Quest Maker of Soul Land

Chapter 89: Tides United (R18)

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(A/N: To actually make the side characters, well, more realistic, I decided to give them lemon scenes too, so for this fanfic, the first lemon doesn't belong to Mc but Xie Xan and Hu Lana since they are already a couple.)

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"Hmmm~"

As the soft moan finally escaped the tight hold of her lips, Hu Lana's and Xie Xan's expressions stiffened. Covered by the quilt and lying on a comfortable mattress, Hu Lana's body reflected a healthy glow due to her body being covered in her perspiration. Their eyesight was somewhat enhanced and both of them could observe each other's embarrassed expression.

Her long dark hair loosely spread onto the mattress that made her fair face all the more prominent. Glaring at Xie Xan, who was right over her, she couldn't help but hiss softly, "That's why I kept begging to go a little slow!"

Although her tone was fierce, still feeling her innards clenching against his, Xie Xan couldn't help but shudder slightly himself. However, with one hand pressed to the left of Hu Lana's face, supporting his body up, Xie Xan stroked Lana's cheek with a gentle expression, "I'm really sorry. But... it has been so long, Na'er," he leaned down once again, unable to ever feel so unsatisfied and yet content at the same time as he pressed his lips against Hu Lana's. After countless errors, now he knew not to give in to greed. Instead of greedily sucking on her lips or being harsh, he cradled Lana's face with one hand and continued to softly peck time and again while moving in a simple and gentle rhythm.

Feeling each other's warmth, the duo couldn't help but forget their surroundings once again. From her cheek, Xie Xan's hands slowly slipped down her neck and then onto her slightly trembling breasts. But with Hu Lana tightly hugging Xie Xan like a koala, her nails slightly digging into her lover's back and her legs straddling his waist while she enjoyed the sensation of her rather tight dungeon being filled, Lana couldn't help but stretch her neck slightly and kiss Xie Xan again, her sweet moan heavily muffled and only released to please her lover further.

"Hehe," Lana giggled as she felt Xie Xan's member throbbing fiercely within her, "You know you cannot finish in here or I'll have to go through all that trouble again. Do you want your reward now?" She blew against Xie Xan's ear hotly and he nodded anxiously.

"Yes, please!" He smiled.

He moved sideways, lying on his side in the corner of the mattress until Hu Lana moved up. Pushing the quilt aside, her perfect body was a delightful sight to his sore eyes as Hu Lana felt incomparably harshly how backed up Xie Xan had been feeling for so long.

"But this is only on special circumstances... I don't like the taste at all! Why couldn't you be sweet down there, too?" Hu Lana whined as she turned around and sat on Xie Xan's abdomen while Xie Xan playfully traced his hands through her calves but remained silent. It's not like he could complain about taste against Hu Lana. How the heck does she even taste so sweet was out of Xie Xan's capacity to think. Many times he thought that she secretly used a product but due to how close they were and not seeing anything of the sort, he would end up denying this conclusion. Yet, all these thoughts rushed out of his mind when he felt Hu Lana's gentle peck against his rearing tip.

"Oh," Xie Xan couldn't help but grunt, his cheeks clenched as he tried his best not to shoot out all his frustration at once.

"That's what happens when you tell others your weak spot," Hu Lana brushed her dark locks aside and giggled, her eyes tracing the fiercely twitching tip with a clear and viscous liquid already gathered on the tip. Although she gulped, a little frustrated, as she parted her lips, her warm breath almost making Xie Xan lose all his control, and slid the used and sloppy penis into her mouth, even she couldn't help but blush fiercely.

If someone walked in such a compromising position then...

She didn't dare think much no matter how arousing this thought strangely happened to be. Her buttocks bucked for a moment, her body heating up as she pulled down further until half of the shaft before resting in the position and slowly pulling out.

On the other hand, Xie Xan firmly pressed his hands against Hu Lana's butt cheeks. To cultivators, Spirit Bones or rare spirit rings might be treasure but to him, these were the real treasure!

His thumb playfully traced Hu Lana's rather soft and surprisingly welcoming back hole. His thumb easily sucked into the puckered hole while he enjoyed the reaction of Hu Lana's lower lips twitching and turning wetter as he traced his other index against her slit.

