"here, eat this"
" How can I eat a pearl?"
"eat",repeats Li Xiang.
Xu Kong gave up, resigned to his fate, and ate it, can anything worst happen? I'll just throw the pearl once I'm in diarrhea but looking at my silly childhood friend I can't help myself from getting sad,' the poor must've been shocked silly'.
a milky overflowing melted in his mouth taking him by surprise' milk candy?', the confusion didn't last long, because he sensed his vitality continually growing, his bones mending and his injuries healing.
" What kind of fairy medicine, is this the famous healing pill used by fairies?", Xu kong mumbles to himself
"if you're feeling good then you better move, the noise has already attracted many unwanted guests", says Li Xiang calmly
"Xian'er, can you give me another pill? ", says Xu kong while pointing his finger toward the man
I directly take another one and throw it to him, who's he gonna give to is his own business. I honestly don't care what happens to the other, even though Su Mei was a powerful man in my last life and he didn't participate in the conspiracy to hunt me down, it doesn't erase the fact that he is not trustworthy.
I look at the sky,' i need to go ' i headed toward the exit
"wait !! where are you going? come with us, your mom is waiting"
"I have a better place than yours which I'm living in, I'll go bring her with me later "
"Can we go with you? to be honest the shelter we are in, is no good and we are always oppressed, they even sent us to die here."
hearing this I really don't know what to decide, I can bring mom but bringing these two will endanger Erha, after thinking about it I made a decision
"I can't bring you there but you can live somewhere nearby and I assure you that it's safe ", I will keep Erha and the mermaid's existence a secret, but looking at it from another way, it will eventually come out with all the catastrophes coming in the future, I even remember the fifth catastrophe 'drainage', I need to prepare beforehand so I need a helping hand, I'll observe them for the time being.
"I need to do something so hide somewhere nearby I'll come back for you after I check on something nearby", he didn't wait for their answer and directly disappeared from the place he was standing in.
Su Mei looking at Xu Kong's eyes full of reverence and awe made him feel a little jealous but also more determined to get stronger.
I finally arrived and as expected the symptoms before the second catastrophe's arrival is already showing
"This is too soon, if it goes like this humanity will get wiped out"
I return back to take Xu and Su with me, take the car I recently rode with Erha, and with super speed, we made it back near the beach in 1 hour. I look at my watch ignoring the bewildered expression made by those two," go grab one of these villas to live at and I'll be back soon", I wonder if Erha waited for me for so long? I need to compensate him somehow.
he was about to reach the beach when he heard a scream from the villa," SENIOR SU, OH MY GOD, THERE'S A FAIRY CULTIVATOR HERE", right after I hear this I disappear with a flash inside the villa.
Erha who was sleeping had already woke up groggily and startled, "huh? where am I? who are those people ?", he then caught with his eyes Li Xiang, woke up instantly then run towards him
Su Mei seems to have caught the young man intention, "be careful!!!" he cries looking at Li Xiang but contrary to what he expected Erha hugs Li Xiang intertwining his hands on his waist, and with a coquettish voice sounding wronged he says
"Li Xiang you finally came back, I'm hungry!!!", though they didn't understand him, they know he was acting coy and right in front of them, and what is more surprising is that the terrifying cold man is actually doting on him not hiding his affection one bit.
"Is he a boyfriend ?", they both thought
"I wanna eat spicy beef barbecue !!!", announces Erha then runs out of the room and as if he forgot something he came back
"who are you guys by the way?", says as he gestures with his hands so they can understand him
Xu kong was crying internally,' is this how a cannon fodder feels, it's too terrible!!"
"they're not important, don't care about them", says Li Xiang
"How can that be, they are obviously guests, just right eating barbecue is the best with many people surrounding the bonfire, should I call my servants too"
Li Xiang grabs his wrist then pull to the next room, "don't expose your identity, and you should not others know about your people or your whereabouts"
hearing what he says I suddenly feel offended so I slap his hand away, "do you I'm that easy to bully, I already know they're your friend besides I only suggested bringing them never attended to expose them!!!"
Li sigh, he just can't win against him, "ok, ok don't be angry I just cared for you, how about this I'll also make soda too.
"yuppy!", I jump happily, completely putting the early conversation behind me
looking at his leaving back Li Xiang put on a helpless smile," I can't win against you but I can sway you back".
The beef gets cut into long pieces, seasoned with salt and pepper, and browned in some oil. all the flavors get added for another hour of cooking- ketchup, apple cider vinegar, dry mustard, chili sauce, and pickling spice.
the long, slow simmer in a spicy barbecue-chili sauce is all a beef top round steak needs to get tender, juicy, and flavorful.
