Chapter 318: Chapter 318: The True Face

"Look."

With that, Su Muyao stood in front of Shen Ci’an holding the Blood Luo Guide, whose needle was spinning back and forth, yet refused to point in Shen Ci’an’s direction.

Shen Ci’an looked at Su Muyao again with a look of astonishment, and said in a slightly choked voice, "So... so I don’t have to leave you."

Seeing Shen Ci’an in his current state, Su Muyao felt a bit of heartache. She didn’t know what he had gone through to be in such a ragged and nervous state, fearing to bring her danger. She affirmed, "Of course not."

"And this Magic Artifact is quite useful too. We’ll take it with us. I’ll first erase the markings belonging to their Sikou Family."

"You should also look around their bodies for any Magic Artifacts or treasures, and we’ll take those together."

"Then we can deal with these corpses, erase the traces, and no one will know what happened here."

Facing the situation, Su Muyao was extremely calm and composed.

Her aura instantly soothed Shen Ci’an’s emotions.

When Shen Ci’an looked at Su Muyao, his long, alluring eyes carried an expression of lingering deep affection.

Seeing his wife, his mood lifted.

"Alright, let’s do as you say."

The two of them rummaged through the items and indeed found quite a few good things, all of which Su Muyao erased the traces and markings from and collected into her space.

"Truly as expected of the Sikou Family members, every Spatial Bag contained numerous good things, even so many Spirit Stones."

Su Muyao felt that this time’s harvest was quite plentiful.

Shen Ci’an’s eyes flickered as he smiled and said, "Sikou Family’s Spatial Bags not only use spiritual marks but also special inscription restrictions, and only you, my wife, understand talisman restrictions to easily open them. Otherwise, for other Beastmen, no matter how strong, they can only wipe off the spiritual marks but can do nothing about the inscription restrictions."

If all Beastmen had her abilities, they could rely on their own strength to snatch other Beastmen’s Spatial Bags and treasures at will.

In order to prevent this situation, each major power has special methods to preserve their own treasures as well as family treasures.

There’s also that copper bell, which has the Sikou Family’s powerful inscription restrictions and spiritual imprint, recognizing only the Sikou Family’s Essence Blood.

Yet my wife effortlessly erased everything, even collected this Copper Bell Magical Artifact and engraved some inscriptions on it.

Anyway, I don’t understand these talisman inscription matters.

But I do know that my wife is extremely adept with these things.

After Su Muyao collected the Copper Bell Magical Artifact, she shrank it to the size of a small bell and handed it to Shen Ci’an, saying, "Now you can drip your blood on it to make it recognize you as its master, and you will be able to use this Magic Artifact."

Currently, Shen Ci’an’s strength was only at Level 10, and as a Blood Beastman, he could easily be hunted down.

While she will protect him, Su Muyao feared any unexpected situation, so she wanted to make sure he had more abilities to protect himself.

Shen Ci’an shook his head, saying, "No, let my wife keep this Magic Artifact for self-defense."

To Shen Ci’an, everything about his wife was more important than him.

Su Muyao took Shen Ci’an’s hand and placed the Copper Bell Magical Artifact in it, "Didn’t you say you’d listen to me?"

Shen Ci’an had no choice but to accept it, though warmth surged in his heart.

Then Shen Ci’an dripped Essence Blood onto it, accepting the artifact.

Immediately after, Su Muyao took out a bottle, sprinkling its contents over the corpses, which instantly turned to dust, and she erased the traces of aura in the air before leaving with Shen Ci’an.

Soon after they left, members of the Sikou Family arrived at the scene.

"It should be here, how come there’s no trace of any aura, could we be mistaken?"

"When their Life Jade Tokens shattered, the direction pointed here. Let’s keep searching."

"Who dared to kill a member of the Sikou Family, they must be courting death."

...

Shen Ci’an and Su Muyao reached a secluded valley deep within the Dark Forest.

