Lanhuadis 02

Ning Ren gnawed for most of the day until his cheeks became numb, and only then did he feel a slight sense of fullness.

The feeling of fullness awakens reason.

He asked in his mind, "Boss, is there any water around?" He was all sticky, and mud had splashed on him when he fell to the ground just now.

System: “Yes!”

Just take two steps forward!

It commanded carefully and precisely, and Ning Ren moved forward step by step. Finally, his toes touched the surface of the pool. Then the cub screamed and suddenly retracted his feet.

The cub squatted down, pinching its toes pitifully and breathing heavily.

Although it was just a meaningless cub's wail, the meaning of this action was very clear -

The water is too cold.

Leaders: ???

Is water still cold at around 20 degrees?

The Monkey King's spiritual power belongs to the fire element. Under the watchful eyes of the other leaders, it quietly heated the water in front of the cub.

So when the cub was mentally prepared to stretch out its toes to test the water again, it screamed again, and this time it blew air on its toes.

The water is too hot.

Monkey King: ???

It controls the temperature just right, okay? Don't look at it like that!

Ning Ren was terrified: "Tong... How come the temperature of this water changed so quickly!"

system:"……"

It didn't comment on the monkey king's good intentions but treachery, and patiently coaxed him, "It's okay, little one. This water is magical! Try it again!"

The Monkey King turned the temperature down, and down again.

When Ning Ren tried the water for the third time, he finally stopped howling. He stood by the pool and carefully washed his hands, face and body. Then he lay on a larger pebble on the shore to dry himself.

Hmm... I need to find some leaves and make myself a piece of clothing later.

Fortunately, he and Tongtong are the only ones here, otherwise it would be really embarrassing!

When making clothes, you also need to make a hole at the back of the clothes to expose the tail.

The cub turned over comfortably and reached out to touch his tail out of habit. The next second, the smile on his face froze.

Ning Ren: “???”

He searched behind his butt in disbelief, but he still couldn't feel the familiar cool and smooth touch.

Ning Ren sat up with a somersault, dazed.

!!! His tail is gone!

The Monkey King was puzzled and signaled to his old friend Rhino with his eyes: "What's the matter? Are you crying again?"

The rhino leader held his breath and said naively, "Are you constipated? You want to go to the toilet but can't?" His words sounded like thunder, and Ning Ren jumped and fell into the water.

The water had become cold without the Monkey King's heating, and he was shivering with cold. He crawled up the shore, found a branch that had been blown down by the wind, and hid under the leaves.

Those lifeless golden eyes widened in horror.

He hugged his legs and curled up into a small ball, with his leg-length black hair wrapped around his body, making him look a bit like a moldy black mushroom.

The surroundings here seemed different from what everyone had described. Was this a forest? Were there other dangerous monsters? His tail was gone, and his body had changed. How could he find his father, and how could his father recognize him?

Ning Ren couldn't even tell whether it was day or night.

His world was dark, and in this darkness, he curled up in a corner, becoming sensitive and timid, like a little snail that curls up when stimulated.

The system felt a pang of sadness: "Azi, your previous body has disappeared. This is a new body, so it has no tail... It doesn't matter, Asulin will recognize you."

"Don't be afraid, that was just the sound of thunder. You are safe around here."

With the system's comfort, Ning Ren finally calmed down. The panic on his face gradually faded away, and he said stubbornly, "Aren is not that timid. If he could see me, he would definitely not be afraid!"

system:"……"

No, kid, now you see people all around staring at you, you are even more scared.

It kept silent, looked at the frightened cub, slowly lifted the cover of leaves, and crawled out.

The most urgent thing was to prepare food and clothes, and head north under the guidance of Tung Tung. His home, his father, and the city of chaos were all in the north.

He first picked up two clean leaves on the ground - Ning Ren didn't know that his body was very small now, but he was just confused as to why the leaves were so big.

Then he tried hard to twist a rope, string the two leaves together and tie it around his waist, but the rope would not budge. He could only bite a hole in the middle of a leaf with his mouth and crawl into the hole, which just happened to be stuck on his waist, covering his private parts from the front and back.

After the deed was done, the cub let out a soft sigh from its underdeveloped throat to express its joy.

The system was amused.

Ning Ren followed the system's instructions and moved towards the eggshell.

He couldn't walk fast because there were many obstacles on the ground that he couldn't see. Even if the system told him to, he still had to try it step by step.

He spent another half hour to find the eggshell, rubbed it with his palm, and thought that this eggshell should be enough for him to eat for a long time.

In addition to this piece of eggshell, he still had almost a whole eggshell left.

But he couldn't take them all away.

Ning Ren planned to take this piece with him. If he was still hungry after eating it, he would find other food to fill his stomach on the way.

