193: Appearance is determined by the heart

After Wei Xun returned to the Black Abyss Mountain Range, he followed his previous memories and headed towards Black Tiger Mountain.

When he left the Black Abyss Mountain Range for Qian Yuan City, he only departed after seeing Xiong Er successfully become king.

He wondered what kind of Yao King Xiong Er had become after ten years.

Just as he was about to reach Black Tiger Mountain, Wei Xun suddenly stopped.

“Big Brother, why aren’t we moving?”

Xiao Liu, perched on Wei Xun’s shoulder, was a little confused.

“Let’s go up the mountain after you transform!” Wei Xun smiled at Xiao Liu.

In these ten years, Wei Xun had only taught Xiao Liu basic Cultivation, so his Cultivation speed was relatively slow.

Xiao Liu had only recently achieved the third layer of the Yao Beast Realm; if he were to Cultivate and transform on his own, it would probably take some more time.

There were hundreds of Yao Beasts on Black Tiger Mountain, and a Yao Beast like Xiao Liu would surely be terrified upon sensing such dense Demonic Qi.

Wei Xun still remembered how Xiong Er, who had such a large physique, was so scared he could barely walk when he followed him up the mountain to seek refuge.

“I reckon it’s still a long way until I transform!” Xiao Liu scratched his head.

“Who do you think your Big Brother is? How could I not have a way?” Wei Xun smiled, flipped his hand, and pulled out a Spirit Peach, then used his sharp claws to cut off a large piece of fruit.

Seeing this piece of fruit, Xiao Liu’s eyes immediately lit up, and his saliva flowed freely.

“Is this for me?” Xiao Liu glanced at Wei Xun, a little unsure.

Wei Xun handed the peach flesh to Xiao Liu and said, “If I haven’t miscalculated, this piece of peach flesh is enough for you to transform!”

Hearing this, Xiao Liu immediately hugged the Spirit Peach and then opened his mouth wide to stuff it in.

After Xiao Liu finished eating a piece of peach flesh, Wei Xun immediately used his Spirit Seeking Eyes to check.

He found that the Spiritual Qi light points on Xiao Liu were rapidly increasing and swirling around Xiao Liu’s chest.

Wei Xun had spent almost every day with Xiao Liu for the past ten years, and one thing that had always puzzled him was that although Xiao Liu’s size had increased somewhat after he Breakthrough into a Yao Beast, he was still much smaller than Wei Xun had been previously.

When Wei Xun had Breakthrough into a Yao Beast, he was as large as an adult rural dog, a giant among rats.

Xiao Liu, at most, was just a large rat, only the size of a shoe.

He wondered what Xiao Liu would look like after his transformation.

Wei Xun was a little curious.

After Xiao Liu slowly digested this energy, a halo of light enveloped Xiao Liu.

Seeing this, Wei Xun knew that Xiao Liu was about to transform into human form.

So Wei Xun placed Xiao Liu on the ground and stood by, waiting.

Wei Xun had initially thought Xiao Liu’s transformation would take a long time, but unexpectedly, Xiao Liu’s entire transformation only lasted less than half an hour.

When the halo disappeared, Xiao Liu had surprisingly turned into a naked human boy.

He was only about 1.45 meters tall, looking thin and small, with a pair of round, large eyes curiously looking around.

Wei Xun looked at Xiao Liu’s face; this fellow had slightly protruding front teeth and a somewhat pointed nose, giving him a playful and cute appearance.

However, what Wei Xun hadn’t expected was why Xiao Liu transformed into a child’s appearance, while he himself had transformed into an adult’s appearance?

Logically, it had only taken him a little over a year to transform from a mouse to human form, while Xiao Liu had taken a full ten years.

“Could it be ‘appearance is born from the heart’ as stated in the Demon Cultivation Mind Technique?”

Wei Xun sighed.

At this moment, Xiao Liu was jumping and hopping on the ground, bare-bottomed. His transformation was quite complete.

He was almost a fully Cultivated Yao Beast.

“I, Batian Xiao Liu, have finally transformed!”

Xiao Liu excitedly slapped the empty ground, seemingly trying to adapt to his new body!

“Stop messing around, put on your clothes!”

Wei Xun stood by and reminded him.

Xiao Liu immediately stopped upon hearing this, then spat out a set of rough leather clothes from his mouth and put them on, but the clothes were a bit ill-fitting and looked a bit loose.

These clothes were something Xiao Liu had taken with him when he stole clothes for Wei Xun back then.

When Wei Xun was Sealed, he only had a pair of tattered pants, and his upper body was barely covered.

Although Wei Xun could endure the cold in the cave, having clothes was always better than being naked.

After Xiao Liu finished dressing, Wei Xun smiled at Xiao Liu and said, “You’ve also transformed into human form, so let’s compete to see who gets to Black Tiger Mountain first.”

“Okay!” Xiao Liu immediately perked up upon hearing this. “Big Brother, just tell me which direction that mountain of yours is in, and I’ll definitely get there before you.”

“So confident?” Wei Xun couldn’t help but ask after hearing this.

“But Big Brother, your Realm is so high, you have to give me a thirty-count head start!” Xiao Liu chuckled at Wei Xun. “Otherwise, Big Brother would be bullying a child.”

“No problem!” Wei Xun pointed in the direction of Black Tiger Mountain and said, “Then I’m going to start counting!”

“Wait a moment!” Xiao Liu stood in place and stretched his body. “Wait until I’m ready!”

“Then you’re ready…” Wei Xun was about to ask Xiao Liu when he would be ready, but he didn’t expect this kid to disregard martial ethics and actually used this opportunity to immediately dart out with Shadowless Step.

“Good kid, you have some of my shameless style!” Wei Xun smiled, then began to count.

By the time the thirty counts were finished, Xiao Liu had already disappeared.

Wei Xun immediately gave chase from behind, using his Superb Wind-Listening Ears and Ten Mile Tracking to pinpoint Xiao Liu’s location.

Although Xiao Liu had just transformed, his speed was not slow at all.

This kid had mastered the Shadowless Step Cultivation Technique to perfection over the past ten years.

He was adept at stealing things, always bringing back plenty of food for Wei Xun, and he paid special attention to nutritional balance.

When they were less than three miles from Black Tiger Mountain, Xiao Liu finally stopped, panting heavily from the long sprint.

Looking back, Xiao Liu didn’t see Wei Xun, and he suddenly felt a little uneasy.

“Big Brother isn’t that slow, is he?”

Just as Xiao Liu was wondering, Wei Xun called out from ahead of Xiao Liu’s position.

“So slow, I’ve been waiting for you here for a long time!”

Hearing Wei Xun’s voice, Xiao Liu immediately looked towards Wei Xun and realized that Wei Xun had already been waiting ahead, and he had no idea when this had happened.

“Big Brother, how did you do that?”

Xiao Liu ran to Wei Xun’s side, asking.

“Nothing else, just familiar with the Dao!”

Wei Xun smiled.

This was also something Wei Xun hadn’t expected; after ten years, the area around Black Tiger Mountain hadn’t changed much.

Then Wei Xun continued to lead Xiao Liu towards Black Tiger Mountain.

The closer they got to Black Tiger Mountain, the denser the Demonic Qi became.

Even though Xiao Liu had Cultivated into human form, this was his first time experiencing such Demonic Qi, so he followed nervously behind Wei Xun.

Just as they were about to reach the foot of the mountain, a squad of Yao Beast soldiers suddenly jumped out from both sides of the road.

“Where did you Yao Beasts come from? State your names!”