Star Dou Great Forest, core area.
Huo Yuhao lay beside the Lake of Life, staring blankly up at the sky.
Another day, and he'd been drained dry.
"You did well today. Keep it up tomorrow."
Di Tian looked at him and offered a cool assessment before turning to leave.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help feeling as if Di Tian were a heartless playboy, using him and then tossing him aside without a hint of attachment.
If that were the case, then he would be...
At the thought, Huo Yuhao jerked his head, shaking the terrifying idea from his mind.
He swore that one day, he'd be the man on top!
Di Tian had barely left when a rustling came from the bushes beside Huo Yuhao.
He knew that sound all too well.
Without even turning around, he sat up and waited quietly.
A golden shadow slipped out from the bushes.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion peered furtively in every direction. Once she was sure Di Tian wasn't nearby, she puffed out her chest and strutted over with an arrogant sway.
The little princess had been showing up at the Lake of Life almost every day lately.
The Emperor Auspicious Beast's status in the Star Dou Great Forest was beyond compare. After Di Tian had scolded her last time, the more she thought about it, the more indignant she became.
Why couldn't she play with this human? She was coming whether he liked it or not!
Even Di Tian couldn't keep a leash on her forever!
And so, before long, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion found that sneaking over whenever Di Tian wasn't around had a special kind of thrill to it.
Humans seemed to call this sort of thing... cheating?
No, that didn't sound quite right.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion wasn't sure, and