Chapter 690 On the Eve of Enthronement, Goodbye to Sophia
In the New Age, most of the demihuman races in the world live in the Ayabel Prairie, and are exaggeratedly called the Ten Thousand Tribes of Orcs, or the Hundred Tribes of Orcs.
Some of the remaining ones are water sub-humans, such as mermaids, etc. They naturally live in the ocean.
The remaining parts are scattered around the world.
Of all the countries in the world, the country that is most repulsive to sub-races is naturally the former Daluo Dynasty... But they do not only exclude and discriminate against sub-races. Humans are the same. They look down on everyone except the Daluo people.
race and ethnicity.
As for the countries that are most accepting of demi-races, in the West, the Tulip Empire and the former Violet Empire are both okay.
In the East, the Sakura Shogunate is the best.
Various sub-races chose to settle in this land of flying cherry blossoms, and passed it down from generation to generation, and began to call themselves Sakura citizens.
Among them are some descendants of lion-headed people.
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"Sister Alice, can the night sun flower really bloom?"
Sakura Shogunate, Beiling, deep in a barren and remote mountain forest.
The moon is as bright as frost, and the stars are dotted.
Under the cover of night, the outlines of more than a dozen wooden houses can be vaguely seen in this mountain forest, but at this time, all the candlelights have been extinguished, making it dark and extremely quiet.
This place is a lion-headed settlement in the Sakura Shogunate.
Although it was already late at night, and the lion-headed people in the settlement had turned off their lights and rested, a thousand meters away, on the shore of a lake, there were five figures, one large and four small, sitting together.
They are not human beings.
The tallest one among them is a lioness wearing a light blue cloth. She is a golden boy with blond hair and is very beautiful.
Obviously, her royal blood is extremely pure. Apart from the golden lion ears on her head and a lion tail extending from under her clothes, she has almost no beast-like characteristics. She is completely a human beauty with a Western face.
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But the four children beside her were different.
They all have lion heads that are completely animalistic, and even their legs are similar to the structure of lion legs. The only "human" parts of their bodies are their trunks and hands, and their hair is also pale yellow, with many brown miscellaneous hairs.
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According to the blood theory of the orc clan, these four lion-headed children all belong to the category of inferior blood.
"Sister Alice, why doesn't it bloom yet?"
At this time, all five lions were sitting by the lake, looking attentively at a purple flower bag more than ten meters away.
Under the shroud of moonlight, the purple flower bag exudes wisps of purple light. It is not difficult to imagine that once it blooms, it will definitely be an incredibly beautiful sight.
"Shh, don't worry."
The female lion named "Alice" patted the head of a little lion next to her and said, "The moonlight even shines on the night sunflower. It will bloom soon. Don't disturb others. When the time comes, they will bloom."
I'm shy, so I won't show it to you."
"But it's so late. If I don't go home, my mother will spank me."
The little lion man covered his head with his hands, with a look of fear on his face, "It will hurt my mother's spanking, and she will also deduct my pocket money this month."
"What are you afraid of?"
The corners of the lioness' lips raised, "If you have no money, just come to me."
"Eh?!"
Hearing this, the little lion's eyes suddenly lit up, "Sister Alice, will you give me pocket money?!"
"No, I will teach you how to live without money."
"..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The lion cub was immediately speechless, while the lioness and the other three lion cubs next to her burst into laughter.
While these lion men were joking, they didn't notice that just a dozen meters away behind them, there was a tall figure of a blue boy with white hair and dressed in black, slowly walking from the forest.
It was Li Guanqi.
He was currently casting a ninth-level concealment spell, so Sophia, who was only at the Liuhe level, could not detect him.
"Sofia is having a great time."
Shunkong's slightly smiling voice slowly sounded in Li Guanqi's mind, "It seems that we made a very good choice by putting her here."
"Well, yes."
Li Guanqi looked at the scene of Sophia laughing and playing with the little lion beside him, and nodded lightly.
When he and Sophia first met, he was still very weak. How to face the threat of Liuhe-level space laws was a relatively important issue.
The emergence of Sophia, a Liuhe-level lioness, can be said to have perfectly solved this problem.
But with the speed of his growth, he will soon no longer need Sofia to accompany him. To put it mildly, Sofia may even be a hindrance.
Because of this, instead of dragging Sofia around with him in this country, it would be better to let Sofia stay in this lion-man settlement for a while and live with her compatriots. It is obviously much better than running around with him.
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This stay lasted for more than a year, almost two years.
"Eh?"
"Why is the night sun flower withering?!"
Suddenly, a little lion girl looked at the purple flower bag by the lake and tugged on Sophia's sleeve anxiously, "Sister Alice, look, it's withering, what should I do?"
"ah?"
