novelraw Chapter 585 - 524: A Bet
Chapter 585 - 524: A Bet
"You’ve all always helped me in the past. Now that I’ve helped you, I guess you could say we complement each other."
Sang Luo said with a brilliant smile.
Lou Xianyue was dazzled by her smile, his heart stirring with affection. He leaned in to kiss her crimson lips, his silver-blue hair fluttering in the wind. His androgynously beautiful face beamed with joy. "There’s more than that—there’s also lifespan. Once anyone, male or female, reaches the Divine Venerable Realm, they can share their lifespan with a partner they have a Soul Contract with... Sang’er, you can take a look at the lifeline between us."
Hearing this, Sang Luo actually used the Time Law to take a look. She wouldn’t have known if she hadn’t looked, but one glance left her stunned.
An infinite lifespan!
’H-how is that possible?’
’Even if I’ve broken through to the Divine Venerable Realm, I should only have a few hundred thousand years at most. How could it be endless...’
In disbelief, she checked Lou Xianyue’s lifeline again and found that his was the same.
"It’s the Rakshasa King," Lou Xianyue said, addressing the question in her heart. "He has an infinite lifespan and formed a partner’s mark with you, sharing his lifespan with you. As your Beast Husbands, we’ve also received a share of your lifespan."
’The Rakshasa King... he’s supporting a whole family with this one move.’
Stunned, Sang Luo conjured a Water Mirror and saw a faint, cyan mark between her eyebrows.
Sang Luo didn’t want any more connection to the Rakshasa King, but she had to admit that human nature is selfish. An infinite lifespan that could also be shared with her Beast Husbands, freeing them from the worries of aging, sickness, and death forever—it was an immense temptation for anyone!
She was very tempted.
’Forget it, I’ll just keep it. It’d be a waste not to!’
’I almost lost my life twice giving birth to his child. I’ll just consider this compensation.’
"Is the Creation Furnace still here?" Sang Luo asked Lou Xianyue, dismissing the Water Mirror.
Lou Xianyue nodded. "Cen Rong borrowed it once years ago and returned it a few months back. Sang’er, what do you want to do?"
A soul fragment appeared in Sang Luo’s palm. She then took out a necklace made of an Energy Crystal Core from her storage space. "The Rakshasa King returned Cangcang’s soul fragment to me. I want to resurrect him."
"We can. The Creation Furnace has been fully repaired, so resurrecting a Beastman at the King Beast Peak shouldn’t be a problem. It’s just that I placed the Furnace in a secret location in the Sea Palace."
"I’ll go back with you!"
Lou Xianyue’s eyes curved into a smile. "Alright."
When Minos and Fei Yuan returned, battered and dusty from their fight, they found that their little female was gone—abducted by a fish.
Two birds fought, and the fish won!
...
Ever since Sang Luo’s accident, Quan Jin and Si Ye had also been emotionally unstable and had to enter seclusion.
The children from both families often played together.
Little Yu had found a Beast Egg from somewhere, one that was even bigger than him.
He was lying on the egg, rolling back and forth.
Suddenly, a long, elegant hand picked him up and held him. Little Yu looked up and saw it was Si Ye. He wagged his tail happily. "Dad, you’re out of seclusion already!"
Si Ye flicked him lightly on the forehead, a smile blooming on his face for the first time in a long while. "Your mother is back. Go find her."
Little Zhenzhen transformed into a little girl of eight or nine. "Yeah! Let’s hurry over. I have a gift I want to give Mom, hehe~ I want to be the first to give it to her so no one else beats me to it!"
Si Ye asked with a smile, "What are you giving your mother?"
"This! A Nine-colored Dew Bead Bracelet! My siblings and I went to a Secret Realm a few days ago and stumbled upon a bamboo forest shrouded in immortal mist. Many kinds of Spirit Flowers grew beneath the bamboo. Every morning, the dew that drips from the petals forms these clear Spiritual Pearls. I used Moonlight Spider Silk to string together morning dew beads from nine different Spirit Flowers. Each bead seals a different blessing: Peach Dew for longevity, Green Lotus Dew for purity, and Purple Firefly Dew for peaceful sleep. When you wear it, it changes color with your mood. It’s super pretty!" Little Zhenzhen proudly twitched her non-existent little whiskers.
Si Ye chuckled. "You’re so grown up now, how come I’ve never seen you give me anything nice?"
"Hehe! I’m the best gift in the whole world! What gift could be better than a daughter, right?"
"...You smooth talker."
Since Sang Luo’s return to the Beast World, her Beast Husbands and children had all sensed it and made their way to the Sea Palace one after another.
"Mom, this is my gift for you!" Little Zhenzhen leaped into Sang Luo’s arms, holding a Gemstone Bracelet in her mouth.
"Thank you, sweetie!" Sang Luo’s face lit up with joy. She put the bracelet on her wrist and saw it turn pink.
Little Zhenzhen declared, "Mom’s in a good mood right now, a very good mood!"
"Oh, really?" she chuckled.
Little Zhenzhen explained the origin of the bracelet all over again.
"I have a gift for Mom, too!" Little Treasure took out a Thousand Eyes Mirror. "This is an Ancient Bronze Mirror inlaid with the Eye Stones of a Hundred-eyed Demon Beast. I ambushed that Demon Beast for a whole half a month to kill it. Mom, do you like this mirror!"
Sang Luo looked at the hundreds of demonic eyes in the copper mirror winking at her. "...Son, your gift is certainly... creative."
Quan Jin’s thoughts shifted, and he asked, "Sangsang, what about the child? You didn’t bring her back?"
Sang Luo put the gifts away in her storage space and nodded calmly. "I told the Rakshasa King back then that he could raise the child after she was born."
Anubia said angrily, "That heartless bastard snatched the child away! You went through so much to give birth, you nearly died, and he won’t even let you see her!"
Sang Luo shook her head. "It’s not that he was cruel; it was my request... Sigh. At the end of the day, she’s a child born of a transaction. Although I gave birth to her, I also had my own selfish motives. The familial bond isn’t pure. Being raised by her father is the best choice."
’But this was a child she had risked her life to bear... How could Sang Luo not have any feelings for her? But she was afraid that if she saw the child, she would grow too attached, and that would become leverage for Sha to use against her.’
’Sha bowing his head and showing weakness for the child’s sake was only a temporary compromise. Sang Luo would be a fool to actually believe it.’
’Sha took advantage of her amnesia to forcibly keep her in the Ghost Clan. That alone revealed his truest intentions.’
’He would never be content with sharing one wife with other males!’
Sang Luo didn’t like keeping a hidden time bomb by her side.
After placing Lan Cang’s soul fragment and Crystal Core into the Creation Furnace, Sang Luo felt drowsy and went to her room to rest. All her Beast Husbands stayed, showing no intention of leaving.
Quan Jin had just one doubt. "Did the Rakshasa King really let go?"
Fei Yuan gave the room a meaningful look. "If he really didn’t want to compete anymore, he wouldn’t have given Luo’er the soul fragment."
Si Ye frowned. "But Luoluo doesn’t like to be pestered. The more he clings, the more it will backfire."
Fei Yuan propped his chin on one hand, toying with the jade wine cup in the other. "So~ he’s very clever," he said lazily. "He’s managed the situation perfectly. He avoids provoking Luo’er’s resistance and dislike, while also making her feel grateful to him, secretly keeping an opportunity open for himself."
’As expected of an old fossil who’s lived for who knows how many years.’
’Truly cunning!’
"I don’t think that’s necessarily the case," Lou Xianyue suddenly said.