"After this, can we do it normally, too?" Xie Xan couldn't help but inquire as Hu Lana pulled out, her breathing rough and crude as her eyes glistened with an equally happy and expectant glint.

"You do know that normal couples don't start with the backdoor, right? And now Ka-ul maybe knows about us doing it strangely," she pouted but her reactions spoke an opposite tale.

"So? He'll only be more jealous," Xie Xan laughed. Kissing Hu Lana's right cheek, he whispered, "Pretty please? I wouldn't be able to sleep normally if I don't get to break into this cute little place, too!"

"Well, only because you're so relentless!" Hu Lana agreed instantly as she shoved the hard shaft into her mouth, her hands resting on his thighs as the forceful motion and her warm and soft tongue attacking his tip instantly made him crumble, and finally, he let out jets of off-white cum while Lana's body quivered. Closing her eyes, she simply gulped it down without making much of a hassle. Today was an important day, after all, and since Xie Xan has always been so sensitive towards her likes and dislikes, it isn't bad to sometimes succumb to his likes, too.

Finally, breathless, both of them lied next to each other momentarily while Hu Lana wiped her lips.

Xie Xan's body hugging Lana from behind as they spooned while his hand stroked her supple arm.

"Na'er... I did lie about that spirit ring," Xan whispered with a soft sigh as he used his other hand to pull back her hair gently.

"I know," Hu Lana finally turned around. For a moment, Xie Xan was enamored by her peaks pressed together due to both of them facing each other but he quickly broke out of his daze.

"You knew?" Xie Xan chuckled.

"Silly, did you think I also don't want you to catch up with me? I would never insult you by deliberately stalling my cultivation," Hu Lana's nose soured slightly while her eyes glazed, "But you don't have to lie about it either. Didn't I already say that I would be the controller and only you will be the attacker? Isn't our special technique already a proof of that?"

The more she spoke, the more emotional she felt as Xie Xan was about to comfort her by lowering his lips. However, recalling where her mouth had been a few breaths ago, he changed the direction smoothly and kissed her forehead.

"I know. I just felt... so blocked at the time. But you know, taking that little risk made me realize that all of this... I'm selfishly doing it to stay close to you."

"Little risk?" Hu Lana raised her voice with a frown before she agilely sat on Xie Xan's chest and held the tip of his nose, "Your body bursting in blood isn't little risk! If it wasn't for Little Yin healing you, your future would have been affected! Come here! I'm already feeling shaken once again," her glazed eyes held a sly intent as she lowered her lips.

"W-wait! Let me just hug you"

His protest destroyed as the lips of blowing terror pressed against his, only lightly, but Xie Xan's body shuddered.

"Heh, my lips are clean, you punk! But you don't even dare kiss but always pester me to kiss and lick you down there? Time for payback!" She giggled and instantly pressed Xie Xan's face with her lower body while rousing his curving blade down there by moving her hands.

Of course, the joke was on her. Xie Xan was into her body no matter what.

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The next day, facing the terrible expression of their companions, Hu Lana and Xie Xan didn't dare release any sound and silently followed Bibi Dong out of the forest where they donned their masks once again. It was as Qian Daoliu had suggested. Facing the beast tides will crystalize their combat system, increase their teamwork, and most of all, the beast tide formed from Human-born Spirit Beasts have the highest chances of dropping a spirit bone aside from a 100000-year-old spirit beast that would always drop one spirit bone no matter what.

Not much is understood about the beasttakens even after years of their emergence.

In fact, the earliest record of these plagues could be dated back to the olden era where... well, where there weren't many differences when it came to human's and beast's lust and interspecies mating was all the rage at the time. So, from that dark era of humanity, many things were clear for the future generation.

In the current era, there have been sightings of human spirit masters with bestial body parts such as furry ears or tails and Ja Sun had personally seen a Medusa with a human mutation. These mutations occur in this era due to the past ungodly sins of bestiality. However, unlike simple mutations where Violet still remained a spirit beast and would drop a spirit ring should she be killed or mutated Spirit Masters who could absorb spirit rings, beasttakens have a more detailed definition.

Product of man and beast till its third generation will be considered a beasttaken.

But how can genetics be so easily destroyed by mere lust?

Out of all the spirit beasts, there are three prominent species that have sired beasttakens since ancient times.

Stormwind Wolves seeds Wolftakens.

