Chapter 356 Special Prey

"I understand, tell them to keep their mouths shut."

Zhao Feng said coldly.

The eunuch leader in colorful clothes who came to report immediately took the order and left without daring to say anything more.

After the visitor retreated, Zhao Fengcai shook his head helplessly.

He used his own feet to figure out who had done this.

"Axuan, this is too naughty."

Apart from Li Xuan, Zhao Feng could not think of any other candidate who could hide the fifth prince's poetry collection in the third prince's crotch.

Maybe the Eighth Prince could barely be considered one, but at that time he couldn't protect himself, so it was obviously not the Eighth Prince's idea.

But even if something like this happened, Zhao Feng could not be allowed to leave here to check the situation.

Because he has a more important task here.

In this autumn hunting competition, two special prey were set.

As long as he can get one of these two preys, he will be able to win this game with certainty.

One is naturally the princes and princesses participating in the competition.

As expected by many players, as long as all others are eliminated and their competitors lose their credentials, they will naturally win the game.

In addition, there is a more special prey.

Zhao Feng looked at his feet and saw a huge creature walking in the forest, patrolling his territory.

As long as you can hunt down this guy and bring him to the entrance, you can get the highest rating in this competition, and victory is natural.

It's just that the special prey in front of him has considerable lethality, so Zhao Feng needs to be here to monitor it at all times to prevent any accidents from happening.

Although this is a hunting competition, which carries a certain degree of danger, the participants in the competition are all royal heirs after all, so naturally no mistakes can be made.

If any accident occurs, then he, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will not be able to escape his involvement.

While Zhao Feng is monitoring this place, eunuchs in colorful clothes will also come to report which of their highnesses are approaching this place.

And now the three closest to here are the eldest prince's three siblings.

"If the eldest prince is allowed to capture this prey, the advantage will be huge."

Zhao Feng murmured to himself.

…

"Fourth brother, is it too early for us to turn around and go back now?"

The Sixth Princess asked worriedly.

"Sixth sister, don't worry, let them fight life and death on their own. We will wait for them before the finish line."

"Don't forget that this time is originally a hunting competition. Taking advantage of these few days, the three of us can forget about this competition and enjoy the fun of hunting."

The fourth prince said with a smile, looking confident.

"But Fourth Brother, didn't you say earlier that the hunter in this hunting competition was actually someone else?"

The Sixth Princess saw her two brothers looking carefree and couldn't help but feel anxious for them.

Especially when they saw cloud-penetrating arrows exploding in the night sky in the distance, the Sixth Princess felt even more like they were urging them.

"Sixth sister, whether the others are eliminated in our hands or they eliminate each other on their own, it doesn't make any difference to us in terms of results."

The eldest prince noticed the eagerness of the sixth prince and patiently explained to him.

“Instead of eliminating ten people, it’s better to eliminate the last one.”

After hearing these words, the Sixth Princess nodded helplessly.

"Although the truth is such a truth..."

Seeing that the sixth princess still looked distressed, the eldest prince smiled and said:

"Let's just listen to our fourth brother, there won't be anything wrong!"

When the fourth prince heard this, he couldn't help but feel something in his heart, but his face didn't show anything unusual.

Although the three of them were brothers and sisters from the same father and mother, the fourth prince was still very touched by being so trusted by the eldest prince.

In the royal family, there are many cases of kinship killing for profit. Not to mention brothers and sisters, even parents, there are countless people who betray them.

However, due to various reasons, the three brothers and sisters were unusually united, and they were an outlier among the royal heirs.

The three of them marched through the night forest with their attendants, heading towards the place where they first entered Fanglin Garden.

There is both the starting point and the end point of this game.

According to the rules of the competition, everyone needs to return to the place where they entered Honglin Garden with their own credentials and the prey they caught in order to be evaluated for this competition.

Therefore, the plan made by the fourth prince was also very simple.

At the beginning, after trying every means to get together, they immediately turned back and headed for the final destination. They hunted as much as possible along the way. After arriving at the destination, they set up an ambush to stop everyone who wanted to enter the destination.

If you can beat them, eliminate the opponent; if you can't beat them, retreat first.

