Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 138 - 82: The Nine-tailed Fox High Priest

Lan Cang lowered his head, his expression as inscrutable as the night. He gripped her hand tightly in his large palm and said in a low voice,

"Whatever you have to say... let’s talk after we eat."

"Alright." ’It can wait a little longer,’ Sang Luo thought.

After they finished eating, Lan Cang said he had something to attend to and left first.

’The words of farewell I wanted to say will have to wait,’ she thought, suppressing them.

"Get out of my way! I’d like to see who dares stop me!"

"Noble female Aliya! You cannot enter without the City Lord’s permission!"

A fierce argument erupted outside the mansion. Just as Sang Luo stepped out, she saw guards blocking a bewitching young female with white hair.

The female was holding a long whip, about to viciously strike one of the guards.

Sang Luo’s expression darkened. She teleported between them and caught the descending whip with one hand. A flash of lightning and fire erupted!

The whip, forged from refined iron, instantly shattered!

"Ah!" Aliya stumbled back two steps in fright. A flash of panic crossed her face, but she quickly composed herself. She narrowed her eyes. "You’re Li’s mate?"

"I am."

"Excellent! So you’re the one who slept with him. To think this Young Mistress paved the way for you." The Fox Clan female’s face twisted with anger. "And where did you come from? What kind of Beastman are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

Sang Luo smiled faintly and retorted, "Shouldn’t you introduce yourself before you start prying into someone else’s business?"

"I am a female of the Snow Spirit White Fox Clan! A Sixth Rank Beastman! Aliya," she declared haughtily.

"So you’re that white fox." Sang Luo’s eyes lit up. "Let me see."

’Is she provoking me?’ Aliya didn’t understand the look in Sang Luo’s eyes. ’Fine! I’ll let this female of unknown origin see for herself just how noble my status is.’

She shifted into her beast form: a snow-white fox over a meter long, the tips of its tail, ears, and paws tinged with a faint ice-blue. The snow fox raised its head arrogantly, but just as it was about to act imperious, its body was lifted into the air and scooped up into someone’s arms.

Sang Luo rubbed its head like one would a dog. "It really is a white fox! So beautiful. This fur feels amazing... I wonder how comfortable it would be as a scarf..."

The rough, messy petting felt so good that Aliya completely forgot to resist. The last sentence snapped her out of it. She flew into a rage from embarrassment and smacked a paw on the back of Sang Luo’s hand. "How audacious! Don’t you dare get handsy with this Young Mistress!"

As Sang Luo flinched and loosened her grip, Aliya quickly leaped down.

Sang Luo casually cast a Healing Technique on her hand. "Are you here to see Lan... Li? After you tried to drug him last time, he put you on his blacklist. You can’t get into this City Lord Mansion."

Her purpose exposed, Aliya’s tail stiffened for a moment before she casually swished it again. "So what if I am?" she said, annoyed. "Aren’t the rumors that he likes males? I was just so furious back then, unwilling to let such a juicy prize slip through my fingers. I acted on impulse, wanting to drug him to see if it was true. But then he threw me out so rudely! It infuriated me! I decided to give up on him right then and there."

Aliya gave Sang Luo a resentful look, then sighed in resignation. "He really doesn’t like me. You can’t force love. There’s no point in me pestering him anymore."

Sang Luo nodded. "Mm, it’s good to be open-minded."

"Exactly! As a Sixth Rank female, I have plenty of suitors. No matter how strong or attractive he is, I’m not going to hang myself from that one crooked tree! So what if he’s a King Beast? My brother ascended to King Beast a few days ago! His talent is no worse than his!"

"You have a brother?"

"Don’t tell me you’re interested in my brother?"

"His strength is passable, I suppose, but I’m not very interested." ’He only just ascended to King Rank, which means he isn’t an Innate King Beast,’ Sang Luo thought. ’I’m only looking for Innate King Beasts. Lan Cang was an exception, and I won’t be making a second one.’

