Chapter ??9
Zi Yan woke up much sooner than Sun Buxiao and Su Qian had expected.
Less than a week had passed before she woke up, but...
"Why did you turn back into this form?"
Sun Buxiao stared at Zi Yan, who had turned back into a little girl, his face full of question marks.
Was it because she had digested all the energy?
"I don't know either! I should definitely have broken through the limits of a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast by now, and I'm not far from becoming a Seventh-Rank Magical Beast!"
Zi Yan looked quite frustrated herself.
"I still can't freely switch between my human form and beast form... this is about the most I can do."
Bang!
She raised a hand, and her slender, fair hand instantly transformed into a massive, thick dragon claw.
It wasn't just dragon claws. She could also produce dragon wings, dragon horns, and a dragon tail.
Overall, though, she still couldn't transform completely into her beast form.
Could it be because of her age...?
"Just stick with your previous appearance..."
Sun Dog wasn't into furries, which was rather unfortunate.
"So, have you thought it over? Want to leave the academy with me?"
"I'll help you get stronger, then help you resolve your clan's problems...
"But this sort of thing can't be accomplished in a single leap. We'll have to take it slowly."
He spoke to Zi Yan with earnest concern.
"Then let's go! Staying at the academy really is boring anyway. That brat Xiao Yan's Pan Gate is lifeless whenever he's away, and Qing Lin's gone too... Besides, I've grown this big without ever getting to explore the world!"
Zi Yan was certainly full of interest in the world outside.
She had been abandoned all alone in the desolate mountains of the