Chapter 48 Chapter 48 gently pressed against her forehead
The light and shadow of the ripples of the waves flowed naturally on his body, just falling on the eyelashes lightly covering his eyelids.
It was as if the stars had fallen into the mortal world, and everything around him became dim the moment he opened his eyes.
But even through the gentle ripples of the water and the interweaving of light and shadow, at the moment of first sight, one can still feel the powerful aura emanating from him.
The ripples on the water surface gradually calmed down, and Xilos's sight gradually focused. It seemed that he finally saw the person coming, and his gaze underwent a huge change in silence.
Xilos looked at Ye Ning, his gaze gradually focused.
He supported himself on the bed with one hand and slowly sat up from the water.
Water droplets slid down his body, outlining the perfect lines of his muscles. His dark blue, seaweed-like hair lay softly on his back, adding a touch of unruly and casualness to his already noble appearance.
His gaze gradually softened, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes as he looked at Ye Ning.
The deep blue-purple pupils, like countless stars, seemed to be scattered within them. The edges of the pupils seemed to be inlaid with an extremely fine light golden halo, giving them a noble and dreamy look.
Although this was his first meeting with Ye Ning, the greenery that surrounded her almost completely enveloped him. That rich, fresh, vibrant, and energetic plant scent seemed like the purest force in the world.
The vibrant green slowly seeped into every inch of his skin, gently and firmly purifying the pollutants in his body that had been tearing at him for months.
Under the brief purification of this power, he actually felt an unprecedented sense of ease and comfort.
At the same time, an uncontrollable throbbing and attraction surged out like mushrooms after rain.
Ye Ning couldn't help but take two steps back as soon as he sat up.
After he came out of the water, he had another kind of extremely stunning beauty, and his whole body exuded an attraction that made people unable to look away.
It’s not that Ye Ning hasn’t seen mermaids before. There are a lot of celebrity peripherals in Feng Qi’s room, but none of them can compare to the shock and amazement brought to her by the mermaid king in front of her.
Xilos's upper body gracefully crossed the water tank, his fingertips still covered with water droplets, and his slender fingers gently fell on Ye Ning's cheek, bringing a warm and cool feeling.
Ye Ning was a little surprised by his action. Before she could react, the next second, Xilos' forehead gently touched hers.
Zooming in on the handsome face before her, she could even feel his eyelashes accidentally brushing against her skin. The distance was so close that Ye Ning could clearly feel the delicate, warm, and cool texture of his skin.
Xilos tried his best to control his inner throbbing and steady his breathing so as not to lose his proper demeanor around her.
"Hello, I'm Silos."
At this moment, the ultimate attraction of pure humans to orcs was fully visualized, and he felt it completely clearly and deeply, an experience he had never had before.
Having just woken up from a deep sleep, Xilos's originally magnetic voice took on a lazy hoarseness.
But the mermaid's voice is one of the most pleasant sounds in nature. Even a few simple words were melodious and charming, with an irresistible charm.
Ye Ning was originally just amazed by his beauty, and her heart was not much moved. But at this moment, because of his overly close actions and seductive voice, a trace of heat appeared on her face.
She couldn't help but look up, but she saw the pair of blue-purple eyes more clearly.
Ye Ning blinked and said thoughtfully, "I am Ye Ning."
Yaerlin and Hou Sen, who were standing by, were both startled by the sudden intimacy.
Yarlin widened his eyes in disbelief.
Hou Sen hurried over and carried Ye Ning down.
"Your Majesty Xilos, your behavior is a bit presumptuous." As an elder, Hou Sen's tone couldn't help but become stern.
The warm touch disappeared from his fingertips, and Silos immediately felt an unprecedented sense of loss and reluctance.
He lowered his eyelids slightly, trying his best to suppress the fluctuations in his heart, but his slightly burning gaze was always on Ye Ning.
Siros: "Sorry, this is the highest etiquette of the sea orcs."
