Madam Loulan and the envoy from the Ba Kingdom repeatedly expressed their regret, as if they were a step away from exchanging a great sum of money for a child. If only they had put in a little more effort in the past, they could have succeeded in embracing their offspring.
Others felt it was all rather perplexing and continued their discussion, stepping around the two.
Under normal circumstances, advancing from the Hunting Tiger stage to the Zenith stage should, barring failures mid-way, take about a month to accomplish and, including the time for nurturing and development, two months would suffice.
