The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast

Chapter 763 - 519: Xi

Another stroke.

Above the mountain range appeared ancient pine trees in full verdancy, and a rushing river encircled the mountains, forming instantly.

That movement was fluid like flowing clouds and water, imbued with an indescribable expressiveness and grace.

Finally, she lightly tapped.

A flock of spirit birds composed purely of ink instantly took shape, emitting clear chirps, circling in the sky, flying toward the distant real mountains, and ultimately merging into the mist, indistinguishable between reality and illusion.

The entire process took only a few breaths, and a magnificent landscape sprang forth effortlessly from her seemingly casual strokes.

After finishing all this, the woman released her hand, letting the wolf brush fly back to the pen holder by itself, and her crimson dragon eyes settled once more on Lin Guang, as if waiting for the boy’s reaction.

He stood where he was, his face holding just the right amount of awe and reverence.

Thus...

Her gaze finally revealed a hint of uncontrollable satisfaction, nodded slightly, then spoke.

"I am Xi."

"From now on, you will be my formal disciple."

Lin Guang deeply bowed to the woman in front of him.

"Student Lin Guang, pays respect to the teacher."

His voice was clear and calm, neither arrogant nor humble.

Yet his thoughts were gathered to the extreme inside, focusing fully without daring to leak the slightest bit.

——It’s really not easy.

In the brief words left by Teacher Kaelis, it was enough to show her headache over this old friend, this mysterious mentor who was extremely shy, able to stay home for nearly a hundred years... finally willing to appear before him.

It must be said, every detail of her entrance, from the angle of her turn, to the coolness in her eyes, to the grace of drawing in mid-air, was immaculate and calm to the extreme; even a Spirit Master with sharp spiritual power could only marvel at her prowess.

Yet, even without the Black Crown manifesting atop her head, Lin Guang’s awareness of emotion had already reached an extremely acute level.

Therefore...

The feeling of "I am trying my best to play an otherworldly master" made it somewhat difficult for him to hold back.

——Indeed, it is that [Xi].

One of the twelve fragments of the dragon named [Sui] in Future Ark.

If one were to briefly describe Xi’s personality in Future Ark, it could be summed up in a few words.

Surface-level otherworldly master, actually a socially anxious shut-in.

To be accurate, ever since Kaelis handed over the scroll to him, the name [Xi] had flashed briefly in his mind, and with the information revealed in the pendant and Li Jiatu and Jing Ning’s words, it led Lin Guang closer and closer to confirming this name.

Longteng University.

Female.

Extremely skilled at painting.

Her paintings can become reality.

Living inside a painting without coming out, most times even refusing information from the outside world.

The black-green bubble of Xi embodies her thoughts, and on the panel, it clearly reads [Xizhi’s Thought].

If by this point he still couldn’t ascertain this teacher’s identity, then Lin Guang might as well find a rock to hit himself, turning into a piece shaped like a Black Crown or a heart, to be gifted to someone with fate.

However, even though he had speculated, now truly facing Xi, aside from the teasing within, he couldn’t help but be in awe.

[Species]: Unknown (Xi)

Even when Lin Guang aimed his second-level Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence at her, except for the name and a touch of purple mixed with gold, he could see nothing at all.

This demonstrated her immense strength, a stature unreachable even at his current level.

Lin Guang couldn’t help but have countless questions surfacing in his mind.

In Future Ark, even [Sui] in full form, that dragon, for all its might, was merely a giant beast not even reaching planet-level, though called a Divine Spirit, it had touched concept-level, not underwhelming.

But Xi was merely one-twelfth of it, and to have such strength on Blue Star, a stage rife with creatures from various worlds, seemed quite improbable.

How did she accomplish it?

How many years has she been in this world?

Everything I know, and everything she experienced, how much discrepancy exists?

The more he understood the unfathomable depths of today’s Blue Star, the more incredible everything became to Lin Guang.

And at this moment, Xi looked at the respectful yet amazed standard expression on Lin Guang’s face, her crimson vertical pupils finally showing satisfaction.

As if saying, "Kid, I’ve finally managed to bluff you."

She softly uttered "Hmm," accepting Lin Guang’s apprenticeship, then sparingly spoke a single word.

"Come."

As soon as the words fell, she turned around, the long white jade dragon tail beneath her high-slit cheongsam instantly drew an elegant arc, her smooth and long snow-white legs stepped forward, the heels of her black high-heeled shoes creating sharp sounds on the stone pavement.

Yet with her footsteps, the whole world in front began to dissolve in an indescribable way.

"...!!"

The distant mountains, waterfalls, ancient pines, and cranes all seemed to become ink marks spreading on wet xuan paper, rapidly fading, blurring, ultimately into chaotic nothingness.

Only the path beneath the Dragon Maiden remained, making Lin Guang immediately regain his senses, step forward and follow.

Then——

In just the blink of an eye, Lin Guang found the light and shadow before him reassembling, as he followed her into a dimly lit and cluttered, not-too-large studio.

He immediately turned around, discovering right behind him was precisely the scroll.