BXBX NOVEL Chapter 146
Chapter 146
She did not intend to return to her word, and Li Su wouldn’t forget her generosity. He promptly selected half of the Sunflower Water Pearls and proceeded to the location filled with spiritual plants, harvesting all the fruits from the plants. Some of these spiritual plants were unique, unlike spiritual herbs that withered once picked; some were fruit-bearing, and others needed to be uprooted entirely.
Li Su only picked the fruits for the fruit-bearing ones, leaving the main plants intact. Since Li Su was unfamiliar with underwater spiritual plants, he took half of each variety to be safe. With everything sorted, Li Su removed the protective formation around Liu Xinyue. She was still unconscious.
Li Su gently picked up Liu Xinyue, preparing to leave. “What’s your name?” She asked.
“Li Su”, He replied.
“I’m giving you this conch shell. If you ever need to find me, blow into it. If it makes a sound, that means I’m looking for you. You’ve helped me, and if you ever need assistance, I can lend a hand,” the mermaid said as she handed him a conch shell.
As Li Su prepared to leave, the mermaid handed him a white conch shell after asking for his name. Li Su accepted it and said, “Goodbye.”
Then, he carried Liu Xinyue and departed. After Li Su’s figure disappeared, the mermaid’s gaze lingered before she sealed the grand formation. In just ten days or so, Li Su had left a deep impression on her. She needed to focus on restoring her cultivation and then investigate the current situation in the ocean. Her strength was not at the Nascent Soul’s initial stage. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been forced to remain trapped within the restrictions for a thousand years and eventually meet her demise.
The flying ship headed towards the Northern Territory, swiftly retreating across the vast sea. On the flying ship, Liu Xinyue opened her eyes. The sunlight was glaring for her. “You’re awake?” Li Su’s gentle voice sounded. Liu Xinyue asked, “Where are we going now?” “Back to the Northern Territory,” Li Su replied. “What?” Liu Xinyue seemed to have just realized the situation. “I was unconscious underwater. How did I end up on this flying ship?” She then looked at Li Su and asked, “Did you save me?” Li Su nodded and then handed her the Sunflower Water Pearls she had obtained. “This was something you were holding onto at the time.” Liu Xinyue took the Sunflower Water Pearls with joy. Soon after, she looked at Li Su, her gaze changing. She hadn’t expected Li Su to take the risk to rescue her.
The reason she had ventured down was because it was indeed dangerous. The whirlpool formed by the natural geomantic formation in the Mermaid clan’s territory could easily trap a regular Nascent Soul stage cultivator, making it difficult to ascend. At that time, the natural geomantic formation was in full force, quite different from the snake people’s attempts to destroy it.
Additionally, Liu Xinyue wasn’t from the sea clan, so she didn’t feel as comfortable underwater as they did. However, the Sunflower Water Pearls only appeared when the whirlpool emerged, so she had to go down then. Fortunately, she had made adequate preparations, and her water-element cultivation technique didn’t suffer as much suppression as other cultivators would under those circumstances. Therefore, she had ventured down alone, but someone needed to watch from above. Her choice of Li Su meant that she placed great trust in him.
To some extent, it was like entrusting her life to him. Despite her thorough preparations, she never anticipated that things would still go wrong. She had thought she would be stuck there or seriously injured at the very least. However, she never imagined that Li Su would take the risk to come down and rescue her.
How could Liu Xinyue not be touched by this? Despite having lived for over a thousand years, most of her time had been devoted to cultivation. As the younger sister, she never had to worry about many things and still retained a young girl’s heart. “Thank you, Li Su,” she said with gratitude. Her heart was deeply moved, and she didn’t address him as “Fellow Taoist” this time.
Calling Li Su by his name indicated a closer connection. Referring to someone as “Fellow Taoist” still maintained some distance. Beyond feeling thankful, Liu Xinyue had developed a sense of admiration for Li Su. This admiration had grown after several encounters with him, but it wasn’t particularly pronounced until now.
Under the influence of her emotions, Liu Xinyue’s admiration for Li Su had become quite evident. “Wasn’t it very dangerous down there? It must have been quite challenging for you to go down,” Liu Xinyue expressed her concern for Li Su.
In her understanding, both she and Li Su were at the Fourth Layer of the Nascent Soul stage, and going underwater posed some risks, especially for her, given her water-element cultivation. With Li Su going down, wasn’t it even riskier? “It wasn’t too bad.