Chapter 77

Duanmu? It was the imperial family name of the Zhuque Empire. Purple eyes? It was said that the empress of the Zhuque Empire had purple eyes. No wonder he found her familiar. It turned out that she was the daughter of his imperial uncle. She did look like his imperial uncle indeed.

“Nice to meet you, Dear Xi.” Huangfu Yu bowed gracefully. Unlike nodding at Mei Luo and Xuanyuan Mo before, he bowed to Duanmu Xi like a family.

It seemed that this man had guessed who she was. Duanmu Xi disliked how he addressed her but she didn’t correct it anyway. She only responded with an apathetic nod.

The others thought that Huangfu Yu had a crush on Duanmu Xi so he was trying to cotton up to her.

However, how he addressed Duanmu Xi made Xuanyuan Mo pull a long face immediately. Meanwhile, the atmosphere around also got tenser.

“Just leave if you are full,” Xuanyuan Mo said in an extremely cold voice.

The others all looked at Xuanyuan Mo in shock. This was the first time that he had talked to them and they had heard his voice. Although he was an elder, he didn’t care about anyone or talk to anyone except Duanmu Xi.

After saying that, he directly dragged Duanmu Xi out of the inn without paying attention to others.

After walking for a few steps, Duanmu Xi held Xuanyuan Mo back and pinched his gloomy handsome face, saying banteringly, “It is an appellation only. Why are you so mad?”

A fierce glint flashed across Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes, “Okay. I won’t stop others from calling ‘Dear Mo’ then.”

“How dare you…” Duanmu Xi got mad instantly. Her dark purple eyes even glittered with fierceness.

Xuanyuan Mo looked at Duanmu Xi’s adorable face and just wanted to joke with her, “I remember…someone just said that it was an appellation only.” His voice was casual but his amber eyes were filled with bantering smiles.

“You… Anyway, you just mustn’t.” Thinking of that a woman called him Dear Mo affectionately, she felt so unhappy.

Looking at Duanmu Xi’s pouted lips and puffed-out cheeks, Xuanyuan Mo held her into his arms gently and whispered to her ears, “No, never. I will never give them any chance.” He wouldn’t let her feel sad. Seeing her feel painful, he would feel a lot more painful.

The people in the inn got out and saw the couple hugging each other. Some of them were envious, some jealous and some spiteful.

“Hugging in public. Shame on them!” Chu Lian’er mumbled in a “low” voice, which was heard by the others around her.

Mei Luo slightly knitted her eyebrows and glimpsed Chu Lian’er coldly, her eyes full of obvious warning.

Seeing the hugging couple, Feng Xifan felt a heartache and slowly looked sideways.

Xiahou Shan stared at Xuanyuan Mo and Duanmu Xi firmly and felt so eager to separate them.

Hua Xian’er looked at the hugging couple, glanced at Xiahou Shan’s reaction and snorted. “Duanmu Xi, Xuanyuan Mo, I’ll wait and see how long you can be so lovey-dovey,” she thought.

Huangfu Yu took a tumble. No wonder Xuanyuan Mo was hostile to him.

Xuanyuan Mo peeped at Huangfu Yu and Feng Xifan at the gate of the inn and slightly raised the corners of his lips. Then, he let go of Duanmu Xi slowly and dragged her to the entrance of the Spiritual Beast Forest.

The others all followed them quickly.

The twelve of them plus Huangfu Yu and his servant went into the Spiritual Beast Forest together.

Duanmu Xi kept looking around while walking. The Spiritual Beast Forest was different from the forests she had seen before. The trees here were especially tall and thick, which were more densely located than those in ordinary forests.

Probably because they were at the edge of the forest, they didn’t see any big spiritual beast after walking for quite a while. They did meet quite some people, who were strong and looked like the villagers of the Ghost Valley. They were all carrying some bodies of the small spiritual beasts. Supposedly, they were hunters.

“Why do you also come to the Spiritual Beast Forest?” While walking, Mu Jianfeng asked Huangfu Yu aside.

“Oh! Here is the thing. An elder senior is having his 60th birthday so I want to find some treasure in the Spiritual Beast Forest for him,” Huangfu Yu said and then glimpsed Duanmu Xi on purpose.

60th birthday? Duanmu Xi’s dark purple eyes glittered. He should be talking about Grandpa. When the trial here was over, she must go to the Qinglong Empire and meet Grandpa.

After being dazed, Mu Jianfeng realized that he was talking about the emperor of the Qinglong Empire, saying, “It’s so considerate of you.”

He didn’t want to talk more about this topic and changed the topic, “Does your mother know about your trip in the Spiritual Beast Forest?”

Huangfu Yu heard that and shook his head, “I didn’t tell her.”

Mu Jianfeng pursed his lips and thought, “I knew it. Your mother can never let you come to such a dangerous place.”

Duanmu Xi heard them chatting. Just like Snow, Mu Jianfeng was also quite taciturn but now that he was with Huangfu Yu, he just had a lot to say.

As they went deeper into the forest, they saw more spiritual beasts. Suddenly, they saw a pit of snakes surrounding a small white fluffy ball.

“They are Red-eyed Fiery Snakes, level-eight fire spiritual beasts,” Xue Luochen illustrated for Hua Ye’er next to him.

