The Endless Promise

6. Disheveled Fellow

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"My request is for the newborn tiger cub." Xu Weiyan said loudly and clearly.

BaiLong raised a brow. 'Ho? This little girl is interesting.'

Yiguang had a strange seal on her pregnancy, likely in an attempt to hide it, and the only reason Bailong knew was because he had invented the seal she used.

If he wasn't mistaken, even the emperor didn't know the tiger was pregnant...

So how did Xu Weiyan know?

The muttering intensified as Sun Liang actually staggered a step back.

"Hao!" Lord Xu applauded. "Hao-ah!"

Sun Liang jerked his head toward the tiger, and one of the fairies hurried over to her.

The fairy performed a few hand seals, then directed two of his fingers at the tiger's large paw. A stream of blue aura shot into the paw, and the fairy shut his eyes in concentration.

He came running back after some time and nodded at Sun Liang.

"How is it possible?!" Sun Liang wondered.

To their knowledge, there were only two Divine Tigers left in existence, but the second one had been Yin Xiaolong's mount, and had been asleep for thousands of years.

In fact, Sun Liang assumed he had died with Yin Xiaolong's, and he turned a furious look at WeiYan.

"You-!!"

"High Immortal Sun, I'm not asking for much." Weiyan said with a deadpan expression. "Compared to immortality, I'm settling for a creature I may never tame."

"Yes, that's not much at all!" One of the Yueyan disciples piped in. "I didn't know my *Sister was so righteous! Anyone of us here would have insisted on the chief reward!"

*(Sister here is 'Martial Sister')

"Yes! How disciplined of Disciple Xu!"

"Sister! We will learn from you!"

"She's indeed the 'Erudite Swordsman'!"

Before long, everyone was singing Weiyan's praises, but Sun Liang wasn't moved.

A Divine Light Tiger was too precious!

"I will convey your request to the Sky Emperor, and the cub will be brought to you after it has spent two weeks with its mother."

Weiyan's eyes widened slightly. "She is almost due to give birth, yet no one noticed. You can remain in the Sect, and we can make her comfortable. She can deliver and nurse the child here as well. Why make her return to Sky Realm?"

"Impudent! You want the Sky Emperor's mount to give birth in the Mortal Realm?! I have said the baby tiger will be brought to you after two weeks with its mother!"

'Injustice upon Injustice!' Bailong thought, but kept himself in check.

He could not afford to say anything here.

Weiyan shuddered at Sun Liang's words, but she recalled the day she met Yiguang.

Her hand had lightly brushed the tiger's fur, and it was as if she could see a little tiger, curled-up and sleeping within her womb.

"Congratulations." Weiyan said quietly, as she settled atop Yiguang, but there was no reply.

Then that night, she heard,

~"Human woman. What did you mean by congratulating me?"~

At first, WeiYan didn't know who owned the voice, but then remembered congratulating Yiguang.