That junior disciple still looked uneasy. "Can I come along?"
Luo Jia smiled. "Of course."
He liked seeing Cultivators who truly cared for their Battle Pets. After all, affection went both ways. If they wanted a Demon Beast to trust them, they had to show it the utmost sincerity—and even then, forgiveness was far from certain. Besides, his grandfather had said it was inappropriate to lavish too much affection on a Battle Pet. Battle Pets were meant to fight. What some people raised weren't Battle Pets at all, but pets.
Luo Jia turned to apologize to Tao Doudou. He needed to take the Little Youngling back for treatment, so he couldn't keep shopping with them. He also arranged a day to meet Tao Doudou again.
Watching Gu Liang Luojia leave, Qiao Ranran asked, puzzled, "Is everyone in the Ancient Liang Family like that?"
Pei Ling shook his head. "He's probably an exception."
The Ancient Liang Family owed its current standing to its skill in taming Demon Beasts, and its methods weren't exactly pretty. Someone like Qiao Ranran, who chatted with Demon Beasts at every opportunity, coaxed them with kind words and good things, and somehow never got sent flying by a swipe of a claw—that was the real oddity.
Yan Qingsui still had to visit the Vast Sea City Lord at the City Lord's Manor. He had something Venerable Muhua had asked him to deliver!
"Are you coming?" Yan Qingsui looked at Qiao Ranran. "Weren't you interested in the City Lord before? Come take a look."
Qiao Ranran raised an eyebrow. "You think you'll actually get to see him? You're just delivering something. He might not even meet you!"
"That's where you're wrong. Venerable Muhua said I had to put it in the City Lord's hands myself. He even gave