Chapter 82: Underground Palace Interlude

Su Mo, Fei Yan, and several people arrived at the East Sea.

Standing at the entrance of the East Sea Underground Palace, Fei Yan said to Su Mo: "Wife Master goes first; we'll follow later."

Jing Ming transformed into a giant whale, carrying the female lead to the underground palace.

Before departure, Jing Ming gave Su Mo a Breath-Holding Pill; otherwise someone as frail as her female might not even make it to the underground palace.

After Su Mo left, Mo Xiao also prepared to dive into the seabed by transforming.

Fei Yan and Yue Ying exchanged a glance; both being land creatures, their true forms can't go underwater, so they must travel by human form.

After Su Mo and Jing Ming arrived at the Great Underground Palace, Jing Ming led her all the way through the Radiant Palace straight to Ye Yuan's Chamber.

The beastmen attendants they met along the way were all tense; upon seeing Su Mo's unfamiliar face, they also grew curious.

"Could she be the Miss Su that Lord Jian Yi spoke of?"

"I heard that His/Her Highness lost a limb for her?"

"Is the person who could make His/Her Highness sacrifice himself to save her really look like this? Not even half as beautiful as our Underground Palace Princess..."

"……"

As the distance grew, Su Mo also gradually could no longer hear those voices.

In Ye Yuan's Chamber were his father and mother, as well as the Lord of the Underground Palace and his lady.

"Sea Doctor, Lord Jian Yi. Miss Su has arrived!"

With Jing Ming's call, everyone in the room instinctively looked toward Su Mo.

Before Jing Ming could introduce the people in the room to Su Mo, he saw her slightly bow to everyone: "Excuse me, please let me first check Ye Yuan's injury."

After saying that, she quickly went to Ye Yuan's bedside.

Ye Yuan's wounds had been treated by the Sea Doctor; the bleeding had stopped, but he remained unconscious.

After Su Mo took the pulse, she sighed slightly; it seemed that on the way back, Lord Jian Yi had managed to seal the toxin inside Ye Yuan's body.

She took out a small bottle of liquid, placed it at his lips: "Ye Yuan, drink this and sleep well."

The person on the bed furrowed his brow slightly, then slowly opened his mouth.

After drinking, he quickly fell into deep sleep, a lifeless appearance that made everyone in the room panic.

"Ye Yuan!"

The Princess Consort's Lady called out anxiously.

Su Mo, while taking out the surgical tools, calmly ordered Jing Ming: "Besides the Lord Sea Doctor and General Jing Ming staying to help, everyone else please go out and wait outside."

Jing Ming glanced at the Princess and Princess Consort's Lady at the side, then said solemnly: "Please both leave."

Ye Yuan's Palace Lord's father, after glancing at Su Mo's back, turned and helped his wife walk out.

Soon Lord Jian Yi also followed out.

Only Su Mo, the Sea Doctor, and Jing Ming remained in the room.

Su Mo took out a scalpel, focused, and began to reattach Ye Yuan's limb.

All that could be seen was the silver small knife in her hand emitting a cold light; the blade precisely cut the rotten flesh on the surface.

With Xiao Jiu's help, Su Mo precisely connected each nerve ending.

Instantly, a halo of pale blue light spread at the severed arm; the originally bloodless severed limb instantly regained vitality.

Su Mo's icy eyes focused on each movement, steady and precise.

Before suturing the flesh, Su Mo pricked the fingertip of the reattached limb with a needle.

The slight pain made the person lying on the bed involuntarily move his finger.

Su Mo secretly exhaled; being able to feel pain meant it was fine.

The Sea Doctor and Jing Ming beside couldn't help but look astonished; originally the Sea Doctor had prepared to reattach the limb for His/Her Highness, but if he did it himself, he definitely couldn't achieve such perfection.

Moreover, His/Her Highness's left arm would never recover to its original state.

But now it seems these are not a problem in the hands of His/Her Highness's fiancée.

Suturing the flesh is not a problem for Su Mo.

But she still dared not relax; she wanted to handle it nicely, otherwise when this fish woke up, who knows if he would look at the wound and start dropping pearls patteringly.

The Sea Doctor knew it was finishing work, went out and told the waiting Princess and Princess Consort's Lady: "Miss Su has almost finished; it'll end soon. Not long, His/Her Highness will recover as before."

Hearing that, the couple and Lord Jian Yi were all startled.

"Recover as before?!"

But looking at Lord Sea Doctor's expression, it didn't seem like random talk.

Instantly, the three persons' faces relaxed.

The Princess Consort's Lady looked at Su Mo still busy inside and wondered: "I've never heard her medical skills were this good."

Lord Jian Yi said: "I heard she recently learned it, and supposedly she's also skilled in poison."

He briefly recounted what he had heard from Ye Yuan these past two days.

After a brief surprise, the Sea Doctor stroked his beard: "Her medical skill surpasses mine, but for some reason she looks sickly; observing her brows, eyes, and lip color, she seems deeply infected by poison."

