Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 386 - 325: Shedding Skin

"Like Little Yuan when she lost control?"

"She is a Beastman, so it’s difficult for her to control Demonic Qi. Half-Demon Beasts and pure Demon Beasts, like me, can cultivate both demonic and spiritual energy."

"What realm are you at now?" Sang Luo’s soft, slender fingers caressed his Adam’s apple.

Quan Jin let out a low groan and answered with difficulty,

"The Supreme Realm."

Sang Luo raised an eyebrow. ’I’ve already had children with both Fei Yuan and Minos, so I can’t have another one with them so soon. I can, however, have one for Quan Jin. Our offspring would have immense talent.’

Sang Luo kissed his lips, an invitation.

Quan Jin flipped over, pinning her against the edge of the stone platform, his strong arms lifting the crooks of her knees.

The room was dim, the faint yellow candlelight illuminating a small, hazy area. Two figures became one.

The ripples in the water quickened.

Water from the pool splashed onto the stone platform.

Sounds and breaths intertwined.

A long, long time passed.

The moment their lovemaking ended, the trace of hazy, enchanting light in Quan Jin’s eyes faded. The pool returned to its tranquility. He looked at the female sleeping soundly in his arms, a satisfied smile on his lips. He bent his head to kiss her lips again, his fingers brushing aside her soaking-wet hair.

’I’ve dreamt of this countless times, and tonight, she was mine again.’

Quan Jin carried Sang Luo out of the water. He casually grabbed the Profound Robe from the clothes rack and draped it over himself, then picked up a snow-white nightgown and covered her with it, hiding the traces of their wild night.

When Sang Luo woke up in the morning, her body and mind were filled with an indescribable satisfaction. The spot beside her was empty.

She turned her head and looked toward the desk not far away.

Quan Jin put down the scroll in his hand. "Breakfast is ready."

"Mm."

Sang Luo got dressed, washed up, and ate breakfast.

Most high-Level Beastmen consumed Crystal Cores and didn’t need to eat. Sang Luo, however, purely indulged her appetite. ’For her, having a mouth and not using it to taste all the delicacies the world had to offer would be worse than death!’

Not even a blade of grass grew in the Void Demon Realm, let alone any crops or grains. The meat of Demon Beasts was sour, tough, and devoid of nutrition. The ingredients Quan Jin had his subordinates specially transport in from the outside world simply couldn’t compare to the delicacies of the Beast World. After a few days, Sang Luo quickly grew tired of it.

"When are you going back to the East Continent?" Sang Luo flopped onto the table, blocking his view of his book.

Quan Jin’s gaze shifted to her face. He smiled. "Want to go back?"

"Yeah. There’s nothing fun to do in the Void Demon Realm, and nothing good to eat. The Beast World is better." An idea struck Sang Luo, and she suggested, "You’re the Southern Beast Emperor in name only, but at least you still have the title. Why don’t we go back to the Southern region!"

"Fei Yuan said the various Beast Kings in the Southern region are fighting amongst themselves, and the people are suffering. You should go and take charge."

"Alright." Quan Jin nodded in agreement.

He had never been interested in being the Southern Beast Emperor. He had only taken the position back then to make it easier to plant spies in the Beast World for a pincer attack from within and without... Quan Jin glanced at Sang Luo nervously. ’Thank goodness she isn’t that shrewd. She doesn’t know about any of this.’

...

「East Continent, the Southern region.」

Although the Beast Palace had been uninhabited for many years, it was still kept in perfect order by daily caretakers.

A young man with short brown hair, dressed in a uniform, walked up quickly.

"Your Majesty, you’ve returned!"

"Mm."

The young man then looked at Sang Luo and the two little snake cubs in her arms, bowing. "Greetings, Her Majesty the Empress, and to the two Young Masters."

"Sangsang, this is my personal guard, Yan Nai. If you run into any trouble, you can always go to him."

It dawned on Sang Luo that he was also a Demon Beast Man. "Alright. We’ll be in your care."

Yan Nai said, "I’ll send people to prepare your quarters at once."

One of the servants sweeping glanced in their direction, then found an opportunity to slip away. He went to the palace gate and took out a Spiritual Transmission Letter.

The Southern Beast Emperor hadn’t returned in all these years, so the Beast Kings under him had grown more and more audacious, long since treating him as a dead man. They never expected him to come back alive.

A bloodbath was inevitable in the Southern region.

The Beast Kings could no longer sit still. They might even abandon their infighting and unite against the "outsider."

Only by first overthrowing the Southern Beast Emperor, their greatest obstacle, could the Beast Kings divide more spoils among themselves.

In recent years, two new Beast Kings had also risen in the Southern region. They were powerful enough to contend with the Southern Beast Emperor.

This time, the Southern Beast Emperor had returned with a female and two beast cubs.

’A perfect opportunity to strike!’

Just as the Beastman was about to send the letter, a Little Black Snake slithered out of the grass.

His eyes widened.

The next moment, he collapsed to the ground, no longer breathing.

Little Qi slithered over to look at the envelope. Before long, another Beastman in disguise arrived at the palace gate to make the pickup, looking around furtively.

Little Qi glanced at the Beastman’s corpse beside him. With a thought, the corpse shakily stood up, took the envelope handed over by his tail, and walked away with a normal gait.

The pickup Beastman took the envelope and hurried back into the city.

A Jackal Wolf Beast King had been waiting for a long time. The moment he took the envelope and opened it...

"BOOM!"

A Fire Talisman hidden inside the envelope exploded. The Beast King’s head was blown clean off, and his bloody corpse fell to the ground.

The hall fell into utter chaos as servants screamed.

For several days in a row, over a dozen Beast Kings in the Southern region died violently and suddenly. No matter how they investigated, the real culprit could not be found.

These were the Beast Kings who had been causing the most trouble.

And they died the fastest.

In just one short month, the Beast Kings of the Southern region had quieted down considerably. The common Beastman folk below them were also able to live a stable life, resting and recuperating.

Sang Luo was completely unaware of the turbulent undercurrents. She spent her days eating, drinking, and taking care of the children, living an extremely peaceful life.

One morning, Sang Luo went to the side hall to call the two children for a meal, only to find Little Qi there alone. Little Yuan had run off somewhere.

She found the Little Silver Snake in some nook or cranny.

She was hiding behind a stone basin, her small, slender body concealed in the shadows. If not for the reflection off her scales, she would have been very difficult to spot.

"My precious daughter, what are you doing here? Come on out."

"I... I don’t feel well..."

The Little Silver Snake rubbed herself uncomfortably against the ground again and again.

Quan Jin walked over and said, "She’s about to shed her skin."

Although Little Qi and Little Yuan were born at the same time, the time between their hatchings was too great. Little Qi was a full size larger than Little Yuan. A Little Snake’s growth rate is fastest in the first few months after hatching, and it was now time for Little Yuan’s first shed.

A few days later, Little Yuan successfully shed her skin. Her body was a little plumper than when she had just hatched, and her new scales were an even more lustrous silver-white, faintly shimmering with an iridescent purple light. She was as beautiful as a snake sculpture displayed in a shop window.

Quan Jin collected the complete shed skin and placed it in a red box.

He then took out another box. Inside were five shed skins, all belonging to Little Qi.

Quan Jin smiled gently. "For a Snake Beast, the first shedding is incredibly meaningful. It’s kept as a memento."

Sang Luo nodded. "Do you still have the skin from your first shed when you were little?"

"I do, but it’s not with me. I left it on the Western Continent back then."

"Then let’s take a trip back to the Western Continent. You haven’t been back in a long time, so let’s go have a look."