Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 204 - 148: Looking for Food
After much consideration, Sang Luo decided to focus on having her baby first.
She wasn’t sure if the Spirit Food left by Si Ye would be enough for the baby’s development. Based on what Fei Yuan had said, the fetus would require a tremendous amount of energy in the later stages of gestation, so what she had probably wasn’t enough. To be safe, it was best to find more Spiritual Materials and Beast Crystals.
High-Rank Spiritual Materials and Beast Crystals were rare and hard to come by, usually only found in special Secret Realms.
These Secret Realms were home to many High-Rank, King-Rank, and even more powerful Star Beasts.
To be on the safe side,
Sang Luo decided to get someone to go with her to brave a Secret Realm and find some "food" for the baby.
The stronger, the better, of course.
And it had to be someone she trusted.
The first person who came to Sang Luo’s mind was Lou Xianyue.
"Ah Ze, have you been free lately?"
"Sang’er!" His voice came through almost instantly—surprised, delighted, yet tinged with a hint of lonely grievance. "You haven’t contacted me in so long. I thought you were busy with other things, so I didn’t dare to disturb you..."
’Uh, "other things"... right. Busy finding a man to have a baby with...’
Sang Luo felt a little awkward. "Um, I tried to call you last time, but you weren’t there. I figured you were meditating in seclusion and didn’t want to bother you. But this time, I really have to ask you to come over."
Lou Xianyue thought for a moment. ’It was probably that time I was drunk,’ he mused, then chuckled. "If Sang’er needs me, I’m always available. I’m not busy. I have indeed been in seclusion lately. The folded fan I promised you is almost finished—just the final touches left. Do you need me urgently?"
"Not too urgently." The Spirit Food Si Ye had left would last her a month, no problem.
"Let me just finish up. I’ll come find you tonight or tomorrow."
"Okay~ I’ll be waiting for you, Ah Ze."
Her sweet, enchanting tone made Lou Xianyue wish he could fly to her side that very instant.
Working through the night, Lou Xianyue finished refining the Magic Artifact and emerged from his seclusion. He handed over the Sea Palace’s administrative affairs to two trusted subordinates, then went to Zhaoen Hall to check on Blue Eucalyptus. After feeding him, Lou Xianyue left him in Uncle Su’s care and departed for the East Continent.
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Sang Luo returned to the Marquis Mansion the following morning.
Regardless of what had happened between her and Si Ye, she wanted the child’s biological father to be present for the birth. Unfortunately, when she asked the butler, she learned that Si Ye still hadn’t returned.
A wave of sorrow washed over her.
’I wonder if he even wants this child anymore...’
’If not, after the baby is born, I could send it back to the Bian Clan Land. Si Jing values this child greatly; he would surely raise it well.’
’Or, I could just keep the child and raise it myself.’
Just as Sang Luo returned to her chambers, she sensed a familiar aura from upstairs. A smile touched her lips as she headed to the second-floor bathroom.
Soaking in the bathtub was a stunningly beautiful Mermaid.
His bare upper body was perfectly and symmetrically muscled, like a sculpture carved from ice and jade. His long, silver-blue fishtail was submerged in the clean, warm water, with a small part of the fin resting lazily over the edge of the tub. A few clean water stains dotted the floor.
Outside the window, soft light spilled onto Lou Xianyue’s perfect, statuesque body. His silver-blue hair, half-submerged in the water, seemed to be dyed a creamy gold, creating a scene so beautiful it was like a painting one couldn’t bear to blink and miss.
Ever since revealing his true form, Lou Xianyue had always appeared before Sang Luo in his well-dressed human guise. This was the first time he had shown her his bare, perfect beast form.
It was clear that his beast form was when he was most relaxed. Even the strands of his hair seemed to exude a sense of pleasure.
"The great Sea Emperor, sneaking into a commoner’s house... If your subjects found out, you’d become a laughingstock~" Sang Luo took out a camera and snapped several pictures with a CLICK. A scene this beautiful had to be saved for later appreciation.
With a SPLASH, Lou Xianyue shifted into his human form, rose from the tub, and was dressed in an instant.
