Chapter 1269: A Peculiar Technique

The Mermaid Princess looked solemn, her tone revealing caution.

Hearing her words, Wang Jianqiang raised an eyebrow, "But, that scene was also seen by the Thirteenth Ancestor of the Octopus Clan..."

Before Wang Jianqiang had finished speaking, the Mermaid Princess shook her head and interrupted him, "As a Great Vehicle Stage cultivator, being repelled by a mere Integration Stage cultivator like me, he will certainly be too embarrassed to reveal the details."

"Even if he really spreads the word, you only need to remain silent; as for the rest, I will handle it, you need not worry."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang nodded with a firm expression, "I understand, Princess. Please rest assured, I will definitely not let a single word of today's events spread."

The Mermaid Princess looked deeply at Wang Jianqiang, "I hope so; otherwise, I might not necessarily be in trouble, but you... will certainly be executed by the Mermaid Clan with the most severe punishment."

Hearing the Mermaid Princess's tone, Wang Jianqiang felt even more curious.

It has no effect on him?

Then why say that if it spreads, it would lead to him being executed by the Mermaid Clan?

And...

Why did the Mermaid Princess's cultivation base increase so significantly after she cast that mark?

Where did that power come from?

Just as Wang Jianqiang was filled with doubt, the Mermaid Princess saw that "Tianyu" did not continue to ask, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

That mark from before was named Mermaid's Love.

It is the most mysterious Technique in the Mermaid Clan, which only the successive Mermaid Princesses can practice.

This is a contract-type Technique that every generation of Mermaid Princess must practice.

Moreover, it must be cast upon the Mermaid Prince after becoming Dao Companions with him.

Once cast, the Mermaid Princess will only be devoted to the Mermaid Prince from then on, and will never fall in love with any other cultivator again.

Furthermore, this Technique has another peculiar effect.

That is, the moment it is cast, one receives a feedback of power.

The stronger the talent and strength of the Mermaid Princess and the Mermaid Prince, the stronger the feedback power received.

The Mermaid Princess can use this power to briefly perceive the mysteries of a higher realm.

This produces huge benefits for future cultivation.

The reason why the strength of successive Mermaid Princesses soared after becoming Dao Companions with the Mermaid Prince is precisely because of this reason.

Precisely because of the characteristic that the higher the cultivation and talent of the caster and the recipient of Mermaid's Love, the stronger the power feedback the caster receives and the greater the benefits obtained.

In the distant past, the Mermaid Clan would only cast Mermaid's Love after the Mermaid Princess and Mermaid Prince reached the Great Vehicle Stage.

This ensured that the peculiar effect of Mermaid's Love could reach its peak.

Later, the Mermaid Clan declined, the cultivation environment and resources within the clan worsened, and their overall strength decreased.

The Mermaid Princess and Mermaid Prince generally became Dao Companions and cast Mermaid's Love upon reaching the Void Refinement Perfection Stage, so as to ensure that the Mermaid Princess could achieve the Great Vehicle Stage in the shortest possible time.

Later on, the Mermaid Clan declined further.

The Mermaid Princess and Mermaid Prince generally became Dao Companions and cast Mermaid's Love upon reaching the Void Refinement Stage.

Just like the previous generation of Mermaid Princess and Mermaid Prince, who became Dao Companions after reaching the Dongxu Initial Stage.

She is the current Mermaid Princess, hailed as the Mermaid Princess with the strongest talent in the recorded history of the Mermaid Clan.

At the same time, the current Mermaid Prince also has astonishing talent, ranking among the top when looking back at all previous generations.

Therefore, the clan holds great expectations for them.

The goal set for them is also very high.

That is to at least reach the Void Refinement Perfection Stage before becoming Dao Companions and casting Mermaid's Love.

If possible, even.

It would be best to become Dao Companions after reaching the Great Vehicle Stage.

In this way, she would even have a chance to reach the legendary Tribulation Transcendence Stage.

She has also been striving towards that goal.

Unfortunately.

Plans cannot keep up with changes.

The situation was critical before, and she was trapped in a desperate situation.

In order not to fall into the hands of the Octopus Clan, she had to cast this Mermaid's Love as her final trump card.

Originally, she only held the mindset of treating a dead horse as a living one, and did not hold much hope.

After all, Tianyu is only of the Black Scale Lineage, and his cultivation is only at the Nascent Soul Stage.

Whether it is talent or cultivation, both are too weak.

But after she truly cast Mermaid's Love, the strength of the power feedback she received shocked her.

She did not know if it was because her cultivation of this secret Technique was profound enough, or if her talent was too strong.

Even though Tianyu held her back in terms of cultivation and talent.

It still allowed her cultivation to briefly rise to the Great Vehicle Stage!

Allowing her to repel the Thirteenth Ancestor of the Octopus Clan in one fell swoop.

At the same time, this also meant that she would no longer have any bottlenecks in her future cultivation to the Great Vehicle Stage.

Without considering whether she can survive the Heavenly Tribulation, she will definitely become a Great Vehicle Stage cultivator!

For her, who is devoted to cultivation, this is undoubtedly a piece of great news.

Only...

The women of the Mermaid Clan have always been loyal.

Especially the Mermaid Princess, who has always adhered to the concept of love of one person for a lifetime.

Coupled with the constraints of Mermaid's Love.

In this way, apart from Tianyu, she could no longer fall in love with any other Cultivator.

That is to say.

She could no longer become Dao Companions with the Mermaid Prince.

According to the regulations of the Mermaid Clan.

The Mermaid Princess and the Mermaid Prince are a fated pair.

They are the future rulers of the Mermaid Clan.

At the same time, they also shoulder the responsibility of bearing the next generation's Mermaid Prince.

The two must be together.

If the news that she had cast Mermaid's Love on Tianyu were to spread.

She would surely suffer severe punishment from the Mermaid Clan.

As for Tianyu...

He would undoubtedly die.

If it were before, whether Tianyu lived or died would have nothing to do with her, and she would not have cared.

But after casting Mermaid's Love, she naturally developed an inexplicable affection for Tianyu, subconsciously thinking of his well-being.

Therefore.

Even though she had already developed feelings for Tianyu because of Mermaid's Love, she still had to put on a cold appearance.

This was so that the abnormality between them would not be noticed by those with ulterior motives.

For the time that followed, the space inside the White Jade Sedan became completely silent.

The Mermaid Princess was recovering from her injuries and did not exchange another word with Wang Jianqiang.

Elder Qingyun remained in a coma.

Wang Jianqiang was timid and submissive, respectfully standing guard to the side.

About a month later.

They finally returned to Huanling City.