North Wing Black Market.

Yue Ying had come here this time not only to arrange for people to search for an antidote for Su Mo’s poison, but also to buy Bai Hua Pavilion while he was at it.

After signing the contract, he planned to go to the village to find Mo Xiao and return to the East Sea together.

The moment Yue Ying left, two figures emerged from the shadows where they had been hiding.

One of them was holding a transfer agreement—the very one Yue Ying had just signed.

He narrowed his eyes and said, "Go back and report to the Sect Leader."

The other man frowned. "Bai Hua Pavilion belongs to the Sect Leader. Why would we give such a profitable business to them?"

The first man shot him a displeased look. "Just do as the Sect Leader says. You don’t need to ask so many questions."

The man lowered his head. "Yes."

With that, the two of them flickered and vanished in an instant.

Soon, they arrived at a cave on the outskirts of the North Wing, carrying the transfer agreement.

Inside the cave, Jin Tong was flipping through a book titled ’Soul-devouring Poison,’ researching a cure.

He had, after all, underestimated Su Mo’s audacity. She actually dared to poison him again right under his nose!

If he didn’t use his Inner Strength, he wouldn’t notice it at all. But if he did, the poison’s effects would spread deep into his meridians along with his qi and blood.

Until he could find a way to mitigate it, he didn’t dare to use his Inner Strength at all.

Lin Shan stood outside the cave. "Sect Leader, it’s done."

"Come in!"

Lin Shan handed over the transfer agreement. "Rest assured, Sect Leader, they didn’t notice anything unusual. I left a few trustworthy informants inside and withdrew everyone else."

Jin Tong nodded. "Well done. Be more cautious in the future."

Lin Shan nodded. "I understand. Those fiancés of Su Mo’s are quite cunning! They all deserve to die, including that Su Mo!"

Lin Shan thought of Zuo Xuan, who had been killed by one of Su Mo’s arrows on the city wall that day, and a fierce hatred surged within him.

"The next time I see that Female, I’ll take her head with my sword and avenge Zuo Xuan!"

Jin Tong glanced up at him, his voice cold. "Her life and death are for me to decide. Don’t do anything I haven’t ordered you to do. Mind your own business!"

Lin Shan’s brow furrowed slightly. In the end, he still asked the question he shouldn’t have: "Sect Leader, why do you show her mercy time and time again! If it weren’t for your soft-heartedness that day, Zuo Xuan wouldn’t have had to die!"

"She has also poisoned you repeatedly, and the poison in your body still hasn’t been cured! This is all her doing. There’s no need to keep this woman alive! Kill her early, so we can answer to Tiandu."

Jin Tong’s expression darkened. "I said, her life and death are for me to decide! Get out."

Seeing that he was about to get angry, Lin Shan quickly said, "Yes!"

Jin Tong picked up the transfer agreement again. Looking at the signature ’Yue Ying’ on it, he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.

’Why did they set their sights on Bai Hua Pavilion so early?’ he wondered.

’In my past life, they paid no attention to this place in the early stages.’

’Could it be that they’re like him...’

Jin Tong quickly dismissed this idea. If they were also reincarnated Beastmen, they should have taken over Bai Hua Pavilion before he did.

That left only one last possibility: the one who had been reincarnated like him was Su Mo!

The more Jin Tong thought about it, the more he felt this speculation was correct. Otherwise, there was no explaining her ability to create poisons, which seemed to have come from nowhere!

A cold sneer flickered in his eyes. ’This world... is really getting more and more interesting...’

「Evening.」

When Mo Xiao and Yue Ying returned to the East Sea, Su Mo was not in her room.

Fei Yan said that Ye Yuan had taken Su Mo and Ye Ling out to have some fun.

After the three of them finished discussing matters in the North Wing, they also went out for a stroll.

At that moment, Su Mo was being led by the hand by Ye Yuan, playing with the small fish under the sea.

They passed through schools of colorful fish and forests of coral to arrive at a pearl-sand beach. Ye Yuan held her hand and touched the small pearls, and in an instant, the round little pearls turned into tiny, glowing bubbles that drifted away into the water.

Su Mo’s beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.

Ye Yuan stared, mesmerized, at her eyes. They were more dazzling than the brightest Luminous Pearl on the seabed, as if the entire starry sky had been crushed and sprinkled into their depths.

In truth, he couldn’t describe just how much he liked her. It was as if the moment she appeared, everything else around them faded into obscurity.

Su Mo was so engrossed in the beautiful scenery before her that she didn’t even notice Ye Ling had fallen behind a long time ago...

Suddenly, her ankle felt a chill. Su Mo looked down and saw something dark and black coiling around it.

Frightened, she instantly widened her eyes and subconsciously opened her mouth to scream.

The moment she did, the Breath Holding Pill in her mouth fell out.

Su Mo immediately clamped her mouth shut in panic, wanting to bend down and pick it up.

But without the protection of the Breath Holding Pill, the water pressure assaulted her from all sides. She couldn’t breathe freely at all, let alone move.

In the heat of the moment, Ye Yuan caught her off guard with a kiss, passing his breath to her.

In that instant, the entire colorful pearl-sand beach dissolved into countless colored bubbles.

Ye Yuan’s light-blue fishtail swayed gently in the water, shimmering brilliantly.

In a daze, Su Mo felt as if she had swallowed something he passed to her.

By the time Ye Yuan let her go, she seemed to be able to breathe freely.

"With my Mermaid Pill, wife, you’ll be able to breathe freely in the water from now on."

Su Mo tried swimming elsewhere on her own, and it seemed she really could!

Then Ye Yuan followed her all the way as the two of them swam back to the underground palace at a leisurely pace.

Su Mo thought for a moment and asked, "You gave your Mermaid Pill to me, so what about you?"

"I’m a marine creature to begin with. It doesn’t matter if I don’t have it."

"Are you sure?"

Ye Yuan looked at her and nodded. "Mhm!"

Su Mo felt relieved and happily walked forward. After a few steps, she noticed the person behind her hadn’t followed and couldn’t help but turn to look back.

She saw Ye Yuan standing there, blushing as he looked at her. "Wife, just now... I didn’t do it on purpose."

Su Mo was stunned for a few seconds before she remembered the kiss in the sea.

She smiled and nodded. "I know."

’He really is a pure little fish. It was just a kiss to pass on some air, how could he blush like that? He’s too cute! I really want to tease him~’

Hearing her inner thoughts, Ye Yuan’s cheeks grew even hotter.

He stood there awkwardly, looking at the person before him with a gaze full of hidden anticipation. "Wife, I’m the one taking care of you tonight."

"Oh~" Su Mo looked at him with narrowed eyes, then had an idea and deliberately said, "Then do you want to come to my room to bathe?"

In an instant, Ye Yuan’s already flushed cheeks turned beet-red.

He was so flustered that his voice trembled slightly. "C-Can I?"

Su Mo smiled with narrowed eyes. "Of course you can. I’ll order the attendants to wait on you~"

With that, she turned and walked forward cheerfully.

’He’s so cute it’s illegal! I’m definitely going to tease him again next time!’

"..."

A flash of disappointment crossed Ye Yuan’s beautiful Mermaid eyes. But on second thought, Lord Hai Yi had quietly told him that his wife was currently poisoned and showing signs of a backlash, so it was best not to... with her.

He knew he shouldn’t be thinking along those lines, and he felt a deep sense of remorse for the dangerous thought that had just flashed through his mind...