Chapter 2407: Lies Told, Sincerity Repaid

Zu An facepalmed. No matter how much the Dragon King liked the Mermaid Queen, there was no way he would show such a crude side of himself in front of his subordinates. 'The Mermaid Queen is the most beautiful!' was just too absurd a phrase to use. And yet this female assassin had actually believed such a ridiculous password?

The Mermaid Queen was extremely embarrassed already when she said the ‘password’. How could she have expected that the other side’s reaction would be one of surprise?

Still, she was a famed cultivator in her own right, so she reacted quickly and immediately made a hand seal. The surrounding water seemed to immediately solidify. The guard's alarm whistle was thus confined to a small space and couldn't reach the outside at all.

The Mermaid Queen's waist swayed, and her body drew a beautiful arc. Her fingers tapped against several guards’ bodies. They froze in place, and their weapons fell straight to the ground.

Since there had recently been an assassination attempt, the Dragon King hadn’t wanted any more mistakes and only sent elites to guard this place. Everything had happened so suddenly that the Mermaid Queen almost couldn't react in time. The fact that she was able to instantly condense a wall of water around them and stop most of the guards was already quite excellent. But in that short amount of time, she could only stop most, not all of them. Two guards had seen that the situation was unfavorable and started to run. Additionally, they were running straight in the direction of Zu An, the ‘stupid guard’.

The Mermaid Queen’s heart turned completely cold.

What stupid guard? The stupid one was clearly me. I actually believed his ridiculous words. He's definitely going to use this chance to escape with those two guards, and then he’ll contact all of the other guards in the Four Way Palace.

Once she was surrounded, things wouldn’t end well even though she was the Mermaid Queen. She would also be dragging the Mermaid race with her into disaster.

Just then, however, the stupid guard actually fought... with his foot. He stuck out his right leg and just happened to stop a guard who was running past him. The latter was caught off guard and tumbled to the ground.

The other guard was shocked and furious. He brandished his weapon straight at Zu An. The latter reflexively swung his sword at his waist to defend himself, but his blade was immediately sent flying.

This was the difference between an elite guard and an easily replaceable slacker!

“Heroine, save me~” Zu An exclaimed with a look of horror on his face as the weapon left his hands. As he tried to dodge the enemy’s ferocious attacks, he seemed to be experiencing the greatest danger of his life.

But it just so happened that while he was trying to avoid the second guard’s attack and staggered to the ground, he sat down on the waist of the guard who was just about to get back up. A pained expression appeared on the guard's face.

That wasn’t all. He just barely avoided any attacks while stepping on the guard's hand, then kicking him in the head. Even though the guard wanted to get up and help, he was interrupted several times.

The Mermaid Queen reacted quickly as well. She quickly rushed over and instantly restrained the two guards.

Huff huff...

Zu An’s palms were pressed against his knees, his body bent over as he gasped for breath. He said, “Thank you for saving me, heroine!”

The Mermaid Queen had a bit of doubt in her eyes when she looked at him. Even though this guy was being attacked mercilessly, he'd managed to avoid every single attack, and the other guard wasn’t able to get up the entire time.

This stupid fella isn’t acting like a pig to eat a tiger, is he?

Her expression turned cold and her sword stabbed straight at his neck. It was so fast that it was impossible to react against.

Zu An seemed to have been scared stupid. He just stared at her blankly without knowing if he should dodge at all.

When the sword stopped half an inch from his neck, the Mermaid Queen sighed in relief. Just now, she hadn’t shown any sign that she was going to attack, so it would’ve been very easy to take his life. If he really was hiding something, his cultivation instincts would’ve made him reflexively dodge. But he seemed to have been truly scared out of his wits.

Heroine... what are you doing?

Zu An sneered inwardly. Yan Xuehen had taught him the Unshakable Daoist Manual before. Not only could he completely hide his aura and killing intent, he'd also become extremely sensitive toward the enemy’s killing intent. This attack had seemed ferocious, but it was actually entirely without killing intent. It seemed to have just been meant to test him.

“You lied to me!” The Mermaid Queen’s eyes were extremely cold.

“I’m being accused unjustly! How could I dare lie to the heroine?” Zu An exclaimed.

“Hah, then what was the deal with that so-called password 'The Mermaid Queen is the most beautiful'?” Even though it had already happened, when she thought about how she'd just bragged about herself brazenly in front of those guards with absolute confidence, the Mermaid Queen felt so embarrassed that her toes were practically about to dig out an entirely new Dragon Palace in the ground. It wasn’t that easy for her to change into a pair of legs, but right now, all she could think of was that it would be fine even if she couldn't do so anymore.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Zu An did his best to maintain his smile, but he'd already thought of a countermeasure. “It’s mainly because I was threatened by the heroine, so I was worried that I would be killed if I wasn’t of any use. That’s why... That’s why...”

“That’s why you came up with a nonsensical password?” the Mermaid Queen hissed through gritted teeth. The worst part was that she'd actually believed that ridiculous password!

Zu An quickly raised his hands and said, “I didn’t make it up randomly! I'm just a guard who works on the outermost area and wouldn’t know the passwords used inside, but I heard them say that frequently, so I thought it was most likely the password. I didn’t expect it to be wrong...”

When she saw just how careful he was being, the Mermaid Queen found it a bit hard to even get angry.

These guards really do have too much time on their hands. They actually discuss things like that when no one is watching.

Just then, Zu An gave her a look before saying curiously, “The heroine is a capable and strong individual, so you must’ve seen the Mermaid Queen before. Is she really as beautiful as the rumors say?”

“I have, and she’s not all that. She’s the ugliest in the family,” the Mermaid Queen said with a cold snort. She hid the restrained guards in an empty room off to the side. Then, she turned around and continued deeper into the palace. With so many guards missing, someone would likely find out that something was off soon. She had to use every bit of time available to save the Peacock Princess.

Zu An followed behind her with a grin on his face.

Judging from her tone, it seems she really is the Mermaid Queen.

Sigh, I guess I really do have to interact with Shang Hongyu and Shang Liuyu’s ancestor. Why does this seem a bit strange?

“Why are you still following me?” The Mermaid Queen suddenly turned around to look at him coldly.

“I... Our agreement still hasn't been completed,” Zu An replied hurriedly.

The Mermaid Queen then remembered that he had to save his little sister. Her expression eased up a bit. After remaining silent for a moment, she said, “You’ll die, though.” She knew just how dangerous it was going to be. Someone as weak as this stupid guard was going to die for sure.

Zu An nodded. “I know. But for my little sister, I have no other choice.”

“The Aurora Poison Dragon lives in the Northern Sea and is known to be bloodthirsty. It is a notorious devil, but a hundred years ago, it suddenly vanished without a trace. Some say that it was killed by several clans who bore enmity against it and banded together, but I heard a different rumor. It was seriously injured in the past, but the North Sea Dragon King saved it, so it has been hiding under the North Sea Dragon King’s care this entire time, helping him take care of some shameful matters. From now on, you’re on your own.” After she spoke, the Mermaid Queen vanished into the distance. She clearly didn’t plan to bring any dead weight along.

When he saw her disappear, Zu An was a bit stunned. He released a light sigh. He'd only told her lies, and yet she'd only repaid him with sincerity.

Sincerity was impossible to win against after all.