"Are you Jiaojiao?"
Gently stroking the fluffy White Fox in his arms, Wang Chen felt as though he were dreaming.
Yet even in a dream, he could never have imagined that Hu Jiaojiao had descended into this world and become a beast.
But on second thought, she had been of the fox clan to begin with!
That made perfect sense.
"Ying, ying, ying!"
Curled up in his arms, the White Fox let out soft, bashful cries tinged with coquettish complaint.
"Sorry."
Wang Chen smiled wryly. "I can't understand what you're saying."
The White Fox struggled free, leaped down from his arms, then stretched out a forepaw and scratched at the rock.
Before long, a line of words appeared before Wang Chen's eyes: I've been looking for you all this time...
Wang Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief—so long as they could communicate.
Though he could not understand beast speech, Hu Jiaojiao could understand him. They could communicate through writing; it was merely a little more troublesome.
Since this wild and desolate place was terribly inconvenient, Wang Chen decisively carried her back to the City Lord's Mansion.
Without alerting anyone.
Once they arrived at Wang Chen's residence, the White Fox opened her eyes wide and scampered joyfully all over the place.
Finally, she leaped onto the brocade-covered bed and rolled back and forth across it!
Only later did Wang Chen learn that Hu Jiaojiao had become a White Fox after descending into the Mist Mountain Realm.
And she had appeared amidst a fox pack.
Relying on her innate talents, her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. She was now a seventh-rank ferocious beast.
Equivalent to a human Innate expert!
As she continued to grow stronger, Hu Jiaojiao had also kept searching for Wang Chen's whereabouts.
Unfortunately, she had a