Yaerlin nodded quickly, and then quickly explained: "Yes, yes, this is His Majesty Xiluos showing his absolute respect and complete trust in Lord Ye Ning."
But he had never seen His Majesty Siros use this etiquette with any ministers or anyone else.
Is that so?
Ye Ning didn't understand the marine orcs, but she could feel that they had no ill will towards her. Instead... they were very enthusiastic.
Meeting Xilos's gaze, Ye Ning also looked over and smiled at him.
A sense of overflowing joy and happiness surrounded Xilos's body. His original fatigue and pain were alleviated again, and he felt happy all over.
When he looked at Ye Ning's eyes, the tiny stars shone even brighter.
Hou Sen glanced at Xiluo Si, whose strength was comparable to that of the Emperor Dragon. Ye Ning's natural ability was extremely high, and she would be very attractive to orcs. Perhaps it was because she had just invoked the plant element, the aura emanating from her surroundings would be even more attractive to powerful orcs.
Hou Sen briefly considered spraying something on Ye Ning to cover up her scent.
But the other party was the king of the empire. If they really did such a thing, it would be very presumptuous. Hou Sen couldn't say anything else. He just stood in front of Ye Ning, blocking Xiluo Si's sight. "Your Majesty Xiluo Si, how do you feel now?"
Hou Sen initially thought it unreliable to have Ye Ning introduce plant elements directly into Xiluos' body for purification. But then he thought, Ye Ning could germinate hundreds of seeds at once and rapidly grow thousands of plants. With her top-tier talent, she might actually be able to purify him directly with plant elements.
In fact, the life span of orcs is generally not high, and many die from pollution in their thirties and forties. People of his age are already a minority among the minority.
Silos nodded slightly, raised his hand, and fiddled with the water casually. A fresh and natural ocean feeling spread in the space.
“It’s very comfortable, and the pain and fatigue I had originally felt have been reduced a lot.”
Hou Sen nodded. It seemed that his condition had indeed improved a lot.
He used the instrument to examine Xilos' body again.
Ye Ning was not sure how much effect her special ability could have, but Hou Sen had already used the equipment, so she certainly couldn't just throw a large amount of special ability at Xilos like she did to treat Long Qi.
So she basically used a 9:1 ratio, 9 points of energy from the Green Singing Stone and 1 point of her own supernatural power.
At this time, Ye Ning was also looking at Hou Sen's equipment, curious about what conclusion he would come to.
Hou Sen quickly received data feedback.
He carefully compared the before and after data, his eyebrows raised slightly, "It's reduced a lot, but compared to the purification effect of plants, it seems that the difference is not that big?"
Xilos' voice had shed its previous laziness and regained its former clarity.
He took advantage of his height and changed his perspective to one where he could see Ye Ning. "I do feel much more comfortable now."
He looked in the direction of Ye Ning and even gently shook his fish tail.
The blue scales on the upper part of the fish's tail sparkled, but the lower part was still a barren mass of bones.
Ye Ning's line of sight was just enough to clearly see the horrific piece of white bones.
This is the problem with having too much empathy. She just looked at him, but it seemed as if she could feel his pain.
As if he had noticed her gaze, Silos's eyes also fell on his own exposed bones.
He changed direction slightly and hid the tailbone behind him.
Ye Ning hesitated for a moment, but still threw a very faint supernatural power at his tail.
Almost instantly, Siros felt the changes in his body. As the greenness lingered around him, the throbbing and attraction flourished once again.
Xilos let the breath slowly settle in his chest. He had already realized that he should be more restrained.
But his eyes were still on Ye Ning, but he acted very frankly. No matter how Hou Sen stared at him, he had no intention of looking away.
Hou Sen was speechless. Had Silos never seen a pure human?
Siros had indeed never come into contact with pure humans, as in the past few decades, few pure humans had ventured into the ocean depths. The Empire, however, supported dozens of pure humans, and the annual volume of land plants transported to the ocean was remarkably stable. Therefore, after it became clear that no pure humans could cultivate marine plants, he no longer paid much attention to them.
