Xiao Wu's Curiosity: I Want to Meet That Strange Man Myself!

Xiao Wu tilted her head, her bright, watery eyes filled with curiosity.

She had been taking a nap in the Lake of Life when she vaguely heard Da Ming and Er Ming heatedly discussing something, so she ran over.

"It's nothing, Sister Xiao Wu. Just a small matter," Er Ming replied in his deep, muffled voice, not wanting these matters to disturb her.

"Hmph, you're trying to hide things from me again!" Xiao Wu puffed out her cheeks in displeasure, leaping down from Er Ming's shoulder and landing lightly on the grass. "I heard you just now! Something about Soul Beasts turning into humans, and some evil Soul Master?"

In her human form, Xiao Wu stood with her hands on her hips, looking like a little adult. "Tell me quickly. What exactly happened?"

Seeing Xiao Wu like this, Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged a glance, both somewhat helpless.

Da Ming sighed. After hesitating for a moment, he finally told Xiao Wu everything he had seen.

When she heard that a human Soul Master could directly transform an ordinary Soul Beast into a creature with a human form, Xiao Wu wore the same stunned expression Er Ming had displayed.

"How is that possible?!"

She herself was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had undergone Beast Transformation, so she knew full well how difficult and dangerous that process was.

It was practically abandoning everything and starting all over again, yet that mysterious human had accomplished it so easily?

"It's true, Xiao Wu," Er Ming hurriedly added. "Big Brother saw it with his own eyes! That human is a bad person, using our kind for experiments!"

"Experiments..." Xiao Wu murmured, a complicated light flickering in her large eyes.

Unlike Er Ming, whose first reaction had been anger and destruction, she felt more curiosity within her heart.

An unprecedented, intense curiosity.

How did that person do it?

How was this transformation different from my Beast Transformation?

Those transformed Soul Beasts... did they still count as Soul Beasts?

Countless questions sprang up in Xiao Wu's heart like bamboo shoots after rain, and she desperately wanted answers.

A bold idea formed in her mind!

"Da Ming, Er Ming, I want..." Xiao Wu raised her head and looked firmly at her two Soul Beast brothers. "I want to approach him myself."

"No!"

"Absolutely not!"

Hearing Xiao Wu's proposal, Da Ming and Er Ming rejected it in unison, their attitudes resolute.

"It's too dangerous!" Er Ming stomped his feet anxiously. "Xiao Wu, that human's origins are unknown, and his methods are strange. What if he hurts you?"

"That's right, Xiao Wu." Da Ming's tone was equally stern. "We can't let you take such a risk. We don't know what he wants, and we know nothing about his abilities!"

"But I have to enter human society eventually." Xiao Wu argued reasonably. "Since I chose Beast Transformation, I naturally can't stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for my entire life, protected by you two. I'll have to enter human society someday! Look, I'm exactly like an ordinary human girl now. He won't discover me."

She spun around, showing off her perfect human body. As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed into a human, she indeed bore no trace of Soul Beast characteristics.

"Besides, this is the Star Dou Great Forest. It's our territory!" Xiao Wu pointed at the ground beneath her feet. "If there really is danger, I'll call for you immediately. Won't you be able to get there at once?"

Da Ming and Er Ming fell silent.

Xiao Wu's words left them unable to refute her. They could protect her for a time, but not for a lifetime.

Now that Xiao Wu has transformed into a human, she will eventually have to train in the human world...

Da Ming could not change Xiao Wu's decision.

After all, if he and Er Ming could truly influence Xiao Wu, she would not be in human form now!

Perhaps... this is also an opportunity.

A thought suddenly surfaced in Da Ming's mind.

Rather than letting Xiao Wu blindly stumble alone into the perilous human world in the future, it would be better to let her encounter humanity's "complexity" now, right under their watchful eyes.

Let Xiao Wu see for herself how dangerous and cunning human Soul Masters can be! Perhaps this will make her give up on entering human society and stay here obediently...

With that thought, Da Ming's attitude softened. He looked at Er Ming, communicating with him through his eyes.

Although Er Ming was still full of worry, he understood what his big brother meant.

"Fine..." Da Ming finally spoke, his voice carrying a hint of compromise. "We can let you go, but you must agree to several conditions."

"Mhm, mhm! Tell me!" Xiao Wu immediately nodded repeatedly.

"First, you must never expose your identity as a Soul Beast."

"Don't worry!"

"Second, you may only observe from afar. You are not allowed to get too close, much less clash with that 'evil Soul Master.'"

"Got it!"

"Third, and most importantly," Da Ming said in an extremely solemn voice, "the moment you sense any danger, call for us immediately. We will rush over at once!"

"I promise!" Xiao Wu raised three fingers and swore solemnly.

"Fine. We can't stop you anyway. Go."

Da Ming looked deeply at her and let out a heavy sigh.

"Thank you, Da Ming! Thank you, Er Ming!"

Xiao Wu cheered. Her figure flashed, and after several leaps, she vanished into the depths of the forest, heading in Lu Ming's direction...

Watching Xiao Wu's retreating figure, Er Ming still asked uneasily, "Big Brother, will it really be all right?"

"Don't worry." A sharp gleam flashed through Da Ming's huge bull-like eyes. "I've already left a spiritual mark on her. As long as she remains in the Star Dou Great Forest, we can sense her every movement."

"If that 'evil' human dares to harm even a single hair on Xiao Wu..." Da Ming's voice turned cold. "I'll let him know what true despair is!"

Meanwhile, Lu Ming had no idea that he had already caught the attention of the Star Dou Great Forest's two true overlords. He knew even less that a curiosity-filled "Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast" was rapidly approaching his location.

At that moment, he was leading Zhu Mao, Feng Qie, and Yue Xi to a secluded valley.

The trees there were lush, Soul Power abundant, and Soul Beasts rarely passed through. It was an ideal temporary base...

"All right, we'll settle down here for now."

"Zhu Mao, keep watch around the perimeter. Feng Qie, scout the surrounding terrain and see whether there are any powerful Soul Beast territories nearby. Yue Xi, you stay here with me."

Zhu Mao and Feng Qie accepted their orders and left.

Only Lu Ming and Yue Xi, who followed timidly behind him, remained in the valley.

The surroundings were tranquil, so Lu Ming simply found a flat bluestone and sat down cross-legged.

He was in no hurry to venture deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.