Lanhuadis 35

Since that day.

Ning Ren began to become smaller at night to conserve energy, and grow larger during the day to stake out the East Street tavern.

Bai Ya always came here to drink, asking the owner for more, and continued drinking until he passed out. He ignored the young boy who always sat across from him, lost in his own world.

Ning Ren would talk to him at first.

Later he gave up and watched Bai Ya drink quietly, one cup after another, one pot after another. Occasionally, he would see some suppressed pain and despair in Bai Ya's confused eyes.

Five days passed.

He was about to go home, but he still hadn't been able to talk to Bai Ya.

Ning Ren sat across from Bai Ya for the last time. "I'm going home now. I came to say goodbye to you."

"Maybe it's just like you said, we're not destined to be friends," Ning Ren said with a hint of regret, "but you will meet your friend."

Bai Ya had told him that he had a best friend in Lanhuadis. Although he didn't know who it was, he knew that anyone who could earn Bai Ya's approval must be exceptional.

When Ning Ren recognized Bai Ya, he admitted that he wanted to change his fate of death, but after coming to his senses, he thought again.

Who is he?

He is just an ordinary person without any spiritual power.

He is just an acquaintance of Bai Ya.

How can you be so arrogant as to change other people's future?

But after hesitating for a moment, he gently reminded her, "If you're just here to drink, just stay in East Street and don't leave. No one will beat you up."

Ning Ren left behind another piece of gold and left silently.

Bai Ya, who was drunk at the table, raised his head slightly, and the thin figure of the young man was vaguely reflected in his eyes. After just one glance, he hugged his wine jug again, and was so drunk that he didn't know what was happening in the world.

-

Ning Ren returned to Xierting's residence.

"Are you back?"

Xilting sat at the desk with his legs crossed, "Where did you go?"

Ning Ren: "I went to East Street to play. Where's Sixth Brother?"

Xilting: "I explained it to Carlos, but he didn't buy it. He told me to send you two home quickly. When Jamimi heard about it, he immediately ran away."

Ning Ren exclaimed, "Where is Sixth Brother?"

Xilting raised his chin and said, "On the bed."

Ning Ren was puzzled: "Falling asleep?"

Xilting: "He tried to run, so I knocked him out."

Ning Ren: “…”

He fell silent.

Xierting: "I've already talked to Xiaowu, and she doesn't mind. But I can't convince Carlos, that old-fashioned man. He said he wants to tutor Kamimi himself, and asked me to send you back as well."

"Then why did you knock Sixth Brother out?"

Xilting: "What's the big deal if he runs away from me? Won't Carlos say I'm incompetent?" He closed his diary and said comfortingly, "Carlos won't do anything to you, don't worry."

Ning Renxin said he knew.

But Sixth Brother’s escape attempt failed, and his fate would probably be even worse.

-

The next afternoon, Ning Ren and the unconscious Gamimi were packed up and sent to the castle.

While sleeping, Kamimi felt a chill.

He lay on the floor of the hall, and after trying hard to open his eyes, he saw his second brother's face looking down at him, his cold military boots, his blood-red eyes, and Ning Ren who didn't dare to say a word beside him.

Carmi: “.”

Close your eyes and fall into a peaceful sleep.

Oh, it’s really a scary nightmare.

Two seconds later, he rolled over and got up from the ground, spread his wings and flew out quickly, screaming: "Fourth brother, you are going to kill me--!!"

Carlos raised his hand and spread a large mental net, snorting coldly: "You instigated Xiao Qi to cheat with you, and you got caught. After being caught, you still wanted to escape?! Xiao Liu, you really have grown in ability!"

"Come back here!"

Boom!

The castle gate was scrapped for the Nth time.

Ning Ren tiptoed towards his room when Carlos grabbed his wrist. "And you, Xiao Qi."

Ning Ren turned around obediently: "Brother, good brother, good second brother, I was wrong, next time... No, I promise there won't be a next time. I'm so tired from the journey, I want to go to sleep."

Carlos's prepared chatter was stuck.

The wrist of the boy in his palm had protruding bones. He had raised him for so many years, but he hadn't gained much flesh. Carlos knew that he was just acting coquettishly, but he just fell for it.

Every time I see the red silk on the boy’s eyes, my heart can’t help but soften again and again.

Carlos sighed inwardly: "Just stay home during this time."

Ning Ren: "Received!"

Carlos let go of his hand, and Ning Ren quickly slipped into his room. Then he secretly listened to the sound of his sixth brother being scolded, and prayed silently, unable to bear it.

In fact, the second brother has a pretty good temper. He doesn't really get angry when he teases the fourth brother, but when he really gets angry, he can be quite scary.

Fourth brother probably realized that Second brother was really angry this time, so he packed them up and sent them over so quickly.

-

graduate School.

"Where did you find this?" Dorothea looked at the pale bone in her hand.

"We found it at our excavation area number one on the edge of the Wansen Woods. We didn't see anything special about it, but it seemed a bit odd, so we brought it here for you to see."

Dorothea used her mental power to take a small piece and crushed it into powder.

