Xiaoling quickly poked her head out of Feng Yunshu's arms. She sniffed seriously, then turned to look at Feng Yunshu. "Yes, master. I was just about to say that I smelled a familiar scent as soon as we entered this Lady Xi's house."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, I felt it too. And the familiar scent became stronger as soon as we got close to this lotus pond."
Xiaoling quickly nodded in agreement. "Yes, that's right! Xiaoling is extremely familiar with this scent, but I just can't think of it right away. Let me think carefully... This scent..."
"Yunshu, what are you looking at here? The lotus flowers in the pond have withered this season, and the fish are not very active either."
Feng Yunshu shook her head. "I'm not looking at the lotus flowers."
"Qingzhu, can you sense anything special about this lotus pond?"
"Special scent?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. Qingzhu slowly released her demonic power, which gradually covered the entire lotus pond. Just then, something strange happened. The originally calm pond suddenly rippled, as if there was something hiding underwater.
"Master, I see it! It's him! It's that little white dragon!"
Xiaoling, whose eyesight was different from ordinary people's, could see clearly what was under the water. When she saw what was hiding there, she instantly got excited and jumped out of Feng Yunshu's arms.
Hearing this, Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't help but take a few steps forward to take a closer look. "Xiaoling, are you sure you didn't missee? The white dragon you mentioned, is it the one in the prince's yard?"
Xiaoling quickly nodded. "Yes, yes! Xiaoling can never be wrong. It's it!"
Seeing that the little white dragon had been hiding underwater and refused to show up for a long time, in order to confirm its identity, Feng Yunshu gathered a small spirit ball and threw it into a corner beside the water.
The moment the spirit ball hit the water, it splashed huge water. The little white dragon underwater finally surfaced. However...
What Feng Yunshu and the others saw was a "fish corpse" with a white belly and eyes floating on the water.
"This..." Feng Yunshu looked at the seemingly ordinary carp floating on the water. For a moment, she was at a loss. "Xiaoling, did you see this just now? It doesn't look like that little white dragon at all... Isn't this just an ordinary fish? And I accidentally hurt it. What a sin!"
"Hey, it can't be!" Xiaoling wiped her eyes with her chubby paws and took another look at the fish. "I really saw a little white dragon with horns on its head just now. And there was a scar on its body left when it played with me before. What's going on..."
Just as Xiaoling was feeling confused, she suddenly noticed sharply that the mouth of the floating "dead fish" was spitting bubbles!
"Master, watch me!"
Xiaoling meowed and jumped directly out of Feng Yunshu's arms. Without hesitation, she jumped into the lotus pond and swam quickly towards the dead fish with her short legs.
"Since you like to play dead so much, let this little kitten teach you what it means that one thing conquers another!"
Xiaoling sneered. She soon swam to the side of the "dead fish", then suddenly opened her mouth and bit down on the fish's tail. "Ow~"
However, just as Xiaoling took this bite, there was a crisp sound of "click".
Xiaoling's shiny white teeth were instantly knocked apart by the hard stone in her mouth. "You stupid white dragon! Give me back my good teeth!"
Xiaoling roared. Just then, the dead fish that had just turned its belly up not far away started to swim cheerfully. While swimming, it stared at Xiaoling with its round fish eyes and spat bubbles from its mouth as if it was mocking.
"Xiaoling, how are you?!"
Feng Yunshu saw Xiaoling looking angry. She also looked at the fish that suddenly came back to life not far away. She instantly understood what was going on. Was that fish really transformed by the little white dragon?
"Little white dragon, you actually tricked me. Give me back my teeth! Otherwise, I'll fight you to the death. I'll pull off all your scales and fry them to eat!"
Xiaoling was so angry that she turned around and flew towards the little white dragon. The little white dragon quickly dived into the lake and disappeared. Just as Xiaoling was about to dive in and pull the little white dragon out, a spiritual power instantly wrapped around her and took her back to the shore.
"Gentlemen and ladies, the meal is ready. The lady sent this old servant to invite you to the front hall for dinner."
Feng Yunshu hugged the still angry Xiaoling. She stroked the fur on Xiaoling's back to soothe her. Looking at Mama Hu, she said, "Thank you, Mama Hu, for the reminder. We'll go there right away."
After Mama Hu left, Xiaoling bared her teeth and wanted to jump out of Feng Yunshu's arms. "Master, let me out. I must compete with that stupid white dragon today! I will never take this loss!"
Feng Yunshu turned around and looked at the fish bubbling in the pond. She comforted Xiaoling, "A gentleman avenges not in a hurry. Let's go for dinner first. It's not too late to come back after the meal. Otherwise, we'll arouse suspicion."
"But, but that little white dragon is really too annoying!"
"Don't worry. Your master has something to talk to him about. I will never let this little white dragon off easily. I'll make it up to you!"
Xiaoling could only glare angrily at the fish spitting bubbles in the pond. Then she nestled in Feng Yunshu's arms and left the pond.
"Yunshu, it seems that you and Xiaoling are very familiar with the spiritual creature in that pond. I'm quite curious about the connection between this spiritual creature and you."
Before Feng Yunshu could speak, Xiaoling answered the question first. "It's th-th-the prince's sp-sp-spiritual beast..."
Just now, because she was too excited, Xiaoling didn't notice anything wrong with her speech. But now, when she opened her mouth, air started to leak from the empty front teeth...
"Pfft..." Feng Yunshu said that she had tried very hard not to laugh, but unexpectedly, she still couldn't help bursting out laughing.
"Ma-ma-master, even you la-la-laugh at me..."
Xiaoling buried her head in Feng Yunshu's arms aggrievedly. Her tail swayed from side to side.
"It's okay, Xiaoling. Don't forget that you're a spiritual beast. A few teeth are nothing. They'll grow back in less than an hour. Don't be afraid."
"Yunshu, is what Xiaoling said just now true? Is that spiritual beast your prince's?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. She quickly put away the joking look on her face and got back to the topic seriously.
"Yes, that spiritual beast seems to be the little white dragon of the prince."
There was a thoughtful look on Feng Yunshu's face. "But why is the little white dragon here..."
"Maybe this Lady Xi has some connection with your prince."
Qingzhu's sudden words seemed to instantly open Feng Yunshu's Ren and Du meridians. A light bulb suddenly lit up in her mind. "I know!"
"What do you know?" Seeing Feng Yunshu's startled look, Qingzhu was taken aback.
"Your words just now reminded me. I was wondering why Lady Xi looked so familiar... I remember! Helan Yanting's mother was titled Concubine Xi in the Yuan Kingdom's harem!"
"You mean, this Lady Xi is your... mother - in - law?"
"This..." Feng Yunshu felt a bit at a loss about this sudden relationship.