Chapter 1262: The Mermaid Princess

Just as Wang Jianqiang obtained the answer he wanted to know from Tianyu's memories.

The White Jade Sedan had already come from afar, arriving before Wang Jianqiang.

Behind the White Jade Sedan followed a team of several dozen people.

The team was led by two cultivators at the Dongxu Initial Stage.

"Eh~"

Just as the White Jade Sedan and Wang Jianqiang were about to pass each other, one of the two Dongxu Initial Stage cultivators behind the White Jade Sedan suddenly looked at Wang Jianqiang, revealing a look of surprise.

"You are..."

"Tianyu of the Black Scale Lineage?"

As this Dongxu Stage cultivator spoke, the team of several dozen people stopped simultaneously, one after another looking at Wang Jianqiang.

At the same time.

The White Jade Sedan in front also came to a halt.

Wang Jianqiang keenly sensed that a pair of eyes seemed to project from within the sedan, landing upon him.

He raised an eyebrow.

Suppressing the urge to use his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze to see through the White Jade Sedan, he looked at the Dongxu Initial Stage cultivator who had spoken.

He bowed.

"Tianyu of the Black Scale Lineage, greets the Elder."

That Mermaid Clan Elder at the Dongxu Initial Stage stared at Wang Jianqiang, and after pondering for a moment, continued to speak, "If I remember correctly, you should have left together with Elder Qingyun of the Black Scale Lineage back then, right?"

Qingyun was precisely the female Mermaid Clan Elder who had led the team to the edge of the Sea Region to search for the Mermaid Tear, and was later captured by a powerhouse of the Octopus Clan.

Hearing the words of this Mermaid Clan Elder, Wang Jianqiang immediately nodded, "Yes, Elder."

As Wang Jianqiang's words were spoken again.

The expressions of the crowd flickered, and one after another they lit up.

That Mermaid Clan Elder still wanted to ask something.

From within the White Jade Sedan, an ethereal and soft voice suddenly came out, "You, come in."

As these words fell.

The space at the door of the White Jade Sedan suddenly twisted, transforming into a portal-shaped Space Channel.

Wang Jianqiang's heart stirred.

With a face full of hesitation, he looked at that Mermaid Clan Elder.

Seeing this, the Mermaid Clan Elder said indifferently, "The Princess has given an order, will you not obey?"

"Yes."

Wang Jianqiang nodded and cautiously walked into that Space Channel.

As Wang Jianqiang's figure disappeared, the Space Channel on the White Jade Sedan also vanished instantly.

Seeing Wang Jianqiang enter the White Jade Sedan.

Behind the White Jade Sedan.

All the male Mermaid Clan cultivators revealed looks of envy.

The one inside this White Jade Sedan was, after all, the Mermaid Princess.

The Mermaid Princess of the Mermaid Clan is not born into her position.

Rather, she is selected from within the entire range of the Mermaid Clan.

Every generation's Mermaid Princess is the greatest beauty of the contemporary Mermaid Clan, and possesses top-tier talent.

Especially this generation's Mermaid Princess.

She is even hailed as the most beautiful Mermaid Princess in the history of the Mermaid Clan, and her talent is also shockingly powerful, far surpassing any recorded Mermaid Princess.

She is viewed by many male Mermaid Clan cultivators as a holy and inviolable goddess.

This White Jade Sedan is a supreme treasure obtained solely by this generation's Mermaid Princess, and no male cultivator has ever entered it before.

Even the Mermaid Prince has never obtained this opportunity.

To think that an ordinary cultivator of the Black Scale Lineage could actually obtain the opportunity to enter the White Jade Sedan!

It is simply too lucky!

The moment Wang Jianqiang stepped into the White Jade Sedan, his vision suddenly blurred.

When his sight recovered, he discovered that he had already arrived in a beautiful and elegant bamboo forest.

From behind the bamboo forest, a beautiful sound of a zither slowly drifted out.

