Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 530: Not really?

Hearing Princess Ankang's answer, Qin Zongyong laughed heartily.

"Okay, okay, as long as Your Highness finds it interesting."

However, these words left the eldest prince, the third prince and the eighth prince a little confused.

In terms of relationship, Qin Zongyong should be closest to the Eighth Prince, but during the banquet he only spoke to Princess Ankang. The other dukes also asked random questions, acting as if they were very familiar with Princess Ankang.

The three princes were suddenly completely confused.

But seeing that Princess Ankang and the dukes were chatting happily, they didn't want to interrupt casually, and just occasionally joined in with a few words, as if they were just little minions sitting there with them.

"What is Grandpa doing?"

The third prince and the eighth prince felt the same confusion at the same time.

As the two parties involved, they naturally knew what today's Cuju exchange match was for.

But the sudden banquet and the attitudes of several dukes made them feel a little uneasy.

Because no matter how they looked at the current situation, it didn't seem to be in their favor.

But what made them feel somewhat fortunate was that the other party did not seem to have any signs of gaining the upper hand.

Li Xuan knew that this was a test of Princess Ankang by the dukes, but he had no intention of interfering.

He wanted to let this matter take its course. If the dukes really liked Princess Ankang, then let them fight for her on their own.

If Princess Ankang is not suitable, the abilities of the dukes should be able to figure it out quickly, saving everyone the trouble.

Although becoming the spokesperson for the nobles does give you a good opportunity to get in touch with these noble families.

However, from the previous conversation among the dukes, Li Xuan could tell that even they themselves were not united.

Zhao Dinghai, in particular, did not seem to be so firm in his support for Emperor Yongyuan and was in a wavering stance.

Letting Princess Ankang get involved may not necessarily be a good thing.

"So, let's just go with the flow for now."

After Li Xuan finished chewing a large piece of meat, he meowed at Princess Ankang and asked for another piece to continue eating.

"Your Highness, your black cat seems unusual. What breed is it?"

Su Dingan looked at Li Xuan, who had a bigger appetite than the soldiers in the army, and asked curiously while admiring him.

"Old Duke, Xuan is just an ordinary black cat, just a little stronger and a little more mischievous."

Princess Ankang called the white-haired Su Ding'an "Old Duke" and was very well-behaved.

But her answer left everyone speechless.

Several dukes had previously witnessed Li Xuan perform the "War Roar", which instantly inspired the fighting spirit of tens of thousands of soldiers.

That’s right, there is a special skill in the army called battle cry.

In essence, it is similar to the ghost howling that Li Xuan practiced in order to speak, but the emphasis is different.

The War Cry is much worse in terms of the precision of sound control, and its main focus is on the range of sound propagation and emotional infection.

The army even raised special beasts such as lions, tigers and eagles to roar on the battlefield and boost the morale of the soldiers.

These captive beasts have considerable combat capabilities and are called war beasts in the army.

Among war beasts, those with the ability to roar are considered the best, and they also have various magical and practical abilities.

Li Xuan's shout just now made all the dukes realize that this inconspicuous black cat is the top war beast.

Its large-scale battle cry ability alone is enough to influence a battle involving tens of thousands of people.

As for the extraordinary strength that Li Xuan displayed in the Cuju game at the Double Ninth Festival banquet, the dukes are still impressed to this day.

"I never thought that His Majesty quietly raised such a remarkable war beast for Princess Ankang!"

The dukes' eyes lingered on Li Xuan, and they looked at each other and understood each other's intentions.

Even the dukes were jealous of Li Xuan's ability to roar.

The casual roar just now was far superior to the war beasts in the army that were specially used to perform war cries.

He wished he could kidnap Li Xuan right now and keep him in his own army.

Secondly, he valued Princess Ankang even more.

The more you understand, the more you can discover the trick Emperor Yongyuan left for Princess Ankang.

I'm afraid that Princess Ankang has been kept in the cold palace for so many years to avoid public attention.

The more Emperor Yongyuan favored Princess Ankang, the more the dukes needed her.

Even Zhao Dinghai, who supported the third prince the most, had to admit that Princess Ankang was indeed a better candidate.

The dinner was a great success.

Although the dukes did not find out much about Li Xuan from Princess Ankang, their communication with her was unexpectedly smooth.

Princess Ankang was a good child with a good character and good intelligence.

After some probing, several dukes discovered that Princess Ankang did not have any obvious flaws in her interpersonal relationships.

It even gives them the illusion of being extremely sophisticated.

This made them even more suspicious about the fact that Princess Ankang had been living in the cold palace for a long time.

No matter how smart a child is, it is difficult to learn these kinds of social practices without personal experience.

