REBIRTH OF THE QUEEN

After Ju Xian and Xue Ning's conversation, no more sound was heard. Only the sound of rustling leaves gently blowing by the wind.

Waiting for several hours, Wan Lie still hasn't appeared.

'Where did the man go?'

'Was he also bullied by humans?'

The two sentences appeared alternately in each person's mind.

However, when Fu Xie Lan activated her eye power, the man was on his way to where the three of them were.

Fu Xie Lan could see a not-so-big animal be on his shoulder.

Knowing that Wan Lie was fine, Fu Xie Lan heaved a sigh of relief.

And sure enough, the young man they had been waiting for emerged from the grove of trees.

And at the same time, everyone's eyes were focused on the animal on Wan Lie's shoulder.

It is a tiger, more precisely the carcass of a tiger because if you look closely, the animal is no longer alive.

Among all the game animals they got, only Wan Lie was different.

Fu Xie Lan's original memory said that tiger meat was not consumed by humans at all, but its value and price were very valuable.

Very many residents of the Zu kingdom use the skin of these animals to make various kinds of knick-knacks, and of course, the price of a tiger is very expensive because the animal is rarely encountered by the residents of the kingdom.

"Moon Tiger?" Xue Ning panicked immediately stood up from her position.

"No. It's just an ordinary tiger," said Fu Xie Lan quickly.

Hearing that, Xue Ning walked over to the animal that was already lying on the ground, sure enough. It was just an ordinary animal, not a moon tiger.

"Good job, Wan Lie," said Fu Xie Lan making the young man's feelings fill with joy. The first time, his mother praised him and he liked it.

"Rest for a while, before we continue our journey," said Fu Xie Lan and immediately got a nod from the young man.

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"Let me bring your hunt, Xie Lan," Wan Lie said to Fu Xie Lan.

They had walked about a few minutes. Seeing Fu Xie Lan with her small body carrying two deer made Wan Lie feel uneasy.

"Let me also bring one," Xue Ning added.

"Aren't you guys trouble?" asked Fu Xie Lan turning to the two people.

"No, we aren't."

"Don't worry," Xue Ning and Wan Lie replied almost at the same time.

"Alright, tell me if it's a burden to you later," Fu Xie Lan replied then handed the hunt to the two people.

The reason Fu Xie Lan went on a hunt with her friends was that neither she nor the others had any silver or a dime of gold coins. Even though they don't need food or drink to survive in the human race's territory, that doesn't mean they don't need temporary shelter either.

With their hunt, Fu Xie Lan hoped to obtain enough gold coins for their provisions in the next few days.

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Far in front of them, a very bright light seemed to slowly enlarge a sign that soon they would be out of the forest of the Zu kingdom. The more they walked, the trees around them were not as dense as before.

Suddenly a group of people appeared from the opposite direction. There are about eight people. some of them carried carts and the rest held axes and arrows on their backs.

They were residents of the Zu kingdom who were just about to start their activities in the forest.

Seeing the group, Fu Xie Lan and company kept on walking without slowing down in the slightest, as if they didn't care about their presence.

Even so, the prey they brought managed to distract the eight people, especially with the presence of a tiger on Wan Lie's shoulder.

The size of the tiger wasn't too big, that was also the reason why Wan Lie was able to carry it without using the mana on his body so leisurely.

"Wow wah-wah, Look. What luck we meet today," exclaimed one of them stopping his steps.

If it is estimated, the age of the eight people is already quite old, maybe between the ages of 40 to 50 years? Yes around that.

The eyes of the eight people have never been separated from the young. Seeing their large number of prey, a smirk formed on the lips of some of them.

Those who usually hunt from morning to night can only catch three to four animals at most.

The forest of the Zu kingdom is so vast and rich in resources, even though the people hunt almost every day, somehow the animals in the forest never run out.

Hunting activities are only allowed for a few months of the year, while the rest of the time is not allowed by the kingdom. The rule was set to give the animals in the forest an opportunity to breed, and during that time residents were only allowed to look for firewood and pick fruit while waiting for the next month of hunting.

Fu Xie Lan stopped in her tracks followed by the three people who were with her when the eight people blatantly blocked their way.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how about we buy your prey?" one of them started.

Hearing that, Fu Xie Lan smiled behind her mask.

"Thank you, but we will sell it ourselves to the market," he replied.

"How price do you want? Let us buy it."

"Master, the trip to the market took a very long time. Besides, don't these gentlemen feel tired?" added another.

Hearing that, Fu Xie Lan's eyes moved to scan them one by one. The clothes they wear look ordinary, if you look closely it seems they are just ordinary citizens. The clothes they were wearing were very different from the clothes that Fu Xie Lan saw on the five people she had slaughtered just a moment ago.

A smile formed on the lips of each of them as their eyes met. Friendly enough for the size of a person meeting for the first time.

"I will let you buy it if it gives us the highest payment," said Fu Xie Lan. She said that because she didn't know what price range people usually used when selling their prey.

One of the eight people smiled again at Fu Xie Lan's words, judging by his position and manner of speaking, he seemed to be the leader of the group.

"Okay. But before that, you guys have to come to our place. At this time my friends and I do not carry a penny of coins," he said later.

"Is it far from here?"

"Probably just over an hour or so, sir," replied one who appeared to be the leader of the group.

"If you agree, we will help transport the prey you brought," he continued when he saw Wan Lie, Xue Ning, and Ju Xian. His eyes sparkled as he stared at the little tiger on Wan Lie's shoulders.

It is a rare animal that if sold, then someone will get gold coins that can finance their lives for the next few months.

Apart from being rare, also because the animal is very dangerous. There are several incidents where there are humans who are desperate to find the animal but what happens? Not that he managed to catch the beast but that he died from falling prey to that tiger. That's why it's so expensive.