I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 359 The Great Sea Urchin

"Yes, just like that, move your limbs, feel the frequency of the water flow, don't be afraid, it's very simple, just like me..."

Cang Jin led Le Zhi and Lei Xiu to a shallow bay, where the two of them took two birds into the water to get used to the water temperature.

The bay was shallow, reaching only up to Lezhi's chest at its deepest point, so it was safe. Cang Jin didn't necessarily want them to learn to swim here, but rather wanted them to get used to being in the water so they wouldn't be afraid when they were actually underwater.

Following Cang Jin's instructions, Le Zhi struggled to move his limbs in the water, trying to get himself moving. However, anyone who has learned to swim knows that what non-swimmers fear most is the feeling of weightlessness in the water.

So when Lezhi was submerged again, the current masked the sounds. Underwater, it was as if he had entered another world, where his five senses were suppressed. In this environment, Lezhi was finally able to concentrate on his thoughts. All the things he couldn't understand before lingered in his mind.

Enlightenment seemed to happen in an instant. When his body was about to hit rock bottom, Lezhi subconsciously summoned his wings.

These are not the pure white wings representing the Spirit Feather Clan, but rather transparent wings with distinct characteristics of the Windwalker Clan. These transparent wings can still reflect light underwater.

Seeing Lezhi fall into the water, Lei Xiu and Cang Jin, who immediately jumped in to save her, both had a glint in their eyes. They saw Lezhi, as if she had been given a cheat code, suddenly surge forward and transform from a helpless state of sliding around on the bottom of the water to a state of complete transformation. With the help of her wings, Lezhi regained her confidence.

Imagine that you are not underwater, but in the familiar sky. Lezhi held his breath, adjusted his posture, and moved underwater as if flying. He nimbly dodged past Lei Xiu and Cang Jin, turned around, and with a splash, Lezhi successfully brought himself to the surface.

Also stumbling and struggling in the water, the fluffy ball, which had long given up and was watching from the sidelines on the branch, heard the sound, opened its little black bean eyes, and saw that Lezhi was still covered in water vapor, so it rushed straight out of the water and flew towards its direction.

"Haha, fluffy ball, come play with me, I'll show you how..."

"Tweet~"

Before they could dodge, Lezhi grabbed Maoqiu and pulled him into her arms. After they circled around the branches, Lezhi carried Maoqiu straight towards the water.

He must have been stupid. Why did he listen to Cang Jin and learn to swim? He has wings, you know!

With the fluffy ball in tow, Lezhi flapped its transparent wings and plunged straight into the water, right in front of Lei Xiu and Cang Jin, who had finally surfaced.

Since talking things out with Lei Xiu yesterday, Lezhi has also come to terms with things. He was confused before, always overthinking and worrying about this and that.

I don't want to be different from others, but I'm also afraid of being the same as others.

Lei Xiu's lack of honesty inevitably affected him. He thought he could endure it, but when Lei Xiu said he loved him, Le Zhi completely lost his composure.

Does it have to go this far? He can accept that Lei Xiu stays by his side and secretly watches him because he is worried that his abilities will cause danger, but he cannot accept that Lei Xiu expresses his love without being honest.

That was blasphemy, so Lezhi erupted.

Without any hesitation, he ripped open the wounds that the two had been trying to conceal, right in front of Lei Xiu. Amidst the chaos, Le Zhi finally stopped hiding her emotions for the first time.

Because he was different from others, all his unease and panic were exposed in the immense pain of his wounds being torn open.

But when the pain subsided, Lezhi realized that these things were not as important as he had imagined.

If all these gifts come at a price, then why not indulge in a little recklessness before that happens? If the tree spirits are unwilling to accept his differences, he can simply take his furball and wander the world.

When the worst outcome seemed inevitable, Lezhi felt no fear. As for Lei Xiu's promise to always stand by him, Lezhi couldn't trust him yet, so he left it at that for now.

At least Lei Xiu was right about one thing: even though he was wary and not entirely honest, Lei Xiu had never hurt him.

And now, he doesn't seem to be so afraid of being hurt.

"Gurgle~" Because Lezhi reminded it in advance, Maoqiu held its breath beforehand, but after staying underwater for a while, the air Maoqiu held began to leak out, and it was about to run out of air.

Unable to resist opening its beady black eyes, Maoqiu wanted to pat Lezhi to remind him, but was instead drawn to the underwater world.

The underwater world of Repulse Bay is not monotonous. Once your eyes get used to the underwater environment, as long as you dare to open your eyes, you can see a landscape that is completely different from that on land.

Coral clung to the rocks at the bottom of the water, growing a brightly colored coat, with various strange creatures growing among them. Lezhi, with Maoqiu in tow, approached and looked at a creature that looked like it had black thorns.

This creature, which looked remarkably like a sea urchin, made Lezhi beam with joy. In his previous life, the largest sea urchin he had ever seen was only the size of a palm, and they were all incredibly expensive. But this one was almost the size of a fluffy ball, and Lezhi remembered that sea urchins were strong defensively but actually had little offensive power.

He tried to pry it off with one hand, but failed. Undeterred, Lezhi's eyes flashed, and energy instantly gathered at his fingertips. His long, sharp nails became the sharpest weapons in the world. Lezhi found the right angle, inserted his nails into the gap between the sea urchin and the rock, and with a gentle pry, the sea urchin, almost as big as his head, was successfully pried off.

She wanted to get a few more, but Lezhi noticed that the fluffy ball in her arms was about to burst out of its shell, so she didn't dare to be greedy. Holding the fluffy ball in one hand and the sea urchin in the other, she turned around smoothly and burst out of the water with a flap of her wings.

Lezhi didn't stay underwater for long, only a few minutes. That wasn't enough time for Cang Jin to interrogate Lei Xiu.

"...Was I seeing things? No way, isn't Lezhi a child of the Spirit Feather Clan? But those are clearly the wings of the Windwalker Clan...!" Cang Jin held his head in his hands and went crazy.

Finding that her outbursts were not being answered, Cang Jin slapped the water's surface, turning her attention to Lei Xiu, "Did you already know? You must have, otherwise why aren't you surprised at all?"

"..."

"Lei Xiu, say something..."

"Oh."

"..."

After waiting for so long and receiving such a response, Cang Jin finally calmed down. He had long known that going crazy was completely useless against Lei Xiu.

"...Don't you have anything to say?"

"He is Lezhi, a member of the tree spirit clan, born by the mother tree herself. That's all you need to know."

Lei Xiu made his stance clear, showing he didn't take Cang Jin's attitude to heart. In a way, it was a good thing that Le Zhi suddenly stopped hiding things; after all, he didn't need another one.

From being a natural enemy of the shadows to being favored by the jungle and able to ride the wind freely, Lezhi, who was originally just a crippled cub, can now change its wings at will, which doesn't seem like a big deal.

The answer is that the mother tree has a preference for her.

Anyway, with Zhizhi's current abilities, she can completely handle those criticisms, if they exist.

Besides, he was there too. Lei Xiu lowered his eyes and saw his reflection in the water; the determination in his eyes had never been so clear.

Perhaps he hesitated at first, but now he has made his choice. No matter what, he will stand with Zhizhi, whether he needs it or not.

"Wow~"

"Come quick, look what I've found..."