Gu Xi stood up and gently nudged the lying, silly birds with her toes.

She's done these birds such a big favor, shouldn't she ask for something in return? It's not a good habit to be ungrateful.

Huh?

The Ice Crystal Bird rotated its head 360 degrees, finally bringing its head face to face with Gu Xi.

But its terrifying appearance startled Gu Xi, and in her surprise, she kicked it hard without thinking.

Hehe~

In an instant, the Ice Crystal Bird let out a pitiful cry.

But who are you kidding? The silly bird didn't even react when she kicked it so hard just now, how could it hurt when she only kicked it lightly?

Fortunately, she understood the meaning of "miserable" in the next second.

It turns out that its pitiful cries weren't for itself, but rather an attempt to elicit sympathy from the other silly birds.

At this moment, the other silly birds, startled by the pitiful cries, immediately jumped up from the ground and surrounded the silly bird that was pretending to be dead.

Then an even stranger scene unfolded: each of the birds began to shed tears. And these tears were exceptionally large, the teardrops almost the size of marbles.

Do birds shed tears?

Gu Xi watched, oblivious, as their tears fell from their eyes to the ground. The moment they touched the ground or the bird's body, the tears gathered into ice, then with a soft thud, the ice shattered, and a strange blue liquid flowed out, splashing onto the silly bird.

Then, a faint green light emanated from the silly bird's body.

"This is... life energy?"

Gu Xi had seen it once; when she fought the Shark King, the Shark King absorbed life energy from the sharks.

But are these birds now replenishing their companions' life energy through tears?

But this method is too strange.

Gu Xi crept closer, wanting to catch a teardrop in her hand and examine it closely. But as soon as she got close, the silly birds stared intently at her, occasionally cawing threateningly.

"Hey, you guys are so ungrateful! I just helped you out."

Of course, she was just saying that. After all, if she had such a skill, it would already be a sign of trust for others to know it, let alone want to learn more about it. It would be perfectly normal for them to be hostile.

Unfortunately, she overestimated the intelligence of the ice crystal birds opposite her. The few foolish birds fell silent after her words; they looked at each other, turning their heads countless times, before finally lowering their proud heads in unison.

Seeing their heads drooping limply, Gu Xi felt uneasy. "What do you mean?"

She had no idea how the birds understood her. She had tried to communicate with them using her mental powers but found that she couldn't. So she was completely baffled by the behavior of these silly birds.

Ga

quack

Ga ga ga

Several birds perched on her head, arranging her hands like embroiderers, and then began to cry out to her hands.

Gu Xi stared wide-eyed at the birds' actions, then calmed herself down and let them do as they pleased.

The silly birds' tears fell onto Gu Xi's palm, and an extremely cold sensation came from her hand.

The chill was unlike anything she had ever experienced before. She reflexively pulled her hand back, and the ice cube slipped from her grasp.

Seeing the ice block about to hit the ground, Gu Xi almost stopped breathing. She quickly caught it and, enduring the freezing cold, managed to hold it in her hand.

The ice shattered, and a gush of green liquid gushed out. A refreshing sensation instantly spread throughout my body.