novelraw Chapter 563 - 502: Was It Him?
Chapter 563 - 502: Was It Him?
Sang Luo held Little Nuonuo in her arms and turned to scold Yan and Quan Jin. "How could the two of you take the children to such a dangerous place? You completely disregarded your own safety and nearly got yourselves killed!"
Sang Luo rarely lost her temper, but when she did, it was enough to make her Beast Husbands and children tremble!
"I’m sorry, Luoluo. It was my fault. I shouldn’t have gone with the Demon Lord and taken the children to the Purgatory Land." Yan sat on the edge of the bed, took her hand, and apologized sincerely. "Punish me however you see fit. I’ll accept it without complaint!"
Quan Jin added, "I’m at fault, too. I shouldn’t have brought Little Treasure with me. Sangsang, if you’re angry, punish me as well!"
Little Nuonuo pitifully tugged on Sang Luo’s arm. "Mommy, please don’t be angry. It was me, Nuonuo, who kept wanting to go to the Ghost Domain. I begged Daddy to take me."
One after the other... Sang Luo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. No matter how angry she was, seeing them all back safe and sound, she was mostly just relieved.
"Don’t be so reckless next time. No—there won’t *be* a next time!"
"Yes, it won’t happen again. If anything like this ever comes up in the future, I promise I’ll discuss it with you first." Yan gave her a kiss.
’His charms certainly worked, didn’t they?’
Sang Luo gazed at his magnificent, handsome face, and the last of her anger melted away. "That’s more like it."
Still, she asked, puzzled, "But why would the two of you go to a place like that in the first place?"
Quan Jin looked at Yan. "You should be the one to tell Sangsang."
Yan sighed softly. He hadn’t wanted to tell Sang Luo about this, as it was his personal mission.
"I am a Guardian Divine Beast, one of the last of the Divine Clan. I bear the mission of investigating their fall and, if necessary, sacrificing my own life to secure a chance for their revival," Yan explained. "For tens of thousands of years, I have been searching for the truth of what happened. Unfortunately, the trail went cold several times, obstructed by another force working from the shadows."
"Later, my investigation of the Ghost Domain turned up a lead. During the centuries I was in slumber, I used a clone of my soul to uncover the truth. The Ghost Domain had imprisoned the source of the Divine Beasts’ soul spirits, suppressing them within the Reincarnation Tower in the Purgatory Land to forcibly absorb the Divine Clan’s power."
Quan Jin added, "And not just the Divine Clan. The soul spirits of the Demon God Ancestor Clan were imprisoned as well."
Sang Luo’s eyes widened in shock as she quickly understood their intentions. "So you two... you want to release those soul spirits?"
"Yes. Divine Beasts are formed from the primordial power of the world. Once those soul spirits are released, they will revert to that primordial state and await their revival tens of thousands of years from now. Only then can the Heavenly Gate be reopened."
Yan’s expression dimmed. "Unfortunately, my power alone is not enough to complete this mission. That’s why I resorted to such a desperate plan..."
It was his first time forcing his way into the Purgatory Land, and the situation was far worse than he had anticipated.
The Ancestor Ghost Beast that guards the Ghost Tower is likely an Ancient Beast born at the same time as the Ghost Domain itself. Even one of the original Ancient Divine Beasts could have been its match.
In its presence, Yan was practically a junior!
"Alright, you two, don’t overwhelm Sang’er with all of this. She just woke up. Let her get something in her stomach first."
The ends of Lou Xianyue’s long, silver-blue hair were tied with a ribbon of colorful satin and pearls. He walked over carrying a large bowl of fish soup and sat thoughtfully beside Sang Luo. Scooping up a spoonful of the thick, white broth, he blew on it gently before bringing it to her lips. "I’m worried I might have added a little too much salt. See if it’s too salty."
The aroma of the fish soup was incredibly tempting. Sang Luo licked her lips, and her stomach growled in agreement. Taking a sip from the spoon in his hand, she exclaimed, "It’s so savory!"
"It’s Seven-angled Dolphin Fish from the North Sea. They’re at their plumpest this time of year, which makes the soup exceptionally savory and rich." Lou Xianyue gently touched her face, which had grown a little thin and pale. His beautiful, silver-blue eyes were filled with concern. "You were unconscious for several days this time. You look pale. You need to eat more and build up your strength."
