Picked up a deep sea lord

After a moment of silence, Ye Jian said, "Sorry, I have no money."

The tall guard said indifferently: "No money? Then use other things to pay for it!"

The short guard's gaze stayed on Ye Jian's face, showing a malicious smile: "You can take the most valuable things on your body, such as..."

"This mermaid."

Luo Ling: "?!"

As if struck by lightning, he immediately raised his head and looked at Ye Jian pitifully.

Ye Jian: "No, I won't give this."

Before the guard could say anything, he took out another white spar: "Is this okay?"

He has several of these crystals, and he realized through Mo Sen's reaction before that these stones should be of some value.

The result was just as Ye Jian thought, the expressions of the two guards suddenly changed.

However, instead of becoming happy, they became very afraid.

Short guard: "You... are you a watcher?"

Before he finished speaking, the tall guard pulled him back immediately: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! You don't have to pay the entry fee! Please come in!"

Ye Jian: "Really not?"

The heads of the two guards, tall and short, shook like rattles: "No, no, no! Please go over!"

Ye Jian didn't expect them to react like this, so she had to put away the spar: "Thank you."

In this way, he and Luo Ling successfully entered this c-level city.

The two guards were left far behind. Luo Ling poked her head out of the blanket and pulled Ye Jian's hand, as if she was very concerned about the guard's offer to exchange him just now: "Will Ye Jian sell me?"

Ye Jian knew that the little mermaid was worried, so she said lightly, "No, you are cute."

Luo Ling is a very coaxable little mermaid, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Entering the urban area along the checkpoint, the face of the city is also displayed in front of them.

Just like what Chen Rao said, this is not a good place to go.

The faded roads criss-cross in an unplanned manner, and rows of low-rise shantytowns are piled up on the edge of the city like blocks, and the wind blows dust on the face.Through the wind and sand, one can vaguely see the dark buildings standing in the center of the city.

The city is like a huge rusty machine, dirty, old, and lifeless.

However, Luo Ling found it novel, this was the first human city he had seen.

"where are we going?"

Ye Jian seemed to be thinking about something, and answered after a few seconds: "Find a place where you can rest and let you soak in the water."

Luo Ling noticed the subtle emotions in this sentence, and raised her face: "Is Ye Jian unhappy?"

Ye Jian shook her head lightly: "No."

In fact, he was just a little disappointed.

He originally thought that after entering the human city, he would be able to recall some things - after all, he should be a human being like Chen Rao, and he should have lived in the city before.

However, looking at this strange building complex, he couldn't think of anything.

...Because he didn't live in this kind of place in the past?

Ye Jian pondered, and walked to a more lively area.

It was a market built by low-slung shanty towns, and the noise of selling came and went.There were two thin children standing at the entrance. The clothes on their bodies had been washed several times and were full of traces of mending.

One of the children grabbed the taller boy beside him and whispered, "Brother, I want to eat that."

He pointed to the small stall a few steps away, where there were bunches of bright red fruits wrapped in sweet and transparent syrup.

His elder brother took out his pocket, didn't say anything, just shook his head at him.

The child lowered his head in frustration, his brother shook his hand, and the two children walked away side by side.

Luo Ling noticed the pair of brothers and thought they had a really good relationship.

Is it because of a good relationship that you call "brother"?

Thinking of this, Luo Ling stretched out his hand and lightly grabbed the corner of Ye Jian's clothes.

Ye Jian lowered her head.

Luo Ling's tone was soft: "Brother."

Ye Jian: "?"

Luo Ling pointed to the small stall on one side, blinked and looked at him expectantly: "I want to eat that!"

Ye Jian: "..."

Learned pretty fast.

What a clever little fish.

Ye Jian smiled and said, "Okay."

He carried Luo Ling in his arms and walked towards the stall, instead of asking the price directly, he took out a white spar: "Excuse me, can I exchange it with this?"

The stall owner's reaction was completely different from that of the city gate guard. He stared straight at the spar, his eyes bursting with light.Glancing at Ye Jian's expression again, rubbing her hands together, the smile lines on her face wrinkled together: "Of course, one spar and one candied haws."

