She could forgive him for being able to talk, but even the aura around him left her a little entranced.
Curled up in his arms, she felt a comfort unlike anything she had ever known.
"Little one, why aren't you staying beneath Star Lake? What are you doing out here?"
A flicker of displeasure crossed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes.
"I'm not little," she huffed. "I'm over a hundred years old!"
"Besides, it's too boring beneath Star Lake. Uncle Di Tian and the others went off somewhere and won't pay any attention to me, so I had to come out by myself."
Chu Yuan glanced at Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, who were refining their Godhoods.
The others still had a long way to go, but Di Tian...
He looked close to finishing.
Di Tian's body had spent time in the Divine Realm and been tempered by divine power.
His cultivation was also high, which made refining his Godhood easier for him.
Refining a Godhood and condensing a Divine Seat were things one could only do for oneself. No one else could help. Otherwise...
Chu Yuan would have helped Di Tian through that final step himself.
Chu Yuan looked down at the little one by his feet again.
Gu Yuena was still toiling away burying corpses in the Dragon Tomb, and teasing her every day had admittedly grown a tiny bit stale.
Chu Yuan crouched and gently picked up the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
He might as well find out what looking after a child felt like.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was not a human child, but she was still a child. Surely there could not be much difference.
All he had to do was keep her alive.
"If you want to go out and play, I'll take you."