“Could anything be uglier than those Blood Puppet Demons?” Sang Luo retorted, taking the lead. She was someone who had seen many storms and wasn't easily frightened by such things.
Besides, Fei Yuan was saving her when… Sang Luo felt a hidden pang in her heart, filled with sadness. How could she possibly care about such a small matter?
“That's true.” Seeing that Sang Luo was prepared, Si Ye also breathed a sigh of relief, reaching out to touch her head. “If you really want to go, shall I take you there?”
Sang Luo shook her head. “No need, I'll be right back. I want to see if Fei Yuan is alright. Undergoing Nirvana twice in such a short year should have a considerable impact on his body.”
Fei Yuan always hid far away during his Nirvana, not letting anyone know. He definitely wouldn't want more people to see his disheveled state during Nirvana… I wonder how much it hurts…
Si Ye accidentally learned of his Nirvana location. It was because Fei Yuan was afraid something might happen to Sang Luo during his Nirvana period that he told him the location, so he could find him as soon as possible if anything happened.
…
Mountain range cliff.
Sang Luo looked at the surrounding mountains, a rather rare place blessed with spiritual energy.
Such a place should have many powerful Star Beasts, but along the way, she hadn't even seen a single hair of a Star Beast. They had all run away, leaving the mountains empty.
Not far away, many trees were burned by flames, and a dark pit appeared on the ground.
Sang Luo teleported over. There was no one in the pit, only large patches of black ashes.
Scattered on the ashes were a few large, dark black feathers, faintly flowing with a fiery red aura. They were Fei Yuan's feathers!
Sang Luo bent down to collect these feathers, put them into her space, and saw that there were also a few scattered feathers on the ground in front of her, most of them incomplete.
She didn't need to use her mental power to deliberately search; following the traces of scattered feathers, she came to a huge stone cave.
A barrier was set up outside the cave.
His barrier had never been of much use to her.
Sang Luo paused, squeezed the black feather in her hand, and walked in.
The light from outside could barely penetrate the cave. The surroundings gradually became deep and dark. In the extreme darkness, people's senses were maximized.
“Uh…”
A suppressed groan came from an inner cave deep inside, like the roar of a beast in a cage.
“Fei Yuan!”
Sang Luo's heart tightened, and she teleported over.
But she stopped half a step away from the cave entrance.
“Get out!”
The man's voice was an icy, hoarse sound she had never heard before.
Sang Luo's mental power was also completely blocked, but it still allowed her to see that scene. Her pupils trembled and contracted, and her heart ached terribly.
So, this is what he looks like during Nirvana… No wonder…
The man who usually sat upright in the high hall, radiant and clear as the moon, was now slumped in a dark corner where he couldn't be seen. His appearance was half-human and half-beast, with old feathers mottled and falling off, and new, thin feathers tearing out from the flesh, making him extremely ugly.
Countless tiny streams of blood flowed down his peeling, red skin, converging into a winding stream of blood. The ground had long been soaked through with blood.
When she looked over with her mental power, Fei Yuan instantly noticed and used his wings to block the probing gaze, revealing only one scarlet, beast-like eye, staring intently in the direction of the cave entrance.
“It's me.”
A gentle voice came from outside the cave.
When Fei Yuan heard her voice, the scarlet in his eyes faded slightly, faintly revealing unease.
She… How did she find this place…
He tightened his wings again, slowing his voice, but it was difficult to hide a suppressed tremor. “Xiao Luo'er, don't come over. This appearance of mine… is a little unsightly.”
When Sang Luo heard his weak voice, she felt even more heartache and self-blame. She had known Fei Yuan for so long, and where had she ever seen him like this? Yet, every time he was at his weakest and most embarrassed, he hid, not letting anyone see.
“No matter how ugly, you are the father of my child, my beast husband! Would I despise you at a time like this?”
Sang Luo said angrily.
But little did she know that her words were like a boulder falling into the water in Fei Yuan's heart, stirring up a surge of waves.
His breathing even stagnated.
“Xiao Luo'er, say that sentence again. This Emperor just now… didn't hear clearly.”
His voice was still hoarse, but it seemed to contain a hint of a smile.
It was a bit like his usual tone.
Sang Luo couldn't see his appearance, but her mind couldn't help but recall Fei Yuan looking at her with a smile on his face, slightly red, “You are my…”
She had never verbally admitted that he was her beast husband, but in her heart… If it weren't for this incident, she would have admitted that he was her beast husband long ago.
“You are the biological father of the child in my belly, and naturally my proper beast husband.”
Her voice was not loud, but Fei Yuan heard it clearly. The smile in his voice was a bit brighter. “But you call other beast husbands quite affectionately and adorably, but to me, it's always Fei Yuan this and Fei Yuan that. Every time you look for me, you either order me to do this or command me to do that. This Emperor will really be a little sad…”
He said in a seemingly joking tone.
But it also hid a hint of subtle probing.
After hearing him say such a "long" sentence, Sang Luo heard a soft gasp again.
Sang Luo's nose tingled. Having known Fei Yuan for so long, he had always been light and airy towards everything, as if nothing caught his eye. Even when he led troops into the Void Demon Realm last time, he was extremely careless, but only when he talked about Nirvana did he say the only word “pain.”
The pain he suffered from completely changing his flesh and blood was unimaginable to ordinary people.
“A Yuan, I'm sorry. Is there anything I can do now to help you?”
When Fei Yuan heard her gently bite out those two words, his heart also trembled slightly, then he chuckled softly, “Why are you saying sorry to me?”
“It's all my fault for being rash and careless and falling into the trap, causing you to lose a Nirvana life for me again.”
“You suffered an unprovoked disaster because you were pregnant with my child. This is what I should do.”
Sang Luo shook her head, her eyes even more moist. “If I hadn't asked you to save A Ze, you and the child wouldn't have been targeted by them. I, I still owe you a life!”
“… This life was voluntarily given to you by This Emperor, you don't need to repay it.”
“I can't take your life for nothing!”
“Heh, if you want to owe it, then owe it, but, there's no need to repay it…” Fei Yuan's laughter was soft and reached her ears. Sang Luo heard a slight movement in the cave. He seemed to have moved closer to the cave, his voice closer, as if there was only a stone wall between them. “Emotions with debt are more unforgettable, Xiao Luo'er, don't you think?”
Before she could answer, he said in a low voice, “You don't need to do anything, just sit by the cave entrance and stay with me for a while.”
Sang Luo took a few steps forward, but when she looked into the cave, it was still dark and she couldn't see anything.
She looked around and found a relatively flat ground. She took out a thin blanket from her space, spread it on the ground, and sat down against the cold, hard stone wall.
“Okay, I'll stay here with you. However long you Nirvana, I'll stay with you.”
Damn you, old phoenix, you perverted bird! You caused me to be reported by red-eyed colleagues.
Readers who have been chasing after it all the way are in luck. You are reading the complete version. Today, Little Lotus has revised the previous chapters that were a bit too much, and will try to restrain myself a bit more in the future.
(There will be another update as usual in the middle of the night, babies, go to sleep first. There will be a bonus update at the end of the month for monthly tickets, one extra chapter for every 100 monthly tickets~)
