Picked up a deep sea lord

Luo Ling never expected that Ye Jian didn't dislike him for being young, but for being old!

But how old is he? He obviously hasn't broken his shell for a few years, but he just stayed in the egg for a long time...

Luo Ling's ear fins drooped, aggrieved: "But, mermaids only become adults at the age of 60, and I'm not that old at all."

Ye Jian: "Then...then you have lived for more than 50 years? That's quite a long time."

Luo Ling looked at him, and realized that Ye Jian didn't seem to know about their mermaids: "I stayed in the egg before."

He gestured to Ye Jian: "The mermaid stays in the egg for a long time, and I only broke out when I was 50 years old."

Ye Jian was surprised.

It turns out that this little mermaid was an egg before?

... kind of cute.

"Okay," Ye Jian said, "I'm sorry, I blamed you wrongly."

Luo Ling whispered: "It's okay, I won't be angry with Ye Jian."

Ye Jian folded her arms on the edge of the fish tank: "So there are still two years left, and you will be an adult?"

Luo Ling nodded, and was a little proud: "When I become an adult, my strength will also awaken, and I will grow very tall, even taller than Ye Jian!"

The corners of Ye Jian's mouth curved slightly: "But you are small now, and you don't look like you are going to be an adult at all."

Luo Ling: "..."

He was buried in the water again.

In fact, regarding the matter of becoming an adult, Luo Ling himself was a little uncertain.

The adulthood of a mermaid is not just at the age of 60, but between the ages of 60 and 70.This is a very long span. Most mermaids can reach adulthood before the age of 65, but Luo Ling seems to be different.

After all, it only takes two to thirty years for an ordinary mermaid to break its shell. Only he is a special case. For 30 years, it has been a black egg.

Although Luo Ling could sense the outside world when he was in the egg, unlike other uncracked mermaids, his growth was still much slower than the people around him.Coupled with the fact that he has now lost the most important Ni Lin, adulthood is destined to be even more difficult.

A string of shapeless bubbles emerged from the bottom of the bathtub, like a little mermaid's annoyance.Ye Jian reached out and gently fiddled with the water in the bathtub.

Luo Ling revealed a pair of dark eyes, which did not blink, and Ye Jian's figure was reflected in his eyes.

Ye Jian touched the little mermaid: "What do you do when you are in the egg?"

Luo Ling: "I can't do anything. At first I was always sleeping, and then I gradually felt the movement of the outside world and heard some people talking to me."

At first, the clansmen who spoke to him were very gentle.

But when he broke his shell, everything changed.

A certain memory was touched again, Luo Ling's eyes were slightly cold, and he lowered his head without saying a word.When he looked up again, he had that obedient look again.

He didn't want Ye Jian to discover his negative emotions.

Ye Jian didn't speak.

When mentioning his own clansmen, Luo Ling would always be much more gloomy.He had asked several times before, but Luo Ling didn't want to say anything more.

Ye Jian's eyes fell on the wound of Luo Ling's fish tail. The pale pink flesh that had lost its scales was soaked in the water. Although there was no bleeding, there were faint blood stains that could not be washed away.

This little mermaid will cling to him limply when its wound hurts. Usually, it will be happy because of a candied haws, and it will also be satisfied because it can soak in this small bathtub.

He was obviously just a harmless little mermaid, why did those people do such excessive things to him?

Ye Jian wanted to comfort Luo Ling, but he knew that Luo Ling didn't want to talk about his people, so he said gently, "You must be a pretty egg when you haven't broken your shell."

Luo Ling's eyes were bent, a little shy.

He also thinks his eggshells are beautiful, pure black without any blemishes.

In the mermaid family, there has never been a pure black egg!

"I hid my eggshell under the shell bed," Luo Ling's veil-like tail fluttered slightly, "If I can find it after I go back, I'll give it to Ye Jian!"

Ye Jian blinked: "Can I eat it?"

Luo Ling: "Well... Ye Jian can make a hole in it to make a necklace or bracelet."

He knew that in the human world, their mermaid eggshells were a very precious luxury and could be sold for a lot of money.He also knew that he had nothing to offer, so he could only do his best to repay Ye Jian.

Ye Jian gave me candied haws to eat and let me soak in clean water.

Luo Ling thought to herself.

When I return to the sea, I will give him both the eggshell and the pearl.

Ye Jian will go back to the sea with me... right?

Ye Jian couldn't hear Luo Ling's inner voice, so she smiled softly: "Before that, I still have to take you to find that water source as soon as possible."

