And that female turtle held her head high, utterly ignoring him with an arrogant demeanor of "this young lady is not having any of it".
This female turtle was naturally "Miss Nine".
Further away on the railing, there stood a fiery red Tier Four Li Fire Sparrow, bowing its head, grooming the feathers of a blue and white chubby fluffball.
The fluffy ball hadn't completely grown its feathers, looking chubby, round, and adorably silly, clearly a recently hatched Yuan Water Celestial Sparrow.
Presumably, this Yuan Water Celestial Sparrow must have hatched from the bird egg An Ye found.
And the Li Fire Sparrow had long outgrown its juvenile phase over the decades. Apart from the relatively short crest feathers at the back of its head and a forehead yet to develop flame-like patterns, it almost looked like a full-grown bird.