After all, as a king, there are countless things that require him to think about and make decisions.
Hou Sen had almost given up. He took out his bracelet and said, "Your Majesty, we have a rough treatment plan. You can take a look at it first."
"It will take a week. If there is still no effect, you can return to the ocean."
All they can do is actually plant plants, create an environment full of plant elements for him, and then purify the pollutants in his body.
When there were no plants, being able to use S-level plants was already a great opportunity. But now, after Ye Ning cultivated a variety of different varieties of S-level plants, they discovered that different varieties of S-level plants also had different purification effects.
So far, they've identified two major differences:
1. Internal Purification: Certain S-rank plants can penetrate deeper into the orc's body, effectively purifying pollutants and promoting the self-repair of biological cells. For example, plants like Lala grass and Ice platform grass are more medicinal.
Second, air purification: Other S-level plants excel at improving air pollution levels by absorbing, transforming, or releasing beneficial substances, reducing pollutants in the air. For example, the bamboo and moss that Ye Ning had previously planted.
Of course, no matter which S-rank plant, it possesses a far superior purification effect than ever before. And this purification isn't just effective for orcs; it also has a significant effect on other creatures with pollutants in their bodies. Their original use of plants required a large amount of Originium to achieve the desired effect, but now that the quality of the plants has improved, they've significantly reduced the use of Originium.
They also conducted experiments on the deformed orcs, such as Jiang Kong, who hadn't lost his mind. The results were beyond their expectations. After taking the plants grown by Ye Ning for a period of time, his deformed form was significantly reduced. The most obvious sign of improvement was the complete disappearance of the wriggling muscle masses on his body.
Hou Sen has not been in the planting room for a while because he has been secretly following up on this matter in the joint research institute with the Xisha District.
The last time the Federation sent personnel to Yongbei District to investigate the nutrient solution, progress was not smooth. They finally found the production site, but it was already deserted. The other party even brazenly left behind a lot of evidence.
Those glass bottles are all 1:1 imitations of the nutrient solutions from various districts. Even the Gaojiang District logo is in them. They are almost indistinguishable from the real ones. Even they themselves need to make careful comparisons to distinguish them.
There are many poor orcs in the Federation, and many of them can only rely on a bottle of nutrient solution every day to maintain the energy needed by the body.
So now, no one knows how much of this toxic nutrient solution has flowed into the market and how much trouble it will cause to the federation.
Hou Sen got a headache whenever he thought about this matter.
Plant cultivation in Gaojiang District was in full swing, but they were also worried about being attacked by the rebels. Therefore, the cultivation in Gaojiang District would soon be completed, and they had to disperse the existing pure humans as much as possible to ensure that a large number of pure humans would not be affected at once in an emergency.
Silos nodded slightly.
A week was the limit of how long he could stay out of the ocean.
But even so, he still had to deal with some more urgent imperial affairs here.
Hou Sen, "Then we won't bother you for now. I'll take Master Ye Ning to plant marine plants somewhere else. You can rest first."
Xilos looked at Ye Ning again. Although he was very reluctant to let Ye Ning leave his sight, he seemed to have no better reason to ask Hou Sen to change his decision.
Instead, Ye Ning looked at Xilos, marveling at his beauty while preparing to wave goodbye to him.
Silos was so beautiful that even though she had just looked at him for a long time, as long as she looked away for a moment, she would still feel that huge impact when she looked at him again.
But before she raised her hand, Hou Sen's bracelet suddenly rang.
Hou Sen frowned and clicked on the communication. After seeing the message, his face immediately darkened and his brows were furrowed.
Ye Ning pulled his sleeve and said, "Teacher, if you have something urgent to do, do you want to leave first?"
Hou Sen's face was very tangled. "Something did happen suddenly."
Xilos was right in front of him, and he couldn't explain it to Ye Ning in detail.
