The daily life of a genius who enjoys gossip and cultivates immortality

Chapter 208 Sea Princess

"You are very beautiful too. My name is Cheng Jiu!"

Cheng Jiu looked at the demon in the lake. He had gotten up early today, had nothing to do, and didn't want to cultivate, so he sat idly in the courtyard.

The demon suddenly emerged from the pool; no one knew where she came from.

"I know you!" The girl's eyes crinkled into a smile. "Lan Liu! You can call me Lan Liu!"

"The surname Lan? A member of the merfolk royal family?"

The most powerful branch of the sea monsters, the royal family of the Merfolk, has the surname Lan.

“After all, I am a princess!” Lan Liu said matter-of-factly, “You have only been in the demon realm for a few days, yet you have already caused a huge stir, so I wanted to come and see you.”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jiu looked at Lan Liu with curiosity: "Then did you see anything?"

Lan Liu nodded: "A good-looking human with strong talent!"

After saying that, he nodded in agreement: "I want to be your friend!"

"It is my honor, Your Highness!"

Cheng Jiu gave a perfunctory bow. She didn't dislike the merman; he was quite handsome!

"Then I accept!"

Nan Liu looked at Cheng Jiu with feigned arrogance, then plunged into the lake and couldn't help but let out a silvery laugh before slowly raising her head from the water.

"You are a truly interesting human! Welcome to Pearl Sea in the future; I will certainly treat you well then!"

"Then you are welcome to Guiyuan Sect! I will also be a good host!" Cheng Jiu returned the courtesy.

"Wait a minute!" Lan Liu sank into the lotus pond, and after a while, she brought out a bunch of sparkly things and threw them in front of Cheng Jiu. "You humans seem to really like these sparkly things! Consider this a gift to mark our friendship!"

A thousand-year-old pearl, a ten-thousand-year-old aquamarine, a hundred-thousand-year-old coral tear – these are just the treasures that Cheng Jiu could only glance at; there are other miscellaneous items that he couldn't even distinguish at a glance.

I'd heard that the demon race and the sea race were all very wealthy. But just because I made a friend from the sea race, does that mean they're so generous?

Cheng Jiu was somewhat flattered: "Thank you, I really like it! But I don't have anything too nice to give, so please consider these as my gift!"

Cheng Jiu directly cut off a large portion of the pills from the boundary and handed them to Lan Liu in exchange.

"Woo~, haha!" Lan Liu laughed, her eyes crinkling like silver bells as she submerged in the water. "You humans are so much fun! I heard you love being so polite!"

This exchange makes it seem like I'm trading these things with you!

"Take it back! We sea people don't lack such things. If my people find out, they'll laugh at me to death!"

Mei Jun: "Miss Cheng Jiu, please take it back! This is a tradition of the Sea Clan! They are always generous to their friends!"

Cheng Jiu nodded. Since they are friends, they should respect each other's traditions!

Seeing that Cheng Jiu accepted her gift, Nan Liu nodded with satisfaction: "There are plenty of these things in the ocean! If you want, I'll take you to our tribe's territory next time!"

"I will definitely go when I have time!" Cheng Jiu accepted the invitation.

Looking at Lan Liu's hand climbing up the pavilion, Mei Jun squinted her eyes slightly: "Your Highness! Today should be your school day, right?"

It's getting late, you're going to be late!

Lan Liu, who was supporting herself on the pavilion, paused slightly, her beautiful golden eyes widening as she looked at Mei Jun: "Can't I ask for a day off?"

"Of course, Your Highness, it is your freedom."

But did you ask the instructor for leave? I have an etiquette class to teach today, and I did not approve your leave request!

Mei Jun respectfully but coldly rejected the princess's idea of ​​skipping class.

"Please proceed to the Book Heart Pavilion now, Your Highness! Do not keep the Deer Demon Master waiting."

Lan Liu's body slumped to the side and sank straight to the bottom of the lake. A muffled voice came from the bottom of the lake: "Don't call me! I'm gone."

"Your Highness, please don't be willful! If you continue like this, I will have to take forceful measures."

I think this is something Your Highness wouldn't want to know.

Mei Jun's cold voice came down from above the pool, making Nan Liu shiver from the cold.

Emerging from the lake, her golden hair fell neatly over her shoulders. Her pretty face showed a hint of dissatisfaction and grievance, and her voice was soft: "Can't you let me rest for a day?"

"Your Highness, please don't be willful!" Mei Jun refused without hesitation. Looking at the soft and coquettish princess in front of her, Mei Jun's tone softened: "The Demon Emperor will be hosting a banquet in a few days, and you and the princes and princesses will need to attend!"

"Really?" Lan Liu looked at Mei Jun with delight.

“Of course,” Mei Jun replied affirmatively.

"That's wonderful!" Lan Liu cheered. "Long live the Demon Emperor! Little Jiu can't play with you anymore! I'll come find you after school! Aunt Mei, I'm leaving!"