(author: unfortunately neither you nor I can taste it, this is too unfair !!!)
Creation is hard, cheer me up!
After everyone ate Erha and Li left them and went to a far small villa southwest, they both sit on the couch facing each other.
" We need to talk about it ", Li starts the conversation, "we can't go on like this, more catastrophes are in their way and we need to prepare for them, I originally wanted to recruit more people but from all people, that's not an option and it never works also I can't take the risk of exposing you, so I made another one, a safer plan. we divide the shelter into four districts, yours will be kept undercover; the first division is for anyone to stay but the price should be paid to stay, the second district is for the already examined people if anyone wants to live inside, he needs to pass through the scan machine I have, it can detect malintent and it will keep scan the entire city, the people have two choices here, either farm or sign a contract to work on missions outside. the third division is for elites, people who can fight they do have privilege but they are under utmost watch, the second one is where only I live and the first one is yours and your people decision, just treat me as your guardian.
"you thought that far? actually, I have a way to make our place invisible besides why should we be hidden, let me tell you my people are strong, we not only have mermaids, we also have demons, nymphs, and a Kraken although he's just a cook ."
"that many ?"
I give a proud smirk with my chest up then nod, "not only that we can also get magical weapons, let me tell you I Erha I never hide, they have bad intentions towards me, let them dream!!"
hearing what he said Li had an epiphany,' why do we always think about hiding why do surrender to our fate, it might be true before but now I have my powers and past memories, who says I can't make a change, thinking about it I felt a weight stuck on my chest completely vaporize.
" you are right ", after a trance of thinking he wakes up then continues," Then let's do it this way, two cities in one, half belongs to merfolk and the other to humankind what do you say?"
"I don't like this idea though?"
" Why do you say so?"
" hmm, I just like the best of the best, I want to have the best kingdom with the best citizens, mine are already exceptional but your humans are mostly not ", after all, I will lose the honor of my title in games "Exodus myth".
"Leave that aside, we need resources, a lot of them, you know the stone you gave me is not enough"
"I'll go...", I cut him halfway through his sentence,' "no that won't do, still not enough, the pearls I make are divided into emergency and purifying sources for water and it's barely sufficient. so I need a huge amount of other energy sources", I can also buy the spring shot I saw in the Poseidon shop; once giving shot to other merfolks they can also cry pearls, alleviating a lot of my burdens.
Li Xiang knew what he meant 'he wants to go collect them 'and I'm against it, he knows that Erha can't handle that danger, he's so weak but looking at his determined eyes igniting and unyielding fire attracting him like a moth to the fire, he can only comply.
he sighs, "we'll go next week "
days went by and the affirmed day came, I already made sure everything is ok, actually, I didn't do much I just had to watch my reliable secretary Leo do the whole things,3 eggs shattered giving one chummy fish with fat tail thorns, a handsome looking baby with shark characteristics, and a white-haired mermaid, unexpectedly their mother was useless because she was still asleep so I had to waste my pearls to buy a nanny nymph.
the houses, cloth shop, pet shop, and the restaurant were set and the merfolk working there can go in and out whenever they want, for the streets ...we obviously don't need them.
everything is looking, no need to worry, I can go with peace of mind
we ride the previous car going to '✿✿✿✿ city', Li Xiang had before told me that we can find a mysterious cave in there, now that rose my interest, how can a cave exist inside a city?! can't wait to see!!
after starting the engine they started hitting the road but suddenly Li steps on the brakes, he gets out of the car then looks behind, he extorts his spiritual consciousness, scanning the surroundings but he did not find anything,' my instinct can never go wrong, I felt it, someone was looking at us '
Although he sensed danger, that does not mean they will stop their voyage, wasting time looking for the source of it that doesn't mean he will leave it alone I already left many QS mini soldiers, and both Xu Kong and Su Mei had already left to bring my mother and I also gave them some weapon to assure their safety, as for this rat hiding I'll act like I didn't see him, see what he is trying to do.
"Why did you stop, do you need to go to the toilet?"
"no, I thought I forgot something "
the car finally hit the road without stopping, the only difference this time was that the interior of the car turned into a karaoke room for Erha.
"it would be good if I can eat pizza now", Erha says
hearing this sentence, Li Xiang held his forehead and couldn't help but comment internally,' i think I spoiled him too much, does he even realize that this is the apocalypse, even I couldn't eat that for 50 years or maybe more, however, if reasoning humans and fish don't fundamentally think alike.
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