Di Tian: Are You Human?

After flying for a while, a lake that looked like a mirror reflecting the sky appeared before Bao Liang's eyes.

The lake surface shimmered, and several Emerald Swan swam leisurely in the distance, their verdant feathers radiating a holy glow in the sunlight.

At the same time, a large flock of Emerald Swan appeared before Bao Liang, along with a three-eyed golden lion on the legs of a mature woman with long, emerald-green hair adorned with feather-shaped headdresses, a delicate and gentle face that gave off a pure and compassionate feeling like a forest Three-Eyed Golden Lion, wearing a green dress, green sleeves, and green stockings, and with a pair of green wings on her back.

The person being rested on by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is none other than the person Bao Liang is looking for, or more precisely, Soul Beast, a 580,000-year-old Ferocious Beast and the chief of the Emerald Swan Clan— Bi Ji.

When Bi Ji saw who it was, she was quite surprised. "Hello, Mr. Bao Liang, are you here to find the Auspicious Beast?"

Bao Liang glanced at the listless Three-Eyed Golden Lion, "Yes and no."

"I'll take this child with me when I leave, but the person I'm looking for now is you."

Bi Ji was slightly surprised. "Looking for me? Is there something important you need me to do?"

"That's right! It's an extremely urgent matter!" Bao Liang rushed up to Bi Ji, his expression as serious as if he were about to go to war.

When Bi Ji saw Bao Liang, who had been able to pin Xiong Jun down and beat Bao Liang, wearing such a serious expression, she instantly realized the seriousness of the situation. She immediately sat up straight, her green wings slightly unfurled, and her emerald green hair swayed gently in the breeze.

But Bao Liang's words left the 580,000-year-old Emerald Swan clan leader stunned in place.

"... Do you know how to make a girl happy?"

"... Huh?" Bi Ji was dumbfounded, her green wings trembling slightly, her emerald eyes filled with disbelief.

He, a lone Soul Beast, came to ask her how to make a girl happy.

No... it's not like the Di Tian and the Lord described you as so powerful, with such a strong life force that even I, a mere Emerald Swan, envy you.

You came to me just to ask how to make a girl happy?!

Did the Xiong Jun eat your brain?

Even the Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at Bao Liang a disdainful gaze, as if to say, "Are you out of your mind?" Its gilded vertical pupils were full of contempt.

"Um..." Bi Ji hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I'd like to ask you why you came to me and asked me this question."

Um... well...

Bao Liang thought, Bao Liang pondered, Bao Liang gave up thinking.

"Because you're all girls, and besides, in the Star Dou Great Forest, you're the only woman with normal human thinking, Bi Ji."

Bi Ji blinked, then looked down at the Auspicious Beast: "Aren't you going to ask the Auspicious Beast?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion also angrily retorted, "That's right, Bao Liang, why didn't you ask me? Am I a woman? Am I a woman or not?!"

"Go play somewhere else, kid." Bao Liang shoved the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's head away from him.

"..."

Bi Ji remained silent.

"That Zi JI..."

"I haven't even met her once yet."

"And to be honest, I'd definitely get along well with her if we talked about how to be more ruthless, you believe me?"

The straightforward Bao Liang spoke the truth, leaving Bi Ji speechless.

"... If you want to win a girl's heart... attitude is the most important thing."

Bi Ji, feeling helpless, could only offer her own opinion, her emerald eyes filled with resignation.

After all, the person she likes is very strong, but he's also a bit dense and has very little dating experience.

"Explain things clearly, prepare a small gift, and as long as it doesn't cross any lines and as long as you love each other, it's something that can be forgiven a little."

Bi Ji spoke softly, as if she were dreaming of something, her face beaming with a happy smile, her emerald wings slightly unfurled like an unfolding painting.

"What if this isn't the first time I've made her angry? And what if it's the kind of situation where I've made her angry again not long after the last time?"

Bao Liang's outrageous words overwhelmed Bi Ji, who gave up resisting.

"He's hopeless, just wait to die, next one."

"No!" Bao Liang grabbed Bi Ji's hand anxiously, "Sister, don't give up on treatment so soon! I think I can still be saved!"

Just then, Di Tian arrived beside Bao Liang with a pile of Storage Soul Tool: "Bao Liang, I've packed up all the rare metals you wanted, and the Soul Bone you requested are also inside."

"Are you done with your work? If you are, take the Auspicious Beast with you."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at Di Tian in disbelief. "Di Tian! You just sold me out like that?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned around and hugged Bi Ji's leg, wailing, its golden vertical pupils filled with grievance.

"Sister Bi Ji, Di Tian is such a bad guy! You're not going to abandon me too, are you? I can just eat less from now on. I still have Tang San's stuff in my head, I don't want to become someone else, sob sob..."

"..."

Bao Liang was silent for a moment, then said, "So you don't take me seriously, is that it?"

"You're calling me a kid, so is it a problem if I have a childish temper?"

"Yes," Bao Liang replied firmly.

"I say I'm right, and you say I'll beat you up."

"Little Auspicious Beast, you don't want to taste what it's like to have a paw as big as the Xiong Jun's head?"

"Waaaaaah--Sister Bi Ji!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly crashed into Bi Ji's arms. Bi Ji smiled and comforted her, her emerald wings gently unfolding to envelop the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

"Oh dear~ a child's cry is hoarse and unpleasant, but when they cry themselves... it's truly like listening to celestial music, instantly brightening the ears!"

"Are you even human?"

Di Tian stared at Bao Liang as if he were looking at a ghost, his golden dragon eyes filled with disbelief, before finally giving up the struggle.

"Do you have a way to deal with the soul inside the Auspicious Beast, and Tang San behind it?"

"Don't worry, I guarantee it," Bao Liang assured, patting his chest, a faint nine-colored light shimmering around him.

"The premise is that I can survive my Sister Meng... God knows if I'll even be alive after I go back..."

Plane Consciousness: Don't ask, because even Heaven doesn't know.

Di Tian: "..."

"Keep it up!"

"I will."

And so, under the watchful eyes of Di Tian and Bi Ji, Bao Liang, carrying the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with an unwilling expression, as if it were about to go to the execution ground, flew towards the Red Dust Mansion of the Sun Moon Empire.

But Bao Liang didn't know was that someone was waiting for him to return inside the Red Dust Mansion.

Seeing the jumbled mess of strange ironware and chains in front of him, Xiao Hongchen was so frightened that he only dared to hide behind his grandfather and didn't dare to show his face.

"Grandpa... Meng won't kill us all, will she?"

"Don't worry... if we're going to die, the three of us—grandfather and grandson—will probably all die together."

"And... laugh, don't hide behind Grandpa, Grandpa's scared too!"