Iron Egg remained calm at the sight of the human and beast sharing such a tender moment, finding nothing unusual about it.
Golden Egg and the Five-Qi Vine beside him, on the other hand, felt faintly jealous.
Golden Egg even sprang up, landing on the right side of Chen Beiwu's arms, and eyed the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox warily.
"Ying?"
Noticing the gaze, the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox lifted her head slightly and gave Golden Egg a bewildered look with her mismatched eyes.
Golden Egg considered itself the loyal minister its master relied on most, but faced with the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox's innocent expression, its three dragon heads instinctively turned away, avoiding that pure gaze.
Forget it, forget it!
This little one wasn't that treacherous minister Iron Egg. Why compete with a child?
Having witnessed everything and sensed Golden Egg's thoughts through the Companion Beast Contract, Chen Beiwu laughed inwardly.
A child?
Chen Beiwu lowered his head and looked at the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox.
The Seven-Tailed Purple Fox Clan possessed limitless potential and formidable bloodlines, ranking among the very finest Heavenly Gang Mysterious Beasts. This also made their growth cycle exceptionally long.
Their bloodlines only awakened at eighteen, and they barely outgrew the stage of crying to be fed at fifty or sixty. Only at a hundred did they scarcely leave infancy behind and officially enter their growth stage. In terms of age alone, this little one was probably considerably older than Golden Egg and Iron Egg.
Of course, by human cultivators' standards, the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox was indeed a cub through and through, innocent in temperament and not yet in her growth stage. Chen Beiwu did not point this out, however, and asked gently, "Is that Beast Blood Vine yours?"
"Woo."
The Seven-Tailed Purple Fox gave a soft whimper and nodded