After rolling on the ground twice, the small fluffy ball exposed its head. In this way, its appearance was finally seen clearly. It was a white bear cub.

While the Red-eyed Fiery Snakes were attacking the bear cub, it suddenly leaped and fell into the arms of Hua Ye’er, who stayed closest to it. Hua Ye’er subconsciously caught it with a frown. Small as it was, it was quite heavy.

Seeing their prey escape, the Red-eyed Fiery Snakes all swarmed towards Hua Ye’er. Instantly, Xue Luochen dropped his mischievous smile. With a flash of fierceness in his eyes, he struck a streak of cyan mysterious Qi at the Red-eyed Fiery Snakes.

Bang. The Red-eyed Fiery Snakes were all wiped out within an instant.

Xue Luochen lifted the white bear cub and threw it to the ground, staring at Hua Ye’er and saying with concern, “Honey, are you okay?”

The word–“honey” made Hua Ye’er blush immediately. She cast an angry glance at Xue Luochen, “I’m fine. Just call me Ye’er.”

“No, I like to call you honey,” he thought. However, looking at Hua Ye’er’s clear eyes, Xue Luochen still didn’t voice out his thought. Sooner or later, he would let her accept being called this way by him.

“Look…” Chu Lian’er pointed at the swirling dust in the air nearby and shouted.

The people all looked in the direction where Chu Lian’er pointed at and only saw the dust blowing there. They couldn’t see clearly what was happening ahead. However, the earth beneath their feet started to shake as those things approached.

“They are Frozen White Bears. There are hundreds of them…” Chu Lian’er said with a trembling voice.

Frozen White Bears? Hua Ye’er went forward, carried the white bear cub and stroked its white fur. They should be this little guy’s family.

Mei Luo looked at the approaching Frozen White Bears and said coldly, “Don’t touch it. Put it down.”

Hua Ye’er immediately put down the white bear cub but it didn’t go away and still stayed next to Hua Ye’er’s feet. It seemed to like Hua Ye’er a lot.

Frozen White Bears moved very fast and arrived before them within a blink of an eye.

The leading Frozen White Bear stared at the white bear cub at Hua Ye’er’s feet. After observing for a while, it shouted at the white bear cub.

Hearing the voice, the white bear cub immediately ran back to the big white bear. The big white bear stuck out its tongue to lick the face of the white bear cub while the white bear cub also rubbed against the big bear’s face. Then, the white bear cub just started talking to the big bear. Then, it pointed at the bodies of the Red-eyed Fiery Snakes and Hua Ye’er and Xue Luochen too.

The people present couldn’t understand what the white bear cub was talking about but judging from its actions, it must be telling the big bear about what had just happened.

A moment later, the big bear carried the white bear cub and came to Hua Ye’er, “Thank you for saving my child.”

The people present were all surprised to hear the gentle female voice of the big bear. This Frozen White Bear turned out to be a holy beast. The spiritual beasts on the Hantian Continent all had intelligence. Holy beasts could speak human language, immortal beasts could turn half-human and mythical creatures could transform into humans at will.

After being slightly dazed, Hua Ye’er shook her head and said, “I didn’t help actually. It saved itself.”

The big bear looked at Hua Ye’er with satisfaction and then put the white bear cub into Hua Ye’er’s arms, “It likes you and wants to be your contracted beast.” The big bear couldn’t bear to be separated from its child but it still respected its child’s choice.

Hua Ye’er was a bit at a loss upon hearing this. She subconsciously looked at Xue Luochen next to her and felt it was not appropriate. Then, she turned to look at Mei Luo.

Mei Luo looked at the white bear cub in her arms and nodded at her. The bear cub was of ice property and Hua Ye’er happened to be an ice spiritual master. It was quite suitable indeed. Besides, it was an immortal beast rather than a holy beast, which was way much more talented than its mother.

Looking at the white bear cub in Hua Ye’er’s arms, Hua Xian’er squinted her narrow and long coquettish eyes. Her sister was so lucky.

The big bear saw the scene and knew that Hua Ye’er accepted the white bear cub. Then, it said, “It is still young. Please take good care of it.”

“I will.” Hua Ye’er nodded with a sincere facial expression. Since this little guy would be her partner in the future, of course she wouldn’t maltreat it.

The big bear cast an affectionate look at the white bear cub and then left with the hundreds of Frozen White Bears.

The white bear cub in Hua Ye’er’s arms kept staring at the big bear going away. It didn’t turn around and try to please her until the big bear completely vanished. It rubbed against Hua Ye’er’s chest and then licked her face.

What the bear cub was doing made Xue Luochen aside bristle with rage. He directly grabbed the white bear cub and threw it to the ground.

“Honey… Ye’er, can you give it up? I will find you a better one later.” He was so pissed off to see this horny bear. It had taken all the benefits that should have belonged to him.

“Little White is quite good!” Hua Ye’er didn’t care about Xue Luochen’s frivolous quibbling. She carried the white bear cub again and drew a spell on its forehead.

The equality contract was successfully made.

Xue Luochen didn’t come to his senses until he was dazed for a while. Little White was the name Hua Ye’er made for the white bear cub. How could such a horny bear cub be called Little White? It should be Horny Bear.

After a disturbance, they continued walking into the depths of the Spiritual Beast Forest.