LEGEND OF THE GOLDEN TIGRESS

Xing was with two swords in an attack position when they tried to get to her as Chenglie who was sitting in the tree was observing her and it reminded him of the older days he"d watch her fight those thugs in the western province too and he felt nostalgic.

It is more her style to lure them into a more s.p.a.cy area and attack them all at once as she is not one for patience to attack them one by one. She gets tired too.

That"s when he saw a couple of men approaching her stealthily from behind and gripped his crossbows and aimed to hit them. Usually Xing doesn"t watch her back and that is her weakness and Haru knows it too and that"s why they always fought back to back.

But even Chenglie was surprised that she realised those men there and stopped their axe wielding hands from ever working again. The others started attacking her immediately too and the entire place was filled with the noise of the clas.h.i.+ng weapons and the groans of the men falling down at her feet, grovelling.

The gentle light of the fullmoon, reflected in her sword that made it look like it was creating lightnings.

Chenglie sat comfortably supporting his chin on his hands and looked at the one who was calmly handling those men with her scarlet clothes fluttering and her golden braided hair coiled around her neck. She had danced rather provocatively for him before which he enjoyed immensely but why is she looking more alluring today with those double swords in her hands?

Those swords are meant to be carried only by the One above all, the Emperor of the Wind Kingdom and since the Kingdom is formed, none of the Emperors had used it for combative purposes. The Tians.h.i.+ Emperor had his own sword and who knows which Emperor had used it for fighting before? Here she is, soaking the Yin-yang sword in blood of these filthy men. I bet the swords would be happy to Serve their purpose of protecting the innocent.

My adorably gallant kitten!

Chenglie could not help but adore his woman and he noted that she is cutting the tendons of these men one by one so they cannot touch their weapons again. Usually she never is this brutal and would just disarm them.

She believed in giving those thugs a second chance in their life after being punished by her. After their punishment, most of them would return to acceptable methods of earning money and most never returned to their thug life. Of course she had certain exceptions to that rule too.

Haru had told him that she used to say that these thugs might have a duly to return to.. a mother, wife or a child who will be expecting their return. He knew only few who know her knows how kind she is, too kind to her own detriment sometimes.

But now, she is cutting their tendons which means they cannot hold a weapon or would be able to work again. Is it because they are trying to gang up on a woman to humiliate her or is that because she has changed..?

Chenglie was in deep thoughts when she finished disabling all the men and started to tie them up. That"s when Chenglie remembered that the one who arranged it, the Chief of the LiLai tribe who was attacked by the panther is not here. So where is he?

As he was looking around, he saw through the roof that his brother and the thief woman are....

Wait! Are they doing "it"?

He looked closer, No... But they are going to...! Ewww! They are kissing! How could Junjie be in the mood for "that" with a fight going on outside? And that too with that woman?

*Grrrr*

A low majestic rumble was heard surprising everyone and Chenglie looked at the direction to see....

Is that a lion? In a cage...? And that lilai chief brought it here... ? A lion... ? A frigging lion..?

Lions cannot be found in their kingdom and they are usually said to be inhabit the wilderness south to their kingdom. They are an exotic animal and no one in the Wind Kingdom might have seen an actual lion.

Xing was surprised by the low hungry growl that complained, "I"m hungry" and looked back to see, a lion.

Xing stood up as she was crouching up while binding a man and she looked at the majestic and beautiful animal in front of her. In the moonlight, only its form was visible as it was caged and that mane looked fluffy and Xing had an urge to touch that beast who is said to be the king of the jungle.

That guy got the lion out of the cage and the lion majestically leapt out of the cage and walked towards her and Xing was curious as to how a lion would feel to touch and how silky would be the mane.

Wow! An animal I have only seen pictures of in books is right in front of me...! But wait, is that the guy Mo Chen attacked? Why is he here with a lion now? Is he trying to give gifts to pacify the tension?

"Are you giving the Lion as a tribute?", Xing asked. It is customary to give exotic animals as tribute to the Emperor you wish to serve, right?

That guy looked at her weirdly. He didn"t understand what he said but won"t the usual reaction after seeing a lion would be panic? Why is this one seems excited?

He had asked his tribe to catch a lion, starve it and send it to him so that the vile woman who attacked him with a panther will be torn by it after she is mauled by his men.

But... his men all are lying on the ground grovelling and she is excited to see a starving wild lion that is purposely tortured to bring here so that it will hate humans? And the lion is standing in front of her like she is his G.o.d? Just who is she?

Chenglie who was at first scared to see that beast could not help but laugh when Xing asked that question.

"Pfft", he could not hold his laughter as he pinched his nose and closed his mouth with both hands.

As expected of my girl! Why on earth would she think that he had brought that animal to attack her? For her, a wild big cat is similar to a tamed house cat.... Ha... Ha...ha... She really asked him if it was a gift! I wish he could understand her and it is bright enough to clearly see his expressions! She thought of his torture animal as a pet!

My adorably dumb kitten!

Xing who was now petting the lion that stood to her chest, heard Chenglie"s laugh and was irritated. "What"s so funny?", she asked looking in Chenglie"s direction and only then realised that this guy with the lion is the one who wants her violated and he won"t be trying to give tributes to their kingdom.

The lion"s mane was not that silky as Xing expected to be and the lion was telling her the grievances it had to suffer to be here.

Xing felt sorry for that Lion and decided to avenge for it. She tried to point at the direction of the wilderness but refrained herself as she is not that good at directions and asked it to return to its home safely and not to eat humans no matter what.

While Xing was talking to the lion, Chenglie wondered what his brother was up to and saw him still hugging that woman.

Seriously! There is a frigging lion outside and you are being chummy with your Concubine? Here I am.... In love with a woman for twelve years and haven"t consummated yet. And there he is... With a woman he only knows for months on an intimate position. Have you no shame, Junjie? And that too with that woman who steals...!

Chenglie was not happy with his brother"s choice of woman and so he decided to do what any concerned big brother would do. He plucked a fruit hanging in the tree and threw it at his brother who is not smart enough to handle women.

Of course Chenglie tried to teach the Emperor because he thought that woman must not be be trusted now and he should be on high alert and not because he was feeling jealous that his brother is having his woman close to him but he cannot and his woman is now more interested in the lion than himself!

The sudden intrusion of the fruit, brought the Emperor to senses and Chenglie was relieved only when he saw his brother standing up and stopped doing whatever they were doing.