Bu Er and Mu Feng were fast, but they only just managed to shield Yang Qing before Jiangli's shriek rang out.
Jiangli let out one shriek after another.
Only after striking three times and giving three shrieks did it stop.
By then, three small, bloody paw prints had appeared with perfect clarity on Mo Chong's chest.
Jiangli had formed them by gathering together the blood staining its paw after scratching the backs of Yang Qing's and the others' hands.
But it had only broken a little skin on their hands. How could it have gathered so much blood?
Yang Qing felt that the little beast he had acquired possessed such extraordinary abilities that he understood it less and less.
Still, he had certainly picked up a treasure.
There was no doubt about that.
Just as Yang Qing and the others waited to see what Jiangli would do next, it suddenly jumped off Mo Chong and bounded onto Yang Qing.
Yang Qing caught it at once, for he had already noticed something extremely slender clutched tightly in its other paw.
It resembled a bean sprout, yet was much sturdier than one.
Besides, a bean sprout usually had one or two little leaves at its tip, whereas this slender thing bore...
He sucked in a breath...
When Yang Qing saw clearly what sat atop that bean sprout, he was utterly startled.
At the very tip of the "little bean sprout," he actually saw a tiny ring.
On closer inspection, the more Yang Qing looked at that tiny ring, the more familiar it seemed.
Wasn't that his bone jade Signet Ring?
Only, the bone jade Signet Ring perched atop the "bean sprout" had shrunk considerably.
Jiangli shoved the little "bean sprout" into Yang Qing's arms, then raised a paw, pointed toward Mo Chong,