Luo Ling: It seems a bit expensive.

He knew that Ye Jian had a lot of crystals on him, but exchanging one crystal for a candied haws was a bit too extravagant.

So the little mermaid obediently said: "Forget it, I don't want it anymore."

Ye Jian: "It's nothing, it's just a stone."

It was not difficult for him to obtain the spar, just when he was about to hand out the spar——

Snapped.

A white hand stood between Ye Jian and the stall owner.

Ye Jian tilted her head.

At some point beside him, there was a tall woman with long black hair tied into a neat ponytail, and a blooming rose tattooed on her exposed arm.

"A white spar, according to the market price, is between 150 and [-] coins." The woman smiled at Ye Jian, "Your spar is of very good quality, and I am willing to buy it for [-] coins."

The stall owner immediately shouted: "Hey! What do you mean?"

"A piece of candied haws only costs [-] coins, and he wants to take you as a fool." The woman ignored the stall owner's words, "Talk with me, I'm very honest."

Luo Ling looked at the stall owner in shock, but Ye Jian said nothing.

Crystals can be exchanged for money directly, which is obviously much more convenient for him.

Besides, the woman stopped him from trading with the stall owner probably out of good intentions, so Ye Jian asked, "How do I change it?"

The woman glanced at his wrist: "You don't seem to be wearing a communication bracelet, so let me give you cash."

She took out a stack of thin banknotes from her pocket, counted a few and handed them to Ye Jian, then took the spar, put it on her lips and kissed it lightly, like kissing a shiny jewel.

After putting the spar in her pocket, the woman showed a bright smile, and her voice was much softer: "My name is Gu Chuxiao. If you still want to make a deal, remember to find me in Zone D."

Ye Jian nodded slightly, Gu Chuxiao waved his hand at him, turned and left.

Luo Ling curiously observed the human currency that had never been seen before, and Ye Jian took out one of them and handed it to the stall owner: "Four candied haws, thank you."

The stall owner saw that the fat in his mouth had gone away, so he said in a bad mood: "I won't sell it! Unless you exchange it with spar!"

"If you sell it to me, you can still get two coins." Ye Jian said calmly, "If you don't sell it, you get nothing."

The stall owner: "..."

When Ye Jian left the stall, Luo Ling had two more candied haws in his hand.

He put the two candied haws together for comparison, and found that the candied haws in his left hand was a little smaller. He lowered his head expectantly and took a light bite.

Ye Jian: "Is it delicious?"

"Mmmm."

Luo Ling held the candied haws in her mouth and refused to let go, her eyes sparkled.

Ye Jian petted the little mermaid, took the other two candied haws, and walked to the side of the street.

There stood two little children, the original pair of brothers.They didn't go far, the younger brother was looking at the other stalls with longing eyes, rummaging through his pockets, but only found a few rags.

Ye Jian bent down, and gently brought the two candied haws in front of them.

The younger brother was stunned for a moment, with surprise on his face, and was about to pick it up, but the older brother stopped him and turned to Ye Jian warily.

Ye Jian: "I want to find a place. You are from here, so you should be familiar with this area."

The older brother hesitated, took the candied haws, gave the bigger one to the younger brother, and whispered, "What are you looking for?"

"A place where you can rest and raise little mermaids." Ye Jian thought for a while and added, "It's cheaper."

The two brothers looked at each other while biting the candied haws, nodded, and signaled Ye Jian to go with them.

They took Ye Jian and Luo Ling through the market, into an alley, made several turns, and finally stopped at one place.

Brother: "Here."

Ye Jian looked up. This was a small three-story building with exposed rusty stairs, which were as weather-beaten as this small building.

At the entrance on the first floor, colorful neon lights illuminate four large characters - "Happiness Hotel".

Ye Jian didn't have any requirements for the living environment, so she poked Luo Ling's bulging cheek lightly: "Do you like it here?"

Luo Ling gnawed on the candied haws, and replied seriously: "Wherever Ye Jian is, I like it."

