Chapter 46
The Fox’s Charm
When Mu Ling returned, he not only carried a bundle of bamboo back, but also dug up a bag of snakes.
He threw the bamboo into the yard and, without waiting a moment, wanted to show the snakes to his mistress.
“I found snakes!”
But as soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he sensed that the atmosphere was a little off.
Jiang Xi was a bit overwhelmed by Yi Yuexi’s overly familiar enthusiasm. She quickly abandoned her cooking tasks and came to see Mu Ling’s snakes.
She reached out to open the bamboo basket, intending to praise Mu Ling a few words.
But as soon as the basket opened, a gray-black snake head, flicking its tongue, shot out.
“Ah!”
Jiang Xi screamed in fright, clutching Mu Ling’s arm and trying to hide behind him.
Mu Ling quickly reached out, a blur of motion, and grabbed the snake by its head, pulling it out of the basket.
“Mistress, don’t be afraid. I’ve removed its fangs.”
He even tried to hold it out in front of her for a closer look.
Lu Liufeng hurried over and blocked him.
“Handle it properly before bringing it inside.”
Mu Ling was momentarily stunned. Only when he saw Yi Yuexi’s smug expression did he realize and hurriedly apologized.
“I… I didn’t know the mistress was afraid of snakes. I’ll take it out and deal with it right away.”
After all, in his mind, the mistress had even married a snake beastman, so how could she be afraid of snakes?
But things are not always the same!
Snake beastmen know how to keep their distance and don’t attack! They definitely don’t coil around in clusters that make one’s sanity plummet!
When Jiang Xi peeked into the bamboo basket earlier, the snakes were all tangled together in a mass, and she couldn’t tell how many there were. It triggered her trypophobia.
Mu Ling went out to deal with the snakes.
Yi Yuexi carried a small bowl containing a piece of lamb. He picked it up with chopsticks, approached, and cheerfully offered it to the mistress.
“Mistress, try it.”
Jiang Xi’s eyes widened, and she took a step back, clutching Lu Liufeng’s fur as if wanting to hide behind him.
“Lu Liufeng, you eat it.”
Yi Yuexi’s overly affectionate behavior made it seem, to anyone who didn’t know, that he was deeply infatuated with his mistress.
But Jiang Xi knew that once the spring came and the fox tribe brought the Gold Soul Fruit, her marriage contract would be dissolved.
She had no intention of getting too close to Yi Yuexi.
After all, his incredibly handsome, fox-like face could sway her resolve even if she tried to be strong.
And his sticky, clingy behavior was worse than the snake pile Mu Ling had brought back—it was terrifying!
Lu Liufeng blocked the mistress, giving Yi Yuexi a disapproving look.
He reached for the chopsticks in Yi Yuexi’s hand.
Yi Yuexi, however, pulled them back and, with his fox-like eyes glinting, snorted coldly.
“Want some? Get it yourself if you want it.”
Trying to be served by him? Not a chance!
Lu Liufeng: “……”
At mealtime, the seating arrangement was the same as in the morning.
Jiang Xi and Mu Ling sat across from each other, with Lu Liufeng and Yi Yuexi on either side.
She picked up her chopsticks, about to take some food, when three pairs of chopsticks simultaneously descended on her bowl.
The fastest, naturally, was Mu Ling.
Jiang Xi was silent for a moment.
“Thank you.”
Yi Yuexi propped his chin up, smiling, and asked, “Is it tasty?”
Jiang Xi suddenly choked, coughing violently.
“Cough… cough cough… cough cough…”
Lu Liufeng helped his mistress lean forward slightly and shot Yi Yuexi a frown.
“Stop messing around.”
Yi Yuexi: “I’m not messing around.”
He simply found his mistress amusing and wanted to tease her a little.
Even though she had no tail, her instinctive movements to avoid him were entertaining.
Mu Ling didn’t understand.
“What happened?”
Jiang Xi quickly shifted the topic, telling him about what had happened that afternoon.
Mu Ling’s wolfish eyes widened.
“No wonder I sensed an unusual energy fluctuation in the yard when I returned.”
But that was Lu Liufeng’s energy, so he hadn’t thought much of it.
Thinking about all that happened on the day he went up the mountain, he regretted leaving for a moment.
Yet, that morning’s scene… if he hadn’t left, he probably would have made some irrational decisions.
Thinking of his mistress mentioning external energy grooming, he couldn’t help but ask.
“Mistress, can you help me groom my energy?”
He asked nervously, as if asking for a favor.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to.”
Mu Ling’s heart raced; asking for energy grooming felt almost like requesting intimacy…
For beastmen, energy grooming is indeed akin to intimacy.
Jiang Xi didn’t have such preconceived notions, so she felt no psychological burden.
“Sure!”
“I’ll help you groom it tomorrow.”
Mu Ling stared into his mistress’s clear black eyes, his heartbeat quickening.
“Thank you, Mistress.”
He noticed that the black markings on her face had lightened, revealing a contrast between fair skin and black markings that almost seemed to glow.
Yi Yuexi tilted his head, blinking his fox eyes rapidly.
“Can I schedule it the day after tomorrow?”
Jiang Xi: “……”
Don’t shoot your charms at me.
“Alright.”
To prevent misunderstandings, Jiang Xi clarified.
“Once my spiritual power improves, I might groom other beastmen in the tribe who don’t have a mistress. Helping you now is just practice.”
Mu Ling was stunned. “Why?”
Shouldn’t the mistress just groom her beastmen? Why bother grooming outsiders?
Yi Yuexi knew the reason, but as a native beastman, no matter how many times he heard it, he couldn’t feel happy.
Lu Liufeng spoke up.
“The mistress does this naturally to improve her spiritual power.”
“Right now, Duan Si is in the Hot River Valley, Huo Lun’s whereabouts are unknown. Only the three of us are here. We can’t provide enough energy seas.”
Though they could monopolize their mistress every day,
According to her grooming of Duan Si twice, the more turbulent the energy sea, the more feedback it gives the mistress.
Otherwise, if the fourth-level energy sea is already full, touching it results in overflow.
Mu Ling pursed his lips.
“Then… shouldn’t the mistress marry a few more beastmen?”
Beastmen are supposed to serve the mistress and share life and death with her.
Who knows how messy those outsiders are?
The cursed lands have far more unscrupulous unmarried beastmen than the Holy City!
Jiang Xi bit her chopsticks, eyes wide.
Weren’t they talking about energy grooming? Why did it suddenly turn into marrying more beastmen?
Lu Liufeng didn’t object.
After all, as a Saintly Favored Female, perhaps even above the standard, the mistress could marry ten beastmen in the Holy City.
In the cursed lands, she could marry even more.
With more beastmen, the pressure of duels could be distributed, avoiding a situation where a single one fails at the end.
He looked at his mistress gently, about to speak, but she put down her bowl and shook her head.
“I have Lu Liufeng as my only beastman. That’s enough.”
