Chapter 173 Love at the Lakeside

Liu Jianan didn't know why Xiao Duan was joining in the excitement. This wasn't a game where participation was important. If you weren't careful, you'd be burned by the fire like the lion beastman just now.

But it was too late to stop him now. Xiao Duan was very fast and climbed onto the platform in a blink of an eye.

The assistant asked him curiously, "The lion beastman just failed in the challenge, and no one dared to challenge him. Why did you stand up?"

Duan Haiping said as a matter of course, "He's too weak. I'm stronger than him."

There were all kinds of noises from the audience, some cheering and some sarcasm.

Liu Jianan took a look and most of them thought that Xiao Duan was too arrogant and that he would soon be slapped in the face by reality.

He curled his lips. He trusted Duan's strength. He could easily cross the fire ring.

Who knows who will be slapped in the face by then, haha.

The assistant was also surprised by Duan Haiping's sharp comments, but this was just what he wanted. Controversy brings gimmicks, and gimmicks bring popularity.

He certainly hopes that their show will be loved by everyone.

"It seems that this contestant has made full preparations," the assistant said without hesitation, "I hope that the next contestant can show us the style of a strong man."

After saying that, he controlled the fire ring to rotate.

Duan Haiping carefully observed the fire ring. This kind of fire ring is no different from the fire ring of the acrobatic troupe. They are all made of steel wire wrapped with cloth strips, and the cloth strips are soaked in oil to help combustion.

The assistant's control magic is not very advanced, and it is far worse than his ability to control metal.

Duan Haiping effortlessly snatched the control of the fire ring from his assistant.

He then manipulated the fire ring to drill through his body to the ground, and then he stepped out of the fire ring.

The whole process was extremely simple.

This caused the audience to talk about it, thinking that the assistant was giving Duan Haiping a break, and asked him to do it again.

How could the assistant dare to listen to the audience's instructions?

When he saw that the other party easily snatched the control of the fire ring, he knew that he couldn't afford to offend this person.

"Congratulations on your successful challenge!" The assistant hurriedly stuffed ninety-nine Cedarsine flowers into Duan Haiping's arms, "Please welcome the next challenger!"

Duan Haiping came to Liu Jianan with a large bouquet of flowers amid the audience's questioning boos.

An audience member recognized Liu Jianan: "Your Highness Prince An!"

Liu Jianan quickly covered his face, not caring that Xiao Duan was still holding the flowers, and pulled him into the crowd.

He couldn't afford to lose face!

Duan Haiping ran after him with a smile, whispering to him in a slightly panting voice: "You can use your perception ability to reduce other people's perception of you."

Yes.

There must be too many changes tonight, which made his mind chaotic.

He quickly lowered other people's perception of him: "You are still laughing at me, isn't it all your fault?"

"How have I harmed you?" Duan Haiping shook the flowers in his hand, "I bought so many Sedasiene flowers for you."

Liu Jianan said unhappily: "What do I need flowers for?"

Duan Haiping coaxed: "You don't like flowers, but some people do! This Sedasiene flower is very precious, and it is also the flower that symbolizes love for the orcs. Its market is also very broad. We can sell it to those in need."

Liu Jianan was stunned: "You want to sell flowers?"

Duan Haiping nodded: "Or you? Do you think I want to give you flowers?"

It turned out not to be.

Liu Jianan shook his head awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Then you'd better hurry up and find a good place to set up your stall. If you're late, there won't be any place to set up your stall."

"That's not necessary. I'll take you to a place. Follow me."

Duan Haiping said, pulling Liu Jianan and walking to the place he mentioned.

After crossing a small bridge, they came to a lake.

Liu Jianan noticed that most of the people coming and going here were men and women, and their behavior was quite intimate. He couldn't help but wonder, "What is this place?"

"Do you know what customs there are in the Ten Thousand Beasts Festival?" Duan Haiping didn't rush to answer, but just asked back.

Liu Jianan shook his head. How could he know what customs there were?

Duan Haiping had done his homework. With the help of Xu Zhaoxin and Yang Shu, he knew everything about the Ten Thousand Beasts Festival.

Including the challenge of jumping over the fire ring on the platform in the square.

If he hadn't known that the prize for the challenge was the Sedasiene flower, he wouldn't have taken Liu Jianan there to watch the performance.

"This is the Love Lake, and what we just crossed was the Love Bridge," Duan Haiping said calmly, "The Ten Thousand Beasts Festival is the most important festival for the beastmen. On the night of this day, the beastmen will send the Sedasiene flower, which symbolizes love, to their loved ones."

But the Sedasiene flower is precious and rare, and not all beastmen can afford it.

Liu Jianan suddenly realized: "Are you going to sell Sedasiene flowers here?"

Duan Haiping calculated the time and it should be in time.

Moreover, he had two helpers, Xu Zhaoxin and Yang Shu, who were already waiting here.

So he said to Liu Jianan, "Wait for me here for a while, I'll go sell all the flowers and come back."

Liu Jianan didn't doubt him: "Do you need help?"

Duan Haiping shook his head: "Just enjoy the beautiful scenery, I'll be back soon."

Liu Jianan waited for a while. Although the programs such as lighting lanterns in the lake and drawing fortunes under the osmanthus tree were quite interesting, they were inevitably boring after watching for a long time.

He simply got up and looked for Xiao Duan to see if there was anything he could help with.

After a circle, he finally found Xiao Duan under a love tree. He

was about to go over, but found that Yang Shu and Xu Zhaoxin were also there.

Is it a coincidence?

Or is there some kind of relationship between them that he doesn't know about?