Chapter 68 The Mermaid Princess's Deep-Seated Hatred, Never Forget to Restore Her Kingdom
Xu Huaji was bound by tentacles that suddenly appeared from behind him, rendering him unable to move. He was shocked: "You're not under my control!?"
Kui Wu sneered: "Your secret spell only works on disloyal people and male members of our clan. Our Merfolk have always been ruled by women, and our most loyal female members have never needed to be controlled by external forces!"
The force beneath the tentacles gradually contracted, as if it wanted to crush him into dust.
"Don't you hate them?!" Xu Huaji's breathing became increasingly labored, her face flushed, and she stared at the three people floating in the air, her bloodshot eyes bulging, as she shouted sharply, "They killed your husband!!!"
Kui Wu laughed loudly: "Did they really kill them? Don't you know the truth in your heart?"
"So what if they really killed you? Lian Wu did so many evil things for you. According to the laws of our Merfolk, she should commit suicide. Even if they weren't there, when I come out, we will kill you and atone for our sins with our deaths, showing reverence for those who have died!"
Xu Hua gritted his teeth coldly, realizing that this demon was unyielding and determined to fight him head-on. However, at this moment, under her tentacles, he could be broken in half with just a little force.
"It's all your fault he died!" Xu Huaji struggled in vain, and seeing that defeat was inevitable, she gave up in despair. "You're foolish and overly compassionate! If it weren't for you, your Lian Wu wouldn't have died! Do you dare say that your husband's death has nothing to do with you?!"
"No!!!" Kui Wu roared, her tentacles straining relentlessly. Xu Huaji laughed while feeling the excruciating pain of being crushed, his brain congested with blood, his face turning red and purple, as if he were about to explode.
"It was you! If you hadn't pretended to be kind and overheard our Merfolk's secret incantation, would you have everything you have now?"
Kui Wu is on the verge of losing her mind; the waves rise and block out the sun, as if to swallow the whole world.
Cen Ying's voice came through her ear: "Yu'er, I have some calming powder here. Sprinkle the powder on her face and calm her down quickly, otherwise we won't be able to dock with Cui Mingcan's ship!"
"Okay! I'll have Duobao pick you up. You sprinkle the powder on her, and Xiao Kuo and I will cover for you!"
"good!"
Duobao responded immediately, speeding towards the brightly dressed woman on the official ship. After boarding her, he bypassed the tentacles waving wildly on the sea surface and flew straight towards Kuiwu.
Bai Yuheng, Pei Yuan, and the other two tried to calm Kui Wu down with words and awaken her rationality, while also trying to rescue Xu Huaji so that Kui Wu wouldn't actually crush him with a single claw.
The three of them each took a side and cast a spell together to attract Kui Wu's attention. Duo Bao carried Cen Ying and flew away, with a cloud of pink mist pouring down on them.
"Aaaaaaah!"
With a shout from Kui Wu, the tentacles that had been tightly gripping Xu Huaji loosened, and her entire body crashed into the sea, raising huge waves that caused the ships on the surface to sway violently, almost capsizing them.
Xu Huaji was foaming at the mouth and on the verge of death. After being released by the tentacles, he fell straight into the sea. Bai Yuheng stretched out her golden thread to save him.
Golden and white silk threads intertwined, each holding one side, together lifting up the person who had fallen unconsciously.
The great battle ended.
Kui Wu paused for a moment, then transformed into a form that was neither human nor inhuman, and landed on the deck. Bai Yuheng saw that something was wrong with her, so she quickly flew over to check on her.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Bai Yuheng turned around and called to Cen Ying, "Xiao Ying, come and see!"
"Okay!" Cen Ying patted Duobao, who glided over and landed steadily on the deck. Cen Ying ran over and checked her body, her expression serious.
“No need to waste your energy…” Aoi Mist coughed up a mouthful of bright pink blood, weakly saying, “I am already at my limit, there is no need to worry about me anymore…”
"The secret spell of the Merfolk is of little use to me, but if I resist it with all my might, it will still damage my meridians... I was already seriously injured, and now that he has injured me again, there is no way to save me."
“You are good people…” Kui Wu said, choking back tears, tightly gripping Bai Yuheng’s wrist, and said to them, “I want to ask you a few questions, is that alright?”
Cen Ying has a strong ability to sense emotions, and at this moment, tears were already welling up in her eyes. She sobbed, "Yes, what do you need us to do? As long as it's something we can help with, we will do our best to assist you!"
Bai Yuheng nodded as well.
"The first thing, can you bury my body together with Lianwu's?" Blood welled in Kuiwu's eyes. "I'm sorry to him, I'm the one who harmed them, rescuing that heartless, treacherous scoundrel... cough cough cough..."
"Okay, we promise you." Cen Ying and Bai Yuheng reassured her as they agreed.
"The second thing," Aoi's pupils dilated, her voice gradually softening like a breeze, "please help me find someone..."
Who are you looking for?
"The last descendant of our merfolk, the merfolk princess—"
She described the features of the last princess of the merfolk in halting pauses: "She...she had a red birthmark resembling a fish tail below her left collarbone, and her eyes were a deep blue color in the sunlight..."
With her last ounce of strength, she handed them a dazzling pearl necklace, with a dusty pearl hanging in the center, particularly eye-catching.
"Entrust her, entrust her with a single word: blood feud, never forget the revenge, the restoration of the nation—"
She breathed her last.
Cen Ying wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Bai Yuheng put her down and sighed as well.
Kui Wu was buried together with Xu Huaji at the same place where Lian Wu was buried. Cen Ying placed a bouquet of brightly blooming flowers in front of their graves.
