Chapter 881 - 867: Warm and Cozy

The environment here is great, the sun is shining brightly.

When the sunlight falls on people, there’s a kind of warm, cozy, very comfortable feeling.

The continuous rainy season before had made Su Muyao really uncomfortable; she finally felt the sunshine now.

Seeing Xuan Yan return, the Bird Clan Beastmen all became extremely excited.

"Our Young Leader is back."

"It’s Lord Xuan..."

"It really is Lord Xuan."

"Wonderful, our Lord Xuan has come back."

"There’s a female on Lord Xuan’s back."

"Not only a female, there’s also Zaizai."

"That must be Lord Xuan’s wife and Zaizai, right?"

For Bird Clan Beastmen, in their true form they only carry their own wife and Zaizai, they don’t carry other people.

Let alone unrelated females.

"It has to be. Lord Xuan hates females so much, never allows females to get near him, yet he’s carrying a female back—she’s definitely his wife."

The Bird Clan Beastmen had different ways of addressing Xuan Yan, but seeing him return, they were all excited.

In their hearts, Xuan Yan was their faith.

Xuan Yan directly used his Fire Ability to release a blossom of flame over the Bird Clan, which exploded like fireworks.

In the past he would never respond to everyone’s enthusiasm.

This time, he simply wanted to tell everyone that he had brought his wife back.

Of course, there were also females whose expressions changed when they saw the female carried on Xuan Yan’s true form.

They knew Xuan Yan hated females, but they still couldn’t help harboring thoughts about him.

After all, not only was he stunningly beautiful, his strength and talent were extremely powerful, and on top of that, he was the High Priest’s son.

Any one of those points was enough to make their hearts race.

They had tried many different ways, but they couldn’t even get close to him.

Most of the time Xuan Yan was sleeping; when he wasn’t asleep, he still wouldn’t allow anyone to come near.

The tribe once had a female who acted recklessly; even though she had never actually gotten near Xuan Yan, just because she tried to break into his house she was eventually driven out of the tribe.

Without the protection of a tribe, a female was very likely to die out in the forest.

That was the harshest punishment for a female.

After that, the females only dared to think of him in their hearts.

Even those females who already had a Beast Husband couldn’t help but quietly admire Xuan Yan from afar.

They felt that since Xuan Yan hated females and would never form a Contract, then he was everyone’s male.

But now everything had changed.

Seeing him carefully protecting that female, even lighting flames for her, everyone understood something.

They were also curious what kind of female could make him break his principles.

Xuan Yan carried Su Muyao into his tree house first.

Xuan Yan’s tree house was very large inside, furnished extremely cleanly, luxuriously, and spaciously.

The floor was covered with Beast Skin and feathers.

The location of the tree house was also excellent, bathed in sunlight, very comfortable.

Xuan Yan set Su Muyao and the Zaizai down. "You rest for a while first, I’ll go prepare some food."

On the way here, they’d hurried their journey and hadn’t eaten properly.

Xuan Yan felt very distressed about this, so as soon as they got back, he wanted to make them a hot meal.

Su Muyao said, "I’m actually not hungry. You’re tired too, you should rest for a bit as well."

Su Muyao gently held Xuan Yan’s hand, looking at him seriously.

The one who had suffered the most along the way was Xuan Yan.

Su Muyao also wanted him to rest; she didn’t want him to exhaust himself.

"It’s fine, I’m not tired."

Back in his own tribe, Xuan Yan’s body and mind both relaxed.

He really didn’t feel tired.

On the contrary, because he had brought his wife and Da Bao back with him, he was in an excellent mood.

His heart felt warm and full; he wanted to prepare some Bird Clan food for them.

"I’ll be back in a bit."

With that, Xuan Yan flew out quickly.

Xuan Yan’s dwelling was high up in the trees, very far from the ground.

Su Muyao could transform into her true form and fly, but her true form was too conspicuous, too high-profile. As soon as she appeared she would be noticed; if she attracted Demon Beasts it would be dangerous.

She looked at Da Bao and the others, stroked their fur, and said, "It’s been hard on you all along the way too."

"Now we’re safe. You can lie on the bed and sleep for a while first."

Da Bao and the others were still little, yet they’d flown such a long distance with them.

On the road there had been rain and wind; it really was exhausting.

And they had never once complained about being tired. They just kept cooperating as they hurried along.

The main reason was that they truly didn’t dare to stop and rest, afraid they’d encounter Demon Beasts or dangerous wild beasts on the way. Only by reaching the Bird Tribe could they truly relax.

Da Bao lay down on the Beast Skin on the floor. "Mom, it’s so comfortable here at Grandpa Xuan’s, so warm."

Before, while they were traveling, they’d stayed in caves, and back during Snow Season the sunlight had never been this good.

Here the sun was bright, the temperature just right; even when the wind blew, it was much warmer.

Spring was soft and mellow.

"It really is very comfortable, and very clean too."

Xuan Yan’s tree house was over two hundred square meters, and even the floor was covered in clean, soft Beast Skin.

Su Muyao also lay down lightly.

When Xuan Yan came back carrying things, he saw his wife and the Zaizai lying there, and a gentle glow rose in his eyes.

In the past he’d felt the house was empty, but now that he had them, it finally felt warm.

"Wife, look at these—is this the rice you talked about?"

Previously Su Muyao had described some foods to Xuan Yan; he’d taken these from his Female Mother.

The prey he hunted before had also all been given to his Female Mother and the others.

Now that he was taking things from his Female Mother’s food storeroom, naturally there was no problem.

What’s more, his Female Mother was very fond of him.

After learning that he’d brought his wife back, she was overjoyed.

She told him to look after his wife first, and said they could meet once they’d rested.

Su Muyao looked at the rice in one Beast Skin Bag and said excitedly, "Yes, this is rice."

Rice with distinct grains.

Since she’d come here, she hadn’t eaten rice for a long time; she really missed fragrant rice.

Her mouth was practically watering.

"This is rice, this is purple rice and black rice, this is mung beans, this is chili and pepper..."

"This is great, we can make so many delicious dishes."

"Today we’ll steam rice and eat it with side dishes."

The southern region really did have lots of food.

Bird Clan Beastmen liked eating food shaped like small grains, so they would store this kind of food.

Xuan Yan’s tree house also had pots, bowls, and utensils; things were fairly complete, so they could cook meals over the fire.

Xuan Yan said softly, "Wife, I asked my mom. She said quite a few Green Snake Beastmen have appeared at the nearby Xuanlin Market, and they’ve exchanged quite a lot of supplies from the Bird Clan."

"Including food like this."

"Logically speaking, Snake Beastmen don’t like this kind of food."

Snake Beastmen prefer eating wild beast meat.

Only Bird Beastmen are fairly fond of this kind of food with distinct grains.

And such tiny food wouldn’t even fill the teeth gap of Snake Beastmen.

Because of their special true form, Bird Beastmen find it easier to eat this kind of food with their beaks.

Hearing this, Su Muyao’s Heart String trembled. "It’s Wen Nanxi."

She was certain that the reason that Green Snake Beastman liked this kind of food was definitely because of Wen Nanxi.

Back in the Beiluo Tribe, she had liked eating this kind of food together with Wen Nanxi and the others.

Seeing Su Muyao’s eyes turn red, Xuan Yan felt unbearably distressed. He gently explained, "I’ve already told my Female Mother about this. She said she’ll arrange Bird Clan informants to help investigate."

"Don’t worry, we’ll have news soon."

He knew his wife missed Wen Nanxi, so he’d also been keeping this matter in mind the whole time.