Blue Phoenix Chapter 61 – The Three Beast Sisters

Walking through the dense forest back to the camp had given Hui Yue a lot of time to think things over. At first, he had been completely against the fact that he now had his previous opponent following him. Unfortunately, he knew of no way to release a beast who had made the beast pledge other than killing it.

Looking at the beautiful woman behind him, Hui Yue had no intention of killing her. However, bringing her along seemed slightly out of place as well. Not to mention that she had completely subjugated herself to him, a feeling which caused his scalp to grow numb.

‘Don’t complain too much,’ Lan Feng said with a hearty laugh. ‘Having such a good looking woman as your servant is not so bad. If you don’t want to enjoy her, then don’t mind if I do!’

‘Stop it.’ Hui Yue hissed, trying to make the phoenix behave seriously. Hui Yue quickly understood that although Lan Feng had been deeply shocked by seeing a humanoid beast personally initiating the beast pledge, he was adjusting pleasantly compared to the emotions of shock and despair that were overtaking Hui Yue.

Today the campsite was located beside a beautiful river which was running through the forest. The forest floor was filled with beautiful flowers. Many animals and magical beasts of lower cultivation roamed around, giving the area a welcoming feel.

The river was relatively wide, wide enough to allow the youngsters to see the rays of sunshine which shone down between the gap made in the tree branches. But the river was not so broad that they could no longer see the opposite river bank.

Every day, the group would move their campsite to a new location where they would hunt beasts. One person would be left behind to guard their tents and cook their dinner. This individual was determined by drawing sticks. Today the person who had been left to guard and cook was Gao Yan.

Walking into the campsite with Sha Yun following behind him, Hui Yue saw that no one else had returned, and he heaved a heavy sigh of relief.

“What is she doing here?” the older boy asked with furrowed brows as he looked up from the pot in which he was currently cooking the stew for their dinner. No actual hostility was seen on his face, but instead utmost confusion.

It had been three weeks since the battle between the humanoid beasts and the young students occurred. That fight proved instrumental in achieving the biggest breakthroughs for every member of the group. These advances caused the group to feel a gratitude of sorts towards these beasts. They felt so especially since the fight had been much more dangerous than anything they had ever experienced before. With great danger came great rewards.

“She is curious about humans,” Hui Yue said hesitantly, as he led her towards the fire where he sat her down upon a log. “Sit,” he ordered as though he spoke to a little girl or smaller animal. The snake-woman seemed not to mind his manner of speaking, and she curled her tail, as she sat down upon the log as she was told.

Sha Yun had been living within the Magical Forest for multiple years. Most mercenaries knew that they were to avoid the three clearings that belonged to the three beast sisters who enjoyed ambushing unsuspecting cultivators. Although it might be possible for some mercenaries to kill these sisters, the reward was not worth it. The sisters’ strength was far above the rank of their beast cores. Thus they had lived relatively sheltered lives.

Sha Yun and her sisters were aware that they had human blood in their bodies, and that this blood had gifted them with extraordinary intelligence compared to other beasts. Their intelligence also allowed them to befriend the Saint ranked beast, the King of the Magical Forest, as he usually became bored without anyone with which to have a proper conversation.

Although their intelligence had continued to increase, the three sisters had grown up relatively sheltered from humans. This caused their curiosity and mentality to be similar to that of a thirteen or fourteen year old young woman who had never been outside of her front door and knew nothing of the astonishing world which was awaiting her.

This was Sha Yun. She was curious by nature and could not help but wonder what the humans were like. All her life she had been taught that they were the enemies of magical beasts and that she ought to kill them on sight because the humans would do the same to her and the magical beasts. It was survival of the fittest in this Magical Forest.

After living year by year believing this, Sha Yun suddenly experienced a strong young boy who appeared out of nowhere, and although he had defeated both her and her two sisters, he still allowed them to live with their dignity somewhat intact.

Such a human was different. Sha Yun could not help but wonder if the human world might be different as well. Suddenly the narrow world which contained the forest had opened itself up in front of her and offered an opportunity to satisfy her curiosity, although it meant subjugating herself to a human. Sha Yun already realized that her life had been in the hands of this young master. He had allowed her to leave with her sisters. Based on this alone, Sha Yun’s dignity told her that she owed him her life.

“Hello,” a voice suddenly rang out, dragging Sha Yun from her deep thoughts. She looked up, her silvery eyes locking onto the young man who was standing in front of her. Looking at him, Sha Yun could easily see that he was older than Hui Yue. She remembered that he had fought with one of her sisters. Now he was sprouting a gentle smile, and his only reaction to her silvery eyes was a raised eyebrow.

“My name is Gao Yan,” the young man introduced himself. “I understand that you do not speak human yet?” he asked, and Sha Yun could only nod in reply. She had never expected that this young man would welcome her like this.

A low growling sound escaped her lips as she tried copying the words which Gao Yan had said, although to no avail. A disappointed pout appeared on her face, and her snake-tail started tapping the ground in displeasure.

