Chen Jue was dumbstruck because, when he had previously taught Little Parrot plenty of pinyin and Chinese pronunciation, the little fellow had refused to say much, rather like a brat who hated studying.
Yet once in Yun Xiaomei's hands, Little Parrot had actually started learning human speech of his own accord.
"Even exotic beasts judge people by their looks and gender?" Chen Jue's face darkened with exasperation.
Then he recalled Yun Xiaomei's status as a Born Mountain Lord and her handy Beast Language for communicating with animals. He felt that letting her raise Little Parrot would be far better than his own method of cramming lessons into him.
Besides, women were naturally more attentive than men and extremely sensitive to the emotions of young creatures.
As he was thinking, Little Parrot gave a soft cry and flapped his wings, whipping up a powerful gust that sent everyone retreating far out of the way. Then, with a beat of his wings, he soared into the sky with Yun Xiaomei on his back.
"Little Parrot! Let's fly higher!" Yun Xiaomei looked immensely excited as she rode on his back. The elf-like girl had only just entered Second Home, yet she was already taking to it like a fish to water.
The other members of the landing party grew rather envious at the sight.
After all, flying on a pet exotic beast they had raised, rather than taking to the air in a man-made tool like an airplane, was like stepping into a fantasy world for these young and middle-aged adults, all under forty. They could hardly wait to climb aboard and try it themselves.
"Stop staring!"
"Get to work!"
"Our group didn't come here to have fun," Sun Wu, the leader of this second landing party, stepped forward and said with a