Chapter 110: Kian’s Greed For Mia and Jia

Unlike the previous cultivation stages, Stage 8 was a special cultivation stage.

One needed about 10,000,000 Qi Sparks to reach Stage 8, and after a lot of lucky events, Kian already had more than that amount in his body.

But that was not the only thing a cultivator needed to reach Stage 8. They also needed another thing—the Beast Chakra.

At stage 8, a cultivator had to choose a unique beast and bind it with oneself. That will let the cultivator acquire a pet that lived within your own body, while also letting the cultivator fully become an 8th stage cultivator.

That was the uniqueness of stage 8.

The problem now was that even though Kian had enough Qi Sparks, he didn’t have a beast to use as his Beast Chakra. At least, none of the beasts he knew satisfied the metric.

After all, they would become one with his Qi, so he didn’t want anything random.

"But since you want me to come up to the next step, perhaps it is indeed time that I chose my beast companion."

Kian turned away from the eighth step, and the entire terrace went silent.

He didn’t climb higher.

He didn’t attack the woman in front of him or so much as glance at Su Chen again.

He simply folded his indigo wings behind him and began walking down, step by step, his bare feet slapping the ancient stone in a rhythm that struck the crowd like a drumbeat.

Su Chen’s sister straightened. "You’re leaving? After slandering my brother for no reason?" she called after him, her voice sharper than she probably intended.

Kian didn’t look back. "I’ll return in a second girl, wait. Let me go grab my wife."

On the eighth step, Su Chen’s jaw tightened, but he said nothing. His gaze followed Kian all the way down until the crowd below swallowed him in a wave of murmurs and shifting bodies.

When Kian reached the bottom, the girls were already waiting.

Jia had her arms crossed under her chest, her expression somewhere between annoyed and flushed due to Kian’s nakedness.

Truly, that woman at the top had nerves of steel to ignore such a weird sight and talk to him normally.

Mia stood with her hands clasped in front of her, lips parted, eyes glittering with the usual eager curiosity.

Feimei simply watched him, calm and unreadable, as if she had already guessed something interesting was about to happen.

The captain hovered at the edge of the group, still nursing her wrist and clearly thrown by his retreat.

Jiao Yin was silent.

Kian stopped in front of them.

He smiled at them.

"Which one of you would prefer to become my Beast Companion?"

Jia blinked. Mia blinked. Xiao Cui’s mouth fell open. Jiao Yin was surprised.

The captain’s head snapped toward him like he had just offered to leap into a pit of starving tigers.

Only Feimei reacted with genuine interest, one elegant brow rising.

"Is it possible?" he asked her.

She nodded. "A human can indeed be considered a beast for this purpose. But using a human as your Beast Chakra, or beast companion, has its own troubles. For example, a human has to socialize and live outside, so they can’t live within your body forever. But a true beast would become your pet and live inside you without complaint. A human would not."

"A human should not," he said, nodding.

"And if you choose to make a human your Beast Companion, you also lose out on some of the unique benefits of using a beast. Like having its beast powers to help you."

But Kian was already looking at Mia.

"That’s not exactly true," he said. "Mia is a Blood Demon deep down. She’s not just a normal human."

"Oh, so you want her to be your beast companion," Feimei said, understanding his intent.

She had always known that despite Kian not spending as much time with Mia as he did with Jia, Kian had a big obsession with Mia. He saw her in a very special way.

"Eh? Me?"

Mia stepped forward before her sister could even part her lips, her cheeks pink and her voice soft but steady. "I don’t know what this is, but would it hurt?"

Feimei didn’t take her eyes off her daughter. "No. But it would change your cultivation completely. You would become dependent on him. If he grows stronger, you grow stronger. If he grows weaker, so do you."

"Any other benefits?"

"Yes, from then on, you will attain a unique body. A body called Beast Chakra. And that means you can transform into wisp of smoke and enter and live within his body."

"Insane..."

Kian smiled and reached out, brushing a stray strand of black hair from Mia’s cheek. "Mia, do you want to become my beast companion?"

