Chapter 150 Even if it's just to deceive him, why not use the Qi transfer method?
The merman slept soundly in the bath, an invisible spiritual energy constantly surrounding him. Jiang Yuhuo sat leaning against a pillar in the hall, channeling spiritual energy into him while also examining his physical condition.
Jiang Yuhuo couldn't find his wounds, but she could sense that he was very weak. It wasn't the kind of weakness that comes from being injured, but rather a weakness caused by the absence of something.
As dawn broke, Jiang Yuhuo, who had been up all night, continued to protect Jia Yue's heart meridian with his spiritual power, but it seemed to have little effect.
He should be sent back to the Heavenly Palace. Qingping and the merfolk who follow him will have a way to save him.
Save the merman...
A thought flashed through Jiang Yuhuo's mind like lightning, and he was suddenly startled.
Back in Tianque, after the little mermaid named Qiandeng committed suicide, it was Jiayue who saved him.
Use a single bead.
Beads with the power to bring the dead back to life.
Jiang Yuhuo still remembered how the bloody hole on Qian Deng's neck was instantly healed, such a powerful healing force that she had not sensed within him.
Where did the beads go?
The answer is obvious.
The moment Jiang Yuhuo understood, she was shocked. No wonder all her injuries were gone after she woke up from underwater, and even her fire element was suppressed and actively adapted to her body.
It was all because of that bead; he gave it to her in the Moyu River.
She suddenly felt a little bewildered. It seemed she had never truly understood him. He was neither Xiao Hai, the mermaid from Li Yue Village, nor Jia Yue, the eldest son of Tian Que. After regaining his memories, he had become someone Jiang Yu Huo found completely unfamiliar. Yet, the mermaid in the pool remained calm, his face still possessing a beauty so striking it was mesmerizing. He quietly remained submerged, just like Xiao Hai before.
She didn't know how to face this person.
When Jia Yue opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was that red figure.
The candlelight had burned out, and in the dim light of the day, Jiang Yuhuo sat by the pond with his head down, curled up with his knees drawn up to his chest, a small ball, like a little bird burying its head in its wings, unwilling to be seen by anyone, yet spiritual energy continued to flow to him.
She stayed by his side the whole time.
A secret joy rose from the bottom of her heart. Jia Yue wanted to swim to her side, but as soon as she flicked her tail, Jiang Yuhuo immediately looked up. He looked into a pair of bewildered eyes, as if his thoughts had been abruptly interrupted.
Jiang Yu's heart skipped a beat when she suddenly met those blue eyes.
The merman emerged from the water and in an instant came to the shore. He raised his wet face from the water, his icy blue eyes gazing at her intently. He did not go ashore, nor did he transform into legs. He let his fishtail, which resembled scattered gold, sway in the pool. His robes were wet and clung to his body, the lines and textures of the fabric faintly visible beneath.
Jiang Yuhuo glanced at it, then lowered her eyes slightly. "How can I return that bead to you?"
She tried, but even knowing the bead was inside her body, she still couldn't sense it, let alone remove it.
Jia Yue paused, her outstretched hand still. "What else? Didn't I say it's just an ordinary water-repelling bead? If you fall into the water again, you won't be afraid of drowning."
Jiang Yuhu stared at the person's reflection in the pool. "Don't lie to me. I saw you save Qiandeng with that bead." The reflection in the water swayed, and her eyes dimmed. "I also know that it's no longer in your body."
Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a weak state.
Jiang Yuhu changed her posture, kneeling on the edge of the pool with her body turned to the side, so that she was facing the person in the pool. She was above, and the mermaid in the pool was below, as if it were an interrogation.
"Tell me, how can I return it to you?" she asked urgently, as if eager to sever ties with him.
The joy that had just begun to rise was doused with cold water, and Jia Yue laughed, "Do you have to avoid everything related to me like this?"
That day, as soon as he sensed the impact on the pearl she had left behind, he rushed over from the Heavenly Palace, but it was too late. He found her submerged in the water, her body cracked and bleeding. His heart pounded with fear, and almost without thinking, he transferred his life pearl to her.
