"You—you're being way too violent! What if you bring the cellar down?"
Inside the cellar, Old Man Yu looked up. The narrow entrance had now been widened several times over.
But that slap from the wolf-bear just now had still left him utterly stunned.
Was this the might of the Qi Refining Realm?
Amid his shock, even he found himself entertaining an improper fantasy.
The wolf-bear paid no mind to Old Man Yu's words. Although it had only just broken through, it still had enough control to avoid causing that little bit of damage.
Besides, with the Black Annihilation Wind Disaster descending and the earth already frozen, there was no need to worry about the cellar collapsing.
It had even dared to do this because it already knew that the mysterious Lord Little Tree wasn't in the cellar.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have dared act so carelessly even if it had eight lives to spare.
"Come with me."
As Old Man Yu spoke, he bent down and squeezed into the passage leading to the root chamber.
Compared to the narrow cellar entrance, this passage was wide enough for the shrunken wolf-bear to pass through. Old Man Yu couldn't walk upright in it, but he could manage just fine with his back bent.
Soon, the man and the wolf-bear arrived in the root chamber.
Here, all the ferocity vanished from the wolf-bear's face. It lowered its brows and meekly kept its eyes down, showing heartfelt reverence.
If not for the Immortal Destiny Lord Little Tree had given—or rather, bestowed upon—it, it might not even have survived this year's Black Annihilation Wind Disaster, let alone broken through to the Qi Refining Realm.
Such kindness was no different from giving it a new lease on life.
At the same time, it could feel an