The legend begins with becoming a white deer.

Everyone stared at Qi Ji, momentarily confused as to what he meant.

"What...what is it trying to do?" A guard from the Kingdom of Bilin swallowed hard, gripped the knife at his waist, and looked completely bewildered.

No one could answer him, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"A bunch of idiots, why don't you understand?"

Qi Ji was speechless and could only increase the force of his hooves, while also calling out a few times, his eyes filled with urging.

Lin Qin was the first to realize what was happening and instructed her subordinates to bring over the wooden basket containing the baby.

The subordinate was a little nervous, swallowing hard, and carefully walked over. Qi Ji took two steps back without moving, and the subordinate successfully carried the wooden basket containing the baby to Lin Qin.

Lin Qin looked at the baby in the basket, then at the white deer in front of her, and tentatively asked, "Are you... are you going to give this child to us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Ji nodded immediately.

This remarkably spiritual act astonished everyone even more.

Is it really possible for them to understand what they are saying?

Changchunzi walked over, looked at the baby in the wooden basket, then stretched out his fingers and gently pinched the baby's body. He then used his true energy to sense the baby. After a moment, his eyes widened suddenly, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"What excellent physical constitution! This child has unobstructed meridians and an outstanding physique; he shows no weakness whatsoever even in this cold temperature."

Changchunzi was increasingly satisfied with what he saw; this was a once-in-a-century talent for martial arts, and he immediately developed a desire to acquire it.

He looked at Lin Qin and said, "Young friend Lin, could you entrust this child to this old Daoist? I would like to take him back to the Qingyang Dao Sect and personally teach him. I will certainly not let his talent go to waste."

"Master Changchunzi, you are too kind. I am currently seriously injured and it is indeed inconvenient for me to take the child with me. Since you have such a wish, then please take this baby with you."

Lin Qin naturally had no objection. He had no idea how to take care of children, and besides, he was usually very busy with his job. If he were forced to take care of the children, he would probably neglect them.

As a renowned martial arts sect, Qingyang Dao Sect is the perfect place to take in an infant.

Qi Ji saw all of this. Whether it was Lin Qin or Chang Chunzi, as long as they could take in the baby, that would be fine. Qi Ji didn't care who the baby was with.

"Yo"

With a low, gentle cry, Qi Ji seemed to have a weight lifted from his heart. He turned and stepped off the waves, his white figure quickly disappearing into the misty spray.

Everyone watched Qi Ji's disappearing figure.

Lin Qin exclaimed, "This white deer is truly a very intelligent and extraordinary beast. It not only saved my life and helped me kill Blood Blade, but it also took the initiative to save this child."

Lin Qin didn't know where the baby came from, but she had some guesses in her mind. The floods during this period had torn apart countless families, and this child was probably one of them. However, he was lucky to have met this white deer.

The fact that a strange beast would specifically seek them out for a human baby was something Lin Qin had never even heard of in her more than twenty years of life.

Changchunzi nodded, stroking his beard in agreement, "It is indeed rare. I have traveled the world for decades and have seen many rare and exotic beasts. Each one has its own unique characteristics, but most of those beasts are hostile to humans or extremely wary. Even the gentle ones at most keep their distance. This is the first time I have ever seen someone take the initiative to risk their life to save someone. This has truly broadened my horizons."

After resting for a while, the group was preparing to pack their belongings and leave the town when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps in the distance.

A dozen or so Taoist priests dressed in blue robes were running quickly over, stepping on the roof beams. The leader was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a square face and a burly build, with a peach wood sword hanging at his waist.

"Senior brother!"

The middle-aged Taoist priest spotted Changchunzi at a glance, his face lit up with joy, and he called out loudly.

Changchunzi was somewhat surprised: "Xuanmuzi, what brings you here?"

Xuan Muzi was his junior brother, and the two of them were ordered to come to Biling Kingdom to help with disaster relief.

The floods affected six or seven neighboring countries, and the Qingyang Dao Sect mobilized almost its entire force, sending more than twenty groups of people to various places for relief.

"Don't even mention it, I waded through all the water the way here, I'm exhausted."

Genko wiped the rain off her face. Although she complained a little, she looked quite excited.

He said, "Senior brother, let me tell you something interesting. During our disaster relief efforts, we encountered several groups of refugees, and they were all saying the same thing."

He paused, his tone full of surprise: "They say there's a strange beast, a white deer, that's completely white and rescues people everywhere in the flood. That white deer is incredibly strong; it can carry collapsed roof beams and run, and it can walk on flat ground in floodwaters several meters deep. It's like it's walking on water! Senior brother, isn't that amazing?"

Xuan Muzi became more and more excited as he spoke, rubbing his hands together and saying, "Oh my, my favorite thing in this life is exotic beasts. Hearing about such a magical deer makes me so eager to see it. Tsk tsk, I really want to see it with my own eyes."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Changchunzi expectantly, only to find that Changchunzi, Linqin, and everyone else present had extremely strange expressions on their faces, as if they wanted to laugh but were holding it in, and also had a bit of disbelief.

Xuan Muzi was taken aback: "What's wrong? Senior brother, did I say something wrong? Why do you look like that?"

"Ahem, Uncle-Master Xuanmuzi."

A disciple of the Qingyang Dao Sect couldn't help but speak up: "The white deer you mentioned... if nothing unexpected happens, we've already seen it just now."

"What?!" Xuan Muzi's expression froze instantly, as if she had been struck by lightning.

He suddenly turned to look at Changchunzi and saw his senior brother slowly nod, confirming his disciple's words.

"oops!"

Xuan Muzi immediately pounded his chest and stamped his feet in regret: "I knew I should have traveled faster! I should have known better than to rest for that half an hour! I actually missed it. You, Senior Brother, are so lucky to have seen it. I really..."

Xuan Muzi was already extremely fascinated by all kinds of strange beasts in the world. After hearing about the deeds of the white deer, he was even more eager to see it. He didn't expect that even though he rushed there, he was still a step too late and missed it by just a little bit.

Seeing Xuan Muzi's frustrated expression, Chang Chunzi, Lin Qin, and the others couldn't help but laugh.

But after the laughter subsided, a deeper sense of surprise and admiration welled up in everyone's hearts.

They originally thought that the white deer had just happened to appear in this town and had casually saved an infant from who-knows-where, but they never expected that it had been traveling through various towns and cities during the floods, saving countless lives.

Someone murmured unconsciously, "This white deer is amazing. I really don't know where it came from."

"I know that!"

Xuan Muzi immediately chimed in, saying that although she was a little disappointed not to see Bai Lu, she still shared the information she had gathered.

"I heard from an old man who was saved by a white deer that the white deer seemed to be a native beast of the Bilin Kingdom, and it seemed to come from the Qingling Mountains of the Bilin Kingdom."

"The Azure Spirit Mountains?"

Lin Qin's expression changed upon hearing this. He had felt that Bai Lu was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place her. Now, upon hearing the words "Qingling Mountain Range," his heart skipped a beat.

Several months ago, he and a group of brothers were ordered to rescue Princess Yuan Yao. Following the clues, they eventually arrived at the Qingling Mountains, where he did indeed encounter a snow-white deer.

At that time, the white deer was still very young, but it got along very well with Princess Yuan Yao, who liked it very much.

Lin Qin stood there, stunned, when an absurd yet incredibly clear thought exploded in his mind.

"No way... could it be... that little white deer we met in the Azure Spirit Mountains is the same intelligent white deer we just saw? It's grown so fast!"