Chapter 813: Xiao Feife, You…

The little snake rolled and writhed among the grass, its tail constantly trembling, flicking back and forth with a crackling sound.

Each time it rolled, a few scarlet scales peeled off, revealing the original concentric pattern.

Its whole blood‑red hue gradually faded, and a faint golden sheen spread upward from the tail inch by inch.

Where it passed, the previously dry, rough scales became warm and smooth again, turning from dull to translucent, emitting a gentle warm glow in the sunlight.

The triangular snake head kept flicking, and the central scales on its crown slowly rose, three tiny golden crown scales standing up like a little crown.

The blood‑red color in its pupils gradually vanished, turning into a pair of amber vertical pupils, sparkling, with an especially clear gaze, exactly like Xiao Feife's eyes.

Tuan Tuan lowered her head and watched the little snake become more beautiful, her big eyes widened roundly.

The little snake gradually calmed down, coiling quietly among the grass.

Its whole body seemed a whole circle smaller than before, the blood color and the concentric patterns vanished, and its entire form emitted a faint golden hue.

It carefully lifted its head, the amber pupils fixed tightly on Tuan Tuan, its whole body shivered, looking like a cowering child.

Everyone stared dumbfounded.

"Miss," Lu Qi smiled, "you really kept it alive by feeding it."

Xiao Ningxun slipped the Dagger back into his boot: "Not bad, Tuan Tuan has another companion now."

Feng Zhou said, "Isn't this just a second Xiao Feife!"

Tuan Tuan slipped out of her father's arms, ran over and carefully lifted the little golden snake.

The warm, smooth snake body coiled on her tiny palm, just the right size, like a living golden chain.

The golden snake lifted its head, looking at Tuan Tuan's sparkling big eyes; it gently flicked its tongue, touching her nose tip.

"Wow! You're so beautiful!" Tuan Tuan held it up, stood up, and joyfully lifted it into the sunlight, "It even has a little crown on its head! It looks as pretty as Xiao Feife's horns!"

"What should I call you?" Tuan Tuan tilted her little head, thought for a moment, "I'll just call you Little Golden One."

She presented the little golden one to everyone like a treasure, "Look! Is my little golden one pretty?"

Everyone smiled and nodded.

Xiao Ningxun said, "Really beautiful!"

Xiao Er praised, "What a handsome little golden snake!"

Chu Yuan patted his disciple's little head, "Well done."

Only Xiao Feife sat sulkily beside them, head drooping, its big tail no longer swaying.

Tuan Tuan hurriedly crouched, placed the golden one on the grass, and patted Xiao Feife's horns, "Xiao Feife, from now on it will keep you company! Don't bully it again!"

The golden one carefully crawled in front of Xiao Feife, lifted its head, and flicked its tongue at it.

Xiao Feife let out a "yip", turned its head the other way, but its tail quietly curled back, brushing over the golden one's body.

Tuan Tuan giggled.

She lifted the golden one and gently placed it on Xiao Feife's back.

The golden one coiled into a circle, lay down, its pale golden scales shimmering faintly among the white Fur Clump, looking extremely comfortable.

Xiao Feife turned its head to glance at the golden snake on its back, and its tail finally swished again.

Tuan Tuan suddenly remembered, "Golden one, do you like eggs? Come! I'll peel one for you!"

After saying that, she lifted her little legs and ran off, with Xiao Feife carrying the golden one closely behind.

The others exchanged glances and laughed as they followed.

Everyone sat around the low table; Tuan Tuan placed the golden one on the table, reached for an egg, peeled the shell spotless, broke it into small pieces and offered them to its mouth.

The golden one opened its mouth and swallowed it, eating it with exquisite sweetness.

Only Feng Zhou, several steps away from the table, watched and felt goosebumps rise on his skin.

Tuan Tuan asked curiously, "Feng Zhou, why are you afraid of the golden one?"

"You're so big, it's so small; it should be the one afraid of you, right."

"No way, Alliance Leader," Feng Zhou shook his head wildly, "I've been scared of this thing since I was little; as soon as I see a leg it trembles."

"Oh," Tuan Tuan understood, patted the golden one's head, raised a finger at Feng Zhou, "Golden one, did you see this person?"

The golden one straightened up, its head slowly turned toward Feng Zhou, and its amber pupils narrowed.

Feng Zhou instantly felt hair stand up all over his body.

Tuan Tuan's voice was soft, "Golden one, stay farther from him in the future; he's scared of you! Got it?"

The golden one seemed to understand and crawled a short distance in the opposite direction from Feng Zhou.

Feng Zhou finally relaxed, "Thanks, Alliance Leader."

"Wow!" Tuan Tuan exclaimed happily, "You understood, huh! So clever!"

She immediately picked up a piece of egg white and fed it to the golden one.

This time the golden one didn't open its mouth, its eyes fixed straight on the egg yolk in her hand.

"Do you want to eat this?" Tuan Tuan promptly broke off a piece of yolk and fed it to it.

The golden one opened its mouth wide and swallowed it.

"Yip yip yip—" Xiao Feife sprang up on the ground, its two little front paws resting on Tuan Tuan's leg, whimpering plaintively.

Xiao Ningxun laughed, "This time Tuan Tuan can't keep up."

"Exactly," Xiao Ningchen laughed, "another one added."

Xiao Yuanhang glared at his two sons, "Why are you acting like older brothers? You don't even know how to extend a hand."

Xiao Ningchen spread his hands, "I actually want to help! But they only want Tuan Tuan."

Tuan Tuan hurriedly intervened for the two brothers, "Dad, you and the brothers eat, I can feed them."

She picked up a piece of meat strip prepared especially for Xiao Feife, offered it to its mouth, "Eat up, Xiao Feife, I haven't forgotten you! It's just that the golden one was hungry, so I fed it first."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Feife kept its mouth tightly shut, refusing the meat strip, its eyes fixed straight on the egg in Tuan Tuan's hand.

"You also want to eat eggs?" Tuan Tuan tilted her head, "Since when have you been eating eggs?"

"Alright," she said, breaking off a large piece of yolk and handing it to Xiao Feifei's mouth, "Eat up."

Xiao Feifei, who had never eaten eggs, opened their big mouth and swallowed the yolk, chewing vigorously.

Immediately, the yolk's creamy texture clogged their throat.

Xiao Feifei choked, hacking "cack‑cack‑cack" outward.

Tuan Tuan hurriedly crouched down and patted its back, "What's wrong, Xiao Feifei?"

Xiao Er quickly grabbed a small bowl, filled it with clear water, and fed it to them.

Xiao Feifei gulped down the whole bowl of water with a "gudong‑gudong" sound, finally swallowing the yolk that had been stuck in their throat.

They sat on the floor, looking aggrieved, and looked up at the little golden on the table.

"How amusing," Chu Yuan said, having understood, and couldn't help laughing, "Tuan Tuan, either let the little golden and Xiao Feifei eat together on the floor."

Or put Xiao Feifei on the table to feed together; then your little fox wouldn't, despite not eating eggs, end up snatching them from the little golden.

Tuan Tuan glanced at the little golden on the table, then at Xiao Feifei on the floor, and suddenly realized, "Xiao Feifei, you—"

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

A dozen days later, Xiao Ran and Chen Hao returned to the Eastern Sea, bringing Xiao Jieyun's imperial decree.