Chapter 461: Return
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Sang Luo arrived at the God Lord's Mansion in Qingqiu. It had been uninhabited for hundreds of years, and the place was still deserted, but it wasn't as desolate as the last time she came.
She walked into the courtyard and saw a somewhat familiar figure sweeping fallen leaves with a broom.
Sang Luo greeted him, "Village Chief, long time no see! You look so much younger!"
Xu turned around and saw it was her, and also said with a smile, "Why has the lady come here today?"
The old village chief previously looked like an old man nearing a hundred years old, so old and hunched over that he was unrecognizable. Now, he looked more than half his age younger, and his physique looked much healthier than before. His gray hair had also turned crimson.
"Congratulations to the old village chief for overcoming the hurdle of the God Lord Realm."
"Congratulations to you too! Thanks to the God Lord, otherwise this old bone of mine would have had only a few years left to live." Xu said with a hearty laugh, "I am just an ordinary beast, and it is already fortunate that I have lived tens of thousands of years more than others. Before leaving, the Lord took care of his old friendship and helped me break through the bottleneck. Over the years, I have also helped the Lord do what I can, so that when he comes back, he won't have no place to rest."
Xu kept the mansion very clean. In the past few hundred years, he often came to the mansion to clean, as if the owner still lived here.
A trace of sadness flashed in Sang Luo's eyes, and she sighed softly, "I haven't been here for a long time either. I suddenly remembered it this morning and wanted to come over and take a look, and stay here for a few days, thinking that he might come back someday."
"The lady can stay in the mansion for a few days. The rooms have been cleaned, but the bedding may be damp. I will change a new set of cotton bedding for the lady."
"Thank you for your trouble."
Perhaps because she was approaching her due date, Sang Luo's mood had been a little low these days. She wanted to come to Qingqiu alone for a couple of days of peace and quiet, without any other worries to disturb her.
She moved a small recliner and sat at the door, in the courtyard.
Looking at the mountains, looking at the water, watching the clouds rise and fall, watching the flowers fall all over the hall…
It was unspeakably pleasant.
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One day, at dusk.
A grayish-white little snow sable stood upright, its paws clinging to the threshold, peeking in at the door.
It caught sight of the woman on the recliner in the courtyard, sound asleep, with a medical book covering her face. It was secretly delighted, lowered its body, and wanted to sneak in stealthily.
Suddenly, a clear and elegant female voice sounded,
"Stay where you are."
The little snow sable's body stiffened, and it turned its head to see that the woman had woken up at some point. She took off the book covering her face and looked at it with a smile that was not a smile, "Taking without informing is called stealing, and taking without asking is called theft. You shouldn't have come here for just a stroll, right?"
The little snow sable pretended to be stupid, as if it didn't understand her words, and still wanted to find a chance to secretly dig a hole and slip away.
A chain flew out from Sang Luo's palm, grabbed it, and threw it on the ground, where it couldn't break free.
"Your Majesty, Li Zhi, do I need to personally escort you back? Let your subordinates see you in this state."
Li Zhi couldn't keep up the pretense and cursed, "Let me go, you cunning female! I haven't even settled the score with you for deceiving me back then! You dare to kidnap me!"
Sang Luo said with a faint smile, "It's true that I deceived you, but that was after you trespassed into the God Lord's Mansion. Now that the God Lord is not here, the defensive barrier in the mansion has also become dilapidated. I don't know how many things you have stolen in these past few hundred years."
Li Zhi's face turned white and red. She really hit the nail on the head. He had indeed stolen a lot of good things these years… But the God Lord is gone, and the mansion has long been deserted. If he doesn't take the good things inside, it would be a waste! Even if he doesn't steal them, there are plenty of nearby bandits and beastmen!
"He's already dead, why do you care so much?" Li Zhi said in a strange tone.
Sang Luo, "After Yan returns, I will tell him these words verbatim."
Li Zhi's face changed drastically, "He! He's still alive? Not dead?!"
"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. When he comes back, won't you know?"
The outside world rumored that God Lord Yan's soul had completely dissipated in the world, so he dared to be so unscrupulous. Hearing these words, he felt apprehensive, "I, I didn't take anything. After the God Lord returns, I will return the stolen things with both hands!"
"Most of the things you stole have already been used up. How about this, I won't make things difficult for you. I'll ask you a question, and today I'll pretend I haven't seen you, how about that?"
"… What do you want to ask?" Li Zhi asked suspiciously.
"Do you have any siblings?" Sang Luo sized up his beast form, "Someone who looks similar to your original form."
Li Zhi found it strange, "What are you asking this for?"
"My daughter raised a snow sable. I originally thought that little snow sable was just an ordinary wild beast, but suddenly I found that the little guy looks quite similar to you, and looks a circle smaller than you."
Li Zhi was smug, "I am from the Moon Cloud Sable clan. The beastmen in our clan all look like this. The one you saw may be a junior, but I'm not too sure. However, I also have a cousin, from my second uncle's side."
"They live in the Northern Continent?"
"How do you know?"
"My wolf beast daughter and her father live in the Northern Continent. I went to the Northern Continent for a tour two months ago and saw that little snow sable."
"Our Moon Cloud Sables are an ancient beast clan from the Northern Continent, and later migrated to Qingqiu. The spiritual power here is purer and more concentrated, which is suitable for cultivation, but some clansmen still miss the ancestral land and remain in the Northern Continent." Li Zhi honestly confessed.
Sang Luo nodded and asked him again, "What did you want to find when you sneaked over this time? Or are you looking for a warrant?"
"That's not it. I heard that someone came to the God Lord's Mansion, so I wanted to come over and see what was going on, but I didn't expect it to be you."
"Don't you want to be the Beast Emperor of Qingqiu anymore?"
Li Zhi scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "I used to think that being a Beast Emperor was a glorious thing, but I was used as a pawn by others. After thinking about it, being a Beast Emperor is not suitable for me! I should just honestly cultivate. My old mother has been seriously ill for the past two days, and I wanted to come to the God Lord's Mansion to dig up some medicinal herbs."
"There are not many medicinal herbs left in the garden. Go over and take a look. Take away whatever you need."
Li Zhi glanced at Sang Luo in surprise and said a little awkwardly, "Thank you."
After Li Zhi left with the medicinal herbs, Sang Luo took out new medicinal herb seeds from the space and planted them in the garden, tending to the medicinal garden when she had nothing to do.
The rainy season was approaching.
After Sang Luo had her fill, she lay on the recliner at the door, basking in the sun.
The sky gradually darkened, and soon it began to drizzle, and the rain gradually increased, like a curtain.
The eaves blocked the falling rain, and Sang Luo slowly became sleepy listening to the sound of the rain, and fell asleep without knowing when.
In the curtain of rain, a green bone umbrella emerged, and a tall and slender figure stood quietly outside the door beneath the umbrella.
The man was dressed in an elegant white robe, his snow-white flawless long hair draped behind him, his well-defined fingers holding the umbrella handle. The wind and rain rolled up, his sleeves fluttering, like an immortal descending to earth, aloof and handsome.
He strolled towards the courtyard, and the wind and rain all retreated and gave way.
I wish you all a happy Winter Solstice, and may the days ahead be better and better, and may all your wishes come true ~
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