The next day.
When Ji Yen woke up, the sky darken a little. It looked like it was about to rain.
Ji Yen hurriedly flew out of his nest and headed towards his food supply.
When he came back, he brought back some soft spongy materials. It was for his nest. He wanted to sit on soft things.
He landed on the edge of his nest and placed the materials inside the nest.
His action of setting his nest with his beak and feet felt like a real bird.
Thinking that to himself, Ji Yen felt a little funny. Not long ago, he was a human soldier and now he was a bird making his nest comfortable.
As he was setting his nest, the sound of thunder rumblings across the sky started. Seconds later, the rain started pouring down the forest.
Ji Yen sat inside his nest and looked outside. The scene of raining and darken daytime brought many nostalgic feelings to him.
The time when he was struggling to survive inside a rainy forest with enemies chasing him. Or the time when he broke up with his girlfriend because he was always focus on his work. It was outside his apartment and it was also raining that day.
Thinking of all those things, Ji Yen sat inside the tree nest with a nostalgic look.
Sometimes, lighting would flash and thunder would rumble across the sky.
Seeing that the rain continued raining, Ji Yen stopped looking outside and looked down at himself.
To his surprise, the color of his feather were greyish white.
Even though he checked his abilities and other stuffs, when he was done evolving. He did not check his colour or things like that.
So he asked the system. "Hey can you show a full image of me with colors and other stuff. Also add a data for that."
[Yes. Host.]
[Ding.(image)]
Ji Yen clicked at the image icon.
When he looked at the image, he was surprised to find that the color of his feathers are mix.
It was not greyish white at all.
Some parts of his feathers are azure mist blue, some parts are skyjade silver. And the feather blades are black with his other feathers covering it.
Then he looked at the data provided by the system.
[Identity: Wind Chasing Sparrow
Height:3/4 meter tall.
Wingspan: Half a meter on both sides.
Colors: Azure Mist Blue, Skyjade Silver.
Vibe: Elegant, refined, fast — like a living ghost.
Ethereal and elusive, perfect for a stealthy wind creature.
Effect: Blends into the clouds; hard to track in the air.
Leaves behind a trail of sparkling wind essence when flying.]
The vibes and effects surprised Ji Yen. He did not think that the colourof feathers would have such properties.
When he looked at the height, he felt he was like an ant compared to the demon tiger he saw that night.
But he did not think much of it. He knows he will eventually reach that stage and maybe even go further than that.
He did not think he will become a divine bird just because he has the system. He knows everything depends on luck. Without luck, even if you have a system you will still be a low level creature.
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Two months have already passed.
It was a fine sunny day.
A large bird was seen flying just above the forest line.
It was Ji Yen. He was hunting a small white rabbit.
On the ground, the rabbit kept looking up to see if the bird was still there.
Seeing no sign of the bird, it stopped running and started looking around.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, two blades came flying in his direction. The rabbit did not even have time to react before the blades pierces through its body. And the blades nailed it to the ground.
Ji Yen flew down from the sky and landed beside the rabbit.
The rabbit wax still not dead, even though the blades pierced its body make two holes. It looked at the bird with hatred.
Ji Yen did not even looked at its eyes, he just swung his wing and cut the throat.
Blood gushed out of the rabbit.
Ultimately it died of blood loss.
Seeing the rabbit was dead, Ji Yen opened his beak and absorbed the energy.
About a minute later, a message popped up.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 10 energy points.
Added to the system storage.]
"That should be enough. Right?" He asked the system.
[Yes. The host has already collected 100 energy points. Host only needs 90 energy points for reaching Grade 1 Realm (mature state).]
After reading the message, Ji Yen looked down at the dried up rabbit body.
He did not target the rabbit out of nowhere. He targeted it because it stole a spiritual herb that was about to reached Grade 1 from Ji Yen.
Ji Yen left the herb to reach mature state. So that he could reach Grade 1 demon beast using the herbs essence. He found the herb when he was doing his daily scouting.
But the rabbit stole it before it could reach the maturation state.
When Ji Yen found about the missing herb, he was furious. He started investigating about it. About a week later, he spotted the rabbit.
At first, he did not care about it. But when he saw the rabbit's information, he was instantly furious.
The information showed that the rabbit was still digesting the essence of a incomplete spiritual herb. So he killed it.
"Now let's find a place to start the process." He murmured to himself.
Ji Yen flapped his wings and flew up in the air. Then he sped away.
As he flew by, he spotted many animals and birds.
If he wanted to kill those animals, he could have killed them. But he knew if he started massacring, he would fall into a blood lost demon beast. And he also knew that the nearby demon beasts would kill him if he do that.
That was because every graded Demon Beasts including half graded ones will occupied an area. They are the protector of the area and they are the king.
Killing one or two will not destroy the balance. But if he started a mass killing, it will throw of the balance of the forest.
Ji Yen learnt that much in the passed two months.