Please be my partner.

This time I waited for ten minutes before putting away my fishing rod.

This time, what was caught was a white jade porcelain bottle. Melen took it in his hand, and suddenly a piece of information flooded into his mind.

There is a kind of elixir called "Tianyudan" in the white jade porcelain bottle. There are nine pills in total. Tianyudan is a longevity medicine. Each pill can extend the life by a hundred years and make the person who takes it stay young forever.

Moreover, Tianyudan has a special feature: if you take it one pill at a time, its efficacy will be halved gradually, and the fourth pill will be useless. However, if you take all nine pills together, it can directly extend your life by a thousand years.

Of course, not just any nine pills can prolong your life for a thousand years. When the Tianyu Pill is refined, there are nine pills in a furnace, and only the nine pills in the same furnace can have this effect.

The Tianyu Pill in Melen's hand is the kind that can extend one's life for a thousand years.

The Tianyu Pill has little effect on Mellen now, but there is no doubt that even if it is placed in the Wanjie Auction, it can be presented as the finale item in the last few days.

After putting it away with satisfaction, Mellen did not rush to throw out the level 10 bait, but instead emptied his mind and concentrated on thinking.

Gradually, Mellen sank into a state of emptiness. As soon as he thought of it, he put the bait on the hook and cast the rod. His movements were as natural and smooth as flowing water.

Feeling the bait descending into the tenth-level sea area, and surrounded by all kinds of strange big fish, Mellen was not anxious, but waited quietly.

During this period, some big fish came over on their own initiative, but Melen's spiritual perception in the ethereal state seemed to be at a level of clarity. Although he could not see what treasures those big fish represented, he could vaguely sense their value to himself.

As time goes by, the ethereal state cannot be maintained indefinitely, and the level 10 bait also has a time limit.

Mellen felt a wisp of distracting thoughts stirring, as if about to break this ethereal state. He knew that he didn't have much time left.

Just when Mellen was about to choose the big fish that caught his eye, suddenly, a vague and almost transparent big fish swam past the edge of the bait's sensing area. If it weren't for the hint given by the ethereal state, he wouldn't even have noticed it.

Without any hesitation, Mellen immediately urged the bait to hit the transparent big fish.

The big transparent fish bites the hook, pull the rod.

As the transparent big fish jumped out of the sea, it suddenly turned into a cluster of fist-sized, almost transparent flames.

The transparent flame floated towards Mellen and was caught in his hands. Immediately, relevant information was transmitted...

This flame is called 'Soul Essence'. It is a rare treasure that can strengthen the soul, enhance the origin, and strengthen the foundation.

The soul is the foundation of any life, but for normal extraordinary paths, it is almost impossible to access related fields until the legendary stage, and only saints will conduct in-depth research.

One of the barriers to breaking through to become a demigod is related to the soul.

It can be said that this ball of 'Soul Essence' is a treasure that can make Melen's future path to becoming a saint, or even a demigod, smoother.

Melen looked at the 'Soul Essence' in his hand, which was in a solidified state and looked like a crystal work of art, and his heart was filled with joy. At this time, the 'Soul Essence' was in a sealed state, and once the seal was released, it would be absorbed immediately.

After a brief thought, Melen put away the 'Soul Essence'. He still needed to consider its use carefully. Anyway, the improvement of the soul was something that needed to be considered at the Saint stage, and he still had plenty of time.

At this point, the Fisherman's Realm has been completed. Melun doesn't care about the remaining trifles, so he simply exits the Fisherman's Realm and returns to reality.

In the fairy tale cottage, Melen was playing with the gem given to him by Master Roshi. He had naturally recorded the coordinates of the gem, and he also knew the function of the gem itself.

This orb contains a special power called 'existence', which has the power of creation.

