Author: 易修罗 / Yi Xiu Luo

Translator: Kinky || https://kinkytranslations.com/

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Chapter 84

Ling Xiao stiffly looked down at the lamb beneath his feet, then at the big black wolf in front of him. Beads of sweat started forming on his forehead.

“What does this mean?!”

Shachi Bo, probably because he’d been with Ling Xiao for a while and became familiar with him, daringly teased, “Congratulations, you’ve caught the eye of the Wolf King. Now you are the Wolf Queen!”

“I just met this guy. How did I catch his eye?!”

Shachi Bo’s expression suggested he was taking some pleasure in Ling Xiao’s misfortune. “Didn’t I tell you when the Wolf King was crowned that if you don’t show proper respect, you’d get targeted?”

Ling Xiao was exasperated. “With all your howling, who knew what you were talking about!”

“And you.” He pointed at the black wolf. “You’ve already had sex with that big white wolf! Who proposes to someone else after the fact?”

Also, Ying Feng didn’t show respect either, so why was it not Ying Feng who caught the Wolf King’s attention? Otherwise, he could have mocked Ying Feng for a lifetime!

When he turned his head, sure enough, Ying Feng’s face was as dark as the big black wolf.

The black wolf gave a long howl, and Shachi Bo quickly translated for Ling Xiao. “He’s asking why you won’t accept his proposal.”

“Because I’m already married.” He gestured to Ying Feng. “He is my—my…”

Ling Xiao was thinking hard. The other party didn’t understand the term ‘Qizhu’. He needed to use a term they would understand.

“…My Wolf Queen!” That should be easily understood by the wolf-humanoid.

Just when Ling Xiao was proud of himself for bridging the communication gap between the two races, Ying Feng’s face turned even darker. He subtly moved a step forward, shielding Ling Xiao half behind him, a clear gesture of claiming territory, easily understood regardless of species difference.

The black wolf transformed, turning back into a tall man with black hair, his eyes radiating an indistinct aura of both good and evil. “Yours?”

This was the first time Ling Xiao heard the Wolf King speak in human language. His voice was hoarse, like a low sound produced by rough sand grinding.

Ying Feng didn’t answer, but the outcome was clear.

The Wolf King slightly lifted his chin and sniffed the air. “You do carry his scent…”

Ling Xiao: ??

He quickly sniffed his arm. Ying Feng’s scent is on him? Why couldn’t he detect it?

“…But you don’t carry his mark. This only proves you two share a bed, not that you’re officially bonded.”

Sharing a bed without being bonded? No wonder he abandoned the white wolf. But what was this mark? Ling Xiao asked Shachi Bo for clarification.

“In our culture, married females have a prominent mark on them to let males know they’re taken, so they won’t be harassed.” Shachi Bo showed various married females, either with tattoos on their faces or earrings, clearly indicating their marital status.

“Single females can’t have any marks on them.” He pointed to a group of young and beautiful girls, who flirtatiously glanced at Ling Xiao.

“Though there are many tribes on Wolf Star with slight variations in customs, this particular custom remains constant,” Shachi Bo concluded, completely taking on the role of a guide.

Ling Xiao understood that part, but the crucial issue wasn’t about the mark. He fundamentally differed from those females.

“I’m not a girl!”

Even if the beings on this planet had a vague concept of gender, it didn’t mean they couldn’t distinguish male from female. He looked nothing like a girl!

The Wolf King remained stoic. “I have a preference for males with petite frames.”

Petite frame…

Feeling belittled, Ling Xiao rested his head on Ying Feng’s back, wanting to cry without tears.

By stature standards on their home planet, he’d be among the taller ones, yet here on Wolf Star, he was called ‘petite’. Even if the one speaking towered over him by thirty centimeters, Ling Xiao wasn’t ready to accept that label.

Shachi Bo kindly reminded him, “If a female is married, even the Wolf King can’t force her. But the Wolf King can choose any unmarried female as his mate within his tribe, and she can’t refuse.”

“That’s basically a bully clause!” Ling Xiao counted with his fingers. “Firstly, I’m already married. Secondly, I’m not from your tribe or even your planet. Lastly, I’m not female! How many times do I have to say it?”

“But there’s a saying: ‘When in Rome, do as the Romans do’…” Shachi Bo’s voice trailed off as Ying Feng gave him a sharp look. Terrified, he swallowed the rest of his words. Those black-eyed beings were truly intimidating.

“He’s mine,” Ying Feng said coldly. “Take your sheep away.”

The Wolf King showed no intention of leaving. “Do you defy the Wolf King? What happens if one refuses to obey the Wolf King’s orders?”

Shachi Bo clenched his fist. “Only by defeating the Wolf King will it work.”

“Did you hear?” He arrogantly raised his head, not taking seriously the dwarf who dared to provoke him.

“Just defeating you is enough?”

