Chapter 529: 529: Hall of Water’s Trial (14)
Mermaid Clan’s Territory
This half-fish and half-human race lives under the water within the Hall of Water. Though they didn’t live at the deepest area of this water source, they still live in a quite deep location and live in huge corals like fishes do. Upon the group’s arrival at the gates. They were blocked by two male mermaids.
Mermaid is a race which can be considered one of the most beautiful races in existence. They are also infamous for their singing and their voice is considered heavenly. However, everyone didn’t expect them to be larger than human beings.
The two male gatekeepers were like handsome uncles with towering heights. Even Grandpa Tan Huangyu, who is the tallest among them, looks so small that mermaids are half size taller than adult human beings. But no one can deny the fact that they are born attractive.
However, these mermaids are now asking them for a toll fee just so they can enter the gates. It was only now that they realized the use of those redundant water evading pearls they had gathered. It was the currency used inside the Mermaid Clan’s Territory.
Yue Huashui looked at the towering mermaids at the gates and asked, "Uncle Mermaids, how much is the toll fee?"
The mermaid gatekeepers were startled when they saw a small human looking at them fearlessly holding his pocket money feeling ashamed. They can feel the breath of this small human and he is definitely just a child and not an only monster pretending to be one. A mermaid used a single finger to lightly touch the head of Yue Huashui and Tan Bingyu thought it was an attempt to attack. But she was stopped by Xia Baiyu.
Xia Baiyu said, "Watch. They are not trying to attack Shuishui."
Feeling his head rubbed a bit, Yue Huashui didn’t mind, most adults love to rub his head and his siblings. His mother, the Moon Goddess, also does it and he was used to it.
Yue Huashui asked, "So Uncle Mermaids how much?"
"Haha~ Children are free of charge. The adults need to pay 100 pearls per person." The Mermaid gatekeepers said.
Yue Huashui said, "Thank you, Uncle Mermaids. Can I go in now?"
The mermaid gatekeeper removed the spear and let the kid go inside. However, before he could walk away, Tan Bingyu grabbed him and she paid for her whole group. 400 Water Evading Pearls.
"Wait. We will go in with you," said Tan Bingyu.
Yue Huashui knowing that Tan Bingyu is his mother’s subordinate, he listened to her words. Though he wanted to run around and play with a guardian that seems to be impossible now. Xia Baiyu and the rest also paid for the toll fee and finally entered the gates.
Once they entered, another group of trial takers were blocked once again. This time the toll fee was ten times more than what they had paid. The Gatekeepers were asking for 1000 pearls from the next group.
Monk Hu Gu said, "Woa~ the toll fee had increased a lot after us."
"Why didn’t you thought that it was us who was given a discount instead," said Monk Hu Ren while staring at Yue Huashui who was looking around like a child who would run away if not for the Tan Princess holding his hands,
Xia Baiyu said, "What we had paid for is the discounted price to bring with Shuishui. Clearly, based on how the Stone Mermaid acted towards him, this race thinks of him as a candidate for their future master~"
"Whether Shuishui accepts it depends on his choice alone. No one can force him to accept anything. The Mistress will not allow anything her child didn’t want to force on them," said Tan Bingyu.
To everyone in the Hidden Tan Clan, these words were the law itself. Only their Mistress can make the decision and no one else could do it, not even the Immortal Sun Emperor.
Xia Baiyu and the others were dumbfounded as they didn’t expect them to be this extreme. Though they knew that the Hidden Tan Clan serves the Moon Goddess, is she the kind of divinity that goes against all odds? After all, she looks so young and can even be considered younger than some of them. The only difference is that her soul might be from primordial or ancient times.
However, even the Water God who was watching didn’t dare to react. As a being that caught the eyes of a Primordial being like the Shura God, means her soul is not ordinary like how they currently see it. It is just that he is unable to see through the young lady who seems to be no different than any young god.
From the main altar, the Water God keeps on watching Yue Xuexia observing her soul, unfortunately he couldn’t see through anything. All of the sudden the remnant power left behind by Shen Jueyang resting in the main altar woke up.
The Shura God smiles, "You shouldn’t look for too long."
