Hunting, if not for meat, fur, or other materials, then it's nothing more than senseless slaughter.
And this time, killing a Divine Beast like the Phoenix... it has probably long stopped being about "value".... What can be gained from killing the Phoenix is no longer important, its absence is what truly matters.
"Ping'an, so soft."
Lu Ping'an never thought he would see the day where he would be held in someone's arms like a doll.
Little Flame was very happy, continually rubbing its master's cheeks, feeling the softness and vitality.
Emotions do not come out of the blue, and reason is not without origin. Little Flame did not become another person; she simply "grew up" from a child to an adult.
Her once naive cognition and emotions became clearer. She hugged her master and rubbed against him, bursting with happiness.