Chapter 126: The Miracle of the Siren Tribe
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Yu Zhao reached into her storage space and pulled out another white, round bead. She compared it with the one she already had, noting that, aside from their size, the two beads were nearly identical in color and luster. She couldn’t hide her surprise as she looked toward the spot where the smaller bead had seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
“Has a new siren been born?” she wondered aloud, excitement evident in her voice.
Yet, despite the joy she felt, something peculiar lingered in the air. Whether it was due to the unique constitution of the sirens or some mysterious barrier between them, Yu Zhao could sense that someone was watching her, though she couldn’t pinpoint their exact location. It was reminiscent of her first visit to the underwater palace when she could feel the presence of sirens around her but couldn’t see them.
Finding a siren was no easy task, and perhaps only another siren could do so. With that thought, Yu Zhao handed the tiny bead, no bigger than a grain of rice, to the siren heart standing before her.
The siren’s voice caught in his throat, and then, his entire heart began to tremble. “Where did you find this?”
Yu Zhao simply pointed in the direction where she had discovered the bead.
The siren moved with lightning speed, dashing over to the spot she indicated, and called out loudly in his native language—a tongue that Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou could not understand. However, they could feel the subtle ripples in the space around them as the siren’s voice rose and fell.
Finally, the space before them tore open, revealing several cracks. From these spatial rifts, a series of small, water-blue eggs, each about the size of a fist, began to float out.
Through their transparent outer shells, Yu Zhao and Ji Han Zhou could see the tiny siren embryos curled up inside, waiting to hatch. The two of them held their breath, afraid that even the slightest noise might disturb the delicate scene before them.
The siren, too, seemed to share their concern, his voice softening as more eggs emerged.
When the forty-eighth egg drifted out, a long silence followed. No new eggs appeared, and the expressions on both Yu Zhao and the siren’s faces grew more serious.
Yu Zhao glanced at the small bead in her hand—the one she had picked up earlier. It had clearly come from a successfully hatched siren. But now, with the spatial rift about to close and no sign of the newly hatched siren, she began to worry. Had something gone wrong?
Suddenly, a small, childish voice echoed through the space. “Eek!”
A tiny siren, no longer than an arm’s length, swam out from the spatial rift and wrapped herself tightly around the older siren heart. She looked no more than three or four years old by human standards, with two chubby cheeks and a pair of wide, azure eyes full of innocence and curiosity.
Clinging to the older siren, she giggled, her voice clear and bright, “Brother! Brother!”
The siren was so overwhelmed with emotion that he couldn’t speak. He stood there, stunned, for a long moment before finally stammering out a response, “Brother is here, brother is here!”
“Brother, don’t cry, it’s sad,” the little siren said in a voice so sweet it almost melted his heart.
His unique constitution meant that he couldn’t shed tears, no matter how sorrowful he felt, so no one had ever told him not to cry before. But this was his kin—his little sister!
After basking in the joy of welcoming new life, the siren heart, Yu Zhao, and Ji Han Zhou got to work. Before they could focus on hatching the siren eggs, they needed to help Xuan Ling, the siren who was reduced to just a heart, to restore his body.
Nothing like this had ever happened in the history of the siren tribe, but the siren treasure vault held many rare and precious items. After awakening her Water Spirit Root, Yu Zhao had developed a strong sensitivity to anything related to water, so they decided to give it a try.
The process took an entire month and involved countless failures. Even Xuan Ling had lost hope at one point, but Yu Zhao’s determination and the companionship of his little sister pushed him to keep going.
Eventually, after depleting half of the siren tribe’s treasure vault, they succeeded. Xuan Ling’s body was reformed, and as he himself noted, it was even stronger than before.
With his body restored, Xuan Ling embarked on a new and challenging life as a caretaker for the young sirens.
The elder siren had hidden the siren eggs in the underwater palace, not because he didn’t want to hatch them, but because there were many prerequisites for their hatching. The most crucial condition was that the eggs needed to be incubated in a siren’s hatching pouch. Unfortunately, the elder siren was too old, and his hatching pouch had long since degraded, making it impossible for him to perform the task.
Moreover, siren eggs that couldn’t be incubated for an extended period required special spells to keep them alive, a skill that only the elder siren possessed.
Thus, the paradox arose: the elder siren could keep the eggs alive but couldn’t hatch them. And if he were to die, the remaining eggs would perish along with him.
This was why, upon realizing that Yu Zhao represented the siren tribe’s last hope, the elder siren had chosen to sacrifice himself without hesitation. He knew he couldn’t ensure the survival of the siren tribe, so he had gambled everything on a plea for the heavens’ mercy.
As for Xuan Ling’s little sister—the miracle siren who had managed to hatch without the help of an adult siren—she was indeed a miracle, the miracle of the siren tribe.
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“Yu Zhao, have a safe journey.”
“Safe journey, sister, safe journey!”
Yu Zhao stood on the deck of the ship, waving to the large and small figures in the water below. “You two should head back now. I’ll definitely come to see you both the next time I’m in the Southern Seas.”
“Alright, we’ll be waiting,” Xuan Ling replied. He then turned to Ji Han Zhou as if suddenly remembering something. “You’re welcome to visit us anytime as well.”
Ji Han Zhou responded with a dry laugh, “Hoho.”
Don’t think I didn’t notice—you completely forgot about me until just now!
Xuan Ling smiled awkwardly. He hadn’t meant to do it. Ji Han Zhou had been a great help in the underwater palace. But for some reason, whenever Xuan Ling looked at him alone, he saw a spirited and handsome young man. Yet, whenever Ji Han Zhou stood next to Yu Zhao, it was as if his presence faded away entirely, making it easy to overlook him.
After thinking it over, Xuan Ling could only conclude that Yu Zhao’s aura was just too overwhelming, leaving little room for anyone else to be noticed.
Despite the joking atmosphere, Ji Han Zhou bid farewell to Xuan Ling and the little siren sister with sincerity.
After exchanging a few more heartfelt words, Yu Zhao steered the ship toward the shore.
The little siren sister, still clinging to Xuan Ling’s arm, was too young to understand what it meant to say goodbye. She asked her brother curiously, “Brother, when will sister come back?”
Xuan Ling gently stroked her soft hair, his eyes filled with warmth. “Soon.”
The world is vast, and their paths will surely cross again.
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“Lady Ye, look at this treasure I have brought…”
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Su Ming returned to the inn to find his little junior sister surrounded by a crowd of eager admirers. His brow furrowed, and he stepped forward, grabbing two of the suitors by their collars and tossing them aside.
“What do you think you’re doing, pestering my junior sister like this? Do you have a death wish?”
Su Ming, you yourself should know not to stop people from fishing! How rude and hypocritical of you.