Chapter 681: Chapter 681 - 662: How Can It Speak?_2

"Uncle Seven, don’t you recognize it? It’s the gift you gave me, isn’t it?"

"I... When did I ever give you such a monstrous animal as a gift?"

Ji Youzhi denied ever giving his precious niece such an odd-looking animal as a gift.

"Why isn’t it the gift you gave me? It’s Xiaobai! Uncle Seven, you have forgotten. When you came back to Ling Village, you caught a rabbit for me along the way. This is it!"

"What are you saying? This... this thing is Xiaobai?"

Ji Youzhi inspected the monster before him in a daze for a moment, looking it up and down. He couldn’t associate this creature with that cute little white furball in any way!

"ROAR!"

Xiaobai tilted his head, suddenly opening his wide mouth at Ji Youzhi. Its bloody red tongue aimed at Ji Youzhi’s face.

"Ah... Suisui, save me!"

Immediately, Ji Youzhi picked up Xiaosuisui to shield himself from Xiaobai.

Xiaosuisui rolled her eyes in distaste. "Uncle Seven, can you be a bit more dignified? Although Xiaobai can eat anything, it hasn’t reached the point of daring to eat people yet!"

"Ah... It... It... It can eat... everything?"

"That’s right. Mountains, rivers, evil spirits—as long as it wants, it can eat!"

Ji Youzhi blinked, saying in tremendous shock, "It can eat mountains and rivers? Why doesn’t it eat the Array of Heaven then? In that case, we wouldn’t have to fight our way through the Array of Heaven!"

"ROAR!" With a howl, Xiaobai salivated and slurped the air, instantly transforming into a little rabbit!

This change greatly surprised Ji Youzhi. "It... It’s transformed back!"

"Yes! This is its self-Seal!"

"A self-Seal? Why does it perform a self-Seal and turn into a rabbit?"

"I don’t know. I can’t hear its inner thoughts, so I don’t know why it performed a self-Seal and became a rabbit!"

Ever since learning Mind Reading, Xiaosuisui could easily understand the inner thoughts of both animals and people. But Xiaobai’s inner world was somewhat unique. Sometimes she could understand it, sometimes she couldn’t.

She didn’t know, was it because Xiaobai didn’t think about things in his mind? Or was the inner world of animals all very simple?

"Master!"

All of a sudden, that bell-like voice from Dahei rang out.

Ji Youzhi was yet again shocked out of his wits. Without thinking, he hid behind Xiaosuisui, just showing his head. "It...It...It can talk, too?"

Ji Youzhi didn’t know whether he was thrilled or frightened, but in any case, he ended up earning an eye-roll from Xiaosuisui.

Xiaosuisui gave Dahei a look, signaling it to shut up. "Don’t scare my Uncle Seven!"

Then she turned to Ji Youzhi. "Uncle Seven! Dahei is a demon who has reached the Transformation Stage and can naturally talk. Didn’t you know that beforehand? Why are you so excited now?"

Ji Youzhi once again opened his eyes wide, suddenly having an idea. "Demon... Demon... I... " He stuttered for quite a while but couldn’t articulate anything further.

Xiaosuisui nodded affirmatively. "That’s right, it’s a demon, and one with advanced Cultivation. Without such Cultivation, it couldn’t have guarded the Black Water Ridge for a thousand years, blocking the sea route between the Central Plains and the overseas region."

Listening to what Xiaosuisui was saying, Ji Youzhi suddenly felt something was off! After pondering for a moment, he finally figured out what was wrong, quickly reaching out to touch Xiaosuisui’s forehead.

"Are you... still my precious niece, Suisui?"

This was happening too fast. A four- or five-year-old child knowing so much? Not only that, but whether she was speaking or acting, she no longer seemed like a child at all!

"Of course I am your precious niece, Uncle Seven. What’s the matter?"

Ji Youzhi shook his head. "Your mind is nothing like a child’s! Moreover, you know things that even Uncle Seven doesn’t. This is not normal at all!"

"It’s natural that Uncle Seven doesn’t know. I know these things because after we met Dahei, I found out from its mouth that thousands of years ago, people in the Central Plains used to be able to cultivate immortality. Later, my great-grandfather gave me hundreds of years of Power, then I entered the Array of Heaven. In the Dream Realm, I found my elder uncle and learned a lot. I went to the Illusion Array, caught an Illusory Fox’s spirit, and heard many of its inner thoughts. So in this short time, I’ve come to know a lot of things you don’t."

Ji Youzhi figured that Xiaosuisui’s explanation made sense. He knew that mind reading could help improve a person’s mental state, and he soon put his heart at ease.

"So what should we do next?"

Since he had put his heart at ease, Ji Youzhi didn’t argue anymore but directly asked Xiaosuisui about their next move. At this moment, Ji Youzhi didn’t realize that he had unconsciously perceived Xiaosuisui as a leader.

"Rest well and be ready to go through the Second Level."

Ji Youzhi scratched his head in confusion. "I know we have to pass the Second Level; you’ve said this before. What I’m asking is, what is the Second Level? How do we pass it?"

"Elder Uncle said the Second Level is related to physical fitness. It should be a test of our stamina, so Uncle Seven, you better rest well!"

"Okay, then I’ll rest up and meditate."

Ji Youzhi obediently complied. Xiaosuisui also sat down to meditate on the spot. Time slowly passed. Xiaosuisui and Ji Youzhi didn’t know that outside the Array of Heaven, the sun was slowly rising. The people guarding Yunzhou Island were staring at the Array of Heaven out at sea.

"The Array of Heaven has changed! Suisui and the others have successfully passed the First Level!" Yun Kuo said excitedly.

"They’ve passed the First Level! That’s great! This shows that they’re still alive." Old Master Yun stroked his silvery-white beard in extreme excitement, a gratified smile on his face.

"Dad! With the First Level passed, and the Second Level testing physical strength, Suisui, with her talent and natural endowment, will surely pass the Third Level. Then..."