When he thought back to when he first met Bian Zhao, he was suspicious and wary of anyone who approached Lan Ning.

It seems that he has also threatened Xuan Heng?

However, Xuan Heng would never do anything to Bian Zhao at that time, after all, he seduced Bian Zhao's only daughter.

Lan Ning and Bian Zhao did not spend much time together. The other party always said that he wanted to make amends to Lan Ning. In fact, Lan Ning felt that he did not have that honor. After all, that was Lan Ning's father who had passed away.

She herself has even forgotten how a father should treat his daughter.

So when facing Bian Zhao, she was mostly quiet and well-behaved. However, it was obvious that Bian Zhao misunderstood and took her reservedness as fear. Even though he knew that she was an adult, he still treated her as a child who had not grown up.

And they are particularly indulgent and protective.

Starting from him, other nobles also treated Lan Ning as a fragile porcelain doll, and whenever they found time to visit Tinglan Palace, they would bring a lot of things with them.

They would subconsciously conceal their aggressiveness in front of Lan Ning, and their elegance made Lan Ning almost forget that they were the best in all major tribes in every aspect.

Although there is a certain gap between the troops stationed in Wanjing and the ancient beast tribe, in terms of quality, they should be better than those ancient beasts that only know how to attack.

"It should not be completely resolved yet. Look at the flags on the hilltops." Xuan Mo explained, "The tribes that surrendered to Wan Jing have three flags of different colors. The first one represents the tribes in different colors. The second one is for warning. Wan Jing uses cinnabar red. The third one is pure white, which is... the flag of funeral."

Lan Ning had never tried to look down from the sky when the country was peaceful and the people were prosperous, but this time, she took the opportunity to see clearly the number of tribes that had surrendered to Wan Jing.

On a hilltop, the forest is lush and green, with many red colors fluttering in the wind.

The cinnabar red is endless, and after a rough count, there are more than twenty of them on this road?

"So many?" Lan Ning was very surprised. Logically speaking, each tribe has a strong sense of protection for their territory and generally would not get so close to each other.

She remembered what she had seen in the files before. There were more than 300 tribes that surrendered to Wan Jing. Even because of Lan Ning's sudden appearance, many small tribes had applied recently.

"This is just a small number." Xuan Mo smiled and pointed in another direction of Wanjing. "Many small tribes will choose places closer to Wanjing Country in order to develop faster, so this place is more densely populated."

In fact, there are probably only a hundred or so people in each tribe.

And they are extremely brave and good at fighting.

“The ancient beasts are indeed ferocious, but if they invade Wanjing’s territory, the people of Wanjing will not be afraid.” Xuan Mo looked at the scarlet flags in the mountains and forests, and a sense of pride gradually spread in his heart.

They also submit to Wan Jing and want to see the great country they submit to become stronger and stronger. It used to be led by the empress, and in the future it will be led by Lan Ning. Xuan Mo felt even more proud.

He glanced at the person next to him, and suddenly found that the scar on her neck had faded a lot.

This is a strange thing. After all, they used so many medicinal herbs but failed to reduce the scar.

Xuan Mo couldn't help but touch it lightly with his fingers. The warmth on his fingertips made him feel something.

Most of them knew what happened in Yixiantian. This time, they not only learned the purpose behind the ancient beast tribe, but also witnessed the death of the rebel leader.

Perhaps the dead people who were lingering around Lan Ning saw Furou's death, so their resentment subsided and they left.

Xuan Mo couldn't help but be distracted, but he didn't notice that his action made Lan Ning tremble. The latter looked up at him with red cheeks, "What's wrong?"

"......" Xuan Mo came back to his senses, and the smile on his face deepened, "Just look at this scar, it has faded a lot."

Lan Ning didn't care about these things, but when she heard Xuan Mo say that the scar on her neck had faded a lot, she subconsciously touched it, as if she had indeed felt a lot more relaxed since she witnessed Fu Rou's death.

And...the obsession in my heart doesn't seem to be that serious anymore.

Perhaps she has already fulfilled her promise.

"Really?" Lan Ning also wanted to see what it would look like, but unfortunately he didn't have a mirror.

As she spoke, she touched the scar. Girls don't really want to have any scars on their bodies.

However, with the wind blowing, Lan Ning looked ahead helplessly, "But how long will it take us to guess Wan Jingguo?"

She just checked the progress of her mission. At some point, the progress bar of the mission changed. The last 10%? But she was not given any specific tasks to do. The key to the mission should be Lan Ji.

Maybe, like Furou, he wants to witness Lan Ji's death?

"At the current speed, it will take another half a day." Xuan Mo looked ahead. He had already seen the big vermilion flag in front of Wanjing City. However, this area was the territory of the wolf tribe, so Jing Ye should part ways with them nearby.

The army they had led before has now all followed Xuan Heng, slowly investigating from the outskirts of Yixiantian, while Jingye has to return to the tribe and transfer troops to Wanjing City again.

Before parting, Lan Ning hugged Jingye, held his hand with great concern and reminded him, "Be sure to be safe. I'll wait for you in Wanjing City."

Lan Ning was a small girl, still wearing the clothes given by Ling Yan. Her pretty face showed worry and nervousness, which made people around her feel that the scene was a little strange.

This was what Jing Ye should have told Lan Ning. His little princess had been born into a world of misfortunes, and now she had to follow the team directly back to Wanjing to face those vicious ancient beasts. She had just escaped from danger.

But when their positions were reversed and Lan Ning nervously told Jing Ye to be more careful, he felt very happy.

Due to his special status, Jing Ye cannot always be with Lan Ning, but fortunately, his lovely wife always thinks about him.

"I will, don't worry. But the journey back to Wanjing Country is dangerous, so you have to be careful on the road." Jing Ye was also quite worried. Xuan Heng was not there, and he had to mobilize troops, so only those three were with Lan Ning.

It's not that he doubted their strength, but the ancient beast tribe came with great force this time, and Lan Ning didn't have anyone strong around him, so he was afraid that he would be kidnapped again.

After seeing Jing Ye off, Lan Ning stayed beside Xuan Mo and listened quietly to the news he received.

"After entering the border of Wanjing, the ancient beast tribe first poisoned and spread the plague to the small tribes near Wanjing City, and then rushed directly to Wanjing City. They attacked three times in total, but were blocked by Lord Bian Zhaogui's troops. It is said that they will attack for the fourth time in the next two days."

Wanjing City is surrounded by small tribes, and the plague is not worth mentioning. Although they have long had ways to deal with those strange and bizarre plagues, if they break out in various places at the same time, the time will inevitably be prolonged.

It is also because Wanjing Kingdom has a strong foundation and is not afraid of this trick from the ancient beast tribe at all.

The route they were taking was the closest to returning to Wanjing, and perhaps they would see the ancient beast tribe’s settlement on the way.

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