Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Having not seen Mu Zhaisi return for a long time, Mu Qichun told Qingya to stay at home and went out to look for him.

"Miss Xi Shi, what are you doing here?"

Mu Qichun saw Ning Fusang leaning against the door and said in surprise.

Ning Fusang asked, "Are you going out?"

Then, he said to himself, "It's not safe tonight, you'd better not go out."

She figured Mu Zhai Si probably didn't want Mu Qi Chun to go either. The old lady had secrets she probably didn't want her daughter to know.

Ning Fusang wouldn't mind doing a favor by going along with it.

Mu Qichun felt that she was acting strangely today, and that her words had a hidden meaning, but she didn't have the mind to investigate further. Her father hadn't returned for so long, and she was worried about him.

"Miss Xi Shi, my father went for a walk after dinner and hasn't returned yet. I need to go look for him. Could you please look after Qing Ya for me?"

“I’m back,” she said.

The voice was so soft it was almost nonexistent. Mu Qichun looked up and saw a blurry figure walking in the night. Wasn't that her father?
"Dad? Why did you go for a walk for so long? It's already past midnight... Your trousers are wet, Dad, did you go to the beach?"

Mu Qichun nagged, "It gets dark at night, and the waves are big at the beach. What if you get swept away? You should probably stay home after dark from now on."

Mu Zhaisi's legs felt weak, and he placed his hand on Mu Qichun's arm to keep his expression from being too obvious. Mu Qichun noticed the cleaver in his hand, his eyes widened, and he whispered, "Father, weren't you taking a walk? What are you doing with a knife?"

She had never seen anyone carry a knife while taking a walk before, and her father's recent behavior was getting stranger and stranger.

Muzhai patted the back of her hand. "Come inside. You too, don't wander around outside at night, and don't go out to sea these days."

Mu Qichun took the machete; it was clean and bare. She placed it by the door.

As for Muzhai Si, she didn't think much of it. There had been a lot of trouble lately, and many people had died. Her father was probably worried that she would become one of them.

Mu Qichun didn't see Ning Fusang and assumed she had gone inside.

Coastside.

The girl stood against the wind, her ginger-yellow silk robe fluttering lightly, seemingly without any weight.

Bai Ni walked out from the sea.

Why did you just tell me to leave?

Ning Fusang said calmly, "There's no need to get involved with mortals. The fewer traces we leave, the safer we are."

That's the logic, but—

"Yao Ling, do you know that an old mortal man in Haiwan Village actually recognized my identity!" She was planning to find out the truth when she received Yao Ling's telepathic message.

Therefore, this cloud of doubt continues to shroud Bai Ni.

Ning Fusang roughly knew what was going on.

Mu Zhaisi is human, but Mu Qichun may have merman blood in her body. She heard from Qingya that Mu Qichun's mother died very young.

That woman must be a mermaid.

Therefore, Muzhai Si recognized the mermaid's blood-stained veil and always treated her with a cold and disdainful attitude.

Mu Qichun's mother must have told Mu Zhaisi that mermaids were on the Mirage Maiden's menu. The green bell under the eaves is a warning, indicating that the Mirage Maiden has arrived.

He was worried that Bai Ni was there to prey on his daughter, so he took a machete in order to scare away the mirage woman.

Muzhai Si was just an ordinary person with a slightly broader perspective than others. He had no idea about the abilities of the Mirage Woman. He probably thought that the Mirage Woman and the Mermaid were about the same level of strength.

But everyone on the mountain knew that the merfolk were a treasure trove, yet their strength was pitifully weak. Mokuzai equated the mirage woman with the gentle, water-like merfolk woman he knew, and, carrying a machete, went to guard the sea.

If Ning Fusang hadn't made Bai Ni leave, it would have been easier for Bai Ni to crush this mortal than to crush an ant.

After the two left the bay village, Bai Ni listened to her story and scoffed, "Why should I bother with a merman with impure blood? That old man is naive."

Ning Fusang lowered her eyes, lost in thought. "When offspring are born from a hybrid of human and merman races, will they lean towards the human or the merman race?"

“Naturally, it’s the human race,” Bai Ni said without hesitation.

"Have you ever seen a half-demon?" she asked. "The offspring of demons and humans are born with human bodies and do not need to cultivate and transform like demons. However, because their bloodline is impure, most of them are born with deficiencies and suffer from weak diseases."

"I've never met that old man's daughter. He's already in his sixties, and his daughter is probably not even as healthy as him. I, Bai Ni, am not so desperate as to be indiscriminate in my choice of partner..."

Ning Fusang shook her head: "Muzhaisi's daughter is very healthy. There are no traces of the merfolk in her."

That's why she asked Bai Ni which side the offspring born from the union of a merman and a human would lean more towards.

Mu Qichun looked exactly like a human, except that her hands were a little cold.

Bai Ni said, "How could someone who is half-human and half-human have no merfolk characteristics at all, unless she has completely become human?"

"Completely become human?" Ning Fusang had never heard such a statement before, nor had she seen such words in ancient books.

Bai Ni thought for a moment and said, "It's not accurate to say that you've completely turned into a human. Anyway, that's roughly it. The merfolk have an ancient secret technique called the Floating Bubble Forbidden Technique. Once you use this technique, you can never turn back into a merfolk. I don't know where this secret technique came from, but the merfolk have not destroyed it."

In Bai Ni's view, using this secret technique meant abandoning the bloodline of the merfolk. It was already a miraculous thing that the merfolk could tolerate the existence of such a racially incompatible spell, let alone that it had been passed down.

"Since it's a forbidden technique, it must have side effects, right?"

Forbidden techniques are listed as forbidden because the cost is too high and they are not permitted. For example, the Soul Searching Technique can damage the sea of ​​consciousness, so righteous sects do not allow their disciples to learn it in private, which is why it is listed as a forbidden technique.

Is the only price of the Floating Bubble Forbidden Technique being irreversible?

What was the purpose of the person who created it?
To become human?

Ning Fusang couldn't understand it, but Bai Ni knew many secrets about the Merfolk and might be able to answer her questions.

"The forbidden technique of floating bubbles certainly comes at a price."

"The merfolk have long lifespans, taking two to three hundred years to reach adulthood, while the human race's lifespan is only one hundred years. Once they become human, their lifespan will be drastically reduced."

"And what are the benefits?"

The merman who created this spell couldn't have wanted to become human and die early to be reborn, could he?
Suicide is also an option.

There's no need to go through all that trouble.

Bai Ni said calmly, "After using the Floating Bubble Forbidden Technique, there are two scenarios. If one does not cultivate, one will be healthy, free from illness and disaster, and die peacefully in old age after a hundred years."

"If one cultivates, the mermaid pearl will slowly dissipate and merge into one's cultivation, progressing by leaps and bounds in a day. However, mermaids who use the forbidden technique of floating bubbles will suffer from heart palpitations."

Ning Fusang subconsciously thought of Zhu Bei. Her cultivation level was very abnormal, and she dared to appear openly in the residence of Luoxia Jushi. Was it because she used the forbidden technique of floating bubbles?
Bai Ni added, "Do you know why this technique is called the Floating Bubble Technique?"

Floating foam refers to bubbles on the water surface.

Life is like a floating bubble, and so is death.

"After they die, they have no bodies; they turn into sea foam, which dissipates at dawn."

(End of this chapter)