Aliya’s eyes widened, her face full of disdain. "And what Rank are you? To look down on my brother?"

’But judging by how she just snapped my Cloud Splitting Whip in one go, her Rank must be high,’ Aliya was certain.

"Seventh Rank."

Aliya was dumbfounded. "Sev... Seventh Rank female... I’ve never seen a Seventh Rank female in my entire life. No wonder Li chose you. I really can’t compare!"

"You’re very outstanding as well."

Aliya completely let go of her prejudice against Sang Luo. She admired strength and was only drawn to powerful individuals, male or female. Since the other party was stronger, she was more than willing to submit.

Aliya followed Sang Luo, trying to curry favor. "Are you sure you won’t consider my brother? He’s famously handsome, and he’s the disciple of the Beast God High Priest of the East Continent. That High Priest is from the only remaining Nine-tailed Fox Clan in the world—mysterious and powerful. With just a little guidance from him, my brother skipped ranks to become a King Beast! Countless females have come to propose marriage, but he hasn’t looked twice at any of them. You’re a Seventh Rank Beastman, so my brother will definitely like you!"

Sang Luo’s heart stirred, but her interest was piqued by the High Priest instead. "A Nine-tailed Fox? Isn’t that a legendary Divine Beast? The East Continent actually has such a Rare Divine Beast... Has he found a mate?"

"The East Continent has many Divine Beast Remnant Species... wait, what did you just say?"

"I wonder if that Nine-tailed Fox has a mate?" Sang Luo’s face filled with longing.

’I’m actually quite fond of foxes,’ she mused, ’but my standards are very high. I’m only interested in top-tier bloodlines. Now, if I could actually win over that legendary Nine-tailed Fox, that would be a true accomplishment.’

Aliya’s expression turned strange. "The Beast God High Priest’s identity is a mystery. No one has ever seen his true face, not even my brother. But I’ve heard he’s already thousands of years old. He’s a bona fide old monster, so don’t get any funny ideas! Just check out my brother instead. He’s handsome, dashing, young, and talented..."

Having been pestered by Aliya the whole way, Sang Luo rubbed her ear and cut to the heart of the matter. "Your brother is a King Beast. That poses a pretty big threat to you. Don’t tell me you’re trying to marry your brother off so you can inherit the City Lord position?"

"...You could see through that?!"

"Heh, you’d better stop bothering me. Go find some other sister-in-law. I have someone at home watching me, so I don’t dare go around playing the field."

"We’re all females here, why pretend to be so reserved? As long as you want to take him, could that wolf actually stop you?" Aliya gave a sly grin. "My brother is in the meeting hall discussing a deal with Li right now. You should hurry over. Remember to seize the opportunity!"

"..."

Finding a moment to shake off Aliya, Sang Luo had just reached the meeting hall when a handsome and elegant figure emerged from the doorway. Their eyes met.

The white-haired man gave Sang Luo a gentle smile and a bow. "Yin Lai pays his respects to the noble female, Lady Sang Luo."

’This must be the brother Aliya was talking about,’ Sang Luo thought.

Sang Luo’s gaze swept over his face. He was indeed quite good-looking, with a slender, delicate face, long and narrow fox-like eyes, and skin so smooth it looked like you could squeeze water from it. He wore a fox-fur cloak, and his long, snow-white hair was tied into a lantern braid that hung down one side of his neck. He was handsome and gentle, bewitching and alluring.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t her type.

’Setting aside his strength, just in terms of looks, he’s a far cry from Caesar and Ah Ze.’

She had tasted the finest of wines, so to speak. An ordinarily handsome Beastman could hardly stir her heart.

"You know my name?"

"City Lord Li mentioned you to me." Yin Lai’s gaze sized up Sang Luo’s face, and he chuckled behind his hand. "The noble female is even more graceful and beautiful than I imagined. You don’t seem like the females from our North Continent. You’re more like... a female delicately raised by the nobility of the Western Continent."