The third prince was going to hunt today, which was a major event for the third prince's mansion.
In the early morning, an airboat had anchored in the square of the third prince's mansion. Compared to various luxurious airboats in Taixia Country, this airboat was only longer than 100 m. Being grey and shaped like a sturgeon, it looked pretty agile. This airboat was exclusive to the imperial households of Taixia Country for hunting.
When Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu arrived at the third prince's mansion, the third prince's mansion had been almost ready. Under the arrangement of the steward of the third prince's mansion, they met Xuanyuan Wuji. After that, all of them boarded the airboat. Closely after that, the airboat flew off the third prince's mansion towards the east of Datang City.
Even though Xuanyuan Wuji didn't have much equipment, he still took over 100 people with him. Besides the 4 knights and Xue Fucius, there were 60-70 bodyguards, a lot of servants and cooks, even an animal controller of the third prince's mansion.
The servants and chefs were naturally responsible for cooking the freshest game, and the Beast Tamer was a must for such an occasion. When a prince went out, if he couldn't catch any game, it would be a disappointment. But if there was a Beast Tamer, then no matter what, he wouldn't let the prince return disappointed.
In remote subcontinents, such a team could almost sweep over a small country; however, in Taixia Country, it was just a hunting team of the third prince.
The hunting place was Dragon-Tiger Mountain in Jinghe Prefecture, which was over 700 miles away from Datang City. After Xuanyuan Wuji was conferred the title of Datang City, the entire area covering thousands of miles had been purchased by Xuanyuan Wuji. Additionally, Dragon-Tiger Villa was built on Dragon-Tiger Mountain, where Xuanyuan Wuji spent his summer and hunting in winter.
700 miles was a bit far for commoners; however, it would take them less than 1 hour by airboat. They would arrive there in about 40 minutes.
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"What's wrong, Miss Lan?"
On the airboat, Xuanyuan Wuji asked Lan Yunxi out of concern as he fixated onto her face.
Lan Yunxi seemed to be a bit depressed today with a gloomy look. Since she arrived at the third prince's mansion, she had been silent even after boarding the airboat. When so many important figures were sitting in the airboat, Lan Yunxi was watching the snowy landscape outside the airboat with blurred eyes as she tightly pursed her lips as if she was thinking about something. She didn't feel like talking at all.
Contrary to Lan Yunxi, Xuanyuan Wuji appeared to be very spirited today. In a heroic blue tight suit and a pair of hunting boots made of tiger hide, some guards brought him some quivers and a misty bow. On the way to Dragon-Tiger Mountain, Xuanyuan Wuji fiddled with his bow-and-arrow thumb ring as he talked with Xue Fucius on his side about borrowing grain seeds from the prince's mansion to the other cities in Jinghe Prefecture in spring. He looked like a great master who was doing good to the world.
After talking with Xue Fucius for a short while, Xuanyuan Wuji moved his eyes onto Lan Yunxi as he found that Lan Yunxi remained silent for quite a while.
"The taste of food in Datang City is a bit different than that in Youzhou Province. Miss has been living in Datang City for a couple of days; therefore, she's a bit fatigued!"
After finding that Lan Yunxi remained silent for 2 seconds, Elder Muyu explained on behalf of Lan Yunxi.
If Lan Yunxi looked depressed today, Elder Muyu looked gloomy too. Since he entered the third prince's mansion, he hadn't revealed a smile at all.
As for commoners, it was reasonable for them to be unaccustomed to the food here; however, it was just a decent excuse for knights like Lan Yunxi.
"According to the rule in the third prince's mansion, His Majesty could only open his mouth when he was talking to Miss Lan. Elder Muyu, you'd better not interrupt him!"
Jiang Feng, who had humiliated Elder Muyu in the prince's mansion that day, stared at Elder Muyu with a piercing look as he said with a fake smile.