If nothing can be done, go directly to the finish line and end the game.

According to the Fourth Prince's assumptions, they would all have a guaranteed result at worst.

If the plan goes well, they may end up winning the game with only a small amount of fighting.

It can be said that the fourth prince took full advantage of the rules of the game and created the most favorable conditions for the three of them.

Even in the worst case scenario, they can gather the three people's prey together and let the eldest prince take these prey to the end.

As long as the eldest prince can successfully return to the finish line with the prey, there is a good chance of getting a good result, or even winning.

The fourth prince believes that those brothers and sisters who are fighting for their lives should not have time to go hunting.

Even if there are other people who seek stability like them, it is unlikely that they can surpass them and return to the finish line first after getting the certificate.

After all, after the three brothers and sisters got the certificate and gathered together, they started their return journey directly.

Even if they can do it, unless they are lucky enough to hunt high-scoring prey on the way back, it will not pose any threat to them.

But the fourth prince did not take this low-probability event into account.

Although the fourth prince is not very old, he has long understood the truth of doing his best and leaving the rest to fate.

Many things cannot be changed by his efforts.

But if he does not work hard, he will not even have the luxury of changing the result.

While the three brothers and sisters were moving forward in the forest, Zhao Feng was looking down at them from the air.

When Zhao Feng found that the eldest prince's three siblings and the special prey had passed by, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I don't know whether Zhao Feng was thankful that the eldest prince's three siblings didn't encounter this big trouble, or was thankful for something else.

Zhao Feng was shrewd and cunning, although he saw the eldest prince's three siblings' plan at a glance.

Even he couldn't help but show a hint of appreciation.

"Alas."

"What a pity, what a pity..."

Zhao Feng looked at the eldest prince's three siblings going away and sighed.

This sigh dissipated with the wind, and no one else heard it except himself.

Zhao Feng's figure disappeared on the spot, and continued to go back to monitor the special prey to see who could finally take down this big guy.

...

On the other side.

After the three little ones completed the fisherman's plan, they planned to find a place to camp and rest.

They have been busy enough today, and they have gained a lot, and it is time to take a good rest.

"Ah Xuan, do you want to rest here tonight?"

Li Xuan stood on Dahei's head, closed his eyes and explored the movements around him, and finally nodded.

There was no movement from other people nearby, so they should be able to have a good night's rest.

Li Xuan jumped to the ground, then shook his tail and took out all the things for camping at night. Then the three little ones started to make a fire and set up camp, and got busy.

With Li Xuan's Emperor Hong Bone Ring, the three little ones saved a lot of trouble this time.

Even the spoils they harvested were now stored in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring. Even if others wanted to take them back, they couldn't find them.

Speaking of which, the one who suffered the most this time was the third prince. The battle sword, soft armor and a bottle of elixir all became the spoils of the three little ones.

Although Li Xuan didn't know the effect of the elixir yet, he would ask Doctor Xue after the game was over.

As for the battle sword and soft armor, these were treasures that were difficult to obtain in Jingyang Palace. In the future, they could find someone to modify them slightly and equip Princess Ankang and Yu'er.

This modification work should be easy to solve by asking Zhao Feng for help.

Unconsciously, Li Xuan found that he had accumulated a lot of connections in the palace.

When encountering many problems, you can always find someone to ask for advice.

"This is the so-called power of connections."

After a few days of training, the three little ones have gradually gotten the hang of camping. In just a quarter of an hour, a tent and a bonfire have appeared in front of them.

Considering that Princess Ankang and Yu'er were tired today, Li Xuan directly took out the food stored in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

There are leftover royal meals from their daily lives, so the food is quite good.

Some dishes are even brand new, and they have not been touched by a chopstick.

But for the three little ones who have lived a hard life, eating leftovers is actually nothing.

Even every time they finish a dish, they will have a strange sense of fulfillment.

Anyway, these meals are placed in Li Xuan's Emperor Hong Bone Ring, and they will not deteriorate no matter how long they are kept, so there is no psychological burden to eat them.

After dinner, the three little ones all went into the tent and huddled in a quilt to sleep.

The quilt was cold at first, but as the three little ones hugged each other tightly, the temperature in the quilt gradually rose to a comfortable temperature.

