Chapter 214 Reward "She just fell asleep. If you want to find her, wait until dawn..."

Things delivered to my door...

Jiang Yuhuo lowered her eyes and glanced down. The moonlit star had long since disappeared, and the hands that had been holding the sword were now resting on her waist, their strength loose, lingering quietly.

What he brought to his door... was probably not just a sword.

But it is precisely this light yet gentle touch that makes it impossible to decisively reject it, yet also impossible to truly get close.

It's not pleasant.

The earlobe was held in the mouth, and teeth gently nibbled at it, sending a tiny, tingling sensation through the entire body in an instant.

His voice seemed to penetrate her mind.

"Really... you don't want to?"

Jiang Yuhuo's face flushed, and she felt like the string in her mind was about to snap. Suddenly, she thought to herself, "Thank goodness I didn't agree to Xiao Jing's request to share a room with me tonight."

With a sudden thought, she yanked the face of the person causing the trouble towards her, cupped it in her hands, and kissed it forcefully.

want……

She wanted both the sword and the person.

"I miss you too..." She kissed him urgently and forcefully, falling into his arms. "When I think of you... you appear."

Their long-awaited lips eagerly met, their necks intertwining, each demanding the other.

Jiang Yuhuo pushed the man down onto the bed, breathing slightly heavily. He opened his eyes and saw the tiny scales on the man's face, glistening with passion.

She nestled against his chest, her body rising and falling with his breath, her gaze fixed on his handsome face, her eyes gleaming.

He was so good at seducing her...

Jia Yue's gaze was constantly fixed on her; he didn't want to miss a single moment of her current state.

His lover's eyes held desire for him.

He placed his hand on her chest, feeling her rapid heartbeat beneath his palm, a smile appearing in his eyes, "Jiang Yuhuo...did you hear that? I'm in your heart."

He gradually increased the pressure, pulling the person back into his arms and cuddling them. "Here, so you've already put me here... That's so good..."

The neat robes were stripped away, revealing white and black garments overlapping each other.

"Fishing lights..."

The low murmur in the darkness was indistinct, the waves sometimes slow, sometimes fast...

The room was filled with enchanting beauty.

After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, the exhausted person had already fallen asleep in his arms. Jia Yue casually stroked the hair of the person in his arms, while his other hand grasped her hand and pressed it against his abdomen in circles, the warmth seemingly able to pass through his flesh and blood into his stomach.

I really want to tell her what's here...

But it's not time yet, it's not the right time.

Using the blood of a mermaid to conceive is not easy. The seed in his womb has not yet sprouted, and he cannot tell her until the moment of final confirmation of success.

...We can't let her get her hopes up for nothing.

His fingertips slipped between hers, their fingers intertwined. The sapphire ring on his hand released a wisp of spiritual energy, gradually identifying her aura. She bore the mark of the merfolk; Fallen Star would not reject her.

Jia Yue kissed her forehead, intending to just give it a quick kiss, but her soft, downy hair flattened when he kissed it. He couldn't help but kiss her several more times until the sleeping woman impatiently nuzzled against him and buried her face in his neck.

A smile returned to her lips. Jia Yue held the person in her arms contentedly, feeling as if her heart was filled, swollen and overflowing with warmth.

Once this matter is settled, I will take her back to the Sea Kingdom and use the power of the Fallen Star to bind their lives together... From then on, they can be together day and night, just like tonight, until they reach the end of their lives together.

He and Jiang Yuhuo were destined to be together, even in death.

Nothing can separate them now.

Suddenly, a series of light footsteps approached from outside the tent, growing ever closer...

Someone was coming toward her tent.

Before dawn, the winter nights are always exceptionally long.

Ji Qiu'an couldn't sleep a wink in his tent, his mind filled with the image of that person treating him. He was bewitched once again, and those long-dormant desires surged forth once more.

She can marry into the Li family, so why can't she marry into the Ji family?

He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and finally decided to go find Jiang Yuhuo.

His head still hurts from time to time, and she said he could go to her for treatment.

Even at such an inopportune moment, he still went to Jiang Yuhuo's camp.

But what came out was...

Ji Qiu'an seemed frozen in place, his eyes meeting those of the man who emerged from the tent.

White clothes and blue hair... she's a mermaid.

The person had clearly come out in a hurry, not yet properly dressed. Their robes were light and loose, and a gust of wind revealed a patch of red marks on their neck—scratch marks, bite marks, hickeys… densely distributed across their alabaster skin. If this one area alone had so many marks, it was unimaginable what lay hidden beneath…

So ambiguous, so suggestive.

Ji Qiu felt a huge chill run down her spine.

He must have gone to the wrong place... How could that be? How could she be with someone else...?

"She just went to sleep. If you want to find her, wait until dawn."

A single, cold sentence shattered all of Ji Qiu'an's defense of Jiang Yuhuo.

Ji Qiu'an gazed at the exceptionally handsome man opposite him. Such a beautiful and ethereal merman was unique within the entire immortal sect. He suddenly recalled that day at the martial arts arena, when the people from Tianque interrogated her about the sect leader's whereabouts. At that time, he had wholeheartedly stood by her side, regarding the people from Tianque as despicable individuals who had slandered her…

So it really was true...

