77: Chapter 77 "Time Management Masters"

She did not sense even a shred of hostility from Su Chen.

Su Chen was the first kind-hearted human she had ever encountered.

Facing him, she had nothing worth holding back.

"I... do indeed possess some abilities different from those of my clansfolk."

She paused for a moment and continued.

"My mother is the leader of the Merfolk Clan. She discovered from a young age that I could establish connections with surrounding life forms and awaken the intelligence of some weaker creatures."

Cang Mingyue closed her eyes and focused, a soft and ethereal aura radiating from her body.

She softly hummed an ancient melody without specific lyrics.

The singing did not sound like anything from the mortal world; it was ethereal and drifting.

Su Chen listened quietly, observing the changes around him.

Something wondrous happened.

In the nearby shallow waters, several small fish that had originally been swimming purely on instinct seemed to become more agile, even beginning to swim in patterns around the reef where Cang Mingyue was located.

Further away, an old sea turtle with murky eyes, hiding in a crevice of the rocks, poked its head out.

It gazed at Cang Mingyue with eyes full of wisdom.

Then, its four small legs paddled rapidly back and forth, carrying its massive shell as it ran onto the shore.

Su Chen rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that he hadn't seen wrong, he said with some excitement.

"You can actually awaken intelligence?"

He looked at Cang Mingyue in pleasant surprise; the look in his eyes was as if he were gazing at the future King of All Beasts.

"I don't know if it counts."

Cang Mingyue stopped singing and shook her head, looking a bit lost.

"I just have a feeling that they seem to have become a bit smarter."

"An incredible ability!" Su Chen praised sincerely.

"Miss Yue, compared to other demon clans, your talent might be more inclined toward nurturing and enlightenment rather than pure destruction. This is a very precious power."

Receiving Su Chen's affirmation, Cang Mingyue's pretty face flushed slightly, and a warm current and a sense of confidence welled up in her heart.

After all, in the past, her other companions had always branded her with the title of 'combat trash'.

She thought for a moment and then said.

"Also... Young Master Su."

"When I sing, it seems to make those who hear it feel their strength replenished?"

"For example... you could try your sword energy?"

Su Chen's mind stirred, and a streak of white sword energy flew out from thin air.

"Miss Yue, begin the song!"

Cang Mingyue nodded, took a deep breath, and the ethereal singing rang out again, this time carrying an inspiring rhythm.

A strange scene appeared.

That originally singular sword energy, under the lingering influence of Cang Mingyue's singing, actually split out a slightly weaker but clearly visible sword energy clone in mid-air.

The two sword energies, one after the other, combined their power, causing their momentum to soar suddenly.

"Sword energy division, the amplification effect is this obvious?"

Su Chen was truly surprised this time.

This was simply an extremely powerful support ability; if used in group battles or against strong enemies, the effect could be called heaven-defying.

It was equivalent to his original skill being used as two skills.

"Young Master Su, is it useful?"

Cang Mingyue looked at him expectantly, like a child waiting for praise.

"More than just useful!"

Su Chen's smile widened.

"Miss Yue, you are truly a genius among geniuses."

"With you by my side, I feel like I alone can withstand ten thousand troops."

Upon hearing this, Cang Mingyue was so shy that even the roots of her ears turned red; she lowered her head deeply, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzzing.

"Young Master Su, you flatter me. I, I'm not that amazing."

To hide her shyness, she softly hummed another gentle and melodious tune, a song from the Merfolk Clan expressing gratitude and blessings.

The singing was melodious, accompanied by the sound of the ocean waves, making one feel refreshed and relaxed.

After finishing, she carefully took a round, flawless pearl emitting a soft blue light from her azure hair and handed it to Su Chen.

"Young Master Su, this is for you."

"This is a 'mermaids tear' that I have nurtured with my spiritual power for a long time."

"However, although it goes by this name, it is not a real mermaid's tear; it is just a pearl nurtured by our Merfolk Clan with our own spiritual power."

"Carrying it will help you avoid some common water disasters while by the sea, and it can also be considered a nice memento."

When she said the four words "mermaids tear", Cang Mingyue's face quietly flushed again.

Only Su Chen did not notice.

Su Chen looked at the pearl containing pure water spiritual energy, did not refuse, and solemnly accepted it.

"Thank you, Miss Yue, I like it very much."

Past midnight, Su Chen bid farewell to Cang Mingyue, and his figure flew away.

At this moment, in the small courtyard.

Ye Jingjun sat in the courtyard, seemingly napping, but in reality, she had been keeping an eye on the surroundings.

When Su Chen's figure appeared again and drifted into the sword in front of her.

She keenly noticed.

Su Chen's aura seemed to carry a faint, delicate fragrance.

Immediately after, she, through the faint moonlight filtering through the window lattice.

Was shocked to discover that beside the cracked sword guard (let me explain, it is the connection between the hilt and the blade), there was, at some unknown time, an additional pearl embedded on it, emitting a faint blue light.

The pearl was round and smooth, containing spiritual energy, and was definitely no ordinary item.

More importantly.

The pearl emitted a lingering, faint fragrance.

It was exactly the same as what she had smelled on Su Chen earlier.

Ye Jingjun felt her heart tighten instantly.

The sword practice in the first half of the night, the departure in the second half, and the pearl that appeared inexplicably on the sword, which was clearly a gift from a woman.

All the clues strung together, pointing to a possibility that made her chest feel stifled.

"He actually went to see a woman in the second half of the night?"

She suddenly felt a wave of sourness in her heart.

Reasonably speaking, no matter who Su Chen went out to see, whether man or woman, it had nothing to do with her.

Because Su Chen was just a master she had met by chance.

Oh, Su Chen hadn't even truly acknowledged this identity.

But emotionally speaking.

Ye Jingjun suddenly very, very much hoped.

That Su Chen's guidance and training belonged only to her alone.

The young girl did not understand emotions, nor did she understand love.

She only knew that when she was alone with Su Chen, she felt an inexplicable sense of peace.

There were many things she wanted to say to him.

But once she discovered that Su Chen's "sword" had met other people, and she was no longer the only one.

For the first time, she felt that the distance between herself and this sword seemed to have grown a little further.

The following few days were superficially calm.

Su Chen continued to perfectly play the role of a "Time Management Master".

In the first half of the night, he guided Ye Jingjun in sword techniques; he could feel the girl's rapid progress and her increasingly profound understanding of the sword.

But sometimes, she would stare blankly at the pearl on the sword, her eyes complex.

Su Chen just assumed it was a young girl's thoughts and didn't think deeply about it, continuing to teach her carefully.

In Su Chen's view, how could a brainless girl like Ye Jingjun, who only knew how to play with swords, compare to the scheming and meticulous nature of Zhuge Jinyu?

No matter how she guessed, she would never guess who had given this item.

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