Ye Ning guessed that this matter must be a bit urgent, otherwise he wouldn't be so entangled. "You go ahead and do your work. I'll finish planting and then go back."
She was familiar with all the procedures. Using the green stone to sprout was just a simple matter for her.
Hou Sen looked at Xiluo Si and said, "Your Majesty, can we send another person in?"
Before Siros could speak, Yaerlin shook his head firmly, "Professor Hou, the fact that His Majesty is seriously injured must not be known to others."
"Don't worry, I will escort Lady Ye Ning out as soon as she finishes planting."
Ye Ning also nodded and said, "Teacher, please go and do your work. I will tell you directly if I have any questions." She shook her bracelet.
Hou Sen hesitated for two seconds before looking at Xiluo Si. "Your Majesty, Lady Ye Ning is as important and respected to Gaojiang District, Xisha District, and the Federation as you are to the Empire. Therefore, any behavior that makes her uncomfortable, or even causes her harm, will be considered a provocation and a declaration of war by the Empire against the Federation."
The Xilos people are here, and the Emperor Dragon is also nearby. If something really happens, they will not gain any advantage.
But even though he knew that they would never do anything to Ye Ning, Hou Sen still had to say the ugly words upfront.
Silos raised his eyes and looked at Hou Sen.
The feeling of vastness and inclusiveness around, like the ocean, seemed to suddenly shrink, and the atmosphere gradually became solemn.
All this happened in just a second or two, but it felt incredibly long to Hou Sen. Cold sweat broke out on his back, but he instantly realized that the man before him was the youngest king of the Ocean Empire.
The next second, he heard Xiluo Si say seriously: "She is equally important to the empire. I promise you in the name of the Seran family that none of the situations you mentioned above will happen."
Hou Sen was stunned for two seconds and finally nodded.
After Hou Sen left, the atmosphere inside became relaxed again.
All the water tanks around are interconnected, so Xilos can move freely around her.
Ye Ning thought about it and walked in front of Xilos.
She suddenly approached with a serious look, and Silos was involuntarily attracted to her.
The dark blue hair spread out in the sea again, and Ye Ning realized at this moment that his figure was really very tall and strong compared to her.
But she raised her head, looked at Silos without fear, and asked seriously, "Did you just put a lot of pressure on Professor Hou Sen? He seemed a little scared?"
She didn't actually feel any changes, but Hou Sen seemed to have a sense of fear for a moment, and when he left, his state was different from before.
The change seemed to have happened during their previous conversation.
Under the light, Xilos's huge figure cast a shadow that completely covered Ye Ning.
She looked really small, and he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had seen a cub this small. But the plant scent she exuded was the strongest he had ever seen or felt.
So even being close to her through the glass made him feel a strange and exuberant sense of joy and happiness.
But facing Ye Ning's question at this time, Xilos's smile became a little stiff, and he didn't know how to answer this question.
Yaerlin, standing by, quickly explained, "No, no, Your Majesty didn't intentionally release that pressure. It was simply the inherent majesty of Your Majesty."
He couldn't help but speak up for Xilos, "Your Majesty really has a very good temper."
Compared with Xilos's father and grandfather, he has a really good temper.
Ye Ning nodded, still looking at Xiluo Si, and said seriously: "I can understand that as His Majesty, you may inadvertently reveal a sense of majesty. But Professor Hou means a lot to me. He is someone I respect and love very much. If you need to accept our help here, then I hope you can at least not let him feel negative emotions such as fear."
She looked serious, completely different from when she was smiling at him before.
Siros was stunned for two seconds, then nodded slightly. However, a slightly bitter, lost, and aggrieved feeling welled up in his heart.
His beautiful eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he really couldn't understand why he had such complicated emotions.
Even when he simply nodded, he exuded an indescribable elegance and nobility. Light filtered through the seawater above, casting a shadow on his sculptured face. Ye Ning couldn't help but sigh once again, "He's so handsome!"