But I'm afraid that the dukes would never have thought that Princess Ankang had a good teacher who used to be the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department.

Moreover, Princess Ankang had previously made up for her lack of knowledge about Northern Liang, most of which was historical materials.

Princess Ankang was not very old, but she had some talent for reading and expressed some of her own insights through her reading.

The historical records of Northern Liang made Princess Ankang feel that similar things always happened.

Regarding this, she once consulted the chief monk Ye.

The results were very consistent.

The protagonists in these stories are all human beings, and human nature has not changed over thousands of years.

Unlike the cultivation techniques that are constantly developing and evolving, human nature remains unchanged.

When Princess Ankang asked again what human nature was, the chief monk Ye gave the same answer: smile without saying anything.

None of them gave a direct answer, but just let Princess Ankang figure it out on her own.

Li Xuan couldn't help but smile when he thought of the situation at that time.

Princess Ankang is a lucky child. There is always a shortage of excellent elders around her who are willing to guide her.

After eating and drinking, Li Xuan and Princess Ankang worked together to build a large pile of bones on the table in front of them.

The dukes got a satisfactory answer through trial and error.

The contestants also got enough rest and recovered their strength after eating.

After a short break, the last white-handed match began.

A goal was moved to the center of the field.

The Baida match was an exhibition match and also the least competitive one in today's Cuju exchange competition.

Each team on each side sends out one person to compete by simply showing off their skills.

The young generals and soldiers took the lead in setting an example.

Princess Ankang watched carefully from below and took note of many actions.

When it was her turn, her opponent happened to be the eldest prince.

The eldest prince's ball skills were mediocre to begin with, and he was defeated by Princess Ankang, who learned the game on the spot.

The last event to take place was the highlight of the Cuju exchange competition.

The third prince versus the eighth prince.

Obviously, their match was specially arranged.

It was no secret to the dukes that the Eighth Prince was good at ball.

Zhao Dinghai saw Qin Zongyong's plan and glared at him unhappily, but did not take it too seriously.

The two protagonists of today had already quietly left the stage, without even knowing it.

After the dinner, several dukes briefly exchanged opinions and unanimously agreed to Qin Zongyong's previous proposal.

But before that, they needed to find out what Emperor Yongyuan meant, and then they could try to continue contacting Princess Ankang and invite her to become the spokesperson for the nobles.

If this order is wrong, things will be very serious.

Even though Emperor Yongyuan felt very frustrated as an emperor, he was still an emperor after all and would not tolerate any behavior that went beyond the rules.

In the game of playing for nothing, the Third Prince had no room to display his strength, and could only watch the Eighth Prince on the opposite side play with all his fancy tricks, which drew cheers from the soldiers. The Eighth Prince's football skills were still very good, especially in this game of playing for nothing, which convinced all the Cuju masters in the army.

The Eighth Prince even had several difficult moves of his own creation, which opened the eyes of the soldiers.

The Cuju skills of the soldiers in the army are mostly practical because of the daily competition mode.

But the Eighth Prince is different. He plays football just for fun and to show off in front of the little kids, so naturally he plays as fancy as possible.

After a comparison, the Third Prince felt like a big stupid ox in front of the Eighth Prince's skills.

The Eighth Prince also impressed the soldiers with his outstanding performance in the final white-handed match.

The ordinary soldiers only now realized that the prince before them was actually the grandson of Duke Hu Qin Zongyong.

Although the final white fight was the finale, it was not as intense as the second one.

After all, we will be going to bed soon, and it would not be good to make the soldiers too excited.

After the contest between the third prince and the eighth prince was over, the total scores of the teams were calculated. Unexpectedly, the third game was also won by the team of Princess Ankang and the eighth prince.

In today's three Cuju exchange matches, they won all the games without losing a single one.

Of course, the eldest prince and the third prince were much more depressed.

They also didn't expect that due to a series of twists and turns, they didn't even win a single game.

As night fell, the army had already lit torches, illuminating the entire parade ground.

At this time, Qin Zongyong should have gone on stage to announce that today's Cuju exchange competition had come to a successful conclusion and everyone should return to the camp to rest.

But Qin Zongyong added some drama on his own initiative.

"The soldiers in the army have heard that Her Royal Highness the Princess's Black Cat is a great ball player. I wonder if we can see him today?"

Qin Zongyong asked Princess Ankang on the stage.

Princess Ankang blinked and turned to look in the direction of Li Xuan.

"Ok?"

"Are you trying to test me too?"

Li Xuan looked at Qin Zongyong and disagreed.

He immediately nodded to Princess Ankang, indicating that she could take it.

"Duke Hu, do you want to play football with my Ah Xuan?" Princess Ankang asked curiously.

Qin Zongyong coughed dryly and replied awkwardly: "You young people should play Cuju. I am old enough to just watch."

