Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 728 Jiang Ming Awakens, Who Am I? Where Am I?
The far north is already sparsely populated, and the seas near the far north are inhabited by sea spirit beasts, so very few people would come here.

If it weren't for the Sea Princess, the patriarch of the mermaid clan, and some senior mermaid elders who would tell the mermaids about humans, the mermaids would probably never have come into contact with any information about humans in their entire lives.

Even so, it is almost impossible to see any humans in this icy sea.

Liya swam around Jiang Ming's body several times, looking him up and down, left and right, before finally stopping.

During this process, Rongrong and Xiaoyu, whose consciousnesses were immersed in Jiang Ming's torso bones and external soul bones, were extremely nervous.

If this sea spirit beast were to attack Jiang Ming, the two of them would do whatever it took, even if it meant suffering severe damage to their spiritual power and souls, to move Jiang Ming's body away, far away from him.

Of course, it's best to avoid taking action if possible.

boom!
Suddenly, Liya's golden fishtail reached under Jiang Ming's back and gently patted him, sending Jiang Ming flying into the air.

Instantly, a faint golden light shimmered on Jiang Ming's torso.

"Yes, humans are just as Mother said. Their upper bodies are the same as our merfolk's, but as for their lower bodies..."

Liya patted Jiang Ming's body with her fishtail, like kicking a shuttlecock, the water splashing and her golden fishtail shimmering in the sunlight.

She wanted to see what the human lower body was like. Her fishtail was already slapping up, about to rip Jiang Ming's pants, but after thinking about it, she gave up. The golden fishtail turned and slapped Jiang Ming, who had fallen down, up again.

My mother always said not to pry into other people's privacy.

For mermaids, their fishtails are a very private part of their bodies, and presumably the same is true for humans.

Although she was still very curious about what that bulging thing was, Liya suppressed her curiosity and listened to her mother.

"But this human is quite good-looking. Even among our merfolk, he would be a top-tier male."

Liya glanced at Jiang Ming's face, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

Looking at handsome men makes me feel wonderful.

"He seems to be injured. There are no external injuries on his body, but could it be something wrong with his spiritual sea, or his soul?"

While playing a game of kicking a shuttlecock, Liya slapped Jiang Ming's body with her fishtail, pondering what was wrong with Jiang Ming's body.

Clearly, this human is still alive.

She had just looked around and found that the human didn't have any obvious external injuries, except that his clothes had several large holes and some bloodstains.

It's strange. It looks like it's injured, but there are no marks. Could it be that its body healed itself?

That human body is a bit too strong, isn't it?

However, since there are no external injuries, and he still hasn't woken up, it must be a problem with his mental state.

In fact, the merfolk have a deep understanding of spiritual power. To some extent, the merfolk are actually spiritual-type soul beasts.

As for Jiang Ming's current state, it is indeed similar to what the mermaid princess Liya had guessed.

However, Jiang Ming's physical injuries had not fully healed. It was just that Rongrong did not want Jiang Ming's wounds to be soaked in the cold seawater, so she used her power to treat those hideous wounds first.

Jiang Ming's body does indeed possess a powerful self-healing ability, but relying solely on this ability and Rongrong's limited extraction of the remaining immortal herb energy from the soul bone, it would be unrealistic to expect Jiang Ming to fully recover his body in just a few days.

After all, Jiang Ming's current physical strength is vastly different from when he obtained the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju trunk bone! The remaining immortal herb energy within the Qi Rong Tong Tian Ju trunk bone is completely insufficient to restore Jiang Ming's current physical strength.

At most, it repairs some external injuries and stimulates the body's self-healing ability to slowly heal itself.

This process cannot be resolved in a day or two.

Of course, compared to the situation in the Sea of ​​Spirit, Jiang Ming's physical condition was actually not bad!
The majority of the harm that the Evil Lord inflicted on Jiang Ming was not physical, but rather psychological.

Whether it was the Light of Time and Space or the Tyrant's Domain converting fifty percent of Jiang Ming's final attack into a mental attack that backfired on Jiang Ming, the intensity was many times greater than the Evil Lord piercing Jiang Ming's body with several tentacles.

