The faint fragrance of the female wafted over, and Si Ye's mind was momentarily dazed, but he quickly regained his composure, took a step back, and said in a cold tone, "Yunhua City."
"We're going the same way."
"Such a coincidence?" Si Ye looked at her again with suspicion, obviously not believing it.
Sang Luo insisted, "It's just that coincidental!"
"...Then since we're going the same way, I'll give you a ride."
As soon as Si Ye finished speaking, he leaped into the air. A long cry of a bird and beast echoed through the clouds, and he transformed into a huge fire phoenix tens of meters long. His body was streamlined and perfect, his golden-red slender feathers shimmered in the sunlight, and his crimson-gold sharp claws seemed capable of tearing apart metal and stone. He was so magnificent that he seemed like a mythical beast from the legends!
Sang Luo's mind was in a daze, and her eyes widened with excitement.
So beautiful!
Si Ye then slowly descended and landed in the mountains. Sang Luo walked forward and reached out to touch his magnificent gilded feathers, feeling an urge to pluck a few.
Si Ye's somewhat awkward voice came from above, "You, get on, I've never let anyone else ride on my beast form before. This time it's because of me, so I owe you a favor. You can come to the Si Manor of the Bi'an clan to find me if you need anything in the future."
Sang Luo came back to her senses, "That's right, aren't you from the Bi'an clan? Why is your beast form a phoenix?"
"My father was from the Phoenix clan, the younger brother of the current Phoenix Emperor of the Central Plains."
"You don't look like a mixed-blood..."
"This young master is naturally a pure-blooded Phoenix, a genuine pure-blooded Phoenix," he said impatiently.
"Then you are..." Sang Luo walked around him, even more curious, "Didn't they say that there are no pure-bloods in the Phoenix clan except for the Phoenix Emperor?"
"Why do you have so much nonsense?" The golden-red phoenix wings fanned, and Sang Luo somersaulted and landed on the phoenix's back. Then, his wings shook backward, soaring into the sky. Si Ye's voice was even more unrestrained in the high-altitude gale, "I am both a pure-blooded Phoenix and a pure-blooded Bi'an. My father passed away early, so I followed my mother's family. Naturally, I'm not considered one of the Phoenix clan."
Sang Luo was riding a beast for the first time, afraid of being thrown off, so she climbed to Si Ye's neck, found a stable position, and grabbed a few sturdy feathers. Her heart was excited and shocked. She still knew so little about this world.
[Aze, can there be beastmen with dual forms in this world?]
In the weapon refining room, Lou Xian Yue suddenly opened his clear and transparent ice-blue eyes. Hearing her voice, his heart warmed, and he quickly replied gently, "There are indeed such cases, but they are extremely rare... What's wrong, Sang'er? Have you encountered a beastman with dual forms?"
[Yes, yes, the Eastern Continent is truly a blessed land. It's my first time meeting a beastman with dual forms. It feels incredible.]
[Most beastmen's beast fathers and beast mothers are not of the same race, and the offspring born to different parents usually have four types of bloodlines, one of which includes beastmen with dual forms.]
Lou Xian Yue thought of Sang Luo's confusing background, and a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes as he patiently explained, ["If the mother's bloodline strength is higher than the father's, the offspring will most likely follow the mother's bloodline. If the father's bloodline is higher than the mother's, the offspring will most likely follow the father's bloodline. In addition, some offspring will simultaneously fuse the bloodlines of both parents. These are mixed-blood beastmen."]
["The bloodlines and appearances of mixed-blood beastmen will fuse the characteristics of both races, but their bloodlines are less stable than those of ordinary beastmen. There may be extremely talented strongmen, or there may be extremely weak offspring. The quality is uneven. It is precisely because of the existence of mixed-blood beastmen that beastmen have evolved more abundant racial bloodlines from generation to generation."]
["Apart from these three common offspring bloodline inheritance situations, the rarest is the dual-form beast body you mentioned."]