A cold voice resounds in the area, "How long are you going to stare at her!?"
The power of the sun flared in the main altar making the Water God flatter and even the Water Mirror that shows Yue Xuexia’s image shatters.
Burst!
"Hot! What the hell is wrong with you, Sun?!" Complained to the Wind God who got a bit burned by the water mirror bursting from heat caused by the Sun God.
This God of Sun is none other than a wisp of the Immortal Sun Emperor’s soul.
"You keep on staring at this emperor’s empress. You don’t want your eyes anymore!" The Sun God said.
Only then did the other divinities recall that the Moon Goddess is the other half of the Immortal Sun Emperor.
The Shura God spoke, "However, the former Moon Goddess who is your empress seems to be dead."
Even the hotheadedness of the Sun God would calm down before the Shura God. Among the Gods, there is a so-called stage. The weakest ones were called Minor Gods. These are newly ascended true gods whose minimum realm was at Mahayama Realm.
Minor Gods: Mahayama [Void Refining] Realm
Creation Gods: God King [Integration] Realm
Ancient Gods: Imperial [Mastery] Realm
Primordial Gods: Tribulation [Aureola] Realm
Those Gods who control the elements are called Minor Gods. Those who control a part of the world are called Creation Gods. Those who rule are called Imperial and call themselves Emperor. They have rings around them but those look more like a crown instead of halos. Primordial Gods are like the oldest kind of gods which is also considered the origin.
The Sun God is one of the Ancient Gods and the Shura God is one of the Primordial ones. Wind, Water, Earth and Fire Gods are Minor Gods while Nature, Sea, Sky, Light, Dark etc. are Creation Gods.
Minor Gods: Water, Wind, Earth, Fire, Metal, Light, Dark, Ice, Poison, etc.
Creation Gods: Nature, Sea, Sky, Lava, Seasons, Disaster, Mythical Creatures etc.
Ancient Gods: Sun, Moon, Star, Wisdom, War, Space, Blood
Primordial Gods: Shura, Deva (Holy), Death, Life, Time, Dimension, Judgement and Punishment, Chaos and Destruction
The Sun God spoke, "Lord Shura, even though she had reincarnated she is still my empress."
"Hm~ Is that so? But this young lady, her heart is sealed. Unless you get it unsealed with the Heavenly Dao, it’s impossible for her to love you again. Moreover, this time... it seems to be you who had fallen for her. With your past karma, it would be hard to get her love for the second time," said the Shura God.
The Sun God said, "Even so... she is my wife."
"Heh~ well if you say so. She will definitely be my successor in the future. Will you still be able to accept her if her standing is higher than yours?" The Shura God asked.
The Sun God responded without hesitation, "Of course. If I am not enough... I just have to get as strong as her!"
When these words were spoken another Primordial God seemed to become interested in his words. The Deva who was always with Shura but silent as always. Shura noticed her movements and his smile widened even more.
The Shura God said, "I see. Let’s just hope your main soul do as your says~"
At this moment, neither Shen Jueyang or Yue Xuexia knew about the interests of these gods waiting at the main altar and this conversation.
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Back to the Mermaid Clan’s Territory
Looking around the land where the mermaids live, everyone noticed that it’s similar to the human world. The stalls and stores including the houses and buildings were made of corals and shells of all kinds of shapes. The poor ones can only live in something similar to stone caves. The expenditures within this place are quite expensive especially for those of another race as pearls itself were rare for those who live on land.
But for the trial takers who ranked in the top ten, they can live in this place with luxury. That’s how much pearls they had collected. Seeing how large the group is, including the fact that there is a lady and a child in the group, they just couldn’t live in stone caves. Tan Bingyu had rented a huge clam manor for a year which caused a few pearls which the group had gathered.
They had chosen the location with the purest vein of qi for better location as they cultivate. With Yue Huashui with them, the mermaid unexpectedly gave them a huge discount especially after showing the scale from the stone mermaid above ground.
The mermaid merchant who just received the pearls as payment was all smiles at Yue Huashui.
"The payment had been accepted. This manor is yours for a whole year. Thank you for your patronage~"
For now, the group had temporarily settled within the Mermaid Clan’s Territory.