As soon as the Merfolk King finished speaking, Fu Huan, behind the screen, maintained a serious expression but inwardly roared, "What does the intermarriage between the two races, resulting in a large number of outstanding mermaid children, have to do with me?"
He, the high priest of the merfolk, only wanted to go out and have fun, to live a life of leisure. Whether or not he intermarried or had children was none of his business. If possible, he wouldn't even want to be the high priest.
Now the king of the merfolk still makes him go out to work. What does he take him for? A lackey who comes when called and goes when dismissed?
Fu Huan cleared his throat, adopting the air of a mermaid high priest, seemingly detached from worldly affairs, and slowly opened his mouth: "My king, the gods have told me that nothing can be forced, and everything should be left to fate."
"I didn't force it, I'm just letting things take their course." The Mermaid King hurriedly explained, "High Priest, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. What I meant was that the Deep Sea Mermaid Queen and their High Priest came here from the distant Milky Way more than a month ago, and I didn't treat them well. You didn't even come out of the temple."
"They are currently staying in the Troia Empire and have good relations with the Troia royal family, especially with Princess Jiang Jiang and the healer Princess Yan Liu. We are of the same clan and ancestry, so we should do our best to be good hosts."
"As the Mermaid King, I have to stay and oversee the Mermaid Clan. I can't just go out for three to five months at a time. But you are different. You have long resided at the entrance to the Deep Sea Ruins, guarding the Ruins. You have never truly experienced the prosperity outside, only seen it in videos."
"Therefore, I think this is an opportunity for you to leave the Deep Sea Ruins and communicate with the Queen and High Priest of the Deep Sea Mermaid Clan. You can also take a look at the universe and the various star systems, and truly come into contact with the various races, especially the human race, especially Princess Jiang Jiang, Princess Yan Liu, and Her Majesty Queen Quan Jian."
"By building good relationships with them, we can import more natural fruits and vegetables from the Troia Empire in the future. This will also give my people some advantages in healing their mental strength, and they might even be able to intermarry with deep-sea mermaids!"
"As long as you befriend Princess Jiang Jiang and Princess Yan Liu, it's the same as being tightly bound to the royal family of the Troya Empire. Think about it, look at it, do the math—it's a win-win situation, a worthwhile deal no matter how you look at it!"
Fu Huan: "!!!!"
Their king is truly cunning.
But he really wanted to tell his king that even if he wanted to see the scenery outside, he wouldn't want to see the Deep Sea Queen and the High Priest.
Their high priest is even more aloof than him, and their queen is just a chatterbox, a little girl who gets angry before she can even finish three sentences. She also likes to look at handsome men, their abs, their faces, and their long legs. She's a total fangirl.
Who wants to deal with a stinky fish who's obsessed with girls? Who wants to deal with someone who's more pretentious than themselves and doesn't look old? It's better to stay home, play video games, catch sharks, and collect pearls.
It's all those stinky space pirates' fault. They went to the Milky Way and never came back. Good heavens, look at their momentum. They're going to settle down in the Milky Way and completely leave him behind. Otherwise, if he had told the Mermaid King that he was going into seclusion and hadn't come out for three, five, ten, or even eight years, wouldn't he have gone off to play and have fun too?
Seeing that his High Priest remained silent, the Mermaid King pressed on: "High Priest, all along, the spiritual power, physical strength, and water control abilities of the shallow-sea mermaids in our Abel Galaxy have been inferior to those of the deep-sea mermaids of ancient Earth in the Milky Way."
"However, the children born to us shallow-sea mermaids and deep-sea mermaids, even if they cannot reach the same level of mental strength and physical ability as the deep-sea mermaids, are still very close."
"High Priest, you are the faith of our merfolk, the god in our hearts. For the prosperity of our merfolk, for the continuation of our lineage, for thousands of generations to come, are you really not going?"
Fu Huan barely suppressed a breath, deliberately revealing a mysterious smile, and said to the Mermaid King in the video: "My king, I just did some calculations and consulted the gods, and the gods have instructed me to go!"
The Mermaid King was overjoyed: "Look, look! It turns out that the gods have always been concerned about the prosperity of our race. Your going is what everyone wants!"
“But!” Fu Huan put his blatant lying to the fullest: “My king, you can’t be too happy yet. I can only let things take their course and leave everything to fate. After May, regardless of whether things succeed or not, I will go into seclusion for three to five years, or even ten years.”
If you want him to go out and work, you have to make sure you agree on the terms. Let him use the excuse of seclusion to roam around outside, enjoying his freedom. He can't work for free.
In the Mermaid King's mind, he had already begun to fantasize about the shallow-sea mermaids and the deep-sea mermaids engaging in large-scale intermarriages, marrying countless women, each little mermaid more beautiful, stronger, and more powerful than the last.
Regarding the matter of their high priest's subsequent seclusion to pray to the gods for the prosperity of the Shallow Sea Mermaid Clan, their utmost support must be provided.
