Chapter 9 Three-Eyed Golden Lion: Can I Hug Him?
After entering the palace, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked around the room, then followed Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Yunze's room.
At this moment, on the ice bed, Yunze sat up, his gaze falling on the doorway.
Upon seeing Snow Empress and Ice Empress, a smile appeared on his little face, and he waved to Ice Empress.
Ice Empress's eyes lit up, her pretty face beaming, and she ran to the bedside, pulling Yunze into her arms. "Little Ze, have you missed your sister Bing'er?" "
Yes, I think about her every day."
"Hehe, I missed you too." Ice Empress said,
giving Yunze a kiss on the cheek. Yunze felt quite comfortable being ambushed by Ice Empress, enjoying her embrace while curiously looking towards the doorway.
There, a graceful soul beast with golden fur stood, its eyes filled with both curiosity and shock as it looked at Yunze in Ice Empress's arms.
This...this...!
The auspicious beast is a human?!
Yunze also scrutinized the spirit beast. In fact, he had already sensed something special when the Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived.
"Is this the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the original story? It's even more beautiful than described in the novel. It's a pity it was used by Tang Buddha later; it was quite tragic."
Thinking of this, Yunze looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with a hint of pity.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at Yunze with unwavering eyes, slowly moving its limbs until it came to his side.
"Is this little guy the auspicious beast of your far north?" it turned its head and asked the Snow Empress.
The Snow Empress nodded her snow head. "Yes."
"But he's a human. Can a human become an auspicious beast?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt very puzzled, but it also sensed the unique aura of a spirit beast on Yunze.
Although it had over ten thousand years of cultivation, and its actual age was roughly the same as its cultivation level, it had spent most of its time in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the ferocious beasts like Di Tian hadn't had much time to teach it, leaving its mind practically blank.
Despite its doubts, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had to admit that the little guy was quite adorable,
easily evoking feelings of affection.
Especially since it was also an auspicious beast, one of only two remaining in the world, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion naturally felt a genuine urge to protect this one-year-old creature.
"Then, can I hold him?" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blinked and asked the Snow Emperor again.
This time, the Snow Emperor didn't answer immediately. Although she felt the Three-Eyed Golden Lion wouldn't harm Yun Ze, what if it wasn't careful and hurt him?
The Ice Emperor had similar thoughts, and since she hadn't been here for a while, she didn't want to let someone else hold Yun Ze.
The atmosphere in the room became somewhat silent.
Finally, Yunze broke the silence.
"Sister Xue'er, I feel a special connection with this soul beast. I feel very close to it when I see it. Can I go and play with it?"
Hearing Yunze's soft little voice, Xue Di really found it hard to refuse.
She glanced back and forth between Yunze and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and finally reminded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, "You can play with Xiao Ze, but you must be very careful when you play. Don't use too much force; he's still just a child."
Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's golden eyes lit up with joy, and it nodded repeatedly.
Xue Di then looked at Bing Di, "Let the two little ones go play. Let's go outside. Di Tian is here; there are some things I want to discuss with him." Upon hearing this, Bingdi pouted slightly, seemingly not entirely happy.
However, she still put Yunze down and followed Xuedi towards the door.
Before leaving, she looked back at Yunze several times, only reluctantly departing after Xuedi forcefully pulled her along.
Yunze blinked, looking at the much larger Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and smiled sweetly. "Hello, big guy! My name is Yunze, you can call me Xiaoze."
"Hello."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion took two steps forward, its slender body slightly curled up, sheltering the small Yunze within it. Its head lowered, its bright golden eyes meeting Yunze's azure eyes. "You can talk at such a young age?"
"Yes! It's because Sister Xue'er said I'm a genius," Yunze said with a smile.
"Indeed impressive. I only learned to speak after ten thousand years of cultivation." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded, extending a paw to touch Yun Ze, but hesitated for fear of hurting him, so it remained suspended in mid-air.
Yun Ze, however, showed no fear, even reaching out his small hands to climb onto the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's paw. "Big guy, your paws are so warm."
"Hehe, because I have fire attribute. By the way, why don't I sense any attribute fluctuations on you? You're such a strange little guy." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion scrutinized Yun Ze, finding nothing except a faint fluctuation of soul power.
Yun Ze thought for a moment. He was currently in human form, and although he possessed soul power, his martial soul hadn't awakened yet, so he probably didn't have any attributes for the time being.
"Big guy, move aside a little."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion hesitated for a moment, but still moved aside as Yun Ze requested.
After the space was cleared, Yunze used the method taught to him by the Snow Emperor to activate the snow-white soul beast bloodline within his body.
Soon, a small snow-white beast appeared where Yunze had been standing.
Wow!
So cute!
Looking at the little beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion felt even more affectionate, and in its excitement, it pounced over and gently hugged the little beast.
"Eh, you're actually a soul beast with the ultimate ice attribute." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said with surprise, sensing the aura emanating from Yunze after he transformed into his soul beast form.
Yunze stretched out his two little paws and affectionately scratched the face of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. "Because I'm an auspicious beast from the far north, my attribute is naturally ice."
"However, your attribute feels a bit higher than those two ferocious beasts from before. Hmm... it seems quite similar to the ice attribute that Sister Na'er possesses, but it's also a little different."
"Sister Na'er's ice attribute is more versatile, but yours is more domineering. Never mind, let's go out and play!"
"Where do you want to go?" Yunze couldn't help but ask.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion blinked and tilted its head. "I don't know. Anyway, back in the Star Dou Great Forest, I just went out to play with other soul beasts, and afterwards I could eat delicious food."
Yunze's lips twitched.
Truly worthy of being an imperial auspicious beast, its daily leisure activities consist of chasing and killing various soul beasts, and the soul beasts being chased can't even fight back.
Moreover, although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's cultivation level is only a little over ten thousand years, its true strength has already reached the level of a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast. In the Star Dou Great Forest, apart from the soul beasts in the core area, wouldn't it be able to easily subdue the soul beasts in other places?
"No, Sister Xue'er said that I am an auspicious beast of the far north, and the soul beasts of the far north are all my future subjects. I can't just hunt them for fun," Yun Ze quickly said.
Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's little face showed a slight disappointment.
It was supposed to be so much fun!
(End of Chapter)