Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 195 - 139: Haunting My Dreams for So Long

Si Ye, "Luoluo has been pregnant for almost a month."

Fei Yuan, "Your child?"

They had known each other for less than a month. She got pregnant as soon as they met? How could something so convenient happen? Fei Yuan had lived for several hundred years and had never encountered anything so bizarre. He recalled the soul mark on the young female and felt it was his duty to warn his dear nephew. He worried Si Ye was so overcome by the sudden joy of fatherhood that he wouldn’t even realize he was raising another Male Beast’s child.

"Of course the child is mine!" A flicker of annoyance crossed Si Ye’s face. "Just because you can’t lay an egg doesn’t mean you can curse me to be like you, unable to have any children."

’...’ ’Forget it. I’ll let him be a fool.’

’A hard lesson will temper his character.’

Meanwhile, Sang Luo teleported back to the Marquis Mansion. She rubbed the faint marks on her wrists. ’That Fei Yuan!’ she silently cursed. ’That shameless, disrespectful old Phoenix is completely shameless!’

Sang Luo sensed Si Ye’s return, so she wasn’t worried. She headed to the back courtyard of the Marquis Mansion.

Beyond the Water Moon Corridor stood a small, hexagonal pavilion. In front of it, water babbled poetically over a rockery. The pond was filled with lotus blossoms in full bloom, releasing waves of delicate fragrance.

Sang Luo perched on the pavilion railing, lazily enjoying the fragrant, cool breeze. The wooden edge was digging into her. Just as she was thinking, ’Maybe I should get a cushion,’ Si Ye walked over and sat down. He pulled her onto his long, sturdy lap and inspected her face, neck, and waist. Seeing no suspicious marks, his expression softened. He then draped a cloak over her shoulders, but Sang Luo, finding it too warm, took it right back off.

Sang Luo looked at him. "Why are you just now getting back? Did you run into trouble on the road?"

"Yes," Si Ye said, his expression apologetic. "Si Yang willingly underwent Demonization, becoming a Demon Beast and drastically increasing his power. I was entangled with him for a few extra days. Then, on the way back, I ran into an ambush by more Demon Beasts, which delayed me another two days. Have you run out of Beast Crystals and spiritual materials? Have you or the baby gone hungry?"

"Don’t worry, we haven’t gone hungry. You gave me plenty last time, and I still have some left." Sang Luo pecked him on the cheek. "You’re not hurt, are you?"

"I’m fine. In all my life, no one has ever been able to hurt me." The corners of Si Ye’s lips tilted up. He took out a Qiankun Bag overflowing with Beast Crystals and spiritual materials, along with an Immortal Plant wreathed in an ethereal, immortal aura. It was emerald green and perfect as a jade carving—clearly no ordinary thing. "This is an Immortal Rank Seven Treasures Bodhi Flower I found in a grotto-heaven Secret Realm. It’s a great tonic for you and the baby. Try it."

The moment Sang Luo took a bite, her eyes lit up. The sensation was shocking... How could she even describe it? ’All the Spirit Fruits and spiritual materials I’ve eaten before were rare treasures,’ she thought, ’but compared to this Immortal Plant, they’re no better than common weeds and wild berries!’

After Sang Luo had eaten her fill, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Si Ye carefully held her and returned to their bedchamber.

In the days that followed, Si Ye never left Sang Luo’s side.

They faced another assassination attempt.

Their enemies were hell-bent on eliminating the child in Sang Luo’s womb.

The enemy lurked in the shadows while they were out in the open. It was impossible to guard against everything, but Sang Luo and the baby could not afford even one slip-up.

In response, Si Ye set up multiple layers of Arrays around the Marquis Mansion and conducted a major purge of the household staff.

Aside from the few old servants who had been with him loyally from the start, he replaced everyone else with the trusted Hidden Guards he had personally trained for years.

After that, there were no more incidents. It seemed their opponents, realizing they were powerless to succeed, had finally given up.

Still, Si Ye didn’t dare let his guard down.

