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Ever since he received the news that Tang Po had a favorable impression of the Ten Thousand Year Mermaid Spirit Beast.

Su Mutian had been on edge.

The ethical and moral restraints of a fantasy world were not that rigid.

In stories of myths, ghosts, and monsters, at least those Daoists and immortals still rattled off a line about humans and demons being unable to fall in love, about humans and demons walking different paths, and the like.

Then a grand, earth-shaking love story would unfold, and the final ending was often tragic.

Marked by separation.

For example, in Legend of the White Snake, Xu Xian became a monk in the end, and White Snake was suppressed beneath Leifeng Pagoda.

As for Green Snake... most likely Fahai of the Mighty Heavenly Dragon could not bear to punish her...

There was also Su Daji, that chess piece abandoned by the gods, who acted out a love story of a fallen kingdom with King Zhou of Shang.

And so on and so forth...

But all of those only mingled with the mortal world after Humanoid Transformation, thereby drawing out the boundaries of morality and ethics.

Right now, this Ten Thousand Year Mermaid Spirit Beast still had not reached the realm of Humanoid Transformation.

Even if her Humanoid Transformation succeeded, she would have to reach level seventy, when her physiological structure completely transformed from soul beast to human, before she entered maturity.

Perhaps only upon reaching maturity could a soul beast that had transformed into a human reproduce with a normal person.

A hundred years in immortal cultivation, ten thousand years in Douluo.

It was truly too hard to be a spirit in Douluo.

But whether this thing could actually reproduce...

Su Mutian could not be completely certain either.

You people might not be anxious, but I am. I am!

Su Mutian tilted his head.

As for whether there was any way to make a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast advance into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast... believe it or not, there really was.

It was the power of Sea God Island's Sacred Pillar Stone, the one mentioned before that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had secretly used.

A divinely sanctioned object—the Sacred Pillar Stone.

As the cornerstone of Sea God Mountain, it was a treasure akin to the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle.

Moreover, it was the resting place for the souls of sea soul beasts. Traditionally, only Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts devout enough could attach their souls to the Sacred Pillar Stone.

One could imagine it. Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were already existences in Douluo that were exceedingly rare, coveted by everyone, and yet inspired awe.

Then just how much Sacred Pillar Light must be hidden within Sacred Pillar Stones nourished by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?

One had to know that the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the Seven Guardian Douluo of Sea God combined part of the Sacred Pillar Light's energy, and with that alone, they could already cross the level gap and suppress Tang Chen.

The soul essence hidden within was endless.

He had to admit it.

Su Mutian was sitting on one of the top treasures in the Douluo World without even realizing it.

"Bullshit. How could I possibly not know how awesome Sea God Island is?"

"The main thing is that that dead ghost Sea God has no idea how he's doing in the God Realm. He's ignoring me, qwq!"

Su Mutian resentfully stroked the big toe of the Sea God statue.

"Sea God, I'll give you a chance. Come out right now and beg me to inherit your God Position, and I'll reluctantly believe in you. Even though you're only a Rank One God in the God Realm, didn't manage to become a Law Enforcement God, can't beat the Asura God in a fight, and can't out-trash-talk the God of Emotions..."

Su Mutian slapped his forehead.

Wrong, wrong.

Complaining about Sea God behind his back was disrespectful. It showed a lack of faith.

Like this, there was no way he could inherit the Sea God Position.

Speaking of which...

Could it be that Sea God felt Su Mutian was not very interested in him, so he was too embarrassed to come out?

That was fine too.

If he suddenly popped out, Su Mutian would still have to worry that Sea God might see through his identity as a transmigrator.

But it seemed like gods also had a hard time seeing through transmigrators, right?

Priest Hall, appointment.

"Young God brother, Tang Po requests an audience."

Outside the door, Tang Po waited respectfully.

As for changing Tang Po's form of address for Su Mutian from big sister to big brother, Su Mutian had also racked his brains back then before he finally fooled little Tang Po into it.

"Come in."

Su Mutian squeezed his throat, doing his best to make himself seem mighty, domineering, imposing, mature, and dignified.