She then plunged into the lake, causing whirlpools to form on the calm surface before she slowly disappeared from sight. Lan Liu was gone.

Listening to their conversation, Cheng Jiu secretly wondered if the demon race was really that strict? Not even a day off?

Mei Jun looked at Cheng Jiu and explained, "The next Demon Emperor will come from the Sea Clan!"

Cheng Jiu suddenly realized! No wonder! A future demon emperor seed! He needs to be nurtured with utmost care!

She actually befriended the next demon emperor! They even became friends!

It really is!

How dreamy!

The palace gates opened again, and Mei Jun nodded to Cheng Jiu, her figure transforming into plum blossoms and disappearing.

"Junior Sister Jiu! You're up so early today!" Li Weixin was carrying her sword and preparing for her morning exercise when she saw Cheng Jiu in the pavilion.

"Oh, where did all these treasures come from?"

There was also a huge pile of treasures covered in seaweed at Cheng Jiu's feet: "They're all resources from the sea!"

“The princess of the merfolk clan just came by! This is a gift she gave me as a token of our friendship.”

Li Weixin was not surprised: "No wonder. I had heard that the sea people were generous. Seeing it today, I can confirm that their reputation is well-deserved!"

"A mermaid, and a princess at that! It seems the choice for the next Demon Emperor has been made!"

"?!" Cheng Jiu looked at Li Weixin in confusion. She felt that Lan Liu was very likely to be the next Demon Emperor, but how could Senior Brother Li be so sure!

Li Weixin sat opposite Cheng Jiu and beckoned. Cheng Jiu took out a cup of light tea from the box, poured a cup for Li Weixin, and said it was better to drink something light in the morning.

Li Weixin took the teacup filled with clear tea, took a sip, and pretended to be profound.

"What's so strange about that? Isn't the Demon Emperor position always rotated among the five races? If you think about it carefully, it should be the Sea Race's turn soon!"

As for the merfolk, their queen has always been called the Demon Queen of the Sea. Since there is a princess who is the heir to the Demon Queen title, what's so strange about her becoming the next Demon Queen?

Li Weixin explained these things to Cheng Jiu in great detail. These were not secrets in the upper echelons of the cultivation world; anyone with a little interest could find out.

After all, they had been enemies with the demon race for hundreds of thousands of years. As the saying goes, the enemy is often the one who understands you best. The cultivation world was naturally very familiar with some of the secrets of the demon realm.

Some powerful clans would even give these secrets to their disciples to broaden their horizons; Li Weixin had received special training in this area.

She said she wanted to be friends with me!

"That's normal. They probably like you because of your status as an alchemist. You don't need to worry about it!"

Not just anyone can be a friend of the sea creatures; they value their chosen friends highly! She definitely has feelings for you!

"That really is my luck!" Cheng Jiu exclaimed.

"Want to do some morning exercise?" Li Weixin asked.

"No," Cheng Jiu shook his head, "I'm not in the mood for that today."

"Alright!" Seeing that his friend wasn't in the mood, Li Weixin carried his sword and drew an empty space nearby to begin his morning exercise.

Cheng Jiu picked up the pearls and gems on the ground. Some of them were good treasures for refining weapons, but most of them were decorative gems.

Because they live in the sea and face many dangers, are rare, and are exquisitely beautiful, they are quite popular among female cultivators in the cultivation world.

After carefully sorting and storing the jade pieces, Cheng Jiu's heart stirred.

Summon the little green flame; the little fellow is still asleep.

Cheng Jiu asked his master, and the other person was fine, but it would take several days for him to wake up.

Merfolk love to adorn themselves with all sorts of gorgeous decorations, especially their tails. The more vibrant the colors, the more beautiful and popular they are among the merfolk.

It can be said that the tail is the glory of the merfolk, so Cheng Jiu wanted to design a tail chain for Lan Liu as a gift.

Lan Liu is the next Demon Emperor, and her tail is also dazzlingly colorful. At first glance, it seems to radiate rainbow light, and upon closer inspection, the color changes with the sunlight.

Therefore, Nanliu did not wear a tail chain, and even the most dazzling gemstones would only be covered by its tail.

Therefore, the design of the tail chain must be very sophisticated. It should neither overshadow the main chain nor be overshadowed; rather, they should complement each other perfectly.

This really tests the skill of the weapon refiner.

Cheng Jiu decided on gold for the main body of the chain from the beginning, using demon gold to create the main chain.

Just then, Immortal Lord Qingyang gave them a bag of demon gold.

Looking at the whole bag of demon gold, in the end only a piece of metal the size of an adult's palm was smelted.

That was a mountain of demonic gold! And this is all that was smelted out!

No wonder demon gold, the universal currency of the demon race, is one of the most valuable precious metals. This is just for making a waist chain, and it's only scrap metal for the main chain. If you want to make something bigger, who can afford it without a lot of money!

I don't know if this piece of demon gold is enough. If it isn't, I'll have to borrow some from my other senior brothers.

