I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

So Bai Qingyu stood there on the mountaintop, head held high, waiting for the tribulation lightning to descend. Time passed slowly, and an hour later she opened her eyes.

So, what about the lightning tribulation?

The imagined tribulation lightning did not come, nor did the transformation. The tremor in his heart had not subsided, and Bai Qingyu stood on the mountaintop, enjoying the cold night wind until dawn.

With a sigh of helplessness, she simply absorbed some of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth before flapping her wings and leaving.

It's morning, another brand new day of taking care of the baby.

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What Bai Qingyu didn't know was that her transformation into human form came a tiny bit later than she had imagined.

Since she foolishly spent the night on the mountaintop, her life has returned to normal. She's either taking care of her cubs or on her way to take care of them. How could a bird demon without any limbs raise a ten-month-old cub through the winter? It seems impossible. Time flies by, the snow outside the mountain has melted, tender buds are sprouting, and the shadow of deer can be seen again in the quiet forest.

spring is coming.

Over the past two months, Bai Qingyu has gone to the mountaintop to prepare for his tribulation... a total of five times!

After these five attempts, she finally figured something out.

She was ready to take human form, but something was missing, causing her to get stuck at this crucial step.

It wasn't until spring arrived that the little boy named Bai Dongqing, whom she had raised herself, could crawl and even started trying to walk, finally breaking through the small obstacle that had been holding her back.

Bai Qingyu felt as if God was testing her, to see if she could successfully raise this child through the winter.

Sure enough, as soon as spring arrived, the excitement in my heart exploded to its peak. If the previous excitement was just a little deer walking around, then now it's a little deer running wildly.

With a deft touch, Bai Qingyu pressed the baby bird back into the nest. Hearing the baby babbling for its mother, Bai Qingyu flapped its wings, and a surge of demonic power hypnotized the baby into a deep sleep.

She didn't want to do it, but she was afraid that if she wasn't there, the cub would crawl out of the cave.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't worried, since she had blocked the cave with stones.

With a worried expression, a solemn face, and a determined yet slightly apprehensive look in her eyes, she flew out of the cave and arrived at the top of the neighboring mountain.

She passed the test of heaven and earth with flying colors. She didn't know why heaven and earth would put her through this test. It was as if they were seeing if she was qualified as a bird mother. But then again, she valued this transformation very much.

The child is getting older and can't stay wrapped in a blanket all the time. She wants to go to the market to buy some clothes and toys for the child.

The only way to achieve this is by transforming into human form.

Just as she had expected, this time was different; the blessings of heaven and earth had truly arrived.

A gentle breeze blew by, carrying the purest spiritual energy. Bai Qingyu didn't even need to actively absorb it before it surged into her body. The amount of spiritual energy it contained was even greater than the spiritual treasure flower she had devoured last time.

Bai Qingyu closed her eyes and sensed it. She didn't know if it was merit or something else, but it was a good thing nonetheless.

Bird Life has many stages in the future, and she knows that she is about to step into the next stage.

Contrary to her expectations, the tribulation lightning did not come, so guided by instinct, she controlled the enormous demonic power within her body and began to take human form.

She herself was puzzled. Normally, shouldn't one use lightning tribulation to transform their demonic body and thus achieve the goal of human form?

Monsters that haven't been struck by lightning will retain their monster bodies, but they will be very ugly.

Well, being able to transform into human form is already quite good. At worst, I can just cover myself up more. As long as I give enough at the market, no one will care about these details.

The transformation process went much more smoothly than Bai Qingyu had imagined.

But it was far more outrageous than she had imagined.

The body, which was over four meters tall, was shrinking rapidly. The feeling of having one's bones crushed and reassembled was not pleasant, especially the head. It wasn't exactly painful, but rather like having countless ants crawling inside the body, itchy but unable to be scratched.

One hour later.

He used his demonic power to create a mirror and saw his current appearance, but the mirror shattered instantly.

Oh no, I've really become a monster...

Bai Qingyu sighed inwardly.

Her situation is somewhat complicated.

Overall, its size has shrunk to that of a human, estimated to be a little over 1.5 meters tall. Its body is petite and delicate, and most of its body still has feathers that have not yet shed to form skin. It only has the outline of a human girl's body.