According to the description in the records, the Mountain and Sea Realm is a closed paradise with a self-contained cycle. Any intruder from the outside world will be discovered directly. After using the gem, one can create a real identity in the Mountain and Sea Realm out of thin air and become a "native" of the Mountain and Sea Realm. In this way, there is no need to worry about being targeted by the instinctive will of the world.

This statement made Melen frown. He always felt that this so-called mountain and sea world was incompatible with the starry universe.

But Melen soon relaxed. The more bizarre it was, the more likely it was that this mountain and sea world where "immortals" existed contained great secrets, which was worth his time and effort to explore.

After putting away the orb and meeting Lucas, Melen prepared to set off for the Mountain and Sea Realm.

But before that, he still needed to comfort a dog that had become a little irritable because it had not been with its owner for a long time.

Melen contacted Xiao Honglian through the contract, and suddenly felt a stream of scarlet power surrounding him.

At this time, Xiao Honglian has completely completed her evolution. Not only has her strength increased to the level of a saint, but her race has also evolved from a [Blood Demon] to a deep orange king-level [Blood Demon Dog].

【Name】：Red Lotus

[Race]: Bloodhound (Dark Orange King)

[Racial Level]: Level 5 (Saint)

[Racial Skills]: Innate Blood, Blood Bond, Scarlet World

[Evolution Chain (Locked)]: → Blood Hell Hound (???)

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[Innate Blood]: Creatures with innate blood have an endless supply of blood that will never dry up, and can gradually comprehend all the blood abilities in the world from their innate blood.

[Blood Compatibility]: Born to be compatible with the rules of blood, their comprehension and application of the rules of blood far surpass that of other lives.

[Scarlet World]: Under the infection of blood, the rules of the world can be directly changed, turning the world into scarlet.

The Blood Demon Dog is worthy of being a Deep Orange King, and is even more powerful than Melen imagined.

For Xiao Honglian, blood is both life and energy. [Innate Blood] can make the blood flow continuously and never dry up, which actually represents infinite life and energy. In the game, it is comparable to a blood-locking plug-in. As long as it is not killed instantly by one move, it is almost immortal. It is almost impossible to kill Xiao Honglian by a war of attrition, not to mention that he can comprehend all the blood abilities in the world from it.

[Blood Compatibility] Needless to say, for a being like Xiao Honglian who is destined to follow the path of blood rules, this is a very good auxiliary ability.

[Scarlet World] is the Saint's Territory that belongs to the [Blood Demon Dog] race. It is completely different from Rooney's semi-finished product that has not yet been built. It is directly a complete form, enough to compete with those veteran saints. More importantly, Xiao Honglian can also build his own Saint's Territory, cooperate with the [Scarlet World], and even completely merge in the end to become stronger.

Originally, Xiao Honglian was going to return to Mellen as soon as the evolution was completed. However, although Xiao Honglian's evolution had drained the abyss world, the remaining body actually still had a great surplus value. Apart from anything else, the ordinary minerals alone were a considerable fortune.

So at Xiaoyin's suggestion, Xiao Honglian forced herself to suppress the idea of breaking through the world and returning to Mellen.

Now the Abyss World can no longer produce new resources, so under Xiaoyin's plan, destructive mining is everywhere, striving to squeeze out the last bit of surplus value from the Abyss World as quickly as possible.

As for the basic resources excavated, apart from keeping a portion for their own use, the Baisha Chamber of Commerce will naturally help digest the excess.

Chapter 331 Rejection and Going to the Mountain and Sea Realm

“O Saint!”

After calming down the somewhat irritable little guy, Mellen couldn't help but sigh at Xiao Honglian's luck.

In fact, when Xiao Honglian first unfolded the [Source of Blood] in the Abyss World, her own strength was only at the mid-legendary stage, close to the late legendary stage. However, she managed to successfully complete the great transformation by devouring a world as nourishment.

Melen also agreed with Xiaoyin's wish for Xiaohonglian to stay a little longer. After all, waste is shameful, and saving is a traditional virtue.

