Wang Sheng had kept the Breakthrough seed unused five times, so he only took it out at this moment.
After taking it out, the sparrow instantly twisted its head in a direction and stared intently at the seed.
It enjoyed eating various kinds of seeds, especially those with spirit, and its intuition told it that the seed held by the human who captured it would definitely be delicious.
But freedom—
What was that?
The sparrow quickly figured it out!
Running around everywhere, flying all over, wasn’t it all just to find food? It almost got killed along the way. Now, someone was offering food and shelter; why would it leave?
Besides, it had wings. This person couldn’t watch it all the time. It could just fly away when it got bored.
When the time came, the sky was the limit, and it didn’t believe it could be easily found again.
Regarding this idea, Bai Yi had something to say.
Bai Yi, “Do you know what I thought before?”
…
Wang Sheng didn’t realize the sparrow had so many thoughts, so he asked again and handed the seed over to the sparrow.
“If you’re willing, eat this seed of mine, and once you eat it, don’t think about running away; you can’t escape from my hands. If you’re not willing, just leave directly, and of course, don’t bother those people from earlier, otherwise, I think Bai Yi is quite interested in you…”
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
Wang Sheng didn’t understand, but—
“Right, if you agree, also change this mocking tone of your chirp. Even if you can’t change it, at least control yourself and not make sounds at will.”
The sparrow’s voice was indeed quite mocking and didn’t distinguish between races or targets.
After hearing this, Bai Yi’s face changed.
“Chirp chirp chirp!”
The sparrow’s voice instantly changed to a normal sparrow’s chirp.
“So, you can make normal sounds!”
Wang Sheng had initially thought the sparrow’s mocking was passive, but he now realized it was an active skill that could be controlled freely.
“But since you changed your voice, does that mean you agree to my terms?”
He directly let the sparrow go.
As expected, the sparrow didn’t fly away but instead hovered around the hand holding the seed, clearly wanting to eat it.
“Go ahead and eat. Once you finish, you’ll be my bird…” Wang Sheng said with a smile.
The sparrow didn’t stand on ceremony and started eating right away.
But it didn’t eat much and stopped after a few seeds.
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
That’s enough for today; so full!
It was at this moment that Wang Sheng realized he could understand the sparrow’s speech.
This meant that the sparrow, like Bai Yi, had established a connection with him and had been integrated by the Beast Taming Skill.
“You’re full just like that? You don’t eat much!”
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
You can understand me?
The sparrow appeared smarter than Bai Yi and instantly noticed something was off; Wang Sheng couldn’t understand before, but now he suddenly got it. Could it be he was pretending earlier?
“Of course I understand, otherwise how could I dare to ask you to follow me.”
Wang Sheng naturally didn’t explain; it was enough that the sparrow knew about it.
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
Pretty impressive!
“Let’s not talk about this. Tell me about your mocking voice.”
Wang Sheng was very curious about the sparrow’s mocking voice and how it got so effective.
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
Since deciding to follow Wang Sheng, the sparrow had no intention of hiding it and shared about its voice.
Simply put, the sparrow accidentally ate something and then mutated. Its intelligence increased greatly, and its voice underwent a change.
One was the normal voice, and the other was that special mocking voice.
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
At that time, it couldn’t control it perfectly and suffered quite a bit.
The sparrow felt sentimental; those truly were some thrilling times!
“…”
Wang Sheng was speechless; the sparrow’s mocking voice was trouble—listening to it too much would make it an easy kill.
“With that speed of yours, you really have a reason.”
Wang Sheng estimated that unless one was a Grandmaster, it would be very difficult to catch the sparrow. Without such speed, it probably would have been killed long ago.
That really wasn’t something just anyone could endure.
“Chirp chirp chirp~”
The sparrow was very satisfied with its speed, which was a life-saving method.
Wang Sheng also valued it for this reason and wanted to tame the White Sparrow as it was very useful for scouting information.
“How about this, I’ll give you a name… Little Gray?”
Obviously, the sparrow did not agree.
“So you’re called Yun Xiao? Ascend to the Skies! And if that’s not satisfactory, then…”
Ultimately, the sparrow agreed to the name Yun Xiao, which it found quite good, even though it was different from human culture, but it could still discern the implied meaning.
See, this is cultural difference.
Big White knew nothing, so a mere “Big White” sufficed for him, but the sparrow was named Yun Xiao.
“I have a task for you, from now on patrol around this village, and if you see anyone, come and notify me directly, especially those who are sneaking around. Do you understand what sneaking around means?”
“Chirp chirp chirp—”
Don’t worry, I understand!
“That’s good!”
Yun Xiao proved to be very clever, so Wang Sheng was quite relieved.
“Chirp—”
Yun Xiao flew out directly, then landed on the date tree which had grown bigger, looked around, and started to pick up branches.
It seemed that it wanted to build a nest here…
Wang Sheng, watching Yun Xiao build its nest, suddenly thought of Mo Yang’s words.
It’s not just the demon beasts that were increasing, it seems that spirit beasts and spirit plants were increasing as well.
