"But... my tribe was punished by the Wangshu Moon God because of this, brought into the Moon God's Grotto Heaven, while I luckily escaped the calamity and fell asleep in the small Grotto Heaven transformed from the tribe's treasure."

"Until the Sinking Sea Shell I was sleeping in was sent here to you, I was awakened by the Divine Power of the Moon God, but I dared not appear.

So I hid away until I felt the celestial presence on you through the seawater."

After she... or rather he finished speaking, he directly knelt down, not daring to plead for anything.

"Is that so?"

Li Ye frowned slightly.

"I will verify whether what you say is true or false—now, tell me the name of that celestial elder, and I shall invite them to discuss this."

The Little Merfolk knew he couldn't avoid this matter.

So he reported a name.

Li Ye was taken aback upon hearing this name, and then instructed the Spiritual Mechanism Vine to seal the area, while he turned and returned to the Spiritual Fertility Hall.

The Deacon Wei, who had been waiting there for some time, noticed Li Ye's odd expression and asked:

"Is there a problem? You look a bit troubled."

Li Ye clasped his hands respectfully: "The effect of the Weichuan Primordial Water is excellent, so there are naturally no problems with it; my trouble is of a different matter—Deacon Wei, could you possibly introduce me to Senior Qisui?"

Upon hearing this.

Deacon Wei gave Li Ye a deep look.

"You wish to investigate about the Merfolk Race? Why not ask me directly?"

"Ah?"

This left Li Ye confused.

"You also know about the Merfolk Race?"

Upon hearing this, Deacon Wei showed a subtle smile, pointed to the table, then sat down and began to speak:

"Naturally."

"Because that so-called Moon Soul Horror Curse is actually a special Spirit Pattern given to the Merfolk Race by Sister Wangshu, which their ancestors desperately begged for."

The Deacon Wei, who grew alongside the Four Seasons Sect, revealed secrets unknown to most Nascent Soul cultivators to Li Ye:

"The Merfolk Race has worshipped the moon and conceived under it since ancient times."

"Actually, their path of reincarnation is to return to the moonlight of Wangshu, then during the Moon Worship ritual, Wangshu bestows them again, which is completely different from us going to Dusuo Mountain."

"In such cycles, their souls have already accumulated countless Taiyin Moon Power, and the purer the bloodline, the purer the soul, the more affected they are."

"So Wangshu inscribed the Moon Soul Horror Curse upon them through a certain method, but for unknown reasons, it was originally good, yet over time and with bloodline transmission, a rift formed between them and Wangshu.

Thus, the Moon Soul Horror Curse turned into a curse of death and the destruction of spiritual power and divine techniques."

After he finished, Deacon Wei also sighed.

In truth, many things can be resolved with timely communication, yet the "conflict" between the Merfolk Race and Wangshu had intensified to such an extent due to coincidences on both sides.

The deity who once sheltered the Merfolk Race had now become an unmentionable taboo, while the still-slumbering Wangshu continued to protect her kin with moonlight, but the Merfolk Race moved to the East Pole Yang Sea to sever the moonlight's comfort.

"..."

Honestly, this truth left Li Ye feeling a sense of disorientation.

So it was like this.

No wonder he always felt that the power of the Moon Soul Horror Curse was somewhat peculiar, and such bloodline purification divine techniques are rare.

Yet, didn't the Wangshu Moon God clearly tell him before about wanting the Flint Fire Crystal Insect and Silver Moon Grass as her familiars? She even created the Suiyue Crystal Butterfly, a strange Spirit Beast.

Deacon Wei saw through Li Ye's confusion:

"That wasn't her consciousness, just a Divine Thought."

"However... she is about to wake up soon, thanks to those Wangshu Jade Rabbits you nurtured."

"They are diligently chopping away the laurel entangled around Wangshu's Divine Body, and it should soon yield results."

He extended a hand and lightly waved it.

Instantly, a very clear scene appeared before Li Ye: there stood a gigantic laurel tree that seemed to connect the heavens and the earth, its silver trunk adorned with golden blossoms.

