After listening to what Ren Baqian said, the empress was somewhat between laughter and tears .
She replied after looking at him for quite some time, "You were so impressive then, why are you gutless now?"
Ren Baqian carefully replied, "Whatever your subject said a moment ago was all heartfelt words . Regardless of whether it is a Rank 9 official or a wei ru liu, everyone has shed blood or played a part for Dayao . If they made a mistake, they should be punished . But, they cannot always be casually treated by those who relied on their slightly prestigious family background . If those officials and soldiers, who have rendered great service and also shed blood for their nation encounter such a situation, they would be bitterly disappointed . "
The empress revealed a smile," I didn't actually say that you made a mistake"
As a matter of fact in the empress's eyes, what Ren Baqian did actually matched her intentions . Nowadays, the children of these powerful officials were indeed somewhat domineering .
During normal times, I have turned a blind eye to all the domineering acts that you all have done .
But, to the extent of robbing and bashing up a court official, who the heck do you all think you are?
"Her Majesty wants me to find a wolf pack with this physique of mine . Neither can I shoulder a pole nor lift anything heavy . Even killing a chicken takes a heap lot of effort from me . I'm afraid that I will not come back alive," Ren Baqian said .
"Don't you want to take a look at the second level of Qingxin Palace? The original Hao Nation's valuables are all stored inside . If you are able to find something suitable, and even though you may not reach the expert stage, you will at the very least gain something from it . " The empress was full of smiles .
"Your subject wants to take a look, but I know my own limits," Ren Baqian lowered his head and honestly replied .
"Whether you are too feeble to truss a chicken or are planning to use other methods to handle this, in any case, I still want to see the mountain wolf . Even if you cannot catch it, it's fine . All you have to do is to take shelter in the mountain for a night . Take it as punishment for teaching that Du Family's young fellow to speak that way . "
If it was anybody else, the punishment will not be so lax .
Moreover, only a handful of people dare to bargain this way with me .
The empress glared at Ren Baqian with her piercing eyes and gave him a if-you-still-dare-to-bargain-with-me-I-will-show-you-who's-the-boss attitude .
Upon hearing what the empress said, it was exactly what Ren Baqian had expected . He immediately scowled miserably," Your subject will serve Your Majesty faithfully and will not hesitate to go through water and tread on fire just for you . "
Even though the tricks that Du Changkong played were not taught by Ren Baqian, whatever he said now seemed to be useless .
"I will be waiting for your mountain wolf . Remember to bring one back with short legs as it will be tastier . " Ren Baqian sullenly took his leave after the empress spoke .
Ren Baqian sighed in despair and returned to the mountain-gazing bird's side . He removed the gun pocket holster and his top, put on the bulletproof vest, and then adorned himself with the previous two items again . At the same time, a bag containing anesthetic and bullets hung from his waist .
He tied the military knife to his leg .
Lastly, he carried the crossbow arrows on his back, held the crossbow in his hand, and randomly chose a direction to ascend the mountain .
Back then, when Ren Baqian went to meet the empress, everybody else had already gone their separate ways to ascend the mountain . This mountain extended endlessly into the distance, and it was unknown how far it could extend .
If it was a small hill, it wouldn't be able to accommodate such ferocious beasts, and there wouldn't be a need to hunt over here .
Behind Ren Baqian were a few nobles from the other three nations . After making ample preparations, they then took their own time in ascending the mountain .
With regards to these nobles, the Great Hunt was merely for them to have fun . Although the empress's reward was very attractive and tempted many people, only a few people genuinely took action .
After all, there were 200 to 300 over aboriginal youths and it was not an easy task to fight over the top three positions with them . Only a few with confidence penetrated the mountain in the very first moments .
It seemed that very little people usually came to this mountain, and there were tall trees with thick trunks everywhere . Once he entered the woods, it immediately became dark and gloomy as the crown of the trees obstructed majority of the sunlight from entering .
Ren Baqian carried a loaded crossbow that he started to find inconvenient just after entering the woods .
There were vines everywhere, and he had no choice but to pull out his military knife andd chop them off so that he would be able to continue forward .
After walking for less than an hour in the woods, there was no one apart from himself in his surroundings . It was quiet all around, and only sounds from birds and unknown beasts calls could be heard from time to time .
