Huo Ling'er looked at Ye Feng with interest and said softly, "Bad Rascal, this is a perfect opportunity. The Nine-Headed Lion Clan is powerful. With their allegiance, Stone Village's strength will surely rise to an even higher level."
Ye Feng naturally knew that Nine-Headed Lions possessed tremendous potential. Yet, to Huo Ling'er's surprise, he did not agree at once. Instead, he named a condition. "No allegiance is needed. In the future, Stone Village can send people here to choose mounts. Not many—ten will do."
"Mounts?"
The Clan Chief of the Nine-Headed Lion Clan turned solemn.
His name was Nine Spirit King.
Nine-Headed Lions possessed boundless potential, and many deities liked to use them as mounts. To the Nine-Headed Lion race, that was an insult.
Yet upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Nine Spirit King not only felt no insult, but asked excitedly, "Will they be your mounts?"
"No." Ye Feng shook his head.
"Then..." Nine Spirit King hesitated.
Nine Spirit King had heard of Ye Feng's badge achievements. In particular, he had witnessed Ye Feng's tribulation from afar earlier.
Like Moon Chan Fairy and the Devil Woman, Nine Spirit King believed that the one undergoing the tribulation had been Ye Feng.
If he could become Ye Feng's mount, Nine Spirit King would be more than willing. But Ye Feng said it was not for him.
The excitement in Nine Spirit King's eyes faded slightly as he asked, "Could it be Shi Hao?"
"No."
"Shi Er Meng?"
"No."
"Then Shi Qingfeng?"
"No."
"If not Shi Qingfeng, could it be Stone Skin Monkey?"
"None of them."
"It can't be... your disciple Xia Youyu, can it?" Nine Spirit King asked Ye Feng timidly.
"Every twenty years, Stone Village will send people to the Nine-Headed Lion Clan to choose mounts. There will be ten people