Chapter 880 - 866: Traces

Su Muyao hurriedly followed the direction pointed out by Xuan Yan to the central stone house.

This house was the largest and best stone house in the entire tribe.

When she entered this stone house, Su Muyao was utterly astonished.

In a daze, she seemed to have returned to the courtyard of the Beiluo Tribe, as the layout of this stone house’s courtyard and rooms was exactly the same as there.

Even the arrangement of the wooden bed inside the windows was identical.

Entering one of the rooms, she saw a bed, cabinets, chairs, and other things, as well as beast skins.

The layout and placement were the same.

This house was the room where Wen Nanxi stayed.

There was only one beast skin, and Wen Nanxi’s aura was on it.

"He once lived here."

Su Muyao was very sure.

The system could also perceive Wen Nanxi’s presence here.

For some reason, Su Muyao felt a stabbing pain in her chest; she missed Wen Nanxi so much.

She missed him too much, but she suppressed the emotion well within her chest; she didn’t want to worry Xuan Yan and Zaizai.

However, Su Muyao’s eyes still turned red.

Xuan Yan looked at Su Muyao with a pained heart, gently pulling her into his arms.

At this moment, Su Muyao especially needed a shoulder to lean on to digest her inner emotions.

Xuan Yan gently held her, softly patting her back, "Don’t worry, we will find him."

"Snake Beastmen usually like to stay in the south; they should have gone south. Follow the aura south, and we will find him."

Su Muyao nodded.

Soon, she composed herself and continued the journey with Xuan Yan and Zaizai.

The two wolf cubs transformed into their original forms and followed behind, quietly asking Da Bao, "Brother, is that our mother’s Snake Beast Husband?"

Da Bao replied earnestly, "Yes, that’s Father Wen, our mother’s first Beast Husband."

"Father Wen is also very powerful; he always took care of and protected our mother, so she surely misses and worries about him a lot."

That’s what Xiao’s father told him, so he knew.

Xiao Jihan conveyed the correct concepts to Da Bao, so even though Da Bao had never met Father Wen, he understood his mother well.

He thought they also needed to help their mother find Father Wen.

Xuan Yan had very keen perception capabilities, so he followed the aura from the snake shedding southbound.

However, after traveling for three days in the rain, the aura suddenly disappeared.

There was no trace of the Snake Beastman even in the mountains and forests.

"His aura is gone. According to the habits of Snake Beastmen, they should have hidden their aura to avoid being tracked."

It could be to avoid being tracked by some wild beast or demon beast; erasing their aura would be safer.

However, Su Muyao’s expression looked noticeably disappointed.

The system spoke, "Host, don’t worry, the snake mark on your body is fine, which means Wen Nanxi is definitely alive."

Su Muyao gently touched the small snake mark on her collarbone, whispering, "I know, I’m just worried that he might be severely injured like Xiao Jihan was before."

Although she could see the small snake on her collarbone was intact, its color had indeed dimmed a lot.

The thought of Wen Nanxi being seriously injured like Xiao Jihan made Su Muyao’s heart ache terribly.

She didn’t dare think too much about it.

Xuan Yan said, "Let’s rest here for the night and check again; perhaps we’ll find a clue then."

Xuan Yan would carefully observe the wife’s expression and thoughtfully attend to her feelings.

Only, while they planned to rest for a night and search again, they were attacked by a demon beast, which had even controlled some beastmen and wild animals to attack them.

Xuan Yan still protected her very closely.

The three cubs all wanted to join the battle.

But the demon beast’s combat ability was very strong.

In the end, Xuan Yan took care of them, and when Su Muyao used her Wood Element Ability to heal his injuries, she was distressed, holding him tightly.

Being held by his wife in this way, Xuan Yan felt a sense of being needed, and the aura around him calmed significantly.

"This rain, who knows when it will stop."

Su Muyao looked at the still-raining woods, feeling that the rain greatly suppressed Xuan Yan’s Fire Ability.

This was truly urgent now.

In the middle of the night in the cave, Xuan Yan, while Su Muyao and the others were asleep, secretly plucked some of his most important feathers and ignited them with flames, sending them high into the sky.

At this moment, Da Bao woke up, curiously asking, "Grandpa Xuan, what are you doing?"

Xuan Yan said, "Just trying out this method to see if it can attract any Bird Clan Beastmen passing by."

"With the rain persistently falling, traveling would be very hard on your mother and you all. If a Bird Clan Beastman could come to pick us up, it would be much easier."

This was the only viable way.

Naturally, this wisp of flame also attracted some mutant bird beasts.

Xuan Yan burned them with a fierce posture.

When dealing with fellow Bird Clan Beastmen, Xuan Yan was almost unbeatable.

Of course, some of his feathers would need some time to grow back.

After two days of fighting, two days later, a Bird Clan trading caravan discovered them and came outside the cave.

Seeing Xuan Yan, everyone was startled, "Is that the Young Master?"

"Young Master, weren’t you at Black Rock City?"

Seeing Xuan Yan, everyone was amazed.

To the Bird Clan Beastmen, Xuan Yan was the High Priest’s son, extraordinarily gifted, becoming a Level 6 at a young age. In everyone’s eyes, this was the Young Master.

That’s what they called him privately.

Seeing the Bird Clan Beastmen caravan, Xuan Yan felt somewhat relieved.

There were several Level 5 Beastmen in the caravan, more than twenty beastmen in total, so safety was pretty much assured.

"I was at Black Rock City for the snow season, and now I’m taking my wife and the cubs back to the Bird Tribe."

When Xuan Yan was introducing them, Su Muyao and the cubs came out of the cave.

Only then did everyone see Su Muyao, and they all widened their eyes in amazement.

Such a beautiful little female.

She appeared so pure and gentle.

No, is this true?

They did not mistake it.

Everyone knew how much Xuan Yan hated females; yet, after a trip to Black Rock City, he now had a wife.

This was great news.

Everyone was overwhelmingly excited.

However, they could also feel that the aura of beast power backlash on Xuan Yan had not disappeared.

Could it be that the Young Master hadn’t formed a contract with this little female?

Though curious, they dared not ask further.

Nor did they dare to look more; it would be disrespectful to the lord.

After a simple introduction, Xuan Yan was preparing to carry Su Muyao and the cubs back to the Bird Tribe.

But he remembered something else, "Have you seen any Green Snake Beastman from the Green Snake Tribe?"

The caravan leader thought for a moment and said, "A month ago, we saw Green Snake Beastmen at the market near our tribe. They seemed to be collecting large quantities of Green Crystal Stones."

"It is said that their king was seriously injured and needed Green Crystal Stones."

"But where they live, we do not know."

"We only know they are immigrants."

Because the Bird Tribe is powerful, they have a lot of Green Crystal Stones.

Hearing this, Su Muyao’s eyes lit up; she exchanged a glance with Xuan Yan, no longer hesitating, they immediately set off.

The numerous Bird Clan Beastmen maintained a certain formation, flying to protect Xuan Yan and the others.

After a few days of flying, the rain lessened.

After approximately half a month of flying, they arrived at the Bird Tribe.

Looking down from high above, Su Muyao noticed that the Bird Tribe was very large, with many tree houses built on tall trees.

Some were high up, some in the middle, and some close to the ground.

Xuan Yan had previously told her about the situation of the Bird Tribe.

She knew that the higher the status of the Bird Clan Beastman, the higher they lived.

At high altitudes, the view is wide, and the sunshine is good.

While elsewhere the climate was abnormal, around the Bird Tribe, the sun was shining brightly.

The location was also very good here.

It is said that long ago, under the High Priest’s perception, the Bird Tribe was established at such a location.