Apparently, the mussel did not understand what Si Chen meant. However, it did not dare to challenge Si Chen anymore and became slightly more reserved, "That is how I looked like after the transformation…"
"Your original appearance doesn't look like this." Si Chen interrupted its words and laid his arm on its shell, "Come on, show your original features to your master."
Then, a little kid appeared.
The kid was wearing a stomacher, he had a pair of big round eyes, and his little mouth was firm and pinkish as though it was just rinsed with spring water. The kid had very nice features, and his skin was fair and pinkish. He snarled, "Let me go! Let me go!"
His voice was so soft and lovely.
Gu Xijiu was silent.
This kid was so adorable! Gu Xijiu wanted to pinch his cheek! Without any hesitation, Gu Xijiu pinched his cheek. Oh no! It was as soft as beancurd! Gu Xijiu tried once again. However, before she managed to complete the second pinch, the little kid disappeared again and became a big mussel.
Gu Xijiu said regrettably, "Wei! Don’t transform into a mussel, follow me when you could transform back to human. You look nicer when you’re a human…"
The mussel opened its shell a little as though it had something to say. Si Chen put his leg on it and explained to Gu Xijiu, "It’s power is still too weak to keep itself as a human, it’s better for it to follow you in its original form."
However, Gu Xijiu felt something was wrong, and she felt a headache as she looked at the orangey mussel, "But its look…"
The mussel was kind of upset that Si Chen forced it to change it into a little kid, it was even more upset when Gu Xijiu touched it. However, just when it began to feel that it was nice to be touched, Si Chen forced it to transform back into a mussel again. And now, Gu Xijiu felt disgusted by its look!
It was furious and screamed, "I’m the most handsome mussel in the world!!!" In fact, it used to be the outstanding one among its peers, and it was the most beautiful one! Before it could finish its words, Si Chen poked its shell and said, "Come on, shrink smaller to the size of pebbles."
"I can only enlarge or transform into a human; I can't shrink…" The mussel was upset.
Si Chen smiled but what he said was harsh, "Then I’ll cut you into the size of pebbles."
The mussel was speechless. It finally unwillingly transformed into the size of a pebble size after being abused by Si Chen. It also signed the Blood Agreement with Gu Xijiu under the witness of Si Chen.
The illusions created by the mussel were gone after they signed the Blood Agreement and whichever illusion it was going to create in the future could no longer confuse its master.
Gu Xijiu looked around the surrounding and realized that she had fallen into a huge pit earlier. She was not in a hurry to get out from there, but she asked the mussel, "Since you can transform, you should be at least a level seven majestic being, right? Why on earth do you come to the third peak instead of staying in the fifth peak? Are you here to bully the weak ones?"
The mussel opened its gigantic shell and said, "This is the fifth peak, did anyone tell you this is the third peak? Why would I go to the third peak and join those weak chicks?"
Gu Xijiu was stunned and felt miserable.
She thought she started at the second peak. How did she end up further inside? She turned around and looked at Si Chen. Si Chen immediately got her message, "I bumped into you at the border of the third peak and fourth peak."
Oh no! She was moving in the wrong direction! Was Di Fuyi trying to trick her with the compass bird he gave her!?
"Damn it! Indeed, he was trying to trick me!" Gu Xijiu clenched her fist.
"Who tricked you?" Si Chen frowned.
Gu Xijiu let out her anger in the Dark Forest, "That bastard, Celestial Master Zuo!"
Si Chen remained silent.
He looked at her for a while and asked, "How… How did the Celestial Master Zuo trick you?"
Gu Xijiu showed him the compass bird. She asked Si Chen as she pointed at the bird’s eyes, "Is this a compass bird? Is the direction where it is looking at South?"
Si Chen remained silent for a moment and asked, "Why do you think that’s South?"
Gu Xijiu touched the beak and the bird repeated a phrase, "the place where the Phoenix was reborn is my destination."
"This is referring to fire right? Its destination was the direction of the fire element, which means the South?"
Si Chen massaged his brows and said, "Have you heard about ‘The Indus is growing in the Eastern part and there the Phoenix came and was reborn’?"
Gu Xijiu shook her head, but she seemed to have figured out something, "So, which means its eyes were looking at the East!?"
"Exactly!"
Gu Xijiu collapsed to the ground, and Si Chen did the same. However, he was very obsessed with cleanliness. Hence, the soil on the ground was swept away by his sleeve.
Gu Xijiu was idling for a moment. Si Chen did not disturb her as he knew she had been struck by the fact that she took a wrong direction
"Little Cang, you’re such a bastard, why you didn’t remind me? Are you trying to pull my legs?" Gu Xijiu blamed the Firmament Stone.
The Firmament Stone felt wronged, "Master, I've never heard of that poem!"
"Is it possible? Aren't you the ancient search engine?"
"I... I'm not a fan of poems though." Its main interest was about the interesting incidents and people in the world instead of poems or songs. It definitely would not have remembered it.
"I thought you're a civilized gem, sigh!" Gu Xijiu looked down on it.
The Firmament Stone said proudly, "What we can do with those poems and songs? Those are for the poets to show off their literacy..."
Gu Xijiu had the same thought, "Celestial Master Zuo likes acting very much, why would he create such a complicated bird? It would be easier if he just indicated the direction. Why on earth did he program the bird to read poems!? And worse, a lousy poem!"
The Firmament Stone was always standing at her side, "Indeed! It's too lousy! I guess only the scholars know about it!"
Gu Xijiu was communicating with the Firmament Stone via the telepathic technique so nothing could be heard by the rest. Si Chen was sitting beside her and randomly explained, "This poem was created by The Lord, and almost everyone who is literate knows it. Little Xijiu, how could you not know?"
Gu Xijiu was speechless.
Si Chen shook his head as he sighed, "It's so scary to be illiterate. Look at you, you look bright, but I can't believe that you don't know such a simple poem."
Gu Xijiu frowned, "I don't like to memorize quotes from other people!" This was not a revolution where everyone knew about the quotes of Mao Zedong.
Two full days have passed, and she has traveled from the third peak to the fifth peak. Thus, she needed about the same duration to return to the third peak. She would probably manage to escape from the Dark Forest within three days, which means, she still had enough time to escape from this idiotic forest if she obeys the agreed term of eight days.
She took out two fruits from her storage bag and threw one to Si Chen. She began to chew the fruit in her hand as she needed to restore her energy first before starting the next journey.
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