Hao Ren slowly rose to his feet, summoned his courage, and took out some beast meat from his Storage Bag.
Almost every cultivator kept some food in their Storage Bag, mainly in case of emergencies.
He raised the beast meat and tossed it toward the Scaled Flood Dragon.
The Scaled Flood Dragon did not react.
He threw several more pieces, but there was still no response.
"It's no use, Brother One Leaf..." Sweat dripped from Hao Ren's forehead.
Lu Ye let out a soft breath and said, "Brother Hao, you should leave first. It has been staring at me the whole time, so it probably won't bother with you."
"What about you?"
"I have my own way of getting away."
Hao Ren hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth. "Then be careful, Brother One Leaf."
As he spoke, he gave Hao Qing a meaningful look. The siblings crept backward on tiptoe.
Sure enough, the Scaled Flood Dragon ignored them. It did not even spare them a glance, leaving Hao Ren and Hao Qing both aggrieved at being ignored and inexplicably relieved.
Only after retreating a hundred zhang did the siblings suddenly melt into the darkness.
Lu Ye was considering a question now: what exactly had the Scaled Flood Dragon taken a liking to about him?
According to Hao Ren, he and Hao Qing had come here several times and had never seen the Scaled Flood Dragon. Yet on Lu Ye's first visit, it had fixed its gaze on him.
Something was wrong.
Lu Ye recalled what he had done earlier. Then he reached out, grabbed Amber, who was lying sprawled across his legs like a corpse, and lifted it to one side of his body.
The Scaled Flood Dragon's eyes shifted with it.
Lu Ye moved Amber to his