However, after the Three-Eyed Golden Lion finished speaking, it immediately realized what it had done and hurriedly turned its head to look at Bai Zhou.
Bai Zhou was also looking at it with a smiling face.
"Meow~"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion hurriedly put on a dazed and adorable expression.
Clearly, it was pretending to be clueless.
It was indicating that it had not been the one speaking just now, and that Bai Zhou had simply heard wrong.
"Alright, stop pretending. I know you're a soul beast in disguise." Bai Zhou smiled and directly exposed its identity.
"You... when did you find out!"
Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was instantly shocked, leaping a long distance away in an instant and speaking warily.
"Well, actually, my martial soul is special. The moment I saw you, I knew."
Bai Zhou had originally wanted to say that he knew when it got the micro-card, but that would easily make it suspect that he had ulterior motives, so he lied instead.
"Don't worry, I have no ill intentions toward you. If I wanted to harm you, I would've poisoned your food long ago, and I certainly wouldn't have given you so many good things to eat."
Seeing that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was still wary, Bai Zhou continued explaining.
"Hmph, humans are too sinister. I have no choice but to be on guard..." the Three-Eyed Golden Lion snorted softly.
Although that was what it said, it had actually already believed Bai Zhou.
Although it considered itself unafraid of any poison, Bai Zhou didn't know that.
The other party had given it so many good things to eat without showing any intention of poisoning it, and he had not brought anyone to surround and kill it either.
Most importantly, its danger sense had never been triggered. Instead, it felt an inexplicable sense of closeness toward Bai Zhou.
This was also the main reason it was willing to stay by Bai Zhou's side.
"What's so sinister and cunning about that? I just want to raise a cute, smart, and well-behaved pet, one that can use the toilet by itself, bury its poop, change its own litter box..."
"Bastard!! You're the pet, your whole family are pets, you bastard!!!" Before Bai Zhou could even finish speaking, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion immediately flew into a rage, nearly bristling with fury.
That bastard Bai Zhou knew perfectly well that it was a soul beast, yet he still treated it as a pet. He was simply bullying a beast too much!
That said, it actually very much agreed with Bai Zhou's evaluation of it: cute, smart, and well-behaved, hmph hmph~
"Haha, alright, alright, you're not a pet~ I misspoke~"
Bai Zhou laughed, walked over, and once again pulled the Three-Eyed Golden Lion into his arms, vigorously stroking its fur.
"Hmph hmph~ If you admit your mistake, you should have the attitude of someone admitting their mistake... Give me the immortal herb in your hand... I... I'll reluctantly forgive you~"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion grumbled and whined, not resisting because its gaze remained fixed on the immortal herb in Bai Zhou's hand...
Its nimble little tail secretly curled around from below, trying to sneak away the immortal herb in Bai Zhou's hand...
"Hey, that won't do. You're not my pet, after all. I only give my immortal herbs to my pets."
Bai Zhou noticed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's little scheme, casually flipped his hand, and directly put away the immortal herb.
"Meow... why are you like this..."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's tail stiffened, and it immediately put on a pitiful expression, trying to win Bai Zhou's sympathy.
"What? Would being my pet really be such a grievance for you? Besides, I obtained this immortal herb only after going through countless hardships and risking my life. How could I possibly give it to an outsider beast?"
Bai Zhou casually tossed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion aside, acting as though he barely knew it, looking extremely cold.
"Meow..." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion cried out again, looking even more aggrieved.
As the dignified Imperial Auspicious Beast, how could it possibly become someone else's pet?
Moreover, it could not tell the other party its true identity. After all, who knew whether the other party would harbor ulterior motives upon learning that it was an auspicious beast.
But then again, it felt that what Bai Zhou said made a lot of sense. Immortal herbs were so precious, and Bai Zhou couldn't possibly give one to it for nothing...
"Then... then can I trade something else with you?"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked up at Bai Zhou and said pleadingly.
"Oh? What do you have that could be equivalent to an immortal herb?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhou raised his eyebrows, clearly quite curious.
"Um... well, I have a talent ability that can greatly increase your luck. Do you think that would work..."
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion spoke hesitantly.
It had a talent ability called "Chains of Fate", which could connect its fate with that of another person.
Its most important ability was actually that the party with weaker fortune would share part of the fortune of the party with stronger fortune.
Its fortune was obviously stronger than Bai Zhou's. After binding, although Bai Zhou could not possess fortune equal to its own, he could definitely greatly increase his fortune.
That was what humans commonly called "luck".
This talent ability could only be used once in a lifetime, meaning it could only bind one target, and the binding was permanent.
Although the relationship between the two could not be said to be one where one prospered if the other prospered and suffered if the other suffered, they would nevertheless become closely interconnected.
Whether Bai Zhou died or it died, the other party's fortune would suffer a certain backlash. Although it could recover, it would take a very long time.
Humans had much shorter lifespans than it did, so in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's view, it was paying a "huge" price this time.
It made this decision, on the one hand, because the value of the immortal herb was enough to offset this impact.
On the other hand, it vaguely had a premonition that linking its fate with Bai Zhou's might bring some unexpected benefits.
"Oh? You actually have such a talent. Not bad, not bad. Since you're sincerely offering a trade, I'll reluctantly agree."
Bai Zhou raised his eyebrows, but did not really refuse.
Although he did not know exactly what kind of skill this was, he could guess that, most likely, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would share its fortune with him, and it was very likely to involve a binding of fate.
Although Bai Zhou was confident that his future fortune would definitely far surpass that of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, before he grew strong, he still very much needed this fortune.
Moreover, this fortune was definitely far greater than that tiny bit of fortune he had absorbed by petting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
And as long as he was bound to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, setting aside the increase in fortune, his relationship with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would become even closer, making it easier to trick it into taking human form in the future...
No matter how he looked at it, he was making a huge profit.
...
"What do you mean, 'reluctantly'!! Human, you're the one making a huge profit, alright!"
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion glared angrily, clearly very dissatisfied with Bai Zhou's indifferent attitude.
After all, this was one of its most powerful talents. It was using it on Bai Zhou, and not only did the other party fail to know how to be grateful, he even put on a reluctant expression. That was too much!
"Then are you trading or not? If you're not, I'll take this immortal herb and sell it."
Bai Zhou deliberately acted indifferent, even pretending to turn around, as if he really intended to take the immortal herb and sell it.
"Don't! I'll trade! Don't sell it!" The Three-Eyed Golden Lion immediately panicked and flashed in front of Bai Zhou, blocking his way.
After all, in its view, giving such a precious immortal herb to those short-lived humans would simply be an enormous waste.
Only the most noble auspicious beast like itself was worthy of consuming an immortal herb!
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