Chapter 536: 536: Hall of Water’s Trial (21)
The sudden arrival of the stone mermaid and her jumping at Yue Huashui caught everyone surprised, the surging powerful qi from before had disappeared which made them more relaxed than before. It seems a lot of them noticed the disturbance in the water around them making them a bit nervous.
"Hah~ that was something. Did the air get heavy a few minutes ago?"
Someone from the crowd said. It seems that it wasn’t only those who were sensitive who noticed it but also the others. They are now looking at the struggling Yue Huashui pressed on the stone mermaid’s bountiful chest.
Xue Renxue said, "Though it is not my right to say this... I think that brat is dying."
He pointed at Yue Huashui who was slowly not moving due lack of air. The stone mermaid pulled the little off her chest and saw his pale face. He was lacking oxygen and his face almost turned purple.
She panicked and said, "S-Sorry... I move before thinking. Are you alright, little one?"
"...I’m... fine. I think," Yue Huashui responded.
Everyone who was feeling relaxed finally recalled the words the stone mermaid had said upon her arrival. Tan Bingyu approached Yue Huashui to talk about what just happened.
Tan Bingyu said, "Shuishui, didn’t aunt say not to overdo it?"
Yue Huashui, this sentient blue lotus flower spirit, looked bewildered as he tried to control his qi and noticed that his usual aura is unexpectedly much more powerful than he controlled before.
"That’s weird. I’m sure I am only using enough qi to control my flowers from blooming. What just happened? I suddenly feel that my current qi has increased all of a sudden," said Yue Huashui as he looked confused.
It was only when the silver pillar of light from above fell on to them that Yue Huashui instinctively raised his head and saw the evening sky with the full moon overlooking them. Yue Huashui immediately understood the reason why his powers suddenly increased.
"Full Moon! I didn’t notice night had arrived and forgot to adjust my qi accordingly," said the sentient blue lotus flower spirit, Yue Huashui said. "Mom said that my power would surge into another realm temporarily at full moon. Half the realm increases at half moon and a quarter realm increases at crescent moon."
Everyone was amazed by what they just heard and checked on the little one’s aura trying to see through his realm. If he was only early Yuanying realm this morning, right now at this moment, they couldn’t see through his realm but they can feel the pressure his aura is emitting making them nervous.
Aside from Yue Huashui there is only one person who received the same blessing from the Moon Goddess. Tan Shenyu and Tan Huangyu looked at Tan Bingyu and tried to see through her strength and received a backlash making them suffer a bit of injury as they coughed a bit of blood.
Xue Renxue upon seeing his future father-in-law and grandfather-in-law’s state of coughing blood didn’t try to see through his dao companion’s cultivation realm with his eyes and instead asked her directly.
"Bing’er, you’ve also had the same blessing, right? You are in the Peak Yuanying realm, a whole realm temporarily increasing... Does that mean you are at Peak Huashen Realm?" Xue Renxue asked.
Tan Bingyu didn’t notice it until her partner mentioned it. She checked on her current realm and felt a lot stronger than usual. However, she feels that this is indeed temporary.
She said, "Peak Huashen Realm might be impossible but... I can now see through her cultivation realm."
She looked at the stone mermaid. "The Peak Yuanying Realm from before was fake. You are... Huashen. An Early Huashen Realm Cultivator. Also, I heard the mermaids calling you princess. Are you one of the Heirs of the Mermaid Clan, a mermaid princess?"
The Stone Mermaid didn’t expect to be exposed this early. However, if she didn’t arrive on time, Yue Huashui might accidentally destroy their whole territory.
She said, "I didn’t expect to be busted this early. Well, it’s not like I can watch my home explode. Sigh! You are right, I am one of the Heirs of the mermaid clan. My name is Serene. The third princess, Serene Oceans."
"However, you can only invite me into a fight only after you defeat everyone in this arena. I just hope you won’t kill any of them and not overdo it as well. Even though I said that, there are already two among you who can compete against me."
