The Elf Journey In The Western Fantasy World-Chapter 63: Baptism of the Sea

"In order to stop the merfolk bloodline from using your magic to strengthen your body, you need to improve your physical strength."

Eoryun listened to the lengthy explanation but still didn’t know how to solve it. "If I need to improve my physical strength, my cultivation speed is way too slow. Even if I change to focusing on cultivating sword energy now, it would be too late, right?"

Tiana shook her head. "No, no, I’m not asking you to focus on cultivating sword energy and become a swordsman. I’m asking you to fully awaken your merfolk bloodline."

Eoryun: ???

"My bloodline is already awakening, right? But because my body strength isn’t enough, it’s causing the bloodline to not awaken completely, isn’t it?"

Tiana finally revealed her plan. "Pure-blood merfolk undergo a baptism by merfolk priests after birth. So, I’m planning to let you try the same thing. The priest isn’t the key; merfolk aren’t exclusionary. What matters is whether the merfolk altar accepts you. If your bloodline is strong enough... there shouldn’t be any problems."

Eoryun finally understood. "So, Grandaunt, you’re unsure about the concentration of merfolk blood in my body, which is why you’re unsure about the success rate, right?"

Tiana nodded.

"This really isn’t something to worry about." Eoryun relaxed, feeling much lighter. His tone was filled with confidence. "This won’t affect me. After hearing your explanation, I actually think it will succeed."

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Tiana froze for a moment before suddenly laughing. "Indeed, you are my sister’s descendant. As the most powerful being among the merfolk, how could her descendants be weak?"

"I must have been thinking wrong."

And so, Eoryun followed Tiana back to the merfolk’s territory.

As they were about to part ways, Eoryun stood by the shore, reluctant to leave.

"Illiya, you all have to wait for me to come back. I also want to visit the Demon Realm."

At first, when Illiya heard the first part of Eoryun’s sentence, a bit of reluctance rose in his heart.

But as he heard the second part, that little bit of reluctance turned into speechlessness.

Help, why does this sound like he’s going on a casual outing?

Illiya, with a slightly irritated tone, waved Eoryun off. "Alright, alright, stop lingering. You still have a whole month. After a month, the border will be open, and you’ll have plenty of time."

"However..." Illiya’s tone shifted. "If you’re not back after a month, I won’t be able to help you."

"It’s not like I can’t go to the Demon Realm myself."

Eoryun: ???

Without giving Eoryun a chance to respond, Illiya quickly led his companions away, and within moments, their figures disappeared from the shore.

Eoryun stared at their retreating figures, somewhat lost in thought. It wasn’t until he could no longer see them that he turned around and gazed out at the vast sea.

Tiana gently patted Eoryun and comforted him. "It’s fine. You’ll meet them soon enough."

"So, let’s head to the merfolk territory now!"

Eoryun nodded and then quietly waited for the entrance to appear.

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes passed.

Ten minutes passed.

Eoryun: ???

Tiana was confused. "My Grandephew, why haven’t you jumped yet?"

Eoryun’s right eyelid twitched involuntarily, and a bad feeling began to rise in his chest. "Jump? What do you mean, jump?"

Tiana was the first one to leap into the sea.

The moment her body touched the water, a transformation occurred.

Her human legs disappeared, replaced by a merfolk’s fish tail.

The dark blue tail shimmered slightly in the sunlight and was faintly visible under the water.

Seeing this, Eoryun’s bad premonition grew even stronger. "Jump? Could it be that we have to jump into the sea?"

He swallowed hard, his throat dry. "You don’t mean we’re going to swim all the way to the merfolk territory... right?"

Tiana nodded as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

A look of despair spread across Eoryun’s face.

Thank you, it seems he’ll be drowned in the sea before his body can even be healed.

...

After sending off Eoryun and Tiana, Illiya suddenly found himself with some free time.

According to the information provided by the people here, the nearest date for the Border’s opening was still a month away.

Coincidentally, Eoryun had unexpectedly run into his grandaunt and had gone together with her to the merfolk territory to resolve his physical issues.

This one-month period before the Border opened was just enough time to wait for Eoryun’s return.

If Eoryun wasn’t lucky, then they’d simply have to wait until after his journey to the Demon Realm was over before meeting again.

Illiya didn’t particularly care about whether he traveled alone or with others.

Whether he had one companion more or less didn’t seem to make any difference to him.

He and his companions had only just arrived at the city gates when they saw a squad of well-trained knights emerging from within the city.

The knights were dressed uniformly in light green color, with matching cloaks draped over their shoulders.

The golden tassels hung from their epaulets, and a small golden badge was pinned to each of their chests.

From a distance, Illiya could vaguely make out a flower motif filled in with silver paint on the golden emblem.

It appeared to be a Jade Cloud Lotus flower.

Upon seeing that emblem, Illiya immediately identified the squad.

They were the Royal Knights of the Yaguk Theocracy.

The national flower of Yaguk Theocracy was the Jade Cloud Lotus, also known as Jadeheart Flower.

All knights of the kingdom wore emblems engraved with this flower, and their rank could be determined by the color of the badge.

A gold emblem represented the royal family, so the Royal Knights’ badges were set on a golden background.

That was exactly why Illiya felt alarmed.

The Royal Knights rarely left the capital, as their main duty was to ensure the safety of the royal family and protect the capital itself.