He sat up from the snow, looked around, and finally raised his head, looking straight at Ye Taotao, who was held in Bai Xin's arms.
"Did you save me, little monster?" A pair of peach blossom eyes on the pale face were shining with hope, staring at Ye Taotao for a moment.
Although his consciousness was blurred, he could still feel the aura, the aura of the top ferocious beast.
I didn't expect it to be such a small one.
Ye Taotao was a little embarrassed, shrank into Bai Xin's arms, and said nothing.
"Since you're fine, why don't you leave quickly?" Bai Xin frowned and said coldly.
"Ahem..." The young man in white sitting on the ground smiled weakly, "Brother, why are you so nervous? I have no ill intentions. What's more, it saved me, how can I repay kindness with enmity."
Bai Xin looked at him warily, unmoved: "Leave."
Xiao Yan did not respond, he just raised his eyelids and looked at the little monster in Bai Xin's arms with great interest.
Ye Taotao was blinking her eyes and quietly poked half of her head out of Bai Xin's arms to look at him.
When the two eyes met, Ye Taotao immediately seemed to have been caught for doing something bad. She quickly shrank her head and hid obediently in Bai Xin's arms and stopped moving around.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw this. He raised his eyes to look at Bai Xin and said: "It is not an ordinary monster. The spiritual energy in the lower world is thin, so it is impossible to raise it."
"You know her?"
"Xiao Yan is an alchemist." Xiao Yan did not directly answer Bai Xin's question. As he spoke, he raised a hand and released a small ball of alchemy fire for Bai Xin to see.
He continued: "I am seriously injured now. I am at the end of my strength. I need a place to stay and recuperate. If my brother is willing to take me in, I can refine a pill that he can eat."
Boxin's heart moved.
He had long known that the little monster was not ordinary, and he had indeed suspected that she might come from the upper world.
After all, Zhu Lijie is only the lowest realm in the world, and the cultivation level in the Nascent Soul stage is already the top level here. Beings like little monsters that can transform just after they are born, how can they not see it?
It's like something that could be born in such a remote place.
However, the man in front of me keeps saying that he can refine elixirs that little monsters can eat. Could it be that he comes from the upper world?
As if he had guessed what Bai Xin was thinking, Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said: "I come from the Sea of Clouds Realm, and I came here to avoid revenge. If you are afraid that I will be harmful to you two, I am willing to swear an oath from the inner demons. As long as you
If you don’t harm me, I will never harm you.”
"good."
Bai Xin originally didn't want to get too entangled with this person, but when he thought that the little demon beast had not changed back to its original shape for some unknown reason, he still agreed.
Since he is an alchemist born in the upper world, he should have a way to solve the problem of little monsters, right?
It wasn't until he saw Xiao Yan swearing the inner demon oath that Bai Xin relaxed his vigilance slightly and released Ye Taotao from his arms.
*
She didn't know what she ate during the day, but Ye Taotao felt that she was not that hungry anymore. She only drank a bowl of milk soup at night and was satisfied.
Boxin obviously didn't like to see Xiao Yan. Although he agreed to let him stay, he didn't prepare food or bed for him.
Xiao Yan was not angry either, his peach-blossom eyes still had a faint smile. When Bai Xin was eating barbecue, he took out a few fruits from somewhere and gnawed them slowly.
It's fruit...
Although he was no longer hungry, Ye Taotao was still instinctively attracted to the delicious food, and his eyes subconsciously followed Xiao Yan, staring longingly at the fruit in Xiao Yan's hand.
"Want to eat?" Sensing Ye Taotao's gaze, Xiao Yan shook the fruit in his hand towards her.
Ye Taotao swallowed her saliva. Although her eyes were still glued to the fruit and she was unwilling to leave for a long time, she still firmly shook her head at Xiao Yan.
She licked her little pointed baby tooth that had just emerged. How could she eat the fruit with such a small number of teeth?
Xiao Yan just smiled and said nothing. Under Ye Taotao's envious eyes, he ate all the fruits without leaving any.
After dinner, Xiao Yan went out for a walk again. He found a big stone somewhere, flattened it and brought it back. He placed it in the corner of the cave and used it as his bed.
Ye Taotao lay on the soft and fluffy licorice, blinking as she watched Xiao Yan working and Xiao Yan using a big stone as a bed. She was curious: wouldn't it be cold to sleep on a stone bed at night?
"It won't be cold." As if reading Ye Taotao's thoughts, Xiao Yan sat down on the stone bed and looked at Ye Taotao, "Do you want the little monster to come up and take a nap?"
Ye Taotao shrank her head, hugged the quilt that Bai Xin had sewn for herself, and her tail waggled rapidly behind her.
“Hey~~~” I don’t want it!
Xiao Yan laughed loudly.
"Don't you really want to give it a try? The stone bed is very warm..."
Before he could finish speaking, a figure suddenly stood between him and the little monster, completely blocking his gaze from looking at Ye Taotao.
Looking up along the figure, one can see Bai Xin's flat face, cold and hard.
"Brother Bai, is there something wrong?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile.
Bai Xin looked at him quietly for a while, raised his chin, nodded in the direction of the cave entrance, and said: "It's windy at night, go and sleep over there to protect Zai Zai from the wind."
Ye Taotao couldn't help but let out a soft "baa": Isn't this good? And since she has fur, she is not that afraid of the cold...
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome."
Xiao Yan raised his hand and took out a palm-sized alchemy furnace from the space and threw it towards the entrance of the cave. The alchemy furnace grew immediately as soon as it landed on the ground. In the blink of an eye, it grew to the height of three people, blocking the entrance of the cave tightly.
Reality.
"I am an alchemist, so naturally I have to carry seven or eight alchemy furnaces with me," Xiao Yan said.
Ye Taotao: "..."
*
At night, the cave was dark.
Only the fire on the ground was lit and made a "crackling" burning sound.
Ye Taotao woke up from her sleep. Her head was throbbing and aching, as if she had a bulge. She couldn't help but reach out and touch the corner of her head.
Ouch...it hurts so much.
What happened to her horns?
Ye Taotao glanced at Bai Xin who was sleeping next to her, pursed her lips, and still didn't have the nerve to wake him up.
Bai Xin had to go out to find food during the day and was already very tired. It was best not to disturb him at night.
The next moment, a warm finger fell on her head and gently rubbed the corners of her head.
"Does it hurt?"
Ye Taotao's whole body was agitated, her hair stood on end, and she covered her little mouth with her claws to prevent herself from screaming.
"Baaa?" Why are you here?
She raised her head and looked at Xiao Yan, who had walked up to her at some point, with wide eyes.
"Shh." Xiao Yan stretched out a finger and made a silent gesture.
Ye Taotao covered her mouth and stopped talking, only staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes.
Xiao Yan lowered his head and examined her head carefully, and finally concluded: "It's growing horns. It won't hurt if you rub it."