Melen was not worried about encountering any danger during this period, because he could summon Xiao Honglian to his side at any time through the contract.

[Contract Summoning] and [Damage Transfer] were the two extraordinary abilities that Mellen first obtained. The latter was specially learned to counter the side effects of [Final Track], although it was not of much use in the end.

When Melen understood the essence of [Wolf Tamer], he began to integrate some related supernatural abilities into the professional system. [Contract Summoning] and [Damage Transfer], two supernatural abilities that he had trained to the limit, were naturally the first choice.

Now, as long as there is a contractual connection, Melen can quickly summon the dog to his side even if they are separated by layers of worlds.

Next, Mellen waited patiently for Lucas's contact while training his dogs.

Melen doesn't need to worry too much about Spike and the others. Basically, he just needs to continue along the current path. The only two things that Melen is concerned about are the Void Dog and the Holy Spirit Dog.

The Void Dog has basically gotten rid of his dog madness, and the path to promotion is also very simple. He just needs to keep eating. Although he will occasionally do stupid things as his strength increases, as long as he sees Mellen or Spike, that stupid little look will immediately become clear.

The changes in the Holy Spirit Dog proved that Melen's training was indeed useful. Although it has not yet completely condensed into a physical form, its self-awareness has unknowingly become extremely abundant. Its favorite thing to do on weekdays is to read various books in the library of the Fairy Tale Kingdom.

In this way, Melen sometimes educated the Void Dog, and sometimes accompanied the Holy Spirit Dog to think about problems, and time passed quickly.

When the agreed forty days arrived, Mellen received a message from Lucas.

Melen came to a new small world based on the information and found Lucas sitting on a rock in a daze.

Feeling Mellen's arrival, Lucas' eyes trembled slightly and he came back to his senses.

Melen laughed and said, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so focused?"

Lucas said: "I wasn't thinking about anything. I was just daydreaming."

"Daze?" Mellen was stunned and asked in surprise, "You can also daze?"

After a brief silence, Lucas said, "Sometimes, I also feel that what I am doing now..."

After a pause, Lucas shook his head slightly and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore. This time I brought the tribe's decision."

"We have agreed to your request for high-dimensional knowledge, but in exchange, you need to complete a task. However, this task is very difficult, so you need to consider it carefully."

Mellen nodded slightly. This was as it should be.

Lucas continued, "Your mission is to go to a branch of the Divine Machinery Temple and retrieve the intelligence core of a Mechanical Saint. I can clearly tell you right now, this is a trap!"

Mellen frowned, but did not interrupt Lucas and waited for what to say next.

Lucas explained, "That Mechanical Saint is an elder of our clan. His intelligence core holds many of our clan's secrets. However, even for the Divine Machinery Temple, breaching his core intelligence center is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. It's precisely because our Sas Saint clan and the Divine Machinery Temple understand this that this trap, which can be called an open conspiracy, was able to take shape."

"We hope to retrieve the Elder's intelligence core if possible, or at least destroy it to prevent the clan's secrets from being leaked. The Divine Machine Temple wants to use this to eliminate more of our manpower."

"The Divine Machine Temple has placed the Elder's intelligence core in plain sight and deployed defenses that are 'just' within our reach. If our race were to take action, we would inevitably fall into the Mechanical Prophet's trap."

"So, at this time, we need a sufficiently strong external force to break this equilibrium and break this 'just right'."

Lucas looked at Mellen and said seriously, "According to our calculations, we need at least three additional saints to work together to have a chance of breaking the trap of the Divine Machine Temple."

"Three?" Melen thought for a moment and asked, "Besides me, did you invite anyone else?"

Lucas nodded slightly, not hiding anything.

Mellen asked again: "When are you going to start?"

Lucas said, "I don't know. Only the clan's leaders know the specific time and plan."

Mellen tapped his fingers, lost in thought.

With Mellen's current strength, he is indeed qualified to join the game, but he never thought that he would be involved in a battle of this intensity as soon as he entered.

