"Tian... a simp?"
She Xilu paused, then glanced at the Little Pomeranian busily licking her fingers. She nodded in understanding. "It really does like licking. Maybe that's just how dogs are."
"...I said 'Heavenly Dog.' Have you heard the myth about the Heavenly Dog devouring the moon?"
Youchan sounded rather speechless inside her mind, then continued, "When 'it' created our kind back then, it modeled us after the Heavenly Dog in the Demon Realm that devours moonlight. It belongs to the Outer Path, just as we do, much like the relationship between cultivators. Although it's only an exotic beast, it's already considered a superior being in the mortal world."
"An exotic beast?" She Xilu asked in surprise, speaking inwardly. "Aren't you an exotic beast too? A two-headed snake?"
"How could that be?" Youchan scoffed. "And it's not 'me,' but 'us.' We stand at the very pinnacle of our entire kind. How could an exotic beast possibly compare?"
"Yet you still reincarnated as a human, didn't you?" She Xilu remained entirely unimpressed.
"That was... forget it."
Youchan opened her mouth to argue, but sighed instead. "Still, where did this Heavenly Dog come from? It actually followed Lin Zhishui home. Could some mighty being of the Outer Path have recognized our past incarnation and deliberately sent it here?"
"Why couldn't Lin Zhishui have brought it home as a gift for me?" She Xilu asked inwardly, a little indignant.
"Nonsense," Youchan said flatly. "I've told you many times that Lin Zhishui is only a mortal. How could he possibly bring a Heavenly Dog home as a pet?"
She Xilu replied inwardly, "Maybe he asked that Yan Shanshui to catch it for him?"
Youchan chuckled. "Don't be fooled by how weak this Heavenly Dog looks in its disguise. If it unleashed all its power,