Happy days always pass by in a flash. When Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi are out having fun, they often encounter some people like them.

Their strange pairing has always puzzled each other: why would they have a partner?

In recent years, as people have become more aware of the importance of marine life conservation, they have begun to restrict the hunting of large fish and whales. However, the results have not been very good, since countries that like to hunt whales and large fish are unlikely to heed this proposal.

They will still hunt what they want; their actions show no sign of restraint.

But as time went by, more and more people realized this, and everyone began to actively stop those who hunted whales and large fish.

On the ocean, members of animal protection organizations patrol from time to time; everyone is working together to protect the ocean.

Xu Qiaoqiao had seen it from afar once, but considering that the other party's ship was quite large and Junjun would be afraid, she did not go up to take a closer look.

Because of the distance, Jun Qi didn't show any fear. He tilted his head, looked at the ship, then at Xu Qiaoqiao, and asked:

Qiaoqiao, what are they doing?

It didn't look like fishing, nor did it look like playing; it looked strange, and the boat wasn't moving very fast.

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked, waved her pectoral fins, and replied: These humans are from an animal protection organization; they are on patrol.

Jun Qi: Patrol?

Xu Qiaoqiao nodded: That's right, they are the humans who specialize in protecting marine animals. They patrol to see if there are any poachers harming us.

Jun Qi: Is it like the whale shark we encountered before?

Hsu Chiao-chiao: Yeah.

However, among humans, there are those who specifically protect marine animals. Xu Qiaoqiao thought Jun Qi's focus should be on this, but it turned out to be on other, less important things.

For example, how to patrol, how to rescue fish, how to spot poachers, and what to do if poachers are spotted, etc.

There were many questions, and Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't answer many of them, so she could only give perfunctory "uh-huh" answers. However, Jun Qi understood Xu Qiaoqiao's perfunctory answers.

Jun Qi: It seems Qiao Qiao doesn't understand either.

It's okay, he won't tell anyone, otherwise Qiaoqiao will get angry. When Qiaoqiao is angry, it's not that hard to coax her, but it's not easy either.

Let's not take the risk.

Jun Qi made up his mind. Recently, under Xu Qiaoqiao's influence and with the recovery of his memories, his mind was particularly active, and like Qiaoqiao, many strange and wonderful ideas popped up.

He just hasn't said it yet. In fact, he's been secretly working on something lately, or rather, he's been working on it for many years, but he's never succeeded.

Since Jun Qi regained his memories, what has been most attractive to him is the bunch of strange and seemingly complicated cultivation techniques in his head.

If these things were cultivated, they could live for a very long time. In that case, he and Qiaoqiao could stay together for a long time. As for the fact that they would eventually turn into human form, he happily ignored that.

Jun Qi doesn't like humans, but he doesn't hate them either. However, in his mind right now, it's definitely more fun to be a fish. He doesn't want to be human.

With this idea in mind, Jun Qi kept trying out the things that popped into his head that could be cultivated, but ten years passed and there was no progress at all.

When Xu Qiaoqiao and Jun Qi turned sixty, Jun Qi still hadn't succeeded. By then, he was somewhat disappointed, and this feeling, along with himself, was exposed to Xu Qiaoqiao.

Looking at the listless whale shark, which barely had the strength to wave its pectoral fins, it was hard for Xu Qiaoqiao not to notice it. The two of them were now sixty years old, which meant they were entering old age.

At first, when Jun Qi showed this appearance, Xu Qiaoqiao thought he was just tired. After all, he was getting old, so he needed to rest more. However, no matter how long he rested, Jun Qi was still like this.

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked. It didn't make sense. They were about the same age, and she was still full of energy, so why did Junjun seem to have all her strength drained away?

Later, after observing, Xu Qiaoqiao concluded that Junjun was probably just feeling down, which affected her appearance.

Xu Qiaoqiao: ...

This is even rarer.

Finally, Xu Qiaoqiao couldn't hold back any longer. One morning, after waking up, she blocked Jun Qi's path and asked: "Jun Jun, tell me honestly, have you encountered any trouble lately?"

Jun Qi looked at Xu Qiaoqiao, and after a few seconds, he slowly nodded, like an old man, explaining the situation to Xu Qiaoqiao word by word.

Xu Qiaoqiao: ...Cultivation?

I didn't expect you to actually want to do this.

Having done too much animal stuff, Xu Qiaoqiao stopped doing those things in the ordinary world after her first unsuccessful attempt at cultivation in another world.

However, he can't cultivate, but the blood pact that Jun Qi made before is still usable, which is really strange.

Xu Qiaoqiao also suspected that the system was behind it, but it was too tight-lipped and she couldn't get any information out of it.

Jun Qi nodded slowly: Yes, I was thinking that if we could cultivate, we could spend more time together.

As he finished speaking, Jun Qi sighed, clearly unhappy: "But, we've never succeeded."

Xu Qiaoqiao blinked: You're unhappy because of this?

Jun Qi flicked his tail and swam to Xu Qiaoqiao's side, snuggling close to her: "Yes, and we're really powerful after cultivating. No one can bully us then, not even humans."

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