First Meeting with Bi Ji, Di Tian Arrives

"You see? The people's eyes are sharp..."

"But I really am not a Rabbit... Besides, why would there be a human in the Star Dou Great Forest at this time?"

Ye Qing turned around and saw a human woman in a green robe waving at him. Around her were Spirit Beasts injured during this Lightning Tribulation. Emerald light appeared in the woman's hands, and the Spirit Beasts wounded by the Heavenly Tribulation lay peacefully upon the ground. Wherever the green radiance covered, even the most horrifying wounds healed at a visible rate.

Then, perhaps feeling that the healing was too slow, the woman transformed before Ye Qing's astonished eyes into a massive swan. Her emerald-green feathers proclaimed her race—the Emerald Swan. This was why Ye Qing had seen a human in the forest: the woman was a transformed Spirit Beast.

The Emerald Swan was the strongest healing-type Spirit Beast. This one was the ruler of the Emerald Swan clan, Bi Ji, a Ferocious Beast who had just passed her Heavenly Tribulation and possessed cultivation exceeding five hundred thousand years. Yet despite her high cultivation, her actual combat ability was not even comparable to that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. What allowed her to stand firm in the Star Dou Great Forest was her compassion and talent. From Ferocious Beasts to ordinary Spirit Beasts, most of the forest's inhabitants had received her kindness.

It could be said that if one harmed another Spirit Beast, at most a few closely related Spirit Beasts would come seeking revenge. But if anyone had designs on Bi Ji, it could absolutely trigger a Beast Tide.

Bi Ji, in her swan form, spread her enormous wings. A vast area centered on her was enveloped in emerald-green light. This was Bi Ji's group healing Spirit Skill, Emerald Light Wave. Ye Qing was also covered by it, and the charred fur on his left foreleg receded as the entire limb turned snow-white once more.

Ye Qing even watched a dying Double-Horned Rhinoceros rapidly regain its vigor beneath the light. It affectionately rubbed against Bi Ji's feet before leaving the area.

What incredible healing power... Ye Qing marveled inwardly.

No, wait! She can turn into a human!!! Ye Qing suddenly realized the crucial point. His current cultivation was equivalent to seven hundred thousand years, so he could tell that the swan before him had only just broken through five hundred thousand years. By that logic, unless this was some racial inheritance, he would not need to wait for the system to trigger a key character in order to learn how to transform into a human.

Once Bi Ji saw that the Spirit Beasts in the area had all been healed, she finally relaxed. By her calculations, she had still been far from a breakthrough, and the Heavenly Tribulation should have been difficult as well. Yet an immense amount of pure energy had somehow dispersed into the area, allowing her to break through directly. Moreover, because Xiong Jun and Di Tian had broken through at the same time, most of the Heavenly Tribulation's power had gone after those two. As an Emerald Swan with an inherently fragile body, she had instead passed this trial with ease.

Having quickly recovered through her racial talent, she began rescuing the Spirit Beasts injured by the Heavenly Tribulation. In Bi Ji's eyes, without this sudden tribulation, so many Spirit Beasts would not have suffered. Since the tribulation was related to her, as one of the forest's rulers, she naturally had to consider the creatures living within it. Unexpectedly, she encountered a very interesting Rabbit.

Unlike ordinary Spirit Beasts, which either fled at once or acted affectionate toward her, it came up and asked how she had transformed into a human.

"Your intelligence is surprisingly high, yet I can't see through your cultivation. You really are an interesting Rabbit."

"I told you, I'm not a Rabbit. Forget it, that isn't important. How do I transform into a human?"

"Why else would I say you're interesting? Ordinary Spirit Beasts either fear humans or hate them to the bone. When you didn't approach me earlier, I thought you were afraid of my human appearance. So you wanted to become human yourself. My name is Bi Ji. What is the name of this little foreign Rabbit? If you don't tell me, I'll keep calling you Rabbit."

"My name is Ye Qing... How did you know I came from elsewhere? But that isn't important. The main issue is how to transform into a human, okay?" Ye Qing answered her question. He had long forgotten the specific details of Douluo, so he had only two options if he wanted to become human.

Either he waited for the Heaven-Swallowing Hou's memories to awaken and learned transformation from them, or he learned from Bi Ji and saw whether he could transform.

"Because I know seventy percent of the Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that possess intelligence, and the rest all know me. As for transformation, once my cultivation reached the required level, I naturally learned it. Perhaps your cultivation is still insufficient."

By then, all the clouds in the sky had dispersed. The four consecutive Heavenly Tribulations had finally come to an end.

"All right, little Rabbit, I need to go help the other Spirit Beasts. You should stay away from the Core Area. It's very dangerous here." With that, Bi Ji prepared to leave. But Ye Qing had encountered a powerful and easygoing Spirit Beast, and he still had many things he wanted to ask. Not caring that Bi Ji kept calling him Rabbit, he called out to stop her.

"Wait, I have something I want to ask."

"Next time. The Heavenly Tribulation over there was more powerful. Who knows how many Spirit Beasts were lost? You can't help anyway, so you should just go wherever you need to go."

"Who says I can't help?"

"Could it be that this little Rabbit is a healing-type Spirit Beast?"

"No, but I can replenish the Soul Power you've lost." As he spoke, Ye Qing placed his hand on Bi Ji. Surging energy poured directly into her body, instantly restoring all the Soul Power she had previously consumed. Bi Ji also sensed that this energy was exactly the same as the energy she had absorbed before.

"Could the energy from before have been created by you? Impossible. How could that kind of energy be produced by a single individual? Forget it, come with me. You can ask whatever you want along the way." With that, Bi Ji brought Ye Qing to that area.

After all, Ye Qing possessed a full seventy percent of the energy. Merely absorbing a portion of it had added one hundred thousand years of cultivation to Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the others. Using it to replenish consumption was practically insignificant.

Thus, after a night of work, Bi Ji healed most of the Spirit Beasts. Aside from those who had died directly beneath the Heavenly Tribulation, nearly all had been saved by her. Ye Qing also gained a general understanding of the forest's situation. However, when he asked about the Blue Silver Emperor and the Soft Bone Rabbit, Bi Ji said she had never heard of them. Di Tian, whose breakthrough had ended, also arrived before Bi Ji.

The first thing Di Tian did was step in front of Bi Ji, interrupting Ye Qing's replenishment of her Soul Power.

"What is it, Di Tian? Is there something wrong with him?" Bi Ji asked when she saw Di Tian watching Ye Qing warily.

"Of course there is. He has seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, yet he pretends to be weak. What is your purpose?"

"You're saying this Rabbit is a Ferocious Beast with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation?" Bi Ji found it hard to believe. After all, the questions Ye Qing had asked were things even ordinary ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts should know, yet he knew nothing.

"Of course. And if I'm not mistaken, you came from another planet, didn't you?"

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