Before the Wolf King could fully understand the meaning of that sentence, he inexplicably flew out, falling hard in the center of the arena. No one saw how Ying Feng made his move, except for Ling Xiao. It seemed as if the Wolf King had just been thrown out for no reason.

Ling Xiao hurriedly held onto Ying Feng. “Show some restraint when you act.”

Ying Feng raised an eyebrow. “You’re pitying him?”

Ling Xiao responded seriously, “You moved too fast; others couldn’t see that it was you who struck. How can you prove it was you who defeated him? Take it slow.”

During their chat, the Wolf King on the ground finally coughed out. Ying Feng’s strike had nearly suffocated him. This man was terrifying. In his memory, only one person could do such a thing…

“Are you… a person of Tianxiu?” he panted, holding his chest.

“Yes.” Ying Feng’s quiet voice dropped another bombshell in the crowd. Strangely, this time only a few ran away. Many stayed.

Ling Xiao, as if discovering something new, pulled Ying Feng aside. “Look at him!”

Although the Wolf King had always been half-naked, Ling Xiao had never noticed the tattoo pattern on his waist. From a certain angle, he recognized the symbol resembling that of the Tianxiu religion, which he had seen in the church and on the bishop’s robes.

“This, do you believe in the Tianxiu religion?” Ling Xiao pointed to the Wolf King’s tattoo.

Despite lying on the ground, the Wolf King’s aura remained strong. “We, the great wolves, believe in the sacred Mother Earth.”

“Why do you have the Tianxiu religious symbol on you then?”

After the Wolf King had answered Ling Xiao’s question, he was visibly drained. In order not to appear defeated or embarrassed, he quietly closed his eyes to gather himself, deliberately ignoring the following question.

“Countdown! 60, 59…”

Ling Xiao was startled. What?

“…3, 2, 1! No new challengers, a new Wolf King emerges!” the announcer declared loudly.

Cheers erupted. Ling Xiao stared dumbfounded at Ying Feng.

“New Wolf King? Who?”

“Of course it’s him,” Shachi Bo jumped out, trying to please the new Wolf King. The female wolves, who were previously surrounding the Black Wolf, now flocked to Ying Feng with admiring eyes, teasing him with their fluffy bodies.

“Hey! You were just flirting with someone else! This switch happened too fast!” Ling Xiao clumsily shooed away these animals, understanding how Ying Feng felt earlier. Who would like others courting their partner?

Seeing Ling Xiao struggling, Ying Feng walked to the corner, picked up a trembling lamb, and placed it in Ling Xiao’s arms. This obvious mating gesture made some female wolves reluctantly leave, but a few confident ones still lingered.

Ling Xiao chuckled, touching the lamb’s fur. The mixture of a lamb’s smell and milky scent was perhaps the most magical gift a person from Tianxiu could receive.

“Don’t bother the new Wolf King. He’s already married. Tianxiu people don’t mark their bodies, but their eyes are proof.”

Ling Xiao looked over to see a gray-haired wolf man slowly standing up, silencing many.

A female wolf transformed into a woman. “Elder Wolf King, the former Wolf King said they were just bedmates, not mates, and he’s male. He can’t reproduce.”

The Elder Wolf King, not actually old but considered so because Wolf Kings were typically in their prime, spoke with authority from his thirty years of reign. “Child, Tianxiu people are different. Once they engage with someone, they’re committed, both physically and mentally, equivalent to being official mates. It doesn’t matter whether their partner is male or female.”

Hearing this, the lingering female wolves finally left.

The wolves gathered in a circle, howling in celebration of their new Wolf King’s ascension.

“But he’s from Tianxiu. Is it really okay for him to be the Wolf King?” Ling Xiao asked.

The Elder Wolf King smiled cryptically. “Weren’t you curious about the tattoo?”

“Yes, it’s the Tianxiu symbol.”

The Elder Wolf King revealed his bare chest to show a similar religious symbol tattooed on it.

“What’s going on?” Ling Xiao couldn’t be more surprised.

“Didn’t you notice that the people of our tribe don’t fear the Tianxiu people like other tribes do?”

Indeed, the way the people avoided them earlier was still fresh in Ling Xiao’s memory. Yet, this tribe treated them just like regular folks.

“That’s because the Wolf King before me was a Tianxiu person.”

Ling Xiao opened his mouth in astonishment.

“All my knowledge about the Tianxiu people comes from the books he brought. I can even speak a few phrases in Tianxiu dialect.” After saying this, he uttered a few sentences. Although his pronunciation was a bit rough, it was clearly their language.

“So the tattoos on you all…”

“Were inked based on the designs he brought. Those patterns were quite popular in our tribe back then.”

Ling Xiao glanced subconsciously at the dark-haired man on the ground, who was now struggling to sit up. The Elder Wolf King seemed to know what Ling Xiao was thinking. “When the Tianxiu Wolf King was in power, they were just kids. He occasionally taught them some Tianxiu combat techniques. The kids adored him.”