Ye Jian looked at the bit of sugar slag on the side of this little mermaid's face, and thought: It should be because she likes candied haws.

But since Luo Ling had no objection, he turned his gaze and thanked the brothers.

The elder brother was a little embarrassed, and cherished the remaining half of the candied haws, and replied "Thank you" in a low voice.

The two children held hands, and their backs quickly disappeared around the corner of the alley.

Ye Jian walked towards the hotel. At this moment, Luo Ling tugged at the hem of his clothes and handed him another candied haws that he had been reluctant to eat.

"Ye Jian," the little mermaid said sweetly, "This candied haws is bigger, here it is."

Ye Jian: "You don't call me brother anymore?"

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling was a little embarrassed.

The corner of Ye Jian's mouth raised slightly, and he took the candied haws: "Thank you."

The candied haws are red and have a sweet and sour aroma.He bit one lightly, and the crisp icing melted. It was very sweet at first, but soon, a hint of sour spread on the tip of his tongue.

Ye Jian: "Oh, it's so sour!"

Luo Ling blinked: "Is it sour?" He obviously thought it was very sweet.

"Well," Ye Jian's pretty brows were tangled together, "I don't want it, you can eat it."

Luo Ling took the candied haws, and Ye Jian only bit off the top one without touching the bottom.He took a bite and still found it very sweet, only a little sour.

It seemed that Ye Jian was very afraid of acid.

Luo Ling silently remembered this.

At the entrance of the hotel, the dim light fell down, the owner of the shop was sleeping on his stomach at the front desk, and a fly was flying around his head.

Ye Jian: "Excuse me—"

He yelled a few times before the shop owner raised his head slowly, revealing a pair of sleepy eyes.

"...Do you want to stay?" The store owner yawned and rubbed his face, "What room?"

Ye Jian: "A room with water and a fish tank."

The shop owner looked at him strangely and saw Luo Ling in his arms: "Is this a mermaid?"

Ye Jian: "Yes."

"Your mermaid is quite valuable." The shop owner said, "You can sell it for money."

Luo Ling: "?"

He immediately grabbed the corner of Ye Jian's clothes.

Ye Jian patted the nervous little mermaid: "This one is not for sale."

The owner of the store said "Oh", lack of interest: "There is no fish tank here, the room on the third floor has a bathtub, but the price is the most expensive, ten yuan a night, how long do you stay?"

Ye Jian thought for a while: "Two days."

So I spent 120 coins, and there were [-] and [-] coins left.

The shop owner took out the room card from under the counter, took Ye Jian and Luo Ling around to the back of the hotel, walked through the creaking, dusty iron stairs, and came to a room at the end of the third floor.

With a beep, the door opened, and the furnishings inside were very simple. There was a single bed under the window, a table against the wall, and two chairs.The bathroom on the left has a small bathtub and a wall-mounted shower.

Luo Ling curled up in Ye Jian's arms and looked around.

The human room is very different from his palace under the sea. It is very small and not very beautiful.

He looked up at Ye Jian again.

But Ye Jian is here, so it doesn't matter.

"Check out in the morning two days later," the store owner yawned again, "Remember to return the room card."

Ye Jian: "Thank you, I will remember."

The shop owner walked back, and turned back halfway: "So, you really don't sell this mermaid?"

Luo Ling: "!"

Ye Jian hugged Luo Ling tightly: "Not for sale."

Shopkeeper: "Oh."

He went back.

The door was closed, and the room was a little dark. Ye Jian opened the curtains, looked down and found Luo Ling huddled in the blanket, staring at him uneasily.

Ye Jian smiled and said, "You're quite popular."

Luo Ling's ear fins drooped, not very happy.

He hates those humans, they look at him like they look at a commodity, which disgusts him.

However, Ye Jian was different. Among the humans he met, Ye Jian was the only one who would not treat him as a commodity.

Seeing that Luo Ling didn't speak, Ye Jian just stared at herself without blinking, rubbing the little mermaid's head.

Luo Ling lowered her eyes obediently and let him rub her.