Putting aside the girl's body, the fatal flaw was that her arms also failed to transform. They remained wings, only much more flexible, with the feathers at the tips functioning almost like human hands. Not only her arms, but her slender, straight legs also only successfully transformed above the knees; much of her skin above the ankles remained the grayish-black skin of a bird, and her feet were bird claws.

In summary, she was petite and graceful, with a slender waist that could be encircled by a single hand, hands like wings, skin like snow feathers, a delicate forehead and arched eyebrows, a small cherry mouth, phoenix eyes paired with a slightly upturned nose that exuded indescribable purity, a charming smile, beautiful eyes that sparkled, and a face that seemed otherworldly. Her exquisite features were like those of a legendary fairy, no, it should be said that she was a bewitching woman, for no fairy has a body covered in hair.

but!

Maintaining this fairy-like appearance requires demonic power.

Bai Qingyu tried not to maintain her appearance with demonic power, but her exquisite and perfect face would immediately disappear, and her long black hair and graceful goose neck would be reduced to their original form, turning into a bird's head and a real goose's neck.

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Book 1: Chapter 6 My Umbrella is Sharper Than My Sword

I knew that a demon body that hadn't been struck by lightning couldn't successfully transform. Without the transformation brought about by the power of heaven and earth entering the body through the lightning tribulation, a part of the demon body would still remain in its original form, turning into a half-demon, half-human monster. This was probably the vague feeling before transformation.

She had a feeling before she took human form, but she hadn't fully transformed.

Indeed, there is still a long road ahead for me in my life. I have only taken the first step and entered the first crucial stage. My life is long and requires gradual progress and steady development. If I try to reach the sky in one step, I will doubt whether it is a trap.

Bai Qingyu let out a long breath. She was in a good mood. She didn't care that she had become a demoness. Anyway, she could change back. And as long as she maintained her demonic power, she could go to town to buy some necessities for her cubs.

Not only that, this transformation should allow her to try speaking. Speaking human language is not a difficult thing for her, as she was once a member of the human race.

It can speak, catch prey or gather herbs to sell in town. After using the money to buy clothes and toys for the child, Bai Qingyu also wants to buy a set of tools, a set of tools for building a house.

Without using demonic power to maintain her transformed state, at most her head and face would be reverted to their original form, transforming from the head and face of a human girl into a bird's head. However, the rest of her body would not be affected. After transforming, her wings, which served as her hands, could finally move as flexibly as human hands. This was the biggest surprise for Bai Qingyu.

Looking down at her demonic body, Bai Qingyu used her demonic power and her own feathers to conjure up a set of clothes for herself. The main imitation was the loose long dress that her child's birth mother wore before her death, which was mainly white with blue decorations on the collar and trim. With the dress, she looked completely different. She was already as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, but with the dress, she looked even more ethereal, elegant and pure.

The long dress basically covered her legs and feet. If she kept using her demonic power to maintain this, the only thing that made her look unlike a human was her two wings. Fortunately, the sleeves of this dress were quite wide, so when she crossed her hands together and tucked them into the sleeves, no one could tell anything was wrong.

It was a perfect disguise.

After reverting to his original form, Bai Qingyu spread his wings and flew into the small cave.

She was in a good mood today, and seeing her sleeping baby made her even happier. The successful transformation meant that she could start to improve her current life. The child was only one year old, but she would grow up one day. She couldn't live in this small cave of less than seventy square meters forever.

Bai Qingyu imagined a wonderful future. She wanted to find a relatively flat, beautiful, and safe place, and then build a house with wood and thatch so that she and her child would have a decent place to live.

With a thought, she quickly transformed from a bird demon into a demoness. Since she was at home, she didn't need to be on guard against anything, and she was too lazy to use her demonic power to maintain it, as that would be too wasteful.

The child was fast asleep, so she didn't disturb him. Instead, she moved a stone away from the cave entrance, sat on the edge of the cave, dangling her slender legs and looking down at the forest below. One wing pressed against her neck, and she opened her mouth to try to make an "ah~" sound.

More than twenty years of living like a wild beast had caused her to lose many things, such as her language ability and the ability to control her facial muscles.

