Chapter – 44
“You… what are you doing?”
Jiang Xi’s eyes widened, and she could barely speak properly.
She held onto a sliver of hope and raised her hand to touch her own face.
When she felt the sticky, black residue, she screamed silently in her heart.
Ahhhhh!
Lu Liufeng, what on earth are you smelling?!
Do I not have any dignity?!
Who’s a good beast-husband sniffing their mistress’s overflow residues while her abilities are upgrading?!
Moreover, the residue Jiang Xi emitted wasn’t just ordinary—it contained a full-body toxin!
Thinking of this, she hurriedly checked his hand.
“Are you okay?”
Lu Liufeng shook his head. “Just a slight burning sensation.”
Then he added,
“It’s too late to go to the hot spring mountain now. Mistress, do you want to boil water and take a bath first?”
He knew his mistress loved cleanliness.
Everything else could wait until after the mistress had bathed.
Naturally, Jiang Xi quickly nodded.
At that moment, a figure appeared by the door.
Yi Yuesi leaned against the doorframe and saw Lu Liufeng holding his mistress intimately in his arms.
He raised an eyebrow.
“Looks like you’re fine now.”
He looked at Lu Liufeng.
“There was quite a commotion outside just now. The chief has arrived. Later, you’ll have to explain the incident of the ability outbreak to the chief.”
When a beast’s ability outbreak reaches a certain level, they are not allowed to remain in the tribe.
It’s to prevent disasters if their body explodes.
After all, there are so many powerless females and many young ones whose abilities haven’t manifested yet.
Without the chief, no one would risk it.
And no beast would allow their mistress and children to be exposed to such danger.
Lu Liufeng nodded. “I’ll explain to the chief later.”
“Help me bring in some firewood; the mistress wants to take a bath.”
Because the mistress often mentioned bathing, the beast-husbands gradually started calling “washing the body” simply “taking a bath.”
Once the initial panic passed, Jiang Xi noticed she was sitting on Lu Liufeng’s lap, leaning closely against his chest.
She regained her strength and hurriedly tried to stand up.
But the next moment, Lu Liufeng held her horizontally, stood up, and carefully placed her on a chair.
“Mistress, sit for a moment; I’ll fetch the water.”
Jiang Xi pursed her lips and awkwardly replied, “Okay.”
So embarrassing.
She had been carefully groomed by Duan Si, and now with Lu Liufeng, everything felt… uncontrollable and intimate!!
Jiang Xi wanted to scream in frustration!!
Yi Yuesi brought in firewood and tossed it into the hearth, then looked at the mistress.
“Mistress, have you groomed Lu Liufeng’s abilities?”
Jiang Xi didn’t think much and nodded.
“Yes, it’s done.”
After saying that, she recalled the drained feeling after her abilities were exhausted and couldn’t help but add,
“I’m still too weak. I need to improve quickly.”
“Improve?” Yi Yuesi’s fox-like eyes filled with surprise.
“You can still improve spiritual power?”
“Yes,” Jiang Xi replied directly. “While I help you groom your ability sea, I’m also improving my spiritual power. But for now, I’m too weak, and my experience is insufficient, so I’m not yet sure about the patterns.”
However, one thing was certain: while helping them groom their abilities, she could level up herself!!
A win-win!!
Yi Yuesi looked at the mistress sitting on the chair; his eyes flickered.
The mistress… seemed to have acquired many incredible secrets…
Lu Liufeng brought in water and set up two stone pots to boil.
His gaze swept the firehouse, then looked toward the courtyard, finally resting on the large stone water tank outside.
Jiang Xi would have to make do for now.
He thought of getting a bigger one tomorrow for the mistress to use regularly.
Jiang Xi wrapped herself tightly in animal skins to prevent the smell from spreading.
She didn’t notice Lu Liufeng moving the large stone tank from the courtyard into her room.
Yi Yuesi, however, did notice.
He paused for a moment, lips twitching, but ultimately said nothing.
After all… putting the water tank for the mistress to use for bathing was the duty of a beast-husband… no problem…
At worst, they would go to the river daily to chop ice for water.
Jiang Xi added firewood and watched Lu Liufeng and Yi Yuesi help carry hot water into her room.
She thought: bathing at home is really too, too troublesome!!
As soon as she thought this, she saw a familiar large stone tank in her room, white mist rising from the water.
Jiang Xi was stunned for a moment.
She instinctively looked back at the courtyard and saw the original location of the tank was now empty.
Jiang Xi fell silent for a moment.
Well, since it’s like this, so be it…
Before leaving, Lu Liufeng thoughtfully closed the door behind him and said from outside,
“Mistress, I’m going to see the chief. I’ll be back soon.”
“If you need anything, call Yi Yuesi. He’s home.”
Jiang Xi shouted while taking off her animal skins.
“Got it!”
Lu Liufeng didn’t leave immediately but found Yi Yuesi.
His usual gentle and harmless expression was gone, replaced with a sharp seriousness.
He looked at Yi Yuesi and asked seriously,
“While grooming the external ability sea, did any other beasts see it?”
Yi Yuesi spread his hands and shrugged.
“If you mean just now, I used my abilities to cover the courtyard; the outside beasts saw nothing.”
“But if you mean the hot river valley, I’m not sure.”
After all, the mistress had said she groomed Duan Si’s abilities in the hot river valley.
He wasn’t sure if others saw when she did it.
Lu Liufeng frowned lightly.
He blamed himself for not investigating in the past few days where the mistress had gone and what had happened.
Yi Yuesi’s fox eyes twitched slightly as he smiled.
“Why are you so nervous? Isn’t this a good thing?”
Lu Liufeng met his gaze, was silent for a moment, and then said,
“Just now, while the mistress groomed my abilities, I touched the Fourth Great Stage.”
“What!”
Even Yi Yuesi’s expression changed drastically.
The Fourth Great Stage…
For beasts from the cursed lands, this is a nightmare they can never overcome in a lifetime.
Even if they leave the cursed lands, without the aid of a great clan’s secret method, it’s nearly impossible to reach the Fourth Great Stage.
But Lu Liufeng said that while the mistress groomed him, he sensed the Fourth Great Stage loosening.
He suddenly recalled the thunder earlier over the tribe.
He had thought it was ordinary.
But now, it seemed it was related to this grooming and touching the Fourth Great Stage.
This was not good…
It would be a huge trouble for the mistress!
Yi Yuesi told him about the lightning in the sky.
Lu Liufeng’s gaze flashed rapidly. He took a deep breath and said,
“I’ll ask the mistress later. If she agrees, we’ll reveal the restoration of external spiritual power.”
“Anyway, this can’t be hidden for long.”
Instead of letting the beasts discover more secrets, it’s better to let their attention stay on the saintly-blessed status of the mistress.
The status of a saintly-blessed female alone would stir enormous waves in the cursed lands.
While Lu Liufeng and Yi Yuesi discussed seriously…
In the distant depths of the cursed lands, in pitch-black darkness, a pair of crimson eyes suddenly opened!
An ancient, hoarse voice like the passage of time slowly sounded in the dark:
“Energy…”