He gnawed on the eggshell for a while again and felt sleepy. He was so sleepy that Ning Ren dropped his head and fell asleep.

When he fell asleep, the leaders around him who had been as quiet as chickens finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the rhino made a sound and scared the cubs, none of them dared to say a word and they breathed very carefully.

The queen of the butterfly clan picked a large, flat flower, gently grabbed the cub and the eggshell he was holding tightly with her slender claws, moved him from the ground to the middle of the flower, and covered him with two layers of petals.

Only after seeing that they did not wake up the cubs did they relax collectively.

But then again, apart from its appearance which is the same as that of a Lanhuadis human, the rest of this cub's performance is very different from that of a normal Lanhuadis cub.

Could it be that the blindness and weakness are caused by a lack of energy in the eggs?

"I don't know why he ended up here. The Lanhuadis are very protective of their cubs."

"Protecting cubs is for outsiders. They believe that cubs of their own tribe can only be bullied by themselves... Lanhuadis has not had a crown prince for a long time, and the current situation is very unclear. If this cub is a victim of internal strife in the royal court, it makes sense."

The lion king sighed and changed the subject: "It seems that the cub was frozen in the water just now and was frightened. Will it get sick?"

As soon as it finished speaking, it was slapped on the head, "Don't be such a pessimist!"

Lion King: “…”

"Should we move him to someplace safer, like our nest?"

"Although this cub was just born, it seems to have its own ideas," the Butterfly Queen disagreed. "He knows how to be shy, make clothes, keep himself clean, and wash his face. He's obviously weaker than other cubs of his species, but he seems to be extremely intelligent..."

He's a very conflicted cub.

Rhino fell into thought: "Maybe the egg cult is more successful."

The Butterfly Queen was speechless for a moment.

"So it's better not to mess with him. We'll take turns guarding here. The news has spread. It will only take a few days for the Lanhuadis Royal Court to send people over."

"good."

The Lion King looked at the sky worriedly: "I hope it doesn't rain."

This cub is so small that it is very dangerous for him to get wet in the rain.

-

Lanhuadis domain.

Royal Court.

There is only a huge black castle standing alone here.

Surrounded by sharp black trees, dark bird shadows flew away silently.

According to legend, the Lanhuadis are God's cursed children because their habits are similar to those of the lowly vampire bats, but they are also somewhat different from vampire bats.

The Lanhuadis people are born with wings and strong bodies, but while God has given them abnormally strong physical qualities, he has also taken away their ability to appear in the sun.

They cannot stay in the sun for a long time, otherwise their skin may even burn in the sun. The lower their strength, the greater the damage.

Darkness and blood red are worshipped here. Apart from the insurmountable bloodline level, powerful strength and overwhelming power are the only ones who have the final say here.

The cold moon hung high in the sky, and a luxurious and low-key carriage slowly stopped on the wide road outside the castle.

A handsome and indifferent young man came down from inside, with short black hair and blood-red eyes.

He wore a low-key and elegant suit on his shoulders, with a blood-red brooch on the suit and a golden chain thimble on the bow tie, which swayed slightly with his movements.

A thick carpet was laid in front of the castle gate, and servants on both sides bowed in unison: "Your Highness Prince Carlos, welcome home!"

Every detail is extremely regular.

At the front was a handsome old butler with neatly combed hair, flashing a typical smile. "You have returned home. Her Highness Dorothea said she couldn't find out anything from the interrogation, so she left it to you. The person has been moved to the dark room in your room, awaiting your interrogation."

Carlos hummed coldly.

He walked straight into the castle without stopping. It was still all dark here, with only a few oil paintings and a few scattered white candles hanging on the walls.

Carlos walked up to his room on the third floor and pulled off his coat before entering.

The old butler Niemanson took it consciously. After Carlos went in, he quietly closed the door and asked the servants to guard outside.

-

After Carlos entered the room, he pressed the mechanism on the desk and a dark hole appeared on the ground.

His vision was not affected at all, and he walked down the stairs step by step.

A faint smell of blood lingered in the air.

In the dark cell, a man with light red wings was hung with chains. There was no good flesh on his body. It was unknown what kind of cruel punishment had been used to torture the Lanhuadis people, who were known for their strong physical fitness, into this state.

Carlos frowned slightly, and put his index finger slightly against the tip of his nose.

Why is Dorothea still like this... not gentle at all.

The guards on both sides of the prison saw him coming, saluted, opened the cell, and splashed water to wake up the unconscious prisoner.

The man shuddered and sneered before opening his eyes, "Your methods are just--" He raised his eyes and saw a pair of neat leather shoes, and his voice suddenly stopped.

Then, he couldn't stop shaking all over, slowly raised his head, and exclaimed: "Carlos! You're back!"

