With the cleanup concluded, Yu Qingshan, Yu Li, and Yu Man departed in succession, leaving only Nie Kong, Yu Tinglei, and the daughter nestled in her arms within the small hall.

This little girl, not even a day old, already displayed a mischievous spirit. Her face was pressed against Yu Tinglei’s full chest; now she’d latch onto that tender, crimson cherry, now push it away, like a fish blowing bubbles, smearing milk all over her tiny cheeks.

Yu Tinglei was clearly unused to breastfeeding in front of a man. Seeing Nie Kong gazing intently, she constantly shifted her delicate frame, trying to evade his look, her lovely face flushed as if scorched by fire. Finally, realizing escape was impossible, Yu Tinglei had no choice but to bring up a topic to divert Nie Kong’s attention.

"So that's how it is."

After a long pause, Nie Kong finally grasped the reason behind the intimate bond forged between him and Yu Tinglei.

Though the Fish Spirit Clan could reproduce through psychic connection just like the Flower Spirit Clan, for millennia, the successive Fish Kings had always chosen exceptional men to bear their offspring. Consequently, even as the bloodline of the Fish King lineage grew diluted over time, every Fish King possessed the strength of the peak of Celestial Spirit realm.

When Yu Longyue first saw Nie Kong emerging from the Abyss of Degeneration, she had already taken notice of him. Even without the incident involving Huamei, Yu Longyue would have found a way to entrust the "Bay Leaf Pearl" to Nie Kong.

That "Bay Leaf Pearl" was an extraordinary object, capable of conjuring hyper-realistic dreams, allowing a chosen man to unknowingly consummate the union with the Fish King. During the physical act of union between man and woman, the "Bay Leaf Pearl" would also quietly enter the Fish King's body, gradually merging with the nascent life forming within, thereby ensuring that only girls were born.

Once the girl reached

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