Chapter 301: Meeting a Sovereign Beast (1/2)

Just as he had expected, the Primordial Beasts of the delegation looked at Xue Wei warily.

Here in Yan Dalu, there were no Sovereign Beasts, so the Primordial Beasts of Yan Dalu had felt threatened and had an urge to submit when they saw him, but they had assumed it was due to a pure bloodline. These Primordial Beasts, on the other hand, seemed aware of Xue Wei's real identity.

Perceiving their wary gazes, Xue Wei instantly understood that there were Sovereign Beasts on the Demon Phoenix Continent.

As to whether or not they were Azure Dragons like him, or another race, he did not know; but he was able to guess that these Sovereign Beasts were of a rather significant position within the Demon Phoenix Continent.

Realizing that there were Sovereign Beasts in the Demon Phoenix Continent, Xue Wei suddenly felt a spark of interest he had not had before.

Could this continent perhaps have some answers to his heritage? Could he understand more about himself, Xiao Lei, his father, and everything else about his past?

He had come to terms with the fact that he was half-beast and half-human. Since he was a child, he had always been told that his mother died from a difficult childbirth, but now he knew she had likely died due to the laws of the world that did not permit a mixed breed to be born.

He wanted to know more about his mother. She was a Sovereign Beast, a creature revered by all beasts, a beast that was seen as a legend within the continent of Chang'an.

Had she perhaps come from another continent, or was she local to Chang'an?

He wanted to talk with the beasts in the delegation to get answers, but he knew that if he pushed too much, the beasts would feel uncomfortable and not answer. No one liked to be interrogated.

Xue Wei was looking at the beasts with a curiosity that was hard to hide, and his inquisitive gaze was like daggers in the hearts of the beasts, who did all in their power to avoid him.

It was not before the ambassador, the leader of the entourage, stepped forward that the others heaved a sigh of relief.

Seeing the ambassador, Xue Wei frowned.

This man had an aura that was very similar to his own. He was not as powerful, but his aura was unmistakably that of a Sovereign Beast.

Xue Wei's eyes glistened with excitement. This was someone like him! He wanted to know more about him!

To his surprise, the person looked directly at him. His eyes were filled with wonder and shock, but there was no hostility.

”What are you?” He asked, shocked, while looking at Xue Wei. His words stunned every member that had appeared from the Yuan and Gu families.

Was Xue Wei not a beast like the others?

But to their surprise, he answered, ”The same as you.”

This answer was undoubtedly not one that others could understand, but all beasts present could feel the overwhelming urge to prostrate themselves in front of the two persons as if they were deities.

The humans were completely oblivious to this sudden phenomenon. They were, however, worried about the sudden change in the ambassador when he saw Xue Wei.

Could Xue Wei be a race that was not welcome in the Demon Phoenix Continent?

But what happened next caused them to be relieved. Xue Wei and the ambassador both started smiling as if they had met a long-lost friend.

The ambassador looked to be around twenty-five years old, but his real age was much older.

He knew what it meant to be a Sovereign Beast; he was one himself, so seeing another here was far out of his expectations.

The ambassador was curious about Xue Wei, just as Xue Wei was curious about him.

He had been to Yan Dalu before, but in all the times he was here, he had never encountered or even heard about a Sovereign Beast–so where had this one come from?

”Where is the King?” the ambassador finally asked. He wanted to get the formalities over with as soon as possible so that he could focus on this newfound comrade, but to his surprise, no one answered, and the two grand elders of the families stepped forward.

”The King has abdicated,” The Gu family grand elder said, with a bit of a sheepish expression on his face. ”Yan Dalu has changed greatly due to this young man. He came from a spatial tunnel, and he brought with him the winds of change. Thanks to him, we now have Qi cultivation methods and systems, and the structure of society has changed as well.”

The ambassador was surprised when he heard this and glanced at Xue Wei. Spatial tunnel? Only the strongest amongst his clan were capable of creating one of those, and they were incredibly risky to enter.

If they encountered a spatial storm, or the tunnel broke down, then death was all that awaited them, not to mention you never knew where you would end up when you entered one.

Had the elders of his clan made a spatial tunnel for him and sent him out to temper him? What a cruel way of doing so if that was the case!

The more the ambassador thought about it, the more curious he became, and the more he wanted to know about this unknown beast.

After finishing all the formalities, the entourage went towards the palace. Although the King had abdicated, the palace still functioned as before; however, instead of asking for the King's intentions, messengers now went to get the opinions of the Gu and Yuan families.