Chapter 858 - 844: Willpower
Xuan Yan naturally understood that Ruirui was his son.
The moment he thought that was his own Zaizai, his heart went incomparably soft, and he wanted to see him with his own eyes.
A feeling of anticipation surged up in Xuan Yan’s heart.
He also gained a strong will to survive.
He wanted to go back together with his wife.
The title "wife", those two words echoing once in his heart, felt like an extremely light feather brushing over the tip of his heart—no pain, just a tingling numbness spreading out, sending a soft ripple across the lake of his heart.
If it weren’t the Snow Season already, Xuan Yan could have immediately carried Su Muyao and flown into the Southern Bird Clan Tribe.
Besides, flying outside during the Snow Season was also very dangerous.
At least within Black Rock City it was safe.
"Alright, once the Snow Season is over, I’ll carry you all to the Bird Clan."
When Su Muyao heard that, her eyes lit up. "Xuan Yan, thank you so much."
"You’re so good."
Maybe she was too excited—while she was speaking, Su Muyao couldn’t help suddenly grabbing Xuan Yan’s hand.
She didn’t realize that this motion made Xuan Yan’s whole body go rigid in an instant; he didn’t dare to move at all.
Yet he felt heat rising in his palm, even his heart was being scalded.
Even the tips of his ears flushed red.
Only at this moment Su Muyao was occupied with her excitement, so she naturally didn’t notice these little details.
"It’s just... will your Female Mother be willing to see me and help answer my questions?"
Su Muyao knew that this Beast World High Priest was very rare, with a status that was extremely exalted, and a pride deep in the bones—not someone you could see just because you wanted to.
She had originally planned that once spring came, they would head south and look for High Priests in some large cities.
If they did that, it would definitely be very troublesome.
And they weren’t familiar with the roads heading south either.
Now it was good—having Xuan Yan to lead them on the road, they didn’t need to know the way, nor did they need to search everywhere for a High Priest.
That suddenly saved a lot of trouble.
She naturally felt grateful to Xuan Yan.
"She will. You are my wife; my Female Mother will definitely help you."
Although his Female Mother was cold and indifferent toward her own Beast Husband, she treated him very well.
His Female Mother had always wanted him to find a wife; if she knew he already had one, she would definitely be very happy.
Listening to Xuan Yan’s words, Su Muyao felt relieved.
Only then did Su Muyao realize that she had been holding Xuan Yan’s hand this whole time.
She hurriedly pulled back and said, "I... I’m sorry, I accidentally just..."
She’d simply forgotten in her excitement.
Deep in her bones she had a kind of instinctive closeness toward him and forgot to keep her distance.
"It... it’s okay, I’m willing."
"Besides, like this, maybe it’ll help me recover some memories."
Just now, in that instant, a flash of light and shadow swept through his mind—it was him and her, silhouettes very blurry, but he knew it must have been her together with Shen Ci’an or Shen Jinsuo.
Su Muyao froze for a bit. "Ah, I see."
"Then does more contact help you recover your memories?"
"Perhaps."
Su Muyao felt that as long as he could recover his memories, it was good.
"How about we eat lunch together at home?"
"If you’re not used to..."
Before Su Muyao could finish, Xuan Yan softly said, "Okay."
He was willing to stay here.
By her side, he had an indescribable sense of ease inside.
As if it was the way things were meant to be.
But... would there be lunch here too?
In Xuan Yan’s understanding, this place was just—
"Alright then, I’ll cook personally at noon and make something tasty."
The environment here was too simple; Su Muyao could only try her best to make good food from the ingredients they had.
Actually what she wanted most to make were dumplings, stuffed flatbreads, wontons, or noodles.
Hot soups were the most delicious.
But right now, there wasn’t any flour, not even starch.
So Su Muyao planned to use eggs and wild beast meat to make wild vegetable meatballs, steamed eggs, wild vegetable lean meat soup, and roasted corn.
Meat, vegetables, soup, and a staple—so the nutrition could be a bit more balanced.
