Startled by these words, Fu Yuan glanced instinctively at Jiang Yunnuan.
At the sight, Jiang Yunnuan scoffed, indignantly shoving his hand away. Then, she raised her leg and aid a vicious kick at him.
"What? Feeling tempted? Then go ahead, stay here and have children with your rfolk Princess."
He caught her ankle, a small smile playing on his lips as he pulled her into his arms.
"Jealous?"
"Jealous my ass. Have you forgotten? Our contract is one of equals. You can perform a Contract Termination at any ti and send back to the surface. As for you, do whatever you want—whether that’s staying here to be the Sea Emperor or marrying the rfolk Princess."
’Make her jealous? Not a chance.’
’Her only regret now was coming down here with this bastard. She couldn’t even get back to the surface without having to ask him for help.’
Fu Yuan felt a pang of anger.
’Does this heartless woman really not care about at all?’
"Is that what you really think?"
"Yes, that’s exactly what I think! Now let go of !"
Radiating pure irritation, she shoved at him, struggling restlessly to break free from his arms.
No matter how he looked at it, she was clearly saying the opposite of what she felt. Frowning, Fu Yuan scoffed.
"So stubborn. Would it kill you to say sothing sweet to humor ?"
’Would it kill ?’
’Yes, it would kill !’
Enraged, Jiang Yunnuan tried to slap his face. Unsurprisingly, he caught her wrist.
"Why are you trying to hit ?" he asked, displeased.
"I’m hitting you, you shaless bastard! You’re already thinking about having kids with soone else, yet you still want to say sweet things to humor you? How can you be so shaless? It’s been a long ti since I’ve seen soone who wants to have their cake and eat it too!"
Fu Yuan: "..."
"When did I say I wanted that?"
"You didn’t want to have kids with soone else? Or you didn’t want to say sweet things to humor you? Hmm? Go on, tell !"
Seeing how utterly furious she was, Fu Yuan felt a headache coming on, and his heart filled with deep regret.
’I shouldn’t have deliberately provoked her just to see her get jealous.’
’If I had just refused them from the start, things wouldn’t have gotten to this point.’
「Below.」
The mbers of the rmaid Clan were still waiting for a reply when they suddenly saw the honored one getting an earful from the exquisite, beautiful Human Clan woman beside him, followed by a flurry of punches and kicks. The rfolk were all dumbfounded.
Then, they grabbed their popcorn and settled in to watch the drama.
"Royal Father, what do you think their relationship is? Could that beautiful human woman be his mate?"
The rfolk Prince leaned in close to the rfolk King, his voice low with curiosity, his amber eyes fixed on Jiang Yunnuan.
He had seen many won of the Human Clan, but never one so beautiful. She was stunning, with an aura that seed sacred and inviolable. For a mont, he thought he was looking at the legendary Goddess.
Hearing this, the rfolk King’s heart sank. He shook his head. "I don’t know. But I hope not."
It is said that among the Human Clan, males and females can form a contract where the female is the Master of Contract and the male is the servant. If they are partners, then the future Sea Emperor would be unable to defy the contract to sire a bloodline for the rmaid Clan.
’Wouldn’t that an his grand plan to evolve the rmaid Clan’s bloodline would be ruined?’
The more he thought about it, the more his heart sank. Mustering his courage, he pressed on.
"Excuse , Honored One, have you reached a decision?"
Fu Yuan was just wondering how to appease Jiang Yunnuan, and this clueless rfolk King had just walked right into the line of fire. Fu Yuan scoffed, deciding to make an example of him.
"There is nothing to consider. I will not marry any rfolk Princess, nor will I ever allow the rmaid Clan to get its hands on my bloodline. You’d best give up on that idea right now."
"As for the Heart of the Ocean, it chose of its own volition. Your rmaid Clan did not hand it over to . Therefore, I do not need to compensate you for anything. If you’re not satisfied, then by all ans, let’s compete for it fairly."
As he spoke, he waved his hand. The Heart of the Ocean, as if summoned, flew straight over. Upon reaching him, it transford into a streak of light and vanished into his brow.
Witnessing this, the rfolk stamped their feet in frustration, but there was nothing they could do.
Although they were nurous and had many mbers with high Cultivation, they were all subject to bloodline suppression. In Fu Yuan’s presence, they couldn’t use even a sliver of their power and were incapable of harming him in any way.
"Your Majesty, Elder, what do we do? Are we just going to stand by and watch him take the Heart of the Ocean and refuse to sire a bloodline for our rmaid Clan? We’ll end up with nothing!"
An elderly rfolk stepped forward, his voice filled with indignation.
’To think that sothing from beneath our royal palace was just taken away like this... It’s infuriating!’
"What else can we do? We have no bargaining chips. We can’t stop him!"
Besides, the Heart of the Ocean wasn’t really theirs to begin with.
Their ancestors had simply known the whereabouts of the Heart of the Ocean and built this palace here, hoping to lie in wait for a lucky opportunity. They had hoped that one day, soone with incredible luck would be able to acquire and refine it.
Unfortunately, after guarding it for so many years, they were still beaten to it by an outsider.
What’s ant to be will be; you can’t force what isn’t.
As it turned out, you simply couldn’t force sothing that was never ant to be yours.
"Robbers! They’re nothing but robbers! WAAAH! Our rmaid Clan’s Heart of the Ocean... stolen by robbers just like that! Where can we even go to plead our case...?"
The elderly rfolk pounded the ground and began to wail, and though he didn’t shed a single tear, he successfully caught Jiang Yunnuan’s attention.
Jiang Yunnuan felt a pang of awkwardness, guilt, and sha.
Even though she knew the Heart of the Ocean had chosen Fu Yuan on its own and that they hadn’t done anything wrong, she still felt a bit bad for the rmaid Clan.
After a mont’s thought, with a flick of her finger, she retrieved two bottles of Innate Spirit Water from her storage space and tossed them in front of the rfolk.
"This is good stuff. Consider it your compensation."
"You’re trying to trick us, human. How can this be anything special? Isn’t it just water?"
The rfolk Princess took the bottles and looked at Jiang Yunnuan with curiosity.
Jiang Yunnuan laughed. "Anyway, I’ve given them to you. My part is done. Whether you believe or not is your business. Throw them away for all I care—it’s up to you."
"If the pretty lady says it’s good stuff, then it must be good stuff! I believe you, Miss! I’ll take this water."
The rfolk Prince quickly reached out, snatched the bottles from his sister’s hands, and looked at Jiang Yunnuan with a wide grin.
Jiang Yunnuan gave him a generous thumbs-up. "You’ve got a good eye!" she praised.
Elated by the praise, the rfolk Prince grew bolder and couldn’t resist recomnding himself.
"Hello, Miss. My na is Jiang Li, and I’m nineteen years old. I’ve heard that you human won can take on multiple Contractors. Are you in need of another one?"
"What do you think of ? I can cry tears into pearls, you know. And I have two of them... plus a lot of other strong points. Do you want to hear them? I can tell you everything..."
Jiang Yunnuan’s eyes widened in shock.
’Are all rfolk this forward?’
’How can he just say sothing like that out loud?’
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