Chapter 32: The Flower Was Stolen

The Flower Was Stolen

"Baini, are you feeling any better today?" Chaosheng asked in a gentle tone as she carefully fed Baini a piece of cod.

A faint worry flickered in her light eyes; she didn't know what kind of poison that Shelan Grass was, and one had to know that the damage caused by some poisons was irreversible.

Baini's motion of swallowing the fish paused slightly, and his round black eyes flickered with guilt. "Better... just a little bit."

Actually, when a Beastman levels up, they can heal injuries outside of their Mental Sea, but Sheng doesn't seem to know that.

He might as well keep up the act; after all, he really loved the way Sheng cared for him.

It was just that since Yinxu found out he was faking his illness, the food he brought back had become less and less, forcing him to sneak out to forage after Sheng was fast asleep.

"Sigh!" Chaosheng scanned Baini's face thoroughly. His complexion looked fine, and she felt that other than being more prone to sleeping than before, there was nothing unusual.

"Are you really okay?"

Chaosheng had heard that some people, after being injured, might not show any outward signs, but their internal organs could be bleeding, and they would pass away very quickly.

"I'm fine," Baini said airily, a flash of vigilance crossing his eyes. Why was Sheng asking this?

Had she discovered some flaw?

Or was he actually injured and didn't know it himself?

He did feel like he was always wanting to sleep lately.

?!

He wouldn't have been poisoned into stupidity, would he!

Baini shivered, buried his face in Chaosheng's embrace, breathed in her fragrant scent, and said aggrievedly, "I don't know either, Sheng."

"I've been wanting to sleep a lot lately. Do you think I might just sleep myself to death one day?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Chaosheng's little face turned cold as she looked at him sternly. "You won't."

Her slender, soft hand stroked the Beastman's smooth, cold-white spine, the Mermaid's cool body temperature settling onto the Orca's fiery body. "Baini, I won't let you die."

"Okay." Baini nestled against Chaosheng's chest, feeling the fragrance and softness of the little Mermaid, a flash of greed crossing his eyes, his voice raspy in his throat.

His heart thumped, cool and hot temperatures interweaving, while a thin, smoke-like purple mist domineeringly wrapped around the sturdy Orca heart.

A group of fierce-looking Beastmen surrounded the lush green seagrass meadow. They kept their eyes wide open, staring at every creature nearby; if anyone dared to trespass into this seagrass meadow, they would strike without hesitation.

Behind a cluster of yellow-white coral in the distance, a pair of beautiful, slightly cold eyes observed them calmly, while the slightly long seaweed on the seabed hid that shimmering fish tail.

Someone had occupied the growth site of the Yusheng Flower.

Strange, in this world, no one should know the function of the Yusheng Flower except for her.

Unless... someone let it slip.

Her purple eyes darkened slightly, a flash of inconspicuous killing intent crossing them. Besides Baini and Yinxu knowing about the Yusheng Flower, only that pair of Black Butterfly Shell Beastmen knew.

The seawater rippled slightly; a Beastman had arrived.

A giant whale shark stopped not far away, and a cold and beautiful female whale shark swam down from the whale shark. She landed on the green seaweed on the seabed, looking at this green patch with satisfaction.

"Has any Beastman come by today?"

The sentry Beastman replied, "No."

Xizhi curled the corners of her lips, her arrogant brows and eyes rippling with a smile of certain victory, her red lips parting slightly. "That's good."

Of course, she had heard the news that the Mermaid had saved a Beastman.

Moreover, she had found that saved Beastman, but the cowardly and dull Male still stubbornly refused to speak.

Xizhi didn't like to force Beastmen, so she found his Mate, that frail Black Butterfly Shell Female.

She promised her that as long as she revealed the process of how the Mermaid saved the Beastman, she would marry off a Second-tier Ability Male Beastman from the tribe to her.

The Female, craving to become powerful, agreed and spilled every detail about the foreign Mermaid saving her Beast Husband.

Following the Black Butterfly Shell Female's words, she found this seagrass patch and even saw the "Holy Flower" that was rumored to stink but could purify the Mental Sea.

Yes, that was the name Xizhi gave it: the sacred, life-saving Holy Flower.

She picked those few Holy Flowers that had already bloomed and sent them to the tribe's witch doctor for research.

Then she dispatched Beastmen to guard this seagrass patch; if that foreign Mermaid dared to come, they were to drive her away.

If they couldn't drive her away... Xizhi's gaze turned cold, and a sinister smile hooked the corner of her mouth, then she would just have to destroy this seagrass patch.

"Good, you all continue to keep watch here."

"Report at any time if there is any situation."

Xizhi stroked the newly acquired Green Flame Crystal earring on her earlobe, the smile on her lips triumphant and enchanting.

Chaosheng hid behind the coral cluster, listening with a calm expression.

Last time, when she was looking for the Yusheng Flower, she saw a few flower buds; logically speaking, they should have bloomed today.

But she didn't smell that disgusting stench at all.

The Yusheng Flower had been stolen by this group of thieves.

Chaosheng lowered her eyes, thinking about what to do.

"Mer... Mermaid..."

A red-haired Female Beastman suddenly swam to Chaosheng's side, looking at her with surprise.

"Who?"

Xizhi's eyes turned vigilant as she looked toward the sound, her left hand lifting slightly to signal two Beastmen to go check what was going on.

But the two Beastmen walked around the yellow-white coral a few times, then returned and shook their heads at Xizhi. "Chieftain, no traces of any Beastman were found."

Xizhi's face sank, though she still felt it was strange. Her eyes fell on that yellow-white coral; other than some inconspicuous small creatures, she really didn't see anything amiss.

After a long while, she gave up. "Forget it."

"You all continue to keep watch."

"I have things to do, I must be going."

From a crevice in a reef behind the yellow-white coral, "Mmph! Mmph!"

Honglianlian stared intently at the Mermaid Female of extreme beauty before her; the incredibly close distance allowed her to fiercely appreciate the charm of the Mermaid.

Her mouth was tightly covered by the Mermaid, yet she seemed completely unaware of the danger, even finding the mental capacity to evaluate in her heart that this Mermaid actually smelled very fragrant, clear and sweet, and very pleasant.

She was truly worthy of being a female from the Rainbow Sea Area; she was not at all like the bumpkins from their Polar Sea.

Confirming that Xizhi had already walked far away, Chaosheng finally lowered the hand covering the Red-Spotted Salmon female and looked at this strange female with scrutiny, "Who are you? What did you come here to do?"

After taking two deep breaths and waiting until her breathing was steady, Honglianlian patted her chest with a look of satisfaction and spoke, "I... I came here just to find you."

"I originally wanted to go to your home to find you."

"But I was really lucky, I ran into you halfway there."

Honglianlian looked relieved; her mother told her that the luck of their Red-Spotted Salmon was always quite good, and now it seemed that was indeed the case.

"Find me?" Chaosheng looked at her expressionlessly, her crimson lips uttering words full of distance, "What do you want with me?"