A weak and evil woman was exiled? The beastly husbands risked their lives to protect her

Chapter 447 So you had already fallen for him all along?!

"What do you mean?"

The man's icy breath, damp and venomous like a snake, pressed against the back of Jiang Xinli's neck, sending a shiver down her spine.

If she hadn't forced herself to remain still, several scarlet dodder vines would have already shot out and pierced the dangerous man who was tightly binding her from behind.

"You'll find out soon enough." Ling Yuan's voice was extremely low, like countless icy blades brushing against her ear.

He gently lifted his fingers, gripping her chin and forcing her to look forward.

"Now, Miss Xinli, I need to introduce you to my younger brother first."

"Him?" Jiang Xinli looked up and her breath hitched.

Behind the dark red net of runes, a huge black shadow slowly emerged from the thick fog.

Eight giant black tentacles covered with suckers slowly wriggled in the thick fog.

Although she couldn't see his eyes, Jiang Xinli could clearly feel a cold gaze, as if it could penetrate everything and was staring intently at her.

To be precise, he was staring intently at the faintly glowing gray water-repelling bead on her chest.

Although she had a premonition, seeing it with her own eyes still made Jiang Xinli's heart jump into her throat.

For some reason, the terrifying beings from the Cthulhu Mythos came to mind.

Those chilling, all-consuming abyssal monsters!

Jiang Xinli gasped:
"Is this the legendary octopus prince, C'Thun, who has been missing for hundreds of years?"

"Yes."

"Does His Highness Yunbo know he's here?"

"know."

"Since Your Highness Yunbo and you know he is here, why don't you take him back to the Deep Sea Territory?"

"It's not that we don't want to, it's that we can't." Ling Yuan's eyes were cold and piercing.
“He was chosen as a vessel by that being when he was very young. Therefore, once he leaves this cage, it will be a second catastrophe for the entire sea race.”

Jiang Xinli frowned.

What Lingyuan said was very different from what she knew.

She said, "Now that we've seen you, let's go back."

"Miss Xinli, don't worry." Lingyuan grabbed her wrist and stood up on the back of the great white shark.

He took her hand in his and kissed it.
"Miss Xinli, everything I do from now on is to save you."

"Save me?" Jiang Xinli glanced at him, her expression full of doubt.

Ling Yuan didn't offer any further explanation.

With a flick of his finger, the dark purple high-grade water-repelling bead rose up.

"Whoosh!" It streaked across the dark seawater, shooting straight at the giant net covered in red runes.

"Sizzle!" A piercing crackling sound of electricity rang out, and the large net lit up with dazzling electric light in purple, red, and black.

At the edge of the abyss, a massive black shadow let out a suppressed, low roar.

He suddenly opened his bloodshot crimson eyes, and his eight giant tentacles surged violently, lunging at the rune-covered net with astonishing force.

After tracing a smooth arc in the seawater, the water-repelling pearl gracefully returned to Lingyuan's hand.

“Miss Xinli probably doesn’t know that the Water-Repelling Pearl, which carries the aura and essence of Yunbo, can open anything in the deep sea, including this abyssal cage that has imprisoned C'Thun for hundreds of years.”

The water-repelling bead, gleaming with a cold, dark purple light, was silently twirled between his fingertips before being put away.

"He actually gave you this rare and precious water-repelling pearl, Miss Xinli—"

Ling Yuan chuckled softly, his tall figure moving a few steps closer to her:

"He must have known your identity all along, right?"

Jiang Xinli turned her head to the side, her tone indifferent, "Your Highness Lingyuan, I don't understand what you're talking about?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, but Miss Xinli should have seen those royal coffins in the Holy Tomb."

Do you know why there were land-dwelling limbs on the corpses of the sea-dwelling royalty inside?

Before Jiang Xinli could answer, he continued, "Those land-dwelling limbs are the remnants of females who previously intermarried with the sea-dwelling royal family." Jiang Xinli held her breath.

She had actually guessed some of this long ago, but hadn't confirmed it.

"In nature, some females will eat each other during or after mating."

For example, the praying mantis and the black widow spider on land.

Those males that are smaller in size are generally regarded by females as a high-quality "protein supplement".

In the deep sea, male anglerfish will bite the female during mating and become a permanent parasite.

That person took advantage of this point and transferred the entire ancient ritual to the male sea creature through the laws of nature.

The information about the sacred tomb of the Sea Clan royal family comes from this.

Jiang Xinli frowned:
"So, after a male sea creature and a male land creature mate, the male sea creature will bite the female land creature and become a permanent parasite?"

No wonder he was so confident that the shark would help her eat the snake.

"Exactly. To be precise, the female does not die immediately, but rather slowly."

They will retain some consciousness and emotions.

This awareness and emotion become intense and powerful because of everything the male does, an act akin to betrayal.

"The sacred tree and that one need to draw emotional energy. The male in the sacred tomb is more like an emotional converter."

"He probably never told you these things, and he probably wouldn't dare to tell you."

After Ling Yuan finished speaking, he grasped Jiang Xinli's wrist, which was covered in octopus-shaped hairpins:

"Miss Xinli's octopus has changed color. Most likely, it's because she's fallen for my mermaid brother, who's extremely good at disguising himself."

He smiled jokingly, "Does Miss Xinli know that my mermaid brother has a special ability that Miss Xinli would never know?"

"what?"

"Mind reading."

"Yun Bo has the ability to read minds, to read the minds of everyone within a certain range."

Ling Yuan glanced at her, "Miss Xinli is entangled with him day and night, don't you realize something is wrong?"

Yunbo's ability to read minds was discovered by the snake-woman last night, who then told him about it.

Although Lingyuan didn't understand how she knew.

But he knew that telling Jiang Xinli when her relationship with Yun Bo was deepening and they were about to get married would be the most effective way to do so.

It is inherently difficult for land-dwelling and sea-dwelling peoples to trust each other.

Once the seed of doubt is planted, it will quickly take root and sprout.

What he needs is to add fuel to the fire.

Moreover, Jiang Wanwan knew that the females of the Lu clan were sacrificial offerings.

Jiang Xinli, with her more intelligent mind, should know this even better.

"To have your thoughts constantly scrutinized by your spouse, yet they can pretend nothing's happening," Ling Yuan clicked his tongue. "Isn't that... chilling?"

Jiang Xinli knew that Ling Yuan was deliberately sowing discord, but the fact that Yun Bo had mind-reading abilities still made her heart sink.

So, he probably knew her and Jiang Wanwan's identities from the very beginning.

It's a shame she acted for so long.
Jiang Xinli admitted that her relationship with Yun Bo was mostly just a fling.

But upon learning that he possessed mind-reading abilities, she still felt inexplicably sad.

The octopus on my wrist suddenly glowed with a ghostly light.

It was a color she had never seen before.

Ling Yuan glanced at the emotional fluctuation value that suddenly appeared above her head, his eyes dark and unfathomable:

"I never expected that Miss Xinli had already fallen in love with him."

(End of this chapter)