True Form

Since the matter has already been agreed upon, then let's just do it that way.

Li Qi returned to the inn first to find Shen Shuibi, intending to bring Shen Shuibi with him.

He made his way back to the inn.

He knocked on the door from the outside. "Miss Shen, are you busy?"

However, he received no response.

Li Qi's heart tightened, his brows furrowed, and without hesitation, he pushed the door open and went inside.

Then, I went inside and saw a rabbit.

It really is a rabbit.

Its fur was smooth and glossy, its two ears drooped down on its face like eye masks, and it was lying on the bed with its butt sticking up, snoring away.

Li Qi was stunned.

To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen Shen Shuibi in person.

A little, uh, cute?

But wait... this doesn't seem to be a rabbit.

Li Qi clearly saw that Shen Shuibi naturally radiated a certain kind of light.

His eyesight is now very good. He has abundant Great Forest Wood Qi. The liver belongs to Wood. Among his five internal organs, the liver has been tempered to the extreme. The liver governs the eyes. When the five internal organs are strong, the Five Officials will also be strong. Therefore, his eyesight was greatly improved when he entered the ninth rank.

So, upon closer inspection, he saw that the light emanating from Shen Shuibi was exactly the same as the one he had recorded in the "Beast Section" of the "Zhu" book.

Its radiant Chanjuan shines like a perfectly round ice plate; it is the essence of the moon.

The so-called Jade Rabbit and Golden Crow are the two spirits of the sun and moon. The moon hides the Jade Rabbit and the sun hides the crow. Such special light spots contain hidden runes, which are the characteristics of the essence of the sun and moon.

Shen Shuibi... she's definitely not an ordinary rabbit, she's Moon Essence Jade Rabbit.

This thing isn't some cute little creature; it's a spirit beast ranked alongside the Golden Crow, a rare innate species, the physical manifestation of the essence of the moon, representing a part of "Taiyin".

Taiyin is the convergence of Yin Qi in heaven and earth, and is the opposite of Taiyang. It is the key to the harmony of Yin and Yang in heaven and earth, and the essence of the moon is the fragment of Taiyin, and is itself a part of Taiyin.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Li Qi exclaimed. However, he already knew that Shen Shuibi was definitely not simple. This was just the first time he had seen her true form, so he was only surprised for a moment.

After he finished speaking, he went up and petted the rabbit a few times.

The fur is smooth and feels wonderful to the touch.

That felt great.

After a while of being stroked, Shen Shuibi still hadn't woken up. In fact, she twisted her body, as if she was enjoying the stroke, and slept even more soundly.

He looks really tired.

However, we can sleep after we set off. Since we're leaving tonight, we need to wake up first to pack our luggage, then check out and head to the caravan.

So he tugged at the rabbit's ear, preparing to wake her up.

Ah...

The feel of it is irresistible...

However, Li Qi still had a lot of self-control. He tugged at her ear, and sure enough, Shen Shuibi's ear suddenly twitched, snapped his hand away, and then started rubbing her eyes with her two little paws.

"Hmm... Your Highness, what's wrong?" she murmured softly, her eyes still sleepy.

"Her Your Highness isn't here. Wake up, Miss Shen. We're about to set off." Li Qi picked her up from the bed, who was in a rabbit-like state, and placed her on the table.

Shen Shuibi seemed a little dazed, not fully awake from her sleep. The rabbit lay there blankly, as if trying to wake up.

Li Qi waited for a while.

Because he could clearly see that Shen Shuibi had a "waking up" progress bar.

This thing can't show anything very deep; it can only show what a person is currently doing. So in most cases, you can only look at it, but it can occasionally be surprisingly effective.

Even the current action is incomplete. For example, if someone is talking to you, all you will see is the action of "communication," and nothing else.

That goes without saying, Li Qi certainly knew that these people were communicating.

The only good thing is that it gave Li Qi a small cheat code for his perception ability. As long as he is not completely unaware, a progress bar will pop up. For example, when he caught Shen Shuibi, he could sense a little bit. Even if he didn't realize it, a progress bar would still pop up.

But it's also quite useless.

Because if he really can't see, hear, or feel anything at all, then frankly speaking, there's still nothing that can be done.

For example, the most intuitive example is the "ghost". If he does not turn on the Qi Gazing perspective, he will not be able to see the progress bar at all. But if he turns on the Qi Gazing perspective and can see the ghost's aura, then the ghost's action progress bar will appear.

However, it is still useful overall, except that it often obstructs the view.

However, we still don't know where this came from.

Is it the effect of Outer Path Artifact...?

It's hard to say; I'm still too inexperienced to identify what it is.

While I was thinking about all this, the progress bar was almost full.

As expected, Shen Shuibi regained consciousness after her energy was fully restored. She suddenly sat up and looked at Li Qi.

Then, she let out a bloodcurdling scream!

"W-what's wrong?!" The voice startled Li Qi, who quickly asked.

"You! Li Qi, what are you doing! You lecher! Get out of here right now!" Shen Shuibi was both ashamed and embarrassed, her voice a mixture of panic and shyness, as she threw a cup at Li Qi.

Li Qi was confused, but since everything had been smashed, he raised his hands in surrender, then quickly retreated, opened the door, and closed it again.

Then, I heard rustling sounds inside, like someone getting dressed.

After a while, Shen Shuibi finally said in a muffled voice, "Come in..."

Li Qi then pushed the door open and went in, looking completely bewildered. However, Shen Shuibi had already returned to her usual self, her expression a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance, making her appear quite angry.

Shen Shuibi bit her lip, her face full of anger. After a while, she finally spoke, "Li Qi, how could you...!"

When she said "How could you," she seemed to think it was an indecent word and held it back, looking quite indignant.

"Miss Shen... although it was wrong of me to come in while you were asleep, I really don't understand what happened?"

"What's wrong? How dare you ask! The ancients said, 'Do not look at what is improper,' how could you just look at it like that!" Shen Shuibi's voice was almost crying with anger.

Li Qi was even more confused.

"Ah... Miss Shen, but what am I looking at?" He scratched his head.

"I'm not wearing any clothes!" Shen Shuibi made up her mind and simply stated it outright.

Li Qi was stunned.

"But... don't you have hair?"

"Besides, isn't yours shaped like a rabbit?" Li Qi thought to himself.

Shen Shuibi burst into tears of anger, grabbed a teacup from the table and threw it at him. "You have fur on your body too! Does that give you the right to look at it however you want!"

Like a clown, Li Qi was knocked out of the room, tumbling and scrambling, and hurriedly closed the door behind him.

Sigh... what terrible things have I done...