Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 105 - 62: The True Murderer of Caesar

A Priest from Moon Ruins Royal City was brought forward. He fell to his knees and pleaded, "Your Majesty, there is something you do not know. During the century you were asleep, the King Beasts from other sea regions grew covetous of the South Sea. Without the protection of a King Beast, it has become nothing more than a prize for the taking."

"I feared that you would never awaken and that the succession would be broken. That is why I took the liberty of using a wisp of your Divine Soul to create a Clone. But I never imagined that the Clone would escape partway through..."

"Your Majesty, what Priest Ke’er says is true. The Beast King of the North Sea, Ji Li Jun, has always had his covetous gaze fixed on the Endless South Sea. The High Priest had no choice but to resort to such a desperate measure." Uncle Su also spoke up to corroborate the story and plead for the High Priest.

In the end, Lou Xianyue gave the High Priest a light punishment to serve as a warning, and the matter was put to rest.

After all, it was something of a blessing in disguise, as it had brought him a precious heir.

It also left a profound, unforgettable experience in his otherwise empty and boring life as a beast.

"If this happens again, your crime will be unforgivable."

Lou Xianyue returned to the Ice Palace. He, too, needed to enter seclusion for a while.

To break through to a higher realm.

This premature awakening had left his cultivation realm somewhat unstable.

...

「Western Continent, Beast King Palace.」

The moment Sang Luo got a clear look at the face of the man in dark robes, she stared blankly, her breathing growing ragged and shaky. "You..." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

His face was a perfect copy of Caesar’s!

For a dizzying moment, she thought he had come back...

A seductive smirk played on the man’s lips. "Tell me, noble female, are you satisfied with this face of mine?"

His mocking, playful tone was like a splash of cold water, shocking Sang Luo back to her senses. The man before her was not him. On closer inspection, there were subtle differences in their features. Moreover, this man’s entire aura was colder, more sinister, and it made her deeply uncomfortable.

She asked coolly, "What is your relationship to Caesar?"

"You’ve already guessed, haven’t you, noble female?" he said with a smile. "The Caesar you speak of is likely my long-lost twin brother. I came to the East Continent this time precisely to find him."

"..."

"I know you must have many questions for me, noble female."

He stepped closer to Sang Luo, scrutinizing her from above as his tone took a sharp turn. "Do you know how the late Queen of the Yalan Empire died, Your Excellency?"

"What?" Sang Luo froze.

"She didn’t die of illness. She died of depression. In order to preserve the purity of the Royal Family’s bloodline, the consort of every Yalan King is only allowed to have the King as her sole male. Therefore, the Former Beast King, Egarli Yalan, secretly murdered her other mates. When the late Queen discovered the truth, her grief was unbearable. She eventually wasted away and died of depression... Don’t you find her pitiful, noble female?"

He watched her with his narrow, dark purple eyes, a hint of a smile that wasn’t a smile on his lips.

Shock flashed in Sang Luo’s eyes. For some reason, her back was soaked with cold sweat. Her mind was a chaotic mess, as if she were trying to grasp something just out of reach. Her body was as stiff as stone, and she could barely breathe.

The black-robed man slowly raised his hand, a black rune coalescing in his palm.

The moment the Spirit Rune was about to strike Sang Luo, it was violently repelled by a different blue energy, sending the man staggering back two steps!

His pupils constricted as shock flashed through his eyes. "You actually have a Soul Mark from a Beastman above King Rank!"

’It seems I underestimated her!’

"Luoluo! Quan Xiu, you haven’t left? What are you doing still lingering in the Royal Palace?"

Duotu had sensed the unusual energy fluctuations coming from the Royal Palace and had rushed over. When he saw Sang Luo and Quan Xiu in a tense standoff, his heart leaped into his throat.

He rushed forward and anxiously grabbed Sang Luo’s hand. It was frighteningly cold, and even trembling slightly. "Luoluo?"

Duotu stared at Sang Luo with nervous apprehension, but her gaze remained fixed on Quan Xiu’s face. It held coldness and suspicion, but also a trace of... longing.

An uncontrollable wave of bitterness and jealousy washed over Duotu. He turned his head to glare coldly at Quan Xiu, who wore a faint smile. As their eyes met, it was as if blades were clashing in the space between them.

He clenched his left fist, took a deep breath, and lowered his head to explain softly to Sang Luo, "Luoluo, this is the envoy from the East Continent, His Excellency Quan Xiu. He... is not him. Don’t get them confused."

"I can tell the difference."

’She wasn’t so foolish as to confuse Caesar, the man she’d spent day and night with, for some random stranger.’

’It was merely his face that she still longed for.’

Seeing how emotionally unstable she was, Duotu had a few servants escort her back to her palace to rest.

Only after her figure had completely vanished did Duotu retract his gaze. The two King Beasts locked eyes, then left by unspoken agreement and headed to the main hall. An Array sealed the hall off from the outside, creating a tense and inscrutable atmosphere within.

"The envoys from the other nations left one by one over a month ago. Your business is long since concluded. Why are you still lingering in the Beast King Palace? What do you want!"

"Don’t you find that little female’s reaction just now amusing, Your Highness?" Quan Xiu touched his face, giving a non-answer as he chuckled at Duotu’s sullen expression. "It’s fortunate my younger brother is dead. Otherwise, in my opinion, Your Highness wouldn’t even stand a chance..."

"Shut up! Caesar and I grew up together. He was my best friend!" Duotu rebuked him sharply.

"Friends? Heh. Even blood brothers fight to the death..."

Quan Xiu’s tone was inscrutable. "Your Highness really ought to thank that ’best friend’ of yours. Not only did he help you remove that great mountain, Egarli Yalan, eliminating two of your greatest threats in one fell swoop, but he also gave you a grand gift: his power, which allowed you to smoothly enter the True King Realm."

"Shut up!"

Enraged and humiliated, Duotu lunged forward and seized him by the collar, the veins on his arms bulging. "Leave the Western Continent now! Immediately! Or don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

"So eager to run me off. Are you afraid I’ll tell that little female about this?"

Quan Xiu smirked, raising an eyebrow. "Relax, Your Highness. Since I’ve made a Heavenly Dao Oath with you, I naturally won’t breathe a single word of this."

Inside her bedchambers, Sang Luo was like a soulless doll, her eyes vacant as her body trembled.

She could hear Duotu’s voice, deeper and colder than she had ever heard it before, making him sound like a completely different person from the one she knew.

"...So what? When my father, the King, brought him back, the intention was always to raise him as a weapon. If he couldn’t be controlled, then he had to be killed to pave the way for me!"

A King Rank Beastman could stack two Talent Abilities simultaneously. Her Space Jumping talent, layered with her spiritual power talent, allowed Sang Luo’s spiritual power to penetrate any barrier or space, enabling her to hear the conversation between the two men in the main hall. In that moment, Sang Luo finally understood everything. A bitter smile touched her lips. ’So, all this time, I’ve been kept in the dark like a complete fool.’

’That man... he’s a truly brilliant actor.’

As Caesar’s strength and influence grew, so did his unpredictability. It wasn’t just Egarli Yalan who secretly feared him; Duotu did as well. He had long wanted to eliminate Caesar in secret to keep him from obstructing his own path to the throne.

A few years ago, he’d stumbled upon the secret of the Soaring Snake Clan. He then made a special trip to the East Continent to find the other twin Soaring Snake, Quan Xiu. The two of them had secretly conspired, setting an elaborate trap to eliminate Caesar.