Lu Duan had come down the mountain without caring whether it found the child or not.
It had heard the child's cry for help.
It had nothing important to do anyway, so it might as well make the trip.
"I know."
Xiao Xiao was a little surprised that Lu Duan had explained this to him.
His eyes curved slightly.
He knew.
Lu Duan disliked, even hated, the smell of blood.
It was simply born that way.
"I'm grateful you came to find me."
Otherwise, even if Lu Duan had ignored the little girl, no one could have blamed it for anything beyond a moral failing.
Lu Duan was a monster.
Not a human.
Naturally, human moral standards couldn't be used to hold Lu Duan to account.
Nor would Lu Duan accept them.
"Goodbye, Lu Duan."
Xiao Xiao looked toward a tree not far away.
"Goodbye, little monkey."
The Gǔdiāo soared into the sky.
A Jiu quickly folded up the umbrella.
Otherwise, the umbrella would have been completely ruined.
Xiao Xiao turned his head and gave A Jiu an approving look.
Little White Fox narrowed its eyes with a hint of pride.
Hmph.
It was clever, after all.
The Gǔdiāo sped toward the foot of the mountain.
Its lightning-fast figure soon became a black speck in Lu Duan's eyes.
Lu Duan took a few steps forward.
Its expression shifted through a thousand emotions.
A few breaths later, Lu Duan had regained its composure.
Today, it had certainly seen something extraordinary.
It had been a long time since its emotions had been so violently stirred.
But it quickly thought things through.
No matter how that monster had suddenly appeared, no matter how powerful it was...
It was obvious that the monster took orders from that human.