#92 - Chapter 92: Mermaid Pearl, Secrets of the Sea Tribe

“Thank you, Senior, for helping my Blackwater Market. Ni裳 is eternally grateful.”

Fairy Ni裳 flew into the sky, cupped her hands, and thanked Lin Changqing. She wore a white dress, her face as cold and beautiful as frost. Wu Bai, on the other side, did the same, addressing Lin Changqing as Senior and expressing his gratitude.

“Senior?” Lin Changqing’s expression was a little strange as he looked at the two people calling him Senior.

In the first few simulations of his life, spanning nearly a hundred years, he had spent them in the City Lord's Mansion.

Seeing his former two superiors suddenly call him Senior and treat him with such respect.

He felt a bit odd and unaccustomed to it.

So Lin Changqing smiled and said, “The two of you can address me as Fellow Daoist. We cultivators befriend each other based on Dao, so why should we distinguish each other based on the length of our cultivation.”

“You can call me Fellow Daoist Qingyi from now on.”

Upon reaching the Core Formation stage, every Core Formation cultivator would have their own Daoist title. For example, Fairy Ni裳’s Daoist title was Ni裳. Not many people knew her original name. The same went for Real Person Wu Bai.

Lin Changqing decided to give himself a Daoist title as well. Li Qingyi was a pseudonym he had used in one of his simulated lives, and he decided to use Qingyi as his Daoist title.

He felt that Qingyi as a Daoist title was very charming, both elegant and fitting, as he himself liked to wear azure clothes.

Moreover, Qingyi, in some poems passed down through the ages, represented an indomitable spirit, perseverance, and noble qualities. He felt that the Daoist title Qingyi was very good.

Thus, no one could have imagined that the name of the Azure Emperor, who would later shake the myriad realms, had its prototype today.

Many years later, many people speculated why that forbidden, peerless figure used the character 'Qing' as his imperial title.

Some speculated that it might be related to the fact that the invincible forbidden existence had once obtained the Chaos Azure Lotus. Others speculated that the character 'Qing' might be related to a past love in his long life. Still others speculated that the character 'Qing' might be related to the inheritance he had once obtained from the ancient Azure King Dao Venerate.

But no one had imagined that the character 'Qing' came from Lin Changqing's Daoist title Qingyi today.

The character 'Qing' as the imperial title had nothing to do with the Chaos Azure Lotus, nor with the Azure King Dao Venerate. It was just that Lin Changqing liked to wear azure clothes, so he gave himself the Daoist title Qingyi.

When he finally took the imperial title, he removed the character 'Yi' from Qingyi and took the character 'Qing'. This was the origin of the title Azure Emperor.

“Alright, then thank you, Fellow Daoist Qingyi.”

Fairy Ni裳 and Real Person Wu Bai followed suit and directly addressed him as Fellow Daoist Qingyi without being pretentious.

After that, the three of them began to talk.

The more Wu Bai and Fairy Ni裳 talked, the more shocked they became.

Because they both had a strange feeling, which was that they felt a strange sense of familiarity with the Qingyi Daoist in front of them, but neither of them knew where this familiarity came from.

[You are talking with Fairy Ni裳 and Real Person Wu Bai. The two of them ask you where you are from. You reply that you are from Qingzhou. This answer directly shocks them, because a late-stage Core Formation cultivator like you should not be unknown in Qingzhou.]

[You smile and don't explain, saying that you have been in seclusion all the time, glossing over the question. Finally, you directly cut to the chase and ask the question you want to ask most, which is about the Mermaid Pearl.]

“Fairy Ni裳, I have a somewhat presumptuous question to ask. I once heard that ten years ago, Qiu Yue of the Heavenly Demon Sect snatched a valuable treasure from you. I happened to learn that the treasure was the Mermaid Pearl. I would like to inquire about the Mermaid Pearl. If it is convenient for you to answer, you can answer. If it is not convenient, you don’t have to answer.” Lin Changqing cupped his hands, expressing some apology for the presumptuous question he had asked.

Hearing Lin Changqing's question, the expressions of Fairy Ni裳 and Real Person Wu Bai changed. After a moment, Wu Bai suddenly said that he had something to do and directly bid farewell.

After Wu Bai left, Ni裳 directly cast a soundproof formation and then looked at Lin Changqing and sighed, “I didn’t expect Fellow Daoist Qingyi to know about the Mermaid Pearl. The Mermaid Pearl involves a secret of the Sea Race, but Fellow Daoist Qingyi saved my Blackwater Market. Such great kindness, Ni裳 must repay.”

