A Forest of Dangers, Part IV

“It seems you are confused. I am talking to you using telepathy, my dear. I’m sure you have noticed, but I have no mouth, so I must speak to you like this.”

Zhou Lihua froze and gazed over at the willow tree. “Are you… the penghou?”

“Some have called me that.”

So this creature was using telepathy to speak to her. She knew that magical beasts gained human-like sentience and the ability to speak after reaching the Human Limit Realm, but she had not realized this was how plant type magical beasts communicated. Telepathy was a skill few humans ever learned.

“Come. Come. Don’t be shy. Let me get a good look at you.”

Zhou Lihua was wary this was a trap, but she stepped out from tree she had hidden behind. She didn’t come any closer to the penghou than that.

“Are you not going to come closer?”

“I think I’ll stay right here, thanks.”