"Yue Huashui and Tan Bingyu. These two who had temporary realms at Huashen, you can invite me for individual battles due to our realm being on the same stage."
"What do you think? Are you up for it? If you do, I can only fight one of you and the stage will be the area above this territory."
After the introduction of the stone mermaid who is also the third princess of the mermaid clan, they truly didn’t expect such a young mermaid princess to be at Huashen Realm herself. However, despite being in this realm, the Water God didn’t seem to have chosen her as his heir.
Tan Bingyu noticed this fact and couldn’t help but ask the mermaid princess.
She asked, "You are already at Huashen Realm. How come you couldn’t receive the legacy of the divinity of water?"
The mermaid princess, Serene Oceans, smiled as if she already expected them asking this question. Though it was a bit disappointing that she couldn’t receive the legacy of their beloved god. They couldn’t blame him for that. The fact that her talents are limited, she couldn’t blame the Water God for it.
Princess Serene answered Tan Bingyu’s question.
She said, "Just because you’ve reached Huashen Realm doesn’t mean you can accept any legacies left behind by the divinities. To become their successor, there are three things you must have: First is affinity and compatibility. Second one is the extent of your talents and finally, third you have to be fated for it."
"Among the three requirements the third one is the hardest to achieve. Fate is not fixed yet also destined. Without you having fate with something regardless of how powerful you are, or how talented you are born with, without the support from fate you cannot have what is not destined to be yours."
"It just so happened that no one from the mermaid clan is fated to be the God of Water’s successor. At most, I can only become his apostle."
"Is there a difference between a successor and an apostle?" Monk Hu Gu asked.
Mermaid Princess Serene said, "This other monk by your side seems to understand the difference between the two."
"The fate to reach ascension higher than Huashen Realm and a realm limited by fate," said Monk Hu Ren.
Princess Serene said, "That’s right. I wouldn’t have reached Huashen Realm without the Water God’s blessing. This is my fate and also my limit."
Xing Suiri asked, "Then with the blessing of the Moon Goddess are the limits of Shuishui and Princess Tan also finite as well?"
"No. They indeed received a blessing but that is not because they are the Goddess of the Moon’s apostle. What they received is a blessing not to help them achieve their breakthrough but... A blessing that allowed them to wield the power of the moon. Their blessings had no limits. As long as the Moon Goddess allows them to, they would be able to borrow her powers as much as their vessel can bear. This is a kind of blessing the divinities give to their aides or family." The Mermaid Princess explained.
Xia Baiyu commented, "Indeed. Their blessing is a bit absurd. Though it is known that night is the domain of the Goddess of the Moon, a whole realm’s increase in strength is simply. Unfair~ especially the difference between Nascent Soul Realm and God Transformation Realm are no different from Heaven and Earth."
"I have answered all your questions. It is now time for you to give me your answers. To fight or not to fight?" The Mermaid Princess Serene Oceans asked.
Tan Bingyu and Yue Huashui said, "I’m afraid I have to decline."
Everyone in the crowd, especially the Mermaid Princess, didn’t expect this answer. After all, it can be said that Tan Bingyu and Yue Huashui are at the most advantage with their current state.
Princess Serene asked, "W-Why? Isn’t this your greatest opportunity to complete both trials?!"
"Shuishui hates cheating. I want to fight with you and with everyone at my real level. Plus, this is a strength that can only be used when defeating and killing an enemy," said Yue Huashui.
Tan Bingyu also said, "Shuishui is correct. Though defeating you with this power can indeed be done. This is more like the Mistress is the one who defeats you and not me. The trial cannot be complete like that."
"In the first place, if we agree to fight you in our current realm, we would be disqualified and our trial will be a failure. This blessing cannot be used against you. You are not a target to be killed after all," said Tan Bingyu.
A smile appeared on the Mermaid Princess’s face, it looked like a smile but wasn’t a true one.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
"You are quite keen on details. You saw through the traps with my words~" said Princess Serene.