“When a spirit beast successfully crosses its tribulation after reaching a million years, it can become a divine beast, which is equivalent to a god,” said Bi Ji.
“But Lord Gu Yuena isn't an ordinary divine beast; she is a first-class god, just below a God King,” said Bi Ji.
“What is a God King?” asked Wang Lin.
“I don’t know either. I just heard Di Tian mention it once,” replied Bi Ji.
“So how strong are you, Bi Ji?” asked Wang Lin.
“Do you know what my cultivation is? It’s 570,000 years, but I can say with confidence that I’m weaker than you,” said Bi Ji.
“How could that be possible when I just have 200,000 years of cultivation?” asked Wang Lin in surprise.
“I’m an Emerald Swan. Even though I have 500k years of cultivation, my main abilities are healing, so I’m not as strong as you think,” replied Bi Ji.
They reached their destination while Wang Lin grilled her with questions about the world. In front of them, Di Tian stood in a clearing of the forest.
“Lord asked me to protect you until she is healed. The Star Dou Forest is merciless; any beast can kill you if you relax your vigilance. With your cultivation, I’d be surprised to find many that could cause harm to you. But they are not the only danger. Our sworn enemies from birth—spirit masters—are where most of the danger comes from,” said Di Tian.
“You mean humans?” asked Wang Lin.
“Yes, but not all human spirit masters possess martial spirits. They hunt spirit beasts every time they reach a bottleneck,” said Di Tian.
“The spirit that drops after our death helps them cross their bottleneck and gives them abilities. So you must understand that the ring you can obtain after killing is the most attractive thing to the strongest spirit masters,” said Di Tian.
“If you want to protect yourself, one of the things you must do is learn human transformation,” said Di Tian as he taught Wang Lin how to transform. The teachings continued before Di Tian and Bi Ji left him alone to practice.
Wang Lin tried to transform using the method Di Tian taught him. Maybe being a human in his past life helped, but after a couple of tries, he was able to transform into human form.
He got accustomed to his human form, but there was one problem: he was naked. He didn’t want to walk naked in the forest, so he transformed back into his dragon form, went towards his new abode, and entered his cave.
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He recalled all the things he had heard in the past couple of hours as he lay on the cold stone. The storage tool and the external claw soul bone caught his attention.
He stored the soul bone in the system’s space while scrutinizing the storage tools. In one of the storage tools, there was a parchment scroll that seemed to have scribbled writings on it. He opened the other storage spirit tool that belonged to the corpse poison serpent spirit master, which had different assortments of glass bottles filled with poison, and another scroll made of beast hide with writings on it.
He stored the bottles of poison into the storage tool and stashed them away in the system, then proceeded to examine what was written on the scrolls. When the Silver Dragon King transferred him the knowledge of the language, it also contained how to read it.
Wang Lin read one of the scrolls, which had a heading titled _Blood Enriching Breathing Technique_, detailing a type of rhythmic breathing that increased the potency of the blood essence. After finishing reading it, he picked up the other scroll and continued reading. This new scroll contained a method of absorbing poisons into the body to mutate the martial spirit, producing more potent poison.
He understood that both techniques were created for human practice. The first technique seemed to follow human patterns of breathing, which could be modified to work for him. The other technique wouldn’t work for him because he didn’t have a martial spirit.
He finished reading both and was lost in thought about whether there were any techniques for spirit beasts. If you had asked Wang Lin, he would have said a couple of days ago that he didn’t need any techniques to increase his strength because he could just grow in strength by eating. But after battling the spirit master, Azure Python Bull, Titan Giant Ape, and Bear Lord, he realized his inadequacies.
He wanted to find every way possible to increase his strength because, every time he grew stronger, more powerful enemies confronted him. He also had empty spots in the system that were wasting progress that he could have filled, something was occupying his time. While he was lost in thought, he heard a couple of footsteps approaching.
Wang Lin quickly stored the scrolls in the system, waiting for whoever was coming. He saw Bi Ji coming into the cave in the valley.
“Wang Lin, did you quit learning human transformation without trying a couple of times?” said Bi Ji.
“You’d be surprised if I told you the truth. I learned human transformation, but I had to turn back because I didn’t have any clothes to put on,” said Wang Lin.
“Wang Lin, it’s better to admit it than to make up lies that are unbelievable,” said Bi Ji.
“Well, I guess I can’t prove that I learned human transformation without showing you. Watch,” said Wang Lin, as he transformed into his human form, standing more than six feet tall, with long dark hair with a tint of green and dark green draconic eyes, with ample musculature all over his body. But there was one problem: he was naked.
Bi Ji looked at him in surprise, one reason being that he had learned the human transformation and the other being his naked form. She looked flustered as she tried to cover her face with her hands while peeking through the gaps in her fingers.
“I believe you. Just transform back into your dragon form. I’ll get some clothes that fit you,” hurried Bi Ji, gesturing for Wang Lin to transform back with reluctance.
“Bi Ji, why did you come back again?” asked Wang Lin as he transformed back.
“Lord Gu Yuena summoned you,” replied Bi Ji as she tried to forget what she had just witnessed.