Chapter 311 Missed Opportunity

Once Mu Ling left, he didn't dare look back at all, fearing that he would be caught up by Hai Zu and the old patriarch of the Holy Deer Clan.

He walked in the opposite direction, and when he reached a certain point, he paused in mid-air for a few moments in surprise, glanced at the line of people on the road, and then disappeared again.

In the group, an elderly orc looked up at the sky where he had disappeared.

Mu Ling's appearance was noticed by many of the beastmen in the group.

Most orcs assumed it was just a powerful being from the Giantwood Forest passing by.

They could still sense the fluctuations of the fourth major order.

But a few orcs looked up at the sky with strange expressions.

"That orc looks so familiar."

"She looks... a bit like Mu Ling..."

"Jiang Xi is in the royal court, so his appearance here doesn't seem so surprising..."

"The Giant Tree King has actually remarried her, it's unbelievable..."

The news of the marriage contract with the Giant Tree King spread throughout the entire Giant Tree Forest, and the team from the Holy City naturally learned of it as well.

When they heard the name of the favored female, everyone was extremely surprised.

Jiang Xi's restoration of her spiritual power was already astonishing enough, but to actually remarry the Giant Wood King was simply unbelievable.

Upon receiving this news, the orcs of the Tree God tribe changed their initial enthusiasm and said they could not provide assistance to them in the Giantwood Forest and the Cursed Lands.

Along the way, every tribe, big or small, fawned over them, eager to tie their entire tribe to them and beg the Holy Mother and her messengers to take away the unmarried orcs from their tribes.

Therefore, seeing the indifference of the Tree God Tribe, they did not linger and left immediately.

There was still half a day left before they reached the royal court. A guard stepped forward and asked a question beside a carriage drawn by white horses.

"Holy Lady, we will arrive at the royal court in half a day. You should send someone to inform the Giant Tree Royal Court first."

The carriage curtains hung low, fluttering in the wind, revealing glimpses of the magnificent robes.

A moment later, the person inside spoke coldly.

"No need."

"It's been a long time since we've seen each other, let's give him a surprise."

Immediately afterwards, several ingratiating female voices echoed in agreement.

"I heard that Jiang Xi has restored her outward spiritual power and is now in the royal court. I want to see what kind of method this ugly woman used to force Camus to remarry her."

"Camille finally managed to break off his marriage contract, only to step into Jiang Xi's fire pit."

"I really don't know what Camus was thinking, that he would rather marry that ugly freak Jiang Xi than marry the Holy Female."

As soon as he said that, the atmosphere inside the car suddenly turned cold.

The woman's voice, which had started earlier, rang out again, tinged with displeasure.

"You mean, this holy woman is not as good as that ugly monster Jiang Xi?"

Another female voice sounded in alarm.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, that's not what I meant..."

Just as Jiang Xi left the royal court, and dark clouds gathered and heavy rain poured down over it, Riley braved the rain and ran into the Big Tree Inn.

He patted the water droplets off his clothes, took the dry towel handed to him by the orc in the shop, and while drying his hair, looked up at the clouds and rain in the sky.

He asked, "What happened? Why are Haizu and the old patriarch of the Holy Deer Clan fighting?"

The orc in the shop was stunned for a moment.

"ah?"

"Hai Zu and the old patriarch of the Holy Deer Clan are fighting?"

Seeing that he knew nothing, Riley didn't press him further. Instead, she dried her wet hair and asked about other things.

"Has anything major happened at the royal court recently? Apart from the matter of the marriage contract between the female envoy and the king?"

Upon hearing this, the orc's eyes lit up with excitement, selectively ignoring Riley's comment, "except for..."

"The female attendant and the king haven't even entered into a marriage contract! I heard it's because the king hasn't recovered from the backlash of breaking off his marriage contract with his previous female master, so he can't enter into a marriage contract with a new female!"

"The empress's face was so cold that day! She didn't even want to talk to the king!"

"Although the king possesses the Giant Tree Forest, he has already married a queen..."

The orc kept talking, and Riley didn't interrupt him.

He heard about the marriage contract while he was on his way, but he didn't know that it hadn't actually been completed.

The backlash from the previous female benefactor...

Others may not know, but Riley does: the King's previous queen was Jiang Xi.

Therefore, the marriage contract cannot be valid due to the backlash.

Something must have happened along the way.

Could it be that the female envoy was tricked into going to the Qi Palace... and that's why she refused so firmly?

Riley thought for a moment and then interrupted the orc's endless chatter.

"Help me get ready, I'll be going to the royal court in a bit."

The truth will become clear once you enter the royal court and meet the female envoy.

The orc scratched his head upon hearing this.

"Riley, recently the royal court has stopped allowing outsiders to visit the female envoy. I heard that even those guys from the giant rabbit tribe were refused entry. Fruits and vegetables are being transported in by the royal court's beast guards."

Riley paused in the act of drying his hair, his long eyes narrowing slightly as if deep in thought.

He muttered to himself, "Am I restricted from traveling...?"

It seems that a lot has indeed happened in the royal court.

Thinking about it, he looked up at the dark clouds and torrential rain pressing down on the sky.

That's incredible.

Riley took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and sat under the tree to eat a hearty breakfast.

As he ate, he felt it was getting a little too quiet.

It's understandable that there are no customers in the shop on a rainy day, but this quietness seems a bit off.

As he thought about it, he suddenly realized.

"Where's Dobin? At the old shop?"

He asked the orcs in the shop.

The orc blinked, even more stunned.

"Didn't Dobin bring Manan and the others back to the tribe to find you?"

As he spoke, the orc winked at him and started gossiping.

"I heard that the Holy City's Holy Maiden is visiting the Tree God Tribe, and the tribe wants to marry you to her."

"So? What's the difference between a holy female and a female? Isn't she beautiful?"

The orc's eyes lit up; he was incredibly curious.

The other orcs cleaning up around the tree roots also gathered around, asking questions out of curiosity.

"Riley, is the Holy Mother really able to communicate with the Mother Tree like in the legends? The Holy Mother's manifested spiritual power must be incredibly strong! Could she perform external grooming on orcs without the aid of the guiding stone?"

"What a pity, the guiding stone is only available in the Holy City and Holy Temple. Otherwise, I really wanted to experience what it felt like to have my sea of ​​supernatural abilities being manipulated by the Holy Mother and the Holy Favored Female~~"

As they talked, the orcs swayed and began to discuss among themselves, completely forgetting the important matter they had been discussing with Riley.

After all, the beastmen in the Giant Tree Forest all dream of marrying a high-ranking female envoy and thus reaching the pinnacle of their beastly lives.

Riley's brain only received the message that Dobin and Manan had returned to the tribe to find him; it did not receive any further information.

Of course, this information was enough for him.

Although he didn't understand why they were running back to the tribe at this time, he also felt that it wasn't impossible if it was those kids like Dobin and Manan.

"Let's think of a way to get into the royal court."