Such an environment made Ren Baqian somewhat nervous .
.
After all, this was the woods in a strange world . Before he came, he already knew that there were many ferocious beasts lurking inside .
"F***," Ren Baqian suddenly cursed . Suddenly, a stick suddenly stood on end somewhere near the front of his feet . Upon a closer look, he realized that it was a snake as thick as the rim of a cup with its head lifted . It nearly scared him to death .
Ren Baqian momentarily stopped in his tracks and wasn't sure if he should retreat or not .
If he made an unsuitable movement and got bitten by the snake, it would be not worthwhile . It was also unknown whether this snake was extremely poisonous or not .
It would turn out as a joke if he got bitten to death by a poisonous snake just as he entered the woods .
Ren Baqian slowly took two steps backwards . He dared not increase the intensity of his movement as he was afraid that it would enrage the other party .
After taking two steps back, only then did the snake lower its head and slither into the underbrush at the side .
"Hu!" Ren Baqian let out a long sigh as he was extremely nervous just now .
After experiencing this situation which left a huge impact on Ren Baqian, he found a small tree and chopped off part of the branch . Following which, he peeled off the excessive portions of the branch and transformed it into a stick . He moved it in sweeping motions as he continued to walk as this would help him to deter any snakes that were on the ground .
Soon enough, this stick proved its use . He didn't use it on the ground but instead used it on the dangling vines . He used the stick to clear it away and he was revived once again .
After which, Ren Baqian was even more cautious .
He was suffering terribly . This place was practically crisis-ridden as far as he was concerned .
He continued walking forward, and all of a sudden, he heard something similar to a cat cry . He immediately stopped in his tracks, and soon after, a trembling noise came from the underbrush near him . It was as if there was something about to make its way out from the underbrush .
Ren Baqian immediately lifted the crossbow and aimed at the underbrush . He was prepared to shoot if anything revealed its head .
As the trembling intensity at the underbrush increased, a white rabbit head appeared from within . It was about the size of a dog and had a mouth full of sharp fangs .
.
Ren Baqian was practically too familiar with it . This thing could be found in the beast park and it wasn't a rabbit . It was called babeast, had a vicious temper, and lived in a large group .
The fighting capability of a babeast wasn't considered powerful . But, its unique feature was that regardless of who it saw—whether a human or a sharp-toothed tiger—it would dash towards the other party and bite them .
At that time, Ren Baqian observed the babeast for a period of time and discovered that was indeed the case . In general, any animal which sees an organism bigger than itself will not act on such an impulse like the babeast .
From Ren Baqian's memory, there was only one other type of animal which was same as the babeast . That would be the geese which were raised in villages .
Due to a goose's unique composition of vision, whatever it sees is actually much smaller than in reality . As such, it dares to dash towards anything and peck on it . Geese were basically tyrants in villages . Most children who grew up in villages would more or less have been bullied by these geese before .
When Ren Baqian was younger, he frequently made trips to the village with his father to visit his grandfather . In the end, he was chased hundreds of meters around by a huge white goose the first time he went back . He was pecked all over and was covered in bruises from head to toe . Since then, whenever he saw a goose, he would take a detour .
Later on, when Ren Baqian's brother was slightly older and he brought him back to the village, he intentionally incited his brother into taking a look at the geese . The ending was obvious as the geese's fighting strength were off the charts . Ultimately, his brother went home crying .
This babeast gave him the exact same feeling . Even though he didn't know whether his suspicion was correct or not, Ren Baqian did not hesitate a single bit and shot an arrow over .
The babeast jumped forward and the shot landed on its head, causing a trace of blood to spurt out immediately . Even more than half of its ear was splattered with blood, causing the babeast to go insane, throwing itself towards Ren Baqian .
An injured wild beast is the hardest to deal with . This saying wasn't wrong at all .
Looking at the babeast which was going to pounce on him, Ren Baqian absolutely did not have the time to load his crossbow . He directly used his crossbow and horizontally pressed it against the other party's head .
This thing was almost the size of a dog . It was relatively strong and almost pinned Ren Baqian down . Ren Baqian had to clench his teeth in order to use the crossbow in his hands to resist the sharp fangs of the enemy . The babeast's head kept stretching forward with all its might, wanting to bite off a chunk of flesh from Ren Baqian's body . It used its claws to scratch Ren Baqian's chest, immediately ripping off his clothes . It was fortunate that the bulletproof vest was able to serve its purpose .