He wore a light blue, wide-sleeved, open-front robe over a moon-white inner shirt, fastened with a jade belt buckle carved with clouds, mountains, and fish. A tassel of fragmented jade hung from his belt. He was tall, slender, and elegant. When he looked at her, his eyes were as gentle as spring water.
Lou Xianyue walked over slowly, his gaze falling on her flat stomach. "Sang’er, you’re pregnant again?"
Sang Luo smiled. "How did you know?"
Though he was far away in the South Sea, Lou Xianyue had been keeping an eye on things over here. "I heard that the Bian Clan of the East Continent will soon have a new heir. I remembered the Young Master you told me about before. Are you two together now?"
Sang Luo was at a loss for words. "...The child is his, yes. But we’re not exactly together."
Lou Xianyue could see she didn’t want to elaborate, so he didn’t press the matter. Instead, he took a folded fan from his sleeve. "Sang’er, this is for you."
The folded fan was exquisitely crafted. The ribs were made from a precious Spirit Wood similar to Golden Rattan Wood. A platinum-colored jade tassel hung from the bottom, inlaid with a Red Jade Agate Bead and a Jade Green Pearl. It was elegant without being plain, as beautiful as a work of art.
When Sang Luo opened the fan, the surface revealed a painting of a serene lotus emerging from water.
She smiled sweetly. "We really do have great minds~" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"Oh? What do you mean?"
Sang Luo presented him with a pair of Lotus Earrings.
They were designed with graceful, flowing tassels, evoking the image of lotuses blooming with every step.
"Truly beautiful!" Lou Xianyue’s eyes lit up. His long, slender, jade-white fingers gently played with the silver jade tassel on one earring. He praised them lavishly, "Sang’er, please put them on for me."
"Mm." Sang Luo moved closer, removed the Jade Pendant from his jade-white earlobe, and put on the Lotus Earrings for him.
With the remaining jade material, Sang Luo had also made a silver jade hairpin, which she now used to loosely pin up his waterfall of silver hair.
Sang Luo took two steps back, gazing at the devastatingly handsome, silver-haired man before her. She swallowed. "No one is more beautiful than you, Ah Ze."
Lou Xianyue, in turn, put his old earring on her. It was a token of love passed down through generations of the Deep Sea Jade Shark clan, and he had long wanted to give it to her.
Lou Xianyue studied her lovely, beautiful face, growing more pleased the longer he looked. Then he remembered the matter at hand. "Sang’er, what are your plans now?"
Sang Luo rubbed her belly, looking worried. "It’s been over a month with this pregnancy. With my previous ones, I would have been showing by now, but my belly hasn’t changed at all this time. I’m afraid this child’s innate talent might be a bit too high... I heard a Great Secret Realm is opening in the Central region soon. I plan to go there to find some Spirit Food. I’d like you to come with me."
"I’m so happy that I was the first person you thought of, Sang’er." Lou Xianyue took her hand, his eyes crinkling with joy.
"Ah Ze, you’re so agreeable and so powerful. Having you with me would put my mind at ease," Sang Luo added. "I’ve never been to a Secret Realm before. What do I need to prepare?"
"I’ll handle the preparations. Sang’er, all you need to do is follow me."
「Seven days later, the Cloud Smoke Secret Realm appeared.」
Lou Xianyue took her into the Secret Realm.
Their luck seemed rather poor. Right after entering the Secret Realm, they ran into a pack of King-Rank Star Beasts. Lou Xianyue took care of all of them, netting them a bag full of King-Rank Beast Crystals... Er, for the two of them, this was actually good luck. The ingredients had delivered themselves right to their doorstep.
Sang Luo said, "We just got here and we’re already seeing King-Rank Star Beasts. What will it be like deeper inside?"
Lou Xianyue replied, "The Star Beasts in the East Continent’s Secret Realms are generally quite formidable. If our luck is bad, we might even run into an Emperor-Rank one. But don’t worry, Sang’er. Emperor-Rank Star Beasts don’t travel in packs. There will be one at most in this Secret Realm, and if we encounter it, I can handle it."
With Lou Xianyue by her side, Sang Luo didn’t have to lift a finger the entire time. All she had to do on their journey was eat and sleep.