Earthly Swamp Bears seeds Beartakens.

And Fiery Man-headed Serpents seeds Snaketakens.

Beasttakens themselves are spirit beasts, just a dangerous branch of it. Beasttakens have the abilities of their bestial parentage and the instincts of a human to reproduce and survive. None of them actually look human but a mix of man and beast and their deaths will not reveal spirit rings. However, just like spirit beasts, they have the ability to leave Spirit Bones, and just like humans, they have the ability to absorb spirit bones.

So three different species of Beasttakens cooperating and attacking did give many spirit masters a reason to doubt that a conspiracy was afoot. After all, two different tribes of Beasttakens would have slaughtered each other at the sight to reap benefits.

The existence of Beasttakens also proved that the world wasn't black and white: Two extremes. There are constant discoveries that conflict with the cultivation theories of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Masters. But these problems couldn't be solved even to this date. Why couldn't Beasttakens leave spirit rings? Why can they only leave but also absorb spirit bones? Why can't they also obtain martial souls?

Such questions have troubled many capable and experienced Spirit Masters pondering upon the existence of such products of life.

"Ka-ul, your martial soul may calm them down, right? Out of the three beasttakens, Wolftakens are the most lustful, Beartakens are the most raging, and Snaketakens are the greediest. Do you think you can communicate with that?" Xie Xan and Ja Sun walked side-by-side so he couldn't help but speak up. By now, everyone was already extremely familiar with one another and the fifth spirit ring absorbed by Xie Xan without any future problems was due to Ja Sun and Ah Yin, so although Xie Xan was definitely friendly previously, now, this great favor had won Ja Sun and Ah Yin Xie Xan's gratitude.

"It's possible," Ja Sun shrugged as he looked thoughtful under his mask, "But I also think that the more intelligent a species is, the more troubling it will be to appease them."

The greatest attribute of his martial soul was to increase the pace of cultivation. Adoration of spirit beasts stemmed from this talent, itself. However, if possible, Ja Sun didn't wish to try and leak such information in a group of humanoid spirit beasts that can communicate with one another and may also have their stronger counterparts boasting stabler intelligence and emotional spectrum.

After all, for Spirit Beasts, intelligence is a matter of cultivation. Higher-ranked spirit beasts are more intelligent and it is entirely possible that within the tribes of emerging Beasttakens, there are those who have the same thought process as an actual human.

"Maybe we can coax a Beasttaken to be our team member," Ja Sun chuckled and Bibi Dong shook her head with a sigh.

"It's not possible since, in the end, it's the matter of benefits. Even if we find an extremely human-looking beasttaken, as long as it doesn't have a martial soul, it would be hunted down for the possibility of a spirit bone."

Thinking for a moment, Bibi Ding smiled, "But we may just find the remaining members for our team."

A little more than one and a half years remained until the competition now.

For the rest of the journey, Bibi Dong stored Caihong and Olivia since she had the well-equipped essence tool and the group made their way towards their destination quickly. Since it was daytime, the two Human-tongue Owls would only sleep whether outside or within the essence tool, and given the pace of the group's travel, it would be much better if Ah Yin and Ja Sun didn't have to focus on the two owls, too.

Their destination was one of the major cities of the Star Luo City acting as the hub for many spirit masters arriving from various factions. This time, to undermine Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire explicitly stated: No false charges; Noble act begets nobility, not bloodshed.

The bold words and shedding some light on the past matters of the most recent wars won the support of many local spirit masters and truth be told, they couldn't and wouldn't run away and not defend their homes. Spirit masters had families similar to regular humans. And it was a public fact that the survival of Beasttakens meant leaving future trouble that might just end one's own loved ones in the cruelest manner.

'If Teacher reincarnated here... huff, he would have loved to sell all his family members to the beasttakens and then gain ultimate strength...' Ja Sun couldn't help but sigh slightly. Though raised by that twisted man, he did come out a little differently but similarly twisted.

Dragon Rising City.

One of the most important border cities of the Star Luo Empire was now fashioned to host multiple Spirit Masters, the city's defenses now increased to the maximum while rogue spirit masters would either hunt Beasttakens cautiously or other spirit masters alike.

[Objective: Defeat the group of bandits.

Optional Objectives:

1) Complete it within three minutes.

