Chapter 4293 — Together?
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So Wei Zhao actually knew experts of the spirit-beast race? Even as Huang Xiaotao rejoiced at the sight, the more she turned it over in her mind, the more absurd the whole thing seemed.
By rank, Wei Zhao was a newcomer who had joined the Sandie Pavilion of North Island barely a year ago, and North Island and South Island were as far apart as the ends of the earth; in strength the two sides were worlds apart. How on earth had they ever come to know each other?
Still, though she had not spent long at Wei Zhao's side, Huang Xiaotao had witnessed no small number of miracles on him. Such strokes of genius were beyond the ken of ordinary folk, but her capacity to take them in was far greater than most—after all, she had slowly grown used to them.
"Right, right, we're all on the same side." The Great Fire Lion and the Great Spider laughed heartily and nodded again and again, then shifted back into human form, which made talking together a good deal easier.
In truth, once they reached this level, the vast majority of skilled spirit beasts preferred to appear in human form; only when locked in a life-and-death struggle and exerting their full power would they revert to their original shapes.
"By the way, how did the two of you simply vanish back then?" After the joy of the reunion, Wei Zhao could not help asking out of curiosity.
"Heh heh, once we activated the teleportation formation, we were both sent straight here to the South Island of the Cloud Terrace Island," the Great Fire Lion answered with a laugh.
"Benefactor, perhaps you don't know," the Great Spider added by way of explanation, "that we differ from you human cultivators. Once we spirit beasts are teleported to Cloud Terrace Island, we are bound to arrive on the South Island. Unlike your random teleportation, ours is fixed."
"So that's how it is. But..." Wei Zhao looked at them, his expression suddenly a little odd. "Aren't you two sworn foes? How is it that you're together now?"
Back in the mortal world, in the Wulonghaote Mountains, the Great Fire Lion clan and the Great Spider clan had been mortal enemies—though not truly mortal enemies, in fact. The two races had done nothing but compete against each other; they had never fought to the death. After all, their origins were there for all to see—they could actually be counted as one family.
Even so, seeing the Great Fire Lion and the Great Spider together now, Wei Zhao still found it very strange. The two had never truly fought to the death, but they had never been as amicable as this either...
"Together?" Hearing that one word, the Great Fire Lion and the Great Spider exchanged a glance and could not help shuddering in unison. Each sprang a step backward and, with remarkable coordination, cried in one voice, "Benefactor, you must never say such careless things! When have we ever been together?"
"Uh..." Wei Zhao's face darkened. Were these two overthinking things? So they had a tsundere streak about them after all. He could only spread his hands helplessly and say, "Then why are you staying together—and getting along so well?"
"Getting along?" The Great Fire Lion and the Great Spider spoke in one voice again the moment they opened their mouths, and only after realizing the problem did their old faces flush red at once; they shot each other a glare. Then the Great Fire Lion said, "Benefactor, you're imagining things. I've no wish to stay with this old codger at all—it's not as if I have a choice. Otherwise I'd have brought him to heel long ago..."
"Ho, quite the big talk. You're counting on the fact that I can't lay a hand on you, so you're just gilding your own face, aren't you?" The Great Spider rolled his eyes and curled his lip in disdain.
"Gilding my face? You've got the nerve to say that. Did I win our little wager just now or didn't I? Are you trying to welsh on it?" The Great Fire Lion was smug with triumph.