Chapter 73: Bewitching Cold-blooded Snake Beastman
Lang Xian and Wolf Mu were twin Silver Wolf cubs.
The twin Silver Wolves were named Wolf Day and Wolf Night.
Lang Xian’s biological father was Wolf Day, and Wolf Mu’s biological father was Wolf Night.
And Wolf Day and Wolf Night’s female master was the same female. This meant the two were still blood-related brothers from the same family.
Therefore, the two called each other’s fathers "Father Zhuo" or "Night Daddy."
As night fell, the sea breeze grew damp and cold. After tidying up for a bit, Nan Zishi returned to the tent.
Inside, she got things ready, laying down a moisture-proof mat and spreading out some Beast Skins...
Outside the tent.
Hu Bai and Lanxing approached the tent at the same time, and when the two males met at the entrance, they both paused.
Hu Bai looked at Lanxing, and Lanxing looked at Hu Bai.
A unique sort of confrontation unfolded between the two Male Beastmen.
The subtle art of male competition, an instinct for Male Beastmen in the Beast World, began to play out between them.
Lanxing pressed his lips together, his gaze lowered slightly. "Brother Hu Bai, for the past few days, Big Sister has been sleeping with me in her arms. If you switch with me now, she might not be used to it."
They had slept together in the giant clam, but Nan Zishi had slept by herself, not holding him.
How manipulative, how cunning.
Hu Bai lowered his eyes, a flicker of sourness in their depths. His fingers curled slightly. "It’s damp and cold by the sea, and as a mermaid, your body is cool. I’m different. I’m a fox, and my fur is soft and warm. She’d be more comfortable sleeping with me."
Lanxing paused, feeling the sea breeze. "It’s not that cold right now. Besides, when Big Sister held me these past few days, she never said she was uncomfortable."
Hu Bai slowly uncurled his fingers. He suddenly looked up and asked, "You’re a mermaid, and you’re also taking care of a mermaid cub. We’re leaving the coast in a few days. When that time comes, will you even be able to go with us?"
Hu Bai had hit upon Lanxing’s greatest sorrow, and his spirits immediately plummeted.
’That’s right.’
’He was a mermaid, and she was a land-dwelling female. He might barely be able to follow her on his own, but Little Fu couldn’t...’
’The greatest sorrow for a mermaid is parting.’
Lanxing could even understand why the Little Prince from Nan Zishi’s story would trade his voice for a pair of legs.
’I want to go with Big Sister so badly.’
’I really, really do.’
Hu Bai’s mood lightened, and the corners of his lips curled up, but all he said was, "Sorry."
He took a slow step back, transformed into his beast form beside the tent, and lay down to sleep.
’Giving way for now is no big deal.’
Lanxing understood. Hu Bai was letting him have tonight.
He walked into the tent, but he felt little joy in his heart.
The sky turned completely dark. Little Fox Qi and She Yang returned and curled up with Hu Bai to sleep.
The golden Little Mermaid slept in the wooden bucket outside the tent.
Just as Nan Zishi finished making her soft bed, Lanxing walked in. Nan Zishi smiled at him and said, "Lanxing! Come here!"
Joy instantly bloomed on Lanxing’s face. "Big Sister!"
Nan Zishi slipped under the covers. She lifted the blanket, and Lanxing slid in right beside her.
Only after lying down with Lanxing did Nan Zishi suddenly remember Hu Bai.
She looked up and saw the silhouette of a fox imprinted on the tent wall from outside. Only then did she belatedly realize what had happened, and she froze for a moment.
"What are you thinking about, Big Sister?" Lanxing asked in a low voice tinged with jealousy.
’Oh my god! Did I just figure out something I shouldn’t have?’
Nan Zishi buried her head in the bedding, acting like a turtle pulling into its shell. "Nothing."
The Wandering Lizard Beastman was still active along the Great Coast with his group of Wandering Beastmen.
He looked at the sky and narrowed his eyes.
"A group of Bird Beastmen has been migrating toward the Great Coast recently. It’s getting a little too lively around here."
"Lord Xishi, a young Wandering Beast just came by with a message. He said Lord Xuan Jin has also come to the Great Coast recently."
The Lizard Beastman leaped to his feet, exclaiming in shock:
"Lord Xuan Jin is on the Great Coast?!"
"Lord Xishi?"
The Lizard Beastman began to pace anxiously. "If Lord Xuan Jin is here, we must naturally go and see him first. Where is Lord Xuan Jin?"
"I... I don’t know. It was just a rumor..."
Near the Great Coast, a giant, blackish-red python slithered silently. Inside a cave, a brown bear was coiled up.
The giant python slowly slithered into the cave. While the brown bear was dead to the world in a deep sleep, the python opened its cavernous maw, its sharp fangs piercing the bear’s neck!
The brown bear whimpered twice and then fell silent.
Then, with a gentle tear from its massive jaws, it began to swallow the brown bear’s flesh and blood in great gulps.
After eating its fill, it glided out of the brown bear’s cave, leisurely wiped the bloodstains from its lips, and then transformed into a human.
His demonic, jet-black, almond-shaped eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
His long, jet-black hair, which seemed to be laced with poison, hung loosely. A huge, jet-black snake tail that glinted with a cold light dragged on the ground, its blade-like Snake Scales fanning open and closed.
The devastatingly handsome and demonic male flicked his forked tongue out, licking the corner of his lips.
He looked up, the pupils in his almond-shaped eyes suddenly turning into vertical slits as he sniffed the forest air.
’That familiar scent...’
’The little female?’
His black pupils contracted abruptly. With a flash of dark light, he began to move at high speed.
Under the moonlight, the sea was dark and profound, as if it had absorbed all the moon’s rays, making it look deep and terrifying.
On the shore, the breaking waves gnawed at the reefs, tossing salty spray into the air.
On the edge of a grassy area not far from the beach stood a small green tent, its four corners secured with stakes. Outside, a snow-white Male White Fox stood guard.
In the tall grass across from the tent.
The jet-black giant python slithered silently. It poked its enormous head out from the grass, its dark, cold eyes staring at the Male White Fox outside the tent and at Fox Qi and She Yang on him.
His gaze lingered on She Yang for only a second before quickly moving away.
He stared intently at the Male White Fox before him.
’He’s covered in the little female’s scent.’
’And inside that strange thing (the tent) behind the Male White Fox is my cute, well-behaved little female... and another fish that stinks to high heaven.’
’A flirtatious fox and a stinking fish!’
’The little female went through so much trouble to escape from me, and she’s been gone for five years. After all this time away from me, she hasn’t improved at all.’
’What kind of Beast Husbands has she chosen?!’
The jet-black Snake Beastman’s head suddenly snapped up, looking in another direction.
Under the moonlight, a mermaid with a brown fish tail emerged from the sea.
Yu Chen’s gaze swept over Little Fu, then shifted to Hu Bai next to the wooden bucket holding her.
’This big fox seems to be sleeping, but his body language is full of vigilance.’
’Today is not a good opportunity to steal Little Fu.’
Yu Chen turned and dove back into the sea.
Having seen everything, the Cold-blooded Snake Beastman flicked his forked tongue with a HISS, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.
’Her own cub is being targeted, and she doesn’t even know it. The little female is such a little fool.’
’But then again, there’s no need for me to care about another male’s cub.’