Behind the city, under a hibiscus tree in full bloom, a beautiful snow-white lioness was napping under the tree.

She seemed to sense someone approaching and opened her animal eyes to look at the person.

Her brown eyes rested on Lan Ning for a long time, and she discovered that the strange woman had a very familiar aura.

The lioness stood up, wagged her tail, walked over to Lanning and sniffed him.

"This is Huixing's. The child has liked to raise these since he was young." The Fusang wife looked at the sea of ​​flowers with a smile. She lowered her head and asked the lioness, "Have you seen Huixing? Where is he?"

The lioness turned back to the tree and grabbed the trunk with her front paws. She looked like an ordinary lion, but she was quite strong. She shook the huge flower tree, and petals flew everywhere. After a while, a young boy fell from the tree.

"Mother, what's wrong again?" Huixing, who was woken up, looked very impatient, but he soon noticed that there was a strange woman who looked like a fairy from heaven next to his mother.

That familiar face, and the orchid around her neck... were exactly the same as the message he had received.

This is Princess Lan Ning of Wanjing Kingdom.

Huixing stood up, patted his robe, and bowed respectfully to Lan Ning, "The Ninth Prince Huixing of Fusang City greets Princess Lan Ning."

He is indeed a very handsome boy, with delicate features and a bit of childishness, but his eyes are extremely beautiful, sparkling and with a subtle arrogance and indifference, which is really interesting.

It seemed that he already knew what Lan Ning's appearance meant.

Resisting silently.

Lan Ning smiled in a standard way, "No need to be polite."

She was not someone who liked to force others, so she just turned her eyes to the beautiful white lioness and waved her over.

Huixing was very dissatisfied with his lion. This guy usually didn't like to talk to anyone, so why would he be so obedient to a strange princess?

"Linglong, come back." Huixing immediately started to compete with Lan Ning.

The lioness glanced at him, then lay firmly at Lan Ning's feet. Her obedient action made Huixing's face turn dark.

"This lion was sent by his father's tribe. He originally planned to raise it for fun, but who knew that this little guy used the strength of a wild beast to defeat many orcs. Although large wild beasts are not allowed in Fuso City, considering her strength, she was allowed to stay in the city as an exception." Fuso's wife explained.

After listening to this, Lan Ning just thought it was something new.

The orcs were defeated with the strength of a wild beast, which means that this lion may have an inner elixir, but the people who raised her didn't discover it.

The wife of Fusang glanced at Huixing's expression, then looked at the gentle Lan Ning. She wanted to let the two of them develop feelings, so she lowered her head and slowly said to the lion at Lan Ning's feet: "I have something to do. You watch over here and don't let Huixing bully the princess."

They all knew that Lan Ning had escaped death and was now weak, and they were also afraid that some stubborn children in their city would provoke Lan Ning.

This lion named Linglong is a wild beast, but she is very smart and can control Huixing.

Lan Ning had already started chatting with Linglong.

"Can you help me?" Linglong's voice was a very soft female voice, with a hint of childishness, "I want to grow up and stay with him."

Stay with him?

Lan Ning's curiosity suddenly piqued. Now that his wife Fusang was not around, it was convenient for her to ask about some things.

So she turned her gaze and saw Huixing, who had a gloomy face and was staring at the white lion lying at her feet.

"You are not warm to me. Is it because you don't want to be chosen by me because you already have a lover?" Lan Ning asked. She had been paying attention to Huixing's expression. Seeing his stunned expression after hearing the word "sweetheart", she was basically sure.

Huixing was also a young man, and never thought of hiding it, "Yes, I have a crush on someone."

Lan Ning pointed at the white lion beside him, "Is that her?"

Huixing's expression became a little strange. He stared at Lan Ning, as if he was thinking about how she knew that.

"The inner elixir that has not yet fully grown in Linglong's body must be your work, right?" Lan Ning picked up the scented tea on the table. It was rich in taste and had a long aftertaste. She looked at the tea with hibiscus flowers floating in it with great satisfaction, thinking about asking her hibiscus wife for more when she left.

"Yes." Huixing also admitted generously, "We have been together since childhood. I really like her and am willing to spend time helping her grow up."

The lion society is matriarchal, with the lioness being the leader of the pack, and it looks like this hasn't changed here.

After Lan Ning got a positive answer, he turned his head and looked at the white lion beside him who was waiting for an answer. "You already have an inner elixir in your body. According to the current progress, you can cultivate into a human in a few decades."

She paused, "If you want me to help you grow up, I need to destroy the inner elixir in your body first. The process will be very painful, and... you will fall into a deep sleep and will not wake up until the inner elixir grows up."

This is also a method that Lan Ning has recently researched. With the help of Xuan Mo, she discovered that the orcs can help wild beasts practice, but because the wild beasts' intelligence is not yet developed, it takes a lot of time.

Lan Ning's power can directly help wild beasts without inner elixir to cultivate, and they can become adults in a few days. However, if the beast already has inner elixir, the inner elixir needs to be destroyed and cultivated again.

The wild beasts will fall into a deep sleep after their inner elixir is destroyed. Even if they are helped to practice again, they will not wake up until the day when their inner elixir is completed.

Huixing still didn't understand what Lan Ning meant by the questions he asked, but after hearing those words, he understood that Linglong had asked Lan Ning to help her cultivate into an adult, but the price...

"No." Huixing stood up suddenly, "We must not destroy Linglong's inner elixir."

That was the result of their many years of work together, how could they destroy it so easily? Moreover, it didn't mean that Lan Ning could really help Linglong cultivate to adulthood!

"You've fallen in love with me and deliberately destroyed Linglong's inner elixir in order to get me, right?" Huixing glared at Lan Ning with a very unfriendly look. He had an expression that said I know everything about your little plan. He walked over, hugged the white lion in his arms, and dragged it far away from Lan Ning.

"I tell you, it's impossible! Even if you let the Regent and others come today and put a knife to my neck, I will not go with you!" Huixing roared, then he picked up the struggling white lion and left in a flash.

Lan Ning was left watching the direction they left and sighing silently.

"Children nowadays are so narcissistic." She held the teacup and drank silently, without noticing that at the corner of the corridor next to her, someone was staring at the situation here with an angry face.

After Xuan Mo's affairs were almost dealt with, he and Liang Chen went to the small garden behind the City Lord's Mansion to pick up Lan Ning.

"What's wrong with him?" Lan Ning saw that Liang Chen didn't look very good, and thought that he was in trouble with Xuan Mo and Jing Ye.

Xuan Mo also glanced at Liang Chen, then shook his head simply, "I don't know."

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