89: Chapter 89 Cangmingyue's "Confession"

"Young Master Su..."

She whispered softly, her voice so gentle it could practically drip water.

"I know you're in there. Stop pretending."

Su Chen chose to play dead, and the sword body didn't react in the slightest.

Yet, he hadn't expected that this reaction would play right into Cang Mingyue's hands.

As the saying goes, you can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep.

But if you keep failing to wake someone up, you can most likely be certain of one thing.

That is, this person is definitely pretending to be asleep.

The smile at the corners of Cang Mingyue's mouth deepened, carrying a hint of cunning and triumph.

"Young Master Su, the first time I met you, I was stunned by your sword."

"At that time, I wondered, why would such a perfect human exist in this world?"

"You look exactly like the person I've been waiting for, and you wield your sword so well..."

"Back when my Merfolk Clan was still prosperous, my mother saved a few human sword cultivators, even some masters at the eighth or ninth rank."

"But their swords were not even as good as yours."

"Later, the deeper my contact with you grew, the more astonished I became at your vast supernatural powers."

"You could find me precisely, guide my power, and even temporarily grant me legs."

"So, I had a little ulterior motive."

"I gave you that pearl."

"I knew that with your kindness and gentleness, you surely wouldn't throw the bead away."

"Sure enough, just as I expected, not only did you not throw it away, but you chose to inlay the bead onto your sword body."

"And what you absolutely wouldn't expect is that this pearl I gave you can actually share sensations with me..."

She gently tapped the dark blue pearl.

"I'm not like that silly girl Ye Jingjun who only knows how to practice swords."

"We Merfolk have the sharpest perception of aura and souls."

"You, you are the soul of this sword, aren't you?"

She gently pressed her cheek against the cold sword body, continuing to pour out her maidenly thoughts.

"My cultivation has broken through to the fifth rank, you know."

"From now on, I won't need your help; I can rely on my own power to maintain a human form for a period of time every day."

"Although the time isn't long, I am still getting stronger, and I believe that through my efforts, I should be able to improve quite a bit."

"I want... I want to be able to stay by your side from now on."

"I really like the scenery of the human world."

"Not to be protected by you, but to be able to fight alongside you, and see all the scenery of this world together."

"Is that okay?"

Compared to the well-educated Ye Jingjun.

As a member of the monster race, Cang Mingyue would not care about those reserved etiquettes of human women.

If she wanted to be with you, she simply wanted to be with you.

Passionate and direct.

Time ticked away, approaching midnight.

When the time arrived, the long sword on her lap flashed with a faint light.

That familiar white-robed figure finally slowly condensed and appeared before Cang Mingyue.

Su Chen looked at the girl with a smile as bright as a flower before him and smiled bitterly in his heart.

Well, his cover was blown completely.

He rubbed his nose.

"Miss Yue, you... you knew everything?"

"Yes!"

The girl nodded heavily, but her voice in response was a bit small.

It was almost swallowed by the crashing sound of the waves on the seaside at night.

Then, she stood up, walked in front of him, and looked up at him.

Moonlight gilded her soft, beautiful face, illuminating the hollowed-out hem of her skirt.

Under that robe, the most tempting, pure white skin like mutton-fat jade was exposed to Su Chen without any concealment.

She seemed a bit nervous, with her hands behind her back, fidgeting for a moment before carefully opening her palm.

Su Chen only then remembered.

Cang Mingyue seemed to have said that she had a gift to give him tonight.

He looked over.

He saw that in her palm, she was holding a pearl the size of a longan, perfectly round, emitting a soft and deep azure halo.

This pearl was completely different from the one she had given him before.

Its luster was contained within, as if there was life flowing inside it, containing an unimaginably vast source of water spiritual power.

"Young Master Su, this is for you."

Cang Mingyue's cheeks were flushed, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzzing, her eyes darting away, not daring to look directly into Su Chen's eyes.

"What is this?"

Su Chen took the pearl, feeling the pure energy contained within.

He was not someone who had never seen an extraordinary item before.

The energy contained in this pearl right now, without exaggeration, was absolutely far superior to that A-rank staff Teacher Wang Jin had given him back then.

Above A-rank, that would be S-rank.

No matter how ignorant Su Chen might be, he could still judge.

This pearl was definitely not an ordinary object.

"Miss Yue, what is this pearl made of?"

"This... seems a bit too valuable."

Although he had decided he would definitely accept it, Su Chen still wanted to be polite, while incidentally inquiring about what this thing was used for.

"This... this is a 'mermaids tear'."

Cang Mingyue's voice was as faint as a mosquito, her head hung even lower, and her originally cute, fair, and tender earlobes were flushed red.

"However... however, although it has this name, actually... actually it's nothing special."

"It's just that when we Merfolk... um... sometimes cry a lot."

"We can... we can produce one like this."

"It's very common."

"Just keep it and play with it, please don't... don't feel any burden!"

She explained incoherently, clumsily covering up the true meaning of this pearl.

Throughout their lives, Merfolk shed many tears, which turn into many small pearls.

Most of these pearls are ordinary objects and have no special effects.

But there is one that is different.

That is the one shed when a Merfolk first falls in love, crying because of that emotion.

It is the only tear drop in a Merfolk's life, condensing their lifelong love and the source of life.

It is a token of a vow, more precious than life itself.

The power and rarity of this pearl need no explanation at all.

It can do anything except bring the dead back to life.

Things like healing, water avoidance, and protection are all just common effects.

There is even a legend in Great Ning that obtaining the tears shed by a Merfolk royal when their heart is moved will grant one true Dragon Qi.

A carp leaping over the Dragon Gate; dragons are fish too, after all.

It makes perfect sense.

It is said that in ancient times, a sword cultivator obtained the tears of a Merfolk princess who loved him.

Later, he ascended to the throne as emperor and founded Great Ning.

However, although this pearl is unreasonably powerful, the conditions for obtaining it are extremely harsh.

Generally speaking, a Merfolk woman will only offer it to the only man she loves.

And after shedding this tear, the Merfolk's own strength will also increase by a large margin.

This is also the reason why Cang Mingyue's cultivation improved so rapidly, even beating Ye Jingjun into a loser.

Su Chen looked at her shy, dying-of-embarrassment appearance, and then looked at the "ordinary bead" in his hand that was overflowing with spiritual energy and clearly not an ordinary item.

How could he not understand this girl's intentions and the weight of this gift?

He sighed inwardly, wondering if he had grinded the "favorability" of this investment target a bit too high.

But it's good to have it high.

The experience from the Zhuge Jinyu and Galage Mu lines told him.

Only by grinding their favorability high enough.

Can they burst out with unimaginable energy after he fakes his death.

This is all performance from his investments.

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