In May, the morning sunlight was warm and bright, radiating a warmth no less comforting than Nana Zi's.
Zhu Wu woke from an octopus-like tangle of limbs and habitually shook his chest. Long Ling'er, still asleep, was immediately jolted awake and spoke while rubbing her eyes.
"Ah! It's morning already?"
She was still groggy, not fully awake.
The past few months of intense combat training had truly exhausted her. Uncle Di Tian never held back, and she and Brother Zhu Wu often ended up injured. Fortunately, Aunt Bi Ji had been there, so they had not been left with any lasting ailments. Still, the emotional strain of remaining highly focused was not so easily relieved.
That was why she slept so deeply every night, often needing Brother Zhu Wu to shake her awake.
With a rustle, she swiftly got dressed and climbed out of bed.
Though the training was exhausting, with Brother Zhu Wu by her side, she did not feel it was much of a hardship.
Before long, after breakfast, she followed Zhu Wu as he transformed into a small bird and flew up a high mountain, where they faced the rising sun and practiced the Vajra Power Exercise.
Unlike the Illusion Transformations of Ferocious Beasts, which took human form while retaining internal structures closer to their original bodies, hers was different from a true human body. Her talent for transforming into a human was almost no different from a soul beast rebuilding itself as a human: what she became was a genuine human body, only without the process of rebuilding herself. Therefore, she could cultivate Zhu Wu's techniques, which Brother Zhu Wu had already secretly taught her.
He had also told her not to tell anyone for the time being, because Brother Zhu Wu wanted to first see