"...Thank goodness for Yinzi."
Xiao Xiao reached out and smoothed the fur on Little White Fox's head.
Otherwise...
If this had dragged on any longer, it would have been hard to say what might have happened.
After all, in its weakened state, the parasitic vine monster needed a great deal of energy.
The steady, gradual approach it had used before was no longer suitable.
If Yinzi hadn't found him in time, he might not have learned about it until after Auntie Zhou had gotten hurt.
He might not have found out at all.
Fortunately.
That tragedy hadn't happened.
He was lucky.
Auntie Zhou was lucky.
"Pfft~"
Little White Fox curled its lip.
It looked down on Yinzi a little for earning Lord Xiao Xiao's praise.
The white snake twisted its body.
Its bright red, slit-pupil eyes shimmered with a mesmerizing light.
"If it were me, I'd have taken care of that thing myself."
"Why go out of my way to bother Lord Xiao Xiao?"
Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes and smiled.
"Yinzi had its reasons, too."
He knew Yinzi had considered the worst-case scenario: what if stepping in itself somehow affected Xiao Jin? That was why it had chosen the most cautious approach.
The parasitic vine monster's greatest strength had never been its raw power.
It was how it clung to people like a "plaster."
And its ability to launch surprise attacks when no one was prepared.
Yinzi was also worried that if it left Xiao Jin's side, it might give the monster an opening. What if the monster latched onto Xiao Jin instead?
Xiao Jin was different from Auntie Zhou.
If the parasitic vine monster had been on Xiao Jin these past few days...
It might have already recovered most of its strength.
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