Creak~

The main door's hinge of the Priest Hall rubbed against the smooth glaze as it turned, producing a rasping sound.

"Young God brother~"

Seeing Su Mutian, Tang Po looked very happy.

"Young God brother, I haven't seen you in a few days, and you've gotten much better-looking again."

Tang Po grinned. Even if he counted as half a disciple of Young God brother, that did not mean he could see him whenever he wanted.

Aside from Su Mutian and Bo Saixi, everyone was forbidden from entering Sea God Hall.

Of course, other people could not get in anyway.

On the final three hundred steps of the Nine Heavens Profound Steps, if one did not have Sea God's approval, setting foot there was extremely difficult.

"Don't patronize me. Can I be prettier than that mermaid?"

Su Mutian said irritably.

Tang Po laughed awkwardly. "Of course Young God brother is prettier. Jiao Ji is only a soul beast. Although she looks very much like a person, she still doesn't look quite the same as a person in the end. It's not like Young God brother hasn't seen her before."

Disdain flashed through Su Mutian's eyes.

Those words sounded nice on the surface, but in the next moment, he would go off and get all lovey-dovey with that Ten Thousand Year Mermaid Spirit Beast.

Like hell I'd believe you.

That really was wronging Tang Po.

He was speaking from the heart.

Young God brother really was very good-looking!!!

If he were a woman, he would definitely be a peerless beauty capable of toppling cities and kingdoms, an existence that would make countless Titled Douluo bend their backs in pursuit!

"Wait, Jiao Ji? That's the name you gave that mermaid?" Su Mutian snapped back to himself and realized a problem.

"No. Her real name is Huan Chao Jiao Ji. Although mermaids are not as intelligent as humans, they have their own specific tribes.

"And they have their own names."

When it came to the mermaid Jiao Ji, Tang Po was clearly interested.

"You can even understand the mermaid language?" Su Mutian was somewhat surprised.

You really are a fucking language genius.

Tang Po scratched his head and said, "I can understand some of it by watching, but I can't understand everything. Maybe it's because we've spent a long time together, so I can read her thoughts."

"No. You're not telling the truth."

Su Mutian's face darkened. He was angry.

Sure enough, love was blind.

Once contaminated by it, a person's thinking would change.

"Do you still remember the principles of conduct I've emphasized to you since you were little?" Su Mutian asked.

Tang Po nodded. "A person must be honest, keep their promises, be benevolent, obedient, modest, and respect the elderly."

"And?"

Tang Po said sheepishly, "In all things, I should try to discuss matters with Young God brother before acting."

Only then did Su Mutian nod. "Remove 'try to.'"

"Mm-hmm!"

"But you didn't tell the truth. Since you can't understand the specific words of mermaids, how do you know her name?"

Tang Po said in shame, "Po'er knows he was wrong. But Po'er didn't lie. That really is Ji'er's true name."

"Twelve years ago, Ji'er accidentally entered an area where humans were active and ran into a group of powerful ocean hunters. After being passed around many times, she was finally transported to Sea God Island."

"But I heard from my mother and grandmothers that they bought Ji'er from the Sea Exchange to treat my mother's illness. Ji'er's singing can calm a person's mood and heal the soul."

"Po'er taught her to recognize characters and speak, and I also occasionally learned how to identify the way mermaids transmit information."

"It was very happy."

Tang Po held nothing back and told Su Mutian everything.

This was thanks to Su Mutian's excellent education.

This child trusted Su Mutian very much.

Besides, Su Mutian had never instilled in Tang Po any notion of a distinction between humans and soul beasts.

Tang Po also had not interacted with many girls since childhood.

In addition, Sea God Island's original inhabitants were not pleased by the arrival of Mei Luo'er and Tang Po. It was not strange that Tang Po gradually grew familiar with that Ten Thousand Year Mermaid Spirit Beast in his free time.

Seeing the joyful expression on Tang Po's face.

Su Mutian asked faintly, "Have you fallen in love with her?"

"Fallen in love?"

Tang Po was slightly puzzled.

What did falling in love mean?

What even was love?

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