The annual Shanglin Garden Spring Hunt is a traditional hunting ritual within the Mage Alliance, as renowned as the Mulan Autumn Hunt and the Baddminton Winter Hunt. Every year, it attracts a large number of wizards to participate—most of them come from ancient wizard families with over three hundred years of history, while a smaller portion who do not possess noble surnames or lineages but demonstrate outstanding talents are the fresh blood these ancient families are willing to accept. In addition, there are other special guests, like the Duo Nuo Clan, Multi-armed race, Three-Eyed race, and such visitors from beyond regions, as well as magical races possessing unique talents, such as Mermen, Ninfus, and the Huisu.

Luna Huisu is seventeen this year.

Unlike ordinary horses, the Huisu tribe, possessing wisdom and magic, have a longer lifespan comparable to wizards. Being within the realm of the Mage Alliance, according to the rules of the "Codex", the standard for their coming of age is also set at eighteen.

In other words, Luna is about to come of age.

After coming of age, a Huisu needs a designated mate.

This is why she followed the elders of her tribe to Shanglin Garden today—born under the full moon, Luna Huisu possesses a spirituality far surpassing that of ordinary clan members in astrology. The elders in her clan do not wish for her to waste this talent. Instead, they hope to leverage it to form an alliance with those ancient wizard families within the Alliance, injecting new vitality into the gradually declining tribe.

Regarding how a horse and a wizard might have offspring, there are already many cases to reference within the Alliance. The most common and safest method is using Directional Transformation Techniques, whether it’s transforming a Huisu into a wizard or a wizard into a Huisu, which can easily resolve this small inconvenience.

During the day, like other guests of similar status, Luna did not participate in the young wizards’ performance of magic but stood on Centimeter Mountain, silently observing the warlocks by the lakeside.

The list prepared by the elders of her tribe did not hold much reference value for her.

Compared to the list the elders meticulously compiled based on surnames, wealth, or talents, she trusted her own spirituality more, trusting the guidance the star signs gave her.

Then, she saw that boy who beat up the big fox of the Tu Shan Clan.

Soon, the elders in her tribe quickly found out the identity of that boy.

The first to bring the news was Gregory LePont, who was responsible for liaising with the Huisu tribe during the Shanglin Garden Spring Hunt. He reviewed the registration information by the book and told the Huisu that the warlock’s name was Zheng Qing. This year, he is a second-year student at the First University, a cost student of Jiuyou Academy, not born of a reputable family, yet possessing an invitation invite from the Zhongshan Jiang Family—meaning he has a magical talent that even the old wizard families prize. At the same time, LePont also mentioned something not in the registration form, that Zheng Qing is rumored to be the alleged husband of Su Shijun, an Upper House Member of the Moon Council, and they allegedly have a child together.

The implication being that LePont did not favor the Huisu tribe to pry into the affairs of the Jiang or Su families.

Most of the elders present agreed with LePont and did not wish to offend two ancient wizard families over this minor matter, suggesting Luna change her target.

To this, the brown young mare sneered.

Merely three minutes later, the Three-Eyed race, which was friendly with the Huisu tribe, sent more detailed intelligence, indicating that the warlock was a team leader of a formal hunting team. His team had participated in the Battle of the Black Prison and had hunted a true Great Demon, for which the Alliance had just awarded Zheng Qing a Merlin Gold Medal. Moreover, among his team members were descendants from prestigious wizard families like the Zhongshan Jiang, the Tianmen Zhang, and the O’Brien and Tabbot families.

The elders of the Huisu tribe began to hesitate, though they were not adept at the wizards’ interpersonal nuances and schemes, the vast experience brought by long life told them that such key figures involving many factions often carried immense benefits, like a great vortex, able to grant its owner unending gains.

As a result, many old horses began to applaud their colt’s keen eye indeed, and his spirituality was indeed lucid.

Soon, a Huisu elder who went out to gather information came back with another eye-catching news—the warlock, though only a second-year, had already signed a formal employment contract with the First University, serving as a teaching assistant for the Fu Lu class in the newly established Edge Academy.

This intelligence became the final straw breaking the conservative old horses’ will.

While the Huisu tribe possessed exceptionally high magical talents, their status within the Alliance was quite awkward, hovering between core and peripheral races, with few colts gaining admission to Buji Island, hence the newly established Edge Academy at the First University held massive appeal for them.

A young wizard assuming a formal teaching position at the founding of the academy could bring enormous positive possibilities to the Huisu tribe’s future, self-evidently.

Without needing further persuasion, the old horses decisively prepared Luna for the dance event.

Thus, she arrived early at the dance floor.

However, the bustling crowd at the event left the young mare slightly dizzy, wandering around the dance floor for a long time without finding her target.

It’s tough for the Huisu to distinguish the different features of wizards—much like how ordinary people find it hard to tell apart different horses easily—for them, these flat-faced, slender-bodied, weak beings have only their exceptional magical talents to commend, lacking beautiful manes or robust, graceful limbs, so wizards with ordinary appearances usually failed to leave a deep and clear impression on them.

As she roamed around the dance floor, there were no shortage of warlocks interested in the Huisu tribe approaching, attempting to have a dance with this young mare.

But Luna was evidently not there to enjoy the music and dance.

She responded to each one trying to cozy up to her with a vast, non-committal tone, and conveyed a clear message with her proud gaze and impatiently flicking tail: I’m not interested!

Gradually, the unfamiliar wizards surrounding her dwindled, her view slowly broadened, and then, she once again recognized the figure she saw on Centimeter Mountain.

Specifically, it was the other Huisu who accompanied her to the event that helped her recognize them once more.

"Pardon me."

Jiang Yu reacted quickly, smiling as she apologized to the small brown horse opposite, meanwhile revealing an appropriately puzzled expression: "I didn’t know you were looking for us..."

The small brown horse glanced at her, her gaze swept across the witch’s two slender forelegs, shook her head with little amplitude, then elegantly lifted one slender and strong front leg, offering Zheng Qing a pretty little hoof.

"Luna Huisu, pleased to meet you."

She flicked her long, elvish ears, her gaze fixated on the boy, succinctly expressing her intention: "I want to have a foal with you... If you can have a child with a fox, naturally you can with a Huisu, right?"