"Something else? Master! Weren't you waiting to go inside with them?" Before Second Better or Snow Eagle King could speak, the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast blurted out its question, utterly oblivious to its status as a servant!
Sure enough!
"Humph! Since when did you get to interrupt what I do?" Li Xiaoya snorted, visibly angered, and rebuked it coldly.
"Yes, Master!" The Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast immediately fell silent...
"Master?" Snow Eagle King and Second Better were startled. If the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast called Li Xiaoya its master, didn't that mean he had enslaved it? Both stared at the beast with wide eyes...
"All right! I called you here for two reasons: first, to make sure you were safe, and second, to give you an important task!" Li Xiaoya offered no further explanation. Once Snow Eagle King and Second Better recovered, he continued, "In a moment, the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast and I will break the restrictions here. Neither of you can help much, so build a cave abode in the canyon outside, just like my previous one! You can cultivate there!"
"Huh? Brother Li! I want to go down to the sixth layer with you and have a look!" Snow Eagle King looked rather hesitant, but Second Better voiced the objection without reserve.
"No! We don't know what dangers lie below. If you come with me, who knows what you might face? Once I've made sure it's safe, I'll let you come down!" Li Xiaoya shook his head as he explained.
"Well... all right!" Since Li Xiaoya had put it that way, Second Better could only agree. Snow Eagle King dared say even less. He was still puzzling over how Li Xiaoya had managed to enslave a Heaven-and-Earth Realm demon beast like the Two-Headed Purple Phoenix Beast. But