Seeing that Gungun had actually cowed Four-Unlike into agreeing just like that, Yuanshi felt genuinely annoyed.
To be honest, he did not care about the Qilin Clan's future. He had only asked out of consideration for Primordial Qilin turning into Qilin Cliff and letting Four-Unlike serve as his mount. Yet this fool, Four-Unlike, was far too stupid, utterly disgracing his name as the Jade Pure.
I already told you roughly how to negotiate. Can't you work out the details of the conversation and how to lay the groundwork yourself?
Aside from repeating my words, you didn't say anything else at all.
Oh, no, you did.
"You! I... you..." Those were your own words. Truly...
"Sigh!" Yuanshi sighed inwardly. Although he had long known that Four-Unlike was not particularly clever and had little aptitude for comprehension, he had never imagined that the fellow would prove so useless in something as important as negotiations between races. Sure enough, his decision to accept him as a mount all those years ago had been a mistake.
With that thought, Yuanshi shifted his gaze away from Four-Unlike and toward the great fat bear wearing a broad smile.
A sturdy body, powerful fangs, sharp claws, and black-and-white coloring that embodied the utmost simplicity of the Great Dao. Unlike that useless Four-Unlike, who was neither dragon nor horse, neither ox nor deer, and looked like a complete jumble.
Hmm, an Iron-Eating Beast really would make a better mount for me.
With that thought, Yuanshi began considering when he should visit the Iron-Eating Forest to select one... no, two Iron-Eating Beasts.
Meanwhile, the instant Four-Unlike agreed, Gungun sensed the fortune of his Iron-Eating Beast clan beginning to intertwine with that of the Qilin Clan through the unseen workings of fate.
*The Iron-Eating Beast clan's fortune is anchored by