In the bathroom, the bathtub that can accommodate one person has long since fallen to dust because it has not been used for a long time.It took Ye Jian some time to figure out how to use it - first rinse it with water several times, and then put Luo Ling into the bathtub and slowly turn on the water until it was clean.

Luo Ling lay on the edge of the bathtub, her beautiful black fish tail swaying lightly, feeling the water soaking into the fish tail little by little, and then slowly soaking her whole body, she narrowed her eyes.

So comfortable.

It's like being back in the ocean.

Ye Jian noticed that the little mermaid suddenly grew a little bigger.

Bigger again.

Ye Jian was taken aback for a moment, and then came to her senses.

When he first picked up Luo Ling, he made Luo Ling smaller because it was inconvenient to hold.

Now, the little mermaid can finally return to its original appearance.

The slender black fish tail almost occupied the entire bathtub, the water flow was clear, and the scales between the fish tail shone like obsidian, with a beautiful luster.

However, near the upper right of the tail, the largest scale has disappeared, adding an ugly and obvious scar to this beautiful tail.

Ye Jian squatted down by the bathtub: "Does the wound still hurt?"

Luo Ling shook his head: "Soaking in water won't hurt."

In fact, it still hurts when it's cold at night, but he drank Ye Jian's blood and the wound was bandaged again, so it didn't hurt like when the scales were peeled off and the wound was bloody.

However, after getting better, Luo Ling knew very well that this wound would not heal, and unless he found the water source in his memory, his reverse scale would never grow back.

If you keep losing the reverse scale...

Luo Ling fell silent and lowered her head, not letting Ye Jian see the look in her eyes.

"Then," Ye Jian's eyes fell on Luo Ling's smooth and beautiful tail, and she blinked, "Can I touch it?"

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling: "No."

Ye Jian: Huh?

Before he could react, the little mermaid shrank into the water, refusing to stand up.

Ye Jian: "..."

He squatted by the bathtub, watching a string of crooked little bubbles slowly float up. After a few seconds, half of Luo Ling's head popped out.

The little mermaid: "Gudu Gudu."

Ye Jian: "?"

Luo Ling realized that Ye Jian couldn't understand what she was saying in the water, so she raised her head again, slowly moved over, and said softly, "Ye Jian can touch my hair."

Ye Jian and the blinking little mermaid looked at each other for a few seconds and raised their hands.

Luo Ling's hair won't be wet by water, and it's cold, soft and soft, like flowing silk.

Ye Jian thought it felt really good, but...

He glanced at Luo Ling's fish tail.

Luo Ling continued to bury herself in the bathtub, gurgling.

Ye Jian: "..."

Well, it looks like a stingy fish and won't let him touch it.

Ye Jian withdrew her hand, watched Luo Ling's tail fin spread like a veil in the water, and changed the subject: "Speaking of which, do you know what a watcher is?"

Luo Ling showed half a small face and shook his head.

Ye Jian: "Then, do you know the divine court, the forbidden area, and the scattered fire?"

Luo Ling thought about it very hard, and finally shook his head in frustration: "I don't know."

He is just a little mermaid whose shell has not been broken for a long time. He was exiled and hunted down by the people of the clan before he fully came into contact with this world.

Thinking of this, Luo Ling looked listless: "I don't understand anything, will Ye Jian despise me?"

Ye Jian: "No, I don't know anything either."

However, he was still curious: "How old are you?"

When the guard asked his age before, Luo Ling didn't say a word.

This mermaid is small and cute, so it shouldn't be too big.

Ye Jian thought to herself.

I guess he was only in his teens?

Luo Ling flicked her tail lightly, and said with a little pride in her tone, "I'm 58 this year, and I'll be [-] in two years."

Ye Jian: "?"

He said, "How much?"

"58," Luo Ling lay on the edge of the bathtub, looking at Ye Jian innocently, "What's wrong?"

Ye Jian: "???"

Probably because Ye Jian's expression was too unbelievable, Luo Ling was a little hurt immediately, and said aggrievedly: "Does Ye Jian dislike me for being too young?"

"……Do not."

Ye Jian trembled.

"You are too big!"