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Chapter 4386: 5.0138 Secret 1

"To you all." Qiao Mu watched her raise a cup, sip lightly, and then sprinkle the remaining wine onto the desolate graves at her feet.

The Second Young Master's breathing seemed to falter. He stood not far away, watching for a long time.

After the visit to the desolate graves, her past self seemed to become even more silent.

She cooperated fully with her daily treatments, eating whatever Ouyang Su told her to, and swallowing whatever medicine he prescribed.

In the evening, a faint white light would subtly emanate from her abdomen.

At this point, Qiao Mu had to face the Mermaid Pearl.

It was a truth she had always been unwilling to think about, always unwilling to admit.

It was the Mermaid Pearl, truly this Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl.

It should be clear now: the reason her body's wounds often mysteriously disappeared was due to the Mermaid Pearl.

And her ability to move effortlessly in water, as if integrated with the world's water spirits, was also an effect of the Mermaid Pearl.

Connecting this to past incredible events that had occurred to her, Qiao Mu made a bold guess.

The primary effects of the Mermaid Pearl should be threefold.

Firstly, an innate ability to merge with water. The Mermaid Pearl allowed her to breathe freely underwater and move without effort.

Secondly, astonishing regenerative capabilities.

Think back: what were the Divine Water Master's thoughts the first time she encountered the divine water in the Divine Water Sect?

["This little girl is so vibrant with water spirit energy, filled with the moist essence that the Divine Water Master loves most."]

What did that mean? It meant that the Divine Water Master, upon merely touching her, could sense the abundant water spiritual power within her.

The Mermaid Pearl inherently integrated with water in all its forms, no less potent than sacred water.

So, why did the Divine Water Master initially target her and wish for her to become a host? It wasn't because her talent was exceptionally high, but because of this Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl within her!

What the Divine Water Master initially wanted to approach, upon first seeing her, was the Mermaid Pearl!

However, in her previous life, this Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl had always been sealed. Only after she endured countless hardships and her body broke through its limits did the seal loosen and slowly begin to exert its effects.

But this life was different. In this life, the Mermaid Pearl's seal began to destabilize from the very beginning, when she first encountered the Sacred Water Master in the sect.

If the sacred water was attracted to the Mermaid Pearl, how could the Mermaid Pearl not be attracted to the sacred water?

So, at that time, her Mermaid Pearl's seal should have already started loosening...

At the Banana Island base on Skeleton Star, she detonated the heart of the Mystical Beast Forest's secret realm. She sustained some injuries then, but they were healed by the Mermaid Pearl that very day.

Subsequently, this inexplicable healing ability has always been present.

In the past, it was a mystery, but now, thinking it through from start to finish, isn't this precisely the Mermaid Pearl's restorative ability?

No wonder Little Tree said that even the life force of wood spirits couldn't recover so quickly. The Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl is truly powerful.

This Ten-Thousand-Year Mermaid Pearl, in her previous life, at this time, truly restored her limbs and body, repaired her broken form, slowly enabling her to stand upright, walk, and step out to see the sunlight.

The third effect of the Mermaid Pearl should be its autonomous protection of the host, expelling ghost spirits, and purifying all unclean things.

Therefore... even though she could use Ghost Descent Talismans, she never saw ghost spirits from beginning to end, and no ghost spirits could approach her. This should be the reason.

She still remembered when she first entered the Divine Land and stepped into the Star River, infinite sacred energy surged towards her.

At that time, it was the Mermaid Pearl that protected her from the oppression and invasion of sacred energy, activating automatic defense.

And now, even when she sleeps, she can autonomously cultivate, unconsciously absorbing the scattered divine energy around her.