"Splash!"
The cubs' voices weren't actually very loud, but after a short while of calling out, a commotion came from the bottom of the deep pool.
After a faint sound of flowing water, a blurry, irregularly shaped oval object began to float up from the bottom of the pool.
Upon seeing this, the little ones became as excited as if they had seen something wonderful. They all abandoned Shushu and the others and enthusiastically gathered around the pool, their eyes shining as they looked at it.
Among them, the little purple fox and the little white tiger, who were carrying two milk fruits, occupied the best positions, happily holding the milk fruits, ready to offer them to their leader.
But their leader seemed to be a slowpoke. Despite being watched by so many eyes, it maintained its own pace, leisurely and unhurriedly diving up.
As it gradually rose and got closer, we could finally see what the little guy looked like. It turned out to be a small Xuanwu, a genuine Xuanwu.
Shushu and Lu Li were both surprised to encounter Xiao Xuanwu here. They exchanged a glance but remained silent.
But the little Xuanwu, the moment it surfaced, stared straight at us, and a childish voice rang out at the same time: "Who are you?"
After speaking, without waiting for Shushu Luli's reply, it turned its gaze to the side, inspecting the group of little creatures squatting by the pond.
After confirming that no one was missing an arm or leg and no members were lost, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at Lu Li and Shushu, waiting for their reply.
His appearance certainly gave him the air of a boss and a sense of authority.
When Shushu met Xiao Xuanwu's gaze, she thought for a moment and said her real name: "My name is Shushu." Then, she pointed to Lu Li next to her: "This is my senior brother Lu Li."
As for their identities, Shushu kept them in check and didn't reveal them.
Fortunately, Little Xuanwu's attention wasn't on that. After listening to her, Little Xuanwu tilted his head and asked uncertainly, "Senior Brother? You two are senior and junior brothers and sisters?"
The sorghum nodded: "Yes."
Little Xuanwu was completely bewildered, his head full of question marks, as if he couldn't understand how a human and a spirit rat could be senior and junior siblings!
The sorghum understood the confusion in its eyes, but instead of explaining, it changed the subject: "What's your name?"
Little Xuanwu was still a bit dazed, and subconsciously blurted out, "My name is Xuanjing."
After saying that, it seemed to realize something only after it had finished speaking, turning the tables and asking, "What are you doing here? You're not with those bad guys, are you!"
When Xuan Jing said his last words, his gaze towards them became wary, and belatedly, he gathered the group of children by the pool together and carefully protected them.
Looking at the potatoes, he couldn't help but twitch his lips and muttered to himself, 'Thank goodness they're not really bad people.'
Otherwise, given Xuan Jing's incredibly slow reaction time, the little ones would have been wiped out long ago.
Although he was inwardly complaining, Shushu didn't show it on his face and quickly explained, "Don't worry, we're not with those bad guys. We were captured too, and we're here to find someone."
As he said this, Shushu also took out a jade slip, which contained a small portion of the images of the person they were looking for, to prove that they were not lying.
It was just a casual gesture, but unexpectedly, after seeing the video, the little purple fox pointed at one of the people and exclaimed in surprise.
“I’ve seen this person before; he’s digging a hole on the other side of the mountain right now.”
Perhaps worried that the little potato didn't know where the other side was, it even stretched out its paw to point out the direction to the little potato.
The harvest came unexpectedly. While the millet was stunned, it quickly recovered, took out another relatively intact jade slip, and began to show it to them one by one.
Soon, most of the people there were recognized. To her even greater surprise, Xuan Jing pointed at Pei Anlan and told Shushu that it had escaped under this man's protection.
If it weren't for Pei Anlan's help, it would have been contracted by those people long ago.
Once a relationship was established, the two sides quickly became familiar with each other, the initial barriers disappeared, and they began to confide in one another.
Only then did they realize that all the children here, including Xuanjing, had been captured by those people.
Because these cubs were either captured directly, or they were born from captured spirit beasts.
After those people captured them, the low-level ones were branded and shackled, and then made to dig pits. The high-level ones were selected and tamed for contracts with members of their families.
Without even needing to think about it, one can easily guess how many beasts will perish during this process.
The beasts were unwilling to accept this, so they secretly formed an alliance and tried every means to save themselves. Especially after seeing that Xuan Jing had also been sent in, they were more united than ever before.
However, as prisoners, their spiritual power was imprisoned, they were no match for those people in a fight, and their schemes were not as meticulous as theirs, so they almost got exposed.
In the end, Pei Anlan discovered their plan and took the initiative to come to them, offering advice, gathering manpower, and using every means at his disposal.
Only then, through their combined efforts, were they able to free the little ones from their confinement and send them out.
After being sent out, the little ones used their innate skills to find a safe haven in this place full of surveillance cameras.
As the oldest among the little ones and a divine beast, Xuanjing naturally took on the responsibility of leading the group and became their leader.
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