Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 464

The attack came out of nowhere, startling Magnus. He swatted the longsword down. But the Demon–Breaking Sword bounced back up, relentlessly chasing after him.

The scene turned chaotic real quick. It wasn’t until Kian seized the moment and grabbed the hilt, using his spiritual sense to suppress the sword spirit, that the ill–tempered blade let out an even louder buzz and tremble

After a long struggle, a faint ghostly light flashed across the blade, and it finally settled down

Magnus, barely escaping danger, coughed lightly and adjusted his sleeves, pretending to be calm. Looks like you’ve got a connection with it. Force out a drop of heart’s blood–let it acknowledge you as its master?

He hadn’t expected this kid to actually become the master of the Demon–Breaking Sword. Once the sword spirit acknowledged him, this blade would no longer be just a weapon in Kian’s hands. With a sword spirit’s help, his strength would multiply several times over.

Plus, it was a growth–type treasure–Kian’s cultivation would grow, and the sword would strengthen alongside him.

“The sword cultivators at Swork Peak are gonna be jealous as hell, Magnus sighed, “Good swords are hard to come by, and ones with a spirit are even rarer. They’ve been drooling over the Demon–Breaking Sword for ages–didn’t expect it’d end up with you.”

Kian held the longsword, a surge of warmth in his chest. This was a gift from Nyx. Though it was a cold, gleaming weapon, in his eyes, it carried a soft sentiment–like a token of their love.

But he had nothing of worth to give Nyx in return. His life wasn’t worth much either.

Kian sank into a daze of uncertainty, feeling both happiness and fear that he didn’t deserve it–that he couldn’t hold onto it

Nyx tilted her head, watching him for a bit, then stood on tiptoe and planted a fluffy kiss on his chin. The kiss yanked the anxious guy out of his spiraling thoughts.

Kian’s handsome face flushed as he lifted the little rabbit in both hands and kissed her forehead in return. The sappy vibe of young love hit Magnus like a truck, nearly knocking him out.

Fresh off surviving the Demon–Breaking Sword’s attack and now watching this lovey–dovey couple, he felt awful–his face darkening to charcoal.

“Ahem,” he coughed deliberately.

Nyx finally remembered there was someone else there. She rubbed her face, a bit embarrassed, patted the troublemaking sword, and looked up at Magnus. “Do you need any spiritual plants around here?”

She’d wanted to buy him a gift too, but her pockets were drained by the sword. All she could do was play to her strengths- grow some spiritual plants for him as thanks for treating and looking after Kian. As an alchemist, he’d probably have a use for spiritual plants.

Magnus’s heart leapt with joy, though he tried not to show it. He kept a stern face, hands behind his back. “No need to go out of your way for me. The stuff I need is all rare treasures–you can’t afford to buy or grow them.”

The little rabbit had some talent messing around with spiritual plants, but not everything could be grown.

“Take Violet Soul Grass, for inance–I’d love some. But the Celestial’s only got one precious stalk. What, you gonna buy it and gift it to me?” he threw out a vivid example to make the little rabbit back off, while pointing her in another direction.

Pill Cauldron Peak disciples keep saying your herbs are top–notch, but

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of principle, not expecting anything in return. But since Nyx brought it up, getting some benefits

agreed right away. After cultivating for so long, she could handle bigger spiritual fields now–growing more herbs wasn’t

of herbs, though his contentment soon turned bittersweet. If

so stubborn back then, projecting his own romantic baggage onto her, he wouldn’t have pushed such a good seedling into Cyan’s hands.

to visit, rain or shine, never missing a beat -not

it all and had to admit he’d misjudged

whole sect up and down. And it wasn’t just her looks–her talent was off the charts. She’d already formed

making her a spirit pet, but not anymore. Not just because she had a master backing her–her own strength now outclassed

but the number of folks trying to court her kept growing. The cultivation world respected strength, after

up in his alchemy hut all day, Magnus had heard plenty of sect gossip. He didn’t know about other peaks, but at Pill Cauldron

young, handsome guys for her to pick from. Yet she stayed devoted to Kian, heart set on him, showing no signs of ditching him.

he sized up Kian, marveling at the guy’s luck. After Nyx left and they prepped for

into the kid’s past before, sensing the vengeful fire in his eyes and not

Kian seemed to have moved

spread slowly in the pool, a bitter scent rising with the steam. The scalding

when Magnus regretted asking, thinking he wouldn’t get an answer and preparing to channel energy through Kian’s meridians, Kian spoke up slowly, “We came from the mortal

they’d been engaged early, he barely knew her, never even met the pampered girl raised in her boudoir. He’d once deeply resented the

there was such a wonderful woman in the world–one glance and

dragged into the mud. Kian reminisced for a long while but didn’t know what else to say.

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true origins or who his enemies were, he still had no clue. Magnus was so stunned he couldn’t process it for a while. This wasn’t

of a cultivation clan, out adventuring, who got injured fighting demonic cultivators and lost his spiritual root. He didn’t

to snap out of it, his tone turning serious. “Those demonic cultivators who did this–got any leads? I’ll do my best to track them down.”

of each other’s way. But if demonic cultivators were out

drew a slightly intricate pattern on the ground. “I

much time together, he trusted Magnus’s character enough to

if you could look into it for me,” Kian said, his