Raising Beast Husbands with My Space — The Villainess Becomes a Beloved Favorite-Chapter 430 - 427: On Fusion
With the death of the Patriarch Xiao, along with so many others, the Xiao Family fell into passivity and chaos.
Not to mention that the Xiao Family discovered all the elixirs painstakingly refined by the Medicine Makers had been completely lost.
The remaining members of the Xiao Family were furious.
Upon receiving the family’s Green Cloud Arrow Order, Xiao Family members from afar hurried back.
When some of the Xiao Family descendants returned and learned of the events, they were stunned and incredulous.
"The Patriarch and the others are dead, how is it possible? The Xiao Family’s defenses are like an inescapable net, and countless Secret Techniques enhance their power, yet a female managed to kill them and cause such destruction."
"What’s more, she’s carrying a male on her back. Thirteen Elders, you can’t be serious." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
The elders suffered heavy casualties. Currently, the highest-ranking elder in the family was the Thirteen Elders, who had to temporarily handle these matters.
Some elders were dealing with business outside and were yet to return.
The Thirteen Elders sighed, "That’s exactly the case. If I weren’t injured previously, I would have joined this battle and perhaps also fallen under that female’s sword."
"Her power is immense, likely having entered the Spirit Transformation Realm, otherwise she couldn’t have killed the Patriarch."
"Moreover, even with Xiao Jihan severely wounded on her back, no one could stop her. If you don’t believe it, go out and inquire; the remaining superpower users in Xiao State City know the matter."
The Thirteen Elders were fatigued just from speaking.
Moreover, that night had been utterly terrifying for him.
How could such a young Beastman, especially a female, possess such high-level power?
Even female superpower talent practitioners can’t cultivate as quickly as males.
Even for males, reaching such power is rare.
The young members of the Xiao Family forcefully enhance their powers using reckless methods, and they are just barely at Level 16 or 17, with unstable realms.
"I wonder what identity that female holds."
"She wields a sword with exceptional skill, and that sword is no ordinary weapon, otherwise, it couldn’t have broken through so many of the Xiao Family’s Magic Artifacts, Magic Robes, or Arrays."
"That sword emitted a bluish light; I haven’t seen it in any Ancient Books."
Bringing up this female, the Thirteen Elders had a complex expression.
If she were part of the Xiao Family, they could surely prosper.
A typically unremarkable branch descendant spoke softly, "Had we not harmed Xiao Jihan back then, Xiao Jihan would have been loyal to the Xiao Family, and since she cares so much for him, she would also protect the Xiao Family’s interests. None of this trouble would have happened."
The speaker had his own interests, feeling that the main family treated branch descendants like ants, the disparity in treatment was too great.
Additionally, many like him inexplicably died.
He had some vague suspicions but dared not voice them, fearing repercussions.
Shaking his head, the Thirteen Elders firmly said, "No."
"More than twenty years ago, Xiao Jihan’s father had an incident within the Xiao Family."
In his youth, with negligible standing in the Xiao Family, the Thirteen Elders still remembered when Xiao Jihan’s grandparents desperately fled with Jihan’s father.
The Xiao Family wasn’t as defensively strict back then and lacked so many precautions.
At that time, the Patriarch was young, and he coveted the Ice Spirit Root fiercely.
Yet, after obtaining the Ice Spirit Root, he was still killed.
If possible, he truly didn’t wish to oppose them, but the Xiao Family’s stance was not his to determine.
...
Su Muyao, taking Xiao Jihan away from Xiao State City, brought him to a house within a mysterious forest.
She arranged trees around as an Array, making it difficult for the ordinary to locate.
She felt uneasy elsewhere.
The system, observing the surroundings, asked, "Host, this place resembles where you entered the world of Jing Chu; though the tribe is gone after tens of thousands of years, the residence remains intact, as if repaired by someone."
Su Muyao explained, "Indeed, it’s the same forest. Before entering Xiao State City, I scouted around and decided it would be safer to bring him here after taking him out."
Although it was the Resentment World that she entered back then, that place was once real too.
Entering this forest felt particularly familiar to her.
This offered some safety.
The system reflected, "It’s been ten thousand years. Who knows if Jing Chu still lives, or if there’s any relation to the main body."
Upon hearing the words "main body," Su Muyao’s expression became tense.
"I wonder how Wen Nanxi is doing."
Su Muyao worried about Wen Nanxi, fearing he had been absorbed by the main body; if so, Wen Nanxi would cease to exist in this world.
Thinking of this, Su Muyao’s heart string couldn’t help but tremble.
"I can’t sense their presence now; they must be far away."
The system seemed to understand, "So Host, you purposely took the Invisibility Talisman at the city gate and fought the Patriarch Xiao, both to kill him in revenge and to create significant commotion. If Wen Nanxi and the others are alive, they’d surmise that saving Xiao Jihan has to be you and might come searching."
Su Muyao nodded, "Yes, precisely."
"I can stand high and cause quite the disturbance, signaling to them that I’m alive, prompting them to find me."
"Even if they can’t, I still have to figure out a way to locate them."
As Su Muyao exchanged with the system, she placed Xiao Jihan on the bed.
By then, Xiao Jihan had fainted completely, his face devoid of color.
The system sighed, "The back-and-forth jostling from the battle nearly overwhelmed his body, yet he didn’t utter a sound, fearing it would worry you."
Su Muyao said, "I’ll start refining elixirs now; once he takes them, he’ll recover significantly."
Su Muyao took out an Alchemy Furnace, a reward from the space after forming a Contract with Wei Jinmo.
The system claimed the Alchemy Furnace is an ancient object with immense, mysterious power it couldn’t even detect.
Su Muyao had used it to refine elixirs before, and their effects were excellent.
She had many Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure Herbs in her space reserve, some grown within the space and others from the Sea Clan.
With these, Xiao Jihan would surely recover.
"Host, you should refine an elixir for yourself first. You just forcefully heightened your power and suffered backlash; you’re feeling weak now."
Su Muyao replied, "It’s fine. I’ve already taken an elixir and feel much better; let’s refine medicine first."
She could still hold on; she had prepared before entering the Xiao Family, anticipating the need for a forced power increase, thus she had prepared restorative elixirs.
These elixirs were concocted back when she was with the Sea Clan.
As Xiao Jihan’s breath grew weaker, Su Muyao dared not delay.
While Su Muyao stayed in this mysterious mountain region, refining elixirs to heal Xiao Jihan, the outside of Cang Beast Continent was in an uproar. News of the Xiao Family’s fate had spread widely.
People discussed the mysterious and powerful female over meals.
They also talked about her loyalty and righteousness.
Meanwhile, many factions intended to take advantage of the chaos, leaving the Xiao Family unable to spare resources to hunt Su Muyao and company.
For now, they couldn’t manage their own predicament.
...
In a palace secret chamber,
Wen Nanxi remained captive in this place.
His life force was increasingly faint.
Perhaps, lacking the will to live after learning of his wife’s death, he desired only revenge against the main body and had tried multiple times to kill it, but failed.
The main body, Nan Feng, opened the door and entered.
Gazing at his own clone, his expression was complex. He had attempted forced fusion several times, all failing.
Wen Nanxi was too resilient; even in seeking death, he refused fusion.
