Chapter 165: "Why do people think that the Holy Female is Sheng Jieyue and not my wife Sheng Ran?"
Yun Ling's voice was as cold as a knife, instantly drowning out the sighs in the hall.
He held Sheng Ran's slightly cold hand tightly, the black feather in his sleeve trembled slightly, and there was an undisguised protectiveness in his eyes.
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the guests who had been mocking and gloating froze.
A few of the Saint's lackeys were about to retort, but Yun Ling's cold eyes swept over them. Their throats tightened and they swallowed their words back.
Even the president of the Jiuyao Chamber of Commerce is Sheng Ran's beastly husband. This "ominous raven" looks very violent, so there is no need to ask for trouble.
Sheng Jieyue's smile froze. She looked Yun Ling up and down, her tone filled with disdain: "You, a despised Raven servant, dare to act so presumptuous in front of me? And you said you prepared a gift? I'm afraid you just picked up a few broken feathers to make up the number. It would be unlucky if it got out!"
"Bad luck?" Yun Ling sneered, his fingertips passed through his sleeves, and he took out a smoothly polished wooden box from his arms.
The moment it is opened, the tiny inky feathers are matte yet reveal a fine luster.
Inside was a thin cloak made of short feathers, with layers of feathers and the edges fixed with thin and tough animal tendons. It felt softer than cotton and had a faint warmth.
"I plucked the hardest defensive feathers from my own back and mixed them with warm sun grass from all over the Beast World Continent to sew them together."
Yun Ling's voice was very soft, and his fingertips unconsciously rubbed the old wound on his knuckles - when he pulled out those defensive feathers close to the body, each one felt like pulling flesh, and his fingertips were scratched with small cuts by the feather roots.
He also collected the Warm Sun Grass Wool by visiting many places along the way. It gathered the essence of heaven and earth from the entire Beast World Continent and possessed infinite power.
"The feathers of birds and beasts can keep out the cold, and the down of grass can soothe the mind. My wife was frightened in the misty forest before. Wearing this at night can help her sleep more peacefully."
Everyone gasped.
Everyone knows that although ravens are considered unlucky, the defensive feathers of birds and beasts are the basis of life preservation, and plucking one will deplete your vitality.
Yun Ling actually plucked so many of them and sewed them into a cloak?
The guests who had previously called him "unlucky" now quietly turned their eyes away, not daring to look at the fine stitching on the cloak.
Even Sheng Jieyue was stunned. She originally thought it was a piece of junk, but she didn't expect it to be such a thoughtful item. Her nails dug deep into her palms, and she was so jealous that her teeth were itching.
"And mine." Huai Jun stepped forward and handed over a white jade pendant.
The jade pendant was made from a mermaid scale, emitting a faint blue glow and engraved with fine patterns. "I used the hardest spinal scale on my back to carve it, right opposite the heart scale. It's engraved with the deep sea's protective rune, capable of blocking three fatal attacks."
Mermaid scales are a protective barrier. Apart from the heart-protecting scales, this scale is the most important part of the body.
As the prince of the Deep Sea Kingdom, Huai Jun could actually do this for his wife?
Looking at Sheng Ran's neck, the only blood bead in the pearl necklace caught people's attention.
Could it be that it was bought with the blood and sweat of the mermaid clan?!
The guests looked at the faint light flowing on the necklace, then at the seriousness in Huaijun's eyes, and were completely speechless.
Situ Yu frowned, his heart full of confusion: Sheng Ran was just an exiled useless woman, how could she be worthy of such sacrifices from the mermaid and even the "Ominous Raven"?
Zhu Jiuyin couldn't hold back any longer. He pulled out a small brocade box from his bosom and handed it to Sheng Ran like a treasure: "My dear wife! This is the thousand-year-old ambergris that I hid in Zhangwei Mountain!"
The brocade box was opened, and a refreshing fragrance spread out, which made people feel peaceful. "It can calm the mind and help nourish your vitality. You were frightened before, and this is the best smell!"
Thousand-year-old ambergris is the result of Zhulong's cultivation. Giving it away is equivalent to wasting half of your life's cultivation!
The old orc looked at the brocade box with shock in his eyes - this is a legendary treasure, and it is actually used to calm the female beasts?
Ling Rui also stepped forward quickly, holding a dagger inlaid with rubies in his hand. The dagger was made by polishing all the baby teeth he had replaced since childhood, and it glowed with a warm light.
"My dear wife, this is the lion's tooth dagger I polished specially for you! My father originally refused to give it to me, and I argued with him for three days and three nights before he finally gave me all my lion's teeth!"
The cat tribe has always had the habit of collecting baby teeth, but the surrounding clans scoffed at this and never took it seriously.
But Ling Rui's teeth are different.
He was a golden lion who had grown up among cats! Lion fangs were far more valuable than cat fangs. If made into personal weapons, they could easily deal with any hard object in the world and could even save lives in critical moments.
Sheng Jieyue's breathing became more and more rapid. Each of these gifts was more valuable and more thoughtful than the treasures she had received!
Finally, Pei Xiao walked forward and took out a black iron token engraved with the wolf clan's emblem from his arms. The token was heavy and emitted a cold and hard light.
He knelt on one knee and presented the token with both hands: "Wife, this is the Pei family's head token. With this token, you can mobilize all the Pei family's troops and resources."
"What?!"
The hall erupted in an uproar! The Pei family was a formidable military family in the Beast World, and their token of loyalty was only ever given to the Holy Female.
Sheng Jieyue couldn't hold it in any longer and screamed, "Pei Xiaoxing! How dare you secretly offer the Pei family token! This is treason! Your Pei family is disloyal to the Holy Female!"
Pei Xiaoxing slowly stood up, his eyes calm but firm.
His thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the Pei family mansion—
During the two days since he returned home, his parents kept him locked in the study.
His father demanded sharply, "Xiao Xing, your curse has been lifted. Why are you still tied to that useless bitch Sheng Ran?"
"The Saint Female said that as long as you break off your engagement with her and serve her, the Pei family will become the most aristocratic family in Central City!"
The mother also said in a deep voice: "Sheng Ran has a bad reputation and has offended the prince. There will be no good end for being with her! The token must be presented to the Holy Female. This is the rule of the Pei family!"
Pei Xiaoxing clenched his fists, thinking of the days and nights when Sheng Ran used her vitality to help him suppress the curse, and the way she protected him at the end of the chapter. He felt that the parents who gave birth to him and raised him were extremely unfamiliar.
During every painful and helpless night of his, his blood relatives ignored him. Since they determined that he was an alien from the wolf clan, it seemed as if they had completely given up on him.
Only his wife remained steadfast by his side time and time again, regardless of the risk to her own life.
"You keep saying that my curse is lifted, so I should leave my wife—"
Pei Xiaoxing pulled a mocking smile at the corner of his lips, "But this curse was lifted by my wife herself using her own power."
Pei's parents were horrified and asked in disbelief, "What do you mean?"
How could Sheng Ran, a useless female without a beast form, break the curse with her own strength? Even the Holy Female was powerless to break it.
Pei Xiaoxing's tone was extremely firm, "My curse was lifted by my wife. If it weren't for her, I would have died long ago. And..."
He paused, a hint of meaning flashing in his eyes, "Haven't you ever thought about a question?"
"On the day the divine prophecy came true, the holy light did point in the direction of the Sheng family, but it didn't specify who it was."
"And on that day, twins were born into the Sheng family."
Then, Pei Xiaoxing asked in a calm tone a question that everyone in the Pei family considered to be extremely treasonous:
"Why do people think that the Holy Female is Sheng Jieyue and not my wife Sheng Ran?"
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