Liu Wanshi holding Xiao Longlong made Jun Changxiao very puzzled.

He had to know, he himself didn’t mind the heat because he had signed a contract with the little creature, but how was she completely fine?

Later, when Su Xiaomo took it over and was directly blasted with flames, Sect Master Jun immediately understood—the little creature didn’t reject females, but rejected males!

Alas.

This contracted dragon of mine is quite mischievous.

“Dudu.”

Jun Changxiao said: “Xiao Longlong is hungry. Make something delicious for it, with plenty of meat.”

“Yes yes!”

Liu Wanshi hurriedly tied on her apron and began cooking.

As for Su Xiaomo, who had been burned unconscious, he was carried to the medicine hall by disciples, where Sun Bukong would revive and treat him.

This incident taught them that even seemingly harmless little fierce beasts had extremely high danger levels and couldn’t be casually touched.

Cooking took time. Jun Changxiao placed Xiao Longlong on the dining table and cupped his chin, saying: “Just born and the flames are already so strong—this is truly unexpected.”

“Squeak squeak.”

Xiao Longlong opened its mouth and called out once.

The meaning seemed to be telling its master that it was very strong.

Jun Changxiao rubbed its head with his finger and smiled: “I hope you can grow quickly. This seat will be counting on you to guard the home in the future.”

The Purple Lightning young beast had a cool appearance, suitable as a mount for transportation.

If this little creature grew into a fully mature Fire Dragon Beast, it would definitely be a sect-guarding beast.

When that time came, they wouldn’t even need to activate the sect protection formation. Just let it squat in front of the mountain gate, and as long as people had normal brains, no one would dare barge in.

“The food is ready!”

Liu Wanshi’s voice came through.

Big Black and Second Black brought up several dishes, all meat dishes with excellent color, aroma, and flavor.

“Squeak squeak!”

Smelling the aroma, Xiao Longlong’s two small eyes immediately sparkled with excitement—it was practically drooling.

“Eat up.”

As the food was placed on the table, Jun Changxiao said.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xiao Longlong wasn’t polite either, hurriedly going to one dish and opening its small mouth to munch away.

In a short while, the food in the dish was eaten completely clean.

Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi’s eyes went round.

Holy crap!

A palm-sized little creature had actually eaten eight dishes—this appetite was too enormous!

“Squeak squeak.”

Xiao Longlong circled around the empty dishes, the meaning seeming to be that it still wasn’t… full!

The corner of Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched: “Dudu, go make another table of dishes.”

“Okay!”

Liu Wanshi returned to the kitchen once more.

Before long, Xiao Longlong finally ate its fill, lying on the table with a bulging belly.

The expression on Sect Master Jun’s face became spectacular, because the little creature had eaten a full thirty-plus dishes—the plates were stacked high!

“Sect Master.”

Liu Wanshi said in a daze: “Xiao Longlong can really eat!”

Not just ‘can eat’—it could eat way too much!

Thirty-plus dishes—if it were Iron Bones Sect disciples with decent appetites, at least a dozen or more people would be needed to finish it all.

A palm-sized little creature ate it all—how did its stomach even fit it all!

Jun Changxiao suppressed his shock and explained to himself: “The little creature was just born, it must have been very hungry to eat that much.”

In the evening, dinnertime.

The disciples in the dining hall held their chopsticks, looking at the Sect Master’s dining table, their facial expressions stiff, their gazes filled with shock.

“Burp!”

After a moment, Xiao Longlong, having eaten its fill, burped and lay on the table again, squinting its small eyes with a very satisfied expression.

Sect Master Jun’s mouth twitched violently.

Because before him were another damn thirty-plus stacked empty plates!

Having eaten so much in the morning and eating this much again in the evening fully demonstrated that the little creature’s appetite was astonishing!

The second day.

Xiao Longlong fully displayed its ability to eat.

For the three meals of breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it ate nearly a hundred plates of food in total, and every single one was a meat dish, every single one a substantial dish!

“Don’t just eat meat—drink some soup or eat some steamed buns!”

On the third day, as soon as breakfast was served, Jun Changxiao hurriedly stuffed over a dozen large steamed buns toward it.