Ren Baqian cursed, drew out the handgun from his waist and instantly fired two shots at it . Two streams of blood splattered from the babeast's body before it wailed in anguish and collapsed .
Ren Baqian dared not hesitate . He immediately turned around and ran .
This thing lived in a group . In the case that a bunch of them emerged after killing one of them, he reckoned that he would be in deep trouble .
However, the more you were afraid of something, the more likely it would appear . Noises of what sounded like cat cries echoed behind his back .
Ren Baqian ran as he backtracked and simultaneously scanned the surroundings . A few moments after he started running, he finally found a tree with the appropriate thickness and height without many seemingly dangerous vines at the top . He first slung the crossbow across his back and then promptly climbed up the tree .
At that moment, five or six white figures appeared in a distance not too far behind him . They gave off cries similar to that of cats . They raced towards Ren Baqian's direction, foaming as if they had rabies .
. . .
…
Not long after Ren Baqian left, a very young imperial guard entered the empress's carriage, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty . "
"Wu Fang, go to the forest and look out for Storyteller Ren . You need not take action as long as he's not dead . Save him only when he is in danger . Do not let him discover you . If he is hiding in some place, think of a way to lure him out," the empress ordered as she gently swayed her wine glass .
Qing Yuan and Hong Luan glanced at each other with a smile on their faces .
Her Majesty's intention was already very obvious . Regardless of whether or not what Du Changkong said was taught by Ren Baqian, he was suspicious in any case . Her Majesty was also not inclined to seek proof . Did Her Majesty require any evidence for whatever she wanted to do?
Her Majesty's intention was very simple . She definitely would not let you die, but she also would not let you hide in one place naively and comfortably . There must be a lesson taught .
But, Her Majesty indeed gave that person preferential treatment . Over the past few years, it was the first time that both Qing Yuan and Hong Luan saw Her Majesty being so meticulous over a person . If it was someone else, that person would had already been executed or sent to the military force at the boundary .
"Yes, Your Majesty . " That imperial guard nodded . He removed his full body armor, changed into a set of commoner's clothes and entered the woods .
Chapter 98 BabeastTranslator YHHH Editor Book HoarderAfter listening to what Ren Baqian said, the empress was somewhat between laughter and tears . She replied after looking at him for quite some time, You were so impressive then, why are you gutless now Ren Baqian carefully replied, Whatever your subject said a moment ago was all heartfelt words . Regardless of whether it is a Rank 9 official or a wei ru liu, everyone has shed blood or played a part for Dayao . If they made a mistake, they should be punished . But, they cannot always be casually treated by those who relied on their slightly prestigious family background . If those officials and soldiers, who have rendered great service and also shed blood for their nation encounter such a situation, they would be bitterly disappointed . The empress revealed a smile, I didn t actually say that you made a mistake As a matter of fact in the empress s eyes, what Ren Baqian did actually matched her intentions . Nowadays, the children of these powerful officials were indeed somewhat domineering . During normal times, I have turned a blind eye to all the domineering acts that you all have done . But, to the extent of robbing and bashing up a court official, who the heck do you all think you are Her Majesty wants me to find a wolf pack with this physique of mine . Neither can I shoulder a pole nor lift anything heavy . Even killing a chicken takes a heap lot of effort from me . I m afraid that I will not come back alive, Ren Baqian said . Don t you want to take a look at the second level of Qingxin Palace The original Hao Nation s valuables are all stored inside . If you are able to find something suitable, and even though you may not reach the expert stage, you will at the very least gain something from it . The empress was full of smiles . Your subject wants to take a look, but I know my own limits, Ren Baqian lowered his head and honestly replied . Whether you are too feeble to truss a chicken or are planning to use other methods to handle this, in any case, I still want to see the mountain wolf . Even if you cannot catch it, it s fine . All you have to do is to take shelter in the mountain for a night . Take it as punishment for teaching that Du Family s young fellow to speak that way . If it was anybody else, the punishment will not be so lax . Moreover, only a handful of people dare to bargain this way with me . The empress glared at Ren Baqian with her piercing eyes and gave him a if you still dare to bargain with me I will show you who s the boss attitude . Upon hearing what the empress said, it was exactly what Ren Baqian had expected . He immediately scowled miserably, Your subject will serve Your