Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 452 - 391: Keeping the Appointment

Minos also fell into deep thought. He suddenly remembered something, and a look of certainty flashed in his crystal-clear blue eyes. "Luoluo, do you remember asking me to look into the Wu Lian Domain? I’ve since searched through the ancient texts in every major Book Collection Pavilion and found a few clues."

Sang Luo gripped the rim of her cup, gesturing for him to continue.

Minos said, "You can’t find the Wu Lian Domain on a map of the Beast World Continent because it isn’t on the continent at all. It’s a place in the Heavenly Realm."

’Did the two of them go looking for Divine Lotus Fruit?’

Sang Luo felt an indescribable mix of emotions.

She touched her belly.

’...I wonder if Yan even wants this child.’

It was true that Male Beasts naturally doted on their offspring, but they preferred to conceive their most precious descendants with a beloved mate.

Even if Duotu had married that Princess back then, given his attitude, he probably wouldn’t have let her conceive his child. And even if the Princess had schemed to get pregnant and given birth, he likely wouldn’t have shown the child any fatherly love. The fact that he named Hephis his sole Crown Prince was enough to show his intentions.

’Yan probably feels the same way about this child...’

"Luoluo, don’t worry about so many things. Your job right now is to take care of yourself during your pregnancy and ensure you and the baby are safe. I’ll handle everything else," Minos soothed her gently.

Sang Luo calmed down. "Okay!"

"Reporting to the Holy Monarch and Holy Empress, Klieche Berg has arrived," a servant came to announce.

Klieche Berg was the most senior Angel Clan witch doctor in the Holy Hall. For years, whether Sang Luo was sick or pregnant, it was this old witch doctor and his disciples who had cared for her. Their care was so meticulous that Minos had simply appointed him as Sang Luo’s personal physician.

Klieche Berg was very familiar with Sang Luo’s health indicators during pregnancy and quickly noticed something was amiss. His long, white eyebrows, which nearly drooped to the corners of his eyes, furrowed.

Minos asked nervously, "Is something wrong with Luoluo’s health?"

Klieche Berg bowed respectfully and replied, "Her Majesty the Holy Empress’s constitution is healthy, but the fetus is somewhat unstable. There is a possibility of miscarriage."

Minos’s heart leaped into his throat!

"Prescribe something to stabilize the pregnancy! The best you have!"

Klieche Berg shook his head. "The risk of miscarriage isn’t due to the Holy Empress’s health, nor is it from any other illness. In this old servant’s opinion, it seems to be because... the fetus isn’t receiving enough nutrients to sustain its growth and development."

Minos grew thoughtful and nodded at the witch doctor.

"Mm, I understand. You may leave for now. You can prepare some potions to help the fetus absorb nutrients."

After the doctor left, he took out all the Divine Fruits he had on hand. "It seems the offspring of an Ancient Divine Beast requires even more energy than two Little Angels. I don’t know if this will be enough."

Ever since becoming pregnant this time, Sang Luo couldn’t even eat Spirit Fruits anymore; only Divine Fruits would do.

She had been eating the same amount as when she was pregnant with the two Little Angels. She never expected to be suffering from malnutrition!

’It looks like this will be my most difficult pregnancy yet!’

"I can’t find that fox, so I’ll have to mooch some food off you," Sang Luo said sheepishly.

"My people and my children are yours, and the clan’s assets were all prepared for you. Luoluo, why be so formal with me?" Minos’s blue eyes brimmed with a gentle, captivating smile.

Sang Luo’s heart trembled. She leaned in and pecked him on the corner of his lips. "I won’t take your things for free. When I have the chance, I’ll give you another Little Angel~"

Minos’s breath hitched. He glanced down at her belly, his gaze clearing as he pulled her into his embrace. He nuzzled his chin against her temple and chuckled helplessly. "You’re so naughty, Luoluo. How many Male Beasts have you said that to?"

"Er..." She seemed to recall saying the same thing to Si Ye, and there was still no sign of a second child with him. Making empty promises was just human nature. "I’m serious, hmph~ Believe it or not!"

"I believe you!" Minos said hastily.

"How long is the gestation period for an Ancient Divine Beast?"

"I read in a book once that it can be as long as a thousand years."

Sang Luo’s heart skipped a beat, thinking she had misheard. She pushed Minos away, looked up into his beautiful blue eyes, and asked in a horrified tone, "You’re not kidding me, are you?"

"It’s true. Even Abandoned Divine Beast Offspring take a hundred years for a normal gestation. Your constitution is special, Luoluo, but even with the energy from various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and fortuitous encounters to speed things up, it still took you several years to gestate the Divine Phoenix offspring and the two Little Angels."

Back when Sang Luo was pregnant with the two Little Phoenixes, she had devoured a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object like the Divine Poison Pearl. Then, when she was pregnant with the two Little Angels, she absorbed the Saint Ancestor’s power. That was what allowed them to be born early. Otherwise, a normal gestation period for those two pregnancies would have been at least ten years.

"My pregnancy with the Insect Clan children wasn’t long. A full year, at most."

"Those four Insect Clan offspring..." Minos had seen them once. Their talent was also extremely high; like the two Little Angels, they were born with Cultivation at the Emperor Realm Peak.

"Only a one-year pregnancy?" he asked in surprise.

"Mhm. The only difference from my pregnancy with the Hua Beast Clan offspring was that back then, I ate a type of Energy Crystal left behind by the destruction of a planet."

"So that’s why. The energy contained in an Energy Crystal is extremely rich. Even one from a small world is equivalent to over a hundred Divine Fruits... If you have enough Energy Crystals, then we won’t have to worry about the energy required for this Divine Beast descendant."

"Is this enough?" Sang Luo took out over a hundred Energy Crystals from her storage space.

Minos was stunned. He picked up a few of the Energy Crystals to examine them and was even more shocked.

The quality of these Energy Crystals was excellent. The energy contained within them made even him tremble. "This should be enough."

"Good! As long as it’s enough to nurture my child. The trip to the Star Vortex Insect Nest wasn’t a waste."

"But I’m afraid there might be other complications. We should still let this child’s father know about this as soon as possible."

Sang Luo was silent for a long moment before she said, "...But I can’t find him."

"What about when that Divine Venerable returns?"

"I have so many Energy Crystals anyway. It’s enough to nurture the child. I don’t need him to provide any more food."

Minos looked at her, his lips pressed together, and said nothing. He then recalled the scene he had witnessed in the river of time.

That Nine-tailed Fox God Venerable had said, "There’s no need. She won’t forgive me. I broke her heart..."

...

Sang Luo had originally planned to wait until the child was born, give it to Yan, and consider their debts to each other settled. That way, neither would owe the other anything.

Unexpectedly, Yan returned just a few days later.

He didn’t come to see Sang Luo in person, but sent her a letter.

"Tomorrow evening. Qingqiu. See you at the Divine Monarch Mansion."

Sang Luo held the letter, standing by the window and looking at it for a long time before turning and burning it in a candle flame.

The next evening.

She went to the appointment as scheduled.

Tonight, the moonlight was faint, and clouds shrouded the river of stars. A hazy white mist rose through the Qingqiu Mountain Forest.

Sang Luo arrived at the gate of the Divine Monarch Mansion and, from a distance, once again saw that tall, slender, and handsome figure from behind.

He was dressed in white robes, his snowy hair cascading freely. He looked like a banished immortal fallen to the mortal realm, his form appearing even more hazy and indistinct in the mist.

They hadn’t seen each other in years.

Her heart couldn’t help but stir.

Steading herself, she called out softly,

"Yan."