These things were filling and cheap. Eating two could substitute for one plate of substantial food. If you were hosting friends someday, just make them eat a few more—definitely saves money!

Unfortunately, Xiao Longlong completely ignored them, directly picking out meat dishes to eat.

Jun Changxiao collapsed.

If the sect disciples all had an appetite like this, just the food expenses alone would make his eyelids twitch wildly after one month.

“Sect Master.”

One day, Liu Wanshi pouted and said: “The stored meat has all been eaten by Xiao Longlong. Go down the mountain and buy some more.”

Jun Changxiao nearly collapsed to the ground.

After returning from Death Valley, he had provided quite a lot of fierce beast meat. Liu Wanshi had estimated it could last half a year, but in just a few days it had been eaten clean by Xiao Longlong—this was too exaggerated!

What was even more devastating and unacceptable was this:

After eating so much food, after several days its body was still the same size as when it was born, and its weight hadn’t increased either!

If it ate a lot and grew fast, Sect Master Jun could still accept it with some comfort.

Eating a lot but not growing—that was just bullshit!

…

The Iron Bones Sect disciples continued cultivating as always.

Li Qingyang and the others also went to the Training Tower to train every day, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Sect Master Jun began frequently running back and forth between the sect and the town.

Doing what?

Definitely buying meat to feed Xiao Longlong.

To the point that as soon as he arrived in town, the owners of various meat shops would swarm around him, either promoting their own beef and mutton, or promoting fierce beast meat.

“The Iron Bones Sect Master comes down the mountain to buy meat every few days—just how much can his sect disciples eat?”

“Every time he buys two or three thousand jin of meat, and it’s finished in a few days. Just on food alone, it must be tens of thousands of taels per month, right?”

“Being able to provide such good meals, the Iron Bones Sect disciples must be very happy.”

When Jun Changxiao made who-knows-how-many trips buying meat and returning to the sect, the idle martial artists in town would discuss it amongst themselves.

If the Iron Bones Sect disciples heard what they were saying, they would definitely wipe away tears and cry.

The meat isn’t for us to eat—it’s for Xiao Longlong to eat!

Moreover, sometimes right when the meal started, before chopsticks could even be raised, the meat from one’s own plate would be snatched away by that little creature!

Many disciples hadn’t eaten meat dishes for two or three days and had almost forgotten what meat tasted like!

…

Mealtime arrived again.

Before the dishes were all prepared, Su Xiaomo sneakily came to the kitchen.

He placed a large bowl on the table and said in a low voice: “Dudu, serve me a few pieces of meat first. I’ll go eat in the back mountain.”

Just as these words fell, Li Fei and Tian Qi also sneaked in. The two smelled the meaty aroma they hadn’t tasted in two days, and saliva immediately flowed down.

“Serve me some too!” the two said in unison.

And so, because of Xiao Longlong’s existence, the Iron Bones Sect disciples became cautious and careful when it came to eating meat.

But it was useless!

The little creature was extremely sensitive to the food Liu Wanshi made.

Look—Su Xiaomo and the other two carefully carried their food to the back mountain, had just set it on a rock, and hadn’t even picked up their chopsticks when Xiao Longlong shot over with a “whoosh.”

Ahh!

I can’t take this anymore!

Clang clang clang!

To protect the meat in their bowls, Su Xiaomo and the other two all summoned their Cold Edge Swords, spiritual energy instantly pouring into them, their gazes flashing with fierce light.

Xiao Longlong, seeing this, shook its body and immediately spewed out flames two or three meters high.

In an instant, the surrounding temperature rose sharply!

“Senior Brother, this rapeseed tastes really good—try some.”

“These bean sprouts are also well stir-fried.”

“Dudu’s vegetable dishes are no worse than meat dishes at all!”

“From now on we’ll just eat vegetables—who needs meat!”

Su Xiaomo and the other two sat on the distant grass, holding bowls of rice and contentedly picking up vegetable dishes from the plates, eating with such relish, eating with such satisfaction.

Whoosh!

Xiao Longlong retracted its flames, opened its mouth and munched away, eating all the meat in the bowls clean, even licking the oil stuck to the bowls clean.

Watching the little creature swagger away, Su Xiaomo and the other two shoveled rice into their mouths with chopsticks while shedding tears of grievance.