Clouds and mountain tops

"Master, I picked up this little guy on an island when I was on a mission a few days ago. It looks a little small now because its parents used magic to shrink it."

"It will only return to its original size unless there is a major breakthrough in its cultivation realm. As for how big it was originally, I have never seen it." Bailiqi explained.

"Then just wait and see. This little guy is quite cute and it would be nice for him to be with you. How could its parents be willing to let you take it?" Master Huiyan said.

"Its parents have met with misfortune and it's an orphan now, so I brought it here," Bailiqi explained.

When Bailiqi is free, he takes it to the pie to find its favorite food. There are indeed quite a few things it can eat in the pie, so Bailiqi picks some more and stores them in that independent space to save the trouble of taking it to find food every day.

When Xiezhi is free, it will also practice in an independent space, but it does not need to sit in meditation like humans do. It just stands there with its eyes closed. It is not known whether it needs to circulate Qi through the meridians like humans do.

Xiezhi had been practicing in this independent space for a while. One day, Bailiqi entered the independent space and was about to practice when he suddenly saw a little guy the size of a goat. This guy had a head that looked like a dragon, with thick black hair all over his body and a gray horn on his forehead.

Bailiqi suddenly realized that this guy was the fist-sized thing from before.

"Master Huiyan, please take a look at this guy." Bailiqi immediately started communicating with Master Huiyan.

"Yes, it is a divine beast! My friend Bailiqi, you are so lucky to have encountered a divine beast!" said Master Huiyan.

"Who are you?" Xiezhi asked with some confusion.

"He is Master Huiyan, my teacher." Bailiqi replied immediately.

"It's you. I'm a little rude. Let me apologize to you, Grandpa Huiyan!" Xiezhi said in a childish tone.

"Brother, I am back to normal now. Do you think I am handsome?" Xiezhi asked Bailiqi.

Bailiqi was stunned for a moment. How could it be so handsome? It was lucky that it didn't scare people to death. How could it be handsome? But considering that it was still a child, it was not good to discourage it too much. So he said to it,

"You are not only handsome, but also more powerful and masculine!"

"Other things are not important, such as being powerful and masculine, as long as you are handsome, that's enough. My father often asks me if he is handsome. My mother always scolds my father, saying he is 'ugly', but my mother always praises me for being handsome!"

"But I think I look similar to my father. I don't know why, but since my little brother praised me for being handsome, then I must be really handsome!" Xiezhi muttered to himself.

"Little brother, since you took me in, I will follow you in the future. I can be your mount in the future!"

"There is a kind of contract in my tribe, which is between my tribe and our benefactor. After it is signed, we will be with you forever. This is voluntary because you are my benefactor. I want to sign this contract with you, little brother." Xiezhi said.

"Between you and me, we are just companions, there is no need for any contract." Bailiqi didn't want to go through all this trouble, it's fine to be together, why would we need a contract?

"Little brother, I am not trying to embarrass you. This is a traditional custom of my tribe. Only when you become an orphan will you sign this contract with your benefactor. Signing this contract is beneficial to me. On the one hand, I can find little brother at any time. No matter where little brother is, I can find his location instantly through my thoughts. "

"On the other hand, I can feel at ease, and the gods of my tribe in the upper world will protect me. I must also be loyal to my little brother. Of course I will be loyal to my little brother, there is no problem with that."

"Little brother, please rest assured that I will not eat and live for free. You may need me in the future." Xiezhi insisted on signing this contract with Bailiqi and gave its reasons.

Bailiqi was unable to persuade Xiezhi, so he signed the contract according to its way. The signing of this contract was not complicated. All he had to do was drip a few drops of Bailiqi's blood onto Xiezhi's horn, which would be absorbed by the horn very quickly. The contract was signed.

After the contract was signed, Bailiqi had an extra breath in his mind, which belonged to Xiezhi. When Bailiqi wanted to find Xiezhi, he only needed to touch the breath with his mind, and he could immediately know the location of Xiezhi, no matter how far away they were! This is a very magical function!

"Xiezhi, what realm are you in now?" Bailiqi asked curiously.

"Little brother, I am now in the first level of the middle stage of the Enlightenment Realm, which is equivalent to the first level of the middle stage of the Yellow Realm. I am 10 years old. Little brother, how old are you this year? Can I ask this?" Xiezhi replied.

"I am 11 years old this year, one year older than you. Your cultivation speed is still acceptable." Bailiqi replied.

"Little brother, there may be something special here. I feel that my progress in cultivation here is very fast. My cultivation speed was not so fast before." Xiezhi replied with some surprise.

"Your feeling is right. Practicing here is indeed quite fast, no doubt about it." Bailiqi said affirmatively.

"Xiezhi, I want to give you a new name, what do you think?" Bailiqi was seeking Xiezhi's opinion, because the name Xiezhi was not very easy to pronounce.

"Okay, no problem. As long as the little brother is happy, I can call you anything I want." Xiezhi replied.

"Then you can call yourself Dongfang Xiaoshuai, what do you think?" Bailiqi came up with a name.

"This name is so nice, it really lives up to the name! You are really cultured, little brother! I admire you so much, little brother!"

Xiezhi is also a little narcissistic, and it seems that this is obviously inherited from his father's genes.

"Dongfang Xiaoshuai, does your clan have any news about the upper world?" Bailiqi had heard Xiaoshuai say that the gods in the upper world would protect him in the upper world, so he wanted to talk about this topic.

"This is originally a top secret of my tribe, and I am not allowed to reveal it to outsiders, but my little brother is not an outsider, so my little brother cannot tell anyone else." Dongfang Xiaoshuai has his own difficulties.

"Okay, I promise you." Bailiqi promised.

"There is such a world above, it is the fairy world." Dongfang Xiaoshuai said.

"Oh, there really is a fairyland! It seems that those legends are not false!" Bailiqi said in surprise.