Majesty faithfully and will not hesitate to go through water and tread on fire just for you . Even though the tricks that Du Changkong played were not taught by Ren Baqian, whatever he said now seemed to be useless . I will be waiting for your mountain wolf . Remember to bring one back with short legs as it will be tastier . Ren Baqian sullenly took his leave after the empress spoke . Ren Baqian sighed in despair and returned to the mountain gazing bird s side . He removed the gun pocket holster and his top, put on the bulletproof vest, and then adorned himself with the previous two items again . At the same time, a bag containing anesthetic and bullets hung from his waist . He tied the military knife to his leg . Lastly, he carried the crossbow arrows on his back, held the crossbow in his hand, and randomly chose a direction to ascend the mountain . Back then, when Ren Baqian went to meet the empress, everybody else had already gone their separate ways to ascend the mountain . This mountain extended endlessly into the distance, and it was unknown how far it could extend . If it was a small hill, it wouldn t be able to accommodate such ferocious beasts, and there wouldn t be a need to hunt over here . Behind Ren Baqian were a few nobles from the other three nations . After making ample preparations, they then took their own time in ascending the mountain . With regards to these nobles, the Great Hunt was merely for them to have fun . Although the empress s reward was very attractive and tempted many people, only a few people genuinely took action . After all, there were 200 to 300 over aboriginal youths and it was not an easy task to fight over the top three positions with them . Only a few with confidence penetrated the mountain in the very first moments . It seemed that very little people usually came to this mountain, and there were tall trees with thick trunks everywhere . Once he entered the woods, it immediately became dark and gloomy as the crown of the trees obstructed majority of the sunlight from entering . Ren Baqian carried a loaded crossbow that he started to find inconvenient just after entering the woods . There were vines everywhere, and he had no choice but to pull out his military knife andd chop them off so that he would be able to continue forward . After walking for less than an hour in the woods, there was no one apart from himself in his surroundings . It was quiet all around, and only sounds from birds and unknown beasts calls could be heard from time to time . Such an environment made Ren Baqian somewhat nervous . . After all, this was the woods in a strange world . Before he came, he already knew that there were many ferocious beasts lurking inside . F , Ren Baqian suddenly cursed . Suddenly, a stick suddenly stood on end somewhere near the front of his feet . Upon a closer look, he realized that it was a snake as thick as the rim of a cup with its head lifted . It nearly scared him to death . Ren Baqian momentarily stopped in his tracks and wasn t sure if he should retreat or not . If he made an unsuitable movement and got bitten by the snake, it would be not worthwhile . It was also unknown whether this snake was extremely poisonous or not . It would turn out as a joke if he got bitten to death by a poisonous snake just as he entered the woods . Ren Baqian slowly took two steps backwards . He dared not increase the intensity of his movement as he was afraid that it would enrage the other party . After taking two steps back, only then did the snake lower its head and slither into the underbrush at the side . Hu Ren Baqian let out a long sigh as he was extremely nervous just now . After experiencing this situation which left a huge impact on Ren Baqian, he found a small tree and chopped off part of the branch . Following which, he peeled off the excessive portions of the branch and transformed it into a stick . He moved it in sweeping motions as he continued to walk as this would help him to deter any snakes that were on the ground . Soon enough, this stick proved its use . He didn t use it on the ground but instead used it on the dangling vines . He used the stick to clear it away and he was revived once again . After which, Ren Baqian was even more cautious . He was suffering terribly . This place was practically crisis ridden as far as he was concerned . He continued walking forward, and all of a sudden, he heard something similar to a cat cry . He immediately stopped in his tracks, and soon after, a trembling noise came from the underbrush near him . It was as if there was something about to make its way out from the underbrush . Ren Baqian immediately lifted the crossbow and aimed at the underbrush . He was prepared to shoot if anything revealed its head . As the trembling intensity at the underbrush increased, a white rabbit head appeared from within . It was about the size of a dog and had a mouth full of sharp fangs . . Ren Baqian was practically too familiar with it . This thing could be found in the beast park and it wasn t a rabbit . It was called babeast, had a vicious temper, and lived in a large group . The fighting capability of a babeast wasn t considered powerful . But, its unique feature was that regardless