Chapter 72

At this moment the tiger's charging speed was too fast, and everyone thought the tiger was already crippled, about to die, not expecting it to still have such lethal power in its dying moments.

Xiao Yin had already grabbed his sword and jumped down into the beast pit, not expecting the archers behind him to start shooting arrows; Xiao Yin simply had no time to attend to the arrows flying at his back.

Ling Feng rushed forward to block the first wave for Xiao Yin; those poisonous arrows actually blocked Xiao Yin's path, and just as he turned aside to cut the arrows apart, the white tiger had already lunged at Gu Jiu Ling's face.

"Gu Jiu Ling!!!" Xiao Yin's eyes turned blood‑red as he roared.

He felt as if he had returned to Qi Sha Gu, with blood filling the sky, burning fire oil, and countless of his closest brothers collapsing dead before him.

Seven years had passed, and Xiao Yin once again experienced that bone‑deep fear.

Gu Jiu Ling was also startled into freezing, instinctively closing her eyes, when suddenly a soft, delicate body flung itself into her embrace, shielding her.

It was the half‑burned Fuyu girl; she used her own body to tightly shield Gu Jiu Ling in front, her shoulder scratched by the white tiger's claw, instantly turning into a bloody mess.

Fortunately the white tiger had been badly wounded earlier; this claw only tore her skin, not reaching the bone. Had it been a normal strike, the girl before them would surely have died.

Gu Jiu Ling was about to speak when suddenly the red‑clad girl wielding a dagger rushed forward and leapt onto the white tiger's back.

The white tiger, badly injured, was unprepared for someone to jump directly onto it, and let out another roar, trying to fling her off wildly.

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The red‑clad girl was very agile; she raised the dagger in her hand and viciously stabbed it into the tiger's eye, blood instantly splashing onto Gu Jiu Ling's face, some also staining her collar, while most of the blood fell onto the girl standing before her.

Gu Jiu Ling was instantly stunned by the scene before her: the red‑clad girl, the blade in the tiger's eye, the white tiger drenched in blood.

Amidst the extreme shock lay an extreme beauty of violence.

Even Xiao Wei standing at the edge stared dumbfounded; the ferocious tiger he had raised was actually killed by the combined effort of Gu Jiu Ling and a Fuyu girl.

Gu Jiu Ling supported the girl who had been seriously wounded while shielding her; the red‑clad girl also jumped down from the collapsed white tiger on the ground, but fell with a thump and knelt before Gu Jiu Ling.

Gu Jiu Ling blinked slightly; although her face was filthy and streaked with blood, her eyes shone astonishingly bright.

Her kneeling like this was a pledge of allegiance!

Gu Jiu Ling drew a breath, lifted her head to look at Xiao Wei standing on the rim of the pit, his complexion drastically changed, and laughed loudly: "Great nephew! You… you lost!"

All around fell silent; after a long while Xiao Wei ground his teeth and sneered: "Imperial aunt… truly a heroine among women!"

"Hehe! This princess consort is naturally a heroine! And I ask, who else under heaven…"

Gu Jiu Ling suddenly froze there, putting on an act of grandeur, and her leg cramped!

Yet the people around were shaken by her aura of righteous vigor.

Xiao Ting's gaze locked tightly onto the woman in the pit, her skirt hem stained with blood, billowing in the wind into a dangerous curve, her fair, lovely cheek smeared with tiger blood, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

His heart suddenly leapt into a frantic race.

Xiao Yin also stared fixedly at the princess consort he had rescued halfway; each time she gave him a surprise, truly both startling and delightful.

He slowly walked toward Gu Jiu Ling, seeing her still standing straight and head held high, and with a helpless, amused tone said lowly: "All right, just hold that pose for a while; you really are keeping it up!"

"Your Highness!" Gu Jiu Ling whispered, "I've cramped!"

She looked at Xiao Yin, her face showing a hint of grievance, the corners of her eyes slightly reddened, gazing at him pitifully.

Xiao Yin's heart instantly turned to water; he scooped her up horizontally.

Meanwhile the beast slave hurriedly lowered the ladder, but Xiao Yin did not step on it; instead he leapt directly onto the pit.

The guests' eyes flickered again; "Good fellow, who said Prince Rui is useless? His lightness skill certainly isn't."

Xiao Yin held Gu Jiu Ling and steadily stood before Xiao Wei, whose expression shifted between light and dark.

