Chapter 52: Nine-Colored Divine Deer

This divine beast was a snow-white, two-meter-tall divine deer, with nine-colored patterns resembling water droplets adorning the sides of its body, and a nine-colored halo behind its head; it looked so holy and beautiful that one felt as if their soul had been purified by her.

"You're awake?"

The moment Zhou Yi opened his eyes to look at her, a soft, warm, and pleasant voice reached him.

"Who are you?"

"You can just call me Yingxue. You must be feeling quite uncomfortable after that space teleportation, right? Here, take these; they are food and mountain spring water I asked other friends to bring for you."

As she spoke, her form slowly shrank amidst a gentle breeze, transforming into human shape. In her human form, she was even more beautiful and moving, her gaze as gentle and clear as a spring, enough to melt anyone's heart. She wore a white dress, and her silver-white hair only had the other nine colors at the very tips.

With a wave of her fair hand, she used a gentle breeze to bring over the spirit-filled fruits and spring water held in leaves, which had been brought by some birds and small animals from nearby.

"Thank you."

After taking a sip of the cold spring water, Zhou Yi was completely awake. He glanced at Zhuqing and Jin Ling and found them still unconscious, so he simply chatted casually with the Nine-Colored Deer.

"Come to think of it, where exactly is this place?"

"Here, we all call it the Qiankun Sun Moon Valley. I think the formation of this place must be related to those two deities."

As she spoke, she pointed to the lake in the distance; in fact, Zhou Yi had already noticed the magical scene here.

It was a vast lake, nestled among the mountains, with water so clear one could see the bottom. The most peculiar thing was that the lake water was actually dual-colored, gold and silver.

In the core area, at the center of the lake, there was a circular golden surface. Intense golden light was constantly radiating from it, as if it were emitting the warmth of a sun.

And surrounding it was a crescent silver moon. The silver moon lay on one side of the golden, sun-like lake, leaning against each other and emitting a silver radiance.

Across this vast lake, it was completely dominated by the dual colors of gold and silver, and that dual-colored light was constantly spreading outward, climbing along the mountains and extending further away.

On both sides of the lake stood a statue, looking at each other from afar. One of them was already very familiar; it was clearly the Moon Goddess. As for the other statue, it was carved in the likeness of a handsome man possessing the majesty of an emperor. In front of him was an exquisite long sword that was clearly a divine artifact, and his hands rested on the hilt; he stood with an inherent air of dominance.

If Zhou Yi guessed correctly, that should be the Sun God of this world.

But why did the Moon Goddess bring them here? However, since Zhuqing had not yet woken up and the third trial had not begun, he had no choice but to continue talking with Yingxue.

"You are helping us so much; aren't you afraid that we might expose your existence to the outside world later?"

"I won't. My eyes can tell that you are not that kind of person. By the way, my eyes have a special ability; I call it the Fate Eye. With these eyes, I can easily see through anyone's essence, and I can even glimpse parts of their fate. However, while it grants me power, it is also a responsibility. From the moment I was born, I vaguely felt that my fate was connected to the fate of the Soul Beasts on this Continent. For this reason, many Soul Beasts treat me with great respect, and some even willingly let me eat them." She smiled lightly as she said this.

"Giggle, but I am actually a vegetarian~ However, ever since I was young, I have felt that I am not qualified to receive this heaven-sent grace. For this reason, I have not wantonly abused this power, but instead used it to help various Soul Beasts and humans who have fallen into difficulty.

Facts have proven that doing so is correct. In these 990,000 years of life, the gratitude of the various living beings I have helped has gradually condensed into this halo behind me. Thanks to it, I have not yet experienced a single lightning tribulation~

However, I can sense that I won't be able to hold on much longer. The rules of this world are such that it does not allow for a 1,000,000-year Soul Beast that achieves godhood on its own. Even if one luckily breaks through, even if they don't die, they will become a stepping stone for humans. As for the reason, it might be because of the Dragon God? But that has nothing to do with me anymore. I think that after I die, perhaps a new Auspicious Beast will inherit this Fate Eye. I hope it can continue to use this power to benefit living beings."

As Zhou Yi chatted deeper with her, he grew more and more respectful toward her, feeling a sense of emotion. This Yingxue was truly a worthy Auspicious Beast, able to help other living beings without complaint for 990,000 years, even casting aside the prejudice Soul Beasts had toward humans, often saving ordinary mortals who strayed into the Soul Beast forest. The halo behind her head was not as simple as she described; it was a halo of merit brought about by saving tens of millions of living beings.

One only had to look at the surrounding creatures to know; birds and various small animals voluntarily brought her food and were close to her, and plants also affectionately made contact with her. Her snow-white bare feet stepped on the plants without picking up any dust or dirt.

Moreover, she usually ate spirit fruits from the trees and drank clear spring water from the mountains; it could be said that she had never killed a living thing in her life, not even a plant. This was truly an existence like an immortal, but unfortunately, the rules of this world were destined not to let her continue living.

Although she felt that the next successor of the Fate Eye would continue this great love, she was thinking too optimistically. Ordinary Soul Beasts, when encountering an atmosphere where ten thousand beasts doted on and respected them, would not persist in repaying all living beings like she did; it would be good enough if they didn't wantonly slaughter other Soul Beasts.

"Why tell me so much?"

Sighing that such a beautiful soul was trapped by the rules of heaven and earth, Zhou Yi felt a bit depressed.

"Because you have brought a turning point to my future fate. Ever since twelve years ago, I have felt changes in my own fate, and today, after seeing you with these eyes, my future fate has completely turned into chaos. It seems that you are the one who can change my fate. Although I don't know how you will change the fate of this Continent, I like your essence; you are also a person with a kind and righteous heart. Even if you don't change my fate in the future, I want to have more contact with you now."

Yingxue looked at Zhou Yi with a gentle gaze, and he realized something upon hearing this. Indeed, he firmly believed that he would definitely transcend in the future, and that day would not be too far off; since that was the case, wouldn't it be fine to help her then? However, her eyes were truly amazing; wasn't twelve years ago exactly when he arrived on the Douluo Continent? She could even see that. Thinking of these things, he recovered his mood.

"Yingxue, do you want to be my partner? Let's step into a higher realm together."

"Not yet~ I can barely see that you will come here two more times in the future; the third time will be the moment for me to follow you~"

Zhou Yi felt envious after hearing this.

"Wow, your eyes are so amazing; you can even see that? Unlike my eyes; the Moon Goddess said she evolved them to the second stage, but I haven't seen any functions... Hmm? No, wait, does this really have an ability now?"

He had subconsciously activated his left eye just now, and he didn't expect that a new function had actually appeared.