Bi Ji Appears!

Lin Ciyan sensed it as well. That life energy was far too pure—so pure that even his power of the Five Elements resonated with it.

Crimson, gold, green, blue, and purple light flickered beneath his skin, as though welcoming something.

From the dense forest ahead, a slender figure stepped out onto the fallen leaves.

She walked slowly, every step seeming to land upon water without making a sound. Her waist-length hair was an incomparably pure jade green, gleaming with a transparent, emerald-like luster in the morning light. Strands of it draped over her shoulders like green silk steeped in mountain spring water.

She wore a long dress interwoven with pale green and white, its hem embroidered with dense vine patterns. As she walked, her skirts brushed over the grass, stirring faint green motes of light.

Her features were exquisite to the point that they seemed impossible for nature itself to produce. She had an oval face, a delicate pointed chin, a straight nose, and pale pink lips pressed together slightly.

But what made it impossible to look away were her eyes...

Those eyes were a clear jade green. There was still a trace of a swan's sharpness around her pupils, but her gaze was as gentle as a pool of spring water.

The Jade Swan, Bi Ji. One of the Star Dou Great Forest's ferocious beasts. In terms of age, she could not compare to Di Tian, and in combat strength, she did not excel at direct slaughter. Yet within this forest, nearly every soul beast owed her its life.

She stopped. Her jade-green eyes first fell upon Xuan Zi, then shifted to Lin Ciyan. They lingered on him noticeably longer.

"Elder Xuan," Bi Ji said in a gentle, pleasant voice that carried a reassuring warmth, "it has been a