The Mountain Lord, unseen for decades, the mysterious sparrow, and the delicious mushrooms…
Combined with the nearly widespread talk of the downfall of nations—on the grand weekend of Da Zhou, if this were in any other worldview, it would unquestionably be met with harsh criticism. How could it be the end of days if the nation hasn’t fallen yet?
But in Da Zhou, such talk had even penetrated the minds of the common folk, the prestige of the royal household and the government was virtually gone.
And all this was because the Master of Destiny’s lifespan of five hundred years was coming to an end.
Dynastic decline, demonic spirits rising—is this the set pattern?
But things might not necessarily be so, just like the Evil Flood Dragon, if it weren’t for King Yong Nian being entangled by other forces, it could likely be wiped out with a flick of the wrist; Da Zhou’s power had not declined.
Yet the sudden increase in demon beasts and spirit beasts was a fact.
Despite being in the mountains, where there was no apparent danger, Wang Sheng still felt a pressuring sense.
“Indeed, I need to increase my strength quickly!”
…
Meanwhile, in the largest mountain range in Shuzhou, deep within the Tianheng Mountain Range, was an unfathomably deep, endlessly large cold pool.
It was calm and waveless, seemingly a dead pool.
But suddenly, the earth shook and the mountains seemed as though they would split apart, ripples burst throughout the cold pool.
At the same time, the water in the cold pool boiled as if turmoil, and a huge figure soared from within the pool, bringing up countless pillars of water towards the sky.
This was a Cold Flood Dragon, this Cold Flood Dragon, just by the part exposed above the water was nearly a hundred meters long, making the Evil Flood Dragon from Lushui County seem like a mere minnow.
“Demon Bull King, since you’ve arrived, wasn’t that a bit of an excessive show of power?”
The Cold Flood Dragon, astonishingly, spoke human language and quite smoothly at that.
“Mo—”
A huge black wild bull appeared, known as the Demon Bull King among the demon beasts.
“Wasn’t I just worried that you might have died, Cold Flood Dragon King!” The Demon Bull King similarly spoke human language.
“Hmph!” The Cold Flood Dragon King snorted coldly, the cold pool trembled, “Since everyone is here, no need to hide anymore, come out!”
With the voice of the Cold Flood Dragon King falling.
Within the blink of an eye, seven figures appeared, all landing around the cold pool.
These figures were enormous, seemingly about to dominate the entire area.
“Looks like everyone has arrived, and no old friends have died!”
“Cold Flood Dragon King, if you die, I definitely won’t,” said a demon beast also capable of speaking human words, this one a silver-furred wolf.
The other demon beasts also spoke one after another.
In addition to the initial cold dragon, wolf, and bull, the forms of the other demon beasts were respectively an eagle, a tiger, a lion, a macaque, an ape, and a figure in a black robe, seemingly human.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s shrink down and sit to talk!”
The one speaking was the figure in the black robe, although small in stature, their voice carried such that all demon beasts heard it.
And these demon beasts listened to him, all slowly shrinking their bodies.
Soon, the shrunken versions of eight demon beasts and the robed figure gathered together.
“Blood Locust King, I really envy you, your actual body is a tree yet you move more conveniently than us.”
The black figure mingled among these demon beasts, naturally no mere pushover, his actual body being a locust tree.
“Hehe, it’s just a small trick of mine, you all know my actual body is difficult to move, and today I’ve gathered all of you ’kings’ not to discuss this, do you remember the words I once told you?”
“Of course I remember, you said our demon beast kind needs to keep a low profile, not to clash directly with humans. Hence, since four hundred years ago, I’ve been waiting until now. Although our lifespan after demonization is longer than that of human Martial Artists, it’s not much longer. Blood Locust King, we can’t wait any longer…”
The one speaking was a White Ape, looking benevolent and good-natured, but those who knew it were aware, the temperament of the White Ape was actually quite vile.
“Patience, Yurong King, I gathered you here precisely to discuss this matter. Hundreds of years have passed, I told you to learn human language and understand humans, isn’t it clear why we needed to keep a low profile?”
All the demon beasts fell silent.
Being at the apex of the Demon Beast World, having accepted Blood Locust King’s advice, they naturally knew why it was necessary to keep a low profile.
Human strength was far greater than that of demon beasts.
The Blood Locust King continued to speak:
“Five hundred years ago, right when Da Zhou was founded, the Blood Flood Dragon King of our same tier caused mayhem and was slain. Cold Flood Dragon King, he was half of your kin, you should be aware… Six hundred years ago, similarly a demon king, comparable to a Great Grandmaster, the Yellow Jacket King caused unrest, and was still slain, and furthermore…
Throughout the centuries, whenever the demon kings had the strength, they wanted to dominate the world, thus they all perished, and the number of demon kings has never exceeded five.
But now it’s different. All of you here are demon kings, including me, nine demon kings, now equivalent to human Great Grandmasters. Our opportunity has arrived!”
All the demon kings, upon hearing these words, were invigorated. Indeed, this gathering was the real chance that had arrived!