Yan checked Sang Luo’s pulse, his brow furrowing. "Your constitution is indeed weak, and... a dark, sinister energy has invaded your body. You went to the Ghost Domain, didn’t you?"
"COUGH!" Sang Luo swallowed the soup, looking away guiltily. "I was just worried about you all! I had to go see what was happening!"
Now it was her Mermaid husband’s turn to be upset. "Sang’er, it seems to me you’re even more reckless than the Divine Venerable and Quan Jin!"
Sang Luo said quickly, "But I’m fine, see!"
Lou Xianyue retorted angrily, "And what if something *had* happened? Did you expect me to be left behind as a widower to raise our children? You’re the one who saved my life. If you died, I wouldn’t live on without you!"
Her gentle Mermaid was usually the best-tempered of them all, but this time, he was genuinely angry. The rims of his eyes grew red, and his beautiful blue eyes welled up with shimmering tears. The sight made Sang Luo’s heart ache. "I’ll never go to the Ghost Domain again, I swear!"
"Mm! Sang’er, you can’t lie to me! Or else... or else I’ll cry right in front of you." As he spoke, he actually managed to squeeze out two teardrops. They fell onto her lap, transforming into pearls.
Sang Luo quickly wiped his tears away. "There, there, don’t cry. I truly promise I will never go to that place again!"
Yan and Quan Jin exchanged a look. ’So Luoluo really is a sucker for a soft approach,’ they thought. Neither of them could ever bring themselves to act so pitifully. This fish, on the other hand, was a master of wheedling! They had never noticed that side of him before!
Sang Luo even had to draw up a written promise before Lou Xianyue was finally reassured.
"By the way, is Little Senchuan’s coronation ceremony over? And where are the children?" Sang Luo asked, changing the subject.
Quan Jin replied, "The ceremony itself will last a few more days with all the banquets for the guests. There was no need for us to stay. We had matters to attend to in the Beast World and the Demon Realm, so we came back early. The children are having a great time, so we left them there."
"I see. In that case, I won’t go over either. I’ll just rest for a few days." Sang Luo yawned, feeling a little drowsy, but then she remembered something else. "By the way, how did you two get out of the Purgatory Land? Was it Sha? Did he help you?"
"Yes. The Rakshasa King resealed the Ancient Ghost Beast, suppressing it in the depths of the Purgatory Land."
Sang Luo fell silent. Sha hadn’t lied to her. He had kept his promise.
’Then... who could have sent me back?’
’Quan Jin and Yan didn’t know I’d been to the Ghost Domain, so it couldn’t have been them. And it was even more unlikely to be any of my other Beast Husbands.’
’The answer seemed to point to only one person.’
’And then there was that night. Sang Luo’s mind had been hazy, but the profound memory etched into her body told her it had been no mere erotic dream.’
’Was it him?’
Sang Luo suppressed these thoughts and told her Beast Husbands everything that had happened recently, deliberately omitting the events of that night... ’Whatever happened, I’ll have nothing more to do with the Ghost Domain,’ she resolved. ’I’ll just pretend it was all a dream.’
When Quan Jin heard her story, he was consumed by rage and utterly destroyed He Luan.
As a pure-blood of the Demon Clan, He Luan was subject to the Demon Lord’s control. After being captured, he begged desperately for mercy, even trying to appeal to Little Treasure. "Young Master, I have always been loyal to you! For the sake of the many years we’ve known each other, please save me!"
Little Treasure’s face was impassive. "You dared to plot against my mother. Even dying ten thousand times would not be enough to atone for your crime!"
He personally annihilated He Luan, reducing him to a cloud of Demonic Qi, which he then directly devoured.
Sang Luo also learned from He Luan’s memories that after leaving that day, he had encountered Dun. The two had struck a deal: the Enchanting Demon, who specialized in creating potent aphrodisiacs, would grant He Luan his freedom if he simply administered the drug to Sang Luo.
’So it really was that bastard’s doing!’
However, this only left Sang Luo more confused. If that was the case, then who was the man she had been with that night?