Raising his eyebrows, Elder Muyu couldn't help but stand up …
"Elder Muyu's words are my words!" Lan Yunxi opened her mouth as she turned around and threw a sharp glance at Jiang Feng, "Although our Huaiyuan Palace is not royal households, we at least have the etiquette to treat our guests. At least, our guards and servants don't allow any guard or servant to interrupt when the host is talking with the guests. Is this the rule of the prince's mansion …"
"You …" Jiang Feng changed his face at once …
"Hahaha, as we're not in the third prince's mansion for hunting, we don't need to follow so many rules. From now on, we're a family. Let's get familiar with each other …" Xuanyuan Wuji said with a smile as he waved his hand. Closely after that, he watched Lan Yunxi with a smile, saying, "I thought you wouldn't speak for the whole day.
"Archery is an ancestral battle skill of Zhang Clan. Almost all the members of Zhang Clan in Taixia Country have inherited archery skills. Huaiyuan Palace was inherited from Lord Huaiyuan, who was famous for his archery skills. I've been learning archery since I was young. As I've used it a lot, I'm not interested in hunting. Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Lan Yunxi said calmly.
"Oh, really? I almost forgot about it!" Xuanyuan Wuji replied with a smile, "There's going to be a grand event in Yinhai, Gobi Desert, Taixia Country today. Pitifully, as a prince, I couldn't leave my prefecture easily. Otherwise, if I set off a few days ago, I could catch up with it today. Immortal Qianji also came from Huaiyuan Palace. However, it seems that Immortal Qianji is not good at archery; instead, his javelin is well-known across Taixia Country!"
Lan Yunxi replied with a glassy-eyed look, "Not every descendant of Lord Huaiyuan could inherit and awaken Lord Huaiyuan's talent and bloodline!"
"Indeed!" Xuanyuan Wuji nodded as he continued with a smile, "It's said that Gold and Power Law held a bet between Immortal Qianji and the three major sects in Yinhai, I wonder who do you bet on, Miss Lan?"
"Immortal Qianji has nothing to do with Huaiyuan Palace now. Huaiyuan Palace doesn't care about anything about him anymore!"
"Really? Miss Lan, I'm reassured!" Xuanyuan Wuji said with a smile as he turned around and watched Xue Fucius, "How many element crystals do I have?"
"10,000 earth-element crystals and water-element crystals respectively!" Xue Fucius, who was always silent, finally opened his mouth after hearing Xuanyuan Wuji's question.
At the sight of Xue Fucius, Lan Yunxi and Elder Muyu instinctively treated him as an advisor of Xuanyuan Wuji. Therefore, they didn't pay too much attention to him.
"The large-scale battle in Yinhai, Gobi Desert has not started yet!"
"It should not start yet. The large-scale battle will start at 5 pm!"
"Well, I will contact Gold and Power Law and bet my earth-element crystals and water-element crystals on Miss Lan's side!" Xuanyuan Wuji said with a smile until then.
However, after hearing Xuanyuan Wuji's words, Elder Muyu's heart pounded as he clenched his fists. Lan Yunxi turned around and watched the scenery outside the airboat silently. However, her beautiful side face and neck looked snow-white like an ice sculpture …
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After the small interlude, they didn't stay in the airboat for too long. The airboat had already arrived at Dragon-Tiger Villa.
After getting off the airboat, the villa had long prepared over 100 handsome rhino-dragon horses and over 20 hounds.
Xuanyuan Wuji's rhino-dragon horse was a stronger mutated breed. It was pitch-black all over, except for its four snow-white hooves. Among all the rhino-dragon horses, there was another snow-white rhino-dragon horse beside this one. It was Lan Yunxi's mount. The two rhino-dragon horses were outstanding among all the other horses. Additionally, they matched each other pretty well.
The moment the third prince and the others got off the airboat, they had mounted their rhino-dragon horses.
When they mounted the rhino-dragon horses, Lan Yunxi felt being gazed at by a bizarre eye light from her back. She turned around at once as she found that the eye light came from an animal controller in fox-fur coat.
Lan Yunxi became slightly stunned. She had seen that animal controller before boarding the airboat. He was a tough man at his 40s with slightly curly hair. He was a hybrid between Hua people and foreign people with a gloomy and unpleasant look.
When Lan Yunxi turned around, the animal controller had already avoided her eye light. At the same time, he spurted his rhino-dragon horse to the front while uttering a long whistle.
