large oval white ball could be seen outside, but Shen Ling's figure in it could not be seen.

Ludwig looked at the big ball nervously, for fear that Shen Ling would have some accident inside.

The mystic saw Ludwig's uneasiness and comforted: "Don't worry, he will be able to come out soon." ”

Ludwig calmed down a little and waited patiently for Shen Ling.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally the large white ball broke a small crack, and then the small crack continued to expand, and finally the whole ball broke in half.

Shen Ling, in mermaid form, appeared in front of Ludwig in a soft white light.

With his eyes closed, he floated in mid-air in a standing form, his hands hanging naturally at his sides, and his long black hair fluttered gently behind him without wind.

Then he slowly opened his eyes, and after calmly meeting Ludwig's gaze, he spread a pair of thin silver wings and flew to Ludwig's side, and the soft light on his body slowly disappeared as he flew.

Ludwig hugged Shen Ling, who flew to his side, tightly into his arms.

Shen Ling was stunned for a moment, then naturally hugged him back.

At the moment when the phoenix didn't care about them, you and me, laughed out loud in Shen Ling's mind, "Successful advancement! Mermaid cub, now you finally look a little mermaid!"

Ludwig whispered something in Shen Ling's ear, and the two of them parted and knelt down in the direction of the Mystic.

Phoenix hurriedly said, "Hey, why are you kneeling him, you should be thankful for me!"

Shen Ling said to the Mystic, "Thank you for helping us, and thank you for helping my mother. ”

"It's just a matter of raising your hands."

"You really don't want to sue me, where is my mother now?"

“……”

Shen Ling didn't want to be embarrassed by the mystery, he remembered the way the ancient Asians thanked their benefactors that he had seen in the book, so he kowtowed three times with his hands on the ground.

"I know you don't want to sue me for having your thoughts." He and Ludwig stood up and said goodbye to the Mystic, "We're leaving, thank you for taking care of you these days." ”

Ludwig echoed: "I am also very grateful to you, Shen Ling. ”

"Hey, you're too polite, the old turtle is just doing this, you have to thank me, it's me!" The phoenix jumped onto Shen Ling's head and kept bouncing in an attempt to attract his attention.

Shen Ling soothed, "You and him, we are all grateful."

Phoenix stopped bouncing and muttered, "That's pretty much it."

Shen Ling and Ludwig turned to leave, and only after a short walk did the mysterious one admonish, "Mermaid, there will be two great calamities in your future. ”

Shen Ling and Ludwig stopped at the same time, Ludwig gasped, turned his head sharply, and asked loudly, "What calamity?" ”

The Mystic did not answer him.

Ludwig anxiously wanted to go over and ask clearly, but was stopped by Shen Ling.

"No need."

"But—"

Shen Ling said firmly: "No matter how many calamities there are, no matter what the calamities are, as long as you are all by my side, I can survive it." He understands that his life was bought by his mother's rebellion, and of course there will be calamities waiting for him for this kind of unreasonable thing. But now he cherishes his life more than before, even if it is for his mother, he will never let himself die lightly.

Ludwig gave Shen Ling a deep look, then clenched his hand.

"No matter how many calamities, no matter what the calamities are, I will be with you."

Life and death go hand in hand, never abandon.

……

Shen Ling and Ludwig came out of the cave in the old way, and only then did the two of them emerge from the lake, and they saw two old men sitting on the edge of the lake fishing peacefully.

"Caught a mermaid." Pan Yile, who was wearing a black tracksuit, said, "I also caught my grandson." ”

Fu Chenhui put down the fishing rod and beckoned to Ludwig and Shen Ling, and shouted, "You two, come over to me!" ”

Shen Ling recognized that the two people on the shore were the two old men in the household where he had helped make a candlelight dinner in Hailanxing, and he was surprised in his heart, Ludwig leaned into his ear and told him: "That's my grandfather and second grandfather, don't be afraid." ”

As soon as Ludwig said this, Shen Ling was even more surprised, Ludwig's grandfather, isn't that the legendary Arthur the Great?

He had always thought that Arthur the Great would have died a long time ago......

Not only him, but a large part of the people of the New Galactic Empire think so.

The two swam silently, and in the process of swimming, Shen Ling changed back into his human form.

As soon as he came up, Ludwig called out to two people: "Grandpa, second grandpa." ”

Fu Chenhui took out a towel and clothes from the space ring with a cold face and handed them to the two of them, and after the two of them wiped them clean, they hurriedly put on the clothes.

The clothes fit well and were clearly specially intended for two people.

This kind of deliberateness made Shen Ling and Ludwig very nervous, and they couldn't help but guess in their hearts whether these two people knew the identity of Shen Ling's mermaid.

Pan Yi glanced at the two of them casually, his eyes stayed on the small dot on Ludwig's neck like a small cinnabar mole for a moment, and said angrily: "It only takes seven or eight days, but you have been in it for more than a month, are you very interesting?" ”

"We-" Ludwig panicked, wanting to say something to hide the fact that Shen Ling was a mermaid.

As soon as the words came out, Pan Yi interrupted him with a cold snort: "When I met Shen Ling's parents, you two didn't know where they were, good boy, you even want to deceive your grandfather now?" ”

Ludwig, who was at a loss, obediently shut his mouth.

"You know my parents?" Shen Ling asked in surprise.

Pan Yi put down the fishing rod and walked in front of Shen Ling, he was tall like a hill, and his face was not angry and arrogant: "Your mother is the number one female general in the empire, Elena, and your father is one of the best mecha builders in the empire. They are all rare talents in the Empire, and they are also comrades-in-arms of me and Celia's second grandfather. ”

Fu Chenhui also walked over and said kindly: "You look very similar to your father, but when I heard them talk about you, I found that your personality is very similar to Elena." ”

Hearing others talk about his parents kindly, Shen Ling's eyes were a little sour, and he resisted the urge to cry and asked, "Do you know where they are?" ”

Pan Yi and Fu Chenhui glanced at each other and shook their heads.

Fu Chenhui explained: "We have also been looking for them for a long time, and even your deposit, we only learned about it recently. ”

Tears were already rolling in his eyes, Shen Ling stubbornly endured not letting the tears fall, he pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

Ludwig came up and hugged him.

That night, Shen Ling and Ludwig returned to Kamilia on Pan Yi's spaceship.

Ludwig sent Shen Ling to Granny Maria's candy store on College Street, who had already received Fu Chenhui's video communication and was anxiously waiting outside the candy store.

There weren't many people on College Street during the holidays, and it was already dark, so Granny Mary was the only one standing in front of the candy store.

Shen Ling got out of the car, his heart was very calm.

He knew that he had a home, that he was home.