In front of Si Bai and the other new arrivals was placed a silver crystal each, reflecting the cold glow of the moonlight and emitting faint, chilly radiance.
Suddenly, Si Bai’s body gave a violent shiver.
Hiss, so cold.
Why had it suddenly become so cold?
In the thick and muggy summer night, Si Bai had originally been fanning himself with a banana leaf to cool down the irritability and heat in his heart.
But without warning, a burst of cold wind swept past, instantly dispersing the previous heat and heaviness.
That extreme chill actually made Si Bai, who had been in the middle of a hot summer night, tremble from the cold.
It felt like an extremely lonely and desolate snowy mountain plateau had descended into the mortal world, carrying strands of clear wind and a cold moon, like the first snow of winter.
“Lord Bayar, these are the newly arrived tribesman…”
The tribe leader’s voice carried an unprecedented level of respect and reverence.
A faint “mm” sounded in response, light and indifferent, as if it were acknowledgment, yet cold and distant to the extreme.
Si Bai followed the direction of the voice.
Under the bright moonlight, there was suddenly a tall, straight silhouette that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Lonely, cold, and walking toward them along the pale moonlight.
He wore a moon white cloak, with dark purple patterns engraved on it.
His face could not be seen clearly, only the exposed half of his fingers, long and pale, seemed to be infused with faint moonlight, beautifully cold and detached.
His posture was extremely upright and flawless, his robe hem moving freely in the wind.
He looked like the pure bright moon itself, noble and distant, unreachable to ordinary people.
[ Host, do you see that aloof handsome guy?
That is your first mission target!
]
Si Bai sighed softly, his gaze slightly narrowing.
“…But he does not look very easy to approach.”
[ Don’t worry, don’t worry!
I’ll go find beginner tutorials right now!
I guarantee three moves to get started, ten moves to win him over, and a hundred moves to conquer him completely!
]
The system patted its little chest confidently and dove headfirst into the ocean of system knowledge.
Ah, the host was such a clueless straight-minded boy.
Romance strategy really needed hand-holding guidance.
The system was truly working itself to the bone.
Where else could you find such a responsible system?
A few minutes later, a series of documents were transmitted into Si Bai’s mind.
After flipping through less than two pages, Si Bai’s originally relieved expression instantly collapsed.
“Delete all of these files!”
[ Waaah, why?!
I worked so hard to search through big data for these!
I carefully selected the best top-tier strategy guides!
I even gave you my favorite hidden gems!
You’re bullying me… ]
“”Falling for My Ex-Boyfriend’s Fierce Uncle”, “My Vicious Beast”, “Marked by Him”… This?
This is it??”
Si Bai really wanted to smash all these dozen books straight onto its face.
It was no wonder his system always had such a strangely “modern” style.
So it turned out it had been reading too many ancient romance novels, and its intelligence had been thrown away along with its moral sense.
Si Bai and the system were arguing in their shared sea of consciousness so intensely that they had completely forgotten about everything else.
Each side held its own argument and neither was willing to back down.
They were so absorbed in their quarrel that they did not even notice another person had appeared in front of them.
Bayar stopped beside Si Bai.
His cold gaze swept over his briefly and he froze for a moment.
Under the moon white cloak, his deep and cold eyes blinked slightly.
The faint purple hue within his clear pupils seemed to settle, carrying a hint of confusion and a hint of amusement.
This sub-beastman’s facial expressions were… very rich.
Was it sadness?
Was it joy?
Or was it anger mixed with frustration?
A strand of extremely cold and faint sensation suddenly rushed straight to Si Bai’s crown like a bolt of winter frost, and the chilling aura of a snowbound winter mountain instantly wrapped around his entire body, overwhelming all his senses.
Only then did Si Bai snap back to his senses.
When be looked up, there was someone in front of him.
This “someone” had placed a single finger between his brows.
The fingertip was slightly cool, smooth like warm jade.
Huh, what was he doing?
The moment that thought formed, Si Bai’s pupils suddenly constricted.
An extreme sense of danger exploded instantly, spreading through his entire body like a surge of high voltage current.
An unprecedented crisis rang in his mind, accompanied by a terrifying external force that seemed to be forcibly extracting something from him.
His brain’s emergency response had not even fully activated before Si Bai felt as if he was already standing at the edge of death.
It came fast, and it disappeared just as fast.
In the next instant, that life-threatening pressure was completely gone without a trace, as if it had never existed.
Si Bai had not even fully recovered when he saw that the other person had already withdrawn his hand.
His fingertips were pale and flawless like jade.
Yet Si Bai had no time to appreciate such beauty, because he saw a faint cluster of blue light still lingering above his fingertip.
It was faint, yet pure and ethereal under the moonlight.
That blue light… seemed to have come from between his brows.
Immediately after, the faint blue light was injected into the prepared silver crystal.
The two merged instantly and became one.
The originally dim crystal slowly lit up with a faint blue glow.
The light would not extinguish unless its owner died.
This was the bloodline registration?
It forcibly extracted a portion of his soul energy and sealed it as a “record.”
Si Bai’s soul crystal, along with those of the other three newly arrived beastmen, was taken by Lord Bayar and stored on the mountain ridge in the largest and most secluded stone house.