Li Junan was overjoyed to see the two little foxes approaching.

He reached out and scooped up the smaller one, fed her the fruit, and stroked the little fox's soft fur.

“These two spirit foxes must have very strong talents to have raised themselves so well,” Li Junan said.

He was considering forming a contract with the two spirit foxes, but given Mo Wuyu's words about not forming a contract and attaching a beast-taming ring, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

However, Ruoruo's existence allowed him to discover another way to get along with spirit beasts. There was no need for any forced contracts. As long as he coaxed these little darlings with good food and drink, they would follow him wholeheartedly. Wasn't this better than directly binding them with contracts?

Li Junan was confident that he could afford to keep his two foxes.

As soon as the little red fox let out its sweet, childlike howl, Li Jun'an felt his heart race.

He now understands Mo Wuyu somewhat.

Who could resist such a fluffy, soft, and adorable little creature?

Of course, he didn't overlook the big fox either.

The little fox was too small to be petted too hard, but the big fox didn't have that concern.

Li Jun'an was extremely fond of the big fox's pair of fox ears, pinching and kneading them repeatedly.

Yuebai was gentle by nature, and at over three hundred years old, he looked at Li Junan as if he were a junior, and Li Junan was still touching him while he sat there.

Perhaps it was the foxes' indulgence that made Li Jun'an, who was obsessed with petting them, a little carried away. He picked up the little fox in his arms, a blissful smile on his face, and gave it a big kiss on the head: "So cute!"

"Ah!" Yue Rou exclaimed, reaching out her paw to slap Li Jun'an's face. "You pervert!"

Yuebai also bared its teeth, brushed them, put them on, and snatched the little fox away, kicking Li Junan directly on the head with its hind legs.

He didn't notice and restrained his strength, and Li Junan was kicked directly into the window, smashing the window along with it out.

"You lecherous scoundrel!" For the first time, Yuebai showed anger, glaring at Li Junan before lowering his head to lick Yuerou's head.

Ruoruo got angry too, and started meowing loudly.

Li Junan served them, giving them massages and smoothing their hair.

How could you kiss someone on the lips?

My mother said that if any boy tries to kiss her on the lips, she will cut off her third leg.

Mo Wuyu went to the window to check if Li Junan was alright.

To everyone's surprise, Li Jun'an patted his butt and stood up, his eyes shining: "Junior Brother Yu, did you see that? This spirit fox is indeed extraordinary. It actually managed to kick me so far away!"

There was not a trace of complaint, but rather pride and satisfaction.

Mo Wuyu was particularly able to understand Li Jun'an.

He raised the talisman in his hand: "Spirit beasts possess spirits; do not act rashly."

Li Junan was somewhat surprised, but he also understood why he had been kicked out.

He was even happier: "I never expected their spiritual energy to be so profound. They truly deserve to be called the most intelligent fox clan in legend."

In short, anything the two little foxes dared not do was a very significant matter in his eyes.

Mo Wuyu sized him up for a moment. Just a stick of incense had passed, and Li Jun'an was still mocking him for being a cat slave. How come, in just a stick of incense's time, Li Jun'an had become a fox slave?

Li Jun'an smiled and approached the two foxes: "It was my fault for offending you both. I apologize and promise I will never speak again."

Without a word, Yuebai shielded her younger sister behind her.

They couldn't very well refuse the Crown Prince's friends, but he would absolutely not allow him to run into his sister again.

After the two humans, two foxes, and one cat had gotten to know each other for a while, Li Jun'an left a lot of spiritual fruits for the two foxes with some regret, as he had to go back to cultivate.

Mo Wuyu also sat cross-legged on the futon and began his cultivation.

With the opening of the celestial curtain, they dared not relax for even a moment during these two days. Every bit of spiritual power they could gain was precious, as it would increase their chances of victory in the Great World.

Ruoruo also had time to reminisce with Yuebai and Yuerou.

The three of them slipped out of the room and jumped onto the tree that had suddenly grown enormous due to fame and fortune.

They climbed directly up the tree trunk to the top, where the canopy almost completely enveloped the entire Yunyao Immortal Palace.

"I never expected that the Haoran Small World would have such a spiritual tree," Yuebai exclaimed.

Ruoruo the cat rubbed her nose guiltily.

"Let's not talk about that. What exactly happened to you two? How did you get here? And how did you get so badly injured? Who put those binding threads on you and set up such a vicious formation?"

Yue Rou sighed: "Something happened in our clan. My brother and I heard some things we shouldn't have heard."

Ruoruo tilted her head in confusion: "But Yuebai has already advanced to the Golden Immortal realm. In your clan, doesn't advancing to the Golden Immortal realm qualify one to compete for an elder's seat? Besides, Brother Yuebai is still young and should be valued more by the clan. How could he be treated like this just because he overheard some clan secret?"

Yue Rou slowly recounted the whole story from beginning to end.

It all started when a strange disease began to spread in the tribe. Foxes that contracted the disease would become lethargic, lose their fur, and be unable to maintain their human form.

At first, no one paid much attention, until they later discovered that contracting this disease would gradually deplete one's cultivation and immortal essence, and no medicine could stop it until one was completely drained and died.

The entire fox clan panicked and began to beg the upper clan for help.

Yue Rou glanced at Ruo Ruo and said, "Our fox clan is affiliated with the White Tiger clan."

Ruoruo blinked her eyes; she belonged to the fourth brother's clan.

However, she still remembered that the Fourth Brother's clan had a very annoying clan leader, Renhu.

Yue Rou sighed: "But the White Tiger Clan has not sent a physician."

Later, their parents also contracted the disease, which is why she sent a message to Yuebai, urging him to come back quickly.

She thought that everything would be alright once the White Tiger Clan's doctor arrived.

However, when the doctor from the White Tiger Clan arrived, he said that the sick and the healthy should be treated separately.

Although they were reluctant, they nodded in agreement for their parents' safety.

In order to see her parents and be taken care of by them, Yuebai joined the guard team.

“I missed my parents so much, so my brother secretly took me with him.” At this point, Yue Rou couldn’t help but start to cry. “But when we got there, we found out that my parents had already died.”

They searched the entire camp but couldn't find their parents. It wasn't until they were forced to enter the White Tiger Clan's doctor's camp to avoid the patrol that they saw White Tiger Clan members eating roasted meat.

They could smell their parents' scent.

Yuebai frantically tried to snatch back the remaining meat, but she could no longer piece together a complete skeleton.

Ruoruo was horrified: "The White Tiger Clan...eats people?"

Yuebai raised her head with an icy expression: "I killed those White Tiger Clan members and learned the truth from them."

It turns out that this was not an epidemic at all.