At this moment, clearly a situation that could have put Xiao Yin in a dilemma was easily defused by the Princess Consort of Rui, turning into a wager unrelated to life and death; crucially, the Fuyu tribe's slaves still lost to Gu Jiu Ling.

Although he desperately wanted to kill Xiao Yin, once the opportunity was missed it would be impossible to continue.

"Old Three, today's meal, Imperial Uncle has noted it down; I will surely repay it someday!" Xiao Yin said with a light smile, though the smile did not reach his eyes.

Xiao Wei snorted derisively and replied arrogantly: "Imperial Uncle, you're being polite; then let's wait and see?"

Meanwhile Xiao Zheng hurriedly rose and laughed: "Today's program was extraordinarily wonderful; we've eaten well, drunk well, farewell! Farewell!"

Xiao Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief; Xiao Yin wasn't dead, this pawn was still usable.

"Sixth Brother!" Xiao Wei stepped sideways to block Xiao Zheng's path.

Having just witnessed that scene, Xiao Zheng felt his heart pounding with fear and alarm; he hadn't expected Xiao Wei to be so arrogant.

He turned his face toward Xiao Wei: "Third Brother?"

Xiao Wei leaned in and whispered: "Sixth Brother, you have great daring, actually using Xiao Yin as this pawn? Don't you think this is letting the tiger return to the mountain?"

Xiao Zheng's heart gave a hard jolt, and he snorted coldly: "Third Brother, you've already forgotten the matter of the Chun Spring Pavilion—who wanted to collapse the building to crush me?"

Xiao Wei's expression shifted; Xiao Zheng gave a cold snort, shoved him aside, and walked away.

Not long after, the slaves in the pit were also brought up; Ling Feng led them preparing to return to the Rui Wangfu.

Xiao Wei caught sight of the red‑clad girl at a glance; a chill flickered in his brows and eyes, not knowing where this little beast had come from to mess up his scheme.

If that girl had not stepped forward earlier to stab the tiger and save Gu Jiu Ling, Xiao Yin, seeing his wife and children die miserably, would surely have gone mad, and once he went mad his good days would be over.

He lunged forward a few steps, seized the red‑clad girl's arm in a grip, lifted his hand and grabbed the wine pot on a nearby table, instantly pouring it over her face.

Ling Feng quickly stepped forward to block: "Your Highness!"

"Get lost, you bastard! Even Xiao Yin's dog dares to bark at this prince?" Xiao Wei snapped coldly.

Ling Feng's face darkened, but his status limited him from retaliating.

Xiao Wei personally used his sleeve dipped in the wine to wipe the girl's face; the red‑clad girl suddenly lowered her head and bit down on Xiao Wei's arm.

The two faced off coldly!

Only then did Xiao Wei see the girl's true appearance: her face like peach and plum, willow brows curved, her looks extremely beautiful, merely carrying hatred for Xiao Wei, which added a touch of fierceness.

Xiao Wei's expression showed some surprise; "Good fellow, such a pretty girl mixed among the slaves—when he captured them earlier he hadn't even noticed."

He stared at her fixedly; she clenched his arm tightly, like a little wolf cub provoked to anger.

Xiao Wei curled the corner of his lip with a hint of amusement, tightly pinching her chin and pulling her away from his arm.

The girl gritted her teeth and said: "Xiao Wei, you slaughtered my entire clan; I will one day kill you!"

"Oh?" Xiao Wei chuckled lightly, slowly pinching her face, "Little wolf pup, we'll see!"

"Today you're lucky, Rui Wangfu has protected you; when Rui Wangfu is ransacked in the future, you… will still be mine! Hahahaha!!"

Ling Feng's brows furrowed fiercely; taking the Fufeng tribe's people, Ling Feng hurried out of the Third Prince's mansion.

Gu Jiu Ling was carried into the carriage by Xiao Yin, her pretentious act completely collapsed.

"Prince! Prince! Leg cramp! It's locked! Possibly calcium deficiency from pregnancy! Ahhh!!"

Xiao Yin's face was filled with anger, annoyed with her, feeling she had been too reckless today; not wanting to look at her shameless appearance, Xiao Yin helplessly sighed, then lowered themselves, placing both of her legs on their own legs, and gently rubbed to ease the tension.

"Gu Jiu Ling! Today's incident……must not happen again!"