["This possibility is extremely small, almost negligible, and only occurs in the offspring of natural royal beasts whose parents are both top-notch bloodlines. When the bloodlines of the two royal families are too strong, they cannot fuse into a mixed-blood. The offspring inherit all the bloodlines of both parents at the same time, and can switch between dual beast forms at will. Their offspring are talented and have unlimited potential, far surpassing other beastmen of the same realm... Sang'er, have you met that young marquis of the Eastern Continent?"]
[How did you know?]
[Sang'er has extremely high standards. Ordinary beastmen must not catch your eye.]" Lou Xian Yue chuckled softly, but hid some bitterness, and said softly, ["That young marquis is the only beastman in the Eastern Continent whose dual forms are both pure-blooded natural royal beasts. Naturally, I can guess it. Are you with him now?"]
[Yes.]
[Have you... mated?]
Sang Luo almost choked on her saliva and quickly shook her head, ["No, no, he's just giving me a ride since we're going the same way. This person has a bit of a bad temper. I probably won't have much interaction with him."]
There was a moment of silence on the other side, then a soft sigh, Sang'er, you really don't know anything about your own charm...
From the moment she decided to stay in the Eastern Continent and not return, Lou Xian Yue had guessed the purpose of her trip.
It's just that my heart will still ache.
...
North Continent, Icebreak City.
Lou Xian Yue came to the City Lord's Mansion and saw three little dumplings running out of the house, his eyebrows softened a little. He bent down and picked up Zhi Xin, gently rubbing his slender jade hand on its silver-white fur, "Your father raised you well, you've grown a circle bigger since the last time I saw you."
"Is that you? Why do you have time to come to my mansion?"
Lan Cang followed behind.
"At her behest, I'm reporting the itinerary." Lou Xian Yue looked at Lan Cang, his eyebrows furrowed with worry, "Don't worry about Sang'er. Last time, I took her to the Sea King's Palace and forgot to inform you. I'm really sorry... She's gone to the Eastern Continent again now, and everything is fine, there's no danger, so you can rest assured."
"That's good." Lan Cang had already guessed it, but he was still worried, and sighed, "I don't know when she'll be back next time."
Lou Xian Yue looked into the mansion, "I didn't have time to have a drink last time, how about a drink this time?"
"It's an honor to have the Sea Emperor grace us with his presence. There's plenty of wine. The wine brewed in the Northern Continent is strong, I wonder if His Majesty the Sea Emperor is used to drinking it?" Lan Cang said, and was about to pick up Zhi Xin, but he didn't expect this little cub to curl up in Lou Xian Yue's arms, chirping twice,
"I really like handsome uncle~"
Sang Luo usually couldn't understand wolf language, but Lan Cang could understand it. His handsome face darkened, and he picked up this stinky girl.
It still waved its claws at Lou Xian Yue reluctantly, which made his father's heart feel cold—
I don't know who it took after, sticking to beautiful people like that!
Lou Xian Yue chuckled softly, "I really like this little wolf cub, it not only looks like Sang'er, but its temperament is also carved from the same mold. It's a pity that mine is a boy, not such a cute and pleasing little female cub."
"If you can make Luo Luo happy, she will definitely be willing to give you another one."
"I don't have that luck, I'm afraid I won't have a chance." Lou Xian Yue's smile was lonely, "Sang'er should have a new male by her side, help me... prepare more wine."
Lan Cang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and the teasing words in his mouth suddenly became bitter. He didn't say a word and silently moved a few jars of strong wine from the warehouse. The two heartbroken people drank a lot, and neither of them said another word in the middle.
She won't just stay in the past.
I'll get used to it.
Lou Xian Yue didn't have a very good alcohol tolerance, and he also drank a jar and a half. One of his slender, jade-like hands lightly supported his forehead, and his cheeks were flushed like flowers, "I... I knew that I would become an old person, but I didn't expect it to be so fast..."
He thought that she would give himself more time and opportunities, but she didn't, she left quite freely.
In this world, who can truly walk into Sang'er's heart?
Lou Xian Yue drank the remaining wine in his glass in one gulp.
