"When an Innate King Beast with the Divine Bloodline is born, an auspicious celestial phenonon appears. I was still unconscious when you gave birth..." Si Ye said guiltily. "But I asked around later. When you had Zhenzhen, it was evening and the sky was growing dark, but daylight tore through the sky, the clouds parted to reveal a heavenly gate, and fiery red clouds rose from the east. They ford the image of an Ancient Bian Beast soaring through the sky. I heard that any Beastman who witnessed the phenonon that day felt a sense of clarity and purification."
Sang Luo was speechless. ’That’s quite an exaggeration.’
It was a sha she was in the palace at the ti and couldn’t see it for herself.
Si Jing walked to the small wooden crib and gently lifted the little cub into her arms. She stroked the new layer of soft, light gray fuzz on its body, her face beaming. "Grandma’s sweet little granddaughter is so beautiful!"
Sang Luo smiled, pressing her lips together. "How can you call this dusty gray fur beautiful? Her father is so vibrant, I have no idea why this little one turned out so drab."
Si Jing said dotingly, "So what if she’s a little gray? A female doesn’t need to be beautiful. I think my granddaughter is just perfect! She’s the cutest Little Bian in the world!"
"Clan Leader, m-may we also have a look at our young mistress?"
The several Elders from the Bian Clan who had co along were incoherent with excitent.
Si Jing passed the baby over, not forgetting to add a warning. "You old bones, be careful! Don’t you dare drop my granddaughter!"
The ancient Great Elder was the first to take the little cub. Tears stread down his face as he looked at her, and he proclaid in a loud voice, "Heaven truly blesses our Bian Clan!"
The Third Elder, who had a salt-and-pepper beard, choked up. "It’s been over twenty years... Our Bian Clan finally has a new child, and a cub with the Divine Bloodline at that! Our clan’s glory will surely last for ten thousand generations!"
Upon seeing the child, the Second Elder imdiately swore a sacred oath of eternal protection. "For the rest of my days, this worthless old life of mine will be lived for our young mistress. If anyone dares to harm her in secret, I will risk everything to ensure her safety!"
The other Elders quickly followed suit.
These old n had all lived for over a thousand years, yet this was the first ti they had ever lost their composure like this.
Si Jing sat down on the edge of the bed and took Sang Luo’s hand. "Luo’er, you are the great benefactor of the Bian Clan. If you ever need anything in the future, don’t hesitate to ask!"
Sang Luo smiled. "Then I thank you, Beast Mother, and all the mbers of the Bian Clan."
"Oh, you silly child! There’s no need to thank !" Si Jing whispered. "So, when are you and Little Ye going to have another one? How about giving another little granddaughter?"
"Well..."
Si Ye’s handso face flushed red. "What nonsense are you spouting!" He wanted to shoo them away. "You’ve visited, and you’ve seen the baby. Luoluo is still in her postpartum confinent and needs to rest. Mother, you and the Elders should stop crowding around and making a racket in the hall. You’re disturbing Luoluo’s rest!"
Si Jing had the Elders step outside to wait.
"Look at , I was so happy I almost forgot our real purpose. The three Elders and I ca to take my little granddaughter back to our ancestral ho in the Western Region for her blessing ceremony."
Every newborn Bian Beastman had to attend a blessing ceremony. Si Ye had intended to go back in a few days, but with Si Jing personally coming to rush him, he had no choice but to go now.
Si Ye said to Sang Luo, "The blessing ceremony is best perford within a month of a cub’s birth. Luoluo, I have to take the baby back for a trip."
Sang Luo recalled Little Blue Eucalyptus’s blessing ceremony, which required the cub’s mother to bestow the blessing herself. But every clan’s ceremony was different, so she asked, "Do I need to go?"
Si Jing smiled. "The High Priest and I will be bestowing the blessing on the newborn. If you could co and watch, Luo’er, that would be for the best, of course."
’The implication was that she would just be a spectator.’
