Legend of the Otherworld

Sorrowful night

Building new huts took a lot of time and energy. Soon it was going to be dark outside; night was coming. Everyone gathered inside and waited for dinner.

"Here! Everything's ready!" Po came to them, bringing the noodle soups his dad prepared. "Oh...the table seems bigger," Po commented, then came to a realization. "Oh yeah, of course. We have more people now."

Monkey laughed. "And did you get it all alone? I'm really impressed!"

"Well...what can I say...I'm a genius. Of course I did that on my own!" He replied, playing along.

Everyone giggled at how silly they were.

"What? Did I say something wrong?" Po commented, "I didn't expect to see a bigger table, that's all."

Shifu and Simon explained what they found out with Fulvio's confirmation.

"This is so exciting!" Leo shouted, excited. "Can I borrow one of your stones for tonight? I really want to examine them!"

"No, forget it." They both answer at the same time while eating.

"I understand..." He sighed, depressed.

"Why do you wanna see their stone when you have yours right here?" Mantis climbed on him and pulled the rough stone out of his pocket.

"That's because it's rough, there's nothing in there I can see..." Leo snatched the stone away from Mantis and put it back where it was.

Rebecca was daydreaming while the others were having an important conversation. 'I really hope my animal form is a bird. I don't care which one, just give me one!'

After the dinner the red panda encouraged them to go to sleep. "Tomorrow we will start some basic training for everyone, but mostly for you two," he informed them, pointing to Fulvio and Simon.

Fulvio winced. "Tr-Training?"

Simon, instead, seemed happy and excited. "I can't wait for it!"

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the valley, someone was planning an evil project. The owl was hoping to find a way to extract chi from the humans without being a master. She knew only one person capable of that.

She landed in front of a house in the middle of the bamboo forest, knocked, and waited for someone to open it.

'What am I doing? I don't need his permission to enter,' the owl thought before destroying the door, and then walked inside.

A warthog ran to check what happened, hearing the sound of something that's been broken. "Fenghuang?! Why are you here?! Why are you destroying my house?!" he shouted, confused.

"Oh...Taotie, my lovely, dear friend." She approached him.

"We've never been friends." He tilted his head.

She sighed, irritated at him for not getting the joke. "DO YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW?!"

"Then just tell me what you want!" Taotie replied, yawning. "I was sleeping, you know. Couldn't you show up during the day?"

"Shut up and listen," Fenghuang hushed him, explaining what she discovered.

"Hmm...interesting." He rubbed his chin. "I think I can build something..."

"Are you able to do that?" The owl grinned.

"Of course I can!" Taotie shouted, "This evil genius can build whatever he wants!"