Sensing that the Divine Beast was feeling dejected, Zha Muxi forced herself to say, "You're still very... um... just quite cute?"
Hearing this, the Divine Beast happily nuzzled Zha Muxi again. It was safe to say that the Divine Beast's intelligence had awakened, yet somehow hadn't completely; it could understand words, but not the tone behind them.
"Be a good boy, and I'll put some ointment on you now." This medicine was mixed with her own blood, which made it a potent tonic for it.
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