Lan Cangyue walked out of the water. The moment his splendid fishtail left the water, it instantly transformed into a pair of long, slender legs.
A few water droplets dripped from his toned abs, drying in the blink of an eye.
As if by magic, a blue-and-white robe and a sky-blue cape materialized around him.
His tall, imposing figure, shrouded by the cape, was as flawless and pure white as the Divine Jade of Kunlun Mountain—so beautiful one dared not gaze directly at him.
Meanwhile, in the shadows, Huang Ziyue and Mu Silin watched Shen Yue walk into the distance, both ready to turn and leave.
Suddenly, they sensed a powerful aura.
Almost simultaneously, they both glanced toward the deep pond.
But when they probed the area, they found no one.
Nothing but the shell of Qibao’s egg, now hatched, floated up from the depths.
And the powerful aura had vanished along with it.
Huang Ziyue frowned.
His dark red eyes deepened, and his expression became inscrutable.
Heh.
’Things are certainly getting interesting!’
Without lingering, he followed Shen Yue toward the cave.
Meanwhile, after probing the area for a long moment, Mu Silin was shocked.
’This aura... it’s clearly different from the person who appeared that day when Shen Yue was almost hit by falling rocks.’
’Two unknown beings with High level Spiritual Power appearing here, one after another... Don’t tell me they’re all here for Shen Yue?’
’Does this mean I’m not the only one hiding in the shadows?’
At this thought, Mu Silin couldn’t help but grow tense.
.....
When Shen Yue finally made it back to the cave, she never expected to see the sight that greeted her.
She froze in place, utterly stunned.
The little cubs were also staring, slack-jawed:
"Whoa!! So this is the bamboo house!"
"It’s so, so big! Did Ancient Bear Father come back?"
"Ancient Bear Father is amazing! He finished it this fast?"
"Yay! Ancient Bear Father is back! He beat the bad guys and came back!"
"Ancient Bear Father, where are you? Come on out! We’re back! And we brought a little sister with us!"
The group of little cubs rushed inside excitedly, running all around the verdant green structure as they searched for Si Muye.
Shen Yue, however, remained frozen in a daze, staring at the bamboo house that had been built at lightning speed. There was even a fence enclosing the yard.
’It feels like I’m dreaming.’
It was a perfect, one-to-one reproduction of the blueprint she had drawn for Si Muye.
’This... This is unbelievably fast!’
She looked inside, suspicious. ’Did Si Muye really build this?’
’Is he okay?’
’Is he back?’
But after searching all over the place for a long while, the little cubs couldn’t find Si Muye.
"Female mother, Ancient Bear Father isn’t here!"
"Where did Ancient Bear Father go?"
"The bamboo house is all finished, so why isn’t Ancient Bear Father here?"
"Did Ancient Bear Father go out again?"
The little cubs chattered away, asking question after question, all of them desperate to see Si Muye.
But Shen Yue’s expression grew tense.
’Something’s wrong.’
’Si Muye shouldn’t have been back at all since he left.’
’I can’t sense Si Muye’s scent here at all. Instead, there’s the scent of other, unfamiliar males.’
’Si Muye didn’t build this bamboo house.’
’Someone else did.’
’Could it be the person who was hiding in the shadows and saved me and Er Bao?’
But after a moment’s thought, she dismissed the idea. It seemed unlikely. Why would someone so powerful condescend to build a bamboo house for her?
’Even for Er Bao’s sake, that seemed impossible.’
’Besides, no one other than Si Muye has ever seen those blueprints.’

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