Free Web NovelChapter 75: Chapter 73: An Impervious Blockhead
Meanwhile, in the study of the man in black, Jin Tong.
He was flipping through a book, searching for an antidote.
He didn’t dare to fully trust the Female named Su Mo; the woman was far too cunning.
"Keep a close watch on her, and don’t let anything go wrong. It’s best if no one has too much contact with her. This Female is incredibly treacherous!"
His subordinate frowned. "Sect Leader, I still believe keeping her is a liability. Her fiancés are not to be trifled with. You’re currently injured and afflicted with a new poison. Both Zuo Xuan and I are wounded as well. If they come looking for her..."
The man in black glanced at him, the warning in his eyes unmistakable. "I know what I’m doing. Get out!"
"Yes, sir!" The subordinate bowed his head slightly and left.
Jin Tong flipped through the book in his hands, titled ’Soul-devouring Poison,’ a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.
「Meanwhile, in the East Sea.」
While on patrol, Ye Yuan’s subordinates discovered their Highness’s strongest scale, which had fallen to the seabed. They immediately brought it back to the Dragon Palace.
Ye Yuan stared blankly at the scale. ’Isn’t this the one I gave to my wife? Why is it on the seabed?’
’Could it be that my wife doesn’t like my gift?’
’WAHHH, my wife probably really doesn’t like me...’
At this thought, Ye Yuan’s eyes reddened, his light blue pupils instantly growing dull and lifeless.
His long, slender fingers gently caressed the scale as tears dripped down, landing one by one upon its surface.
Suddenly, the scale emitted a blinding light, and a few words faintly appeared upon it: ’Wife in danger! Save her now!’
In an instant, the tears in Ye Yuan’s eyes vanished. His grip on the scale tightened, and a dark blue light gleamed in their depths.
’My wife is in danger?!’
He frowned at the figures before him. "Besides this, did you find anything else?"
Two clownfish subordinates holding tridents stared blankly for a few seconds before one of them fumbled in his pocket, pulled out a small bottle, and handed it over.
He stammered, "Your Highness, I didn’t think this was of any use, so I... I didn’t give it to you earlier..." freēwēbnovel.com
Ye Yuan snatched it and began to examine it. He had no idea what this thing was, but ’since it was dropped along with my scale, it must be useful!’
"Summon the seabed guard! We’re going to find my wife! Show this to them. If anyone discovers a similar object, they are to report it immediately!"
"Yes, sir!" The attendant took the object, transformed into a small fish, and darted away.
Soon, the patrols began finding other strange little items in various locations. Ye Yuan stared at them for a moment before pulling out a map of the seabed to study.
The elderly Lord Jian Yi looked at the locations marked by the soldiers and frowned. "It appears Miss Su has been abducted. They passed through the East Sea, which is why Miss Su dropped Your Highness’s scale as a clue. These strange objects must be markers she’s leaving along their path."
Ye Yuan’s brow was tightly furrowed. "Dispatch another team! Follow me ashore and continue the search!"
’As long as we follow the trail of objects my wife is leaving, we’ll definitely find her!’
"Wait!" Lord Jian Yi said, frowning. "We still don’t know who abducted Miss Su, nor do we know her current situation. Your Highness must act with caution, lest our actions are discovered and put Miss Su in greater danger."
After a moment of contemplation, Ye Yuan said, "Then select a small number of elite warriors to accompany me."
Lord Jian Yi nodded, then turned to the merman general, Jing Ming. "You will make the arrangements."
A short while later, Ye Yuan led the handpicked soldiers out from the depths of the sea.
From the direction of the East Sea, they split into three groups and began a stealthy search along the trail. freёwebnovel.com
They quickly determined the correct direction.
The trail led them to the village where Su Mo was being held, which was heavily guarded.
Jing Luo went to investigate in disguise and returned to report: "This place is near neither the North Wing nor the Tiger Clan. It’s unclear which tribe they belong to. The Beastman population in the village is quite mixed, they’re highly vigilant, and there’s no shortage of high-Level individuals. I was afraid of arousing suspicion if I asked too many questions."