After eating, hugging the person you love tightly and lying in the warm quilt, I am afraid there is no happier thing in the world.

Not to mention that Li Xuan is still hugged by people on both sides!

Life is like this, cat life is regretless~

But the dream will eventually wake up.

Late at night, Li Xuan suddenly opened his eyes.

His small ears moved slightly, catching the movement in the distance.

Li Xuan squirmed in the quilt like a caterpillar, and then stretched his cat head out of the tent.

In the night sky, a firework exploded, and someone shot a cloud-piercing arrow.

"Well, it's so late, but you're still not quiet?"

Judging from the distance, the place where the cloud-piercing arrow was shot was not close to them.

"Which unlucky guy was eliminated again."

The night wind was too cold, Li Xuan yawned, and silently retracted his head.

He did not perceive any threat within his perception range, so he did not intend to leave the quilt.

As long as he didn't provoke them, Li Xuan would not bother to go out for a walk in the biting cold wind in the middle of the night.

But at this moment, Li Xuan, who had already returned to the embrace of Princess Ankang and Yu'er, suddenly trembled.

In his perception, a threat that he could not ignore appeared, making him tremble from the bottom of his heart.

"Um, Xuan..."

"Don't move..."

Princess Ankang, who was still in her dream, smacked her lips and said some nonsense, and shrank back in the quilt, getting closer to Li Xuan's body.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Xuan realized that he had forgotten to breathe, and took a deep breath again to calm himself down.

"What on earth is this?"

Li Xuan silently looked in a certain direction, as if his eyes penetrated the tent and saw a certain existence at the edge of his perception range.

He silently got out of the quilt, and found that his body was still trembling slightly.

"Strange, even the chief monk Ye Lao has never given me such a feeling."

"What is there?"

Li Xuan silently swallowed his saliva, and while he was afraid and uneasy in his heart, his curiosity was also uncontrollably expanding.

He looked back at the two girls who were still sleeping soundly in the quilt, tucked them in, and couldn't help but kissed them on the forehead.

"Hehe."

After kissing twice, Li Xuan felt much more at ease.

He closed his eyes again and immersed himself in his perception.

After finding that there was only that existence within a radius of five miles that he could not ignore, he rushed out of the tent and ran away.

While running in the forest, Li Xuan kept flipping through the atlas that he had memorized in his mind.

The atlas found in Qianxing Pavilion recorded all the animals raised in the forbidden garden.

But after flipping through the atlas in his memory, Li Xuan did not find any existence that could correspond.

"Those who can give me this feeling must be very powerful."

The distance of five miles was a blink of an eye for Li Xuan.

And the existence that brought threats to Li Xuan became clearer and clearer in his perception.

When the other party appeared in Li Xuan's field of vision, his steps could not help but slow down, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

"Is this the guy?"

Li Xuan's footsteps were silent, but still alarmed the other party.

In the dark forest, a huge white-browed tiger was gnawing on a warhorse.

The warhorse was torn open, but it still opened its eyes wide and twitched from time to time.

"What a big white tiger!?"

Yes, the tiger's hair was white all over, and it was more than one person tall when it lay there. It was very large, a circle larger than the warhorse on the ground.

The white tiger, who was feasting on the food, silently raised its huge head covered with blood as Li Xuan arrived.

The white tiger licked its nose and looked at the little guy who disturbed its eating.

The black cat in front of it was not as big as one of its claws.

But the white tiger immediately abandoned its food, took slow steps, and used its barbed tongue to clean the blood near its bloody mouth.

When the white tiger stood in front of Li Xuan, it had just cleaned up the mess it had made while eating, and became calm and elegant, but the bloody smell could not be concealed.

A cat and a tiger stood opposite each other, looking at each other.

Li Xuan found that the white tiger's pupils were actually ice blue, which was very strange.

"Roar--"

The sky-high tiger roar shook the mountains and forests, and the white tiger opposite couldn't help but take a step back, but immediately became angry and roared!

"Roar!!!"

Li Xuan grinned, and his trembling body suddenly calmed down after scaring off the white tiger.

"It's just an instinctive deception, you are not better than me!"