When Beauty Meets Beasts

Chapter 152 - Trap

Chapter 152: Trap

Huanhuan couldn’t say the answer because Bai Ming suddenly passed away!

In an instant, all the beasts in the palace rushed toward Bai Ming’s bedroom. They knelt on the floor outside the room.

Bai Ming’s remains were carried out of the bedroom and in the direction of the divine mountain.

The guards followed in unison.

Someone blew a horn on the palace wall. The news of the beast king’s death spread throughout Sun City.

Huanhuan stood where she was, not knowing what to do. Bai Di took her hand. “Stay close to me,” he whispered.

His big hands were dry and warm. Huanhuan’s heart found a foothold, and she fell silent.

She followed Bai Di to the front of the funeral procession. Bai Luo was beside her.

After arriving at the temple, the high priest, Wen Qian, brought the divine servants to pray for the dead Bai Ming. He washed Bai Ming’s body with holy water. Then, Bai Di and Bai Luo carried his body to the divine mountain.

The others could not go up the mountain and could only stand at the foot of the mountain and wait.

They looked up at the divine mountain with fanatical gazes.

The divine mountain was the holy land in the hearts of all the beasts. They were filled with longing and worship for this mountain that was favored by the gods. It was as if they could come into contact with the gods as long as they entered this divine mountain.

Only Huanhuan knew that this divine mountain was no different from an ordinary mountain.

If there was anything special about it, it was that the hot spring on the mountain was not bad.

If only there was a hot spring near the rock mountain. That way, their family could go to the hot spring…

Just as Huanhuan was letting her imagination run wild, Bai Di and Bai Luo came down the mountain.

The beast king’s funeral was over.

His magnificent life had ended, and he was simply buried on the Divine Mountain.

From then on, there was no more Bai Ming.

Huanhuan looked up at the divine mountain. She didn’t know how they dealt with Bai Ming’s remains. The beasts wouldn’t be buried, and she didn’t see any smoke just now, so it shouldn’t be cremation either. Could it be a water burial?

But there was only that hot spring on the mountain. They couldn’t have sunk the remains into the hot spring, right?

Unknowingly, she was lost in thought.

Sun City could not go without a king. The candidate for the new king had to be confirmed quickly.

Usually, the new king would be personally identified by the previous king. After passing the examination of the temple and confirming that there were no problems, the new king would take over.

However, Bai Ming left in a hurry and did not leave behind a will.

The last person he saw before he died was Bai Di. Wen Qian looked at him and asked, “Before the late king died, did he say anything to you about making someone king?”

Bai Di said calmly, “If I say that my father wanted to make me king, would you believe me?”

Xiong Shu was the first to step forward and shout, “Of course, we believe what the second prince says!”

Then, all the guards shouted in unison, “We believe in the second prince!!”

Their auras were extremely shocking.

The other beasts were too frightened to breathe.

Wen Qian despised these simple-minded martial artists, but he still maintained a compassionate expression. “Do you mean that the late king intended to make you the new king?”

After asking this, he glanced at Bai Luo, who was not far away.

They were both Bai Ming’s sons and were equally qualified to inherit the throne.

If Bai Di ascended to the throne, Bai Luo would definitely get nothing.

This was a multiple-choice question.

Bai Di was silent.

Xiong Shu said firmly, “Your Highness, not only are you outstanding in battle, but you’re also extremely smart. You’re the best candidate to inherit the throne. The late king must have been impressed with you, which was why he chose you as the new king. Please don’t let the late king down!”

With that, he knelt on one knee and shouted again, “Please, Your Highness, take the throne!”

The guards behind him also knelt down in unison. Their cries were deafening.

“Please inherit the throne, Your Highness!”

Huanhuan came back to her senses from the cries and looked blankly at the scene in front of her.

Bai Luo laughed at himself.

Sure enough, everyone could only see his second brother’s brilliance. No matter how hard he worked, as a younger brother, he could only be a foil!

Wen Qian gestured for everyone to be quiet. Then, he said slowly, “According to tradition, if you want to inherit the throne, in addition to obtaining the approval of the previous king, you have to satisfy one of two conditions.”

The first condition was for their soul beast to reach five stars or above. The second condition was to obtain the approval of the gods.

Wen Qian looked at Bai Di. “I remember that you’re only at four stars at the moment, so if you want to inherit the throne, you have to get the approval of the gods.”

In order to hide his strength, Bai Di had deliberately suppressed his beast soul so that he would look like a four-starred beast.

He asked, “What should I do?”

Wen Qian smiled. “It’s simple. As long as you drink the trial holy water bestowed by the gods and are still safe and sound after a day, you can successfully inherit the throne.”

He had the trial holy water brought over and placed in front of Bai Di.

Huanhuan looked at the bowl of trial holy water and couldn’t help but ask, “What do you mean by still safe and sound after drinking it?”

Wen Qian said meaningfully, “If the gods acknowledge the heir, they’ll naturally let the heir be safe and sound. But if the gods don’t acknowledge him, this bowl of water will make him suffer. If it’s serious, he might even die.”

Huanhuan was frightened.

Who knew what was in this bowl of water? If the high priest had secretly added poison, wouldn’t Bai Di be courting death by drinking it?!

Huanhuan tugged Bai Di’s finger quietly, hinting that he shouldn’t drink.

Bai Di looked down at her and asked a question.

“Do you want me to take the throne?”

Huanhuan was stunned.

This was the second time someone had asked her this question today.

It was Bai Luo who asked her the first time. Thinking of this, Huanhuan couldn’t help but look at Bai Luo. He was also looking over at this moment, his expression hidden in the shadows.

Huanhuan didn’t understand messy politics. She only hoped that Bai Di would be safe.

The bowl of trial holy water was clearly a trap.

If Bai Di drank it, he would be finished!

It must have been laced with poison.

Huanhuan said quickly, “Don’t drink it! Don’t inherit the throne. Let’s go home, okay?”

Bai Di smiled, his blue eyes filled with tenderness. “Okay.”

He picked Huanhuan up and looked back at Wen Qian. “My female wants to go home, so I don’t want to take the throne anymore. You can keep it for yourselves.”

With that, they walked away intimately.

They left a large group of people standing on the spot, looking at each other.

Everyone who thought there would be a bloodbath was stunned.

Wen Qian was speechless.

If one could read his mind, one would probably see the words ‘Go ahead and show off your love, then die quickly!’ and ‘Damn idiots!’

Either way, since Bai Di had voluntarily withdrawn, it was good news for the temple.

Bai Di was too powerful and scheming. Most importantly, he was very wary of the temple. If he inherited the throne, it would be bad for the temple.

Now that Bai Di had given up his inheritance, Bai Luo was the only one left to inherit the throne.