Chapter 167 - Ao and Ula. (1/2)
During his time cultivating, Krune went out to see Shinja, Ao, Yusa, and Arlan off. Shinja was the first one to leave, and a few days later, Ao's group decided to leave as well. But there was one thing that was puzzling Krune when he arrived at the Spaceship Port that Ao's group was going to use. Krune looked at a young girl with white hair that didn't look to be more than 18 to 20 years old. He couldn't help but think that he knew her from somewhere.
”Errr... and this is?”
Ao scratched the back of his head helplessly and said.
”It's Ula, the Moon Wolf.”
Finally, Krune understood why she looked familiar. It wasn't her appearance, but the Tribulation Lightning power that she controls!
”Oh, I see! But... how come she is leaving with you?”
Arlan and Yusa seemed like they wanted to laugh but still restrained themselves.
Ao was just about to explain when Ula suddenly glued on him.
”I invited myself in! I found out that Ao was going to take a few missions, and the Elder of my Moon Wolf race talked with everyone's Masters to let me join them.”
That wasn't exactly the answer that Krune was expecting, what he wanted to know was why did she join them to start with? She is a Tribulation Lightning user, so she probably would have no problems with leaving on a journey alone.
But Krune's doubts were soon cleared by Yusa trough a Divine Sense message.
”Yesterday, Arlan, Ao, and I stayed at Ao's house to finish the last preparations to leave. But suddenly, an elder of the Moon Wolf clan who is also an Inner Sect elder came to knock our door with Ula by his side. Just so that you know, he isn't Ula's Master, but a member of the same territory from the Planet that Ula came from, and he seemed to know Ula very well.”
Yusa then continued to explain the situation.
It turned out that Ao noticed that he was a sect Elder and that Ula was also with him, so he invited them inside. Then, out of nowhere, the Elder used his power to lock Ao in place. Both Yusa and Arlan were frightened at first, but then they reminded themselves that they were in the Divine Path Sect, so there is no way that the Elder would try anything against Ao. In the end, the Elder walked around Ao as if measuring him over, and then he asked Ula:
”Are you sure that this is the guy?”
Ula then got close to Ao and sniffed him once more, then she immediately hugged him with a happy face.
”Yes, yes! It's definitely him!”
Ao immediately felt embarrased. Since when beautiful girls started to hug him for no reason? One must know that Ula, in her human form, is quite the beauty! The Elder's mouth twitched for a moment and looked at Ao as if he was the Moon Wolves race greatest foe. But then he sighed and released Ao from his confinement. Ao, of course, was as lost as ever! The Elder seemed dispirited and then said.
”Why does it have to be you?”
Before Ao could even ask what was happening, Ula immediately explained.
”Elder told me that Our Moon Wolf race has a special trait. We can select our partner based on the smell! You noticed in the hundred-floor tower how my sense of smell is able even to judge a person or demon beast's character, right? There is one special thing about it. When a Female or Male Moon Wolf finds a partner that they like, they will be totally enticed by their smell, just like I am by yours! So, from now on, you will be my partner!”
Ao's mouth twitched, what does he have to do with that? As for Yusa and Arlan, they suddenly burst in laughter! Yusa then said
”Congratulation, Ao! Your single life is finally over.”
Arlan didn't lose the opportunity either.
”A couple made in heavens! I, Arlan, am very happy for you!”
Ao felt like crying but had no tears. Just as he was about to refuse it, he looked at Ula's shining eyes and swallowed what he was going to say. Just like back in the hundred-floors tower, he once again couldn't bring himself to go against her wish.
The Elder looked at that with a crying face.
”You there! If it weren't because of the Moon Wolf absolute rule of always to follow the smell engagement, I would have killed you already. I wouldn't even care about being killed after by the Divine Path Sect.”
The Elder then sighed.
”Ula has one of the purest bloodlines of our Moon Wolf race. We really didn't want her to find a partner outside of our own race. But after she arrived at the right age, she didn't find anyone in our territory that caught her sense of smell. So we were more or less prepared that she might find it somewhere else.”
”Also, it is not unheard of a member of our race to take members of other races as partners. In fact, around 1 every 200 Moon Wolves that are born end up finding the partner smell on someone from some other races. As Ula said, our Woon Wolves smell sense can go much further than a pure smelling, and it was through it that we never selected the wrong partner before.”
”So you better take excellent care of her, or our Moon Wolf Race of the Fajin Planet will definitely find you. I guess I don't need to tell you what's gonna happen if something happens.”
Ao heard all of that and felt despair! He looked at the Elder and started to speak.
”I have nothing to do with-”
Suddenly, he looked at Ula's eyes, which kept shining at him. He then shook his head and tried to say it one more
”I have nothing to-”
She then smiled at him, which made him lose his concentration once more.
”I have-”
Now, Ula hugged him tightly.
”I- I...”
Ao was sweating rivers! As for Arlan and Yusa, they were already rolling on the ground, laughing. It was way too obvious that Ao couldn't do anything against that cute face.
Ao then gave up and said.
”I will think about it.”