To be honest, it is not worth it to fight a life-and-death battle with a saint-level opponent just for a piece of high-dimensional knowledge and offend a behemoth like the Temple of Divine Machinery.

Mellen shook his head and said, "I'm sorry."

Lucas sighed and said, "Our primary goal is to destroy the Elder's intelligence core. Accomplishing this will grant us access to a high-dimensional body. If we can bring the Elder's intelligence core back intact, we'll offer additional compensation, such as the Saint-level [Mechanical Megastructure] I mentioned to you earlier."

Mellen's heart was suddenly moved, but he calmed down after a moment, shook his head and said, "At least, not now."

Lucas nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. If you change your mind, please contact me as soon as possible. As long as the mission has not started, you can join."

After confirming that Mellen was not ready to carry out the mission for the time being, Lucas did not stay long and left in a hurry.

This is actually a kind of protection for Melen. Only by having as little contact with the Sas Saints as possible can he avoid falling into the sight of the Mechanical Prophet.

After Lucas left, Mellen sighed helplessly: "After all, he is still too weak."

After leaving that small world, Mellen wandered around in the void outside the spiritual world for a while. After making sure that all traces of himself had been eliminated, he began to move towards a certain coordinate.

The time spent on the journey is boring. The void space outside the spiritual world is filled with all kinds of bizarre scenes. Generally speaking, as long as you ignore them and regard them as some kind of illusion, you will not encounter any danger. But conversely, if you are bewitched and try to follow their traces, you will encounter unpredictable risks.

However, there is also some benefit in these scenes.

For example, some strange rituals can enable the entrants to gain certain specific strange abilities, but of course they will often also bear inexplicable curses.

For example, there are entrances to certain secret places, where you can get treasures from ancient times, provided you can overcome the numerous traps and dangers along the way.

For example, there are unknown beings lost in the long river of time. When you meet them, you can trade with them and obtain unimaginable secret knowledge, as long as you can afford the price of the transaction.

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What Mellen was looking for at this moment was a special vision wandering outside the spiritual world.

Time passed day by day. Although the environment in the void was quite harsh and all kinds of temptations and unknown dangers appeared one after another, Mellen walked carefully in it, neither panicked nor discouraged.

More than ten days later, the sound of reading suddenly reached Mellen's ears.

Melen looked excited and walked towards the direction where the sound came from. Soon he saw an antique illusory library where a teacher and more than ten boys were reading.

The strange thing is that Melen could clearly hear the sound of them reading, and even every word was clear, but when he tried to decipher the content, it became chaotic and he had no idea what they were saying.

Melen took out the gem given by Master Roshi and saw that the gem was emitting light, which faintly corresponded to the library. He no longer hesitated and stepped into it.

With Mellen's current strength, even if he really accidentally entered some dangerous and strange scenes, he would be confident that he could escape safely.

In a trance, Mellen fell into a state of unconsciousness and chaos, but was soon awakened by a sight that made him feel "creepy". He suddenly came to his senses and saw the teacher sitting cross-legged at the top staring at him with a calm look. Only when he saw that he woke up from his doze and started to study seriously did he look away.

At this time, Melen had turned into a boy, and his clothes were similar to those of the surrounding boys.

Melen complained in his heart about the "homeroom teacher's gaze" while reading aloud the contents of the bamboo slips in his hand like the other children...

"Nature is the mandate of Heaven, following nature is the Way, and cultivating the Way is teaching."

"The Tao cannot be separated from us for even a moment. If it can be separated, it is not the Tao."

"Thus, the superior man is cautious about what he cannot see, and fearful of what he cannot hear. Nothing is more hidden than what is hidden, and nothing is more obvious than what is subtle. Therefore, the superior man is cautious when he is alone."

"..."

After reading it once, Melen could vaguely feel that the article contained some extremely profound truths, but he did not understand its meaning.