He paused and added: "However, there are still many things we don't know about in this world. After we figure out these things, let's go to that S-class city."

Luo Ling nodded obediently.

Ye Jian dragged a stool from outside the house, put the crystals he had collected along the way on the stool, and counted them with Luo Ling.

There are two purple crystals on them, three blue crystals, and three white crystals because they used up two.

One of the purple crystals came from the giant centipede that Ye Jian killed today. According to Chen Rao, it was a b-level alien beast.

The alien beast is the name of the monster, and the purple spar represents the b-level alien beast.Ye Jian recalled the strength of the strange beasts he encountered along the way, and had a rough guess about the division of these crystals.

In terms of ranking, purple is better than blue, and the lowest is white.There are also differences in spars of the same grade. For example, they are all purple, but the color is different, and some of them are different in size-this should be directly related to the strength of the alien beast.

That is to say, different levels of alien beasts will condense different colors of spars after death. Even if they are of the same level, due to the difference in strength, the spars transformed after death will have different qualities even though they are of the same color. difference.

Luo Ling liked one of the purple crystals very much, and soaked it in the water as a toy: "So in the past few days, haven't we encountered any beasts above B level?"

Ye Jian: "It should be like this."

Luo Ling breathed a sigh of relief: "We are so lucky."

He could see that the b-level beast was very powerful for him now, at least he could easily kill him, a little fish.

However, Ye Jian was more powerful than the b-level beasts. None of the beasts they encountered before could survive 5 minutes in Ye Jian's hands.

Ye Jian is very strong, but such a Ye Jian, why did she lose her memory?

Luo Ling asked this doubt.

Ye Jian: "Well... If I knew, I might not be here now."

He didn't even know why he woke up in the wilderness, and he vaguely felt that he should have been asleep for a long time, until a group of people passed by him and was attacked by strange beasts, and he was awakened.

It's just that in the past few days, he hasn't recovered any memory.

One person and one fish looked at each other for a few seconds, Ye Jian decided to skip this topic: "No matter what, these crystals are enough for us to live for a while."

Crystals can be exchanged for money, and just a piece of the lowest-grade white crystal is worth more than 100 coins.

Luo Ling's eyes brightened slightly: "Can't you buy a lot of candied haws?"

Ye Jian: "Yes."

Luo Ling was very happy.

He has already eaten candied haws today, and he hopes to eat them again tomorrow.

Spars of various colors float on the water, like sparkling coral shells on the bottom of the sea.Luo Ling buried herself in the bathtub, and the cool water soaked her whole body, relieving the faint pain from the wound.The little fish only felt warm all over, and squinted his eyes comfortably.

After a few seconds, he looked up at Ye Jian.

"elder brother."

Ye Jian: "?"

Luo Ling had an innocent face: "I'm hungry."

"..." Ye Jian laughed, "You should rest first, I'll go out and buy you something to eat."

When Luo Ling heard this, she immediately reached out and grabbed the corner of Ye Jian's clothes.

Ye Jian lowered her eyes.

Luo Ling grabbed the corner of his clothes and refused to let go: "Brother, don't leave me, I want to go with my brother."

Ye Jian: Well, now when I learn how to act like a baby, I call my brother.

He turned around, took the blanket from outside the bathroom, and lowered his head.

Luo Ling got smaller and smaller again.

Ye Jian wrapped Luo Ling with a blanket, and fished out the wet little mermaid.

Luo Ling wrapped her little blanket tightly, shaking her head to shake the water droplets in her hair.

The mermaid's body temperature is always on the cool side, but Ye Jian's body is slightly warm, which makes him feel very comfortable.

Luo Ling quietly buried her cold face into Ye Jian's shoulder, and her soft ear fins gently rubbed against the side of Ye Jian's face.

Ye Jian lowered her head, Luo Ling's ear fins were translucent fan-shaped, dotted with fine gem-like scales, as thin as black silk, and like a delicate work of art.

Ye Jian couldn't resist poking Luo Ling's ear fin lightly, it was soft like a poke.

Luo Ling looked up at him, then lowered her dark eyes without saying a word.

touch you.

Ye Jian: "You can touch the ears, but not the tail?"

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling shrank into the small blanket, refusing to show her head.

The corners of Ye Jian's mouth were slightly curved, and she walked out of the room with the little mermaid pretending to be dead.

When they came to the first floor, the shop owner who had just woken up supported his head, his eyes followed Luo Ling.

Ye Jian hugged Luo Ling silently, and said, "Can I ask one thing?"

Shopkeeper: "Mermaids are really valuable."

