"You seemed totally about a few minutes ago, but now, you are sweating all over and it seems like you are having fever?" Min Hong pushed on;

"Oh, yeah… I had a little fever this morning but it went away, but I guess the little exercise I did on the stairs just caused it to resurface…" The Left Grand Elder spoke as he gave two more bouts of heavy coughs;

'Is this bastard trying to kill me!?' He furiously thought to himself;

"Oh… cool… Is that why Elder Ken couldn't join us today as well?" Min Hong pushed on as he tried to buy time for the Ki Ting duo and Tong Tian duo;

"Unh?"

"Um… Yeah, that was why Elder Ken couldn't join us…" The Left Grand Elder replied;

'Hehe he… Elder Ken is already serving a greater cause…'

The Left Grand Elder thought to himself with a wicked chuckle…

Meanwhile…

At the top floor…

Ki Ting was the one doing all the investigation as the entire room had been full to the brim with clear blue water…

As a healer, Ki Ting usually used her water as a means of diagnosing what was wrong with her patients by simply sending a little stream of water through any of their orifices and use it to sensitively traced the origin or source of several internal injuries, and as a result, these water are extremely sensitive…

This was the same thing she was currently using; she filled the entire room with water and could easily sense anything they come in contact with, and since water could slip into any space whatsoever, it became the most ideal type of investigative technique so far, and as a result she had told Xiao Gui and the Right Grand Elder to hold their breaths;

But after searching for a few minutes and not finding anything, she finally recalled all that water…

Similarly, at the ground floor…

After the Princess used her summoning technique; what came out of the formation was a puppy and a kitten;

"Why summon two animals who are natural enemies of one another?" Tong Tian asked;

"It is just like Light and Darkness, one is not the enemy of the other, but instead undeniably opposites which were created to empower the one another…" The Princess spoke before the Puppy actually spoke;

"My lady, what is she doing here?"

"Hmph… You took that sentence right out of my mouth?"

The kitten who spoke with a feminine tongue responded without even deigning the Puppy with a look, but instead she looked at the princess with eyes glazed with extreme joy before jumping at her;

"~Aiiiiy~ I missed you so much, Princess…"

"It took so long for you to call us out this time, and I was beginning to think you have forgotten about me…"

"You can't image how suffocating it was being around this stupid boy…" The kitten complained;

"Oi… Stupid Kitty, do you want to go again!?"

"Hmph, dumb doggy… So rough and insensitive, I don't know why the princess still keeps you around…"

"It's okay both of you…"

The Princess spoke with a slight smile on her face as she grabbed the dog with the other hand;

She had also missed both of them a lot, but it requires a lot of energy to summon both of them as they were both the strongest summons in her arsenal and the most suitable for the situation, and that was why she had summoned them…

Tong Tian on the other hand was stunned silly and was watching the entire situation his mouth was wide open in shock;

Firstly, he had never seen any talking beast, and this was the first time he had ever seen one since he hadn't met Elder Yun and Little Ming yet, thus, it was an absolute shocker…

"Eh?" "A human male-"

The Dog spoke as the cat completed it;

"-Standing so close to the princess…"

Sheen! Schweein!

The Puppy and Kitten open one of their paws as dagger like glittering claws poked out of their paws as they vanished, but the Princess for some reasons was too slow to respond as the kitten and puppy duo vanished and appeared abruptly in front of Tong Tian with both of them simultaneously attacking;

Slash! Swipe!

Their claws actually cut through space as the kitty's claws glittered whilst the puppy's claws actually dulled and became almost illusory with both attacks aimed towards either sides of Tong Tian's head…

But just as they were about to hit, Tong Tian's body glowed slightly as a thin film of energy covered Tong Tian's body;

Bam! Bang!

Kacha!

The two attacks slammed into this energy barrier and the energy barrier rippled as it deflected the kitty's attack into the puppy's paws and vice versa, pushing their paws away from Tong Tian;

"Eh? A protective talisman…"

"Definitely a high tier type…"

The puppy and kitty simultaneously blurted in shock and that proved to be their undoing as an enraged feminine snort abruptly rang out from nowhere;

"Hmph! You dare touch my man, you two vermin must be looking to die!"

Swoosh!

Bang! Bang!

Chang! Clang!

A golden staff abruptly flew out of Tong Tian slamming into the kitten and puppy who made a quick block with two paws each but were sent flying across the room…

"Tch… A Peak Gold Tier Weapon unh…"

"Stupid kitty… This one is already at the bridge…"

"Eh?"

"Yeah… It is only a step away from becoming a Diamond Tier Weapon…"

The kitten and puppy exchanged a few words as they stood on two legs with the paws they used to block the attack earlier still red hot and radiating intense pain…

The golden staff hovered and spun around Tong Tian with an aura of fury radiating from it, as it finally stopped and jabbed the stunned Tong Tian aggressively;

"Hmph! What are you standing there all shocked for?"

"Are you trying to get yourself killed!?" The feminine voice once again blurted in anger;

"I-I'm sorry Tong Ling…"

Tong Tian apologized to the staff which moved to stand in front of Tong Tian as the illusory figure of a tiny girl who had the appearance of a teenager floated out of the staff and sat atop it whilst Tong Tian caressed her illusory hair before she snorted and looked away but was enjoying the attention Tong Tian was giving her…

"Eh?"

"Unh?"

Now it was the pets' turn to be stunned silly…