of who it saw whether a human or a sharp toothed tiger it would dash towards the other party and bite them . At that time, Ren Baqian observed the babeast for a period of time and discovered that was indeed the case . In general, any animal which sees an organism bigger than itself will not act on such an impulse like the babeast . From Ren Baqian s memory, there was only one other type of animal which was same as the babeast . That would be the geese which were raised in villages . Due to a goose s unique composition of vision, whatever it sees is actually much smaller than in reality . As such, it dares to dash towards anything and peck on it . Geese were basically tyrants in villages . Most children who grew up in villages would more or less have been bullied by these geese before . When Ren Baqian was younger, he frequently made trips to the village with his father to visit his grandfather . In the end, he was chased hundreds of meters around by a huge white goose the first time he went back . He was pecked all over and was covered in bruises from head to toe . Since then, whenever he saw a goose, he would take a detour . Later on, when Ren Baqian s brother was slightly older and he brought him back to the village, he intentionally incited his brother into taking a look at the geese . The ending was obvious as the geese s fighting strength were off the charts . Ultimately, his brother went home crying . This babeast gave him the exact same feeling . Even though he didn t know whether his suspicion was correct or not, Ren Baqian did not hesitate a single bit and shot an arrow over . The babeast jumped forward and the shot landed on its head, causing a trace of blood to spurt out immediately . Even more than half of its ear was splattered with blood, causing the babeast to go insane, throwing itself towards Ren Baqian . An injured wild beast is the hardest to deal with . This saying wasn t wrong at all . Looking at the babeast which was going to pounce on him, Ren Baqian absolutely did not have the time to load his crossbow . He directly used his crossbow and horizontally pressed it against the other party s head . This thing was almost the size of a dog . It was relatively strong and almost pinned Ren Baqian down . Ren Baqian had to clench his teeth in order to use the crossbow in his hands to resist the sharp fangs of the enemy . The babeast s head kept stretching forward with all its might, wanting to bite off a chunk of flesh from Ren Baqian s body . It used its claws to scratch Ren Baqian s chest, immediately ripping off his clothes . It was fortunate that the bulletproof vest was able to serve its purpose . Ren Baqian cursed, drew out the handgun from his waist and instantly fired two shots at it . Two streams of blood splattered from the babeast s body before it wailed in anguish and collapsed . Ren Baqian dared not hesitate . He immediately turned around and ran . This thing lived in a group . In the case that a bunch of them emerged after killing one of them, he reckoned that he would be in deep trouble . However, the more you were afraid of something, the more likely it would appear . Noises of what sounded like cat cries echoed behind his back . Ren Baqian ran as he backtracked and simultaneously scanned the surroundings . A few moments after he started running, he finally found a tree with the appropriate thickness and height without many seemingly dangerous vines at the top . He first slung the crossbow across his back and then promptly climbed up the tree . At that moment, five or six white figures appeared in a distance not too far behind him . They gave off cries similar to that of cats . They raced towards Ren Baqian s direction, foaming as if they had rabies . . . . Not long after Ren Baqian left, a very young imperial guard entered the empress s carriage, knelt down on one knee and said, Your Majesty . Wu Fang, go to the forest and look out for Storyteller Ren . You need not take action as long as he s not dead . Save him only when he is in danger . Do not let him discover you . If he is hiding in some place, think of a way to lure him out, the empress ordered as she gently swayed her wine glass . Qing Yuan and Hong Luan glanced at each other with a smile on their faces . Her Majesty s intention was already very obvious . Regardless of whether or not what Du Changkong said was taught by Ren Baqian, he was suspicious in any case . Her Majesty was also not inclined to seek proof . Did Her Majesty require any evidence for whatever she wanted to do Her Majesty s intention was very simple . She definitely would not let you die, but she also would not let you hide in one place naively and comfortably . There must be a lesson taught . But, Her Majesty indeed gave that person preferential treatment . Over the past few years, it was the first time that both Qing Yuan and Hong Luan saw Her Majesty being so meticulous over a person . If it was someone else, that person would had already been executed or sent to the military force at the boundary . Yes, Your Majesty . That imperial guard nodded . He removed his full body armor, changed into a set of commoner s clothes and entered the woods .
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