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

This is the most reasonable answer, but they find it difficult to accept emotionally.

Could it be that Gu Ran, this tyrant, saved humanity in the past?

And there's another guess...

That pink mermaid seems to be increasingly resembling Ariel, the sea queen...

Could they really be the same person?

"That doesn't seem right either. The old mermaid said that after successfully inheriting the legacy of the ruins, one will completely lose their original memories and inherit the will of the previous queen. That means that everything from memories to personality will be new. If the sea queen's memories are interrupted, she should be able to find out."

"Judging from the Sea Queen's reaction just now, she shouldn't fit this situation, which means she should have memories from her childhood."

The powerful humans present no longer held a grudge against the old merman and turned to look at Ariel with suspicion.

"Hmph, that pink mermaid could never be me. My memories from childhood to adulthood, up to receiving the inheritance from the ruins, are completely continuous without any gaps!"

The moment she shouted it out, Ariel realized she had lost her composure, and then quickly calmed down. Now, feeling the gazes of others, she immediately snorted in dissatisfaction.

Although she and the pink mermaid named Eudora share some similarities, they are ultimately different.

"How could I possibly fall for Gu Ran? My journey is an endless ocean!" Ariel said to herself.

However, when she thought of the elder who committed suicide after being asked the name Eudora, a shadow fell over her heart once again.

What if I really was that pink mermaid, and I was once in love with Gu Ran?

The thought crossed Ariel's mind, and she couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

She naturally didn't think Gu Ran was unworthy of her; rather, she never even had that thought and always viewed Gu Ran with the eyes of an enemy.

Now you're telling her that you two were once lovers who would never part until death? How could she possibly accept that?

Oh, that's ridiculous.

If they were truly lovers, how could she forget him?

Since he was never in her memory, they had no connection.

If they truly loved each other but have forgotten one another, then it means their love wasn't deep enough; it was just youthful folly.

Gu Qingqing could slowly recall her memories, so why did she have no recollection at all?

Ariel calmed down.

She had figured it out. Suppose she really did love Gu Ran, and then she forgot Gu Ran for some reason, but Gu Ran couldn't possibly forget her too, could he?

Just like the determination Gu Ran showed on the screen, he would never allow the pink mermaid to turn into a different appearance that he didn't recognize.

So why has Gu Ran never come to find her all these years? Why hasn't he tried to "awaken" her memory?

This means she isn't the pink mermaid named Eudora, so Gu Ran naturally wouldn't try to "awaken" her memories.

With this in mind, Ariel's thoughts became clearer, and the more she thought about it, the more certain she became, feeling that she was right.

Now, let's verify it.

Ariel looked at the light screen.

The other powerful humans also looked at the light screen again.

The truth will become clear once you keep watching.

......

In the light screen.

Gu Ran took a deep breath and said, "You are indeed crazy. Although the tsunami caused by the deep-sea eruption will cause heavy losses to mankind, it will not be enough to wipe out the race. The strong people in the affected cities will survive. When they find out about your evil deeds, mankind will inevitably go to war with the merfolk."

"Even if Eudora obtained the inheritance of the ruins, she wouldn't master the power so quickly. Even if she successfully mastered the inherited power, she still wouldn't be a match for so many powerful humans."

Gu Ran thought of Leng Feng, another spatial ability user besides himself. She had already advanced to S-level ability user for many years, and no one knew to what extent she had developed her spatial ability.

She alone is probably more than the mermaids could handle.

However, Grandma Conch couldn't listen to Gu Ran's words at all; at this moment, her mind was filled with the sense of accomplishment of the merfolk's revival.

Excitement had overwhelmed reason.

"You can stay here and rest assured, you'll be fine for now. But when Eudora succeeds, that will be the time I destroy the seal on the ruins and detonate the sea eye, which will also be your death day. You will be drowned alive by the deep water. The conch necklace around your neck won't be of any use to the deep water."

After Grandma Conch finished speaking, she seemed to have had her fill of entertainment and didn't want to say anything more to Gu Ran. Her voice slowly faded into the distance.

After the little conch grandmother left, Gu Ran was completely immersed in the dark and silent environment.

Despite being in dire straits, Gu Ran did not lose heart. Instead, she organized the information she had just obtained and thought about what she could use to make use of it.

"This is a relic that seals off a sea eye to prevent deep-sea eruptions. Because it is too old, it has lost some of its functions. Grandmother Little Conch came in to study it and can use her underwater teleportation skill to leave quickly without any restrictions."

"This is the eye of the sea, and it contains a vast amount of deep water."

Gu Ran suddenly had an idea.

Since this is a ruin, and it has been "in disrepair for many years," could he break through it using his own strength?

"It doesn't seem like that will work either. Putting aside whether I can break through with my current martial arts Qi Condensation level, even if I could, I can't attack it recklessly. If I accidentally destroy the seal of the ruins along with it, that would be terrible," Gu Ran pondered.

"Wait a minute, this is the eye of the sea, so the spiritual energy here must be one of the purest in the world. Absorbing spiritual energy here for martial arts cultivation will be twice as effective." Gu Ran suddenly remembered some legends about martial arts cultivation.