A group of moon rabbits were laboriously wielding axes against it without pause, and with each chop, there was a certain chance that a peculiar spiritual power would emanate from the laurel tree, filling it with renewed vitality.

"The reason I've told you about the origins of the Moon Soul Horror Curse is due to Wangshu's indication, including the celestial being you asked about, who was arranged by her back then.

She wants to ask if you have any solutions?"

Deacon Wei withdrew his power, directly stating: "If you solve this matter, not to mention anything else, at the very least, you can be sure to gain the power of the Moonlight Grotto Heaven."

"The four seasons rotate, sun and moon are distinct, by then your Cave Mansion will definitely undergo a significant transformation."

Li Ye: "..."

Isn't this overestimating me a bit?

So many predecessors failed to solve this problem, and now it's handed to him, even with a "Golden Finger" cheat, Li Ye felt a mountain of pressure.

But, he was indeed tempted.

The four seasons and the sun and moon are necessary for the advancement of his Cave Mansion, and the moon promised by Wangshu should be the best moon he could acquire.

He should indeed strive for it.

What if it succeeds?

It wouldn't just be about owning treasures; it would also mean the entire Merfolk Race owes him a debt, and he could improve his favorability with Wangshu.

An absolutely one hundred percent beneficial endeavor.

So he had no choice but to clasp his hands and say: "Then I will attempt it; if I truly fail, it will be due to my limited abilities, and I hope the Grandmaster can teach me more."

"Naturally."

Deacon Wei smiled and handed a Jade Scroll to Li Ye, then leisurely left.

After he left.

Li Ye placed the Jade Scroll on his forehead for a brief inspection.

Instantly, a peculiar look flowed through his eyes—a technique for reversing Yin and Yang, or rather a Spirit Pattern, that the celestial elder had originally used to aid the Little Merfolk was contained within.

This means the Spirit Pattern is indeed removable.

...

He returned to his Cave Mansion.

Straightforwardly, he said to the Little Merfolk:

"I can help you restore your original form."

"And also attempt to alleviate the effects of the Moon Soul Horror Curse; this process might be painful, can you endure it?"

This surprise came quite suddenly.

After a brief shock, the Little Merfolk immediately nodded: "I am willing!"

"..."

"Then let us begin."

"Do not resist."

Li Ye waved his hand at him.

Countless ephemeral Immortal Lights belonging to a Celestial Being instantly bound him tightly; then Li Ye meticulously examined using the Observing Spirit wonderful method.

He indeed spotted the reversed spinning Yin Yang Fish somewhere on his body.

The Yin Yang Fish, made up of the Immortal Light of a Celestial Being, could not be detected by ordinary people, and even Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't touch it without special means.

But for Li Ye, resolving it was quite straightforward.

As a Celestial Being himself, even though he hadn't fully transformed yet, he could easily interact with it with a mere tap on the Yin Yang node of the Yin Yang Diagram.

"Drip~"

The previously reversed Yin Yang Diagram instantly returned to its original state.

The Little Merfolk also transformed from a female form back to a male form—though the Merfolk Race was exceedingly beautiful, there is still a difference between the beauty of males and females.

Originally, he was delicately like shattered moonlight; now, he exudes a refined yet heroic aura, with unchanged features but a wholly different presence.

Yet, just as it was undone.

The Moon Soul Horror Curse at his forehead began to act up.

Countless silver threads emerged from the curse script, slowly spreading across his entire body until the skin's surface was densely laced with threads.

Moonlight.

It rose from an unknown source.

Forming a clear spring beneath him and a full moon above—it flowed upwards washing him; moonlight trickled downward, both frantically purifying his bloodline.

But the price was that his Mana, divine techniques, spiritual power, even consciousness, all gradually weakened under the combined scour of the moonlight and spring.

The long-suppressed Moon Soul Horror Curse suddenly triggered.

The cost was.

This Little Merfolk was about to perish.

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