2) Complete it within two minutes.

3) Complete it within a minute.

Mission Rank: E-E-E-E

Mission Rewards: Silver Constellation Robes, Pure Underwear, Starry Bracelet, Bright Rose.

Time Limit: 5/3/2/1 minutes.]

[Status: Success.]

Ja Sun sighed and looked at the group of unconscious and stripped bandits. Tying the four spirit masters up, out of which, only one was a rank 23 Spirit Grandmaster while everyone else had yet to attain their second spirit ring, he pulled the longer side of the robe and dragged the four middle-aged men back to the camp.

"I brought back bait," he called out. The encampment consisted of a rather strange tent that would be overlooked at a glance and if Ja Sun didn't know the location already, he, too, would have missed it.

The entrance of the triangular tent was zipped open and Xie Xan peeked his head out, "That was quick."

"Well, knocking opponents out is my specialty," Ja Sun shrugged and let go of the rope while Xie Xan found the four men in their underwear.

"Ah Yin, you were right. Ka-ul did strip them down," Xie Xan looked back as Ja Sun entered the barely equipped tent.

2 days have passed since the group left the Star Dou Great Forest and now, all of them were situated close to Dragon Rising City. Why they didn't enter the city itself? Because the group had a substantial bounty on their heads even if they were part of the spirit hall. Since this bounty was privatized to the specialists and not made public, the situation was all the more dire for them. Of course, there were ways to bypass the problem entirely and enter the city but it was a temporary solution so using Ah Yin's domain to conceal their presence was a far better solution. Entering the city would only be the last resort.

"You cannot expect to rob someone while not preparing to be robbed yourself," Ja Sun shrugged and sat down. The tent itself was placed in a rather hidden spot in the forest discovered by Olivia and Caihong and the nearby spirit beasts fled instinctively the moment Ah Yin and Bibi Dong released their domains.

The tent was quite big since this was going to be the group's base for a little while and as usual, to not have more sleepless nights, Bibi Dong made sure that everyone remained within a single tent unless it was to cultivate. Cultivation, after all, can be more private than one's love life at times.

"Did you find out anything?" Bibi Dong inquired. Since Ja Sun had elected himself to be the scout, then Bibi Dong felt that he must have some form of assurance to get information regarding the situation.

"Well," Ja Sun sat down with a frown, "I happened to find these four near a destroyed village. There aren't any settlements close to the Great Forest but this one was. Most possibly, a bandit base with all the arms left bloodied on the ground. The smell and dried blood suggest that the village was razed two-three days ago but nothing was stolen aside from a few lone spirit masters scavenging on it. There should be a beasttaken settlement nearby and most likely, it should either be Wolftakens or Beartakens."

Since Snaketakens usually arrive with licks of flames and even burn settlements due to their attributes, only these two remaining tribes were possible.

"Wolftakens have sharper and long-ranging attacks," Bibi Dong frowned. Her tone implied that such an obvious clue should be easy to find and allow them to realize the nature of the beasts nearby.

"Of course," Ja Sun leaned back and let out a heavy tone, "There were a few huts sliced off cleanly but the ground was damp, too."

Saying this, Ja Sun waved his hand and brought out a small ball of mud from his storage essence and let it hover on his palm, carefully controlled by his spirit energy.

"Maybe a mutation?" Ah Yin inquired.

"It's possible," Ja Sun threw the mud out, the ball landing on one of the unconscious man's face accurately before Ja Sun looked towards Bibi Dong with a bright smile, "Or maybe two different tribes of Beasttakens are working together. That seems more interesting than a mutation. Two tribes who would tear each other at a mere sight working together for some reason..."

Ja Sun's grim yet amused tone made everyone feel a little chilly.

"Don't joke around," Hu Lana smiled nervously.

"I'm not," Ja Sun shrugged, "Come on, I did find a trail. Let's get moving."

"Who made you the leader?" Liu Erlong scoffed as Ja Sun suddenly shivered.

"Huh?" He looked back with a weird expression and inquired, "Did I say I'm the leader? I'm the scout. Scout."

Others failed to simply understand what was going on in Ja Sun's head at the moment. But seeing the strange, weirdly disturbing expression on his face, and recalling his record of stating unholy stuff as if the most casual thing, others didn't dare ask either.