Su Muyao looked at this place, realizing she wouldn’t have found this valley without Shen Ci’an leading her here.

Tall trees towering into the sky obscured the light, not to mention the many rugged and bizarrely shaped rocks that covered the valley, blocking out the sky and sunlight.

There were also many wooden houses, yet the houses were covered with creeping vines, seemingly abandoned for a long time.

"What is this place?"

Shen Ci’an explained, "This is where my father grew up as a child."

"It was also once the Blood Clan’s ancestral land."

"Actually, the stronger our Blood Clan Beastmen become, the more we prefer the dark environment of the night and dislike the sunlight of the day."

"Because in broad daylight, the bright sunlight weakens a Blood Beastman’s strength, while the dark of night enhances our power."

"Many Secret Techniques are also related to dark moonlight."

"But we are not Dark Beastmen, nor Demon Beast Men."

"After reaching Level 10 and above, my fangs and claws become sharper. Would you, my wife, find such me detestable?"

Shen Ci’an worried that revealing family secrets would make his wife disdain him, yet he didn’t want to hide anything from her.

Su Muyao felt no revulsion or fear, just curiosity, "Then transform, let me see."

Shen Ci’an activated the Blood Clan Pure Blood power in his body, and his eyes began to emit a blood-red glow, his teeth revealing two sharp fangs, and his fingernails turning into blood-red claws.

Su Muyao’s eyes lit up, wasn’t this just like boys in some pre-apocalyptic shoujo manga?

Absolutely beautiful and enchanting, merely standing there could captivate the heart.

Su Muyao reached out her hand out of curiosity and placed it under one of his sharp teeth, and just a light touch, her finger bled.

"Truly sharp."

Gazing at the blood on her finger, Shen Ci’an inhaled, and the scent of her blood awakened a longing from within, his eyes becoming increasingly red.

He swallowed and forcibly suppressed his innate urges.

One matter he hadn’t shared with his wife was that if a Blood Clan Beastman formed a Contract with a female without love, his heart would be indifferent, able to control his raw instincts.

But once in love with his wife, and as his strength grew, he would naturally crave his wife’s blood.

He was at a Level 10 Peak superpower, soon entering Level 11. He had just used many Blood Clan Secret Techniques, provoking the innate bloodthirst of his clan. Smelling his wife’s blood made some instincts utterly uncontrollable.

Therefore, on the Cang Beast Continent, Blood Beastmen were easily despised and abandoned by females.

Also prone to being deceived by females.

Shen Ci’an’s breathing became uneven, his throat moving hoarsely, "Wife, quickly heal your wound, stop the bleeding."

"I fear, I might lose control."

His love for her was so profound that the more he loved, the stronger her allure became.

Right now, the vermillion mole at the corner of his eye formed a seductive curve that seemed ready to bleed, while in his scarlet irises, fine shimmering light surged like scattered spring blossoms, dazzling and enticing.

His throat moved, releasing a low, hoarse sound. His gaze upon her was filled with a devouring charm, as if he would swallow her whole.

Unrestrainedly enchanting, it carried a breathtaking beauty.

So beautiful that Su Muyao couldn’t look away.

This was his true form, after all.

His gaze fell on her bleeding finger, wanting to approach but forcing himself to retreat.

Suddenly, Su Muyao recalled the system’s previous words, mentioning his innate craving for her blood.

The system chose that moment to speak, "Host, the Blood Clan Pure-blooded Beastman bodies are extremely special. Your blood should be able to soothe his restless spiritual power."

"The more they suppress this instinct, the more their Spirit Sea blackens."

"But with a female’s comfort and affection, their Blood Beastman strength can rapidly grow without restriction."

Upon hearing this, Su Muyao stirred. Hence, instead of using her Wood Element Ability to heal her finger, she placed her bleeding fingertip into his mouth, "This way, it won’t be wasted."

"No, don’t..."

Shen Ci’an grasped Su Muyao’s hand, trying to pull it out, his voice a restrained, trembling sound.