It can be said that if Jiang Ming's spiritual power had not been improved before, if he had not merged with the Snow Emperor's soul and greatly enhanced his soul strength, and if the Snow Emperor had not protected Jiang Ming's spiritual sea with the nine spirits the moment he was attacked, Jiang Ming would have truly been in imminent danger.

Even with all these factors, the current state of Jiang Ming's spiritual sea is still far from optimistic.

The spirits' spiritual power is also limited, and it is impossible for them to maintain Jiang Ming's spiritual sea, which is always in a state of collapse.

Unlike the body, which heals itself over time, the Sea of ​​the Spirit cannot heal itself; in other words, the injuries it sustains cannot be healed by its own healing abilities.

Inside Jiang Ming's spiritual sea, the elves' faces were full of exhaustion. The spiritual sea was still stable and had not collapsed, but they were about to give up.

"Master, please wake up! We can't hold on much longer!"

Xiao Ling looked at the golden light at the very center of the Sea of ​​Spirit and prayed.

This is Jiang Ming's spiritual sea. To completely resolve the problem of the spiritual sea, Jiang Ming himself must awaken, take control of the spiritual sea, and gradually repair and stabilize it.

The nine of them could stabilize the situation temporarily, but they couldn't repair it. This is why the Snow Emperor only instructed them to stabilize Jiang Ming's spiritual sea at all costs.

All they could do was keep him calm; everything else depended on Jiang Ming regaining consciousness.

Time passed slowly, and the golden light in the sea of ​​spirit gradually solidified.

Jiang Ming will be able to wake up soon.

But the elves couldn't hold on any longer.

"No, we can't hold out until the master's consciousness awakens at this rate!"

Xiao Guang frowned and said in a deep voice.

He was the first elf to appear and the one who accompanied Jiang Ming the longest.

"so what should I do now?"

Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Guang, his blue eyes filled with exhaustion.

Xiao Guang glanced at the other elves and said, "Let's use the few of us as the core of the formation to seal our master's spiritual sea!"

Upon hearing this, the other elves all frowned.

Sealing the master's spiritual sea is too...
"There's no other way. We'll form a nine-element seal to forcibly seal the sea of ​​spirit, so that the master's sea of ​​spirit won't collapse. Once the master's soul gradually restores the sea of ​​spirit, it will naturally be able to break through the seal we formed. At that time, we'll awaken again to help the master completely repair the sea of ​​spirit!"

Xiao Guang continued.

He knew it was a bold decision; sealing off his master's spiritual sea might lead to some unexpected events, but it was the only option now.

It's better than waiting until their mental strength gives out and watching helplessly as their master's mental sea collapses!
The owners showed signs of waking up, but they couldn't hold on any longer.

Let's do it this way.

Xiao An said directly, as he has always been quite decisive.

"Yes, I think Xiaoguang makes a good point, and I believe Master won't blame us."

Xiao Ling also said.

"The Snow Empress's order is for us to stabilize our master's spiritual sea at all costs. That's fine too!" Xiao Kong nodded.

Soon, the elves reached a consensus, and nine beams of light shot up in Jiang Ming's sea of ​​consciousness, spreading out in nine corners of Jiang Ming's sea of ​​consciousness to form the array's core.

boom!
The next second, the elves released all their spiritual power, and the nine pillars of light connected one after another, quickly transforming into a nine-colored barrier that covered the entire sea of ​​spirit.

The collapse of the Sea of ​​Spirit has stopped, but the cracks still exist, and this is only a temporary relief. If no power is used to repair it over time, the Sea of ​​Spirit will eventually shatter again.

"Ok?"

Outside, Princess Liya, who was playing a mermaid version of shuttlecock kicking, seemed to sense something and looked at Jiang Ming with her sea-blue eyes.

Just now, it seemed that a wave of mental energy emanated from this human.

She used her golden fishtail to pull the human close to her, frowning as she scrutinized him.

As a result, no signs of mental energy fluctuations were detected; the eyes remained closed, without any movement.

Princess Lia looked left and right suspiciously, turned her head away, and then suddenly turned her head back.

There has been no change.

illusion?

She frowned in thought, when suddenly a strange fragrance wafted to her nose.

"What is the taste?"

Princess Lia quickly realized that the scent was coming from the human body in front of her.

She took several sniffs, and two blushes quickly appeared on her pretty face.

