Chapter 100: Beast Companion

“No, these plants are so rare and precious; they must have taken centuries, even millennia to grow. How could I allow them to perish because of a mere whim of mine?”

Baili Tianchang could not bear to destroy these priceless plants with her own hands.

Her heart grew even more resolute.

“My little fairy has a kind and compassionate heart,” Nalan Dijiu praised.

“Let it be this time. Once my cultivation has advanced further, I will bring them to life within my own space.”

Baili Tianchang cast one reluctant glance at the plants before choosing to leave with Nalan Dijiu.

“Little fairy, there are even more mysterious things deeper inside the cave. Don’t you want to see them?” Nalan Dijiu looked toward the fathomless depths of the cave, where faintly shifting strange colors danced, and asked Baili Tianchang.

“No,” she replied.

At present, she was like a fledgling just beginning to sprout feathers. Though she knew that splendid vistas and boundless wonders awaited her ahead, her wings had yet to grow.

How could a fledgling, whose feathers were not even fully grown, claim the right to such beauty?

Step by step, firmly grounded, Baili Tianchang understood this truth well.

She knew there must be even more profound mysteries within the cave, but nothing was more important now than embarking on her path of cultivation.

“Very well, if the little fairy does not wish to go, then we shall come again when the time is right,” Nalan Dijiu said, not pressing further. He took her hand and gently led her back the way they came.

Passing once more through the waterfall, the two left the cave behind.

Just as they were about to leave the Devil’s Forest, a playful rabbit darted past them. Suddenly, a notion sprouted in Nalan Dijiu’s mind.

“Little fairy, since we have come to the Devil’s Forest, why not find a beast companion for you? That way, if I am not by your side, you will still have a companion.”

“A beast companion? Wait a moment.” Baili Tianchang immediately used her divine sense to enter her space and began flipping through the “Compendium of All Things.”

After a moment, she understood: a beast companion was much like the pets humans kept in the twenty-first century. However, these companions came in many varieties—cats, dogs, birds, and so on.

Such beast companions each possessed their own unique abilities and could protect their masters in critical moments, lending aid when needed.

They were as loyal to their masters as twenty-first-century pets, yet their lives were intricately bound to those of their owners.

Only by forging a contract with their master could they truly become that person’s beast companion; thus, their lives were intertwined.

This was a blessing.

For pets in the twenty-first century had limited lifespans, and their owners inevitably faced the sorrow of loss.

But beast companions were different.

Their lifespans could be extraordinarily long. Without a contract, they might even live indefinitely.

“However, I have not yet begun cultivation. I possess no foundation in spiritual energy and have no ability to subdue any beast companion. If the companion is as weak as I am, it would be better not to burden it,” Baili Tianchang said with concern, looking at Nalan Dijiu.