Chapter 58: Impervious

Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Impervious

Bai Wanwan froze.

’He knows?’

Her gaze slowly shifted, landing on Zhu Xiu’s face.

Zhu Xiu’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. "Are you going to walk on your own?"

Bai Wanwan took a shallow breath. ’If it were just me, I could risk trying something.’

But this was about Xin Feng, and they were in the Wandering Beast City.

She still couldn’t figure out Zhu Xiu’s temperament and didn’t dare to act recklessly.

"Fine, I’ll go with you."

She decided to stick close to Zhu Xiu for now. Since Xin Feng had managed to sneak in, as long as no other powerful Wandering Beasts discovered him, he might be able to escape.

But Bai Wanwan hadn’t expected that after she had taken just two steps, Xin Feng would suddenly attack Zhu Xiu.

Zhu Xiu pulled Bai Wanwan aside and waved a hand in Xin Feng’s direction.

Two invisible forces seemed to collide.

Xin Feng stumbled back several steps, apparently injured.

Bai Wanwan wanted to go check on him, but Zhu Xiu grabbed her arm tightly. "You take one more step and see what happens."

Bai Wanwan gritted her teeth and shouted to Xin Feng, "Xin Feng, go! Save yourself first!"

But Xin Feng knew the Wandering Beasts had already discovered his presence. If they were on alert, he would never get another chance to get close to her.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Xin Feng stared warily at Zhu Xiu.

The Wandering Beast before him was the most powerful opponent he had ever encountered.

Seeing this wasn’t going well, Bai Wanwan realized that if Xin Feng was injured, escape would be even more impossible.

She could trick Yin Da into leaving her alone for the time being, but she had no way of guaranteeing Yin Da wouldn’t kill Xin Feng.

Catching Zhu Xiu raising his hand out of the corner of her eye, she spun around, threw herself into his arms, and clung to him tightly. Then she looked back at Xin Feng and said, "Xin Feng, go! If you get hurt, you won’t be able to take me with you, and I’ll be trapped here forever! If you escape, you’ll still have a chance to save me."

Her words made Xin Feng calm down. Wanwan was right.

If he failed to rescue Wanwan this time, he would certainly lose his life here, and Wanwan would be trapped forever.

He clenched his fists, his eyes locked on Bai Wanwan in Zhu Xiu’s arms, and made a difficult decision.

"Alright, Wanwan. Take care of yourself. Wait for me to come and save you."

Xin Feng turned and disappeared behind the stone house. Bai Wanwan felt Zhu Xiu trying to pry her off him with his hands.

Not only did she not let go, but she hugged him even tighter.

"Let go!"

Zhu Xiu’s face darkened. He wanted to swat the little female away with a single slap.

He raised his hand, then lowered it again.

’She wouldn’t be able to withstand even one of my slaps.’

"I won’t! I didn’t go with him, so you can’t hurt him."

"I won’t hurt him. Now let go."

Not only did Bai Wanwan not let go, she squeezed even tighter. "I don’t believe you."

"Bai Wanwan!"

Zhu Xiu’s voice was practically a snarl.

Bai Wanwan ignored him, just holding on for dear life.

"I won’t hurt him, but he won’t escape either!"

As soon as he spoke, Bai Wanwan felt something squirming at her feet.

’It’s happening again...’

Fear instantly turned her legs to jelly, and Zhu Xiu easily coiled his Snake Tail around her.

"Zhu Xiu, let me go."

Zhu Xiu ignored her, carrying her back the way they came.

Bai Wanwan was wrapped tightly in his Snake Tail, completely unable to break free.

She had always been adaptable. If force didn’t work, she would try a softer approach.

"Zhu Xiu, can you spare his life? I’ll owe you one. If I ever get the chance, I’ll repay you."

Zhu Xiu just kept sliding forward without even a glance at her.

"I’m begging you... Please, be merciful. He’s my only Beast Husband. I don’t want anything to happen to him. If something happens to him, I’ll come crying to you every day and pester you nonstop."