Mia smiled, a sweet blush on her face. "Ye—"

Jia suddenly cut in, suddenly standing infront of Kian. "What if I want to do it?"

Kian turned, surprised, and found her looking at him with a serious, almost stubborn intensity that he hadn’t expected.

This posessive little thing, he chuckled in his mind.

She wasn’t joking.

Her hands had curled into small fists, and her chin was lifted, as if she had already mde up her mind that no one else could become his beast companion but her.

The one who would have to live with him forever and be stuck to him!

Mia let out a low, warning huff. "No way! He asked me first, Jia. Let me have this."

The two of them stared at each other, then back at Kian, neither one willing to give ground.

And Kian found himself troubled.

"Um..."

Jia and Mia came closer, staring at him intensely.

Both of them looked cute to him, and he had the urge to pinch both their cheeks, but at the same time, he felt cornered.

"Um..."

"Choose," Mia said, her lips upturned.

Jia just stared at him.

Kian sweated profusely. "What the hell girls?"

Feimei smiled from the side. "Actually, Kian, you are in luck."

"Eh, why?"

"Mia and Jia are twins, so they both share a Qi Signature. So if you want them both to become your Beast Companions, it shouldn’t be much harder than making one of them yours."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it should be possible. Twins are known widely for this capability. So, elite houses use twin beasts to give their young masters as their beast companions, you are just using twin humans."

Hearing that, Jia turned to Mia. Mia turned to Jia.

They both scoffed at the same instant, sharp and synchronized, like the sound had been rehearsed since birth.

Neither said a word, but their eyes met and held, and something silent passed between them. The fists at Jia’s sides loosened. Mia’s stiff shoulders dropped.

Both of them were secretly relieved, and they both knew it.

Kian saw it. He let out a low, easy laugh and wiped a hand over his face. "Thank the heavens you two are mine or I’d have to commit a crime."

"Don’t push it," Jia muttered.

But she was already moving closer. Mia did the same, hemming him in from the other side until their warmth pressed against his bare arms. He wrapped his hands around both of their waists.

The crowd around them had gone ghost-quiet, but Kian didn’t notice any of it.

He looked down at Jia first, then Mia. His smile faded just enough to make it real.

"Then I’ll ask you both properly this time." He took a breath. "Will you two become my Beast Companions? Together, and never separated from me again?"

Jia stared at him with that stubborn, unblinking intensity with pouted lips.

Mia’s lips parted, then curved, and her eyes shimmered under the lantern glow. Neither one looked at the other for permission. They had already decided.

"You know the answer," they said together.

Kian smiled. "Then give me a kiss."

Mia didn’t wait for him to choose which one to kiss first. She rose onto her toes, caught his jaw in both hands, and dragged his mouth down to hers with a hunger that made the lanterns seem to dim around them.

Her lips parted immediately, hot and insistent, and Kian answered in kind. He slid his tongue past her teeth and let the kiss turn deep, slow, then deeper still, tasting the faint sweetness of fruit wine still clinging to her.

Her fingers curled into the back of his neck, nails scraping lightly over his skin, and a low sound escaped her throat that only he could hear.

When he finally pulled back, a thin string of saliva stretched between their mouths and broke, and Mia’s eyes stayed shut for a heartbeat too long, her lips red and slick.

Jiajust watched the sight in boredom (clearly her act, Kian thought).

"Come here," he grabbed her for a kiss.

Her kiss was fire and teeth despite the cheeky, annoyed start, all clumsy possession and barely contained eagerness.

She bit at his lower lip, then softened, sucking the sting away as if to apologize without saying it.

Kian growled against her mouth and tightened the arm around her lower back, dragging her flush against his soaked, naked body. His hand slid over the curve of her hip, fingers pressing into her through the thin robe.

When she tried to pull back, he didn’t let go, stealing one last peck that left her gasping and pink to the roots of her hair. Then, he finally let go.

He let them both go with a slow exhale, then turned to Feimei. "How do I make them fully mine?"

His chest rose and fell, glistening in the lantern light, but his voice stayed steady. "Tell me what to do."

Feimei’s crimson gaze flicked between her daughters and him, calm and unreadable.