At this time, Zhao Dinghai, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:

"Just now I saw that His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince was very good at playing football. Why don't we trouble him to play another game?"

When the Eighth Prince heard this, his eyes widened in fear, and he pointed at his nose in disbelief and asked:
"Ah? I'm playing with the kitten!"

The eighth prince glanced at Li Xuan and found that the black cat showed its fangs with ill intentions and had a bad look in its eyes. He was immediately frightened.

"No no no..."

"Third brother has to handle this matter. He has more experience."

The eighth prince waved his hands repeatedly, shaking his head like a rattle, and pushed the third prince out as a scapegoat.

Isn't this noisy?

The eighth prince had finally shown his face in front of the soldiers, and he didn't want to show anything else.

As a result, the young generals who had previously heard of the glorious deeds of the Third Prince silently turned their eyes to him, even with a hint of expectation.

The third prince's face immediately turned dark, and he pretended not to hear anything.

"Isn't the Eighth Prince afraid of a kitten?"

Zhao Dinghai had no bottom line as the Duke of Tan, and said sarcastically.

The Eighth Prince had little contact with Zhao Dinghai, and he did not expect that the Duke of Tan would do such a thing. He immediately looked at his grandfather for help.

Princess Ankang's cat is very naughty, and the Eighth Prince is not sure whether Li Xuan will mess with him.

If he really urinated and defecated in public like the Third Prince did, the protagonist of the story he told to the young generals not long ago would have to be changed.

The resistance of the third and eighth princes aroused the curiosity of others even more.

Hearing that Li Xuan could play Cuju, everyone just wanted to watch for fun.

The trained animals can simply fiddle with a ball and perform as entertainers at the market.

This is also the reason why the soldiers thought Princess Ankang's cat could play football.

However, the attitudes of the Third Prince and the Eighth Prince were so strange that the soldiers paid more attention to Li Xuan.

At this time, Qin Zongyong, who made the proposal, coughed dryly, attracting everyone's attention.

"It's just a pass to open everyone's eyes. There's no need to be so nervous."

"Well, I'll arrange it."

Qin Zongyong said this and asked Princess Ankang to bring Li Xuan to the center of the venue. Jiang Ying and other young generals and other princes surrounded him in a circle.

Then, Qin Zongyong asked Princess Ankang to serve the ball outside.

Princess Ankang ran over and threw the Cuju ball towards Li Xuan.

When Li Xuan saw that Qin Zongyong had deliberately sent Princess Ankang away, he immediately grinned.

"Since you are so curious, I will satisfy you."

Li Xuan said in his heart, looking at the ball slowly flying above his head, he suddenly swung his tail, and the ball whooshed and turned into an afterimage and shot towards the confused Eighth Prince.

"Huh? Kick me first?"

The eighth prince never expected that among the people standing in a circle, Li Xuan would be the first to kick him.

He originally thought that because of his friendship with Princess Ankang, Li Xuan would at least give him some face.

"Wow, you're really giving me face, right?"

The eighth prince's thoughts raced as the ball was already in front of him.

This outrageous speed made the Eighth Prince despair.

"what--"

The eighth prince screamed, and the ball hit his head and bounced back.

"what?"

The eighth prince reached out and touched his head, and was immediately surprised to find that it was still intact on his neck.

He found that although the ball was very fast, it didn't hurt much when it hit his face.

The Eighth Prince's shout just now was more out of fear.

The soldiers who were watching were all blown away.

"Oh my god, even the Eighth Prince can't react with his ball skills?"

"The ball just now was so fast that I didn't even see it clearly before it was headed back by His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince."

"This cat really knows how to play Cuju, and he's really good at it!"

Li Xuan's goal made the young generals put away their curiosity and become alert.

They didn't see the ball clearly just now, luckily the Eighth Prince was able to head it back.

If it were them, they probably wouldn't be able to react.

The ball was going too fast, and the young generals had no way of judging whether the Eighth Prince had headed the ball on his own initiative. They only saw the ball returning to Li Xuan in a steady trajectory, and they thought that the Eighth Prince had done it on purpose.

Li Xuan smiled slightly as he watched the ball fly back to him.

Everyone was amazed to see a cat with such a lively expression.

Only one person suddenly felt his hair stand on end and felt a chill down his spine.

"boom!"

The moment Li Xuan's tail hit the ball again, someone on the field suddenly roared, and a figure was stained with a faint red light.

"Eh?"

A group of dukes expressed their doubts.

"It's just a kick of Cuju, why are you so angry?"

That’s right, the Third Prince released all of his internal energy, as if ready to risk his life.

“Three Hundred Flame Phantoms!!!”

(End of this chapter)