Liu You nodded and got up, walking down to the lower deck of the cabin.
But then Nian Duanyan seemed to sense something. He grabbed Liu You's hand and looked in the direction of Lady Plum Blossom.
"Wait, do you hear any sound?"
Seeing Nian Duanyan's nervous expression, Liu You also stopped her movement. She squinted and looked in the direction Nian Duanyan was looking at, but didn't detect anything abnormal.
"If you're not at ease, go and check it out. My Soul - Separation Technique is not that easy to be cracked. I'll go down first. You go and take a look."
Liu You was quite confident in her Soul - Separation Technique, so she let Nian Duanyan go and check on his own while she walked downstairs.
At this moment, Shen Qing and Li Xian had already completely adjusted their breathing and were no different from the other sleeping people.
Shen Qing knew that time was pressing just now and she only managed to forcibly wake up Lady Plum Blossom and Wutong. She didn't know if they had noticed anything strange and made any noise after waking up.
If Nian Duanyan found out that they were awake, wouldn't she have indirectly put the two of them in trouble?
So Shen Qing secretly prayed that Lady Plum Blossom and Wutong wouldn't move.
Fortunately, Nian Duanyan sent a burst of spiritual power into their temples but didn't find anything abnormal. He shook his head and whispered to himself that he was being too sensitive before going down to the lower deck of the cabin.
Not long after, a rustling sound came.
Afraid of being detected that she was awake, Shen Qing didn't dare to spread out her spiritual sense. So she listened to Ling Zhou's live - broadcast in her mind.
"Little apprentice, I didn't expect Liu You to be so petite, but she can carry this sister without any difficulty."
"Oh oh oh, I've always said that Nian Duanyan has some problems. When he carried that woman, his hands were not honest. He was groping on the woman. He's really shameless. Fortunately, Liu You didn't see it. Otherwise, they would have fought on the spot."
Although Shen Qing didn't see their actions, she could feel that the two of them were carrying An Wu and An Ge, the two sisters, past her.
It wasn't until the two of them left the boat that Ling Zhou said, "Okay, little apprentice, open your eyes. These two have gone far away."
Shen Qing stood up straight away and quickly rushed to Li Xian.
"Li Xian, how are you?"
Li Xian opened his eyes. The eyes that contained glinting lights turned into guilt when he saw the bruise on Shen Qing's neck.
"Shen Qing, I hurt you..."
Li Xian suddenly felt remorseful. Why did he accept the inheritance of the mermaid clan without any defense?
This kind of inheritance would arouse his mermaid bloodline and inherit the divine punishment of the mermaid clan. His father had already told him in his memory about the consequences he would have to bear.
It was still mild now. At least he could regain his consciousness in a short time.
If he was like his father, the longer the time passed, the harder it would be for him to regain his consciousness. What if he hurt Shen Qing again then?
The despair from his childhood began to envelop his heart. He didn't want him and Shen Qing to end up like that.
The initial thought of staying away from Shen Qing to protect her slowly resurfaced.
"What are you thinking again?!"
Shen Qing could tell what Li Xian was thinking at a glance. She clenched her fist and knocked hard on Li Xian's head. "Are you thinking some nonsense again?"
"Li Xian, I'm telling you. Once you have the thought of staying away from me, I'll build a high wall in my heart and will never let you get close again, no matter what your reasons are."
Saying that, Shen Qing quickly took out a medicine from her storage bag. She dug out a little ointment with her finger and covered it on her wound. The wound disappeared instantly.
Shen Qing said in disappointment, "I didn't know you were such a coward. A little scar scares you like this. Can you see? Scars can be removed, but if there are wounds in the heart, they can never be removed!"
Li Xian looked at the lively Shen Qing in front of him and remembered the words in the divination. If the two of them were together, Shen Qing would be his lucky star. If they separated, one would die and the other would be injured.
He used to think that Shen Qing was timid and would try to escape when encountering some things. But wasn't he the same?
Since Shen Qing had made up her mind to go through difficulties with him, why couldn't he?
Thinking like this, a glimmer of hope rose in Li Xian's eyes again, and his look at Shen Qing returned to what it used to be.
"I'm sorry. I was narrow - minded. I won't do it again. We'll face any difficulties together."
Shen Qing secretly let out a sigh of relief and nodded.
"Come on, you two young people can talk about love anywhere. Why don't you tell us what happened?"
The voice of Lady Plum Blossom came from behind them. Shen Qing turned around and saw Lady Plum Blossom supporting Wutong walking over.
Shen Qing remembered that she had put them in a difficult situation just now. She said with a bit of guilt, "You're awake. Nian Duanyan tested you. Are you hurt?"
Lady Plum Blossom gritted her teeth and shook her head.
Nian Duanyan had injected a quite powerful spiritual power into her and Wutong's spiritual sea, causing severe pain in their spiritual sea.
If she hadn't used a special method to control her and Wutong's bodies, they would have jumped up in pain under the attack of that spiritual power.
Seeing that they were okay, Shen Qing told them what had happened just now from beginning to end.
Hearing this, Lady Plum Blossom was so angry that the skin on her face trembled twice. "Damn it. I knew these two were not good people."
"At first, they took four top - grade spiritual stones from us and said they would take us on a journey. Later, they said they would ask us to protect them. After the task was completed, they would share a batch of resources with us when we got off the boat."
"Who would have thought that they were so disgusting. They made us pay to be the bait!!"
Although Wutong didn't say a word, his face also darkened.
Lady Plum Blossom said viciously, "We can't let them go so easily. We don't know how many times these two have done things like killing and robbing!"
After saying that, she walked up to Scarface and woke up the three sleeping people in the same way. After waking up, the three of them looked around in confusion. After hearing Lady Plum Blossom's exaggerated account, Scarface almost crushed the axe in his hand.
"Damn it. I thought Nian Duanyan looked gentle and weak, so I believed him a bit. But I didn't expect to be tricked!"
"Fellow Daoist, thank you for saving our three brothers' lives. From now on, I, Scarface, will do whatever you say!"
So Lady Plum Blossom sneered and told Scarface and the others the plan she had just come up with. Scarface and the others readily agreed.
Their plan was to let Nian Duanyan and Liu You carry them all down first. Then they would rescue the two sisters of the An family, leave the two of them there, and rob the boat to leave.
After exchanging a look, Shen Qing and Li Xian also agreed to Lady Plum Blossom's plan.
So when Nian Duanyan and Liu You came back again, the people in the cabin returned to their sleeping state.
It wasn't until Liu You and Nian Duanyan carried them all down one by one out of breath that they secretly exchanged a look and were ready to attack Nian Duanyan and Liu You.