The prince said, "That dragon was quite frightening when it came out. I heard it especially likes to eat fat people, so of course I had to run away. But somehow, I encountered all sorts of ferocious beasts along the way. Linglong, I never want to leave you again. They all lied to me. Only by your side is it truly safe."
Everyone looked at him strangely; this crown prince was truly hopeless.
At this point, Gao Ying couldn't stand it anymore and coughed as he came out to explain, "When we saw you trapped by the Azure Moon Dragon, we couldn't come in to help, so we thought we should hurry back and ask for reinforcements."
Everyone present was an elite member of their respective families, so they naturally understood their plan. Saying they were going to fetch reinforcements was just a polite way of putting it.
However, they also understood this approach; if it were them, they would most likely have protected the crown prince and helped him leave as well.
"By the way, what about that Azure Moon Dragon...?" Pei You asked curiously, then his gaze fell on the enormous dragon corpse not far away, and he froze.
Zhao Xi laughed heartily: "You didn't see Lord Zu's heroic figure fighting the Heavenly Azure Moon Dragon all by himself, and then he jumped into the deep pool to kill it."
Meng Pan immediately added, "We also owe a great deal to the Crown Princess's help; otherwise, it would have been quite difficult for Lord Zu to kill a ninth-grade ferocious beast on his own."
Zhao Xi's breath hitched, and she cursed him inwardly as a sycophant. At the same time, she secretly regretted that she hadn't thought of this. She mustn't have offended the Crown Princess.
Led by Liu Xian, the crowd around him began to describe the battle that had just taken place. Although everyone was injured and their faces were covered in blood, they were all very excited.
"Killed a ninth-grade ferocious beast?" Gao Ying and Pei You stared at Zu An in shock. They knew that the Crown Princess's cultivation was not as high as theirs, but they were just easy prey in front of a ninth-grade ferocious beast. So it was probably Zu An who single-handedly dealt with the Liangtian Biyue Jiao.
What does that even mean?!
From now on, the capital will have one more unparalleled genius. No one will think that his previous achievements were just luck anymore. At that time, all the major families will definitely extend olive branches to him.
"Hmm, I heard that the Chu family has severed ties with him. I should go back and ask my uncle to find a suitable young lady in the family to propose marriage to him," Gao Ying thought. However, he soon became troubled again. The two most beautiful women in the Liu family had already been selected to enter the palace, and the others seemed to be a bit too young.
Pei You was also pondering: "Which of the Pei family's daughters has reached marriageable age? Hmm, he seemed to have asked me about Xiaoman before. Xiaoman is no less beautiful or talented than Chu Chuyan, so she's quite suitable. But I seem to have heard that my uncle has arranged a marriage for her? I'll go back and ask about the situation."
Liu Xian, on the other hand, was thinking that after returning to the capital, he would ask Zu An to visit Tianxianju and introduce him to a few courtesans. Although their looks might not be as good as Miss Chu's, when it came to being understanding and attentive to men, these noble ladies couldn't even come close.
As the saying goes, the three iron bonds in life are: studying together, fighting together, and... hahaha, I'm simply a genius.
While the others were thinking about how to win him over, Zu'an was checking the injuries on Pu Duandiao and Jiao Sigun. As the prince's personal guards, the two had suffered quite a few bruises, but fortunately none of them were fatal.
However, many other guards were not so lucky. He glanced around and saw that there were nearly twenty guards left by the Crown Prince's side, but now there were less than ten left. He figured that most of the others had probably died in the mouths of those ferocious beasts.
He took out the medicine Chu Youzhao had prepared for him and applied it to the wounds of the two of them, then asked, "Since you left, why did you come back?"
Park Duan Diao smiled bitterly, "I don't know why, but it feels so unlucky. We were careful enough when we left, after all, we had the experience of running into a beast's lair before. But for some reason, we deliberately avoided it this time and still ran into it again."
"It's really weird. These ferocious beasts in the mountains seem abnormal. Not only are they generally stronger than the intelligence reports, but they are also not in their own territories and are wandering around everywhere," Jiao Sigun said. "We were chased to the point of having nowhere to go, so we had no choice but to run this way, thinking that we could use the pressure of the Azure Moon Dragon to intimidate those pale giant wolves."
Park Duan-diao explained, "Brother Zu, we just wanted to come and help, but..."
He glanced furtively in the direction where the Crown Prince and the others were, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
Zuan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't take it to heart. I know your difficulties. You have no choice in the matter."
The two brothers were then overjoyed: "Brother Zu, you are really amazing! You can even kill a ninth-rank ferocious beast."
Zuan smiled slightly: "It was just good luck, and it was also thanks to the bloody battles fought by the disciples of various families that I was able to share the pressure."
The young men from the surrounding noble families felt a warmth in their hearts upon hearing this, and their eyes were filled with gratitude as they looked at Zu An. "Lord Zu is handsome and speaks so well. We really like him."
Zuan told them to rest well, then came to Bi Linglong's side: "How did the inventory go?"
Upon seeing him, Bi Linglong's expression became somewhat unnatural. However, in front of so many people, she couldn't show anything and hurriedly replied, "We just had a fierce battle with the Liangtian Biyue Jiao. Everyone suffered heavy losses. One-third of the people died on the spot, one-third were seriously injured, and the rest had some injuries of varying degrees."
Meng Pan said nonchalantly, "Your Highness, you don't need to worry. Everyone who came out to participate in this mission represents the glory of their respective families. Everyone is determined to die on the battlefield. Besides, no matter what, we finally passed the great test and even achieved a ninth-rank. Prince Qi will definitely have nothing to say about that."
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