395 The Flames of War Shall Burn (1/2)
This was how one’s reputation and influence worked its magic. Yutang’s citizens had only thought that the Nine Supremes Lords were amazing and omnipotent, but they never thought that they would have tamed a ninth level mystical beast! What did the Nine Supremes have, that allowed them to cajole a high-level beast to serve them?
Finishing the letter, Shangguan Lingxiu frowned. She only mused for a moment before giving a decisive command, ”Stop the ship right now, sink the anchor. Wait where we are. We’ll stay here and wait for the Empire of Ziyou to receive us.”
”Yes!”
The sails were drawn down. The vessel slowly stopped moving forward until it came to a complete halt on the water.
Whitey Two stood up and shook out its fur. It wagged its tail and looked at Shangguan Lingxiu with gentle eyes.
”Awoo woo, awoo…”
Shangguan Lingxiu had begun to grow fond of this spiritual panther in the short amount of time that it had spent here. She asked reluctantly, ”Little panther, are you leaving now?”
Her subordinates rolled their eyes.
Little panther?
This monstrosity could swallow three people whole with a single gulp!
The eyes of a woman are usually sharp. What has caused her vision to deteriorate to this extent?
”Awoo woo…”
”Why not leave after you have something to eat? I have a lot of savory meat here.” Shangguan Lingxiu asked, ”Rest a little here, before you depart.?”
Whitey Two’s eyes shone with pleasure when it heard her words. It looked at Shangguan Lingxiu hesitantly and turned to look at where it came from before lowering its head to look at its deflated stomach.
”Awoo woo…”
”Alright! Bring them over immediately, we guarantee that you will be full and have more than enough!” Shangguaan Lingxiu was delighted and ordered her men to move some meat over.
Whitey Two was overjoyed and began devouring the meat. No matter how fast it feasted, its movements were filled with a natural grace. Gradually, Whitey Two sat down on the floor with folded legs instead and with an agape mouth, it practically inhaled tens catties of meat. It chewed twice and lowered its head to take in some more.
After the feast that had inflated its stomach, it finally lifted its head and howled reluctantly, looking at the abundance of leftover meat – I’m full! I can’t eat anymore!
Shangguan Lingxiu’s eyes were bulging in their sockets for some time already – what am I watching? This panther has eaten over six hundred catties of meat! My goodness!
Over six hundred catties of mystical beast meat for a single meal!
A catty of mystical meat was one silver tael, at it's cheapest. To rear this fellow meant at least one thousand and eight hundred silver taels a day for three meals?
Who could afford such a glutton?
The well-fed panther strolled on the deck and looked into the sky. Shangguan Lingxiu knew that she could no longer ask it to stay, so she waved farewell longingly.
Whitey Two hopped and sprung into the sky, crying excitedly from the air, ”Meow, meow, meow…”
Its cries baffled the troop of people underneath it.
You're a panther!
You’re a top-level mystical beast! How can you make such a sound?
It overturned one’s conventional values and shattered one's self-worth!
Whitey Two seemed to have realized its mistake since it was very easy to have its background exposed when it began to mewl, so it made amends quickly, calling out, ”Awoo woo, Awoo woo…”
It cried loudly for a few times before finally leaving swiftly.
Shangguan Lingxiu stood on the deck dumbstruck, feeling her mind groggy and blur.
Meow?
Why was the sound so familiar… Oh yes… Yun Yang’s home had a few cats and they made the same sound… Those cats seemed to also be white…
Was this a coincidence? Would it not be too much of one?
…
”Moor the ship in Lunar River, steer the bow around and keep one side close to the dense forest. Be on guard both day and night, be cautious in everything you do. This way, you can both attack and defend. Once it gets critical, give up the ship and go ashore; retreat into the forest and disperse. Staying alive is prioritized over everything else.”
”Even when met with the most precarious situation, all of you must not enter Zilong City when you try to escape!”