The Mermaid King hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes. After the matter is accomplished, let alone the High Priest's seclusion for three to five years, ten years or even a hundred years, I will follow the High Priest's wishes. Please rest assured, High Priest, there is no need to worry."
Fu Huan mentally gave himself a thumbs up, praising his own intelligence. His face remained expressionless as he raised his hand and said, "My king, I understand. I will pack my things and head to the Troia Empire to strive for the prosperity of my people's descendants."
The Mermaid King grinned from ear to ear: "Thank you so much, High Priest! Thank you so much, High Priest! If you need anything, just let someone know and I'll have it prepared for you right away!"
Fu Huan politely declined, saying, "No need. I'll travel light for convenience."
Upon hearing what was going on, the Mermaid King knew he couldn't make a big fuss and risk offending the Mermaid Queen and the High Priest. He had to keep a low profile: "Very well, everything will be as the High Priest wishes. I won't bother the High Priest any longer."
Fu Huan bowed her head slightly: "May my king enjoy good health and long life. Goodbye!"
Mermaid King: "Goodbye, High Priest!"
Fu Huan disconnected the quantum computer, sat on the high seat, pointed in the direction of the Troya Empire, and cursed Quanjian's ancestors for 18 generations. After he finished, he exhaled a breath of turbid air, gracefully stepped down from the high seat, changed his clothes, disguised himself to cover his true appearance, turned his eyes, which were as big as the sea, into black, said a word to the holy sons and daughters of the priesthood, and left the Merfolk priesthood!
More than three hours later, the spacecraft stopped outside the Space Jump Research Institute.
The gatekeeper at the research institute saw an aircraft parked at the entrance and rushed out. He then saw that the aircraft's license plate number was 002, belonging to Prince Agares.
As the gatekeeper opened the gate, he notified the director of the research institute. However, just as he announced that Prince Agares had arrived, he saw Princess Jiang Jiang.
The gatekeeper's voice trembled with excitement, his whole body shook, and he stammered as he excitedly told the director of the research institute that Princess Jiang Jiang had also arrived.
Marshal Agares has arrived, and Princess Jiang Jiang has arrived. Upon hearing this, the director of the Space Jump Research Institute hung up the communication and hurriedly ran outside.
Those who didn't know better wondered what was wrong with him and asked, "Hey, what are you doing? Weren't you told not to get excited, not to run, and not to make a lot of noise?"
"That's right, Director, you violated the rules, and you violated them twice at once. You'll have to pay 200 star coins. Hey, hey, don't run away, pay the money now!"
The director of the Space Jump Research Institute said as he ran, "What do you mean, 'hand over'? Marshal Agares and Princess Jiang Jiang are here for an inspection."
Upon hearing this, the people he was talking to immediately let out a screeching sound like earthworms: "Ahhh, what what what, my goddess is here, my goddess is here, oh my god ... take me with you to welcome my goddess."
"Me too, me too! My goddess is here! Even if she deducts 200 or 2000 star coins, I'll still be happy and excited. I'll go too!"
And so, the director of the Space Jump Research Institute led those who were resting, having lunch, and not working out of the research institute building in a grand procession, where they saw their idols leading a man whose looks were no less than their idols'.
Their idol, Agares, dressed in military uniform and boots, exuded an aura of 2.8 meters tall. He held their goddess's hand, showing off their affection and showering them with dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
Their goddess, wearing wedge boots and a high ponytail, had given birth to two naturally conceived babies, yet she looked exactly the same as before. She was still curvy and had a slim waist, and her face was so rosy and tender it looked like it could be pinched to release water. Being led by their male god, she looked very youthful, innocent, and cute. She didn't look like someone who could destroy a planet or crush anyone with a wave of her hand!
Look at the man their idol is leading; he's dressed in a dark black robe, with long hair that almost drags on the ground. Half of his hair is white, and the other half is black.
The white-haired woman, adorned with black and white pearls the size of quail eggs, wore a red belt and a red "Fu" (good fortune) pendant hanging from her waist. She exuded an aloof and ethereal aura, like a celestial being.
Each of the three has their own unique charm, charisma, beauty, and handsomeness; they are all good-looking, all extremely good-looking.
Upon hearing that Cangying was the high priest of the deep-sea mermaid race who had come to guide their research on space jump, the director of the Space Jump Research Institute was even more excited than if he had met his idol: "Welcome, welcome, welcome! With Lord Cangying joining us, I believe we will be able to break through the technology and achieve freedom of space jump in less than five months."
Cangying stood with one hand behind his back and the other in front of his lower abdomen. He spoke coldly and sharply, showing no mercy, and went straight to the heart of the director of the Space Jump Research Institute: "As for the Merfolk in the Abel Galaxy, the space jump technology can be put into experimental operation in two months. The trial operation will last for one month, and it will be officially used within four months!"
"You've been researching for a month, and it will take you another five months to break through the technology. I delivered the same technical data to you on the same day!"
"With the current technology between galaxies, accurate data verification, and technological support, space jump technology doesn't need six months of research at all; it can be officially put into use in four months at most. The speed of you researchers is really too slow!"
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