After the Priests were trained, the Beast God closed the Divine Temple of Myriad Beasts City. Everyone returned to their respective tribes and beca the Priest of their own tribe. After I was granted immortality, I, too, beca a true High Priest. The Priests respected , and the Beastn adored .
As for , aside from my hair growing longer and my feathers growing longer, my appearance ceased to change. I watched flowers bloom and wither, saw infants grow old and die. I watched females court , watched their children and grandchildren fill their hos. Gradually, I ca to understand a terrifying emotion—loneliness. No matter how many roads I walked or how many people I t, no matter whether I beca friends with anyone or helped many gain their respect, in the end, all these Beastn would turn to dust. And yet, I remained alive.
For a ti, I beca very irritable and angry. The citizens of White Eagle City were afraid of . I left White Eagle City and took a long walk around the Beast World. After calming down, I returned to White Eagle City.
After that, I cooled down. It was loneliness again. Even though there were many, many Beastn around , even though they all respected when they saw , even though there were people seeking my help every single day, I was still lonely. I thought about it for a long ti before I understood. My loneliness was because no one understood my emotions.
I watched young Beastn seek affection, watched them reproduce and raise offspring. Slowly, I too began to wonder if a female whom I loved and who loved would appear. I could love her, and she would love . I could tell her all the deeply hidden emotions within . I didn’t want to be lonely anymore.
So, during that ti, I once again traveled throughout the Beast World. I went to every tribe, eting with all sorts of Beastn and females. I hadn’t thought about contacting females. But it turned out that in such a vast Beast World, there was not a single female suitable for . I was extrely disappointed.
I returned to White Eagle City once again. After this return, many years passed before I ever left White Eagle City again.
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I planted so grains, crops ntioned by the Beast God. I found them tasty, so I planted them on the mountain behind. Eagle Beastn didn’t need crops much, as they preferred at, but still, many bird species liked them.
One day, just after I planted so grains, I silently lifted my head. My body then jerked violently. A strong, destiny-linked emotion reached . I was frightened.
I returned to my nest and cleared away everything beside , then I opened my eyes.
Yes. My eyes could not only observe others but could also see myself. It was just that it was more tiring and harder to look at myself than others. My pupils whirled rapidly in my eyes, and it had been a long ti since I felt this soreness in my eyes. I finally saw the peach blossom tree in my destiny, which had sprouted a flower bud. This was the future... At that mont, I, who had been lonely for too long, was ecstatic! I watched the flower bud carefully, using all my strength to look at the person behind the bud. It was a bit blurry, but then gradually it beca clear. A calm voice, as if from a good friend, sounded.
"Bai Feng." Her voice was beautiful.
I looked carefully. She had soft black hair, a pair of bright black eyes, and beautiful, milky-white skin. Her face was full of smiles, brighter than the stars.
"So beautiful," I reached out to her involuntarily.
The picture shattered.
I was taken aback, suddenly realizing I had seen too much today. I retracted my Pupillary Power and closed my eyes to rest.
From that day on, I would use my power to peer into the future every day. However, the pasts and futures of others I could only see intermittently. My own future, even more so, consisted of only a few fragnts. I saw her co to White Eagle City with a brood of serpents. I don’t like snakes, but that doesn’t prevent from growing fond of her. But just a single fragnt exhausted all my strength once again, and I couldn’t see any more. Even so, I suddenly felt that I was no longer alone. I would go to see her every day—not much, but I would talk to her. No, it was more like talking to myself. I would tell her that I was waiting for her. I looked forward to her arrival. Life in the dreary days was tough, but days filled with anticipation were brimming with hope. Finally, one day, from an epheral fragnt I viewed, I learned her na was Si Yan. I was curious about everything about her. I had yet to et her, yet I found myself anticipating our eting. I had yet to interact with her, but I felt as if I had known her for many, many years.
That day, the sky and earth changed colors. The entire Beast World turned dark. I could distinctly feel this world being invaded by outsiders.
In a panic, I left the cave, transford into my beast form, and flew towards the Divine Temple. The whole world was alive with thunder and lightning. I felt myself being watched by a pair of terrifying eyes.
I imdiately turned back and returned to the tree hollow in White Eagle City.
The sky was different. Being watched all the ti was an unpleasant feeling. But I was just a Priest with an endless lifespan; I was not a god, powerless against this feeling. I started to study how to shield this patch of sky within the tree hollow.
Many years passed, many, many years. My tree hollow had been heavily fortified by and was finally safe, but as soon as I left the hollow, I could still feel that terrible gaze. I was being watched by the sky.
"Where is the Beast God?"
The Beast God was gone. Among the many Priests in the Beast World, none could summon Him. Even I could only see the closed doors of the place where He resided. The Beastn began to panic, and the area outside my tree hollow was filled with batch after batch of kneeling Beastn.
"High Priest, is the Beast God still here?"
"High Priest, has the Beast God abandoned us?"
"High Priest, please, help us summon the Beast God."
"The Beast God will not abandon us."
"The Beast God will not leave us behind."
When the entire Beast World fell into despair, I stood up. Looking at the faces filled with hope beneath the tree, I told them, "The Beast God is rely asleep."
"High Priest, are you saying that the Beast God is just sleeping?"
I nodded. My white eyes with their imposing square pupils were very intimidating; I knew they dared not question .
"Yes, he is sleeping."
After that, I returned to my tree hollow and declined visitors. I wouldn’t leave my tree hollow. I did not welco others to visit , and I wouldn’t go to see anyone else.
Inside the tree hollow, I no longer had the strength to view my future Mistress, Si Yan; all my energy was spent watching the impending disaster. After observing for a long, long ti, I finally confird that sothing had happened to the Beast God. Although I had once resented him, I cannot deny he was my patron. I revered him even more. With the Beast God in trouble, my entire body felt icy cold, an incredulous sensation spreading through . His earnest teachings occasionally echoed in my ears: ’Bai Feng, the Beastn of the Beast World are certainly important, but the Beast World itself is more so. You have beco the High Priest; you must see the entire mountains and great rivers. What you protect is not only the Beastn of this world but also this entire world.’
Suddenly, I looked up at the sky.
"Long Ze," I asked, "you tell , I’m just a High Priest. How can I stand against the heavens?"
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