Sofia looked at the purple flower bag that was becoming more and more depressed under the moonlight, with a look of surprise on her face, "That's weird, it doesn't make sense."
"This will definitely not open."
The little lions next to them all looked regretful and lost.
Sofia looked at the expressions on their faces, their expressions were complicated, and she felt equally uncomfortable in her heart.
In order to see the beautiful scene of the night sun and flowers blooming, they had been waiting for several nights. They had been waiting for several consecutive nights, but in the end they had such an ending. No one would be happy.
"..."
Li Guanqi, who was behind them, stretched out his right hand and touched the air.
Not moist enough.
The humidity in this place is not heavy enough.
In order for the Night Sunflower to bloom, in addition to moonlight, it also needs a fairly humid climate. Although this place is near a lake, it is still far from the harsh conditions for hydrangeas, so the hydrangeas will enter a state of sluggishness and will wither.
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Then...do me a favor.
Li Guanqi raised his hand and directly controlled the water-attribute aura within a few hundred meters, slowly gathering it next to the purple flower bag, and using the magician's method to forcibly increase the air humidity here.
Soon, the purple flower bag shrouded in the moonlight no longer slumped, but slowly straightened its "waist", and the flower bag was faintly ready to bloom.
"Alive again!"
Seeing this scene, the four little lions suddenly became happy.
They are very happy.
However, when Sophia saw this change, she didn't know what to think of, and began to turn her head and look around.
Her eyes swept over the direction of Li Guanqi, but due to the effect of the invisibility spell, she could not see Li Guanqi who was actually standing more than ten meters behind her.
"It's blooming! It's blooming! It's blooming!"
At this time, the joyful shouts of the little lions brought Sophia's eyes and thoughts back.
I saw that by the sparkling lake, under the shroud of moonlight, a purple flower bag slowly bloomed, and strands of purple light scattered and flew, turning from purple to gold, condensing into a small star above the flower bud.
The small golden ball of light is extremely strange.
"So beautiful..."
The little lions’ eyes were shining and their faces were smiling.
This is the night sun flower.
A plant with little medicinal value.
The only thing worthy of praise is that the scene is very beautiful when the flower blooms. The golden ball of light is like a small sun. Since it only blooms at night, it is also called "Night Sun Flower".
After about a minute, the light of the Night Sun Flower gradually dissipated and turned into an ordinary purple flower.
"Okay, okay, it's time to go home."
Sophia patted the heads of the four lion cubs beside her and led them towards the settlement in the distance.
After she sent all four children home one by one, the lioness turned back again and returned to the lake.
At this time, in her sight, there was a figure with white hair and black clothes beside the lake, sitting next to the hydrangea.
"Master, I knew it was you who came back."
With a smile on her face, Sophia slowly walked to Li Guanqi and sat down next to his shoulders.
"Long time no see, how have you been these past two years?"
Li Guanqi looked at her and asked with a smile.
"Great."
Sophia raised her head slightly and looked at the stars and the bright moon in the sky with a smile on her face. "The Sakura people don't discriminate against us orcs. We live a very peaceful and peaceful life here. I quite like this kind of life."
"Yeah."
Hearing this, Li Guanqi's eyes became more thoughtful.
"It's you."
Sophia looked at Li Guanqi again and chuckled: "So the Tian Khan on the grassland now is you, right? Your deeds and portraits on the grassland have been spread all over the shogunate! I haven't seen you for two years.
You can kill the Nine Palace Level Dzogchen King of Taurens! Although I know Master, your cultivation talent is quite amazing, but this is too... too amazing!"
"I have never forgotten the promise I made back then."
Li Guanqi looked at the lioness and said softly: "I said I would help you get revenge, and I never break my promise. In fact, this is only the last step. The magician who kidnapped you back then, and
I just helped you kill Aoyagi Yasusu who killed your brother and sister in the auction house, only the Lion King is missing... uh."
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and showed hesitation, "By the way, should I leave them to you and let you take revenge with your own hands?"
"No."
Sophia lowered her head, her eyes dark, "I have thought a lot about revenge in the past two years. Of course it is meaningful to say it is meaningful, but it does not make much sense to say it is meaningless.
Even if I take revenge, the dead will never come back.
Since they can't come back, I can't get any pleasure from revenge... Well, master, don't get me wrong."
At this point, she raised her eyes again and looked at Li Guanqi beside her, and explained: "What I said does not mean that I will not take revenge. Of course I still have to take revenge. After all, I have to give it to myself and my dead brothers and sisters.
Let's explain it together.
But... if we talk about the pleasure of revenge, there is actually no pleasure. The person has passed away, and revenge is only for the sake of karma. In fact, there is no pleasure at all.