He was only thinking about saving her life, never expecting that one day she would be so eager to return even this to him.
"I can't afford something like that."
It's the same thing she said when she returned the Moonlit Dust Star. But this time, he's determined not to let her have her way.
Suppressing the bitter, metallic taste rising in his chest, the merman looked up and stared directly into her eyes, smiling slightly. "There's no other way. This is the merman's life pearl. Once it's given away, it's planted in that person's body and becomes one with them. If you try to forcibly remove it, you'll only end up damaging the pearl and hurting the person."
He was pleased to see Jiang Yuhuo's pupils shrink slightly, her expression one of surprise and slight bewilderment. He continued to coax her, "But if that person keeps the Mermaid Pearl safe, with its healing power, no matter how badly the body is injured, as long as there is still a breath left, the Mermaid Pearl can regenerate flesh and bone. Even if it is a chronic illness that is incurable, as long as the Mermaid Pearl is there, it can suppress it for one day."
"Keep it." Jia Yue recalled that rainy night, the image of her pale face being carried to beg to drown her, a memory that would forever haunt him.
"I won't let you feel that pain again."
Jiang Yuhuo knew this bead was very useful, but she never expected it to be the life-saving bead of a mermaid. Her heart tightened when she heard those two words. How could she take something like that?
Her heart was captivated by him, and she leaned forward involuntarily. "Then what will you do? What will happen to you without the Life Pearl?"
"You're so weak now because you're missing the Life Pearl, aren't you?"
She cares about him.
Jia Yue looked up at her, her deep blue eyes filled with the fiery red figure. The morning light shone through the window behind her, gilding her figure with a layer of gold.
He was delighted by her concern, but he couldn't bear to worry her, so he shook his head and said, "No, the Life Bead only has the power of repair. Without it, you just won't be able to recover quickly from injuries in the future, that's all."
Jiang Yuhuo was skeptical, but at this moment there was no other mermaid to tell her whether Jia Yue was right or wrong.
"As long as you stay by the Life Bead, you can sense its aura and still draw upon its restorative power."
Jiang Yuhuo opened her eyes slightly and instantly understood what was going on.
The merman tentatively took her hand. "So, please don't send me away, okay?"
This time, Jiang Yuhuo did not break free. She looked straight into the merman's eyes and said, "I understand now. You kissed me at night to absorb the life essence of the life pearl, didn't you?"
She spoke frankly, without a trace of shyness in her eyes; she genuinely wanted an answer from him.
The merman paused slightly, her heart pounding faster involuntarily. She removed her elaborate makeup, revealing her usual beautiful appearance: black hair, red dress, and a touch of pale red on her lips against her fair face, making her particularly striking.
His Adam's apple bobbed slightly as the merman looked up into her eyes and said calmly, "Yes, the essence of the Life Pearl can only be absorbed into the body through the exchange of lips."
Hearing his answer, Jiang Yuhuo breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back. Knowing the reason, she could finally stop overthinking.
Seeing her relieved expression, Jia Yue chuckled and asked, "When did you find out?"
Those nights, after the Life Pearl had been transferred to her, fearing it wouldn't integrate with her body and her injuries would relapse, he concealed his presence, only coming at night to help her convert the healing power within the Life Pearl. The mermaid pearl also had a calming effect; activating it would induce a deep sleep. Because of his previous promise, he could only appear by her side at these times, thus fulfilling his vow. Once her condition stabilized, he should have left immediately, but he couldn't resist reliving the old dream beneath the river's waters.
Jia Yue smiled, pursing her lips. She had thought it would remain a secret forever, but it turned out that Jia Yue already knew. Did this mean that Jia Yue wasn't averse to it?
But the next moment, his smile froze on his lips.
Jiang Yuhuo said, "The first time I kissed Li Mengbai." She pursed her lips and thought for a moment, "At first I just thought it was a dream, but after that I knew."