Ji Qiu'an left without saying a word, in a panic, fleeing as if some raging flood or ferocious beast was chasing him.

The merman coldly watched the boy's figure until it disappeared, and then erased all traces of the newcomer.

To be so frightened at first sight—how dare such a person even have designs on her?

Suddenly realizing something, Jia Yue swiftly shot an ice arrow behind her.

Another gaze was hidden in the darkness, but by the time he went to find it, the ice arrow was stuck in the ground, and the gaze had vanished without a trace.

As dawn broke, Jiang Yuhuo woke up, still in Jia Yue's arms. Meeting those blue eyes, her mind instantly cleared.

"Why...are you still here?"

Jia Yue's hand, which had been massaging her shoulder, slid down to her palm, and she asked with a smile, "Are you letting me go?"

Jiang Yuhuo pulled her hand away from his waist as if she had been electrocuted.

Jia Yue turned to face her, and a large section of her already loose-fitting clothes fell down. "You weren't like this last night..."

His reminder brought back a flood of memories from last night. Jiang Yuhuo lowered her eyes and awkwardly rested her head against Jia Yue's chest.

Last night... she seemed to have gone a bit too far...

I don't want to think about it anymore.

But someone had to remind her.

"How...how did this happen to you?!" Jiang Yuhuo was so shocked when she looked up from Jia Yue's chest that she sat up abruptly.

Did...did she really do this?

“The first time… you bit here…” Jia Yue stretched her neck, as if afraid she would deny it, and pointed to each spot with her hand, “The second time it was here… the third time… the…”

Jiang Yuhuo quickly covered his mouth with her hand, her cheeks flushed red, "Okay, stop talking!"

She even closed her eyes in embarrassment, rested her head on his shoulder, and whispered, "I'm sorry..." Her hand gently touched the marks, "Does it still hurt? I'll help you get rid of them..."

Jia Yue grasped her hand and pressed her lips to it, saying, "I hope it will never fade."

"Don't apologize to me, Xiao Jiang... I love you, I love everything you've given me, even the pain, I'm happy to accept it. Besides..." He leaned close to her ear, his voice as soft as a sigh, "Every mark I leave, I feel joy... These are all rewards..."

Jiang Yuhuo's ears turned red, and she didn't say anything more about eliminating the problem. She simply hugged him gently. Once again, she felt that he really liked her, so much so that he unconditionally accepted everything about her.

There was someone in the world who loved her so deeply, and suddenly she didn't want to leave.

If only she could have lived a little longer...

In the end, Jia Yue did not leave; he stayed behind as the Sea Emperor.

With his current status, even Tianque has to be wary of him. Although Xingxuan hopes he will return to continue as Tianque's sect leader, he also knows that after all the conflicts, his relationship with Tianque is essentially over. Occasionally, when Tianque disciples see him, they will still call him "Sect Leader," but they also understand that after this matter is resolved, Tianque may have a new sect leader.

However, there will never be another ancient clan leader who is so close to the gods.

Furthermore, these disciples of the Heavenly Palace, who had once revered their patriarch as a god, noticed something strange: their patriarch seemed to have become more approachable than before, especially in front of the Zhou Kingdom's eldest princess. If anyone had never seen what a "radiant smile" looked like, the Heavenly Palace disciples would recommend observing the patriarch's expression before the Zhou Kingdom's eldest princess.

Although no one has said it outright, even the most obtuse person can tell that the two are a couple.

If the disciples of Tianque could see it, Zhang Zhenyang could too. He called his disciple over and asked her what was going on.

Jiang Yuhuo did not shy away from the story and recounted her past with Jia Yue.

"Does Little Fishing Light like this mermaid?"

Zhang Zhenyang asked her with a smile, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at his eldest disciple beside him.

Jiang Yuhu nodded.

Zhang Zhenyang clapped his hands and laughed, "Good! Whoever our Little Fishing Fire likes will be the son-in-law of Zhenyang Peak. No matter if it's the Heavenly Palace or the Sea Kingdom, no one can compete with Zhenyang Peak for her!"

Jiang Yuhuo felt a warmth in her heart and smiled as well. She didn't notice the overflowing bitterness in the other person's eyes. When she looked over, that face had returned to its usual gentle and composed state, only the smile was slightly stiff.

Wen Yizhan tried to force a smile, but the corners of his mouth wouldn't turn up. He thought he had already accepted reality, but when he saw her admit her feelings for another person, he realized how wrong he was.

"Junior sister...it's a good thing that you have someone you like."

It was as if I was wishing the other person well, and also as if I was trying to convince myself.

The final battle for Zhaoming City between Zhou and Yong is imminent.

Li Mengbai disappeared at this time. To be precise, Jiang Yuhuo had not seen Li Mengbai since the day she caught him attacking Ji Qiuan.

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Author's Note: The aloof and arrogant Big Fish scares off its love rival...