Fortunately, the ductility of the demon gold is good enough. Although it is only the size of a palm, it is just the right amount to carve and make a waist chain.

Cheng Jiu unfolded the chain, revealing a pattern of four on the left and four on the right, and then began to inlay gemstones on it.

There are also many considerations when setting gemstones. If they are simply incompatible, then the waist chain is a waist chain and the gemstone embellishment is a gemstone embellishment, and there will be no harmonious and beautiful sense of integration.

To achieve the kind of beauty that noble ladies would vie for, one needs skill in understanding the incompatibility of gemstones, and most importantly, one must have some understanding of talismans and artifacts.

Following the natural shape of the waist chain, each bead was carefully set, which was both time-consuming and energy-intensive.

The final product, adorned with gemstones on a slender waist chain, resembles a sky full of stars, exquisitely beautiful and radiating a unique brilliance.

Moreover, this is no ordinary waist chain; it is a seventh-grade spiritual artifact. Each gemstone is a protective shield that can protect against attacks from powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm.

Practical and beautiful, Cheng Jiu thought that Lan Liu would like it very much if she gave it to her.

"Junior Sister, this chain is so beautiful!" Gong Yu and Gong Cheng walked out side by side and praised the slender chain in Cheng Jiu's hand.

"This is for a friend I just made this morning!" Cheng Jiu placed the waist chain on the table. "She gave me a lot of gifts today! By the way! Senior Brother Gong Yu, the Sea Spirit Platform you were looking for earlier."

Cheng Jiu took out a blue stone from his ring and handed it to Gong Yu: "This was also a gift from that friend!"

Sea Spirit Platforms are generally born in sea caves with the most abundant spiritual energy in the deep sea, and only one Sea Spirit Platform can be produced in a sea cave.

The deep sea is teeming with powerful monsters, posing a great danger to humans. However, for the sea creatures, the masters of the sea, the Sea Spirit Platform is not a rare find.

However, given the existing relationship between humans and demons, even with the Sea Spirit Platform, they would not trade with other humans. And now, the relationship between humans and demons has only eased for a few hundred years. The trade is basically that the sea race provides what the humans receive, and it is absolutely impossible for them to make demands!

The sea creatures simply ignored them. Among the demon race, the sea creatures were the most proud, let alone when facing these humans!

More importantly, the sea creatures possess a unique language system and culture without any formal training.

They probably don't even know what Hailingtai is; they just think it's a pretty stone.

Therefore, Gong Yu had posted the quest in the quest hall for a long time, but had not received any news from Hai Lingtai.

Cheng Jiu was pleasantly surprised to see the many jewels buried beneath the Sea Spirit Platform, but then felt uneasy, which is why he wanted to make a waist chain for Lan Liu.

"Thank you, junior sister, and thank you to your friend too!" Gong Yu accepted the Sea Spirit Platform with delight.

Gentle wisps of water essence seeped into Gong Yu's body. Soon, the Sea Spirit Platform darkened, and all the precious water essence that had been contained within for many years was absorbed by Gong Yu.

The most precious aspect of the Sea Spirit Platform lies here: it is a rare treasure that can generate water essence energy. This spiritual energy, which is closest to the origin, is of great benefit to cultivators with water spiritual roots.

Moreover, if the pregnancy is properly managed, the Hai Ling Tai may be able to recover.

Gong Yu carefully put away the Sea Spirit Platform, opened his hand, and a stream of azure water flowed from his palm, winding and circling like a small snake.

Cheng Jiu looked at the water flowing in front of him, poked it with his finger, and licked his finger: "It's salty!"

"Hmm!" Gong Yu looked at Cheng Jiu approvingly: "Master said that I have a water spirit root, and water can encompass all things! He wants me to come into contact with different water essences. However, it's not easy to find related spiritual objects! Especially those in the sea, humans have only developed less than one billionth of their potential."

"Thanks to my junior sister, otherwise it wouldn't have been so easy to get it."

"Alright, that's enough showing off!" Miyagi patted his younger brother.

"Brother, you're just jealous!" Although somewhat displeased, Gong Yu obediently withdrew the water.

"Junior sister, do you have any plans for later? It seems that Master and the others haven't returned yet!" Gong Cheng ignored his nemesis brother and looked at Cheng Jiu to ask.

"Didn't we take an order from the Badger family? I'll head over there a little later!"

He had already promised, and delaying wouldn't be good! Cheng Jiu thought that if he had time, he should first complete his first big order since becoming an alchemist!

She was finally going to enjoy making big money after becoming an alchemist.

Compared to Badger's orders, her previous ventures were relatively small-scale.

“Then we’ll go with you, junior sister! We’re not busy either, and if anything happens, we can lend a hand,” Gongcheng said.

“Okay!” Cheng Jiu nodded, feeling more at ease with someone by his side.

"Then I'll go with you!"

Li Weixin overheard their conversation as soon as he returned from sheathing his sword. He couldn't let them miss out on this!