The two stayed in Snow Capital for one night, then set off on their training journey early the next morning.
"Seventh Sister, where are we going?"
The best place to train was the Purple Demon Mountains, but merely passing through them last time had caused so much trouble. If they ventured deeper, they would probably encounter unforeseeable dangers.
Qian Wanyu said nothing, but the route she took led toward a Magic Beast woodland beyond the borders of the Moonwhite Empire.
Dongfang Minghui followed quietly, secretly guessing that the heroine had brought her out to train mostly so they could help Princess Xuanzhu steal the Pill Formula.
"Ninth Sister, let's rest a while."
"All right."
Dongfang Minghui did not mind now. Since she had begun cultivating, she had grown accustomed to going without sleep at night. By channeling spiritual power into her feet as she walked, she could travel all day without getting too tired.
"Toothless."
The moment Toothless emerged from the storage space, the little beast kept rubbing against her. She scooped Toothless up. "Toothless, you've grown. Let me see your teeth."
She held Toothless's head steady with both hands and pried open the little beast's mouth to look. The teeth had indeed grown in, and they were very sharp. She touched one gently, and Toothless immediately pulled away.
"Toothless has grown. When I was looking through the records in the Library Pavilion, I think I saw something similar-" Qian Wanyu pondered for a moment. At the time, she had been focused on researching Ninth Sister's backlash and the Elf Heart, and had simply flipped past it. "Never mind. Once we get back, I'll check the Library Pavilion again. Then we'll know what kind of Magic Beast Toothless is."
Toothless's four legs had developed, and the little beast had grown