After finishing what she wanted to say, Ye Ning, who was once again attacked by his beauty, smiled again. She said softly, "Okay, you haven't recovered yet. Do you want to go and rest first? I want to start planting from Area A first."
When Hou Sen just left, he gave her a map, and she planned to plant according to that step.
This was planned in the morning. She wasn't quite sure what the basis for this plan was, but since it was planned, she just had to do it.
She smiled again, as if there was no longer any barrier between her and him. Silos only felt bitterness and loss, which was instantly replaced by another feeling of happiness.
Siros leaned forward honestly and said, "I'm with you."
Ye Ning nodded.
Yaerlin hurriedly led the way, and the three of them went to Area A together.
If you actually walk inside, you can have a deeper understanding of how huge it is.
But Silos was originally very big in size. Even though he was injured now, he could still swim a long distance by just flicking his tail.
But now, in order to keep up with her speed, he moved slowly in the water, looking very uncomfortable.
Ye Ning looked around the environment. There were green singing stones everywhere. She originally thought that the empire had sent her a lot of them, but compared with what was here, there were actually not many.
Xilos casually crushed a green stone.
Only a tiny portion of those elements was absorbed by him, with the majority dissipating into the seawater. It was no wonder that even after consuming so many Green Song Stones, his wounds still hadn't healed.
She felt it when she used her supernatural power just now. The wounds on his body were very similar to those on Long Qi.
When she first met Long Qi, his body was covered with these unhealable, constantly tearing wounds.
But she used plants at that time and he recovered quickly. Why is it that now, even with the same plants she planted, Silos still hasn't recovered?
Ye Ning pondered the difference between the two while taking out the seeds from his pocket and putting them into the water tank.
Those spores are difficult to see with the naked eye, but the water here is very clear. Under the light, Silos, who has excellent eyesight, can still see things scattered in the water.
He soon felt it again. A strong plant element gathered on the seeds. The spores, which were originally extremely tiny and difficult to see with the naked eye, suddenly grew rapidly and soon grew to a size visible to the naked eye.
Yarlin excitedly leaned on the glass of the water tank and said, "Yes, yes, this is a marine plant. I know it. This is giant kelp."
Ye Ning nodded. "Giant kelp grows very fast. If you want to eat it, eat it quickly. Otherwise, in a week, it may occupy the entire A area."
Planting marine plants is easy for Ye Ning, not to mention that there are green stones everywhere here.
She would check on Xiluos's condition from time to time, and every time she looked over, she would find that Xiluos was always looking at her. She couldn't help but give him a little more supernatural power.
There were a lot more federal coins in her account, and a lot more green stones in the planting room, which were all given by the empire.
Since she had collected so many things, she naturally had to let Xilos recover as soon as possible.
I don’t know if seven days is enough.
Ye Ning originally thought it would be quick, but because the place was so huge, it took her nearly three hours to finish.
By the end, she didn't even want to talk. She really needed to exercise more.
Xiluos said goodbye to her and asked her if she wanted to go into the water next time. Ye Ning was a little tempted.
When Ye Ning finally came out, Hou Lin was already getting impatient. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ye Ning was intact.
"If you don't come out, I'm going to rush in to find you."
Ye Ning looked at Hou Lin, paused for a few seconds, and decisively looked away.
Xilos had such a strong impact on her eyes that even when she saw Hou Lin now, she felt a little...
The two walked out together, and the doors closed one after another.
After Ye Ning came out, she looked at her large planting box again. The effect of the environmental spray had disappeared, but the plants inside were growing well and should be able to continue growing soon.
Ye Ning was satisfied. However, she suddenly felt Long Qi's gaze again.
Ye Ning thought about it, but still didn't look up. She just pretended not to know. He must be looking at the planter box as well.
Behind the glass window, Long Qi felt the strong ocean scent coming from Ye Ning's body. The corners of his mouth were pursed into a straight line, and his face was extremely cold.
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