Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 525 - 464: Soaking in Dragon Blood

"I seem to have come at an inconvenient time. I hope I’m not interrupting anything," a flippant and carefree voice rang out.

Lou Xianyue’s tone was hostile. "Anyone with a bit of sense would have already gotten lost."

"Well, I’m not leaving!"

He pushed the door open and entered.

Sang Luo straightened her clothes, trying her best to hide the alluring red marks on her shoulder, neck, and collarbone, but the sharp-eyed Anubia still caught sight of them. His expression changed drastically as jealousy flared, and he called out her full name.

"Sang Luo!"

Her heart skipped a beat. She looked at him helplessly. "What are you doing here?"

Anubia said huffily, "If I hadn’t come back, would you have completely forgotten about me?! You’ve kept me locked away in a cold palace, and you haven’t favored me once in five hundred years!"

"...Weren’t you back at the Star Vortex Insect Nest raising the children? We had no choice, the children are better suited to living there. I’ve missed you and the kids, too." Sang Luo felt a pang of guilt.

Anubia walked straight toward her. "I came back a few times, but you were sound asleep every time. You didn’t even bother to let me know when you woke up! So I could hurry back to see you! You! You heartless woman, you must have forgotten all about me!"

Sang Luo could only look on meekly.

’I really did forget to tell him.’

Anubia was different from her other Beast Husbands. He lived alone with the children in the Star Vortex Insect Nest, so he couldn’t always keep an eye on the situation in the Beast World.

"It’s my fault. I’ll definitely make it up to you next time. How are the children?" Sang Luo asked him.

Anubia’s expression finally softened. "The children are all grown up. They don’t need me to look after them anymore. I’ve left everything over there for them to handle. From now on, I’m staying here with you." ’Let’s see if this fickle, lustful woman forgets me now!’

’If there were any children I was least familiar with, it would be these four insect-cubs. They never grew up by my side. To think they had become adults in the blink of an eye...’ The thought filled her with a sense of regret and nostalgia.

Anubia gave a wicked grin. "How about we have another brood?"

"I’m afraid you won’t get the chance. Sang’er is pregnant," Lou Xianyue twisted the knife.

Anubia’s eyes widened. "Yours?"

"Not this one. I already have two children, a son and a daughter, so I’m not in a hurry for more. This one is Young Master Si’s. He only has one child."

Anubia had four children, the most of any of them, so naturally, he wouldn’t deign to compete with someone who only had one.

He pulled up a stool and sat by the bed, making small talk. "On my way back this time, I saw from a distance that the energy fluctuations radiating from the Beast World were different from last time. There’s a mass of brilliant Hongmeng True Qi swirling deep in the world’s core. What’s going on?"

"Is the Divine Realm really going to be revived?" Lou Xianyue murmured, looking down. Then he looked at the pensive Anubia, and recalling the past deeds of the Insect Clan, he warned, "You’d better not be getting any ideas."

It was common knowledge that the Insect Clan loved to plunder resources; their reputation was already in the gutter.

Anubia gave Sang Luo an ambiguous look, the corners of his lips lifting slightly. "My body and heart are both here with Luoluo. If I were to do anything, it would be as a hostage. Besides, the Beast World’s energy civilization is uniquely special. The Insect Clan doesn’t have the power to plunder it."

"You haven’t been back to the South Continent in all these years, have you? I took a trip there a couple of years ago, and it’s changed a lot. Shi Yi knows you’re still alive. He said he misses you," Sang Luo recalled.

Anubia raised an eyebrow. "That guy isn’t dead yet?"

"He broke through to King Beast Peak. Living for another eight or nine hundred years won’t be a problem for him."

"Hmm, it has been a long time since I’ve been back. I’ll go find him for a drink." Seeing that Sang Luo was back safe and sound, Anubia tactfully took his leave.

After being interrupted like that, Sang Luo was no longer in the mood for anything else. Lou Xianyue felt a twinge of regret but was content to just hold her as they slept for the night.

「The next morning」

Sang Luo received a sound transmission from Quan Jin. He was temporarily tied up and asked her to take Little Qi and Little Yuan on a trip to the forbidden grounds of the Dragon Tomb in the Southern region.

Sang Luo summoned the two children and asked if they knew the way. Little Yuan had no memory of the Dragon Tomb, but Little Qi had already hatched back then and still remembered the route.

After letting Lou Xianyue know, she took the two children to the Southern region. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

She used her spiritual power to break the seal and entered the depths of the Dragon Tomb.

The tomb was bare, with nothing of value inside. It looked like it had been plundered long ago.

Deep within the tomb was a dried-up river. The soil of the riverbed was dark black and slightly damp, and a rich, metallic scent of blood hung in the air.

It was Sang Luo’s first time here, and she looked around with great curiosity. "The Dragon Bone Sword your father carries—he got it from here, didn’t he?"

Little Qi shook his head. "No, that Dragon Bone Sword is the family heirloom of the Soaring Snake Clan’s Family Head. I once heard Father mention it by chance. It was sealed inside his body by Grandma when he was born... Father has Demon Clan blood, and Grandma was afraid that someone would harm him after she was gone, so she gave him this ultimate treasure."

"There is no love greater than a mother’s for her child. It’s a shame she passed away so early. Your father, you children, and I never had the chance to show her our devotion."

Sang Luo walked around for a bit and noticed something was off.

She unleashed a wave of immense power, shattering the riverbed.

Fresh, red Dragon Blood gushed out from underground, filling the riverbed once more.

The two Little Snakes flicked their tongues excitedly and submerged themselves in the river of blood.

They soon fell into a deep slumber.

Sang Luo crouched by the side, watching over them for several days, but the two Little Snakes showed no signs of waking.

She was so sleepy she yawned. A tall, slender figure approached and gathered her into his arms, a familiar, enchanting fragrance filling her senses.

Sang Luo’s drowsiness vanished. She turned to look at Quan Jin, her eyes bright. "You’re back~"

The man was dressed in a black robe, his long hair tied up high and cascading down his back, giving him a touch of a noble, proud, youthful air. His narrow, purple eyes were bewitching and magnificent, his nose was high and straight, his thin lips cool and aloof. He was as handsome as ever—enough to make one’s knees go weak!

Quan Jin smiled and pinched her cheek. "The Dragon Blood only reappears once every thousand years. It will be of great help to the two children’s bloodlines. I was still a bit worried about you coming here alone with them, so I finished up my business over there and came back early."

"I’ve been here for five or six days, and the children still haven’t woken up. Nothing bad will happen, will it?"

"It’s fine. Last time Little Qi absorbed Dragon Blood, he slept for a full six months. This time, it’s newly born Dragon Blood, and the energy it contains is even greater than last time. The two of them will probably sleep for even longer."

Sang Luo looked at the empty space behind him, her heart aching again. "What about Little Treasure? How is he?"

"Don’t worry. Little Treasure is awake, and his Divine Soul has stabilized. He’s in the Demon Realm helping to handle some matters."

"Why didn’t you bring him to see me?"

Quan Jin hesitated. "That child perhaps... hasn’t figured out how to face you yet."

Sang Luo was confused for a moment, then smiled in realization. "It’s alright, let’s give him time to think. Can you pass on a message to Little Treasure for me? Tell him I’m his mother, and I’ll never blame him."

"Alright." Quan Jin took something out of his storage space. "A gift for you."

Sang Luo opened the box and saw an exquisitely crafted music box. A small, pink, dancing rabbit puppet popped out.

"This is..." ’This little pink puppet... why does it look so familiar? I can’t quite place it.’