northernbook Chapter 175 The Magic Array Activated
Chapter 175 The Magic Array Activated
"Moya, many things are still a mess in my mind, but I've remembered the main people."
“My husband, Fan Qingyin, and Lin Yi, they are all waiting for me to come back.” Jiang Yu looked at Morinbia with tenderness and hope, gently placing her hands on the tentacles surrounding her.
"Take me back, okay?" Jiang Yu stared directly at the six enormous gray, inorganic pupils.
Molinbia was speechless. For the first time, she felt heartache. Where did her Muliu clan get hearts? They were merely life forms created from the will of the gods, pets to amuse the gods. That's why the gods did not give them hearts.
But it didn't know that although God didn't give them hearts, He did give them the ability to love. When God was around, they were by His side and bathed in His light. How could they possibly love any life other than God? They only loved God and didn't even know how to love themselves.
When the gods departed, in addition to the loss of divine power, the most important reason was the disappearance of the subject of their love, which led to the decline and fall of the entire race. The only bloodline that could be preserved was the love that the entire race gambled on in the face of death, which was the only reason for their success.
When Morinbia was found by Triton, although Triton fed her inappropriately, making her eat all sorts of rare treasures to slightly make up for her weakness from losing divine power, more importantly, it was because Triton, despite his apparent disdain, actually raised her with meticulous care that Morinbia loved her master; otherwise, she would never have lived to adulthood.
When it reached adulthood, Triton also began to rule the seas, far more aggressive and warlike than its predecessors. Its overwhelming talent made it arrogant and blinded by victory, ultimately leading to the destruction of the entire underwater civilization for its ambition. It's hard to imagine how Morinbia, who deeply loved her master, felt when she received the divine decree to devour Triton. Yet, Triton remained clear-headed in his final moments; he willingly accepted being eaten.
Molinebia was lucky. Its ancestors loved the gods, but the gods did not love them. It loved Triton, and Triton loved it.
So the ancestors perished after the gods left, but it was redeemed after eating Triton because of its master's love for it.
After a thousand years of solitude, it met Jiang Yu. Driven by loneliness and curiosity, its love arose easily and simply. It wanted her to always be with it, to be by its side forever, regardless of their identities or forms.
It was unaware that it had fallen in love with a human, but it felt heartache, jealousy, and loneliness. Because she had once belonged to someone else, because of the genuine tenderness and sincere love she showed when she spoke of others.
It didn't know it had fallen in love with her, but that didn't matter. The sea monster was always simple and direct; it already knew what it had to do.
“Impossible.” Jiang Yu heard the sea monster’s firm voice ring out, “You are mine. No one can take you away from me, not even your lover.”
After saying this, Morinbia withdrew her tentacles and disappeared. Jiang Yu sat in the bubble, annoyed, and decided to slowly communicate with Morinbia about this matter, intending to continue sorting through the memories in her mind. Just then, she felt a slight itch behind her ear. She subconsciously scratched it, but her fingers touched a few thin, hard things.
She was horrified; scales began to grow on her body.
After leaving dejectedly, Morinbia went straight to the central hall to find Triton.
Triton quickly floated out of the crystal: "Look, look, who is this grumpy, wrinkled-faced guy? What's wrong? Did you get rejected? Hahahaha!" He started with an impolite taunt.
"You damned old man, why didn't you do anything about those disgusting bugs coming in?" Morinbia demanded an explanation.
"Oh dear, what can this old bone of mine, dead for a thousand years, do? I can't even get ten meters away from this broken mirror~" Triton pretended to look distressed, his eyes glancing almost imperceptibly at the amethyst mirror beneath him, filled with disgust and loathing, but he quickly concealed it.
Morinbia stopped wasting time arguing with him and said directly, "I need to transform, now, immediately!"
"Huh, in such a hurry?" Triton exclaimed in surprise.
"Stop talking nonsense. You're the one who told me to hurry up and get things done. Stop talking nonsense and quickly help me open the altar in the central hall."
"Didn't you already open the altar?" Triton said deliberately. "I've become a spirit, how could I possibly open the altar!"
“I’m not kidding you, she’s remembered everything. She wants to leave, she wants to go find them,” Morinbia said dejectedly. “I need to keep her here, please help me. You’ve told me so much, you must have a way.”
Not too stupid. Triton smiled inwardly. After all, this guy's origins weren't in the seabed; his control over these altars relied entirely on his own buffs. Although he could activate the altars and make them function, it would take a lot of time. Otherwise, the transformation of Jiang Yu wouldn't have been so slow.
He himself was the master of the ocean. Although he had been gone for a thousand years, once a king, always a king, and the ocean would forever acknowledge his authority.
"Go find my trident," Triton, sitting leisurely on the crystal, commanded.
The trident, which no one could find, was simply piled up under a bunch of fallen pillars in the corner of the central hall. Morinbia didn't even move; she simply stretched out her tentacles and dug the trident out.
Triton rolled his eyes. The supreme artifact passed down from generation to generation by the King of the Sea had been casually tossed aside by this guy for thousands of years. Oh well, never mind.
"Alright, do you see that face-like pattern on the left side of the altar? Use the tip of the trident to draw it against the direction of the face, then smear your blood on it. There's a row of small holes on the side. Insert the end of the trident into the seventh hole from the right. When it can't be pushed any further, smear your blood on it again, then push the rest of the trident handle in. That's it."
“I’ll only say this once,” Triton said mischievously. “Oh, I forgot to tell you, if the procedure is wrong, this magic circle won’t work, and you’ll have to wait ten years to transform again.”
Molymbia had already started operating according to Triton's instructions when she heard this. Her body trembled, and she roared, "Why didn't you tell me sooner, you bad guy!"
"Hey, you didn't make a mistake, did you?" Triton asked with great interest. "Wait, doesn't your clan need certain conditions to transform?"
“I found it.” Morinbia took out the coin that had the aura of a god. “It requires the god’s approval.” That is to say, the magic circle needs to sense the aura of a god, but the god is no longer there. The aura of a god that emanates from the artifact is peaceful and neutral. So even if we find a loophole, we can still find a way to achieve this.
"God can't very well stand up and oppose it himself, can he?"
Triton smiled, secretly stirred up a wave, and tossed a ring he had prepared beforehand into a corner.
He squinted his eyes in satisfaction as he watched the magic circle light up.