Huanhuan looked at the man who was clearly happy but pretending to be angry. She said helplessly, “I only know that Shuang Yun likes to be arrogant for no reason. I didn’t expect you to be influenced by him.”

Xue Ling reached out to take the golden willow flower, and his fingers touched Huanhuan.

Before Huanhuan could react, Xue Ling had already retracted his fingers.

He turned the golden willow flower in his hand and asked casually, “When I went to look for you just now, I saw you looking dejected. Did you encounter some trouble?”

Huanhuan wanted to say that she might be killed in the future, but just as she opened her mouth, she heard the system’s voice.

“Don’t tell anyone.”

Huanhuan was stunned for a moment before blurting out, “Why?”

The system said, “Don’t tell anyone about this until the identity of the murderer is completely clear. Not even your mates.”

Xue Ling frowned slightly. “What do you mean, why?”

The system’s words made Huanhuan’s heart sink again.

Before the murderer was found, everyone around her was suspicious—including Bai Di, Shuang Yun, Sang Ye, and Xue Ling.

The feeling of having to suspect them made her feel terrible.

If she had known this would happen, she wouldn’t have worn the Prediction Mask.

If she didn’t know, she might be able to live more carefreely.

Huanhuan lowered her eyes and said sullenly, “Nothing.”

Xue Ling lifted her chin and forced her to keep her eyes on his.

He asked, “What the hell happened to you?”

She turned her eyes to avoid his gaze. “Don’t ask.”

Xue Ling looked at her for a long time before finally releasing his fingers. He said, “Although I don’t know what problem you’re facing, you can come to me if you need me. I’ll do my best to help you.”

Huanhuan nodded and whispered, “I understand.”

“From the looks of it, you don’t have any intention of continuing to play. Why don’t we go back now?”

Huanhuan looked at him and asked carefully, “Can we?”

Xue Ling said, “If you want to, then of course. I brought you here to make you happy. If you can’t be happy, there’s no point in staying here.”

“I’m sorry to disappoint you.”

Xue Ling said nothing. He picked her up, spread his wings, and flew back.

This time, he deliberately slowed down.

The breeze caressed her cheeks. It was soft and comforting.

Huanhuan looked at Xue Ling’s handsome face and couldn’t help but reach out to touch his chin. She said, “Let me recite you a poem.”

Xue Ling was puzzled. “A poem?”

“You can think of it as a song.”

“Are you going to sing to me?” Xue Ling smiled. “I’m looking forward to it~”

Huanhuan thought back and read softly.

“I want you to have my heart and everything I have.

“All I ask is that you leave me a pair of eyes so that I can see you.”

Xue Ling looked down into her eyes. “I like this song very much.”

Huanhuan smiled. “I’m glad you like it.”

Xue Ling looked at her steadily for a moment, then said sternly, “Don’t smile like that to outsiders in the future. It’s too dangerous.”

Huanhuan was puzzled. “Huh?”

“Any male beast who sees your smile will be tempted to ravish you.”

Huanhuan immediately blushed. “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Xue Ling said, “I’m serious, so promise me you won’t smile at others easily in the future, okay?”

Under his repeated requests, Huanhuan could only nod helplessly. “Alright, I promise not to smile again.”

“It’s not that you can’t smile, but you can’t smile in front of outsiders. And try to minimize the possibility of others seeing your face.”

“I know.”

When they were almost at the rock mountain, they saw a large army of beasts heading toward the Black River.

Most of this army was composed of soul beasts. Although most of them were low-level one-starred and two-starred soul beasts, it was still shocking to see so many of them.

What was even rarer was that their military discipline was very good. It could almost be said that they were extremely strict with themselves.

Leading the group was a golden-brown lion.

Beside the lion, four male beasts were carrying a wide wooden chair. Long gauze made from snow silk hung around the chair, and a slender female could be vaguely seen sitting inside.

When Huanhuan saw this, she couldn’t help but be surprised. “This army was sent by the temple to resist the demons, right? Why did they bring this female along when they came to fight?”

Xue Ling glanced at the female hiding behind the veil and said casually, “Maybe a female is bored and wants to come to the battlefield to play.”

This had happened before. Some females would get bored at home and want to come out to see the world.

They had never seen a battlefield before and thought that fighting was fun, so they made a fuss about coming to the battlefield to play.

Huanhuan sweated. “Aren’t they afraid of death?”

She couldn’t wait to get farther away from the battlefield. She didn’t expect that there would be females who did the opposite and rushed to their deaths.

Xue Ling looked sarcastic. “Those females are all spoiled. They think they can look down on others just because they’re females. How would they know the word fear?”

There were also travelers with the army.

The leader of the group of travelers was none other than Mayne.

Due to the high-profile color of Xue Ling’s wings and the fact that he did not deliberately hide his figure, Mayne quickly discovered his existence. He quickly waved his arms at them and greeted them excitedly, “Lord Xue Ling!”

His shout made the entire army stop.

All the beasts looked over.

Since he had been seen, Xue Ling had no intention of dodging. He carried Huanhuan down and landed on the grass.

Mayne strode over. He wiped the sweat from his face and smiled happily. “I didn’t expect to meet you two here.”

Huanhuan asked, “Why are you here?”

“We were transporting goods back to Rock Mountain from Sun City when we happened to meet His Highness He Guang’s army on the way. They’re making their way to the Black River, but they weren’t too sure about the exact location. We became friends with them and are pointing them in the direction. That way, we can take care of each other too.”

Huanhuan nodded in understanding. “I see.”

The lion of the team turned into a tall and handsome blonde man. He casually wrapped an animal hide skirt around his waist and strode to Mayne’s side. “Who are they?” he asked.

Mayne quickly introduced both parties.

It turned out that this extraordinary lion beast was He Guang. The star pattern on his chest showed that he was already a five-starred soul beast. At the same time, he was the commander of this army.

Huanhuan heard Mayne call him His Highness He Guang and guessed that he was a member of the royal family like Bai Di.

But Mayne did not explain the matter in detail, so her guess could not be confirmed.