“Her name is Sha Yun,” Hui Yue said over his shoulder as he moved towards the river, getting some water before finding a place to wash. Daily fighting the magical beasts caused them to be covered in grime which smelled horrid after a short amount of time.

The riverbanks were filled with the softest grass. A small slope led down to the refreshing water. Jumping into this water Hui Yue shivered slightly. The drop in temperature was quite extreme, yet after a few moments, his body was used to the chilled water. As it cleaned his skin, a satisfied sigh escaped his lips. He closed his eyes and allowed the stream to sweep him slowly down the river and past the campsite. The water soothed his taut muscles and tired body.

Suddenly a loud growl broke through the air causing the relaxed Hui Yue to become alerted instantly. Before he managed to notice anything, a large shadow landed on top of him, and he felt something slither around his waist, dragging him against the stream.

Looking down, Hui Yue saw that this slithering thing was a snake-tail, and a headache started knocking as he was reeled back to shore like a fish which had been caught.

Knowing that there was no use in struggling, Hui Yue allowed the strong snake tail to drag him back. He sighed as his dripping wet body was pulled from the river and moved to sit on the soft grass next to a Sha Yun who had a loving expression within her eyes.

Small growling and sneering sounds appeared from within the snake-woman’s throat as her claws had been withdrawn and her scaled fingers grabbed his face, forcing him to look at her face, worry evident within her eyes.

‘She is a good woman,’ Lan Feng commented from within the dantian cave. ‘You should mate with her and make small snake babies. I’ve always wondered whether or not these mixed snake beasts have babies or eggs.’

‘I think I will pass,’ Hui Yue said quite quickly. “I'm all right,” he said out loud to allow Sha Yun to know that he had not suffered any accident in the water, and Hui Yue attempted to make his way back to the riverside where he had left his clothes.

However, the tail had not let go of his stomach. Hui Yue tried to make it vanish, yet Sha Yun did her very best to completely ignore him by asserting enough strength to ensure that he could not forcefully remove the tail.

“Sha Yun!” Hui Yue said indignantly. “I can’t get my clothes on, remove your tail!” With a depressed and incredibly loud sigh from Sha Yun, Hui Yue was finally set free. He quickly slipped into his clothes before turning back to see Gao Yan laughing uncontrollably at the back of the camp. Sha Yun was sitting in front of the campfire pouting as though Hui Yue had scolded her.

Looking at these different expressions, Hui Yue could not help but sigh deeply. His headache increased as he now felt he had just turned into the parent of a rebellious young child. At the same time he struggled against Lan Feng’s temptations about creating small snake babies. It was obvious that the perverted bird within him was more than overwhelmed by his animalistic instincts for reproducing.

Just as Hui Yue had managed to get dressed, he noticed that the Rong twins were making their way to the campsite both smeared in grime, but also sprouting satisfied smiles on their faces.

As they returned to the campsite, both looked slightly surprised upon seeing the large snake-woman sitting at their fire. Rong Xing acted as if nothing was wrong, walking over and greeting the woman in her politest way, not forgetting to introduce herself.

Sha Yun tried to reply, yet sadness seeped into her eyes once more, as all that exited her lips were small growling sounds.

“Hui Yue!” suddenly Rong Xing’s voice sounded through the air. Hui Yue was surprised to notice that the voice was angry. Upon looking up, he saw that the usually calm young woman was walking towards him with long strides. Her beautiful features twisted in anger. Before Hui Yue managed to react, a slap had been planted on his face.

“How could you?!” she said with a low, but dangerous voice. Just as she struck Hui Yue a flash appeared, and Sha Yun stood between the two human youngsters, growling threateningly while her tail rattled as though she was preparing to attack.

“Sha Yun step down,” Hui Yue said with a sigh, as he sat down on the grass and looked at his fuming friend. “What’s wrong?” he asked at the same time as Ma Kong returned.

Ignoring the arrival of yet another friend, Rong Xing pointed at Sha Yun before she said through tightly clenched teeth, “Look at Sha Yun! She kept her part of the deal, and you still forced her to take the beast pledge!”

Hearing this, Hui Yue could not help but laugh slightly desperately. How he wished that the beast pledge had never happened!

“Calm down,” he insisted after finally stopping his laughter. “She was the one who initiated it. I am the victim here. What am I supposed to do with this woman, who plans on following me?”

Rong Xing’s face was blank, and surprise was growing on her face. Her brows slightly furrowed and the surprise changed into confusion. Hui Yue could not blame her. He would have had the same reaction had anyone told him that a humanoid beast would volunteer to create a beast pledge with him.

“Oh my, a new beauty has joined us?” a voice sounded from behind, as Deng Wu picked up Sha Yun’s scaled hand and gently kissed the back, winking with his eyes and smiling wickedly at her.

“Were not my heart already stolen by Rong Xing, then I am sure that I would have become your avid follower. Oh, my god, your eyes are silver!”