Not until then did Diling come back to its senses. It broke into a bow and went daunted, "What… What are you doing?"
"I need a closer look to see how should I cook you."
"No! You can't! I'm too small for you to eat! Can't you wait for a couple of years until I become a grown-up?" Diling bounced to and fro in Lin Xiao's hand.
An overwhelmingly strong force darted forth from Diling's tiny body immediately. Lin Xiao soon found himself incapable of it.
It was just as well that the force was only partly out. Otherwise, Lin Xiao was barely able to take it.
Scared by the force, Lin Xiao soon held his horses. He beamed radiantly and grabbed Diling into his arms. "Aha, it was nothing but a bluff! I don't have the heart to eat such a cute little thing like you!"
Diling rolled its eyes fervently and questioned, "Do you?"
"I don't!" Lin Xiao nodded in a serious manner.
"Jesus Christ! I was nearly scared to death!" Diling broke into a paralysis and patted itself on its chest.
"It's damn cute!" Lin Xiao rubbed its sleek golden hair. And Diling did enjoy his caress a lot.
Lin Xiao rolled his eyes and let go of Diling. Then it leaped back onto his shoulder in the twinkling of an eye. It was rather surprising.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but raise a question out of curiosity, "What are you here for?"
"It's because…it's because I…I felt up to a stroll here." Diling's voice faded out gradually into a murmur.
Lin Xiao picked up on its grief right away.
And indeed, a terrible grievance was plaguing Diling.
As a Guardian Spiritual Monster of the Taixuan Sect, Diling had been widely respected. Be it the patriarch or the seniors, all Taixuan guys held it in high regard.
In its heyday, he could get everything it wanted come what might. However, everything had changed since it got injured several days ago.
Li Taixuan only came and checked on it once. Then he disappeared for good after a brief visit. It seemed that Diling was buried in oblivion. There had been no visitor at all over the past few days.
Actually, it didn't take the Taixuan guys' ill-treatment seriously two days ago before its food ran out. No one came with food supplies. It had no option but to come out in search of the food itself. It had been fasting for two days. Terribly starved, it failed to notice Lin Xiao upon his arrival.
However, when it found itself in the mood of airing grievances, it caught itself in midsentence. "I'm a respected spiritual monster! If anyone knows that I got lost and even passed out due to hunger, what a gaffe it will be!"
Helplessly, Diling chose to keep it away from Lin Xiao.
In the dark about what it had been through, Lin Xiao was confused. He took a careful scrutiny of Diling, trying to make it out.
Right then, Diling's tummy gave off a purr. Time for it to give in.
"Are you Lin Xiao? Do you have anything to eat on you?" Diling couldn't withstand the overwhelming hunger anymore. It almost passed out. Hence, he had no option but to turn to Lin Xiao for help.
The air of grandeur it used to have vanished without a trace. Diling, a guardian spiritual monster went reduced to a domesticated pet.
Lin Xiao managed to hold his laugh back. Without further ado, he took out a pellet from the storage ring.