As soon as Li Xiaoya entered Tranquil Valley,
he saw Lingyu talking to a Shapeshifting Demon Beast nearly ten feet tall, with an enormous bird's head and a slender, imposing body covered in snowy feathers marked with countless azure lightning runes. Although they had not seen each other for several hundred years, Xiao Ya recognized the Shapeshifting Demon Beast as Little White at a glance.
When he sensed Little White's aura with his Divine Sense, he was even more astonished...
Little White had actually become a Shapeshifting Demon Beast-and not a ninth-tier one, but a tenth-tier one!
That was why Li Xiaoya was so shocked.
After all, over three hundred years ago, Little White had only been at the peak of the eighth tier. How had he suddenly transformed so quickly?
And more importantly!
Neither Zhang Hong nor Li Xiaoya knew how Little White had managed to transform within just a few hundred years, let alone become a tenth-tier Shapeshifting Demon Beast!
Rather than ask Lingyu, he might as well ask Little White himself!
Once Demon Beasts reached the ninth tier, they could take human form. Their intelligence blossomed, and they could speak human language. Since Little White was already at the tenth tier, he could naturally speak as well.
"Ha ha! Brother Li! You're back!"
"Greetings, Master!" Upon seeing Li Xiaoya, Lingyu and Little White hurried forward to greet him. Little White's voice was rich and resonant; without seeing him, one might have mistaken him for a charming middle-aged man. Lingyu bowed to Li Xiaoya with delighted reverence.
"No need for formalities!" Li Xiaoya quickly told Lingyu, then turned to Little White in surprise. "You're Little White? How did you reach the form-transforming tenth tier so quickly?"
"Oh, here's what happened!" Little White seemed to regard Li Xiaoya as