Free Web NovelChapter 84: Chapter 82: Underground Palace Interlude
Su Mo, Fei Yan, and the others arrived at the East Sea.
Standing at the entrance to the East Sea’s underground palace, Fei Yan said to Su Mo, "My wife, you go on ahead. We’ll be right behind you."
Jing Ming transformed into a great whale and carried her toward the underground palace.
Before they set off, Jing Ming gave Su Mo a Breath Holding Pill. Otherwise, a frail Female like her might not have even made it to the underground palace.
After Su Mo left, Mo Xiao also transformed and prepared to dive into the sea.
Fei Yan and Yue Ying exchanged a look. They were both land creatures and couldn’t enter the sea in their true forms, so they could only swim there in their human bodies.
After Su Mo and Jing Ming arrived at the underground palace, Jing Ming led her all the way through the magnificent palace, heading straight for Ye Yuan’s room.
The Beastman attendants they met along the way all looked nervous, and when they saw Su Mo’s unfamiliar face, they couldn’t help but feel a little curious.
"Could she be the Miss Su that Lord Jian Yi mentioned?"
"I heard His Highness lost his limb because of her."
"This is what the person His Highness risked his life to save looks like? She’s not even half as beautiful as our underground palace’s princess..."
"..."
As they got farther away, Su Mo could no longer hear their voices.
Inside Ye Yuan’s room were his father and mother—the Palace Master and the Palace Master’s Wife.
"Sea Doctor, Lord Jian Yi. Miss Su is here!"
At Jing Ming’s call, everyone in the room subconsciously looked in Su Mo’s direction.
Before Jing Ming could introduce everyone in the room to Su Mo, she gave them a slight bow. "Pardon my rudeness, but please allow me to check on Ye Yuan’s injuries first."
With that, she quickly went to Ye Yuan’s bedside.
The Sea Doctor had already treated the wound on Ye Yuan’s body and stopped the bleeding, but he was still unconscious.
After taking his pulse, Su Mo let out a small sigh of relief. It seemed that on the way back, Lord Jian Yi had managed to seal the poison in Ye Yuan’s body.
She took out a small vial of liquid and held it to his lips. "Ye Yuan, drink this and get some good sleep."
The man on the bed furrowed his brow slightly, then slowly opened his mouth.
After drinking it, he quickly fell into a deep sleep. Seeing his lifeless appearance, a look of panic crossed the faces of everyone in the room.
"Ye Yuan!"
The Palace Master’s Wife cried out anxiously.
As Su Mo took out her surgical tools, she calmly instructed Jing Ming, "Please have everyone else leave and wait outside. Only Lord Hai Yi and General Jing Ming should stay to help."
Jing Ming glanced at the Palace Master and Palace Master’s Wife, then said in a low voice, "I must ask you both to leave."
Ye Yuan’s father, the Palace Master, glanced at Su Mo’s back, then turned and helped his wife out of the room.
Soon, Lord Jian Yi followed them out.
Only Su Mo, the Sea Doctor, and Jing Ming remained in the room.
Su Mo took out a scalpel and, with her full concentration, began to reattach Ye Yuan’s limb.
The small silver blade glinted coldly in her hand as its edge precisely cut away the necrotic flesh from the surface of the wound.
With Little Nine’s help, Su Mo precisely connected every single nerve ending.
Instantly, faint blue halos of light suffused the severed arm. The once-bloodless limb was immediately restored to life.
Su Mo’s cool eyes were focused on every movement of her hands—steady and precise.
Before preparing to suture the skin, Su Mo lightly pricked the fingertip of Ye Yuan’s reattached limb with a needle.
The slight pain made the man on the bed move his finger involuntarily.
Su Mo let out a silent breath. ’If he can feel pain, that means it worked.’
The Sea Doctor and Jing Ming, watching from the side, couldn’t help but look astonished. The Sea Doctor had been prepared to reattach the prince’s limb himself, but if he had been the one to do it, he certainly couldn’t have achieved such a perfect result.
Moreover, His Highness’s left arm would never have been able to recover fully.
But now, it seemed these were not problems in the hands of His Highness’s fiancée.
Suturing the skin was no issue for Su Mo.
Still, she didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless. ’I have to make it look neat. Otherwise, when this fish wakes up, who knows if he’ll start crying pearls all over again just from looking at the scar.’
The Sea Doctor knew she was now in the final stages, so he went out and told the Palace Master and his wife, who were waiting, "Miss Su is almost finished. It will be over soon. Before long, His Highness will be fully recovered."
Hearing this, the couple and Lord Jian Yi were all stunned.
Fully recovered?!
But judging by Lord Hai Yi’s expression, he wasn’t just spouting nonsense.
Instantly, the three of them sighed in relief.
The Palace Master’s Wife looked at Su Mo, still busy inside, and said doubtfully, "I’d never heard her medical skills were this incredible."
Lord Jian Yi replied, "I heard she learned them recently. She is also said to be skilled with poisons."
He briefly recounted what he had heard from Ye Yuan over the past two days.
After a moment of surprise, the Sea Doctor stroked his beard and said, "Her medical skills are superior to mine. But for some reason, she has a sickly appearance. Looking at her face and the color of her lips, it’s as if she’s been deeply steeped in poison."