He seemed to understand what the seal here was for.

"This is really a big deal. I wonder who did it."

"It seems that Grandma Little Conch did not know the importance of the spiritual energy of the sea eye to martial artists."

"That's true. After all, merfolk don't have the habit of keeping records, and their knowledge is passed down orally. So it's understandable that they don't understand human martial arts training."

"This may be the key to my breakthrough."

Thinking of this, Gu Ran's dantian immediately began absorbing the massive amount of spiritual energy from the sea eye.

He's going to break through to the Golden Core stage of martial arts here!

Although Gu Ran had never acquired any profound martial arts techniques and had relied entirely on his own exploration and cultivation, he now felt the convenience of it.

Because he doesn't have to follow other people's methods to break through to the Golden Core stage of martial arts, he can use this place with a massive amount of pure spiritual energy to keep trying and find the method that suits him best!

94. Gu Ran, shocked to the point of numbness, was utterly bewildered. (4k)

The Golden Core of Martial Arts is a realm that countless martial artists dream of.

When a martial artist reaches the Golden Core realm of martial arts, the spiritual energy in his dantian will be extremely condensed, and the interaction between his body and spiritual energy will be continuous, greatly improving the quality and efficiency of spiritual energy.

These two factors affect the power of a martial artist's attacks and their endurance in continuous combat. When a martial artist advances to the Golden Core stage of martial arts, every move they make will possess immense power. A full-force strike can even split mountains and cause rivers to stop flowing.

Moreover, even when fighting with all their might, they can fight continuously for days and nights; their stamina is even more terrifying than that of a spirited old ox.

The key to their immense power lies in the condensed spiritual energy bead within their dantian, also known as the "Martial Arts Golden Core."

Although it sounds like a simple matter to condense the spiritual energy accumulated in the dantian into a martial arts golden core, isn't it just a matter of condensing and condensing it into a "round bead"?

However, there are two major difficulties that prevent the vast majority of martial artists at the peak of Qi Condensation from taking that final step, leading to lifelong regret.

Firstly, condensing a martial arts golden core requires an extremely large amount of spiritual energy; the more spiritual energy, the better, and the purer the quality, the better. This, in turn, involves various talents such as the capacity of the dantian and the ability to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Otherwise, even if a martial artist possesses a powerful background and countless pure star stones, it's useless. This is because condensing a martial arts golden core can only rely on one's own spiritual power within their dantian—in other words, it depends solely on talent!

Of course, some top martial arts sects possess secret methods to improve martial arts talent, but that's another matter entirely.

Secondly, condensing the martial arts golden core carries enormous risks, as it involves a radical transformation of the martial artist's "dantian," the source of their power. If the transformation is not done properly and something goes wrong, it will not only result in failure to advance, but may even damage the dantian and cause a decline in strength.

Some top-tier martial arts techniques offer unique "secret methods" specific to their own sects, greatly increasing the success rate of martial artists' advancement. This is also why some top martial arts sects are so popular and able to dominate the world.

However, Gu Ran had neither obtained top-tier cultivation techniques nor joined any top-tier sects, so naturally he did not have any secret methods to increase his success rate.

However, Gu Ran has already discovered that his martial arts talent is still quite high.

One's dantian is almost constantly expanding its capacity automatically, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and refining it into its own "river of spiritual power".

If he were to cultivate seriously, the spiritual energy gathered around him wouldn't even be able to keep up with the speed at which he is absorbing it.

The dantian was constantly expanding its capacity, but the spiritual energy that needed to be replenished did not keep up. This was the predicament Gu Ran had encountered in his previous martial arts cultivation, and it was also the reason why Gu Ran had not yet been able to break through to the Golden Core realm of martial arts.

But now, his predicament of lacking spiritual power can be considered resolved.

The reason for the formation of the sea eye is unknown, but it is one of the places in the world with the purest spiritual energy.

However, the reason why the sea eye cannot become a sacred place for martial arts practitioners to cultivate is because the sea eye will erupt "deep water" from time to time. This deep water looks ordinary, but it will continuously turn into huge seawater, forming huge tsunamis, and then drowning even martial arts Golden Core level experts!

Of course, the farther away from the eye of the sea, the more ordinary the seawater formed by these deep waters and the tsunamis they cause become, gradually losing the mystery of drowning martial arts Golden Core level experts.

No one has been able to figure out the reason for this yet, at least Gu Ran doesn't know if anyone has figured it out, but the danger involved is enough to make all martial artists hesitate.

This ruin, however, can seal the deep water, making it as docile as ordinary water, and the spiritual energy here is enough to make all martial artists drool.

Gu Ran couldn't help but have some guesses in her mind.

What kind of extraordinary person would possess such a grand vision?

However, no matter how grand the project, the ruins will inevitably deteriorate over time.

"I wonder how many more years this relic can seal the sea eye."

Gu Ran thought about it with a little worry, but then he put his worries aside. He hadn't gotten out of the situation yet, so it was better not to think too far ahead.

Through a series of coincidences, Gu Ran found the most suitable place for him to break through to the Golden Core stage of martial arts, and of course he couldn't waste such a good opportunity.