Chapter 130

Su Xiao: "Nah, better not. That thing's too noisy. After enlightenment, it'll chatter in your ear every day—how are you supposed to sleep?"

Kasumigaoka Uta: "【Sweating】Thanks for the warning—I'll look for quieter animals instead."

Kotori: "I suggest picking a bunny!"

Amano Hina: "Great idea—I'll pick a bunny. Bunnies are so cute!"

Miyamizu Miko exited the chat group and asked: "Taixuan, what animal do you think we should choose?"

"What animal?" Zhang Taixuan mused. "Let's go out and look—there should be plenty of small animals in Itomori Town."

"Mm." Miyamizu Miko nodded. "I'll change clothes—be right back."

Moments later.

Miyamizu Miko had already taken off her shrine maiden robes and now wore a miniskirt and white shirt, looking pure and charming.

She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and whispered: "Taixuan, let's go."

"Alright." Zhang Taixuan nodded.

No sooner had they stepped outside than they met a man and a woman.

"Good morning, Sayaka, Tetsuya—are you two on a date?"

"No," the woman chuckled, teasing. "Miko, I didn't know you'd secretly gotten yourself a boyfriend—and such a handsome one at that."

"Hello, I'm Sayaka Natori, Miko's friend."

"I'm Tetsuya Katsuragi."

"Hello, I'm Zhang Taixuan, Miko's boyfriend." Zhang Taixuan made no denial.

After all, Miko's attitude was already clear—this was inevitable.

Miyamizu Miko froze, her cheeks flushing. "Sayaka, you already know?"

"Of course we know," Sayaka laughed. "Yotsuba went to buy red beans to cook red bean rice—she didn't even tell us. Miko, you're being too distant."

"Yotsuba!" Miyamizu Miko gritted her teeth. "I'll deal with you when we get home."

Thinking of how Yotsuba had spread the news of her boyfriend all over town, Miko felt her face burn.

"Miko, are you two going out?" Sayaka chuckled. "Then we won't disturb you. Tetsuya, let's go have fun."

With that, they waved goodbye; Tetsuya hopped on his bicycle and carried Sayaka off.

"Taixuan, why did you just admit it like that?" Miko murmured reproachfully, walking ahead.

After walking a while, the two arrived at a small hill.

"Taixuan, that's the shrine's sacred object. I wonder what's so special about it—it's supposed to let people swap bodies." Miyamizu Miko pointed excitedly at the Miyamizu family's sacred object.

"Right now, it doesn't look like anything special." Zhang Taixuan glanced at it, then looked away. "Perhaps the body-swapping isn't caused by the sacred object itself."

"Maybe not." Miyamizu Miko nodded. "So now—what animal should we enlighten?"

"Magpies? How about that?" With a distant grasp, a nest of magpies appeared in his hand.

One pair of adult magpies, three chicks.

"So cute!" Miyamizu Miko's heart melted at the sight of a chick chirping for food. "Let's take them."

"Then you do it." Zhang Taixuan pointed at the five birds. "It'll also boost your fortune a bit."

"Mm." Miyamizu Miko didn't refuse. She activated the Enlightenment Technique and touched one bird's head with a fingertip.

In the next instant, the bird froze in place; its eyes changed mysteriously—from fear to wisdom.

Immediately, the bird's body began glowing; in an instant, a slender, pretty woman stood before them.

"Master?"

The woman looked at Miyamizu Miko and asked hesitantly.

Then she glanced at the magpie still in Miko's hand, looking worried.

Miyamizu Miko said: "Don't worry—they'll be fine."

Then she enlightened the female magpie as well.

As for the male magpie, Zhang Taixuan would return to the Pot's Inner Heaven to enlighten it, dress it, and bring it out.

Moments later.

A couple and three children now stood beside them.

The three children were naturally the chicks—only five or six years old, newly enlightened, still unaccustomed to walking, and held by the magpie mother.

"The Enlightenment Technique truly is miraculous," Miyamizu Miko exclaimed in astonishment.

At that moment, she suddenly felt her mind clear—she immediately understood that cosmic fortune had descended.

She opened the chat group and saw the notification.

【Ding, Miyamizu Miko has enlightened three beast-class beings, drawing the world's attention—fortune increased.】

【Ding, Zhang Taixuan's Enlightenment Technique has won the world's favor—awarded one thread of World Origin, title: Ancestor of the Beast Dao.】

Miyamizu Miko: "I've finished enlightening them—the world's fortune has risen again. Also, I got a quest【Image】"

Miyamizu Miko's quest: Enlighten thirty-six species. Deadline: one year.

Miyamizu Miko: "But why is there a deadline?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Because if you don't finish in a year, the world will step in itself. This is the world giving you fortune."

Miyamizu Miko: "How do you know that?"

Chitanda Eru: "I'm curious—how does Taixuan seem to know everything?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Didn't I say? I can divine the Heavenly Patterns. Right now, I'm right here with Miko—any cosmic information not obscured can be easily calculated."

Chitanda Eru: "Wow, Heavenly Pattern Divination—so amazing!"

Lin Fengjiao: "Taixuan Daojun is truly extraordinary—he can even divine Heavenly Patterns."

Ye Hei: "I'm envious—Heavenly Patterns? That's no ordinary technique."