Honestly, encountering one monster was very different from being surrounded by a whole group of them.
Uh...
Was he being a bit like Lord Ye, who feared dragons?
Li Yan scratched his head.
Besides, they were only two monsters...
What could possibly go wrong?
"Forget it."
Li Yan waved his hand.
"Pretend I never asked."
Xiao Xiao smiled.
"Don't worry."
Even though Li Yan had said that, Xiao Xiao still gave him an answer.
"It'll be fine."
"They won't hurt Song Chuxia."
Not only were they not the kind of vicious monsters who would harm humans for no reason...
They'd also been frightened by the Gu Diao today.
They wouldn't have any other thoughts, either.
"Yeah."
Li Yan scratched his head again.
"I was just worrying over nothing."
"Master Xiao is here, after all."
"What do I have to worry about?"
Li Yan grinned.
"Master Xiao, I've known you for so long. How come no monsters have ever tried to get to know me?"
Li Yan sounded a little aggrieved.
"Or do monsters prefer pretty girls, too?"
Xiao Xiao paused slightly.
He blinked, a faint smile spreading across his face. "I don't think that's it."
"But..."
"But what?"
Li Yan pressed him.
"Everyone appreciates beauty."
Xiao Xiao stroked Little White Fox's head.
"Some monsters are the same."
Like several of the monsters around him.
They liked pretty things.
"Huh?"
Li Yan's mouth fell open slightly.
So it was true?
He'd only said that offhandedly.
Were even monsters this "shallow" now?
What mattered about a person was their character.
Not their looks.
Of course...
Li Yan pursed his lips.
It would be even better to have both.
"Only some monsters are like that."
Xiao Xiao made sure Li Yan understood.
"Not all of them."
"Mostly,