"I knew you'd come."
Li Ye looked toward the heavens, stretched out a hand, and smiled.
"This is, after all, your temple master's first force in the Eastern Yang Sea. Sister Wangshu, you wouldn't refuse to help, would you?"
—This was a little secret the silver toads had let slip in their dazed state while he was helping them shape their tongues.
The renowned Goddess Wangshu actually liked being addressed as "Sister," supposedly because of her origins.
So Li Ye had boldly decided to try it.
If this succeeded, he would do something even bolder afterward—whether it succeeded or failed, he stood to gain enormous benefits.
As for the result—
Naturally, it was exceptionally good.
Moonlight gathered around him in the sky, slowly forming into a full-moon token inscribed with eight great characters: "Imperial Lord Taiyin of the Moon Mansion Suyao."
At the same time, Wangshu's voice resounded throughout the Eastern Yang Sea.
"I permit Yangyao, subordinate of Perfected Person Spirit Leaf, to gather Moonlight Stone from the moonlight and construct a temple."
The moment these words were spoken, everyone watching this place could not help but be astonished.
Especially the Merfolk Clan.
Ever since that incident, not a single temple of Goddess Wangshu had remained among the Merfolk Clan.
Though the Moon Soul Terror Curse had indeed caused the Merfolk Clan no small amount of trouble—
If they could truly cultivate by breathing in the moonlight at night before the lakes of Goddess Wangshu's temples, it would be the dream of every merfolk.
Moreover, they knew perfectly well that without the Moon Goddess's protection, occupying the Eastern Yang Sea would have been nearly impossible. They had long prepared many offerings and kept them in reserve.
Some elderly merfolk even stored away their treasures before passing on, instructing their descendants