[Lan Yue: So it's one of the Fifth Elder's kitties. I was wondering why the Fifth Elder kept hitting the "trending searches" every day.]
The moment her inner voice rang out, the Fifth Elder grew bewildered and uneasy, unable to sit still any longer. How had this girl caught him up in her gossip again and again and again and again?
Besides, what could possibly be going on with his kitties? They were so adorable. What gossip could there be?
His spirit cats had all been especially well-behaved lately. They hadn't even scratched his face behind his back. What fresh gossip was there to feast on?
Everyone else looked surprised, too. It was only last time, through Lan Yue's inner voice, that they had learned the Fifth Elder kept a whole clowder of cats and absolutely treasured those spirit cats.
Last time, at least the Fifth Elder had scratches on his face, which had made him gossip fodder. What could have happened this time?
What little schemes could a kitty possibly have? Perhaps the Fifth Elder had been doing something sneaky instead!
The other elders all turned toward the Fifth Elder, their gazes full of condemnation.
The Fifth Elder: "????"
Why are you all looking at me like that? The kitties really aren't scheming anything, but I haven't done anything either!
Lately, he had either been training those little ones, standing guard over at the Ruins, or staying here studying formation arts day and night.
Even if he racked his brains to pieces, he couldn't think of any gossip there could possibly be about him.
"Feasting on gossip? What gossip?" Black Little Snake tilted his head in confusion, too.
Thinking it over carefully, he recalled that the demon in Snake Nine's Voice Transmission Stone had apparently mentioned feasting on gossip