Si Ye thought for a mont and said to Sang Luo, "The journey will be rough, and the ceremony is complicated. It will probably take about half a month. You should stay here in the palace and rest. I’ll take the baby back to our clan’s lands in the Western Region."
"Alright. You should get ready as soon as possible and set off with the Beast Mother. Don’t delay the baby’s blessing ceremony." ’The Western Region and the Central region were tens of thousands of miles apart. Since she wasn’t needed, she might as well rest.’
Si Ye didn’t have much to pack. He just gathered the formula, bottles, and so spare blankets and clothes for the baby’s journey. He himself didn’t need anything.
Just before leaving, Si Ye turned back and stole a kiss from Sang Luo’s lips.
His warm lips slowly trailed down to her neck, sending a tingling sensation across her skin...
Finally, his lips pressed against the side of her neck, and he gave a gentle bite.
A familiar power, hot as a brand, seared that patch of skin before sinking in and disappearing.
Sang Luo knew: the Soul Mark was back.
A male could only form a Soul Mark once in his life. If the bond was broken, he could never form another one with a different female. However, if he reconciled with his forr partner, the damaged Soul Mark could be repaired.
Sang Luo leaned close to his ear and chuckled. "Don’t lose it again this ti."
"I won’t," he whispered, inhaling the sweet fragrance of her neck.
...
The group from the Bian Clan departed in a grand procession.
After finishing his official duties, Fei Yuan followed his usual routine, going from the Diligent Governance Hall to the pharmacy, and then entering a side hall of the rear palace.
He was carrying a bowl of herbal tonic. Sitting by the bed, he fed it to Sang Luo, then reached out to gently stroke her still-flat, soft abdon. A flash of obsession crossed his ink-black eyes. "Little Luoruo, once you’ve finished your recovery, you can bear a child for ."
"Alright," Sang Luo said agreeably. She took a few Green Fruits from a pile of supplents and began to nibble on one leisurely. "But I have one condition. If Your Majesty can fulfill it, I’ll agree."
"Heh, I knew Little Luoruo was a clever female. Speak. What is your condition?" Fei Yuan’s long eyes were deep, but the smile on his face didn’t reach them.
Since they both had their own agendas, Sang Luo decided to drop the pretense and spoke candidly. "Your Majesty’s strength should be at the True Emperor Rank, or perhaps even higher. Not to ntion, you yourself possess the Divine Bloodline. If I have a child with you, their talent will be even greater than the Little Bian’s. It’s possible I could advance to the Emperor Rank in a single birth and face the Tribulation Thunder."
"My cultivation foundation is relatively weak, so I’ll most likely fail the tribulation. I wonder, is Your Majesty capable of refining a Reincarnation Pill?"
"A Reincarnation Pill?" Fei Yuan looked surprised, then his lips curved into a slight smile. "You’re quite ambitious. I thought you were going to ask to refine more painless-birth elixirs for you. I didn’t expect you to present with such a significant challenge."
"I don’t need to ask you for painless-birth elixirs. Your Majesty will certainly refine those for anyway, since it will be your child I’m carrying. My condition is the Reincarnation Pill!"
Fei Yuan rubbed the rim of the porcelain-white bowl in his hand. After a mont of contemplation, he said in a low voice, "The Reincarnation Pill... it is indeed a fine thing. It allows one to evade the Tribulation Thunder. As long as you have enough energy, you can break through directly to the Emperor Rank."
Hearing this, Sang Luo’s heart pounded with even more excitent. ’I thought the Reincarnation Pill would only increase my chances of success or reduce the backlash from failure so I wouldn’t die. I never imagined it was a guaranteed pass!’
The miserable state Si Ye had been in on the Eastern Lava Plateau, nearly struck dead by the Heavenly Thunder, was still vivid in Sang Luo’s mory. The thought of it terrified her. She wanted nothing to do with a Heavenly Tribulation.
Fei Yuan said, "The Reincarnation Pill is an elixir recorded in ancient secret texts. As far as I know, only fragnted records remain. No one today can refine it."
"Your Majesty ans... you can’t refine it?" It was like having a bucket of cold water poured over her.
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