Upon hearing the "da da da" sound, everyone, including Shushu, couldn't help but peek towards the source of the sound.
Then, everyone saw a Xuanwu, the size of a small mountain, slowly walking out of the city. Every step it took was as if it had been measured, extremely precise.
The obsessive-compulsive disorder was satisfied, but others couldn't help but twitch their lips.
Everyone's eyes followed the rhythmic tapping sound.
As they approached the hill, the crowd felt an overwhelming sense of oppression and visual congestion as they watched it grow larger and larger.
Yes, it is crowded because it's just one thing, yet it almost takes up the entire size of the road.
Even though the streets of the Beast City were specially built for mining, they seemed to be just the right size for its body to pass through.
Clearly, Xuanwu forgot to change into human form or shrink its size; it simply appeared with its original form on its back.
It was about to crush the row of dragons at the city gate, and the closest dragon could only shout desperately, "Senior Xuanzhi, there's no room left, there's no room left, please shrink down."
Whether Xuanwu was slow to react, hard of hearing, or doing it on purpose, the small hill called Xuanzhi only stopped when it was just an inch away from the dragon that had shouted.
It held its head high, turned around once, and finally looked at the dragon standing against the wall, asking slowly in the gentle tone of the Xuanwu clan, "What did you say?"
The dragon, who was being stared at, almost burst into tears and quickly repeated, "Senior Xuanzhi, please shrink your size, the land... the land is not enough."
As it spoke, the dragon patted the wall behind it, indicating that it really had nowhere to retreat; if it retreated any further, it would have to crawl into the wall.
Moreover, the walls of the Beast City were built because they faced the hot-tempered and incredibly strong beastmen.
When the city was being built, in order to prevent it from being destroyed by everyone every few days, they put in a lot of effort, using rare and sturdy materials and even hiring a weapon refiner to forge it.
Even a dragon like itself couldn't easily break through this city wall.
Moreover, Beast City has special punishments. Anyone who dares to damage the city walls will be punished by sweeping the streets and cleaning the sewers, and they will not be allowed to use spiritual power.
Considering the smell and difficulty of the sewers, Longqin said it really wouldn't dare to breach the city wall.
Therefore, it had no choice but to muster its courage and call a halt to Xuanzhi.
After all, if he were crushed by Xuanzhi's tortoise shell and city wall, he would definitely be half-crippled, if not flattened.
Thinking of this, Long Qin's eyes unconsciously turned pitiful as he looked at Xuan Zhi: "Senior Xuan Zhi, please."
Xuanzhi was stunned for a few moments before he seemed to come back to his senses and gave a faint "Oh," before slowly shrinking his body a little.
It was really just a tiny bit, just enough for these dragons to stand close to the wall.
Then, Xuanzhi walked past the group of dragons and out of the city. He came to the Black Tortoise outside the city gate, which was in charge of collecting city fees, and asked, "Xuanyi, why did you call me here?"
Xuan Yi had already stopped charging and was eagerly waiting for Xuan Zhi to come out. Hearing its question, he didn't hesitate and pointed at Shushu: "Third Elder, she has the aura of Xuanwu Zai on her."
Xuanzhi asked in confusion, "Xuanwu cub?"
Xuan Yi nodded: "Yes."
Xuanzhi was even more puzzled: "No one in the clan has gone missing, or did someone oversleep and forget to report it?"
Xuan Yi honestly replied, "I don't know."
Xuanzhi ignored it, turned his head to look at the glutinous rice, his nose twitching as if he were confirming something.
From their conversation, the millet stalk guessed that they must have discovered the existence of Xuanjing.
Unable to resist muttering "those dog noses" to himself, he finally asked Xuanjing in the space if he wanted to come out and meet him.
Only after receiving Xuanjing's affirmative answer did Shushu release Xuanjing.
As soon as Xuanjing came out, Xuanzhi and Xuanyi eagerly craned their necks to look over.
He looked Xuanjing up and down, front and back, left and right, and examined him thoroughly.
Aside from confirming that it was a genuine little Xuanwu, the two Xuanwu couldn't tell whose offspring it was at all. Finally, Xuanzhi asked in confusion, "Little one, whose are you?"
Xuan Yi repeated: "Who are your parents?"
Xuanjing answered honestly, "I don't know." It truly didn't know who its parents were. From the time it could remember, it had been kept by the Zhuansun family in a place full of cubs.
After hatching, it was thrown into the Xingxiu Que mineral vein by the Zhuansun family, who intended for it to dig a pit. However, it escaped with Pei Anlan's help and later encountered Shushu.
It really didn't know its own parents.
The two giant black tortoises also saw the confusion in its eyes and knew that it was not lying. Xuanzhi and Xuanyi were also dumbfounded. They looked at each other and were at a loss for what to do.
Finally, Xuanzhi tentatively spoke up: "How about I ask if anyone in the clan has lost a child?"
Xuan Jing nodded without hesitation: "Okay."
Anyway, after all these years, its expectations for its parents and family have long been worn away by time, so it doesn't matter whether they exist or not. It has its friends, and that's enough.
Thinking this, it became more open-minded, tilting its head to look at the two silent Black Tortoises: "Do you have anything else? If not, I'll go back."
Xuanzhi quickly stopped him: "Little one, wait." After calling out, as if worried that Xuanjing would run away, he started frantically taking things out.
The first thing he handed over was a communication jade token: "Little one, this is my communication jade token. I'll contact you when I have any news. You can also contact me anytime if you have any questions."
He then took out a storage ring: "These are the growth resources that the clan prepared for Little Xuanwu. You are Little Xuanwu, so you should have a share. I don't have all of them on hand, so I'll make up for it for you later."
Finally, it took out a dark green tortoise shell: "This is the identity token of the Xuanwu clan. Refine it; it can save your life in a critical moment."
After saying that, seeing that Xiao Xuanjing hadn't taken it, it urged, "Don't just stand there, take it."
Xuanjing glanced at the sorghum, and seeing the sorghum nod, he slowly took it, saying, "Thank you."
Xuanzhi didn't care about its attitude. He affectionately patted its shell and reminded it, "You haven't given me your communication jade token yet."
This time, Xiao Xuanjing didn't hesitate and quickly handed over a communication jade token.
Xuanzhi could also see that it was very dependent on Shushu. He touched its shell and looked at Shushu: "Young friend, would you mind giving me your communication jade tablet?"
Shushu also didn't hesitate and readily exchanged the jade pendant with it.
Then, they started chatting casually.
When it learned that Shushu was there to take the teleportation array to the Southern Continent, it reluctantly made a promise to Shushu to visit the Xuanwu Clan again before finally escorting them to the courtyard where the teleportation array was located.
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