After leaving the building, Xiao Xiao headed toward the entrance to the residential complex.
When he passed a large tree, he stopped.
Turning to look at the yao who had been silently following behind him, he smiled. "Ling Hu, thank you for your help."
Ling Hu froze, looking a little uncomfortable.
Then it grumbled inwardly. It hadn't helped of its own free will.
If Xiao Xiao hadn't been stronger than it, it wouldn't have been willing to help.
The yao scraped its hoof against the ground a few times, looking awkward.
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Ling Hu, you don't have to follow me. You can go now."
Ling Hu's eyes lit up.
It could go?
As soon as they'd left the building, it had wanted to turn around and leave.
Who wanted to spend time with this human?
He'd cost it so much cultivation.
But it had to admit, it was a little cowardly.
This mysterious human made it wary.
And the Great Yao that kept appearing out of nowhere beside him frightened it, too.
Until the human gave it permission, it really hadn't dared to just leave.
While following behind him earlier, it had been debating whether to ask the human if it could go.
After all, the unlucky human who'd gone mad from seeing it had recovered.
Its task was over, too.
Ling Hu suddenly sighed.
It had called someone else unlucky.
Wasn't it unlucky, too?
It and that human were in the same boat. Neither of them had come out ahead.
Once it left, it would go somewhere with fewer people.
Next time it went through a period of weakness, it would definitely find a secluded place to hide!
If something like today happened again, it would probably wish it were dead.
"Goodbye, Ling Hu."