Seeing those murderers again reminds me of my dead brothers and sisters, which makes me feel even more uncomfortable.
So that’s good.”
Sophia looked at Li Guanqi seriously, "Master, if you help me get revenge, this is the best result."
"It's not over yet, there's still a lion king left."
Li Guanqi raised his right hand and pointed at his left wrist, "Besides you, Shunkong also has a grudge against him. Only after killing that old guy can this relationship be completely settled."
"Buzz——"
As soon as he finished speaking, gold and silver light appeared on his wrist, gradually intertwining and condensing into a gold and silver bracelet.
"Long time no see, Shunkong-senpai."
Sophia looked at the bracelet with a smile.
Without Shunkong, she would not have been able to escape from the clutches of the old Lion King, so she is naturally grateful and respectful to this artifact.
"Long time no see. Seeing how happy you are now makes me feel relieved."
Shunkong's voice also contained a bit of a smile.
Sophia couldn't escape without him, but if Shunkong didn't have Sophia, how could he recognize someone else as his master and escape?
After all, they help each other.
"You are very happy now. If you want to change, will you accept it?"
Li Guanqi looked at Sophia in front of him and asked softly.
The most important topic tonight has finally begun.
"What?"
Sophia was startled.
"I have a chance to become a king for you."
Li Guanqi looked at the lioness and said seriously: "The old lion king will definitely die, I must kill him, and after he dies, I will not continue to attack the lion-headed people, so I need someone I can trust.
Come and serve as the leader of the lion-headed clan, that is... the new lion king."
"ah?"
Sophia had a look of astonishment on her face, and then she quickly waved her hand, "I can't do it, Master, I know you are the Khan of Heaven now, and if you use force to intimidate me, you can really make the lion-headed people recognize me as their king.
But the problem is that the purity of the royal blood in my body is not high enough to be recognized by the Lion-headed Holy Land.
As a result, no one in the lion-headed clan will obey me as the new king, and the people's support is not with me. I will be helpless in whatever I want to do in the lion-headed clan. This is not a matter that can be solved by force and coercion.
Lionheads are no different from humans.
The human heart is the most difficult thing to conquer in the world."
"The human heart is pleasing to the eye, but it is also the most subdued thing in the world."
Li Guanqi smiled slightly, "I know that orcs value bloodline. If your bloodline is unqualified, no orc will be convinced. But on the other hand, if your bloodline is qualified, even if you are a little-known lion-headed man, most of the people of the lion-man clan will be sincerely loyal to you.
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"Um?"
Sophia became increasingly confused.
"You can obtain the purity of king's blood at the level of a lion king."
Li Guanqi looked at her and said calmly: "As long as you are willing, after I kill the old Lion King, I can give you the ability to swallow the blood of the Lion-headed Man King, allowing you to become a new generation of Lion-King and control the Lion-headed Man clan.
Don't tell me anything, the purity of the blood of the Beast King cannot be improved by swallowing it.
It's too troublesome to explain.
In short, if I say yes, it’s okay.
The only key to this matter is, Sophia, are you willing?
If you are willing, then let's do this.
If you don't want to, just pretend that I haven't been here tonight, and you can continue to stay in this quiet and peaceful mountain village and continue to live the peaceful life you want."
"..."
Hearing this, Sophia turned her head slightly and looked at the settlement houses in the distance that were looming in the night of the mountain forest.
There was a hint of confusion on her pretty face.
But in the end, all the entanglements and hesitations disappeared like dust and smoke in the beautiful golden eyes of this lioness, and what was left in the end was only deep determination.
"I do! Master! Or...I need this throne!"
Sophia looked at Li Guanqi in front of her and said seriously: "The lion-headed people still have too many terrible traditions, which have oppressed countless lion-headed women and hurt many lion-headed men. Those are the things that should be done.
The dregs discarded.
I escaped back then, but this was not the end.
From now on, as long as the Lionhead clan still maintains the tradition of forcing young women in the clan to serve the Lion King and give birth to heirs for the Lion King, then there will still be the next me and the next tragedy.
I don't want to see such a thing.
I want to change all this.
This bad tradition should no longer be continued as a tradition. I want to do my best and spend all the rest of my life making the Lionhead clan a better place!"
By the end of the sentence, Sophia's fists were tightly clenched, and her expression was serious and determined!
"As you wish."
Hearing this, Li Guanqi slowly stood up from the grass, then smiled and extended his right hand to the lioness, "If you encounter any obstacles in this matter, remember, Tian Khan will always be yours."
backing."
"Um!"
Sofia also held his hand and used his strength to stand up, smiling and nodding heavily.
"So……"
Li Guanqi took back his right hand and turned to look at the stars in the night sky.
"It's time to return to the grassland and ascend the throne."