"The priority now is to confirm if Miss Su is truly inside. If she is, we should immediately return, gather our forces, and charge in! If she’s not, we risk tipping them off for no reason."
Ye Yuan raised a hand to stop him. "Calm down," he said with a frown. "Take your men and find a place to hide. I have my own way to be certain."
With that, he vanished and reappeared elsewhere.
What the others didn’t know was that he could hear his wife’s innermost thoughts.
If his wife was truly inside, he would naturally be able to confirm it as long as he got close enough.
Ye Yuan silently circled the perimeter of the village.
Meanwhile, Su Mo was in her room, chatting with Little Nine.
That evening, the guard of the man in black had brought her some medicinal herbs, just as she’d instructed.
She was currently in her room, developing an antidote pill for Jin Tong.
Su Mo had already looked up the antidote formula in the System Laboratory. Of course, she wasn’t going to make his cure that easy.
However, to make that psycho lower his guard, her medicine still needed to have some effect.
’I’ll just swap out a few key ingredients to alleviate his symptoms and bluff my way through the night.’
Su Mo tossed the herbs into the laboratory and said to Little Nine, "Tweak the settings. As long as it doesn’t kill him for the time being, we’re good."
"You got it, Host!"
After a flurry of operations from Little Nine, a few pills soon dropped down in front of Su Mo.
Su Mo picked one up, gave it a light sniff, and was thoroughly satisfied.
Once finished, she flopped onto the bed, crossing her legs.
"Why haven’t those guys come looking for me yet? And Ye Yuan, honestly. I already dropped his scale for him, so how has he not reacted?"
Little Nine replied, "Don’t worry, Host. I’m sure His Little Highness will sense it soon. Even if he does track you here, he can’t act rashly without understanding the situation. Let’s just wait a bit longer~"
Su Mo pouted. "It had better be. I don’t know that fish all that well. I have no idea if he’d even be willing to come save me~"
Little Nine: "Of course he’s willing~ He’s completely devoted to you! He gave you a Mermaid’s strongest Heart Protection Scale, after all!"
"It’s just a scale. How amazing can it be?"
Little Nine’s tone grew serious. "It’s really not an ordinary scale! It may seem unremarkable to you, Host, but for a Mermaid, it’s the single hardest scale that protects their heart. It’s not something they can just give away. Some Beastmen even offer it as their most precious dowry gift upon marriage. Once the scale is given and accepted, the Mermaid will be able to sense whenever the recipient is in grave danger."
"Its meaning is, ’With my Heart Scale, I shall keep you safe for a lifetime.’"
"I heard that many years ago, a commander from another sea used his Heart Scale to save his beloved. So, a Heart Protection Scale is by no means a simple scale."
Su Mo was silent for a long moment. "Then I absolutely can’t accept it. Something so precious is better off staying with him. This is the perfect chance to give it back."
’She suspected that little crybaby hadn’t thought it through at all; he’d probably just given it to her simply because he thought he was going to marry her.’
Little Nine: "...I’ve been talking this whole time, and you didn’t get the point at all?!"
Su Mo was speechless. "Weren’t you just saying that the Heart Protection Scale is important?"
"And His Little Highness gives you something that precious, and you’re still completely clueless?!!!"
"It’s precisely because I’m *not* clueless that I have to give it back. He’s so naive, which is all the more reason I can’t accept it in good conscience."
Little Nine, a mere system, was so furious it could have ground its teeth. "You dense, impossible blockhead! You don’t have a single romantic bone in your body! Trying to set you on fire would be a waste of kindling! No wonder you died single in your past life... it all makes sense now..."
Su Mo: "..."
’How did a system learn how to launch personal attacks?!’
’This is really going too far!!!’
’There’s just no reasoning with this romance-addled brain!’
Outside the village, Ye Yuan had made a full circle without finding any clues. Just as he was about to turn back, he heard a faint, intermittent voice from inside the walls and suddenly froze.
