Chapter 1452: Merfolk Tears 2
Chapter 1452: Merfolk Tears 2
"Lu, Zi, look, that ugly Rita bullied me." Hu Linglong’s face was filled with tears.
Lu shrugged, he had never been interested in women’s fights, and besides, he disliked Hu Linglong’s pretentious nature.
That Rita looked like a big fool, always seeming to be bullied, Hu Linglong not bullying her would be a surprise.
Seeing Lu ignoring her, Hu Linglong tearfully looked at Zi.
"Get lost, ugly." Zi glared at Hu Linglong, his lips moving slightly.
When Hu Linglong heard the words "ugly," she froze.
"You say I’m ugly? Rita is the real ugly one." Hu Linglong had never been called ugly to her face before.
"She looks better than you." Zi looked indifferent and walked away.
"I look better than Hu Linglong?" At that moment, Rita felt as if her whole world brightened.
Years later, Rita could clearly remember Zi’s words.
She looks better than Hu Linglong.
Although Rita couldn’t understand why Zi would lie with his eyes wide open.
Because anyone with eyes knew Hu Linglong was one of the renowned beauties in the Sky Fox Tribe.
However, Rita never expected to hear the same words years later, spoken not by Zi but by another woman from the Sky Fox Tribe, Yun Sheng.
That woman was one of the few Rita had seen who was even prettier than Hu Linglong.
Because of Hu Linglong’s prior example, Rita naturally harbored hostility towards beautiful women.
Yet this Heavenly Fox mixed-blood woman named Yun Sheng evoked good feelings in her.
Especially since she was willing to help break the Inheritance Pillar and acquire the Bimong inheritance.
"Rita, can you tell me why you must obtain this insignificant inheritance?" Yun Sheng looked at Rita.
"Because I want to have beauty no less than Hu Linglong, only then would I have the right to stand beside Zi." Rita candidly confessed to Yun Sheng.
"You look better than Hu Linglong." Yun Sheng shrugged, her words made Rita pause.
"No, you are deceiving me, I’m an ugly fool." Rita smiled bitterly.
After that one time, Zi never spoke to Rita again.
Rita hoped to change her appearance and muster the courage to speak with Zi.
"Alright, I will help you obtain that inheritance, but you must remember, beauty and ugliness change with people’s hearts. One day you will understand what I mean." Yun Sheng helped Rita break the Inheritance Pillar, acquiring a Bimong inheritance that could alter one’s appearance called "Merfolk Tears."
Merfolk Tears inheritance was unique, requiring a sip of Mermaid Tears before each use, allowing transformation into a beautiful female mermaid.
However, Merfolk Tears had its taboos, it couldn’t change one’s voice, and when using the inheritance, Rita would become like a merfolk, unable to wield Bimong power. Once she did, Merfolk Tears would cease to work.
So despite acquiring "Merfolk Tears," Rita’s mother, Rita Clan Chief, consistently opposed its use.
Thus, Rita took the "Merfolk Tears" inheritance to participate in the Eight Desolate Clan Competition.
At the competition, she met Zi again.
Zi, as before, was indifferent upon seeing Rita, almost unrecognizing her.
This saddened Rita, further fueling her desire to use "Merfolk Tears" to change her appearance and attempt to approach Zi.
Unfortunately, Zi’s close relationship with Lu meant the two were inseparable, even at the Eight Desolate Clan Competition, leaving Rita without opportunity.
However, during a later challenge match, due to Yun Sheng’s involvement, Zi and Lu had a rare argument.
Zi seemed displeased, and after the challenge, he rode a unicorn away from Tianyong City alone.
Worried for Zi, Rita silently followed behind.
Zi went all the way to a lakeside outside the city, gazing at the lake with a hint of worry in his eyes.
Seeing this, Rita’s heart struggled, she took out a drop of Merfolk Tears and drank it.
Zi was feeling very irritable, he couldn’t understand why Lu seemed like a completely different person, could a woman truly be more important than their decade-long friendship?
"Who’s there?"
Hearing a disturbance, Zi became alert.
A woman emerged from the water, draped in wet blue gauze, with apricot eyes and willowy brows. Water droplets fell incessantly from her smooth face, her eyes clear and full of fright, she appeared like a goddess.
"Are you the merfolk living in the lake?" Zi glanced at the lake before looking at the fresh-as-water woman.
She nodded, then pointed at her throat, shaking her head.
"You’re mute?" Zi’s expression softened, he felt more sympathy towards the woman.
Zi had always disliked verbose women, and since this one was mute, he found peace.
The woman’s bright eyes blinked as she wrote a sentence on the ground.
"You think I’m unhappy?" Zi didn’t expect his emotions to be seen through by a stranger, the female mermaid. "Even though you’re mute, you’re pretty perceptive, yes, I argued with my best friend..."
Zi unknowingly shared the conflict between him and Lu.
He didn’t know why he revealed these things to someone he just met.
Possibly because he knew they were strangers, or because she was mute, she wouldn’t tell others.
"You say Lu is too taken with that Yun Sheng, a Heavenly Fox mixed, clearly fickle, she’ll eventually hurt Lu’s feelings." Zi snorted.
"You’re mistaken, perhaps your friend sees the potential outcome as harm, yet chooses it gladly. Moreover, even if it’s harm, it’s his choice, what’s it got to do with you?" The woman’s words starkly contrasted with her fragile appearance.
She pinpointed Zi’s core issue.
Zi was taken aback, he’d never considered it from that angle.
As the woman pointed out, with Lu willingly choosing, why should he meddle like a busybody?
Zi couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, realizing such a simple truth, he needed someone else to verbalize it. After speaking with the "female mermaid," Zi felt much better.
"Thank you, I owe tonight to you." With that, Zi mounted his unicorn and left. He didn’t introduce himself or ask the mermaid’s name, seeing their encounter as a one-time chance unlikely to repeat.