"Huh? Yeah, how come I can speak human language now?" Xiaohao was curious too.
Sally asked Xiaomei, "Why?"
Xiaomei replied, "This is one of the traits of a Heaven Rank cub. As soon as it speaks before humans, everyone will know it is a Heaven Rank by talent."
"Is that good or bad?"
Xiaomei fell silent again.
Sally worried that Xiaohao might be targeted by people. Last time he was already sold by the beast traders, and if he could speak now, wouldn't that attract even more attention from the wrong sort of people?
"Lie down!" Sally said to Xiaohao.
Xiaohao immediately lay down on the ground, "Mom, what do you need?"
"... You're standing too tall, Mom has to look up and it's tiring." Sally looked at Xiaohao, who used to be very small but was now so much bigger than her, "From now on, when you're in front of others, you need to pretend to be mute, understand? Otherwise, if the bad guys find out that you are a Heaven Rank beast, they will capture you, and then you will never find your mom again."
Xiaohao became anxious right away, stood up, and started to sway his tail nervously and pace around, "No, no, I want Mom, I just want Mom, don't leave Mom."
Sally quickly comforted him, "What I meant was that you need to be careful in the future. If you don't talk, nobody will find out."
"Okay, in the future I will only talk to Mom."
"Hmm~ Good boy." Sally straightened up and patted his sturdy legs, "Let's go, let's take a stroll in the Beast Forest."
The Divine Beast Academy would start classes tomorrow, she had planned to enroll early. If she couldn't get in, there would still be time to think of other plans.
But now she was not in a hurry anymore, deciding to deal with that guy who left her behind and took the child away without permission first.
And since he was a visiting professor at the academy, sneaking in a student should be a matter of just saying the word.
"There's a nice place, let me take you there, Mom." Xiaohao lay down, "You can ride on my back."
"Oh, my son is so thoughtful." Sally climbed onto Xiaohao's back.
"Let's go!" She patted his round head lightly.
"Hold tight, Mom." No sooner had his voice faded than Xiaohao took off like a bolt of lightning, vanishing from the spot!
With both Sally and her son gone, it was difficult for Pei Xuan not to connect the two disappearances.
Did she take the child with her?
But he immediately dismissed that thought.
Even if she turned into a small white mouse and was hard to notice, how did Xiaohao leave?
Moreover, there were layers of barriers for defense; as soon as Xiaohao left, he would be the first to notice.
Or did someone kidnap both of them!
Pei Xuan's expression grew dark.
Because that was the only possibility left.
To kidnap someone under his watch, without a trace, throughout the entire Imperial Capital, there were only two people capable.
One was the Beast Emperor and the other was his personal steward, She Yan.
She Yan also possessed the cultivation of the Semi Spirit Realm, just a few years ahead of him, while the Beast Emperor had already reached the Spirit Realm Peak.
Pei Xuan immediately set out for the Beast Emperor's Palace to find the Beast Emperor.
Sally held on tightly to Xiaohao's back fur, her face white with fright.
This little guy ran so fast! She couldn't even keep her eyes open.
"Xiaohao, at this speed, traveling ten thousand miles in a day is nothing to you."
"Dad can teleport, going from one place to another in the blink of an eye."
"His secret technique is profound; our Xiaohao will be able to do the same in the future."
Sally looked around, they were in a dense forest.
She opened the System Map, and besides her and Xiaohao, there were no other living creatures.
So she took out a white lace high-waisted ankle-length maternity dress from the space and put it over her head.
She quickly stretched out her body and reverted to human form.
On her feet, she wore a pair of sports shoes suitable for walking in the jungle.
Xiaohao rubbed his head against Sally's leg, "Mom, you're so beautiful!"
"You sure have a sweet mouth, you won't have trouble finding a wife in the future." Sally bent down to pick him up and looked around, "Where is this?"
"This is Linhai Park, owned by the Beast Emperor."