The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

"Then... are you injured?" Gu Ran examined the little conch's body.

Every part of it was smooth and white, without any wounds.

"Well!"

The little conch's expression suddenly turned shy, and it quickly shook its head.

"Then are you sick?" Gu Ran wasn't so sure this time, and asked tentatively.

"Hmm." The little conch shell still shook its head.

Gu Ran was now at a loss.

"So, what exactly is the reason...?" Gu Ran asked after a moment's hesitation, "Do you know the reason yourself?"

The little conch shell nodded.

"It's good that you know the reason yourself, but you can't speak," Gu Ran said with distress. "If I don't know the reason, how can I help you?"

Little Conch smiled gently at Gu Ran's worried expression, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes, and shook her head slightly.

Gu Ran frowned: "Are you trying to say that I don't need to worry about you?"

The little conch gently nodded its chin.

"Is your problem serious?" Gu Ran stared intently into her eyes.

A hint of hesitation flashed in the little conch's eyes, but in the end she shook her head.

"You're lying to me. The consequences of this problem are very serious, aren't they?" Gu Ran said seriously.

Immediately, Gu Ran channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the little conch's body.

The energy that naturally roams between heaven and earth is called spiritual energy by martial artists. When it is absorbed into a martial artist's body and refined into their own power, it is called spiritual power.

Spiritual power has many uses, one of which is to examine the internal condition of a person's body.

A martial artist's "inner vision" allows them to understand in detail the various conditions inside their own body; this is the function of spiritual energy.

"Your organs are failing..." Gu Ran's expression changed drastically. "What's wrong with you?"

71. "Gu Ran, I like you."

Gu Ran searched his memory for information about mermaids, trying to figure out what had happened to the little conch.

However, human information about mermaids is extremely scarce. Gu Ran recalled the information about mermaids he had memorized, but none of it matched the little conch shell.

Is there really no way?

No, there is also spiritual power.

Suddenly, information about the functions of spiritual power flashed through Gu Ran's mind.

The little conch nestled in Gu Ran's arms suddenly felt a surge of heat from Gu Ran's hand. This heat entered her body and formed a warm current that instantly flowed throughout her entire body.

So comfortable!

The little conch looked at Gu Ran, its eyes widening with confusion and disbelief.

"Well?"

"Don't move," Gu Ran said. "Let me take good care of your body first."

"Well."

The little conch immediately quieted down.

Spiritual energy is refined from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It is one of the purest energies in the world and can effectively nourish the body and improve physical condition.

The reason why martial artists have the strongest physical qualities in the world is largely due to the fact that spiritual energy nourishes their bodies at all times.

Spiritual power can be used by oneself, or it can be used by others like Gu Ran.

However, directly inputting spiritual energy manually like Gu Ran would result in a significant loss of spiritual power, greatly reducing the nourishing effect.

But at least it was effective. Gu Ran couldn't care less about the losses at the moment, and he didn't have any better solutions for the time being.

As spiritual energy was output and inputted, the body temperature of both of them seemed to rise together.

Before long, Gu Ran was covered in sweat; he was completely exhausted.

The little conch, on the other hand, had a rosy complexion and looked much better, even appearing to be rejuvenated.

"It has temporarily stopped this trend of decline, but it will continue to decline once the input of spiritual energy is stopped..." Gu Ran frowned.

Infusing spiritual energy does have an effect, but it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

If the real reason why the little conch's body became weak and its internal organs failed cannot be found and resolved, Gu Ran is very worried that the little conch's physical condition will worsen. At that time, the nourishment of spiritual energy may not be useful.

Seeing Gu Ran covered in sweat from worrying about his health, Xiao Hailuo hesitated, her cherry lips trembling as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't speak. Instead, she gently wiped the sweat from Gu Ran's forehead with a look of heartache.

For the next few days, Gu Ran used the spiritual energy he had cultivated to nourish the little conch's body. His martial arts cultivation completely stagnated, but he didn't care at all.

......

Outside the light screen.

