Mo Tiange was sitting on a praying mat in the cultivation room. There were two cups of tea on the small tea table in front of her, emitting smoke.
In front of her, Fei Fei was rolling around on the cattail hassock while combing his shiny golden fur.
When it finished combing its golden fur, it sat on the praying mat in a very elegant posture. Then it picked up the tea with its claws, narrowed its eyes, and took a sip with satisfaction.
Mo Tiange was already shocked, so she was very calm when she looked at Feifei.
Xiaofan was a Sea Dragon, so it had wisdom that surpassed spiritual beasts of the same rank. Mo Tiange already knew this, but she didn't expect Feifei would also have such wisdom when it advanced.
It didn't look like a spiritual beast at all.
Even if it was a human, it rarely had such rich expressions.
In that case, maybe it really was a descendant of the Distant Past divine beast, Feifei.
After drinking the tea, Feifei raised its head and stared at Mo Tiange with its round eyes for a long time before it said, "Without you, I wouldn't have been able to advance to the fifth rank so quickly. En, I'll recognize you as my master!"
"…" Recognize?
In other words, it actually didn't quite agree with the concept of "master"?
Mo Tiange was speechless for a while before she remembered to ask, "Don't we have a spiritual beast contract?"
Feifei curled its lips, scratched the golden fur on its forehead, and said, "That's one thing, but if I don't want to recognize you, it's not impossible."
It raised its head to look at Mo Tiange and continued, "The most important thing is that our Feifei is very grateful. Without you, I probably wouldn't have advanced to the fifth rank until the end of my life, so I'll recognize you as my master."
"…" Ever since Feifei learned how to talk, Mo Tiange had been rendered speechless many times. This Feifei definitely wasn't that playful, playful, and spoiled little spiritual beast from before. In the end, she had no idea what it was …
"Master, what's with your expression?" Feifei raised its head and asked her in a delicate voice.
Mo Tiange was silent. She picked up the teacup on the tea table and took a big gulp, but it was so hot that she spat it out, splashing the tea on the tea table and Feifei's beautiful golden fur.
Feifei rolled around and jumped non-stop. "You, you, you … My fur, you made my fur wet!"
Mo Tiange wiped the corner of her mouth and rubbed her brows. She cast a spell, causing the water stains on Feifei's body to disappear without a trace.
Seeing that her golden fur had regained its bright luster, Feifei squatted back in satisfaction and continued to straighten them out one by one.
Mo Tiange stared at him for a long time. In the end, she felt powerless. "Are you the original Feifei?"
"Of course."
Feifei did not even raise her head. She licked her golden fur and said, "Well, actually, you can say that it's half of me."
"Half?"
"Yeah!"
Feifei played with its golden fur and said, "Didn't you notice that the phenomenon of my leveling up is a little abnormal?"
"… En."
Mo Tiange said, "There's something inside your body that's absorbing all the spiritual aura in your body … I'm very confused. If we didn't come in at that time and Xiaohuo didn't notice anything wrong with you, wouldn't you have died here?"
"More or less."
At the mention of this topic, Feifei's expression was indifferent. "If you didn't come back in time, I would have failed my advancement and died."
"Why?"
Mo Tiange blurted out. "Could it be that when your Feifei advanced to the fifth rank, there were elders watching over you?"
"Elders?"
Feifei wagged her tail. Her gaze was helpless, and her delicate voice carried a hint of melancholy. "How could our Feifei have any elders watching over us?
It's already good enough that we didn't die out. "
"…" Mo Tiange wrinkled her brows. What does that mean?
The Feifei race is going to be extinct soon?
Upon seeing her doubt, Feifei coughed, sat up straight, and said, "Since I recognized you as my master, you have the right to know these things.
Before I tell you these things, I have to first let you know what kind of race we Feifei are. "
After a long silence, Feifei said, "The cultivators in Linhai all think we're just a race that's close to the Feifei from the Distant Past era, but in fact, we're the descendants of the Feifei."
Upon seeing Mo Tiange's doubtful gaze, Feifei rushed to say, "Are you wondering why I know these things?"
Mo Tiange nodded. "Before you advanced to the fifth rank, your intelligence wasn't high. When I got you, you were just a cub.
That being the case, where did you hear these things from? "
Feifei said, "This is exactly what I want to tell you. What kind of race we Feifei are."
It paused for a moment then said, "Since the Distant Past era, we've lived in the human world and were called 'spirits'. Because we were born with powerful strength, we're also called divine beasts.
The so-called divine beasts are led by the Four Symbols, the Qilin. The Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Black Tortoise guard the four directions, and the Qilin guards the central palace.
The Azure Dragon is wood, the White Tiger is gold, the Vermilion Bird is fire, the Black Tortoise is water, and the Qilin is earth.
Under the Four Symbols and Five Spirits, there are us, the Spirit Race, who are born with divine breath.
Although we're not as powerful as the Five Spirits, every divine beast race has its own characteristics. The characteristics of us Feifei are our innate affinity and inheritance of divine power. "
"Inheritance?"
