Quick Wear: True and False Life

The two of them stayed in the mermaid kingdom. Every day, mermaids would come and exchange pearls, corals, shells, and even mermaid eyes for some interesting little things and elixirs. Every day at noon, Song Nan would tell them some stories about things they had encountered, mostly about scams.

"Sister, the spiritual energy here is so rich, how about we use it to refine weapons?" Lingxi traveled around the entire Mermaid Kingdom in the past few days and gradually became bored.

"That's exactly what I meant. These little mermaids are so simple. Although they are quite strong in fighting, they can't protect themselves outside the water. In addition to teaching them some knowledge, skills and self-protection awareness, we can also refine some of them every day."

"Sister, have you noticed? The flow rate in this strange space is very fast." When Lingxi talked about refining, she thought that they could stay here for a while. Last time she reached the edge of the forbidden area, she swam out and was surprised to find that the flow rate here did not match that outside and was much faster.

"Is this true? Then I really don't know. When did it happen?" Song Nan asked in surprise.

"It happened the day before yesterday. I was having so much fun playing with the little mermaid named only Mina that I forgot about it."

"Now go check out the flow rate ratio between here and outside."

After Song Nan finished speaking, she led Lingxi to the restricted area. She took out two watches, adjusted them to the same time, and asked Lingxi to wait there. She quickly crossed the restricted area and went to the trench. She stayed in a place that Lingxi could vaguely see for one minute, and then returned to the Mermaid Kingdom.

They compared the time and found that two hours had passed for Lingxi, while only one minute had passed for Song Nan. The ratio of one hundred and two to one really shocked them. This meant that they had stayed in the Mermaid Kingdom for one hundred and twenty days, but only one day had passed outside.

"Sister, time flies so fast here. These mermaids go out for many years and come back with relatively little appearance. They are just not brave enough. Seeing mermaids of the same age getting married and having children, and their families growing old, they must be depressed to death." When Lingxi saw the time comparison, she was shocked and the first thing she thought of was the problem of age comparison.

"Yes, it is necessary to tell the mermaid wizard not to act rashly. The consequences are serious. For those who do not practice, they may die in the blink of an eye."

"Sister, let's go meet the wizard together! I have a good time playing with these little mermaids, and I don't want anything to happen to them." Lingxi swam her snake body and called out to Song Nan to follow.

"Here I come, don't worry."

The two men came to the wizard's residence and knocked on the door three times, "Knock, knock, knock."

"Is Wizard Shang here?" Song Nan called out again, fearing that the wizard didn't hear the knock on the door.

"Come in, the door is not closed." Wizard Shang answered while arranging the herbs.

"Wizard Shang, do you have time now? I have something important to discuss with you." Song Nan went straight to the point as soon as he entered.

"Sit down! What's the matter?" Wizard Shang put down the herbs he was processing, swam to the stone bench and sat down, and poured each of them a glass of seaweed juice. This stuff has a light sweet fragrance and is not bad. It is usually used to entertain guests.

"That's right. We found that the flow rate between the mermaid country and the outside world is very different. Come over and talk to the monk wizard."

"Flow rate ratio? Does it mean time?" Wizard Shang said with some confusion after hearing this.

"It refers to time. For example, in the same period of time, the children of the Mermaid Kingdom have lived in the Mermaid Kingdom for sixty years, and have gone through a series of stages such as growing up, getting married, having children, and getting old. However, the mermaid children who went to the mortal kingdom only lived for one year." Song Nan thought about it and simply gave an example of the growth of a child.

"This is a serious matter. You go back first. I will go to discuss this matter with the Queen." After Master Shang understood, he quickly stood up and went to report the matter to the Queen.

"Okay then! You go and do your work, we'll go back first."

After Song Nan and Ling Xi handed the matter over to Wizard Shang, they felt relieved. As for what happened next, it was something the Mermaid Queen should consider.

"Sister, let's start refining an independent small palace today!" After Lingxi had no worries on the road, she began to think about refining again. She thought about practicing with this kind of palace first, and then starting the formal refining after she got used to it.

"It's a good idea. While practicing, we can also use it when we go out camping in the wild." Song Nan agreed with this idea after thinking about it.

After returning, Song Nan and Ling Xi started to work on refining. After five days of practicing in five or six independent palaces, they each came up with their own set of plans.

Starting from the next day, they began to refine 120 sets of small palaces on the periphery according to the design. What followed was a four-month long period of telling stories and exchanging items in the afternoon, and refining palaces in the evening.

After the refining was completed, Song Nan and Ling Xi entered the space, found an open space and started assembling.

"Sister, this outer palace has been assembled, but it has some modern elements now, so we need to adjust it." After assembling it, Lingxi looked around, then zoomed in to look down at the situation, feeling that it needed some adjustments.

"That's true. I wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't told me. It might be that the buildings in Nan Nan's memory have gone through many dynasties, many countries, and many integrations, so she would unconsciously bring some of them along." After hearing Ling Xi's words, Song Nan also reacted.

“That’s really magical.”

"Yes, adjust this and change the position over there." Song Nan said and started to make changes.

"Well, that's good. Now all that's left is the inner area and the central hall."

"Come on then, let's finish today. We should go back."

"I know, sister."

After the two of them finished assembling it, Song Nan shrank it into his palm, admired it and found it quite beautiful, so he put it in the warehouse for future use.

When he came out of the space, he began to pack up his things, preparing to bid farewell to the mermaids and leave.

"Queen, Wizard Shang, General Mi, we are leaving. These are the gifts left for you. Thank you for your care during this period." Song Nan said as he gave the prepared elixirs and rare treasures from the land to each of them.

"The Queen said to come back when she has time. The Mermaid Kingdom welcomes you." The Queen's cold voice came, and Wizard Shang quickly translated.

"We will. This is a jade token for help, given to the Queen. If there is danger, just drip blood. I can receive it, and it can be used three times."

"The Queen said thank you, and this is her return gift." After Wizard Shang translated it to the Queen, he placed the jade tablet on the table. The Queen then took off his head and looked at the gem in the center of it as a gift to him.

Meanwhile, Lingxi was also bidding farewell to Mina and the others reluctantly.

"Mina, I will miss you. This is for Fu. Send me a message if you have anything."

"Ah, ah," Mina said very moved. Her tears fell and turned into beads, which immediately destroyed Lingxi's sentimental atmosphere.

"Lingxi, let's go."

"Mina, goodbye." Lingxi waved to Mina after hearing Song Nan's greeting.

Lingxi followed Song Nan's footsteps, crossed the restriction and left the Mermaid Kingdom. After the last discussion between the Queen, Wizard Shang and General Mi about time, they gave up the idea of leaving this strange space. They agreed with what Song Ling and the others said that this restriction was indeed to help the mermaids avoid risks, and they no longer wanted to risk getting hurt or exterminated by leaving this place.