“Today, I will tell Fellow Daoist about the Mermaid Pearl.”

[Fairy Ni裳 begins to tell you about the Mermaid Pearl.]

“Presumably, Fellow Daoist knows that my Great River cultivation world is divided into the Eastern Region, Southern Region, Northern Region, Western Region, and outside the four regions are the four sea regions of the Southeast, Northwest. For example, the sea region connected to the Eastern Region where my Wu Kingdom is located is the East Sea.”

“I naturally know.” Lin Changqing nodded.

Fairy Ni裳 continued, “And that Mermaid Pearl is one of the three great treasures of the East Sea, alongside the East Sea Dragon Palace Book and the White Snake Immortal Tear. Over the long years, for some reasons, the East Sea Dragon Palace Book and the White Snake Immortal Tear have always been famous and have shaken the Great River cultivation world. The Mermaid Pearl has always been obscure, but the Mermaid Pearl is also a treasure that is not inferior to the former two!”

“The Mermaid Pearl is actually one of the three great treasures of the East Sea!?” Hearing Ni裳's words, Lin Changqing was shocked. The other two treasures of the East Sea were too famous. These two treasures were above the level of top-grade Dao artifacts. Some people said that these two treasures might have near-immortal power!

The East Sea Dragon Palace Book is a book-type magic treasure, which records the events of the East Sea Dragon Palace in ancient times. Once sacrificed, it will summon the ancient East Sea Dragon Palace, with boundless magic power.

The White Snake Immortal Tear is said to be the tears shed by a snake immortal who became an immortal. It also has great power.

In short, these two treasures have near-immortal power and are unimaginably powerful.

“The Mermaid Pearl is on par with these two near-immortal treasures, doesn’t that mean that Qiu Yue…” Lin Changqing suddenly felt pressure again. He had thought that the Mermaid Pearl was a valuable treasure, but he didn’t expect it to be a treasure of the same level as the East Sea Dragon Palace Book and the White Snake Immortal Tear.

With such a treasure, how many times would Qiu Yue's combat power increase?

“Fellow Daoist Qingyi doesn’t need to worry. Even if Qiu Yue snatches the Mermaid Pearl, she won’t be able to use it.” Perhaps seeing the worry in Lin Changqing’s heart, Ni裳 directly said, “Qiu Yue doesn’t know where she learned that I have the Mermaid Pearl and came directly to snatch it, but she never expected that the Mermaid Pearl can only be used by the Mermaid royal bloodline. She can’t use it even if she snatches it, and she will even be cursed. Heh!”

There was a kind of ridicule on Ni裳's face at this moment, as if mocking Qiu Yue for making a cocoon and binding herself, and also as if mocking herself.

“Mermaid Royal Family?” Lin Changqing’s heart stirred slightly.

“Didn’t Fellow Daoist want to know the secrets of the Mermaid Pearl? The so-called secrets of the Mermaid Pearl are related to the Mermaid Royal Family. I can even roughly imagine what Qiu Yue's purpose was in snatching the Mermaid Pearl. One is to use this East Sea treasure, and the other is to find the treasure house of the Mermaid Royal Family in the sea through the Mermaid Pearl.” Fairy Ni裳 said, then she looked at Lin Changqing, “Has Fellow Daoist ever heard of the Battle of Blood Wasteland Mountain that determined the fate of the Seven Kingdoms of the Eastern Region four hundred years ago?”

“I have naturally heard of the Battle of Blood Wasteland Mountain.” Although Lin Changqing didn’t know why Ni裳 was talking about the Mermaid Pearl and the Mermaid Royal Family, and suddenly mentioned Blood Wasteland Mountain, he still followed Ni裳’s words.

For some reason, he felt that Ni裳’s current state was a little strange.

Lin Changqing said, “The Battle of Blood Wasteland Mountain was Wu Kingdom’s battle to win the world. Thousands of years ago, the current Wu Emperor ascended the throne. In his hands, the weakest Wu Kingdom began to become strong step by step.”

“The prosperity of Wu Kingdom was something that the other six kingdoms were unwilling to see. So, four hundred years ago, the Battle of Blood Wasteland Mountain took place. Blood Wasteland Mountain is located at the border entrance of Great Wu. At that time, the six kingdoms jointly sent 500,000 iron cavalry directly to Blood Wasteland Mountain, intending to besiege and kill the Great Wu Emperor and destroy Wu Kingdom. Among the leaders was Zhao Wugong, the hero of Zhao Kingdom, and the famous Zhao Wu Wolf Cavalry under his command!”