The merman's gaze suddenly turned icy. How could he have forgotten that before he arrived, that person had not only kissed her but also made a pact with her?
The bathroom suddenly grew much colder. Jiang Yuhu looked down and saw a fleeting, cold glint in the eyes of the person in the pool.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Jia Yue gently stroked the knotted lines on her fingers, recalling the words Jiang Yuhuo had said to her before she fainted.
The people and events of Liyue Village will forever separate them. She no longer acknowledges her contract with him; the body she was bound to in the past was another.
Now, another person stands between them.
Have you fallen for him?
Seeing that he had returned to the initial argument, Jiang Yuhuo didn't want to answer, but after a moment of silence, she replied, "Not yet."
If not, then it means you're trying to like him.
Jia Yue gave a wry smile. Her little Jiang, after all these years, still couldn't even tell a lie.
Even if you lie to him, say you don't like that person and that you have your reasons for making the contract with him.
Even though she was bound to that person by a contract, and even though she could give him a glimmer of hope with just a word, she was still bound to him by a contract.
Jia Yue felt a sudden pain in her chest, and he clutched his chest as he looked up at her.
"It seems my injury has flared up again. Can you give me some breathing energy?"
Jiang Yuhuo's eyes widened slightly. "Now?"
The man in the pool smiled sadly, said nothing, and simply looked up at him quietly.
Jiang Yuhu hesitated for a moment, but then saw Jia Yue holding onto the pool wall with her hands, her eyes slightly closed, as if she was about to give up.
"All right."
She pursed her lips, preparing to lean down, but the person in the water hooked her neck, leaned up, and instantly pressed their cool, soft lips against hers.
Her mind was preoccupied with transferring her breath, so she took a deep breath, parted her lips slightly, and tried to send it into his body. But at that moment, a tongue deftly slipped in, like a little fish in the Ink Jade River, hooking her tongue and quickly wrapping around her.
Jiang Yuhuo only managed to exhale a breath before the small fish gradually occupied, seized, and plundered her mouth, and she soon found herself unable to breathe.
She tried to give him more breaths, but all her energy was taken up by the little fish that kept chasing her. She was a little annoyed, and when she couldn't breathe, she bit down hard, and the little fish finally calmed down a bit.
Jiang Yuhuo felt a refreshing breeze enter.
She swallowed subconsciously, and suddenly couldn't tell who was giving whom a breath.
"Auntie, are you inside? I'm coming in."
A light, cheerful voice came from the doorway, instantly waking Jiang Yuhuo. It was Xiao Jing.
Her bathhouse was very close to Xiao Jing's bedroom, and the palace servants would inevitably inform Xiao Jing when they saw her enter. Originally, she should have been able to hear footsteps as soon as someone approached, but because of the breath-transferring ritual, her perception had been impaired.
The moment she heard the voice, Jiang Yuhuo's mind raced. She instinctively tried to separate herself, but the person in the pool pressed down hard on the back of her neck and even turned her face to the side.
In that brief moment of hesitation, the door had already been opened.
The next moment, it was shut off with a "whoosh".
Xiao Jing closed the door, turned around quickly, her back to the bathhouse door, her hands covering her chest, her heart pounding wildly inside.
She blinked hard, unable to believe what she had just witnessed.
In the bath bath bathed in the slanting rays of the morning sun, a merman with a shimmering tail emerged from the water, reaching out to hook his arms around a woman on the edge of the pool, resembling a bewitching spirit. Meanwhile, her aunt, still wearing the wedding dress she hadn't had time to change out of the night before, knelt by the pool, leaning slightly forward to kiss this strange male merman who had appeared out of nowhere.
Xiao Jing pinched her palm to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
The contract was made yesterday, but the lover appeared today.
Xiao Jing was feeling uneasy when she suddenly heard someone calling her.
"Little princess, have you seen your aunt?"
Xiao Jing suddenly turned her head, and there was no sign of the young master of the Li family who was to be married to her aunt. He was heading towards the bathhouse.
He asked with a smile, "I didn't see her when I woke up. Did she come looking for you?"
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