"Don't worry, we will do everything we can to help you find him," Cen Ying and Cui Mingcan said together. "Rest in peace. Xu Huaji and those who harmed you will get what they deserve!"
The five left Penglai Island. The government troops had already sealed off the area, and those who had been arrested were sent to a clinic. Cen Ying prepared the antidote, and once the effects of the medicine wore off, they could be sent home.
As for the people in Yueqing Town, all of them were sent to prison.
Cui Mingcan stood on the street watching the soldiers arrest people. When he saw a certain person, his eyes almost spit fire as he stared intently at him. The person lowered his head, his face full of shame.
"Wait!" Cui Mingcan called out to the soldiers who were escorting Yao Fugui and walked over.
Yao Fugui lowered his head, not daring to meet his gaze.
"Raise your head," Cui Mingcan commanded him in an unquestionable tone.
Yao Fugui raised his head, his face flushed, his eyes red-rimmed: "Um... I'm sorry."
After saying that, he lowered his head again.
"I don't need your apology." Cui Mingcan felt a pang of sorrow, unable to understand why his childhood friend had now become an accomplice to murder.
“I have no excuse to deny anything else, but I really didn’t lie about you being arrested!” Yao Fugui looked at Pei Yuan, who had threatened him that day, and lowered his eyes. “My father overheard our conversation and knew that you were the person we were looking for, so he took you away while we were drunk. I also had a relapse due to being drunk, and by the time I sobered up, you were long gone. My father said you had already left, and I believe him without a doubt…”
As Yao Fugui spoke, tears welled up in his eyes. He had trusted his father too much. Even though he was being targeted, he still clung to the hope that his father had already left.
Cui Mingcan's originally hardened heart softened upon hearing his explanation, but he still couldn't believe that they were doing such a heinous business.
Yao Fugui smiled and said nothing more. Seeing that they were no longer talking, the officers and soldiers escorted him to the prison.
A single sentence drifted down, carried to his ears by the gentle breeze.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"..." Cui Mingcan pursed his lips and remained silent.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Cen Ying stopped teasing him, patted his shoulder and said, "Yu'er and the others are out, we should go."
Cui Mingcan pursed his lips, turned his back, and wiped the corner of his eye.
Where to?
Before Cen Ying could speak, Bai Yuheng heard him ask and replied, "Jiangzhou."
Jiangzhou.
On the official boat.
The four of them followed Li Tiankuo onto the official boat and headed to Jiangzhou.
"What's wrong?" Cui Mingcan sighed, and Cen Ying looked over and asked.
"It's nothing."
"I suddenly feel a sense of trepidation as I approach my hometown," Cui Mingcan remarked, leaning on the railing and gazing at the bustling ferry crossing in the distance.
"Now that we're on your turf, you'd better show us the proper hospitality!" Bai Yuheng patted his shoulder and teased.
Cui Mingcan patted his chest and said generously, "Of course! I'll cover all the expenses!"
Cen Ying: "What a generous young master Cui!"
Cui Mingcan's tense and excited heart calmed down, and he asked, "Why did you suddenly detour to Jiangzhou? Isn't the Sifang Mirror not located in this area?"
Cen Ying took out a compass and said, "It's changed. The nearest square mirror fragment has moved to the vicinity of Jiangzhou."
"It just so happens that Xiao Kuo is about to instruct the Jiangzhou prefect to deal with Xu Huaji and others, to record all the people who have gone missing in the past, to find those who can be found, and to hope that the others will be spared by heaven."
Bai Yuheng said, "According to Xu Huaji's confession, the Painted Skin Immortal's lair is in Jiangzhou. We can go and meet him."
As the ship entered the dock, they could see a young man dressed in a pale yellow brocade robe waving at them from afar.
Cen Ying narrowed her eyes, pursed her lips, and said with disdain, "Why is this person here?"
Hearing her words, everyone followed her gaze.
Zhu He smiled, his puppy-dog eyes squinting, and waved incessantly.
"Xiao Ying!!"
"Brother Li!!!"
"Brother Pei!!!"
He called out to each of them one by one, and the five of them disembarked from the boat under the gaze of those around them.
Zhu He, dressed in yellow, dodged the passersby and excitedly stood in front of Bai Yuheng, blocking her way: "Y-hello Xiaoyu, are you alright?"
Bai Yuheng: "?"
She blinked and pointed to herself: "Are you calling me?"
Zhu He nodded: "Yes, yes! I was calling you. Thank you for saving my life that day! If it weren't for you, I would have died on the ship long ago!"
Her starry eyes were frighteningly bright.
Bai Yuheng subconsciously glanced at Pei Yuan standing beside her. Seeing that his expressionless face remained unchanged, she breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at herself for being so paranoid. He didn't even know her identity.
"Who are you?" Bai Yuheng withdrew her gaze and looked at the boy who was more than half a head taller than her, and asked.
Zhu He was delighted that his sweetheart had taken the initiative to ask his name. He scratched his head and chuckled, "Zhu He! The 'He' in 'white crane'!"
Bai Yuheng nodded, returning the courtesy with, "Yes, hello, hello Xiaohe."
As soon as she finished speaking, the faces of the people present darkened instantly, and they stared at him menacingly.
Zhu He seemed oblivious, immersed in the joy of exchanging names with his beloved.
Scorching heat, chilling cold, hostility, exploration...
Several gazes shot towards him as if they were real. Only then did Zhu He realize that something was wrong. He suddenly met the eyes of the person next to him and was immediately startled.
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