Hearing that he was her only Beast Husband, Zhu Xiu turned his head to look at her. "You’re a Holy Female, and you only have one Beast Husband?"

"I may be a Holy Female, but I have to actually like someone to make him my Beast Husband... And he’s the only one I like."

There wasn’t a hint of exaggeration in her words. Xin Feng was so handsome, gentle, and considerate to her, and he always responded to her needs.

A paragon of a husband... he had even managed to move someone like her, whose heart had nearly been sealed in concrete.

As for Chou Rong, she had no emotional foundation with him whatsoever, and he certainly wasn’t her Beast Husband.

It was just by a strange twist of fate that she had borne him a litter of cubs.

Zhu Xiu said no more, coiling her along as he headed for Yin Da’s residence.

Bai Wanwan’s heart raced with anxiety. It seemed the soft approach wasn’t working either.

"Zhu Xiu, can’t you just turn a blind eye?"

"If anything happens to Xin Feng, I’ll make your life a living hell until the day I die! If you want to stay in the Wandering Beast City, I’ll do everything in my power to drive you out!"

Bai Wanwan’s mouth ran nonstop until Zhu Xiu delivered her back to Yin Da’s residence.

"Are you done talking?"

After he placed her on the stone bed, Bai Wanwan shot up. "Zhu Xiu..."

This time, before she could finish, Zhu Xiu spoke. "If you really want him to live, then just stay put and don’t do anything else."

Bai Wanwan looked at him, confused. "Are you saying you’ll let him go?"

Zhu Xiu glanced at her, said nothing more, and strode out.

"Zhu Xiu..."

Bai Wanwan slid off the bed to the ground and chased after him.

But there was no sign of Zhu Xiu outside the door.

Bai Wanwan picked at the stone by the doorway. ’What on earth did Zhu Xiu mean?’

She paced back and forth at the entrance. After a while, still feeling uneasy, she decided she had to go and see what was happening.

After all, Zhu Xiu was a Wandering Beastman too. An outsider Beastman had infiltrated their territory; there was no way he’d just let it go.

She moved forward cautiously, feeling her way along the wall.

’It seemed like Zhu Xiu went this way...’

Bai Wanwan got her bearings and quietly followed.

Night had fallen. The moonlight was faint, and she still couldn’t see the path clearly.

Suddenly, a Wandering Beastman who had appeared from nowhere grabbed her arm.

"Where did this little female come from? I’ve never seen you before."

Bai Wanwan could only vaguely make out that the male before her was exceptionally muscular, his muscles like rolling hills.

’This kind of physique really isn’t my type.’

"I’m Yin Da’s female. Let go."

"The City Lord’s female? Then you must be that Holy Female, Bai Wanwan?"

Shi Sen, one of the three leaders of the Wandering Beast City, had just returned, his spoils full from intercepting a mid-sized tribe’s caravan.

He had also heard about this great news.

Their Wandering Beast City had stood in the Western Wilderness for over a decade, and in all that time, they had only ever had one Holy Female.

This was the second.

The blood in Shi Sen’s veins began to burn. ’This is a Holy Female!’

Bai Wanwan thought he would let her go, but instead, he hoisted her onto his shoulder with one arm.

"I’m City Lord Yin Da’s female, do you hear me?"

"Quiet! I heard you! So what if you’re Yin Da’s female? His female can still warm my bed!"

Shi Sen roared with laughter and, carrying her with one hand, started walking toward his own stone house.

"Yin Da is very fond of me. If you touch me, he definitely won’t let you get away with it."

Shi Sen let out a sinister chuckle. "Yin Da’s fond of you? That’s even better..."

’This male... why is he so impossible to reason with?’

Bai Wanwan was slung over his shoulder, which was digging right into her stomach. The jostling made her feel dizzy and nauseous.

"Wait... I’m also Zhu Xiu’s female! Zhu Xiu said... no other male is allowed to touch me. If you want to die, then go ahead and make me warm your bed."