C93 (1/2)

Mo Rou stood at the side, her long hair flowing down. Everyone was shocked by her ability to suppress Ta Da in just three moves, Nangong Miao tilted his head, thinking to himself, ”Since when was there such a powerful female instructor in the palace that I didn't know of?”

Nangong Kai Ran smiled and instructed the palace maid to place a table beside him. Mo Rou seemed reluctant, but even with the Emperor's orders, she could only sit. It was unknown whether or not Sunlight Nation was frightened by Qin Xiaoliu and Mo Rou, but no one dared to come out and start a fight. In the following time, all the guests in the room were happy to see it happen. Although Mo Rou was at the banquet, she wore a veil, did not eat vegetables nor drink wine. Nangong Kai Ran peeled a lychee and gave it to her, but she only accepted it and did not have the slightest intention to eat it.

When Nangong Miao saw the look in royal father's eyes when he looked at Mo Rou, he suddenly felt that mufei was very dangerous. However, Mo Rou didn't even look at royal father properly, so maybe she didn't even put royal father in her eyes.

At the end of the feast, Ha Ye ordered someone to bring up a large wooden chest. He covered it with a piece of black cloth, and a tiger's roar came from within. Everyone present was experienced and knowledgeable, not to mention Li Hui and Mo Jinglei. Having experienced hundreds of battles, they naturally were not afraid. They were rich and experienced people in the imperial court, and their families kept fierce beasts as pets. Nangong Miao and Nangong Hong were hunting around with the palace guards. In fact, they had never seen a beast before, so they were not afraid. On the other hand, the examinees were still young and didn't have much experience. They held their wine cups and pretended to be calm, but their legs were still trembling uncontrollably.

Ha Ye pulled out the black cloth and everyone could see clearly that under the black cloth was an iron cage made of fine steel and a huge black tiger trapped within it. The Black Tiger was trapped for an unknown period of time. It seemed to be somewhat anxious as it walked around in the cage, letting out a tiger roar with its mouth.

”The Black Tiger is a supreme divine object. This is a gift from our leader to His Majesty.” His attitude was much better than his arrogant attitude from the beginning.

Nangong Kai held his chin and yawned, ”You want to keep the divine item in your cage?”

Ha Ye was stunned. ”His Imperial Majesty means …”

”Open the cage, let us see the King of Beasts.”

”This is a fierce tiger hurting someone. If there's a chance, we won't be able to take it.”

”Just don't pursue your responsibilities.” Nangong Kai Ran yawned again and smiled at Mo Rou, ”My beloved official, please protect me well!”

Mo Rou rolled her eyes and ignored him. She only stared at Black Tiger. ”Tch, if it was a white one, then it would be perfect.”

As soon as Ha Ye opened the cage, before anyone could see clearly, a black shadow jumped out, pouncing towards Nangong Kai Ran. Everyone cried out in alarm, Li Hui and Mo Jinglei rushed up to save their master, but their movements were not as fast as the other shadow's, only to see the man grab the black tiger by the tail. The black tiger stumbled, and the man took the opportunity to jump onto the tiger's back and grab the tiger's head, and pressed down. Everyone heard a ”dong” sound and all of them grinned. They felt that the sound hurt a lot when they heard it.

The Black Tiger was struck a little dumb and its two claws continued to scratch the ground. Unfortunately, it was unable to move due to being pressed down by someone. Only then did everyone clearly see that the person riding on the tiger's back was actually Xu Ling, who had been silent since the start of the banquet. She did not expect this scholar, who appeared so calm on the surface, to have such skills. She turned her head to look at the results, and saw that the old man was squinting his eyes and stroking his beard, looking quite satisfied. Qin Xiaolian's heart was bright. This person was most likely a hidden pillar that had been pressed down early on in order to achieve a good result.

Xu Ling tilted his head and shouted to Li Hui, ”General Li, please borrow your treasured blade.” Li Hui was stunned for a moment. He unsheathed the saber at his waist and threw it to Xu Ling. Xu Ling caught the saber and threw it to the side. He raised his hand and was about to stab the black tiger's head.

Qin Xiao randomly fished out something from his chest and swung it right at the blade. Xu Ling probably did not expect that someone would obstruct him, so the blade tilted to the side. At the same time, a sharp pain came from his wrist as he rolled away from the back of the Black Tiger with a ”Ah” sound.

Qin Xiao was stunned. Everyone immediately stood up, only to see Xu Ling's wrist bleeding. It was a terrifying sight to behold. Mo Rou jumped out from behind the table, squatted in front of it and rubbed its head. Then, she took an elbow from the table and offered it some food.

The imperial physician rushed over with a box in his hand. The moment he entered the garden, he was startled by the appearance of the black tiger. He pointed at Xu Ling and signalled for the imperial physician to treat him. The old man trembled as he circled around the black tiger. When he saw that the tiger was ignoring him, he quickly bandaged Xu Ling.