"..." Ye Jian pretended not to hear the previous words, and said, "I don't know if you've heard of a source of water—"

He didn't know how many times he told Luo Ling's description about the water source.

The store owner listened blankly: "What? What is it?"

Ye Jian: Well, I don't know about that either.

He bid farewell to the boss and walked out of the hotel, poking the blanket again.

Luo Ling got out of the blanket.

Ye Jian: "Speaking of which, doesn't that water source have a name?"

Luo Ling shook his head.

Inverted scales are extremely important to mermaids. Lost inverted scales cannot grow back naturally. If you want to recover, you can only find the water source that is said to heal all wounds of mermaids.

But I don't know if the legend is too old, he doesn't know the name of the water source, or that the water source has no name in the first place.

He just knew that there was such a source of water, and he knew where he was going.

Luo Ling felt a little guilty, and subconsciously grabbed the corner of Ye Jian's clothes.He was afraid that Ye Jian would find it troublesome and would abandon him halfway.

Ye Jian: "It seems that I need to find someone to ask."

Luo Ling was quietly relieved when she heard Ye Jian's calm tone.

Then he leaned over without saying a word, and lightly rubbed Ye Jian's face with his ear fins.

This is the mermaid's way of showing affection!

The beautiful and soft ear fins rubbed against her face, itching slightly, Ye Jian smiled and tilted her head: "Go buy food first, and then exchange some crystals."

Luo Ling: "Yes!"

Ye Jian stepped up and walked forward.

10 minutes later--

Ye Jian stopped in her tracks.

In front of them was a fork in the road, two narrow and dark alleys intersecting, leading to nowhere.

Luo Ling was dumbfounded: "Is there anything to eat here?"

"...No," Ye Jian said blankly, "Why did you go out?"

The hotel they lived in was deep in an alley, and it was hard to find when they came in.

But Ye Jian didn't care about it at the time. He felt that he had a good memory. Although he had only walked it once, he already knew the journey by heart and was very confident.

Then, he got lost.

"Hmm..." Luo Ling tried to identify, "Go to the left first, then go to the right."

"Really?" Ye Jian whispered, "How did I remember going to the right?"

Luo Ling: "It's on the left."

One person and one fish looked at each other for a few seconds, and Ye Jian chose the left.

Three minutes later, they successfully walked out of the dark alley to welcome the long-lost light.

Ye Jian felt relieved: "It's such a complicated road."

Luo Ling: "It's actually okay."

Ye Jian lowered her head.

Luo Ling's eyes were pure and innocent, not showing off.

What he said was true.

Ye Jian was silent for a second, and decided to avoid the topic: "Let's go buy food."

Luo Ling obediently said "Oh".

Ye Jian didn't know the way.

He silently wrote it down.

So, I have to help him watch more.

The afterglow of the evening faded, and the night was smudged into the sky, and the market built by low shanty towns was lit up with colorful lights, like scattered scattered stars.

There were more people in the market than in the afternoon, and the human voices were mixed with the aroma of the food. Ye Jian hugged Luo Ling before walking a few steps, and noticed Luo Ling glanced at a small stall.

Next to the stall is an oven, and on the edge of the oven are round, slightly burnt bread, exuding a special aroma of wheat.

Ye Jian: "Want to eat?"

Luo Ling nodded, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Ye Jian walked over: "Can you get me two?"

The price of bread is [-] yuan, which is more expensive than candied haws.The stall owner skillfully wrapped a piece of baked bread in newspaper and handed it to Ye Jian first.

Ye Jian wanted to give it to Luo Ling, but Luo Ling shook his head: "Ye Jian eat first, you haven't eaten yet."

Ye Jian: "I'm not hungry, you can eat."

This sentence is true.

Luo Ling would feel hungry, but he wouldn't.

It has been several days since he woke up from the wilderness, but he never felt tired or hungry.

Ye Jian vaguely felt that she was different from this little mermaid, and even different from other humans.

Human beings are also hungry and tired.

Luo Ling took the steaming bread, took a deep breath at the aroma of the bread, and then eagerly "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

"good to eat!"

He flicked the tip of the fish's tail that had leaked out of the blanket, clearly content.

The stall owner looked at Luo Ling with surprise eyes: "It's so strange that mermaids can still eat bread."

"But in our place, mermaids can't be sold for much. You may go to another city to try your luck."

Luo Ling: "?"

Ye Jian hugged Luo Ling tightly: "Sorry, he won't sell it."

He took the remaining loaf and left quickly.

Luo Ling gnawed on the bread angrily. The bread was delicious, but he didn't like the baker very much.

