Chapter 1769: Mermaid Rearing Guide 41

Afterwards, Jin Chen brought Lin Juan back to Mermaid City.

To Lin Juan's surprise, besides the little yellow fish and little white fish, several little mermaids actually appeared at the bottom of Mermaid City.

The former bustling coldness gained vitality; as soon as they entered from the barrier, there were sounds of joy and laughter.

"The Great King and the Queen are back!"

"Let me see what the Queen looks like!"

"I want to see too; Red Dumpling says it's especially especially beautiful!"

The crystal-clear Mermaid City barrier was colored splendidly by the various fish tails shining upon it.

The little red fish that Jin Chen had thrown back first told them about the outside events; the little mermaids' misunderstanding of Lin Juan was not only cleared up, but they spontaneously made a wreath for him.

It was the coral-weaving technique he had specially learned from Shui Mei, decorated with crystals and pearls, beautiful to the utmost.

Two little mermaids swam up to Lin Juan, their small hands holding the wreath gently placed it on his head, and they happily circled around him.

Lin Juan was still somewhat unaccustomed to the mermaids' enthusiasm; under their expectant gazes, he reached out and patted each of their heads.

"Thank you, I really like it."

"Beautiful! Yo-ho!" The two little mermaids bumped their tails together and cheered.

Lin Juan asked Jin Chen doubtfully, "Why can't Red Dumpling speak on land? I thought mermaids had no language ability."

"They just haven't learned to speak human language yet," Jin Chen said, tapping Lin Juan's ear, "You are their queen; it's normal for you to understand mermaid speech."

Lin Juan fell silent for a moment.

Well, although it's strange, it's also a good thing; we can't still be communicating by gestures like we were with the light group.

Jin Chen held Lin Juan and swam back to the palace they had lived in before, pressing him onto the bed and hugging him for a while, then he touched Lin Juan's warm cheek, saying, "Wife, I'm going to add another layer of barrier to Mermaid City; I'll be back soon."

Jin Chen wouldn't stay long in Mermaid City, but as the little mermaids grew more numerous and later reproduced, safety would definitely be of utmost importance.

Jin Chen, who only wanted to be a salted fish, chose a compromise method of reinforcing the barrier.

Lin Juan's dazed eyes cleared up a bit; he sat up and said, "Can't I come along?"

His cool handsome face was tinged with an alluring red, which in Jin Chen's eyes looked like he was acting coquettish.

Acting coquettish...

Jin Chen's eyes flickered; he leaned in and said, "Sure, then go ahead and act coquettish."

Lin Juan: "... What?"

He was a bit taken aback, pursing his lips and saying, "No."

"Hmph, then I won't take you with me." Jin Chen feigned a threat.

Lin Juan didn't know how to act coquettish, and he couldn't learn Jin Chen's usual coquettish tricks either.

After thinking for a few moments, he shifted forward, knelt up, and wrapped his arms around Jin Chen's neck; the area behind his ears was already flushed crimson.

"I don't want to just stay here waiting for you." Lin Juan's voice was soft, his brows and eyes filled with a warm, melting feeling as he buried his face in the crook of the neck and gently rubbed.

Jin Chen's chest felt hot; he pressed Lin Juan and kissed him for a while, nodded satisfied, and said meaningfully, "Wife, you're even better at acting coquettish than I am."

Lin Juan: "..."

He twisted Jin Chen's arm a little, but couldn't help laughing.

This mermaid is still silly.

【Villain Blackening Value detected -5, accumulated 0!】

After the barrier was reinforced, it just happened to be high tide; the deep blue sea and the tranquil blue sky complemented each other, waves striking the reef, and Jin Chen and Lin Juan waited on the highest reef by the shore for the barrier to fully solidify.

Lin Juan lowered his gaze to watch Jin Chen resting with his head on his thigh, his fingertips lightly brushing over the hair messed up by the sea breeze, his brows and eyes gentle, his mood tranquil.

The sea waves were bright and splendid.

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【Congratulations Host mission completed, reward points, accumulated!】

【Congratulations Host completed side mission, reward points 2000, accumulated!】

【Linguan summoning, currently transmitting Quick Transmigration Bureau……transmission successful!】

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Quick Transmigration Bureau.

