I was forced to leave the world of immortal cultivation after being transformed into a loser.

Hearing this familiar laughter, Gu Liyue further confirmed what she was thinking.

Ling Shi was stunned. She couldn't believe that she had never seen through the mermaid who had been by her side for twelve years and thought that everything he did was for her.

It was he who helped her sit on the throne and told her that the trident possessed supreme power and that only by awakening the trident could her throne be secured.

She always remembered her ancestors' teachings and never brought anyone here except the monks from the mainland.

This time, because there were too many cultivators on the mainland, he asked the person he trusted the most to come along. Unexpectedly, he saw his true face. It turned out that he only wanted this divine weapon.

She thought back to the days when she had just ascended the throne, when she hadn't been so obsessed with the artifact. After all, she had the mark on her forehead and was already able to sit firmly on the throne, so she didn't need the power of the trident at all.

All of this was due to his guidance, which made me obsessed.

"This king doesn't need your hypocrisy. Who are you?"

Gu Liyue was on guard, the scene in the Spiritual Herb Garden kept flashing through her mind. She wanted to wait for the other party to reveal his true face first, and as long as the male merman made any unusual movement, she would take action.

Seeing the male merman tied up and thrown on the ground, the others felt relieved and listened to their conversation.

"Hehehe, you will know who I am soon."

A puff of black smoke emerged from the merman's head. As the black smoke emerged, the merman shrank rapidly, as if his flesh and blood had been sucked dry. In the end, only a skin-and-bone merman corpse remained.

Everyone looked at what was happening in front of them in shock and disbelief.

The black smoke quickly floated towards Gu Liyue.

Gu Liyue took a look and thought, since the trident was contracted by her, was he trying to compete with her for this body?

This body is very handy for me, and I have no intention of handing it over to the devil!

She knew it was time for her to take action. She summoned her spiritual power, drew the strange fire to her right hand, and slapped the black smoke with her palm.

With a slap of his palm, strange fire was released. The red and purple strange fire attached to the black smoke and burned fiercely. A shrill scream resounded throughout the palace.

"Ahhh~! What kind of fire is this? Why can't I put it out?"

Gu Liyue kindly explained, "This is a strange fire that's specifically designed to destroy evil spirits!"

"Aa ...

Everyone realized that this was an evil demon, and several people who had seen the evil demon in the Spiritual Herb Garden also suddenly realized it.

Xiao Ju also said kindly: "Because you are ignorant!"

"Ah! I'm going to...spit you out. I'm going to...turn you into..."

The sound became smaller and smaller, and finally could not be heard at all.

The black smoke burned for a while, becoming smaller and smaller, and then burned away completely.

Yun Lizhi asked, "Liyue, can your strange fire destroy evil spirits?"

"Yeah, I just remembered that I could try using my strange fire."

Nie Hengzhou wanted to take action when he saw the black smoke floating towards Gu Liyue, but he was a step too slow.

"We can't let these evil spirits get close to us in the future, otherwise they will attach themselves to us and wait for an opportunity to take over our bodies." He said nervously.

Ling Shi muttered something.

Finally, she looked at Gu Liyue and asked, "Is this the evil demon?"

Gu Liyue said: "Yes, it was burned clean."

Everyone looked at Ling Shi and felt that she was a bit pitiful. They didn't know how many cultivators in Qingxuan Continent had been deceived and harmed by her over the years.

But there must be something hateful about a pitiful person.

Gu Liyue asked, "Over the years, there have been quite a few monks abducted, right?"

Ling Shi said guiltily, "Not many, just a dozen or so."

"What about the artifact?" Ling Shi changed the subject.

Gu Liyue knew that the most important thing for them now was to leave Meiyin City safely. She was not yet able to seek justice for those innocent monks who had been killed, simply because she was not strong enough.

I can only continue to follow Ling Shi's words.

She said calmly, "I have contracted it, and it recognizes me as its master."

Ling Shi knew it clearly, but still wanted Gu Liyue to explain it clearly.

Unexpectedly, Gu Liyue said, "You were the one who made me sign the contract."

Looking at Gu Liyue's expression that said "it's not actually what I want", Ling Shi was speechless.

Gu Liyue added, "We only hope to leave safely and not expose anything about Meiyin City. I know you were deceived by the evil spirit and are afraid that everything about Meiyin City will be revealed, so you are trying to harm the lives of the cultivators."

Ling Shi nodded: "Yes, I also hope to keep my distance from the cultivators of Qingxuan Continent."

Gu Liyue said, "If you let us leave safely, we can swear an oath to the devil in our hearts that we will not reveal anything about Meiyin City."

Ling Shi felt exhausted both physically and mentally. She said, "Okay, as long as you swear, I can give you the artifact."

Nie Hengzhou said, "I hope the Mermaid King will keep his word this time."

Gu Liyue continued, "If I hadn't burned that evil demon, and if he had gotten his hands on the artifact, who knows how much chaos he would have caused in Meiyin City."

Ling Shi felt depressed when he thought of the black smoke. If it weren't for Monk Nie who took action just now, he might have died at the hands of the evil demon.

"I can send you away right now. When you get to the city gate, swear an oath to your demons, and I'll let you out."

Everyone felt relieved.

Yun Lizhi: "Is your clan leader going to come and hunt us?"

Ling Shi laughed: "I have already communicated with him, and I will personally escort you out, don't worry!"

Gu Liyue said, "You said you would reward us. Did the king forget?"

Ling Shi remembered that she had promised to pay them. She thought for a moment and said, "This artifact should be worth quite a bit of spirit stones from your continent, right?"

Gu Liyue said: "That was the contract you asked me to sign, not a reward for us."

Ling Shi felt aggrieved, but was also grateful that they had burned the evil spirit for her.

Whatever, isn't it just a gift?

She waved her hand and took out the things she had prepared from her Qiankun bag.

"This is what I prepared for you. Consider it your reward for destroying the evil demon."

Gu Liyue took it and took a look. Inside were nine mermaid pearls, some gemstones, night-shining pearls, and other things. She divided the things into nine parts and gave one to each of her friends.

Mermaid pearls are formed from the tears of mermaids. Grinding them into powder and refining elixirs can repair a cultivator's internal organs and, according to legend, even restore their souls. Wearing them can bring a sense of refreshment and even reduce or insulate against the effects of poisons.

Because the mermaid pearl is rare and has extraordinary efficacy, it is an extremely rare treasure from heaven and earth.

Nie Hengzhou looked at Gu Liyue, who said, "Just some gemstones and beads."

Ling Shi: "..." The best things in Meiyin City are all in her hands, and there is indeed nothing more valuable than spiritual stones. I didn't expect that she would still be dissatisfied.

Aren't Mermaid Pearls said to be prized treasures fought over by cultivators in the Qingxuan Continent? Why are they just ordinary pearls in her hands?