Chapter 232 (2/2)

It immediately used its tiny claws to grasp at Ning Xuemo’s skirt, stating with a determined voice. “No, Little Apple will follow you!” Without further ado, they completed the contract.

Only now did Ning Xuemo know that this little qilin actually had a name.

‘Ha? Little Apple?! Who gave it such a trendy name? It’s a very modern name!’

“Who named you?” Ning Xuemo asked with great interest.

“I heard it was my mother.”

“You heard? You haven’t seen your mother before?”

The little qilin shook its head. “No. Not long after I was born, my parents passed away.”

‘So, it’s an orphan. What a pitiful child… Ah, no, what a pitiful qilin. It seems like divine beasts also kept up with naming trends…’

‘Maybe it was because it looked like a green apple, so its mother in a stroke of inspiration gave her son this pet name…’

“Then how old are you now?” Ning Xuemo looked at its body which was the size of a small pony. It seemed like it was still a young qilin.

“Not very old. Adding on the 1,000 years I spent trapped here, I’m only a bit over 2,000 years old…”

The corner of Ning Xuemo’s lips twitched. A 2,000-year old qilin was actually still a child?! As expected, the concept of age between a mythical beasts and a human could not be mentioned in the same breath.

While this interspecies conversation was going on, Jiu Zun started circling around the ginseng fruit tree.

Jiu Zun walked leisurely, as if this action was intentionally yet at the same time unintentionally. At times, he would toss a stalk of green grass or two on the ground. It was like he was playing around, casually tossing them everywhere.