The villain has been playing badly for ten years

The thunder rumbled gently, and then the wind and rain came again at night.

A light breeze rustled through the window lattice, and the sparse sound of raindrops hit the banana leaves, blending with the soft sounds of the jade flute, lingering in the air.

The sounds became clearer and clearer, but they did not feel noisy at all. Instead, they made people feel unusually calm.

I don’t know how long it took until I smelled a hint of the rich fragrance of Yuelin.

A dim candlelight was a little dazzling through the thin paper of the lantern.

This room has a simple layout and a quiet atmosphere.

Ning Xiusu regained consciousness a little, but his eyelids were heavy and he felt as if all the meridians in his body were burning in flames. It was really unbearable.

Although he didn't injure her vital parts this time, her chest still ached...

He finally adjusted to the dizziness in front of his eyes, covered the painful area, and slowly sat up from the smooth white jade couch.

What comes into view is a folding screen embroidered with three thousand cranes on the tops of green pine trees, an ink painting of pine mountains hangs on the wall, and incense burners are surrounded by clouds. This place is elegant and cold, as if far away from the world.

Ning Xiusu was now only wearing a thin blue silk shirt, and his body was wrapped in thick gauze, obviously having been carefully bandaged.

His gaze dropped to himself, and then he reacted and saw dark scales on his pale skin, which were as dark as jade and shone faintly.

Alas, has he been exposed? Ning Xiusu sighed in his heart.

He pulled off the gauze wrapped around his arm, revealing the shallow wound had healed. However, his claws were as hard as iron, and in the reflected candlelight, they had a luster like broken metal beads.

At this time, the sound of the xiao stopped.

The person who opened the door had a face as tender as a lotus without any makeup. In the dim candlelight, the lotus-pink silk dress she wore made her skin look as beautiful as pearls and jade.

She was wearing a turquoise gauze and had a graceful figure. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was a fairy who had descended to the earth.

Ning Xiusu's expression suddenly paused, not knowing whether he was surprised or shocked by the stunning beauty in front of him.

"Your Majesty."

Her tender eyes looked into his, rippling like clear autumn water.

"It's you, Hu..." He paused, then changed his words: "I should have asked you to come."

When she heard this, she just nodded slightly towards him. She didn't look like a real person at all, and she looked quite unfamiliar.

Ning Xiusu had no choice but to act polite and indifferent, "I should have sunk into the river. Was it you who rescued me, young lady?"

"Your Highness, this river is flowing downstream. If He'er hadn't discovered it, we might not have been able to save you."

As Hu Xiaoxiao spoke, she waved her hand gently, and the girl named Xi He walked into the room in an orderly manner.

Xi He's wheat-colored skin looked even more yellow under the candlelight, and her eyes were faint but sparkling.

At this time, she held some medicinal soup and honey water in her hand and gently placed them on the sandalwood table, but she had no intention of leaving.

Hu Xiaoxiao's eyes swept over the person lightly. She first glanced at Ning Xiusu, and when his eyes met Hu Xiaoxiao's, she immediately said, "Ah, sister, you are busy, you are busy..."

Ning Xiusu watched this person leave the room, then asked casually:

"That girl, who pretended to be a beggar and offered snakes to the stone temple, and then inadvertently gave the Bamboo Order, must have been instructed by you, right?"

"Yes."

Ning Xiu's eyes were deep and serene, seemingly gentle and casual, but full of inquiry.

"You really don't hide anything at all."

"What exactly does the prince want to say?"

"nothing."

When Ning Xiusu saw Hua Jianbai that day, he couldn't doubt her coming and going, but now...

He leaned back slightly on the bed, his brows sparse and his face full of fatigue, and said:

"That Yanren must be the one beneath the Blood Sea. How could he have happened to go to the Forbidden Palace to save you? And how could you have happened to appear in Nanzhao?"

"It's definitely not a coincidence..."

Hu Xiaoxiao is like a lotus in the distant mountains, and she is very charming when her pearly teeth are slightly parted.

She sat at the fine ebony table beside the bed, holding up a white jade cup, a strand of hair slightly falling, covering one side of her eyebrow.

"He told me to gain the prince's trust at all costs. Besides that, there was indeed another matter."

Ning Xiusu glanced sideways slightly, his expression unchanged, but his eyes suddenly became cold and deep, making people tremble.

"What is it?"

"Looking for something."

As Hu Xiaoxiao spoke, she scooped up the steaming medicine soup with a spoon and blew on it gently.

Ning Xiusu still showed no emotion, and said vaguely: "Could it be the order of the Nine Realms?"

Hu Xiaoxiao spoke softly, "Your Highness, there are more than one magical things in this world, including the Youlian Spiritual Fire on you, which are all very rare."

"so what?"

"Your Highness, have you ever heard of the Dragon Bone Seal?"