With the whistle, a snow-white huge eagle suddenly penetrated through the clouds and hovered above them. After hovering for a short while, it flew far away. Those hounds that had long been prepared in the villa also rushed onto the opposite hillside and pine woods while barking like arrows being released from the bowstrings. The animal controller followed those hounds, closely followed by over 100 cavalries on Xuanyuan Wuji's side.
The iron hooves of over 100 handsome rhino-dragon horses broke the tranquility of Dragon-Tiger Mountain in a split second as they rushed into the woods.
Only after a short while, some wild boars had been driven out of the woods by the fierce hounds.
Xuanyuan Wuji burst out into laughter. Riding on his rhino-dragon horse, he drew his bow and penetrated through a sturdy wild boar's head from over 300 m away …
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Half an hour later, the team of the third prince's mansion had gained more and more wild boars, wild boars and antelopes. Over 20 walking beasts had been killed by Xuanyuan Wuji's team.
Lan Yunxi only shot one arrow. As a result, a subordinate guard of Xuanyuan Wuji shot an arrow towards a doe who was looking for food with some young deers in the air.
After Lan Yunxi shot that arrow, Xuanyuan Wuji burst out into laughter as he didn't blame her. They then continued to hunt.
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"Your Majesty, there's a trace of a rare mutated iron-claw tiger in the woods ahead …"
After hunting a snow fox, the animal controller of the third prince's mansion came back and reported to Xuanyuan Wuji.
As one of the nine immortal provinces in Taixia Country, Jiangzhou Province had a large population and cities. Over the past hundreds of years, those ferocious wild beasts and demons had long been exterminated. On this occasion, mutated iron-claw tiger was a rare fierce beast and absolute king in the woods in Jiangzhou Province. Its battle strength could almost match that of a LV 9 fighter. After hunting here for so many years, Xuanyuan Wuji had not caught such a fierce beast. After hearing the animal controller's words, Xuanyuan Wuji became spirited at once as he waved his hand and rushed into the woods with his team.
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10 minutes later, Xuanyuan Wuji got off his horse on a hill. Squatting on the ground, he watched the brilliant bloodstains and the broken corpses of some hounds on the snow. Behind those corpses and bloodstains, some deep claw marks of fierce beasts were clearly visible in the snow, extending all the way into the woods. After coming here, over 100 rhinodrake steeds had become restless. They kept circling on the spot as they didn't want to be driven anymore.
Xuanyuan Wuji waved his hand while all the others got off their steeds, including Xue Fucius, and entered the woods on foot.
"Ahh, it's a rough road ahead. Xue Fucius, are you going there too?" Elder Muyu reminded Xue Fucius out of kindness when he found that he was going to move forward with the team.
"It's fine. Thanks for your concern, Elder Muyu. After staying in the third prince's mansion for a long time, it's good for me to take a walk outside. I could stand it!" Xue Fucius replied with a harmless smile as he let out a sigh and rubbed his hands. Closely after that, he caught up with Xuanyuan Wuji while panting heavily.
At the sight of this scene, Elder Muyu didn't say anything anymore.
After following the tracks left behind by the Iron Claw Tiger for 20 minutes, the group finally exited the forest and arrived near a stone hill. Here, the ground was littered with large and small pebbles. There was no snow on the pebbles, and the Iron Claw Tiger's tracks had also disappeared.
"Your Majesty, watch out …"
Xuanyuan Wuji was exploring the trace of the iron-claw tiger in front of them. However, the iron-claw tiger had already appeared on a cliff of the stony hill. With a roar, it charged at Xuanyuan Wuji from over 30 m high.
Xuanyuan Wuji responded as fast as a lightning bolt. The moment the iron-claw tiger charged down, Xuanyuan Wuji had already drawn his longbow. When the iron-claw tiger charged down, Xuanyuan Wuji had already drawn his longbow and shot an arrow into its eye.
The Iron-clawed Tiger fell to the ground. Just as everyone relaxed, Xue Fucius, who had been gasping for breath, suddenly changed his expression.
The falling iron-claw tiger broke into pieces in the air like a broken bag, turning into a bloody rain. Right then, a bloody figure broke out of the belly of the iron-claw tiger as fast as a lightning bolt. At the same time, he stabbed towards Xuanyuan Wuji's throat with a sharp spike with endless killing qi …
(To be continued.)
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