Chapter 146 Attack
146 Attack
Baili Yin raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Chu Yi beside him with a smile. He clenched his right fist casually.
He kept smiling, as if he was just in the mood and had casually mentioned it. Or as if he was challenging Chu Yi so as to show off to the State of Jin.
Lu Shi and the other noble descendants instantly looked at Chu Yi, their hearts in their throats.
There was only one prince in the Great Jin Dynasty now. If he did not dare to accept the challenge, wouldn’t that mean that the Great Jin was afraid of the State of Yue?
“Ding, ding, ding…”
A crisp bell suddenly sounded from behind, disturbing everyone’s tense nerves.
“Did you hear…” Lu Qin tugged at Wei Jiaoniang’s sleeve, wanting to ask if she had heard any bells.
She stopped mid-sentence.
Her surprised gaze was fixed on a few hundred feet behind her when she saw four or five graceful noble ladies riding slowly over, looking dignified.
The horses they rode were all robust and strong. Every horse was equipped with a horse cage head with red tassels and bells. There was a circle of jade embedded in the edge of the saddle, making it look exceptionally luxurious.
The reins of these horses were all in the hands of the servants, who led the horses forward.
As the horses moved, a few horse bells tinkled.
Wei Jiaoniang, Lu Qin, and the others had never seen anyone enter the hunting grounds like this. All of them were dumbfounded.
“I see.” After a while, Lu Qin found her voice and said with a strange expression, “No wonder they entered the forest so early and only arrived now.”
“Fortunately, they didn’t encounter any other ferocious beasts. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to escape.” Wei Jiaoniang shook her head speechlessly.
The two sides faced each other. Of course, the noble ladies also saw Gu Yanfei and the others. When they walked past, a delicate-looking girl in yellow hurriedly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and glanced at Gu Yanfei and the others in disdain.
Gu Yanfei’s riding clothes were stained with a lot of blood from the female deer. Lu Qin’s body was also stained with blood from her prey. As for the others, when they rode their horses to hunt in the forest, their faces and bodies were more or less stained with leaves and mud.
Compared to these well-dressed and beautiful women, Gu Yanfei and the others looked disheveled, as if they had escaped from something.
“Roar!”
The white tiger, surrounded by everyone, roared again, calling everyone’s attention.
The tiger circled where it was, its fierce, beastly eyes watching the people and horses around it covetously.
The horses closest to it were so intimidated by its tiger might that they paced in shock, breathing heavily through their noses.
Everyone held their breaths in anticipation, but Gu Yanfei stared at the white tiger excitedly and thought of Qing Guang. In the past, Qing Guang was also majestic in the Bright Spirit Realm. It was a beast that could hold off all beasts, but now…
It had gained too much weight.
Sigh!
Gu Yanfei sighed faintly in her heart and could only comfort herself. At least Qing Guang was obedient and did not eat people.
Amidst the impetuous and noisy commotion, Chu Yi remained calm.
He chuckled with a handsome smile and said unhurriedly, “Since the Third Prince is so interested, I’ll naturally accompany you.”
As he spoke, Chu Yi raised his hand and gestured.
At the side, Gu Yuan immediately understood and whistled twice in the direction of the foot of the mountain. The rhythm was straightforward, signaling the imperial guards and soldiers surrounding the white tiger to quickly retreat.
Behind him, Chu You watched from the sidelines without saying a word. He neither dissuaded nor encouraged him.
Seeing that the Eldest Prince had accepted the challenge from the State of Yue, the generals were all in high spirits, but then they became nervous.
The Eldest Prince was weak. Everyone knew that if he was accidentally injured by the white tiger…
They did not dare to think further. The atmosphere around them became even more tense.
“Good spirit.” Baili Yin laughed again.
Without saying a word, he took the lead and slapped the horse’s rump, swooping down the hill toward the white tiger riding ahead.
The white tiger naturally saw Baili Yin rushing towards it. It raised its head and howled again, “Roar!”
The voice was louder than before, and it even sounded bloodthirsty.
The might of the king of beasts was unquestionable. The white tiger was completely enraged and ran in Baili Yin’s direction.
Its body was so huge, but it also had the agility unique to felines. When it ran, it was like a violent tornado that wanted to tear apart and shatter everything around it.
The tiger was clearly more than 500 feet away from them, but a few girls were already frightened and took a few steps back.