Chapter 602: The Yin Demonic Venerable 19

After playing with Tang Wan to his heart's content, Bai Tong finally reluctantly put her down. Then he looked at the little squirrel. “Xiaosong, gather everyone together. Tell them not to wander around these next few days. If the cultivators outside capture them, I won't go save them.”

Hearing this, the little squirrel immediately nodded with a series of chirps, then quickly ran out of the great hall.

……

Thus, when Tang Wan woke up again, she discovered that there were even more little animals in the great hall.

They all crowded around Bai Tong, competing for his attention. They squeezed and jostled against one another, all desperately trying to get close to Bai Tong's hand so he would pet them.

Before Tang Wan could even crawl out of Bai Tong's sleeve, she was spotted by a little tiger cub.

The moment it saw her, the little tiger bared its teeth and snarled at her.

This roar immediately attracted the attention of all the other little animals, and their gazes fell on her one after another.

Seeing that Tang Wan could actually stay inside Bai Tong's sleeve, the little animals' eyes filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment. Then they all began calling out at her together, as though they were saying: Where did this little vixen come from? How dare she crawl into his sleeve!

Seeing this, Tang Wan couldn't help twitching the corner of her mouth.

Just then, Bai Tong reached out toward her and gently took her body out of his sleeve.

“Awake? Did you sleep well?” Bai Tong asked with a faint smile on his face.

Hearing this, Tang Wan immediately nodded. “Mm.”

Then she looked at the little animals below. “Tongtong, why are there so many little magical beasts here?”

Could they all be animals he raised?

……

Seeing Tang Wan's curious expression, Bai Tong instinctively reached out and stroked her smooth hair.

“They're all magical beasts from Spirit Mountain. I've been imprisoned here all these years, and thanks to them, I didn't starve to death.”

What he didn't say was that most of the magical beasts here had actually been attracted by his blood.

His blood wasn't only useful to humans. It was also extremely beneficial to magical beasts seeking to evolve their own bloodlines.

For example, the fiery-red Vermilion Bird from before had originally been nothing more than an ordinary Vermilion Bird. But over the years, in order to obtain his blood and awaken a more powerful bloodline, it would frequently search Spirit Mountain for various rare spiritual medicines and fruits and bring them to him in exchange for a drop of blood.

After several hundred years, nourished by his blood, it had finally succeeded in awakening the Phoenix bloodline and transformed into the divine beast, Phoenix.

Of course, it was also because of the rare spiritual medicines it brought him that he had been able to continue living well here despite the spiritual energy having been cut off.

……

After hearing Bai Tong's explanation, Tang Wan's gaze toward the little magical beasts immediately became gentler.

“So that's why,” Tang Wan said with a nod.

She never would have imagined that there was such a reason behind all this.

At this moment, Bai Tong moved his hand and placed Tang Wan's body on his knee.

Seeing this, a Lightning Ferret lying on Bai Tong's right knee immediately struck at Tang Wan with one lightning-fast swipe of its paw.

Tang Wan's heart jolted.

But before she could do anything, Bai Tong had already slapped the Lightning Ferret aside.

Then he said coldly, “She's not someone you can touch.”

The Lightning Ferret had always been fond of competing for attention. Moreover, because it was small in size yet powerful, it had always held the top position among these animals and thus had been able to monopolize one of his knees.

In the past, he had found it rather amusing watching them fight among themselves for his affection.

But things were different now.

This little person was delicate and fragile. She wasn't like the other magical beasts here, which had tough hides and sturdy bodies and could take a couple of punches without issue.