Sang Luo was well aware of how important this pregnancy was, so she decided not to travel far from home before the birth. Her days were spent strolling around the mansion’s back courtyard.

Seeing how much she enjoyed the courtyard’s lotus pond and bamboo grove, Si Ye had two more pavilions built in spots with excellent views.

After dinner, Sang Luo liked to sit in the pavilion, enjoying the evening breeze and watching the moon for a while.

Tonight, the moon was strange.

The bright moon was enormous, even larger than a typical full moon, and a hint of crimson seemed to bleed through the swirling clouds.

It looked strangely familiar to Sang Luo. ’Now that I think about it,’ she recalled, ’the moon was also red the night I first arrived in the East Continent.’

"It’s the night of the blood moon," Si Ye said. "The moon is inherently yin and cold, which has a conflicting relationship with the power of us Fire Phoenixes. On the East Continent, a blood moon is also considered an ill omen. It’s mostly folklore, but historical records do mention that bad things tend to happen on nights like this..."

As he was speaking, he frowned.

"I have this hollow feeling, like something bad is about to happen. I’m going to reinforce the Arrays."

"Okay."

After Si Ye left, Sang Luo picked up a Spirit Fruit to eat.

The next second. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

SPLAT.

The Spirit Fruit fell to the ground. Sang Luo was gone.

Sang Luo’s vision went black. When it returned, she had no idea where she was, her expression one of utter confusion.

From the darkness came the sound of low, heavy breathing, tinged with a hint of pain. It was a strangely suggestive sound.

Sang Luo frowned. A flicker of flame had just sparked at her fingertips when it was instantly snuffed out. An immense force then seized her, pulling her into a heavy embrace. A long, cold hand clamped around her throat as cool lips descended on the side of her neck and bit down hard.

Urk!

Sang Luo hissed in pain.

"Heh heh... I was right... That night... it was this very scent. The one that has haunted my every waking thought for so long..."

"Fei Yuan!"

The pain snapped her back to reality, and she was so furious she wanted to scream at him.

With a flash of firelight, long rows of ancient lamps along the walls flared to life.

They were in a hidden underground palace.

Sang Luo shoved Fei Yuan away and clutched her neck, her healing abilities rapidly closing the wound.

Fei Yuan scoffed and took two steps back. He raised a hand to gently wipe his mouth. The blood staining the corner of his lips and his chin only made his face more overwhelmingly beautiful, breathtakingly so.

The red of Fei Yuan’s narrow pupils slowly faded as he regained his composure. The deathly pallor of his face receded, replaced by a healthy flush.

A smile played on his lips. "Little thing, what exactly is your origin?"

"Didn’t Si Ye already tell you? I’m a merchant from the North Continent, born in a tribe at the border of the East and West Continents. No matter how thoroughly you investigate me in secret, you won’t find anything else!"

Fei Yuan said nothing, his eyes fixed on her face as he took a step forward.

Sang Luo instantly took a step back, glaring at him warily.

Fei Yuan abruptly vanished, reappearing to pull her into his arms. His long, warm hand landed on her flat stomach, and a searing energy probed deep within her...

"Let’s see if the child you’re carrying is truly my dear nephew’s."

Sang Luo tried to struggle free, but the man behind her suddenly loosened his grip. A moment later, Fei Yuan burst into wild, gleeful laughter.

She had never seen him laugh like that before. It made the hair on her skin stand on end.

Fei Yuan stopped laughing. His gaze on Sang Luo was scorching, or more accurately, the way he stared at her stomach was intensely fervent and crazed.

He lowered his head and leaned close to her ear, whispering,

"Little Luoruo, you truly are a treasure. To think you could conceive an heir with this level of talent."

"You... you can tell what my child is?" Sang Luo stopped struggling, turning her head to look at him in confusion.

This pregnancy was already taking longer than Sang Luo had expected. A month had passed with no symptoms, which meant she was still in the very early stages. Even Si Ye, the child’s own father and her Beast Husband, had difficulty sensing its aura.

From Fei Yuan’s tone, it seemed this baby of hers was anything but ordinary.