Mo Tiange was stunned. A thought flashed in her mind. "Could it be that you can even inherit memories?"
"Correct." Feifei waved its paw and praised, "You're worthy of being my master."
It paused for a moment then continued to say, "We Feifei don't have powerful spells, but we can make friends with all spiritual beasts, even ferocious beasts are no exception.
In addition, every Feifei born will be born with the common memory of their race sealed. "
Mo Tiange thought for a moment. "So, you've always had the memory of your race in your body, but your cultivation level was too low, so you couldn't inherit it?"
"Correct."
Feifei stretched out its paw and looked at it carefully. "Every Feifei is like this. When they advance to the fifth rank, the memory in their body will fuse with them.
However, ever since the world was divided into two realms, we Feifei who stayed in the human world couldn't advance to the fifth rank without the guidance of our elders. "
"Two realms …" Mo Tiange suddenly realized this topic seemed to be related to the changes in the human world since the Distant Past era. "Since you're divine beasts, why didn't you go to the Spiritual Realm?"
"Of course it's because something went wrong."
Feifei put its paw on the tea table and said, "When the world was divided into two realms, most of our ancestors went to the Spiritual Realm, but some weak ones were left in the human world. Don't ask me why, I can't possibly know everything. Inheritance of memories isn't omnipotent."
"…"
"Master, you've also seen the process of my realm-advancement. Without the guidance of a powerful elder, it's impossible for me to advance by myself. This is also the reason why the strength of our Feifei is getting lower and lower. Even when we grow up and die, we're only in the second or third rank."
Mo Tiange was deeply touched by this.
In that situation, if she returned to the Virtual Sky World a bit later, Feifei would've had all its spiritual aura absorbed by the dust in its body and died.
She thought for a while then asked, "What's going on with that thing in your body?
When Xiaohuo advanced, it was very similar to human cultivators in the Core Formation realm, but you're completely different. Is this the difference between the divine beasts of the Distant Past era and the spiritual beasts of today? "
"That's not it," Feifei said, "The thing in my body is actually the inner core we were born with.
We spiritual beasts are different from you cultivators. Even if we're in the first rank, we still have a chance to form an inner core. It's just that the chance is very small.
But our Feifei's inner core is innate. "
"Oh …" Mo Tiange understood. "So, when you advance to the fifth rank, as long as your inner core absorbs enough spiritual aura, you can advance successfully?"
"Yes.
It's just that our cultivation levels aren't high enough. Our inner cores are very weak and can't affect our bodies at all.
Only when our cultivation levels are high enough will our inner cores be stimulated and start to absorb spiritual aura. As long as we absorb enough spiritual aura, we can advance smoothly. "
"I see." Mo Tiange nodded to show she understood.
Feifei and the others were the descendants of the divine beasts left in the human realm when the demonic beasts were separated. Due to the characteristics of their race, without elders to look after them, they could only become weaker and weaker until they were reduced to ordinary spiritual beasts.
Therefore, the original Feifei was really innocent, but the current Feifei had inherited the memory of its race and became a real Feifei.
"Alright, I'm done."
Feifei's original proper kneeling posture turned into a crouching position. It blinked and stared at Mo Tiange. In an instant, its voice became flattering. "Master, your Clear Sky Pills are very delicious. Can you let me eat two?"
Mo Tiange's hand paused and her eyebrows twitched. "How do you know Clear Sky Pills are delicious?
Have you ever secretly eaten them? "
She had always given the three spiritual beasts medicinal pills that were specially concocted for them. Clear Sky Pills were medicinal pills for human Core Formation cultivators, so she had never given them to Feifei!
"Hehe!"
Feifei laughed and buried its face under its paws. "Master, when you were concocting medicinal pills, I was curious, so I secretly hid two …"
！！！！
Mo Tiange closed the teacup, crossed her arms over her chest, and stared at it. "Could it be that you suddenly advanced because you ate Clear Sky Pills?!"
A fifth rank spiritual beast was equivalent to a human's Core Formation realm, so logically, Clear Sky Pills could only be eaten by spiritual beasts above the fifth rank. Feifei had just advanced, so what was its cultivation level when it ate Clear Sky Pills?
"Master, don't be angry!"
Seeing that Mo Tiange's eyebrows were raised, Feifei quietly shrunk its body down, revealing only its head. "This is the intuition of a divine beast. When my cultivation level is high enough, I really want to eat to replenish my spiritual aura …"
"I've always let you eat whatever you want in the medicinal garden!"
Mo Tiange snorted. "When I first got you, you wanted to eat Flowerless Golden Fruits, and now you actually want to eat Clear Sky Pills!"
"Right, right!"
Feifei hastily nodded its head. "At that time, I was only in the first rank, so eating Flowerless Golden Fruits wasn't a problem. Now, eating Clear Sky Pills naturally wouldn't be a problem.
I'm a divine beast, so I'm naturally different from ordinary spiritual beasts … Hey, Master, don't pull me. I'm a divine beast now; I'm no longer the Feifei you could rub around as you pleased … "