"It seems that Gu Ran is still a hopeless romantic. He must have fallen in love with that little mermaid. He has used all the spiritual power he has refined to nourish her body, and he has not even improved his own martial arts cultivation."

Many powerful figures present stole glances at Ariel, the sea queen.

Although they also felt that the little seashell couldn't possibly be Ariel, the two looked so alike that perhaps it was her sister.

And it seems that the little mermaid has also fallen for Gu Ran. Eyes don't lie; they both have feelings for each other, which is interesting.

The Sea Queen is one of the vanguards of the rebellion, but now she has learned that a member of the Merfolk and Gu Ran once had feelings for each other. It is unknown how the Sea Queen will react.

Ariel's face was grim; she could tell that the two had developed feelings for each other over time and were moving towards a romantic relationship.

She was furious that the merfolk had such people, especially since they looked so much like her, which only made her angrier.

If she finds out who this person is, she will definitely punish him severely for daring to have a romantic relationship with the merfolk's greatest enemy.

"Haven't you found out her identity yet? Which mermaid clan does she belong to?" Ariel coldly rebuked her sea creature subordinates.

Before she unified the merfolk, they were divided into several groups, but now they are all under her command.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are sorry, your subordinates are incompetent and have not yet found anything." The sea creature subordinates hurriedly knelt down and answered tremblingly.

Although Meteor City is very far from the sea, with today's highly advanced technology, the sea creatures also use human starstone technology devices, enabling them to communicate over long distances.

Just now, Ariel's subordinates used communication equipment to establish contact with the people of the Sea Clan headquarters and conveyed Her Majesty the Queen's orders.

Upon hearing the answer, Ariel's expression grew even colder.

However, she also knew that now was not the time to punish her subordinates, otherwise she would only make herself a laughing stock in front of humans.

......

In the light screen.

After an unknown amount of time, most of the wild fruits on the tree had fallen, and Gu Ran's clothes and pants began to become tattered.

Although Gu Ran nourished the little conch's body with spiritual power every day, even at the cost of exhausting its own resources, as time went on, the little conch's body, as he had predicted, could no longer be stopped from deteriorating by simply nourishing it with spiritual power.

"I'm still too weak. I wish I could become stronger."

"Unfortunately, my martial arts aptitude is too weak. I've already exhausted all my energy just from using spiritual power to nourish the little conch's body every day... I have absolutely no energy left to improve my own strength and realm."

Gu Ran sighed.

All the martial arts experts outside the light screen almost vomited blood upon hearing this. "Your talent, which is surrounded by purple aura, is still being called weak?"

Give me a dozen of these with such weak aptitude, okay?

Gu Ran knew that if he stopped using spiritual energy to nourish Xiao Hailuo's body, he could improve his martial arts realm. However, every time he felt Xiao Hailuo's body weakening, Gu Ran couldn't help but nourish her body.

As its health deteriorated, the little conch became increasingly quiet and stopped making those "mmm" sounds.

Every time Gu Ran used his spiritual power to nourish her body, her eyes would soften, filled with reliance and trust.

As she watched the leaves on the fruit tree gradually turn yellow, and Gu Ran turned to leave after nourishing her body, she finally couldn't help but open her mouth.

"Gu Ran".

Her voice was clear and delicate.

?

Gu Ran stood frozen in place as if he had been struck by a spell.

He slowly turned his head to look at the little conch, his eyes filled with surprise.

"A small sea snail?"

The little conch shell smiled and nodded, its eyes filled with tenderness and a hint of determination: "It's me."

"You can speak now?" Gu Ran turned around and walked back in her direction. He walked so fast that he almost tripped over his own foot in the water.

"What's going on? Why can you talk now..." Suddenly, Gu Ran realized, "Have you always been able to talk? You've just been hiding it from me, why are you telling me now?"

A hint of sadness flashed in the little conch's eyes: "Because there's something I really want to tell you, and if I don't say it now, I'm afraid I'll never have the chance to tell you again..."

"Gu Ran, I like you."

Little Conch hugged Gu Ran tightly, burying her face in his chest, tears streaming down her face.