Wang Jianqiang gazed toward the back of the bamboo forest, where he could vaguely see a small stream.

Beside the stream, a figure was looming in and out of sight, obscured by the bamboo.

Just at this moment.

The zither music from behind the bamboo forest suddenly stopped.

That previous ethereal and soft voice came again, "You are called Tianyu, right?"

"Come over."

Hearing this voice, Wang Jianqiang respectfully nodded, "As you command, Princess."

Having said that, he walked toward the back of the bamboo forest.

Not long after.

When Wang Jianqiang crossed the bamboo forest, the view before his eyes suddenly opened up.

A sound of gurgling water was the first to appear in his ears.

He looked toward the front.

A winding stream came into view; the water in the stream was clear to the bottom, flowing slowly.

Beside the stream not far away, a pavilion had been built.

Inside the pavilion, a woman in a purple dress sat.

Before her was placed a guqin, and the qin had seven strings.

At this moment, the woman's slender hands, as if crafted from beautiful jade, were resting lightly upon the body of the qin.

Wang Jianqiang had cultivated until now, and could be considered to have seen much.

Among the female Cultivators he had encountered, which one was not of heavenly beauty?

But when he saw this woman, he still could not help but reveal a look of astonishment.

She was too exquisite.

Exquisite to the point that...

Every single proportion was perfect to the extreme, without a single flaw to be found.

Is this the Mermaid Princess who is hailed as the most beautiful in the history of the Mermaid Clan?

Truly, the reputation is well-deserved.

Wang Jianqiang sighed in admiration in his heart.

Just as Wang Jianqiang looked at the Mermaid Princess.

The Mermaid Princess's pair of purple eyes also cast toward Wang Jianqiang.

She could sense the astonishment revealed in Wang Jianqiang's gaze; toward this, her expression remained completely calm.

There was no intention of blame.

Similar gazes, she had already experienced too many.

By now, she had long since become numb to them.

"Not long ago, news from Elder Qingyun was sent back to the clan that you had encountered an attack by the Octopus Clan."

"Now, how is the situation?"

The Mermaid Princess looked at Wang Jianqiang and spoke slowly.

Her expression was very calm, like an ancient well without a ripple.

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang seemed to have just recovered from the Mermaid Princess's beauty, and hurriedly said respectfully, "Reporting to Princess, the Octopus Clan planned against the unprepared; our team has been scattered, and more than half of the Cultivators in the team have fallen."

"On my way back, I happened to see from afar the battlefield between Qingyun and the Octopus Clan Elder."

"Elder Qingyun had already fallen into a disadvantage at that time, and at this moment..."

"I fear she has already fallen into the hands of the Octopus Clan Elder."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's response, the Mermaid Princess's smooth brows furrowed slightly.

After a moment of silence, she continued, "What about the Mermaid Tear? Did it fall into the hands of the Octopus Clan?"

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "I do not know. After Elder Qingyun saw the situation clearly, she created many fake Mermaid Tears, mixed the real Mermaid Tear among them, and distributed them to everyone in our team, telling us to scatter and flee."

"Regarding the situation of the other clansmen, I am not clear."

"I do not know who holds the real Mermaid Tear, nor do I know if it has fallen into the hands of the Octopus Clan Cultivators."

The Mermaid Princess nodded upon hearing this.

The expression on her face did not change, and there was no intention of blame.

Her voice was calm as she said, "Take me to the place where Elder Qingyun and the Octopus Clan Elder fought."

Wang Jianqiang had only just arrived at Huanling City and did not want to leave again.

But he knew even more clearly that he could not provoke the Mermaid Princess's resentment.

The Mermaid Princess was a person of real power in the Mermaid Clan, with a status only below the Mermaid Empress.

She was in the second-tier power stratum of the Mermaid Clan.

She could be considered a sub-top-level figure of the Mermaid Clan.

Once he provoked the Mermaid Princess's resentment, he would no longer be able to make a living in the Mermaid Clan.

Out of such concerns, he could only nod and agree.