Star Dou Great Forest.
Several pleasant birdcalls echoed through the ancient Star Dou Great Forest. Golden sunlight filtered through the leaves, turning into rainbow-hued halos. Cicadas sang melodiously from the branches, while three "million-year" squirrel spirit beasts poked their heads out from a tree hollow to watch the figure passing beneath them.
"Hmph, Father said the Star Dou Great Forest was incredibly dangerous, but I've been walking for over an hour and only ran into a few century-old spirit beasts. Where's the danger? Xiao Bai, Little Black, don't you agree?"
"Awwooo~"
"Awwooo~"
Beneath the tree, a lively little girl strolled about at leisure, followed by two handsome wolves, one white and one black. She wore a fitted short outfit trimmed in silver and gold, its neatly bound sleeves exposing her lotus-root-like forearms. Her high ponytail was tied with a black ribbon, while the wisps of hair before her forehead fluttered lightly in the breeze. Her almond-shaped eyes shone like cold stars, brimming with an unyielding spirit. When she ran, her clothes fluttered around her, and beneath her adorable liveliness was a dashing, heroic air.
In the shadows not far behind her, seven or eight figures hid furtively. One of them said helplessly, "Good heavens, why is this little ancestor still heading deeper in?"
"Yeah, Captain. If she keeps going, we'll reach the inner circle soon!"
"We need to think of something. We can handle the outer circle, but the inner circle is full of thousand-year and ten-thousand-year spirit beasts. And that's not even the worst of it—what if we run into a beast horde?"
Listening to them, the captain wore an equally helpless expression as he scolded, "Enough, enough. Why are you all talking so much? If you've got the guts, go stop her yourselves."
At the captain's words, the