Xiao Jihan and Da Bao were busy with other things.
Usually when it came to cooking, Xiao Jihan would personally do it, reluctant to let Su Muyao work herself.
But right now Xuan Yan was at her side, so Xiao Jihan gave up the space.
In such a dangerous Beast World, having one more person protecting his wife meant one more layer of safety.
Da Bao watched Xiao’s father constantly busy and couldn’t help feeling distressed. "Xiao’s father, are you sad?"
Hearing that, Xiao Jihan’s movements paused.
He understood what Da Bao was asking.
He knew Da Bao was smart; for many things there was no need to say them—just by constant exposure, he would know.
When Xiao Jihan lowered his head and met Da Bao’s worried gaze, his heart felt as if something had suddenly poked it, turning astonishingly soft.
There was even a warm current spreading through his whole body.
He gently hugged Da Bao. "Da Bao, thank you."
In other people’s eyes, it was always him taking care of Da Bao.
But during the time when their wife wasn’t around, he and Da Bao had depended on each other—it was Da Bao who supported him and helped him hold on.
To him, Da Bao was the cub he loved most.
He knew that as a male, Da Bao would grow up, and when he did, he would have his own wife.
So his answer was important.
He couldn’t brush him off just because he was young.
"I do feel sad inside, but your mother is so good, it’s impossible for her to have only me as her Beast Husband. And the Beast World environment is full of all kinds of dangers—having more strong Beast Husbands can protect your mother."
"Compared to her safety, this bit of sadness of mine is nothing. Her happiness and her safety are the most important."
"Besides, she has me in her heart and is willing to endure the hardship of bearing a cub for me—I’m already very content."
"Other females wouldn’t treat their Beast Husbands this well..."
"To be honest, at the start, when she had other Beast Husbands, I was extremely, extremely sad, but those emotions slowly adjust over time."
"After all, I’ve studied some of the courses Beast Husbands have to learn since I was little, and I was mentally prepared..."
"And whether it’s Xuan Yan or your mother’s other Beast Husbands, they’re all very good. They will all love you very much. When you love someone, you want her to be happy and are willing to think what she thinks..."
Xiao Jihan shared his feelings with Da Bao.
Da Bao nodded, half understanding, half not.
"Xiao’s father, let me help you with things."
"You’re still little—go play over there. Just staying by my side is already very good."
...
On the other side, Xuan Yan very naturally wanted to help Su Muyao with things.
But he really hadn’t cooked much before, and wasn’t good at it, so he could only help with the fire.
When he started the fire, he only needed to release a bit of his Fire Ability to ignite the flames.
"You also have a Fire Ability. I have a Beast Husband who is a Red Fox Beastman, he’s Da Bao’s father, and his superpower is a Fire Ability."
Listening to Su Muyao talk about a fox, Xuan Yan fell silent and didn’t speak.
Su Muyao thought of something, looked at Xuan Yan and said, "Right, Xuan Yan, do you know Red Fox Beastmen?"
"Like the Fox Clan Tribe, or where Fox Clan Beastmen are?"
Ever since she met Xuan Yan, Su Muyao had gained a bit of confidence inside, feeling that Hua Linye and the others should also be on this continent.
Hearing Su Muyao’s cheerful tone, Xuan Yan really couldn’t bear to tell her certain things.
But he couldn’t bring himself to lie to her, so he still opened his mouth and said, "I’ve never seen Fox Clan Beastmen, but I’ve heard some things from the tribe. They say the Fox Clan Tribe is in the Southwest Zone’s Spiritual Fox Peak. The mountains there are relatively steep, full of strange rocks, and shrouded in clouds and mist all year round—it’s a place where Spiritual Energy is relatively abundant."
"The Fox Clan once produced a Beast God; Fox Clan Beastmen have extraordinary talent, their power and aptitude crush other Beastmen, so no one dares do anything to Fox Clan Beastmen."
"But it’s said that many years ago, when lightning flashed and thunder roared and a heavenly anomaly appeared, the Fox Clan Tribe suddenly disappeared."