Carlos spoke slowly, "Three days ago, the Guhuo bird broke into the royal court and stole an egg. After being captured, the Guhuo bird immediately committed suicide and turned into an egg, but the egg she stole disappeared without a trace."

"You were the captain of the guards guarding the royal court that day. On the day the egg was stolen, you were absent from duty for ten minutes without cause, and you were one minute and thirty-one seconds late in handing over your duties."

"You are from the branch clan. This incident was done by someone from the branch clan, right?"

Without waiting for the man in front of him to speak, Carlos took out a tiny insect and placed it on his wound in front of the horrified man.

The insect crawled in in the blink of an eye, growing larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the sound of chewing was clearly audible.

"ah!!!!"

All the screams were drowned out in this dark cell with excellent soundproofing.

Carlos: "Tell me, where did you steal Xiaoqi?"

-

The moon is at its zenith.

Carlos just came out of his room.

The person from that branch confessed, but his mood did not ease at all.

According to him, the Guhuo bird agreed to help them steal the eggs, but after the eggs were stolen, the Guhuo bird did not deliver the eggs to the agreed location as promised, but ran away with the eggs.

The Guhuo bird committed suicide decisively. No matter how powerful his methods were, he could not make a bird egg speak.

So the clues to Xiaoqi's whereabouts were completely cut off.

Butler Niemansen brought over a plate of steaming snacks and a cup of piping hot crimson lava, saying comfortingly, "The Seventh Prince has been in the egg for six years without a single movement. It's unlikely that he would have hatched in the last three days."

Carlos shook his head. "Father once said that Little Seven is very likely to have eight lines. If he hatches, he will definitely spread his wings. We will all be able to sense it then."

The Lanhuadis are a race that prioritizes bloodline rule. The rank of the royal bloodline is determined by the number of golden royal patterns on their wings.

The more golden patterns there are, the stronger the bloodline level is.

If a seven-line cultivator has passed the cub stage, even if his strength is only at the Star Realm, he is enough to suppress a one-line Yang Realm warrior.

This inescapable bloodline shackle provided Lan Huadis with an equally special ruling system—

The Nine-Pattern King is born as the Crown Prince.

When Xiaoqi was born, it was exactly the eve of the sealing of the Heavenly Crack six years ago, so the patterns on the egg were disordered and it was impossible to tell how many patterns there were.

Perhaps it was because of the pollution in the sky crack that Xiaoqi had been staying in the eggshell.

The king and mother had sacrificed their lives to seal the crack in the sky. The Lanhua Emperor had not had a crown prince with nine patterns for a long time. The group was leaderless, and the branches gradually developed ambitions.

The father said that Xiaoqi might be the one with eight patterns, which made the branch clan feel very wary.

Now we know that Xiaoqi has not fallen into the hands of the branch, so as long as the eggshell is not broken, Xiaoqi is safe.

In fact, it doesn’t matter if they break out of the shell. After their cubs are born and eat the eggshells, their physical fitness is already very strong and enough to deal with general dangers.

This is also the reason why although Lanhuadis attaches great importance to its cubs, most of the time they are left to roam free after birth.

They do not require careful care and are designed to grow wildly.

This is why he was anxious but not panicked.

Carlos didn't even consider the possibility that Xiao Qi had hatched but hadn't spread his wings, which was why they couldn't sense it.

"Eldest sister probably doesn't know about Xiaoqi's disappearance yet."

Niemansen: "I don't know, but His Highness should be back soon."

"The branch clans are becoming more and more daring."

"I will teach them a lesson," Carlos took a sip of the lava, and then fell silent: "...We must find Xiaoqi before the eldest sister comes back." Otherwise, none of them who are closest to the royal court will survive.

-

A forest of thousands of trees.

Ning Ren slept soundly for a long time and heard the rumbling sound of thunder.

He was startled when he was woken up by the system. He dragged the eggshell with difficulty to move under the big mushroom. A pool of rainwater accumulated on the tree fell and hit the cub's back. The cub fell to the ground with a plop, and his back turned red instantly.

system:"……"

Ning Ren quickly got up and finally hid under a big mushroom.

He thought it would be cold and wet, but his feet stepped on soft and dry cotton, and there was no wind at all.

It seemed like there wasn't even any wind!

Ning Ren shrank into a dry place, feeling extremely safe and comfortable. He covered himself with the eggshell and continued to sleep.

Above this giant mushroom, the Rhino Chief silently held up a mental barrier, covering the entire ground here—

It didn't know why, the cub couldn't see, and it knew there were mushrooms here to shelter from the rain, but when the cub ran over here, it still stuffed a thick cotton ball under the mushroom.

It's an old rhino, but it's very careful.

Won't make this cub sick.

As soon as the thought came to mind, it heard a small sneezing sound coming from under the mushroom.

Rhino Chief: “…”