Ning Xiusu was stunned for a moment, and Hu Xiaoxiao caught his expression. She then said:

"That thing, like the Youlian Spiritual Fire, possesses miraculous powers. It was dug out from the Qi'an Tomb several hundred years ago, along with the Nine Domains Order."

She paused as she spoke, "For some unknown reason, this item later flowed into the Central Plains and was treated as a family heirloom by the Xi family. Since the Xi family's decline, it has appeared in the hands of the Luo family."

Ning Xiusu looked confused, "Which Luo family?"

"Among the cultivation clans, the Song family is the first, and the Xi family is the last. As for the Luo family, they moved to the Qi'an Desert and have rarely been seen."

Hu Xiaoxiao spoke softly, glancing at the person in front of her tenderly, and fed the cooled medicine to her lips.

Ning Xiusu took the jade cup calmly. His fingertips were now sharp and hard, but when he touched the edge of the cup lightly, it felt as if it was fragile.

Probably because he felt that he was horrible, he couldn't bear to look at the beauty beside him, so he turned his gaze to the beauty next to him.

"But if you want to find this thing, you shouldn't have come to Nanzhao."

Hu Xiaoxiao smiled, beautiful but not gaudy: "Your Highness may not know that the guard beside him is a thief."

Ning Xiusu's eyes were deep and dark like jade, and in the dim room, they moved slightly and imperceptibly.

"What do you mean?"

I only heard Hu Xiaoxiao continue to speak softly:

"The Luo family's patriarch passed away five years ago, and the Dragon Bone Seal has since disappeared... But now, after Hua Jian defeated the Holy Lotus Heart, the scent of the Dragon Bone Seal has been released."

Ning Xiusu's voice was as calm as an ancient string, "You mean... the Luo family's dragon bone seal was stolen by Hua Jianbai?"

Hu Xiaoxiao looked at him with her moon-like eyes and corrected him, "To be precise, both the Xi family and the Luo family are only keeping it for safekeeping. The Dragon Bone Seal has always belonged to my clan."

The person five years ago... was not the Hanamibai of today.

Ning Xiu understood and asked, "So, you came to Nanzhao to confirm whether that thing is still with Hua Jianbai."

She looked at Ning Xiusu with some ambiguous expression, her moon-like eyes like a deer were gentle like autumn water, and she smiled gently with affectionate gaze.

"Your Majesty, the medicine is cold, don't you want to drink it?"

These words seemed unintentional, interrupting the topic.

At this time, Hu Xiaoxiao picked up the scissors intentionally or unintentionally and gently cut off the candle wick, and the room suddenly became much brighter.

Ning Xiusu smelled the aroma of the medicinal soup, which was full of the rich herbal fragrance, including some pain-relieving mulberry roots and white peony leaves, as well as crane grass and deer ganoderma.

These medicines are not easy to come by, and they are also Dan Xiu's prescriptions.

"Could it be that you...are also a member of the Xi family?"

Hu Xiaoxiao heard him ask this and replied softly, "Your Highness has lived in exile for so long. Are you so unfamiliar with the cultivation clans and the history of the mermaids now?"

Ning Xiusu wasn't just unfamiliar with the mermaid world; he knew nothing about it. As for the cultivation clans, all he knew was some old stories about the Song family and the Shangqing Sect.

He probably thought the medicine was too bitter, so he put down the medicine cup.

"I don't care about the past. I'm more curious about what you want to do to Hanamibai."

"Young Master Hua... he's a very nice person," Hu Xiaoxiao whispered softly, a gentle smile naturally appearing on her face. "But, it all depends on what the prince decides."

Ning Xiusu heard the threat, but he was neither upset nor angry. He looked at her expressionlessly.

"Does Your Majesty still remember Haixu?"

Ning Xiusu felt that the word "Haixu" sounded familiar, but he seemed to have trouble remembering it.

"Where is that?"

"It seems that the prince only cares about the human bloodline and has long since abandoned the mermaid part. I'm afraid he has forgotten his own origins and doesn't remember the Abyss Master..."

The word "Master Yuan" seemed to touch a switch.

Sea Ruins...

Regardless of the north or the south, both are the birthplaces of the mermaid lineage.

As the candlelight flickered, I saw a double image before my eyes, as if I saw a figure, but it was too distant and blurry...

He gently covered his forehead, as if dizzy. Those were the memories of the original owner, very faint memory fragments, which appeared a few times.

It seemed as if a palace was seen, but then it fell into chaos again.

Ning Xiusu gave up his memories, but vaguely remembered something.

He realized it belatedly and said, "The palace under the Blood Sea was built to imitate the ruins of the sea. How did that Yanren know about the ruins of the sea?"

"Mr. Mo is also a mermaid, but his body has decayed."