Chapter – 58
I Will Absolutely Not Be Seduced by Beauty!
Legend has it that a thousand years ago, a curse descended upon the land.
From then on, many beast spirits that had died but not dispersed appeared in the world. Under the constant scorching of the blazing sun and the red moon, they transformed into evil spirits that brought calamity to the land.
Once, in the Holy City, a black tiger–clan beastman was possessed by an evil spirit. He wiped out his entire clan and fled.
The Holy City dispatched countless third-tier and fourth-tier experts to hunt him down, but they were nearly all wiped out.
In the end, the Holy City had to mobilize its three great sacred beasts—earth-tier mighty beings—to finally slay him.
Because of this, the nine major beast clans of the Holy City jointly established a special Spirit-Extermination Squad dedicated to eliminating evil spirits.
However, Lu Liufeng knew that the female master came from another world and was not an evil spirit at all.
Hollen was from the Golden Lion Clan, one of the nine great beast clans. It was necessary to make this clear to him.
“The female master is not an evil spirit.”
“When you finish what you need to do in the Cursed Land and解除 the marriage contract, you can leave on your own. Anything that happens in the Cursed Land will not affect you.”
Hollen’s handsome brows furrowed.
“I never said she was an evil spirit.”
When he was in the Holy City, he had also carried out missions to hunt evil spirits.
So he naturally knew that females, who possessed spiritual power, were rarely possessed by evil spirits.
The usual targets of possession were beastmen.
“But there are too many strange things in the Cursed Land.”
Even if Hollen hadn’t been sure at first, judging from Lu Liufeng’s attitude, he could be certain that something “mysterious” had happened to Jiang Xi.
“Since we’ve met, I still want to advise you. Even if the marriage contract is dissolved, with your excellence, it’s not like no female would want you. Why sacrifice your entire life just for the clan rules of Eagle Sea Gorge?”
Lu Liufeng shook his head.
“I did waver because of the clan rules, but what made me decide to stay wasn’t the restraint of those rules.”
He looked at Hollen seriously.
“I like the female master and want to serve her for my entire life. That’s all.”
“There’s no need to persuade me. I know you’ll return to the Holy City sooner or later. For the remaining days in the Cursed Land, we won’t interfere with each other. You also don’t need to worry about the female master pestering you.”
Hollen pressed his lips together, a trace of awkwardness appearing on his face.
“I’m not worried about her pestering me.”
Then, as if he thought of something, his expression grew serious again.
“I just think you should be more vigilant.”
“The Cursed Land is far more dangerous and complicated than you imagine.”
Lu Liufeng sighed inwardly.
“I know. Thank you for the reminder. I’ll be careful.”
“Also, you didn’t come to find me just for this, did you?”
Like Hollen, he had once been a young clan leader—though for him it was in the past, while for Hollen it was still the present.
So compared to others, Lu Liufeng understood Hollen better and knew that his visit to the Cursed Land was inseparable from the Golden Lion Clan.
“Just say it directly.”
Hollen glanced around before speaking.
“I want you all to accompany me on a trip into the Cursed Land. Not too deep, but not on the edge either. There will be some danger, but the rewards are great. I have something that can prevent contamination.”
“We?” Lu Liufeng rolled the word around in his mouth.
Then, without hesitation, he refused cleanly.
“I can’t help you with this. The female master can’t be without protection. Go find Mu Ling and Yi Yuexi instead.”
At least for now, they hadn’t been accepted by the female master yet, so whether they stayed in the tribe or not didn’t matter.
Hollen said, “The tribe is very safe.”
Lu Liufeng shook his head. “Sorry.”
Hollen’s thin lips pressed tightly together. Lu Liufeng hadn’t even asked what the reward was before refusing.
The green eyes of the lion narrowed slightly. He didn’t say anything more, but he also didn’t give up.
After all, with Lu Liufeng around, their retreat would be much faster.
Ordinary aerial beastmen couldn’t fly in the Cursed Land beyond the walls.
Only Lu Liufeng, who carried the bloodline of the ancestral eagle, was unafraid of the curse pressure in the skies above the Cursed Land.
…
Jiang Xi had been tired all morning, then got dizzy from Mu Ling’s shaking. After eating hotpot, she returned to her room to rest.
She fell asleep very quickly.
Half-awake in the middle, she vaguely heard some sounds.
But before she could wake up, they disappeared.
She continued to sink into deep sleep.
When she woke up again, Jiang Xi felt as if her whole body was buried in something fluffy.
Warm, dense, and so comfortable that she couldn’t help hugging it and rubbing against it.
Then her mind gradually cleared, and she quickly opened her eyes.
What she saw was a stretch of white.
She lifted her head—and froze.
An extremely beautiful snow fox sat gracefully in front of her, its ice-blue fox eyes half-lowered as it looked at her. Its gaze flowed with charm, seductive and alluring.
Jiang Xi almost gasped.
Her eyes widened. “Yi Yuexi?!”
The snow fox’s pointed mouth opened slightly, as if smiling.
Several fluffy, large tails swayed behind it.
Yi Yuexi asked with a smile, “Does the female master like my beast form?”
Jiang Xi’s lips moved. She wanted to say she didn’t like it, but she really couldn’t lie to herself.
Setting everything else aside—it was just way, way, way too beautiful!!!
And who doesn’t have a weakness for fluffy things?!
Especially white fur!!
She could only answer honestly, “It—it’s pretty good-looking.”
The smile on the snow fox’s face grew even stronger.
Then she heard him say, narcissistic and shameless:
“The female master was completely stunned just now~”
“If you like it, just say so. I won’t laugh at you.”
Only then did Jiang Xi realize she’d been caught staring.
Her face heated up, and she hurriedly lifted the animal-skin blanket, trying to change the subject.
“Where are the others? Why are you in my roo—”
Before she could finish, she stiffened.
Because a fluffy, big tail was stuffed under the animal-skin blanket, clamped right between her legs.
Jiang Xi’s face instantly turned beet red.
Even with her darker complexion, the redness showing through the pale skin was impossible to ignore.
She scrambled backward, panicked and embarrassed.
“Y-y-you! Why are you in my blanket?!”
Yi Yuexi’s other tails swayed over as well, brushing across the female master’s body as he smiled.
“It was the female master who kept holding onto me and wouldn’t let me leave, so I didn’t go fishing with everyone.”
The truth was that he’d been taken away, then secretly snuck back.
Because he absolutely had to complain to the female master at the first opportunity!!
First, let her see his beautiful beast form, and then let her see the tragic sight of his handsome face bruised black and blue by Mu Ling.
With that thought, he directly transformed inside the room.
Jiang Xi only saw a flash of white, and the snow fox turned into a human right in front of her.
The moment she caught sight of that cold, pale skin, she hurriedly closed her eyes and wrapped herself up tightly in the animal skins, angrily shouting:
“Can you at least warn me before transforming?!”
Because no matter how fast she closed her eyes, she’d still seen plenty she shouldn’t have.
Skin as fine as jade, beautifully defined lean muscles—even his joints carried a faint blush.
Damn it!!
So unfair!!
Why does a grown man have to be so beautiful?!