Then he shook his head in confusion. "But the Heart Power she radiates is so strong, not like that of a poisoned person."
Lord Jian Yi’s brow furrowed slightly. Some of the Sea Doctor’s observations matched his own.
Seeing Miss Su again, he felt she was a completely different person.
Her face was still pale, and the recent turmoil had even left her looking a bit more haggard.
But anyone who looked into her eyes would know that some changes are transformative.
Beneath her thin, delicate frame lay a startlingly tough and sharp spirit.
Lord Jian Yi had been in charge of the underground palace’s affairs for many years, and it had been a long time since he’d met someone as surprising as Su Mo.
The Palace Master and his wife frowned slightly. ’So this is why Ye Yuan suddenly had a change of heart?’
After Su Mo finished suturing Ye Yuan’s wound, she heard that Mo Xiao had arrived and was in the main hall visiting Ye Yuan’s parents.
An attendant came in with a fresh set of clothes and asked, "Miss Su, would you like to wash up and take a bath?"
Su Mo glanced down at her own sweat-soaked clothes and nodded. "Thank you. Please lead the way."
She followed the young Beastman attendant first to her room, and then to a secluded spot called the East Sea Swimming Pool.
It was much like a hot spring on land, and the water temperature was perfect.
After the attendant left, Su Mo undressed and stepped into the pool.
Perhaps because she had been so mentally and emotionally exhausted these past few days, she soon began to feel drowsy.
Just then, Fei Yan and Yue Ying also arrived at the underground palace. Yue Ying headed for the main palace hall.
Fei Yan was worried about Su Mo, so he decided to see her first before they went to the main palace together.
He asked an attendant for her quarters and went to find her.
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As Su Mo dozed off while leaning on the edge of the pool, she seemed to hear a loud SPLASH.
Immediately after, a powerful spray of water hit Su Mo’s cheek, and her left cheek instantly turned red.
Her arm, calf, and stomach, which had also been splashed, began to sting painfully.
Alarm bells instantly rang in Su Mo’s mind, and she reflexively reached for the poison hidden in her clothes on the shore!
A silvery, bell-like female voice rang out, "Are you the one who caused my Mermaid Brother to lose his arm?!"
Su Mo looked up. On the other side of the pool, a delicate-looking female Mermaid was crouching, glaring at her furiously.
She bore some resemblance to the Palace Master, but none whatsoever to the Palace Master’s Wife.
Seeing Su Mo remain silent, the anger in the young girl’s eyes intensified. "How can you be so heartless? My brother suffered so much for you, and this is the expression you make? How dare you have the leisure to be bathing here?!"
Su Mo quietly put down the poison in her hand and explained in a flat tone, "He’s out of danger now. I..."
Before she could finish, the girl raised a long whip and struck at her again.
Su Mo dodged instinctively. The whip missed, but the girl across from her was still not satisfied!
Furious, she raised her whip again. "I’m not listening to your excuses! Today, I’m going to teach you a lesson on his behalf, you heartless woman!"
"You psycho!"
Su Mo shouted angrily as she dodged, "If you don’t back off, I won’t be so polite!"
"Who asked you to be polite! Bring it on if you’ve got the guts!"
Seeing the girl’s relentless pursuit, Su Mo had no choice but to once again reach for the pouch of poison on the shore.
The person on the shore swung the whip, and its tip grazed the back of Su Mo’s hand. She winced and frowned sharply.
In the next second, the tip of the whip also struck her pouch of poison, sending the powder scattering everywhere!
The same strike also tore Su Mo’s clothes, which were lying on the ground.
The girl shouted angrily, "You dare to use poison!"
With that, she viciously raised her whip, about to strike at Su Mo again.
Su Mo frowned. Just as she thought she couldn’t escape this blow...
A figure suddenly burst in from outside!
The expected pain never came. At the critical moment, Fei Yan, who had just walked in, caught the whip and, with a sudden, powerful tug, sent the person holding it flying.
The girl lost control and crashed into the rockery behind her, causing a corner of it to collapse with a loud RUMBLE!
Fei Yan’s icy gaze swept over the female Mermaid sprawled on the ground, his entire being radiating a murderous aura!
"Is this how the East Sea treats its guests?!"
The attendants who were about to enter froze at the doorway, terrified and unsure of what to do as they took in the scene.
Some rushed to help the Mermaid Princess, while others scrambled to get away.
After just a moment, Fei Yan suppressed his murderous aura.
He quickly removed his outer robe, gently draped it over Su Mo, then bent down and gathered her into his arms.
"I’m sorry I was late, my wife. You must have been frightened."
His gaze fell on her slightly reddened cheek and the red marks on her calf, and the look in his eyes darkened uncontrollably.
A rush of hurried footsteps was heard from outside. A moment later, the Palace Master, the Palace Master’s Wife, Lord Jian Yi, and all the others arrived.
Yue Ying’s and Mo Xiao’s sharp gazes swept over Su Mo, who was in Fei Yan’s arms.
When they saw the red mark on their wife’s face, their eyes darkened as well.
