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Chapter 298: Odds and ends before Core Formation
A few short days soon passed.
Deep in the Jade Purity Mountain Range.
The mountain breeze brushed past, rustling the leaves and branches in the woods.
"It's time to go."
Chen Beiwu crouched halfway down and met the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox's round eyes.
"Ying."
The Seven-Tailed Purple Fox suddenly raised her right paw.
Chen Beiwu paused slightly, then his lips curved upward as he realized this was the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox clan's unique way of saying goodbye.
He extended his right palm as well and gently pressed it against her right paw. The paw pad against his palm felt warm and soft.
After a long while, the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox lowered her forepaw. Her seven tails swayed gently behind her, and she tapped the jade bottle with a tail tip before pushing it toward his chest. Her meaning could not have been clearer.
A farewell gift. It's yours!
"Isn't this your daily food?" Chen Beiwu did not take it. With an amused laugh, he asked, "If you give it to me, what will you drink?"
The Seven-Tailed Purple Fox said nothing, gazing firmly at Chen Beiwu with a hint of insistence that brooked no refusal.
Sensing the purple fox cub's sincerity, Chen Beiwu dropped his teasing manner and solemnly accepted the jade bottle.
The gift was truly precious, and by rights he should have politely declined, but he ought not reject the sentiment behind it.
Seeing this, the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox's nose twitched, as though she wanted to etch Chen Beiwu's aura deep into her memory. Then she turned of her own accord and leaped into the sea of clouds, her figure agile, without any of the endearing clumsiness of her accidental stumble at their first meeting.
Unfortunately, her elegance lasted