"Return home, my Lord. All three hundred men sent to the eastern seas were killed. Only one small boat returned. Our men found this on it."

The guard knelt on one knee and respectfully handed over a map with both hands.

Jiang Xuanli opened the map and looked at the Dragon Island marked in the center of the map and smiled with satisfaction.

"Where's Sheng He?"

"She is indeed the direct disciple of Elder Tianyu of the Jianfeng of Qingyun Sect, but her reputation in the sect is not good. According to the news from the Qisha Pavilion, five years ago, an outer disciple offered thirty high-grade spirit stones to buy her life, but unfortunately all the assassins sent died tragically."

Jiang Xuanli raised his eyebrows: "Is it the group from the Far North?"

"Yes. In addition, Sheng He and Zhao Yanran, the direct disciple of Xuan Xiao Xianzun, the world's number one sword cultivator, are not on good terms. It is said that because of Sheng He's slander, Xuan Xiao Xianzun's eldest disciple Chu Heng was abolished and imprisoned forever on the cliff of remorse."

"Oh!"

"This is really a fight to the death."

Jiang Xuanli slowly stroked the Dragon Island on the map and chuckled, "Why don't you invite her over?"

"But outside..."

Jiang Xuanli glanced over lightly, and the servant immediately knelt down on the ground: "Yes!"

…

Ten days later, Sheng He and his party finally arrived at the Eastern Waters.

Perhaps the mermaids were seen here not long ago, and the coast was full of fishermen and monks who came to try their luck.

Sheng He searched for a long time before he found an empty beach. As soon as he got off the sword, A Yuan and Ling'er couldn't wait to jump into the sea.

God knows, they flew in the sky non-stop for ten days and were almost blown into dried fish by the wind.

In the sunshine, the huge fish tail surged in the waves, and the water droplets it brought up reflected gorgeous rainbows in the sky.

A Yuan finally changed out of his gray clothes. His light blue fish tail fluttered in the water, creating waves, and his long golden hair sparkled in the sun.

She looked back at Ling'er who was having so much fun that she didn't want to leave. The fish tail gently hooked Sheng He into the water.

This was the first time Sheng He saw A Yuan’s true face. She looked at A Yuan’s blue eyes that were clearer than the sea and was dazed for a moment.

"Thank you, Miss Sheng."

The fish's tail jumped out of the water, creating ripples. Sheng He frowned as he looked at the scales falling off and the blood and flesh leaking out of A Yuan's tail.

"Your injury, isn't it healed yet?"

A Yuan looked down at his tail and smiled, "It's okay."

"You sent us back to the Eastern Seas, and it's time for me to fulfill my promise to you."

She took a deep breath, pulled out a scale from her body, and stabbed it into her heart.

Sheng He's pupils shrank slightly and he grabbed A Yuan's wrist.

"What are you doing!"

A tear slid down from the corner of A Yuan's eye, and the crystal tear turned into a round pearl and fell into the sea. A Yuan picked up the snow-white pearl and smiled sadly.

"Miss Sheng, don't you know? We mermaids shed tears and turn them into pearls. These pearls have no other use except to sell them for a good price."

"The mermaid tears you want are my heart."

Mermaid tears, are they the heart of a mermaid? It's not mentioned in "A View of Spiritual Objects".

Sheng He was stunned for a moment, and his grip on A Yuan's hand loosened.

If she wanted to refine her water spirit root, would that mean...

A Yuan raised the scale and stabbed it hard into his heart again.

"That's all."

Sheng He sighed lightly, but still reached out to stop A Yuan.

"I'll find something else to replace the mermaid's tears. You guys can go now."

"But……"

Sheng He took the pearl from A Yuan's hand and said, "Give it to me. This pearl is my reward for sending you and Ling'er back."

"I don't often do good things, and I might regret it later, so you'd better leave now."

A Yuan looked at Sheng He blankly. She touched her heart. She had originally planned to die today.

But now, her heart was beating strong and vigorous.

While she was stunned, Sheng He had already turned and left.

“Sheng…”

She wanted to say something when she suddenly felt a heat in her body. She lowered her head and looked at her palms. In her palms, golden lines lit up one by one.

"Sister, are you an adult?"

Ling'er swam over and gently stroked the golden stripes that kept flashing on A Yuan's body, her face full of surprise.

"I...have come of age..."

Ah Yuan looked at her palm in disbelief. She was still twenty years away from adulthood! She suddenly raised her head and looked at Sheng He who had already walked away.

Sheng He was carrying an ordinary iron sword, and his back looked thin.

Her heart was raging in her chest and an indescribable emotion suddenly surged up. She stroked her cheek, which was frighteningly hot.

Ling'er was unaware of this. She shook A Yuan's arm and said coquettishly:

"Sister, do you want to become a female or a male? Let's just do as we agreed before and both become females, okay?"

Mermaids are hermaphrodites when they are young, and only when they reach adulthood will their genders be officially differentiated.

A Yuan felt his pounding heart and ignored Ling'er. She swam her huge, beautiful fish tail, jumped into the water, and swam towards the depths of the sea.

Sheng He stroked the tiny pearl and felt his heart bleeding.

Those are mermaid tears!

Put it in front of her, the mermaid's tears are free!

Without the mermaid's tears, where could she find the spiritual object to refine the water spirit root!

It feels good to act cool, but it's like a crematorium inside!

What's more, she no longer has the Aoshuang Sword.

Sheng He touched his heart, his face full of pain.

"Hey! Look! Isn't that the Jiang family's big ship?"

"I heard that the Jiang family really found the legendary Dragon Island, and this time they invited the geniuses from all the sects to go to Dragon Island to grab the treasure together!"

"Look! Isn't that Senior Brother Shen Ci from the Wuji Sect?"

"And there is Fairy Jiang Yu from Xuantian Palace! Fairy Jiang is indeed worthy of her reputation, she is the most beautiful woman in the world of immortal cultivation!"

The beach ahead was crowded with monks, making a lot of noise. Sheng He looked over in the direction of the sound and saw a large ship on the shore with a flag hanging on the sail. The wind was strong on the sea, so he couldn't see the specific shape of the flag clearly. He could only vaguely recognize the word "Jiang" on it.

The monks who were watching the excitement on the shore automatically made way for Jiang Xuanli, who was leading a large group of young geniuses towards the boat.

The handsome, tall and amiable man standing behind Jiang Xuanli should be Shen Ci from the Wuji Sect that the cultivators had just mentioned.

As for the beautiful woman in white standing next to Shen Ci, she must be Jiang Yu from Xuantian Palace.

Although Sheng He had never seen them, he had heard of their names.

Qingyun Sect, Wuji Sect and Xuantian Palace are the three top sects in the world of immortal cultivation. Qingyun Sect is famous for its sword peak, Wuji Sect is good at talismans, and Xuantian Palace is mostly practiced by magic.