As soon as Jin Chen entered the door, he saw Bai Ze standing in a small formation; the barrier wall opened, but Chenshu did not wake up, instead appearing to be sleeping even more deeply than usual.

"What's wrong with Chenshu?" Jin Chen's relaxed expression instantly tightened, his tone sinking.

"Don't worry, the master is fine."

Bai Ze opened his eyes in the formation; he was actually the weaker one.

"Boss! What's wrong with you, boss!" Ling Gun Gun was anxious to the point of desperation, but didn't dare rush recklessly into the formation whose purpose he didn't know.

"I'm fine too."

Bai Ze stepped out of the formation, caught the fluffy dumpling that lunged at him, and explained to Jin Chen, "This is a formation for condensing souls."

Jin Chen was surprised, a hint of joy appearing, "Has the soul condensation been completed?"

"One could say that, but..."

Bai Ze's motion of rubbing Ling Gun Gun slowed down; he sat wearily opposite Jin Chen, rubbing his brow.

"There's still one missing link, related to that piece of wood you collected earlier."

Jin Chen took out the string of prayer beads whose owner he didn't know, saying, "This thing... huh?"

Before he finished speaking, the prayer beads, as if receiving a summons, were drawn to the formation, flew up suspended, and steadily stayed in one corner of the formation, actually turning directly into the wood's true form.

Jin Chen glanced with the corner of his eye at Bai Ze, who was holding Ling Gun Gun as if charging, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "You didn't say last time that you didn't know what this thing was, did you?"

"The master's soul condensation is complete; I only learned of this from the formation."

Bai Ze showed no guilt at all, "Listen closely to what I'm about to say," he then lowered his gaze and squeezed Ling Gun Gun's beast claw, "You too."

Boss, you said, I remember every word clearly. Ling Gun Gun nodded his head.

The final stage of divine soul condensation requires finding the five divine artifacts scattered across the world when the myriad gods fell; only the spirit of these artifacts can bear the master's vast divine soul.

This piece of sunk wood is the incarnation of the ancient divine wood; besides that, you also need to collect divine water, divine earth, divine fire and...

Divine metal. Jin Chen interjected.

Bai Ze: "..."

You just have to be so mischievous?

Yes, he continued to remain composed, indeed no longer the childish divine beast that fought with Jin Chen in the temple years ago, "collecting the divine artifacts is not simple, and its rarity matches that of your Soul Search."

Only after successfully condensing the divine soul can one undergo bodily reconstruction, making this step especially important.

Alright, I got it. No matter what, it counts as good news.

Jin Chen's brows and eyes were pleased; he gazed sideways at that figure within the barrier wall, a warmth flickering in the depths of his eyes.

But I still have a question. Jin Chen suddenly remembered something, his face stern as he said: "You should also know the origin of this wood, hurry up and say."

Bai Ze stiffened for a moment.

He instinctively took a long breath, avoiding being seen as guilty by Jin Chen, and sped up his speech.

In a sense, it is your father.

You're sick.

Jin Chen's face darkened with black lines, "Am I not the unique divine wood? Chenshu told me that!"

Before you entered the temple, you were merely a wisp of scattered soul, that was your first life.

Bai Ze lowered his eyes, stroking the fluffy fur as he fell into memory.

The master found the sole divine wood of sunk water in the six realms that can nurture all souls, took a branch and personally nurtured it with spiritual essence for three hundred years.

After three hundred years, the newly born divine wood's branch merged with your soul, becoming you later in the temple.

Jin Chen listened, stunned.

Alright, okay. Jin Chen rarely showed some sluggishness, nodding, and couldn't help but go look at his wife inside the barrier wall.

His first and second lives, he couldn't recall anything, but it seemed from Bai Ze's narration that he could span tens of millions of years, feeling empathetically.

Jin Chen subconsciously touched his heart, pondering.

He and Chenshu really spent many, many years together.

Alright, I'll take Gun Gun to level up; you rest here for a while. Bai Ze rose, having no intention of returning Ling Gun Gun to Jin Chen.

Jin Chen often suspected that, if it weren't for his master-pet relationship with Ling Gun Gun, Bai Ze would definitely have thrown him a new system!

That's just how ruthless he is.

After Bai Ze left, Jin Chen pondered left and right, pushed the sofa to the edge of the barrier wall, and lay down into a very peaceful sleep.