The latter isn't important; it just makes her keep a straight face and exude an icy aura that keeps strangers at bay. The most important thing is the former. For the sake of her child, she needs to regain her language skills and learn to communicate with outsiders so that she can minimize trouble when she goes out.

"Ah~ Oh~ Uh~"

Throughout the day, apart from taking care of the baby, Bai Qingyu kept making these simple syllables, letting her body get used to them before trying to speak.

That evening, Bai Qingyu used her wings to pick up the chick that was babbling and crawling around the nest, covered in feathers.

The baby wasn't dirty. In winter, whenever the sun came out and the temperature rose slightly, she would wet the feathers with hot water and wipe the baby's small body. During this time, she would use her demonic power to maintain the temperature of the nest.

Wrapped her tightly in a small, sun-dried quilt, Bai Qingyu carried her and leaped down from the cave entrance. In mid-air, as if walking on air, they made several leaps and landed on a boulder at the top of the mountain.

Spring has just arrived, and the temperature hasn't risen much yet.

There's a gentle breeze on the mountaintop today.

On the horizon, the setting sun slants downwards, twilight deepens, and swallows fly south. On a smooth boulder, a bird spirit, now in human form, holds her babbling infant. A gentle breeze blows, stirring her ethereal skirt, and the feathers on her wings flutter in the wind. The bird spirit opens her slender beak, and a soft, monosyllabic "Ah~" escapes from her throat.

The little one seemed to be stunned for a moment, its big eyes, which seemed to hold countless stars, curved into crescents, and then it actually followed the bird demon and imitated her by making an "Ah~".

"Child~"

"Child~"

Looking at the little one learning to speak with her, Bai Qingyu's eyes were gentle as water. On a whim, she activated her demonic power, and a wisp of black smoke blew by, and the bird demon's head had transformed into the appearance of a human girl.

A smile from her is enough to captivate a nation.

Unfortunately, the little one wasn't buying it. Seeing that the "bird mother" had changed, he probably would have cried long ago if the scent hadn't been so familiar. Even so, this stranger still brought the little one to the brink of wailing.

Seeing the pitiful little expression amused Bai Qingyu, and her laughter was as melodious as silver bells. The little brat couldn't stand it and immediately burst into tears.

A gentle breeze carried away Bai Qingyu's laughter and the baby's cries as the sun set, marking the beginning of a brand new life.

·

Flowers bloom and fade in a cycle, and life becomes less difficult after spring arrives.

As the baby began to babble and learn to speak, Bai Qingyu also learned one word at a time.

She didn't expect that learning would be so difficult even with her existing knowledge; it took her more than a month to relearn how to speak.

Actually, she learned it half a month ago, but she had a stutter. The longer the sentence, the harder it was for her to finish speaking. It took her more than half a month to get rid of this problem. Although she still has a slight stutter, at least her words are comprehensible.

Today she plans to go out and take a look. The herbs for sale have been prepared, but she will only take a portion with her, as too much will attract the attention of thieves.

She used her demonic power to hypnotize the energetic cubs into sleep. Since the beginning of spring, her energy seemed inexhaustible; she was even going to dismantle the bird's nest.

Transforming into human form, carrying the small basket woven from rattan that had been used for over a month, filled with herbs and slung over his arm, Bai Qingyu was about to leave when he turned his head and saw the umbrella and sword that had been leaning against the wall all along.

Both items were taken from the child's biological father. The sword is still usable, but the umbrella has never been used.

Think about it. Bai Qingyu opened the umbrella and draped it over her shoulder, with the other end going under her arm so she wouldn't have to hold the handle. She didn't bring her sword, fearing it would interfere with her transactions with the townspeople.

"It's fine without a sword, if we really encounter thieves..."

“My umbrella is sharper than my sword.”

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Book 1: Chapter 7 Bird Mother Enters the Market

It would be a lie to say that Bai Qingyu wasn't nervous about leaving the mountains for the first time and about to come into contact with human society. Aside from nervousness, Bai Qingyu also had a little bit of anticipation in his heart. Having been a human before, and then becoming a bird after death, he hadn't seen or communicated with humans for more than 20 years, and felt a bit lonely and nostalgic.

Human society is complex, and people can be treacherous, but ultimately it is a community, full of lively battles and violence.