Having accepted the new command talisman for his left arm, he left the teahouse. Instead of returning to Spring City Council's headquarters right away, he headed out of Spring City.
He traveled three hundred li west before landing atop an eagle-beak cliff. A pure white shadow appeared out of thin air and shot toward him. It was the little wolfdog.
It had been some time since the man and dog had parted. Aside from occasionally returning from underground to communicate with him through their thoughts and pass along messages, the little wolfdog spent most of his time roaming outside.
After so long without seeing him, the little wolfdog circled him nonstop. It came close, nipping at him and nudging him with its snout, practically bursting with affection.
"Acting cute and shameless—what a waste of all those abilities."
Desolate Charm Old Ancestor, inside the Starry Sky Ring, couldn't stand watching and couldn't help commenting.
Xu Yi had long since grown used to Desolate Charm's bitter, wronged-woman act. He ignored him and focused on communicating with the little wolfdog.
He hadn't sent the little wolfdog out to wander aimlessly. He'd wanted it to seek out Strange Beasts of the same level, get a sense of their strength, and, ideally, grow stronger through battle.
The little wolfdog's intelligence wasn't very apparent, and it still struggled to express itself. But from its fragmented thoughts, Xu Yi gathered that it had recently found two White Core Strange Beasts and fought them.
It had lost both times.
Xu Yi consoled it. "Don't lose heart. You only became a White-level beast recently. You'll get your chance to surpass them. Come on, take me to see how strong those two fellows are."
He had never fully gauged the little wolfdog's combat strength. More precisely, he didn't know much