By ‘they’, he was referring to the Black Wolf and White Wolf. Growing up together, training together, and clashing over the position of the Wolf King was not uncommon here.

The black-haired man turned his head away, seemingly embarrassed by these childhood revelations.

A Tianxiu person being the Wolf King of the Wolf tribe—this was truly an astonishing discovery.

“Where is he now?”

The Elder Wolf King shook his head. “During his reign, he would come maybe two or three times a year. I was his designated proxy. About thirty years ago, he appeared for the last time and has never returned since. We have no idea of his whereabouts.”

‘Has he reincarnated?’ Ling Xiao wondered.

“What did he look like?”

“Unlike you all, his eyes were a deep gray.”

Ling Xiao was stunned. “A fledgling? That’s impossible!”

“We have photographs of every Wolf King in our royal archives. Would you like to see?”

“Yes!” Ling Xiao replied without hesitation, suddenly remembering the lamb he was holding. He handed the lamb to the dark-haired man. “Give this to White Wolf.”

The lamb, sensing the strong wolf scent on him, trembled even more, struggling to escape.

The short-reigned Wolf King, confused by Ling Xiao’s actions, looked puzzled.

“What are you looking at! You’ve got responsibilities now. Go and apologize!” Seeing the man’s reluctance, Ling Xiao threatened. “This is an order from the Wolf King! If someone doesn’t want to follow the Wolf King’s order, what should be done?”

Shachi Bo quickly replied, “Only by defeating the Wolf King can one defy him!”

“You’re not the Wolf King,” the dark-haired man rasped.

“You can’t even beat me, let alone the Wolf King.” Ling Xiao pretended to strike. “Now go!”

The dark-haired man had no choice but to transform back into his wolf form, carrying the lamb in his mouth as he approached the White Wolf. The White Wolf clearly didn’t want to accept the lamb and tried to dodge and walk away upon seeing him.

“Roar!” The Black Wolf howled fiercely, causing the lamb to drop from his mouth with a thud onto the ground.

“Give it properly!”

“Roar, roar.” The Black Wolf’s voice reluctantly softened. He nudged the lamb, which was still alive, with his snout, pushing it closer to the White Wolf.

Only then did the White Wolf grudgingly accept it, his dark, shiny almond eyes looking around but avoiding the Black Wolf’s gaze.

Thinking of these unruly individuals being under Ying Feng’s command, Ling Xiao felt a headache coming on.

“Take us to see the portrait of the former Wolf King now.”

The Elder Wolf King nodded, but in reality, it should be the former former Wolf King if you count the unlucky guy who held the position for just ten minutes.

Under his guidance, Ling Xiao and Ying Feng arrived at the tribe’s gallery, where the portraits of each Wolf King were hung solemnly on the walls.

“It’s this one.” The Old Wolf King pointed to one of the portraits.

Upon seeing the photograph, Ling Xiao couldn’t shift his gaze, murmuring to himself, “It’s actually is a fledgling…”

Ying Feng also looked up at the portrait, equally surprised in his heart.

“A fledgling that can leave the primary academy, leave Tianxiu. This is absurd… Doesn’t he have a soul traction?”

Ling Xiao urgently grabbed the Elder Wolf King. “Did he show any abnormalities? Like feeling unwell?”

“No.” The old Wolf King shook his head. “His health was excellent.”

“A fledgling that can travel to other planets without a soul traction… I thought of someone.”

“So did I,” Ying Feng added.

“Are we thinking of the same person?” Ling Xiao turned to the Elder Wolf King. “Is his name Gu Xing*?”

*Lone Star.

“No,” The other party answered straightforwardly. “The name of the Tianxiu Wolf King was Jing Yu.”

Not Gu Xing? Ling Xiao was puzzled. Who is this Jing Yu?

“I get it,” Ying Feng said after a brief thought, forming a hypothesis.

“What?” Ling Xiao asked.

“Gu Xing is a generic term for those with the ancestral return phenomenon. Before we knew he was Gu Xing, he would always have his own name.”

“Yes!” Ling Xiao had an epiphany. “How did I not think of that?”

He asked the Elder Wolf King, “Is there anything else that can prove his identity?”

The Elder Wolf King thought for a moment. “Would a picture of the Wolf Queen suffice?”

“A fledgling had a Wolf Queen?”

“Since the Wolf King took so long to choose a consort, the ladies never gave up. Eventually, the Wolf King got impatient and dismissed them with a photo. I remember his words very clearly at the time. ‘If you absolutely must have a Wolf Queen, then take this one.’ So even though the photo of the Wolf Queen is in the tribal royal genealogy, we’ve never seen the Wolf Queen herself. To this day, I think he just couldn’t stand being harassed and simply picked a photo to appease the ladies.”

“Where is that photo now?”

The Old Wolf King flipped through the archives under the Wolf King’s portrait, and the first page displayed the Wolf Queen’s photo.

Upon seeing this photo, Ling Xiao and Ying Feng’s speculations were confirmed.

It was Ling Xing.

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