The smell emanating from this human is a bit intoxicating!

Jiang Ming has a natural fragrance, or rather, after merging the torso bone of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and the Sun God Fire, his entire body possesses an aura of extreme yang and strength.

The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum is a divine herb that can circulate qi throughout the limbs and blood in all directions, helping people to cultivate an indestructible body.

In addition, Jiang Ming's body had been tempered by the Sun God Fire for a year, and the supreme yang energy of the Sun God Fire had completely integrated into every cell of Jiang Ming's body.

This extremely masculine and vigorous energy manifests on the body as a very strong fragrance.

This flavor even has a strong aphrodisiac effect!
Normally, Jiang Ming would actively suppress this fragrance, but now that his mental sea is on the verge of collapse, he naturally can no longer control this scent.

Princess Liya sniffed twice more, and the blush on her face deepened.

But she quickly regained consciousness.

Mermaids are spirit-type soul beasts; even if their bodies have instinctive reactions, they can be suppressed on a mental level.

"This human is somewhat unusual. Let's take him back to Mother to see what's going on."

Princess Liya clearly noticed something was wrong with this human. She wanted to use her mental power to probe the human's spiritual sea, but remembering the fleeting fluctuation of mental power just now, she chose to be more cautious.

She only has 100,000 years of cultivation, but her mother has over 600,000 years of cultivation. No matter how strange this human is, nothing will happen in front of her mother.

Thinking this, the mermaid princess Liya opened her red lips, exhaled a light blue bubble, enveloped Jiang Ming's body inside, and then used her soul power to pull him towards the depths of the icy sea.

Upon seeing this, Rongrong and Xiaoyu, who had been keeping their composure, suddenly became anxious.

We can't let this mermaid take Jiang Ming's body away!
Just as they were about to make their move, Jiang Ming, who had been keeping his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

"Where is this place?"

Jiang Ming frowned, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes.

He shook his head, looking around at his surroundings, his eyes filled with confusion.

Upon sensing that Jiang Ming had woken up, Rongrong and Xiaoyu immediately withdrew the energy they were about to release.

Now that Jiang Ming is awake, everything is much easier; they just need to listen to him.

"Huh? You're actually awake!"

Princess Liya, the mermaid swimming ahead, also sensed that Jiang Ming had woken up, and she looked at him with some surprise.

She had previously thought that this guy couldn't wake up because there was something wrong with his soul, but now it seems that even if his soul was injured, it shouldn't be too serious, since he was able to wake up on his own.

"Who are you? Are you a human or a fish?!"

Jiang Ming became alert when he saw the mermaid princess Liya swimming towards him.

Upon hearing Jiang Ming's words, Princess Liya couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Who are you, you mermaid? I am Princess Liya of the mermaid race! I haven't even asked you yet, who are you to appear on our mermaid territory?"

Now that the human had awakened, Princess Liya was in no hurry to take him to see her mother, and instead asked him directly.

"Mermaid? I've never heard of mermaids. Who am I? Who am I? Ah! My head hurts so much!"

Jiang Ming muttered to himself, pondering who he was, when he clutched his head and cried out in anguish.

He felt his mind was in chaos, as if his soul was isolated by something, and he couldn't remember anything. Not only that, but he also felt intense pain coming from his mind.

Princess Liya frowned slightly as she looked at the human in front of her, who was wailing in pain.

She didn't think this human was faking it, because it was a clear sign of a problem at the spiritual or soul level.

"You can't remember anything at all?"

After Jiang Ming's expression softened, Princess Liya asked softly.

She knew that she couldn't provoke people who had suffered psychological trauma, and could only treat them in a gentler way.

Jiang Ming shook his head, his forehead even covered in fine beads of sweat from the pain he had just endured.

Clearly, the intense pain that had just struck his brain was causing him great discomfort.

"How did I get here? Where am I?"

Jiang Ming looked at Princess Liya in front of him and asked with a frown.

Princess Liya said softly, "This is the icy sea of ​​the far north, you..."

"Ah! The far north, the far north, I feel like I know this place very well, but I just can't remember it."

Upon hearing the words "the far north," Jiang Ming suddenly clutched his head and cried out in pain once more.

(End of this chapter)