Chapter – 113
Don’t Even Think About Getting Away From Me
The moment the ripples appeared, both Jiang Xi and Lu Liufeng noticed them.
Jiang Xi had just stood up when she immediately sank back into the water.
She looked up at the familiar ripples, no need to guess—she knew exactly who it was.
Across a small earthen wall, Lu Liufeng wrapped in his fur, quickly moved over.
But he was still a step too late.
The moment he arrived, Mu Ling had already stepped out of the void.
In his beast form, gray short hair framing his face, faint gray lines ran across, with tiny sparks of light dancing between them.
Even his gray-blue wolf eyes had a faint inorganic, glassy sheen.
Mu Ling thought the location had gone wrong again and instinctively tried to step into a new ripple.
But as soon as his foot stepped forward, he saw the female master in the pool.
His wolf eyes instantly lit up, and he adjusted his steps, the sensation of suspended movement disappearing, and he fell straight into the lake.
“Mu Ling!”
Wind swirled around Lu Liufeng as he moved, his domain expanding, winds following his will.
But this time, perhaps because Mu Ling had already mastered his bloodline talent, Lu Liufeng’s domain, though surrounding him, couldn’t stop his downward fall.
“Splash!” A huge sound as Mu Ling fell into the hot spring.
Lu Liufeng flew to the female master’s side, stretching out his hand. The fur cloak laid on the volcanic rocks was blown toward him by the wind.
He turned and wrapped the female master in the fur cloak, amber eyes lowering as he spoke gently.
“Don’t be afraid, female master.”
Jiang Xi, wrapped in the fur cloak, blinked, water dripping from her eyelashes, her dark eyes sparkling and bright.
She wasn’t scared at all.
Seeing Mu Ling appear, she instead felt a sense of inevitability.
Now that Lu Liufeng was here, she didn’t worry at all.
Wrapped in the fur cloak, she whispered softly,
“Quick, take him out.”
Lu Liufeng just nodded, but before he could turn, a sound of water splashing came from behind.
Mu Ling emerged from the pool.
He had swallowed a few mouthfuls of water and his face was a little red.
After coughing a few times, he ran his wet hair back with his hand and looked toward the female master.
Then, his gaze met Lu Liufeng’s.
Mu Ling muttered,
“You’re fast.”
He didn’t know where Lu Liufeng had appeared from—it was so quick, almost matching his own spatial ability.
He craned his neck to look behind Lu Liufeng, trying to get a glance at the female master.
But she was too small, completely hidden behind Lu Liufeng.
Lu Liufeng walked over, his tone slightly annoyed.
“Out! The female master is bathing.”
“Bathing…” Mu Ling repeated the word in his mind.
His wolf eyes brightened further.
A flash of her eyes from just a moment ago appeared in his mind.
Though it was just a glimpse, he remembered how sparkling and wet her eyes had been.
Everything else… he didn’t see.
Lu Liufeng knew what Mu Ling was thinking and pushed him lightly.
“Out!”
Mu Ling’s wolf eyes flicked around, landing on Lu Liufeng’s chest, visible above the water. His eyes narrowed.
“What about you?”
Where was Lu Liufeng when he appeared just now?
Lu Liufeng wouldn’t be bathing with the female master, would he?!
Thinking that, he instinctively grounded his power in his feet.
If that’s the case, he wouldn’t leave!
One beast-man is bathing, two beast-men—well, that’s still bathing!!
Lu Liufeng remained expressionless.
“I’m coming with you.”
Mu Ling: “?”
He looked confused.
Lu Liufeng grabbed his shoulders, turning him firmly around.
“Go! Don’t disturb the female master’s bath.”
Mu Ling hesitated.
But if Lu Liufeng was leaving too, then he couldn’t exactly refuse.
Before leaving, Mu Ling sneakily glanced at the female master.
Though he couldn’t see anything, he still called out,
“Female master, um… I’m leaving now?”
Jiang Xi chuckled. Was she going to let him stay?
“Hurry up, go!”
Mu Ling reluctantly followed Lu Liufeng out, dragging his feet.
A small earthen wall separated them.
The fur cloak on Jiang Xi had become heavy after soaking in water.
She struggled to drag it onto the volcanic rock.
But no sooner had she placed it there than a gust of wind blew both fur cloaks off the rock.
Jiang Xi looked up, following the cloaks with her gaze toward the earthen wall.
Though she couldn’t see Lu Liufeng, she knew it was his wind.
She then sank back into the hot spring with a “glub-glub” sound.
Not long after, the fur cloaks blew back again.
Jiang Xi dried herself, put on the fur cloak, and headed toward the earthen wall.
Just as she reached the opening, she bumped into Lu Liufeng coming over.
Amber eyes lowered, he gently explained,
“I heard your footsteps, female master, so I came.”
Jiang Xi stepped back a little to let him pass.
Looking past Lu Liufeng at the steaming pool, she saw a huge gray wolf digging in the water.
Jiang Xi twitched her lips and turned to start a fire with Lu Liufeng to dry her hair.
Meanwhile, Mu Ling had only swum a few laps before turning around—Lu Liufeng was gone!
He immediately leapt ashore, standing at the edge, shaking off water like crazy.
Water droplets flew like sharp arrows, even splashing into the pool where Jiang Xi and Lu Liufeng were, causing ripples.
Jiang Xi sat by the fire, warm wind brushing over her wet hair.
Lu Liufeng was helping her dry it.
Soon, Mu Ling came over from the other side.
He only wore a fur cloak around his waist, his wet, muscular upper body glistening with droplets, gray hair messy and damp.
Jiang Xi glanced at him and noticed the gray lines and sparks on his body had disappeared, then couldn’t help but ask,
“Can you now control… spatial displacement?”
Jiang Xi had thought Mu Ling could only shift positions during battle.
She didn’t expect him to teleport long distances too!
This was practically a huge advantage for escaping!
Mu Ling, seeing the female master speaking to him, stood proudly in front of her with arms crossed.
“Of course!”
“I can even lock a rough location range! I tracked the female master’s position to find this place!”
Though the tracking was slightly off at first,
This time, he managed to appear in the right place, seeing the hot spring water, and he thought he’d mis-teleported again.
To his surprise, he found the correct location!
Jiang Xi and Lu Liufeng were both slightly surprised.
“Tracking? You even locked onto my location?”
Mu Ling snorted. “Of course. We have a marriage contract—no matter where you run, you can’t shake me off!”
Jiang Xi: “…”
Forever and ever, to the ends of the earth…
Besides, had she ever said she wanted to run?
She glanced at Lu Liufeng beside her, then looked up at Mu Ling.
She was about to ask if he could also track Lu Liufeng when her gaze accidentally landed on the gap in the fur cloak around Mu Ling’s waist.
Mu Ling was too tall, and the cloak too short, revealing most of his muscular, well-defined thighs.
Her gaze, which had been on his face, now shifted downward—and in an instant, Jiang Xi’s eyes almost went blind!!