The powder emitted a shimmering light and trembled slightly.

This is the submission of the lower bloodline to the higher bloodline, even if it turns into ashes.

She frowned: "This is indeed the skeleton of our people."

The subordinate pondered, "The area around Wansen Forest was reduced to a battlefield twelve years ago, so it's not surprising to find bones of our tribesmen. But this doesn't look like it. Are you mistaken?"

The bones of their people are not pure pale white, but have light red lines on them.

Dorothea confirmed it again and said, "I'm not mistaken."

The subordinate said, "Maybe it's pollution from the crack in the sky..."

Dorothea: "When was Excavation Area 1 divided?"

"About three months ago. We just recently reached an agreement with the leaders of Wansen Forest."

The Forest of Ten Thousand Forests is a natural barrier on the west side of Lanhuadis. Going further west and crossing the natural barrier of the East and West Riftwind Valley, you will reach the Western Sea.

The Forest of Ten Thousand Sens is also a force independent of Lan Huadis. They and Lan Huadis are interdependent and respect each other.

The research direction of their institute is very mixed, mainly depending on Dorothea's interests.

Over the years, for Xiaoqi's growth, Wen Duolin has always kept her eyes on the two pieces of divine blood in the Western Sea, and they are also looking for them.

Dorothea was inspired and began to study whether the evil spirit in the sky crack could be eliminated through certain means.

By digging up the bones of the tribesmen that were contaminated twelve years ago around the Wansen Forest and conducting research, she would be able to collect the materials she wanted.

However, the contaminated bones may still contain residual radiation, and their work has already damaged the interests of Wansenlin.

In this situation, even though Dorothea was a princess, she still had to go through the corresponding cooperation process, and it took her a long time to negotiate.

I didn’t expect to find such strange bones during the first excavation.

"There are no signs of contamination, the blood-colored lines on the bones have completely disappeared, and they are fragile..." Dorothea pinched the bone powder, but couldn't figure it out.

Their people have strong physical fitness. Even after death, their bodies are not easy to decay, let alone hard things like bones.

The principle of the corpse-dissolving water she researched was forced destruction, but this completely whitened skeleton gave her the feeling of... an empty shell that had been drained of all nutrients.

strangeness.

Dorothea: "Go look around and see if there's anything else. Also, get me a sample of the soil from Excavation Area 1."

"good."

"Wait a moment."

Dorothea took off her gloves. "I'll go there myself."

-

Castle.

Jamimi huddled in a chair with her bowl in hand, shoveling rice into her mouth in small bites, looking pitiful as if she had been abused.

"For the next three months, you don't have to go to school. Just stay with me. I will observe you anytime, anywhere."

Carlos set the table for Ning Ren and said calmly, "Only by performing the correct hand seals can you avoid being beaten."

Jia Mimi sighed, "Brother, you are all here at home. I really don't want to work hard. Xiao Qi and I, wouldn't it be good for us to be a pair of lazy brothers? You can just treat us as your adopted sons."

Ning Ren choked.

You are so bold, Sixth Brother.

Carlos: "If your father heard what you said, he would be so angry that he would burst out of the sky."

After quietly finishing half of his meal, he continued.

"Xiao Liu, Lan Huadis is no longer as peaceful as it was before. Twelve years have passed since my father's death, and the next king of Lan Huadis has yet to appear."

"Generally speaking, the next king will appear at most three years after the previous king's death, but this time..." Carlos sighed, "Rumors are spreading in the civilian area. They say that the reign of the Lanhuadis bloodline has ended. Some say that the curse of our clan has come again. Some even say that the crack in the sky is an auspicious sign and that my father should not have sealed it, so our clan will no longer have a king."

"You're isolated from the news at school, so you don't realize that the rumors have reached the point where we need to send troops to suppress them."

Carmi: “Isn’t this nonsense?!”

"Who spread these rumors, and what's their intention? Find him and kill him!"

Jia Mimi angrily said, "Forget the rumors above, but—what kind of bullshit auspicious sign is this?! How many of our people died because of the crack in the sky? If it weren't for my father, the queen, and the fallen warriors, would they still be alive today? What the hell! How could anyone believe such an outrageous rumor?"

No wonder, no wonder Fourth Brother has been so elusive recently, he’s probably busy with this matter too.

Carlos: "Most of the lower classes have no channels for upward mobility and are easily misled."

The inherent blood suppression of Lanhuadis makes the ruling system here very distorted. They are a cursed race. They do not believe in gods, and the king is the only faith of this country.

He put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked up. "Even if you want to be happy and at ease, but, Carmi, you are still the Seven-Striped Prince, the Prince of Lanhuadis. You can't play around forever. Tomorrow, I'll take you to the riot area."

Jia Mimi was dejected: "Yes, I understand, second brother."

None of them noticed the younger brother who was eating quietly.

The boy's eating movements became slower and slower, and even through the blindfold, one could tell that he was distracted.

Carlos: "Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi? What's wrong with you?"

Ning Ren came back to his senses and lowered his head: "No, nothing."

He whispered, "Second brother, take me to the riot zone tomorrow."