There is a beast: (Hundred Explanations)

"Friends?" Bai Jie raised an eyebrow, a little puzzled. There were actually grasses in this mountain?

"I see." He nodded, but didn't say anything.

It's strange to consider a blade of grass as a friend, but it's not unheard of. Besides, who knows, maybe it's some kind of magical grass?

Bai Jie respects the personal preferences of any beast; this is his own beastly behavior.

“Shall I teach you how to shrink? Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to give you a ride. Walking would be too time-consuming, and the journey is quite long,” Bai Jie said to Zhu Jian.

"Will I shrink? Yes, I will."

With a 'bang', Zhujian transformed into a tiny beast with a large head, a small body, and a long, thin tail. Although it only had one eye, it did not diminish its cuteness in the slightest.

His tail still supported the blade of grass as he looked at the several beasts staring at him with a puzzled expression.

"what happened?"

"Ah, it's nothing, I just feel like you're pretty amazing," Bai Jie said, touching her nose.

Zhu Jian tilted his head, not quite understanding what Bai Jie meant.

"Shouldn't this be something every divine beast can learn?" Zhujian asked in confusion.

Bai Jie thought about it and realized that it was indeed true. As long as one was willing to learn, even without guidance from other beasts, one could learn it.

Bai Jie looked at Cotton Peach's father, her eyes clearly saying, 'You can do that too?'

"I can do it too? What's wrong with that?" Cotton Peach's father felt doubted. What kind of joke was this? He was a senior divine beast himself. If he couldn't do this, how would he go out and meet other Mengji?

"It's nothing, let's go back." Bai Jie was a little embarrassed. So it turns out that most mythical beasts change size later on.

Bai Jie thought that Di Jiang might not have been able to learn it at first because it wasn't necessary before, and after being dormant for hundreds of years, his divine power was also greatly diminished. Therefore, he couldn't learn it in a short time and needed Bai Jie's guidance.

However, it saved Bai Jie a lot of effort, since guiding is also very energy-consuming.

Bai Ze and Si Bu Xiang took off together.

Zhujian sat on Cotton Peach's back, mainly because Cotton Peach and Bai Jie were already on the back of the Four-Unlikes, and it would be too crowded to carry another one.

. . .

On the way, Miantao looked at the little grass with some curiosity and asked Zhujian all sorts of questions.

"How could there be grass in the mountains?"

"How did you become friends with the grass?"

"Can the little grass understand what you're saying?"

...

These questions kept coming out of the cotton boll.

Zhujian didn't mind at all and answered Miantao's questions one by one. He had never had any other beasts to talk to before, but now that there were so many topics to discuss, he was overjoyed.

They flew a bit slowly, and Bai Jie listened to the two beasts chatting from her back on the back of the four-legged creature. Sometimes she could chime in, so it wasn't too boring.

About three hours later, they finally arrived at the mountains where Miantao and his group lived.

"This must be the home of the two Mengji, right?" Zhujian looked around. Like his own mountain, it was barren of vegetation. The only difference was that he could see some jade stones on the mountain wall.

Bai Jie nodded, indicating that Zhu Jian's guess was correct; this was indeed Mian Tao's home.

"Hee hee! We're finally home! Daddy, I want to eat something delicious!" Cotton Peach jumped off the back of the Four-Faced Beast and tugged at her father's leg.

Cotton Peach's father was moved to tears. "My daughter has finally remembered me!" He had been listening to his daughter and Zhujian chat for so long from the clouds, but he couldn't get a word in edgewise. He felt abandoned by the world.

"Okay, okay~ I'll go find the stored meat now, and we can eat it in a bit." Cotton Peach's father said with a smile.

He patted Cotton Peach's head and then walked towards where he stored his food.

“Father is gone, I’ll go get water for your friend!” Mian Tao said to Zhu Jian as she watched her father leave.

Zhujian nodded. This little grass couldn't stay on his tail forever, could it? Even if it had divine power to nourish it, it would still lack water.

They buried the grass near a river.

There are no wild animals in these mountains, so there's no need to worry about the grass suddenly dying.

Miantao introduced her mountain to Zhujian, who became interested, wondering what other unique things might be hidden there.

“Look, this is the kind of stone Bai Jie likes to eat. Hmm... he seems to prefer this white one to the green one.” Cotton Peach held a green jade stone in her left paw and a white jade stone in her right paw.

Zhujian looked at the two stones with some confusion. Did the guy who defeated him actually like to eat this kind of thing?

We could collect some to give to that golden Pixiu as a gift when we visit his home.

Even though it was an invitation, it would be a bit awkward not to bring a gift.

Zhujian nodded at the cotton boll, "I see, I understand."

He's about the same size as a cotton boll now, so he could be considered two little guys.

Seeing Zhujian's knowing look, Miantao was immediately delighted: "In that case, why don't we collect some of these stones for Baijie? He'll be very happy!"

Zhu Jian naturally agreed, as this was exactly what he had planned to do.

When they were looking for a place to settle Xiaocao, Bai Jie, Si Bu Xiang, and Bai Ze did not come along, so it was just the two of them at this moment.

The two beasts excitedly collected jade stones, seemingly because Zhujian's tail was too nimble, allowing him to collect them more than twice as fast as Miantao.

"What an amazing tail!" Cotton Peach looked at Zhujian with envy at the speed at which he was gathering the herbs.

Cotton looked at its tail and suddenly had a brilliant idea. It flicked its tail onto the jade stone.

The air suddenly became quiet, followed by Cotton Boll hugging its tail and blowing.

Her eyes were glistening with tears, and she pouted, trying to hold back her tears.

"Why can't my tail be that powerful..." Cotton Peach thought with a hint of grievance.

She looked up and found Zhujian looking at her.

Cotton Boll panicked a little. "Masaka! Did they see my embarrassing moment?"

Zhu Jian touched his nose; he had indeed witnessed the entire process.

His tail has gained its current power only after being tempered by his own divine strength throughout his life.

How come this little guy is copying me?

"Forget what just happened! Forget it!" Cotton Peach said, blushing.

"Hmm... I didn't see anything." Zhu Jian indicated that he knew nothing, turned his head to the side, and looked away.

After a while, Zhujian did not hear Miantao making a fuss, and was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, shouldn't she be making a fuss?

He turned his head back.

They discovered that Miantao was looking at Zhujian with wide eyes and an adorable expression.

"Um... what's wrong?" Zhujian asked, scratching his head.

"Zhujian, are we friends?" Miantao suddenly asked.

Zhujian nodded. Not only was Miantao his friend, but Bai Jie and all the other beasts were also his friends.

"Okay, then... Zhujian, could you teach me how to use my tail?" Miantao looked at Zhujian expectantly.

"Huh?" Zhujian was a little stunned.

"Can't I?" Miantao looked like she was about to cry.

"That's possible, but let me make it clear first, I can't guarantee you'll learn it, and it will take a long time," Zhu Jian said honestly.

"Huh? How long will it take?" Cotton Peach asked, tilting her head.

"Probably a few hundred or a few thousand years ago."