Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 396 - 395: So-called Effortless Ease
Gong You watched the spectacle, all the while making sure the cubs didn’t actually eat the little female.
Seeing Yuanyuan and Kunzi having so much fun, the other cubs grew anxious. Youyou called over a Blue Whale Cub, "Little Jing, come give me a ride!"
The Blue Whale Cub tilted its head and actually swam over, docilely carrying its big sister in pursuit.
"Tie Zhu..." A look of delight appeared on Tuanzi’s face, and he quickly waved at another Blue Whale Cub.
However, the cub ignored him. It turned, slapped its tail, and sent a huge wave crashing over Tuanzi.
"Little Blue, would you take us over there?" Kunzi asked with a smile, taking out a dried silverfish he had secretly stashed and dangling it temptingly.
The Blue Whale Cub snorted haughtily and, PTOO, spat a mouthful of water at him.
"Little Hai, it’s me, your brother Jiao Tang. Can you take us over there to watch the fun?" Jiao Tang asked with a smile.
The Blue Whale Cub grinned. Just as everyone thought it was about to cause trouble, it surprisingly swam over obediently and gave Jiao Tang and Sweet Ring a ride toward the fun.
The other cubs either flew over or were paddled across by the Si Tengs, leaving them as mere spectators, unable to join the chase.
Si Shuo was utterly exhausted. But she felt it was too humiliating to change back to her original form, and she refused to admit defeat by teleporting away.
Gong You watched the little female and the cubs playing from up close. Seeing the little blue-eyed silverfish was so tired it looked like it was about to pass out, he chuckled. With a single thought, the energetic cubs were ejected from the sea.
The males outside sensed the spatial fluctuations and instinctively leaped up to catch the cubs in mid-air.
Seeing the cubs were gone, Si Shuo heaved a long sigh of relief and floated belly-up on the water’s surface, the very picture of someone who had lost the will to live. ’That scared the life out of me!’
’Honestly, does anyone even get it?’ The cubs had turned into all sorts of ferocious sea beasts to chase her. One moment, they were terrifying sharks—the kind of movie monster that could carry several bloody thrillers. The next, they were sea monsters. Even when they turned into turtles, their swimming and hunting speed was still shockingly fast! As their Mother, she had been played with by her own cubs until she was on her last breath.
Hearing a stir beside her, Si Shuo instinctively shot forward, swimming away as fast as she could without looking back.
Soon, she realized it was her own kind chasing her. ’WAKAKA, food has delivered itself right to me!’
A thrill of joy went through Si Shuo. She immediately morphed into a sea turtle, slammed on the brakes, and spun around to give chase...
Gong You??!! ’The little female has some serious stamina.’ He let her chase him for a while, amused. Tsk, it seemed he had underestimated her obsession with little silverfish. She relentlessly pursued him for two full laps around the entire sea.
Resigned, he also transformed into a larger turtle and watched as the little female, unable to stop in time, slammed right into him.
"My dear, I’ve caught you," Gong You chuckled.
Si Shuo??!! ’So all that work was for nothing?’ With a soft SPLASH, she transformed into a mermaid. She crossed her arms, turned her head away, and huffed, "You knew it was me the whole time, didn’t you? Were you deliberately making fun of me?"
Gong You cleared his throat and also transformed into a merman. Tsk, tsk. His fair skin was covered in beautifully textured muscle, and his long, wavy hair was the color of dark blue ink. He was so androgynously and incomparably handsome that Si Shuo’s heart, to her shame, began to pound.
He chuckled and pulled her into an embrace. "My dear, I wasn’t trying to make fun of you. I just thought you were having a good time playing with the cubs. Were you training them just now? I had no idea my dear was so incredible, handling the cubs’ siege with such ease. Actually, I was just jealous. I didn’t want them taking up so much of your time, so I sent them away."
"I never realized you had so much stamina, my dear. After wearing out the kids, you still have enough energy to chase me..."
Gong You was giving her the perfect excuse. Listening to him, Si Shuo’s face flushed red. She couldn’t possibly tell him that, just moments ago, she was the one being chased by the cubs—cough, chased until she was scared out of her wits. If fish could scream, the entire sea would have been filled with her miserable shrieks! It was too embarrassing to admit, so she could only bite the bullet and accept Gong You’s praise.
"Well, of course. Without this much stamina, I’d never be able to handle all of you," Si Shuo said, lifting her chin slightly and nodding. "But I am a little tired now. The cubs are just too energetic. It’s a bit much for me to handle alone." She was slowly trying to walk back her bravado.
With a wave of Gong You’s hand, the fish cubs were separated from them by two whole seas, completely out of sight. "It’s alright. In a moment, my dear can just relax and enjoy... Thank you, my dear, for giving me our two little fish cubs. Hmm, let me think of how I should thank you..."
Afraid he’d think she couldn’t keep up, Si Shuo secretly used the Spring Breeze Technique to completely erase the fatigue and soreness from her body, ready to enjoy the fierce passion with which Gong You offered himself as her reward.
In a daze, she mused that the Cold blooded Beast Husband at home was quite demanding in this regard, but the Cold blooded beast husbands were also full of fire...
When Si Shuo woke up, she was already lying on the stone bed outside, wrapped in a thick quilt.
The snow outside had begun to melt. Sunlight scattered across it, carrying a hint of chill and icy purity. The light filtering into the cave was bright, and for a moment, she had no idea what time it was.
Before she even opened her eyes, she felt a stir beside her. A smile touched Si Shuo’s lips as she accurately pulled the person into her embrace. "Xiao Cheng!"
Xiao Cheng smiled in response. "Are you hungry, Sister? The older brothers are on duty. Brother Ji Liang and Brother Zhi Qi took the cubs for their studies and training, and they left me here to keep you company."
"What would you like to eat?"
Si Shuo nuzzled his neck. "Anything tasty?"
"There’s snow everywhere, so a lot of the land-dwelling Beastmen and Wild Beasts are white. They have these white rats here, and I don’t know what they eat, but they’re all so plump. The meat is fresh, fragrant, and tender. How about I roast one for you, Sister? We can baste it with honey—it’s even better than roast suckling pig! We can stuff it with some mushrooms, greens, and a few bird eggs..."
Now that Si Shuo had finally delivered her babies, her stomach finally had room to expand, and it was clamoring loudly. "Yes, yes! Let’s eat!"
After her meal, Si Shuo began to research a new talisman. Kunzi’s Replication Ability had given her an idea, so she asked the System for a talisman capable of storing superpowers: the Spirit Storage Talisman. This talisman could store Spiritual Power. When a Beastman’s Spiritual Power was depleted in a fight, absorbing Spiritual Energy from a Crystal Stone and converting it into Spiritual Power took time and effort. Swallowing an elixir also required a portion of one’s focus to refine its Medicinal Power.
But the Spirit Storage Talisman was like swapping in a fresh battery, allowing a person to be instantly restored to full strength. On top of that, the Spirit Storage Talisman could also store a superpower, making it feel like one could borrow all sorts of superpowers from others at any time. It was incredibly practical!
In addition to the Spirit Storage Talisman, she also requested a Basic Illusion Array Talisman. Since this Illusion Array was contained on a single piece of talisman paper, it was naturally quite basic and not very potent. But as it was an Illusion Array, its usefulness wasn’t just about raw power. She just needed to lay down the Stone Spirit Formation. A Beastman or Wild Beast trapped inside the Array would find it difficult to break out with brute force. After all, the Spiritual Power within the Array could be concentrated on the exact point of attack, ensuring none of it was wasted...