Ye Jian wanted to comfort the little mermaid, but she caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and stopped.

"Look," he said, "your kindred."

Luo Ling turned her head and saw a big fish tank.

Inside is covered with water plants, and there is a group of small fish with swollen eyes and mouths that swim around.

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling made a sullen face: "That's not my clan."

Ye Jian: "Really?"

Mo Sen's mermaid seemed to look like this too, but after a few seconds of identification, he found that this group of small fish was a little different from Mo Sen's mermaid. They were much smaller in size and had different patterns. They seemed to be just ordinary fish.

One of the small fish swims across the edge of the tank, spitting out a string of round, very pleasing bubbles.

Ye Jian: "Hey, it can spit bubbles."

Luo Ling: "?"

He said loudly: "I will too!"

"But the bubbles you spit out are ugly." Ye Jian said, "They can't be connected together, they are broken ugly bubbles."

Luo Ling: "..."

Luo Ling grabbed Ye Jian's hand: "I don't want to stay here anymore!"

If she stayed any longer, Ye Jian might have another fish!

Luo Ling tried hard to drag Ye Jian away, but Ye Jian said "Wait": "Shall I buy you some small fish for company?"

He was worried that Luo Ling would be a little lonely and boring if he soaked in the bathtub alone.

Luo Ling: "???"

Luo Ling obviously misunderstood what Ye Jian meant, he just knew that Ye Jian really wanted another fish!

Other fish can also spit bubbles. If they had them, Ye Jian might not want him!

The little mermaid's eyes widened in disbelief, her soft ear fins were drooping, and her tail was curled up, looking very aggrieved.

"No!" He threatened in a pitiful and low voice, "If Ye Jian buys them back, I will, I will eat them!"

Ye Jian was shocked.

It turns out that this little mermaid can eat fish!

"Then," he said, "shall I buy some small fish for you to eat?"

"..."

Luo Ling stared blankly at Ye Jian, and suddenly realized something.

Ye Jian seemed, it seemed, probably, she didn't intend to abandon him to raise other fish.

The reason why you want to buy these fish is actually for him?

Luo Ling's tense strings immediately relaxed, her mood suddenly rose, and her tone became soft: "No, I have bread to eat."

Then she pulled Ye Jian's hand: "Brother, shall we go somewhere else?"

Ye Jian saw that Luo Ling really didn't want these little fishes as company, so she nodded, "Okay, let's go."

Luo Ling: "Yes."

He took a bite of the bread, noticed that the fish stall was getting farther and farther away from him out of the corner of his eye, and then shook Ye Jian's hand lightly.

Ye Jian lowered her eyes.

Luo Ling raised her small face and looked at him eagerly: "My brother already has me, so no other fish are allowed."

"I'm very obedient, better than them, so it's enough for my brother to raise me."

His fish tail swayed slightly, and his tone was soft, as if he was acting like a baby.

But those eyes were dark, silently locked on the person in front of him, without moving a bit.

Ye Jian was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly realized that the little mermaid seemed to have misunderstood something.

... No wonder he was wronged to death just now, he was still surprised.

Ye Jian couldn't help but smile: "What are you thinking, of course I won't raise other fish."

"Also, other fish are not as cute as you."

Luo Ling saw the smile in his eyes, and muttered after a few seconds: "I think so too."

While those ugly fish can blow bubbles better than him, he's even better looking!

...However, Ye Jian seems to like watching fish blow bubbles.

Thinking of this, Luo Ling felt a little sour for no reason.

"Speaking of which," Ye Jian was still a little surprised, "So you know how to eat fish."

His memory was blank, and he didn't know much about mermaids. He had seen Luo Ling eat dried meat, candied haws, and bread before, but he never thought that this little mermaid could eat fish.

Luo Ling's face was full of innocence: "Mermaids can eat fish, and I can catch fish when I'm in the sea."

He thought of those fish that were better at blowing bubbles than he was, and added: "I'm very good at catching fish, but it's fierce!"

His tone was a little proud.

Ye Jian: "I'll take a look at the fierce ones."

Luo Ling thought for a while, then bared her teeth at him.

"Ow!"

Sharp teeth!

Ye Jian: "...Pfft."

Luo Ling: "?"

Luo Ling: "Ye Jian laughed at me!"

"...cough, I didn't laugh at you."

Under Luo Ling's resentful eyes, Ye Jian said solemnly: "It's so fierce, it's so fierce."

As soon as the words fell, he couldn't hold back and covered his mouth.

Luo Ling: "..."