Qiao Ranran parted Guai Guai's hair down the middle, barely hiding her enormous mouth. The style had one drawback, though: it always got dirty when she ate, and cleaning it took even longer than before.
At first, the Pei family's children had been afraid of Guai Guai. After all, they had never seen a Demon Beast so frightening and mysterious, and neither had the adults. They had even worried she might hurt someone. But once Qiao Ranran changed her hairstyle, she looked so silly that no one could see anything fierce about her. The children soon warmed to her. They pestered Guai Guai mercilessly every day, yet she never complained.
She would only come back filthy and pitiful, giving Qiao Ranran such aggrieved little looks that she would earn a meal Qiao Ranran made with her own hands.
Delicious food.
By the time Hidden Return Cliff had been rebuilt, even the surrounding Spatial Rifts had been pushed far away. They hovered forlornly around the Protective Formation, powerless to do anything but serve as another layer of protection for the Pei Family Members.
Pei Ling had also sealed the only route into Hidden Return Cliff. The Pei Family Members had come in that way, every step fraught with hardship. Now they no longer needed it. With the Teleportation Formation Pei Ling had set up, they could come and go freely.
Before Old Master Pei entered Seclusion, however, he had said that no member of the Pei family below Foundation Establishment could leave at will. The only exception was someone extraordinarily gifted—the sort Pei Ling had said could be sent straight to the Profound Heart Sect.
Of course, the Pei family had no such children yet. They had plenty at the Foundation Establishment Stage, only a few at the Golden Core Stage,