"Good~" Xiao Mao nodded slightly and said with a smile, "I shall also see the delicacies you have prepared..."
At this point, Xiao Mao suddenly froze, abruptly coming to his senses. Ji Man seemed to know that this was his first time arriving at Million Meng Mountain, and Witch Elder had vaguely alluded to it earlier as well. Could it be that they knew he had always been outside Million Meng Mountain? Could it be that they knew about his father and mother?
Ji Man glanced at Witch Elder and gave Xiao Mao no chance to speak. She clapped her hands and called out something.
At once, a birdlike cry of "Caw~" sounded outside the wooden house. Everyone's vision darkened as a Soul Beast they had seen before flew in from outside and landed directly within the house! An elderly Soul Warrior still stood upon the Soul Beast's back.
Its wings, several zhang wide, flapped gently, making every bonfire sway!
"What is this..." Xiao Hua was quite puzzled to see the Soul Beast fly in. He looked curiously at Witch Elder and Ji Man, unable to tell what trick they were playing.
The Soul Beast landed on the wooden floor and walked step by step toward the bonfire. Its fist-sized eyes looked at Xiao Mao, and an indescribable feeling seeped from within them...
The Soul Warrior atop the Soul Beast jumped down and threw himself before Xiao Mao in salute. Then he leaped back onto the Soul Beast's back, clapped his hands, and the Soul Beast crawled onto the ground, its head coming to rest before the bonfire. The Soul Warrior reached toward his waist, took out a pitch-black Soul Artifact over a foot long, and moved it along the Soul Beast's neck toward its head!
"What are you doing?"