After saying that, he again doubted, shaking his head: "But the vital energy she emanates is strong, not like a poisoned person."

Lord Jian Yi slightly furrowed his brow; some of his views coincided with his own.

Seeing Miss Su again, his feeling was completely different.

That face remained pale; recent ordeals had made her look even more weary.

But if one looked at those eyes, they would know some changes were reborn.

Beneath her thin, frail figure lay a startlingly resilient sharpness.

Lord Jian Yi, having dealt with underground palace affairs for many years, hadn't encountered anyone like Su Mo who astonished him so much for a long time.

The Princess and Lady slightly frowned; could this be the reason Ye Yuan suddenly changed his mind?

After Su Mo helped Ye Yuan stitch up his wound, she heard that Mo Xiao had already arrived and was visiting Ye Yuan's parents in the main hall.

The attendant holding a brand-new set of clothing asked, "May I ask, Miss Su, would you like to go wash up and bathe?"

Su Mo lowered her head and glanced; she, sweat-soaked, nodded and said, "Thank you, please lead the way."

She followed the Beastman attendant first to her own room, then went to a secluded East Sea Play Pool.

It was hardly different from the hot springs on land; the water temperature was just right.

After that person withdrew, Su Mo removed her clothing and entered the pool.

Perhaps because she had been utterly exhausted these past days, she soon felt a bit drowsy.

At that time, Fei Yan and Yue Ying also arrived one after another at the underground palace; Yue Ying went to the main hall of the palace.

Fei Yan was uneasy about Su Mo, so he decided to see her first, then go together to the front palace.

He asked an attendant for the residence and then went straight there.

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Su Mo lay dazed by the shore, as if hearing a "bang" sound.

Immediately after, a strong splash of water struck Su Mo's cheek, and her left cheek instantly turned red.

The arms, calves, and waist that were splashed by the water also felt a burning pain.

Su Mo's heart instantly rang alarm bells, and she almost instinctively reached for the poison hidden in her clothing by the shore.

A clear, bell-like female voice rang out: "Are you the one who harmed my mermaid brother and broke his arm?!"

Su Mo lifted her gaze; on the other side of the pool, a pretty mermaid female was crouching there, glaring at her angrily.

Her appearance bore some resemblance to the Princess of the underground palace, but she had no resemblance whatsoever to the Princess Consort's Lady.

Seeing Su Mo silent, the girl's anger flared: "How can you be so heartless? My brother did all this for you, and you wear this expression? You even have the leisure to soak here?!"

Su Mo quietly set down the poison in her hand and explained lightly: "He's fine now, I..."

Before she could finish, the girl raised her whip and lashed at her again.

Su Mo instinctively dodged; the whip missed, but the person opposite remained unsatisfied.

In anger, she raised her whip again: "I won't listen to your explanation! Today I will surely teach you, this heartless woman, a lesson for him!"

"Crazy!"

Su Mo dodged while shouting angrily: "If you don't restrain yourself, I won't be polite!"

"Who wants you to be polite! If you're capable, come at me!"

Seeing her relentlessly pursue, Su Mo had no choice but to reach for the poison pack on the shore again.

The person on the shore whipped, the lash grazing Su Mo's hand back, and she instinctively frowned tightly.

The next second, her poison pack was struck by the lash and burst open, powder scattering everywhere.

Even Su Mo's clothing on the ground was torn apart by that lash.

The girl shouted angrily: "You actually dare to use poison!"

Having said that, she fiercely raised her whip, intending to strike Su Mo again.

Su Mo frowned, just as she thought this lash was unavoidable.

Suddenly, a figure burst in from outside!

The anticipated pain did not come; at the critical moment, Fei Yan, who had entered from outside, seized the whip in one hand and then, with a mighty heave, flung the whip-wielder away.

The girl lost control and crashed into the fake mountain behind her, causing a corner of the fake mountain to collapse with a boom.

Fei Yan's icy gaze swept over the mermaid female lying nearby, his whole body filled with killing intent.

"Is this how the East Sea treats guests?!"

The attendant about to enter the doorway, seeing the scene inside, was instantly frightened and didn't know what to do.

Some rushed to help the mermaid princess, while others panicked and fled outward.

In just a moment, Fei Yan had already concealed his killing intent.

All that could be seen was him quickly removing his outer robe, gently draping it over Su Mo, then bending to hold her in his arms.

"It's my fault Fei Yan came too late, frightening the Wife Master."

His gaze fell on her slightly flushed cheek and the reddish part of her calf, and his eyes involuntarily darkened a bit more.

Outside, a flurry of footsteps sounded; in an instant, the underground palace's princess, lady, Lord Jian Yi, and others all arrived.

Yue Ying and Mo Xiao's sharp gazes swept over Su Mo in Fei Yan's arms.

After seeing the red mark on the Wife Master's face, they both involuntarily lowered their eyes.