There is a beast: (Hundred Explanations)

In a dream.

Seeing that Bai Zang and Mian Tao were already getting along very well, Bai Jie hesitated and thought: Is Bai Zang really that good at negotiating? What are they doing?

I peeked over and saw them folding origami cranes out of cardstock in their dreams, competing to see who could fold the most cranes, enough to cover the entire ceiling.

"Oh? Paper cranes?" Bai Jie glanced at them and said.

"Yes, yes! Bai Jie, you're here!" Mian Tao happily put her arm around Bai Jie's shoulder.

"Mother!" Baizang cried out.

Upon hearing the word "Mother," Bai Jie staggered and almost fell over.

“Mother! You're the one who taught me how to make origami cranes!” Bai Zang said.

Fine, fine, I give up. Mother it is. Bai Jie no longer wanted to resist. She was still so young, and now she had become someone else's mother. Was this a case of being a mother by accident?

"Mother, would you like to have a contest with me?" Bai Zang said.

"Oh? How do we compete?" Bai Jie became a little interested. Knowing that I taught him how to make paper cranes, he still dared to compete with me like this?

“Let’s see who can kill more nightmares with origami cranes!” Baizang said.

"A thousand paper cranes? Nightmare?" Bai Jie looked at him like he was joking, then he thought of something and used the power of dreams to cover the thousand paper cranes and attack.

"Hmm~ Let's see if Mother dares or not!" Bai Zang provoked.

Bai Jie raised an eyebrow. "Come on, I'm not afraid of you."

The cotton boll raised its paws: "Me too! Me too!"

"Okay, let's have a competition among the three of us."

. . .

Each of the three little animal paws held a paper crane; Miantao's was pink, Baizang's was blue, and Baijie's was gold. Miantao's was the largest, Baijie's was the second largest, and Baizang's was the smallest.

"Alright! Ready to go! 3! 2! 1!"

After the countdown ended, their origami cranes flew into different nightmares under the control of the dream energy.

Bai Jie's origami cranes.

Bai Jie sensed the location of her origami crane and covered its entire body with dream energy. With a "whoosh," it swept across the nightmare. Thanks to Bai Jie's powerful dream energy, the nightmare had no power to resist and was split in two by the origami crane.

Hmm~ It's pretty simple~ Bai Jie thought to herself, it seems the difficulty isn't that high after all.

However, controlling the origami crane becomes increasingly difficult as you progress.

The final results are in: Bai Jie's dream energy was exhausted, and she only managed to eliminate 41 nightmares. Mian Tao, on the other hand, eliminated 17 nightmares.

On the other hand, Bai Zang's dream energy seemed quite abundant. Bai Jie was shocked. How could this be? Wasn't Bai Zang's dream entry ability only at the minor completion stage? How could he have such abundant dream energy?

Seeing his mother's shock, Bai Zang couldn't help but laugh, "Mother, although your dream energy is much higher than mine, your usage is really terrible. You should be like me~"

Bai Cang pointed to his origami crane. The observant Bai Jie seemed to notice something different. Why did this origami crane have a faint dream energy on its wings?

Bai Cang smiled and controlled the paper crane to fly towards a nightmare. The dream energy was very high at the moment of contact, but it returned to its original state after the nightmare was killed.

Bai Jie understood; so that's how it is. The key is to focus energy where it's needed. The energy she controlled in her dreams was too scattered, causing her to waste too much of it.

Later on, he could have killed the Nightmare with one blow, but he made a mistake that allowed the Nightmare to discover and counterattack, and his energy was used for defense.

Speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness, along with conserving energy to avoid unnecessary waste, are all crucial. Energy should be focused on where it's needed, rather than on all-around protection.

When Baizang saw that his mother had already understood, he nodded and thought to himself: As expected of my mother, she understood so quickly.

Cotton Boiler, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. What was going on? Why were they all riddle beasts?

The champion this time is obvious; it's Hyakuzō.

. . .

"Xiao Zang, what did you say to Mian Tao? Why didn't she react when you called me Mother?" Bai Jie asked Bai Zang curiously.

"Hmm~ It's nothing. I just told her I'm your child, and then my aunt's expression changed for a moment, and then she was overjoyed. I don't know what she was thinking," Bai Zang replied.

"That's strange." Bai Jie didn't know how to put it, but she felt that something was off.

The inner workings of the cotton boll at that time.

Hmm? Who is this white Pixiu?

Miantao glanced at the gray cloud pattern on the side of the Pixiu's thigh. Hmm, it seems Bai Jie isn't playing a prank. But who is this guy?

"Hello, Auntie! I'm my mother's child, my name is Bai Zang! My mother's name is Bai Jie~"

What?! This guy is Bai Jie's child?? Wait, Bai Jie is female?

Hearing Hyakuzo's mind-blowing reply, Momo was a little taken aback. Wait, if Hyakuzo is female, then wouldn't people not talk about me and Hyakuzo being affectionate?! All our intimate actions could be explained!

Cotton Peach instantly felt that the white Pixiu in front of him was quite nice. At least it showed him that Bai Jie was a "female," and Bai Zang was so cute. Not bad, not bad~

If Bai Jie knew, she would definitely shout: "I'm innocent!"

Without even realizing it, our Bai Jie has gained a very close best friend~

. . .

morning.

"Ha~" Bai Jie woke up from her dream. Her days in the desert had instilled in her the good habit of waking up early. "Huh? How did I end up in Si Bu Xiang's arms? I remember Si Bu Xiang hadn't come back before I went to sleep."

Bai Jie didn't care about anything else. Anyway, there was a free bed, so why not take it? And it wouldn't make her stiff neck!

Bai Jie simply hugged the four-legged creature's paws, took a breath, and then dozed off for a while longer.

after a while.

"Mmm~ Yesterday was a beautiful dream too!" The Sibuxiang stretched after getting up, and hugged Bai Jie like a doll, rubbing its face against her.

. . .

"Time to go! Be careful, Big Guy might get lost!" Bai Jie said to Tianlu and the others who were still eating golden balls.

“It’s already this day. I wonder where Big Guy is. But Big Guy is meant to walk, so he probably can’t go very far,” said Bixie.

"We've eaten and drunk our fill! Let's go!" Tianlu said, raising his paw.

"Wait here a moment, I'm going to say goodbye to my father and mother." Sibuxiang asked the beasts to wait, and Tianlu said he would be back soon, he couldn't wait any longer.

Subsequently.

"Father, Mother, I'm about to set off," Si Bu Xiang said to Shi Qilin and Yu Qilin.

"Huh? You've only been back for a day and you're already going out again?" Jade Kirin asked with concern.

“Yes, Xiao Jinxian and the others are looking for Da Ge’er, so I’ll go with them. After all, there’s nothing much to do at home.” Si Bu Xiang nodded.

"Alright, remember to be careful on the road," said Jade Kirin.

"Wait, take these." Shi Qilin took out a large bag filled with golden balls. "Those little guys seem to like them quite a bit, so take some with you."

The Four-Faced Beast looked at the huge bag of golden balls and suddenly felt a little panicked; it seemed so heavy.

"Go for it if you like it~ We'll help you choose!" Shi Qilin winked at Si Bu Xiang and patted his shoulder.

Si Bu Xiang's face flushed red instantly. "Wh...what?! No way! Let's go, let's go!" Si Bu Xiang was flustered and didn't know how to explain. He picked up his bag and ran away.