Sang Luo’s wrists and ankles still ached... ’The colder and gentler a man seems,’ she thought with a sigh, ’the wilder he is in bed!’ Those nine tails... they’d tied her up completely, taking whatever he pleased!
Seeing her face grow redder and redder, Fei Yuan’s handso features darkened.
’Hmph. It’s not like I have any fluffy tails.’
’It’s so damn annoying to be outdone.’
As Sang Luo leisurely ate her al, Fei Yuan and Yan turned to business.
The new Beast Emperor, Li Zhi, who had deliberately provoked them, had fled Qingqiu with his subordinates after his plot was exposed, intending to escape to the Southern region.
But he had no idea that the current Beast Emperor of the Southern region was one of their own.
Sang Luo’s Beast Husbands were each more arrogant than the last. And while there was friction and jealousy between them, years of living together had made them closer than family. When facing an outside threat, they were completely united.
Fei Yuan had already gathered ironclad evidence from all sides. He and Quan Jin had simply lain in wait, capturing the group and escorting them back to Qingqiu. Fei Yuan’s trip was to deliver the prisoners, and also to check on how his Little Luoruo was faring with Yan. It seed she was having so much fun she’d forgotten all about ho.
"How do you plan to deal with that Mink Beast?" Fei Yuan turned and asked Yan.
Sang Luo wiped her mouth and chid in, "The Mink Beast? You an the captured Beast Emperor?"
"Yes. An upstart Snow Mink who just beca a Beast Emperor in the last century. His talent and power are decent, but he’s far too brazen and reckless. He tried to seize power before he’d even established himself."
"The guy also seems to have a screw loose. He actually went along with all those terrible ideas his guests secretly suggested! If he’d actually taken over, Qingqiu would have been done for." Fei Yuan chuckled, swirling the cup in his hand. "If Master hadn’t woken up, I wouldn’t have minded taking over Qingqiu myself. This is a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, a relic from ancient tis. We should keep such a prize in the family."
Yan glanced at him and said unhurriedly, "Qingqiu has long been isolated from the world, uninvolved in its conflicts. It exists to give shelter to those weary of war, suffering, and displacent. If it were to fall into your hands, it would beco just like any other place."
"Tsk, Master, you have so little faith in ." Fei Yuan blinked innocently and smiled. "So, do we kill the guy, or keep him locked up?"
Yan shook his head. "There’s no need for that."
"You an..." Fei Yuan said, surprised.
"I’ve been aning to train a few stewards for Qingqiu. Li Zhi’s talent and power are decent; it’s his temperant that’s lacking. He’s too easily swayed. We can keep him here for observation. If he proves capable of handling the responsibility, I wouldn’t be against letting him beco the Lord of Qingqiu."
Fei Yuan was montarily speechless. ’This man, Yan... he seems to pity the world, but he’s actually indifferent to everything. He protects these people as a Divine Venerable, but it’s less about righteousness and more about finding sothing to do after tens of thousands of years of boredom. How else would he pass the endless ti? Otherwise, he wouldn’t have scattered his soul and ascended so easily back then...’
’But this old fox now... ’
Fei Yuan narrowed his phoenix eyes, his gaze darting between Yan and Sang Luo. He ground his teeth in frustration.
’I’m the one who’s lost out here,’ he thought. ’This old fox seems to have found a new obsession. Who knows if he’ll be willing to leave now.’
A guard hurried over and whispered sothing in his ear. Fei Yuan’s expression flickered. "He’s fast, I’ll give him that."
"Luo’er, I have to be away for a few days. I need to go recapture that guy," Fei Yuan said.
Sang Luo nodded.
A few days later, Yan also left for so unknown business.
Sang Luo spent her days holed up in the study, poring over dical texts.
dicine seed dull at first, but it grew more fascinating the deeper she delved. In an ancient dical text, Sang Luo discovered a miraculous dicine that could promote the growth of a Crystal Core.
The book stated that it could only promote the growth of a Crystal Core, not repair a damaged one.
Little Spider’s condition was an underdeveloped Crystal Core, so theoretically, this should work. The ancient text was written in the old script of the Beast Clan. Sang Luo had once studied the ancient language with Si Ye, so she could recognize most of the characters. The na of this Spiritual dicine was Blood Lotus Heaven Fruit, and it grew in the Wu Lian Domain.
She couldn’t find the location on her map of the Beast World. ’It’s probably an ancient na for a place that no longer exists, or has been renad. I’ll ask Yan about it when I have the chance. He should know.’
But Yan still hadn’t returned.
’It’s strange,’ she thought. ’I haven’t seen that magnificent red robe since the day I woke up here.’
Yan had sent her several new outfits later, made of a thick, soft cotton. It was clearly a fine, newly woven fabric, and the difference between it and the material of the red robe was stark.
’That red robe definitely wasn’t new. Could it be... it wasn’t ant for in the first place?’
’Who was it for, then?’
The old village chief had said that no other female had ever lived in this courtyard.
’...How strange.’
Sang Luo’s thoughts drifted. She just couldn’t figure Yan out.
They had been intimate more than once, but Sang Luo always felt that she had never truly reached his heart.
BANG!
A sudden, loud crash ca from outside the house.
"Son of a bitch! What kind of brain-dead bastard puts a Mouse Trap here? It’s killing !"
It was a roar of pure fury and frustration.
Sang Luo teleported over to find a dangerously handso young man with salt-and-pepper hair who had just erged from a hole, only to be caught in a large net that fell over him. His right leg was injured, clamped in a Magic Artifact that resembled a Mouse Trap, and blood was gushing from the wound.
He was snarling in pain when he looked up and saw the strange female who had suddenly appeared before him. He froze. "How is there a female here... No, wait, how is there *anyone* here? Didn’t that old fox leave? And who are you?!"
Sang Luo looked down at him, speaking in a calm, unhurried tone. "Young man, before you ask for soone’s na, shouldn’t you introduce yourself first?"
"I... I’m just a nobody. A weasel. I was just digging and accidentally ended up here. Can you help get this damn thing off?"
"I’m afraid I can’t do that," Sang Luo said with a sweet smile. "This ’grand gift’ was prepared especially for you, Beast Emperor Li Zhi."
The young man’s eyes widened. "How did you recognize ?"
"I wasn’t sure a mont ago. I was just probing. But now you’ve admitted it yourself, haven’t you?"
"You!" he spluttered, furious. "You cunning female!"
’So Beast Emperor Li Zhi really did escape,’ Sang Luo thought. ’And it seems he’s not very bright. I was worried he might co back for revenge, so I set a little trap just in case. I can’t believe he actually fell for it.’
She watched the young man struggle in the net. ’He walked right into it. How foolish.’
"Was Yan’s departure a few days ago your doing as well? Spit it out. Why did you sneak back here after he left? To steal sothing?" ’Although, besides the piles of dical books and herbs, there doesn’t seem to be anything of value in this courtyard,’ she mused.
Li Zhi’s eyes darted away. "You! You’ve got the wrong person! I really did just dig here by accident! I have no ulterior motives, I swear! If you don’t believe , let go and I’ll leave right now!"
"Still not telling the truth? I suppose I’ll just have to wait for the Lord Divine Venerate to return and hand you over to him myself."
"Don’t! I’ll talk!"
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