They stay in the windy portal for awhile. Hu Li continue to be blind. After staying more than thirty minutes, the person who is with her suggest they step out for staying inside too long is not good for them. Thus they slowly walk out of the portal. Hu Li feel the different temperature, they must be out of it. She hear lots of voices talking at the same time. Her golden electricity eyes have change to blue sparks like short fuse that is trying to start up. Her feline face have reappear instead of her usual human appearances. Her white hair has changed to clouds like floating around her face. Bai Lu understand his father have passed away. He read from the stars and his eyes have turn to be like black diamonds. Both mother and son sit quietly under the tree. The moon is hiding behind the clouds, Hu Li like a broken doll sit motionless with her head tilted, legs spread open and arms beside her. While Bai Lu is sitting in a lotus position and playing the cattail grass in front of him. Occasionally he would turn his head to look at Hu Li. The rest of the children in the community call out to him to play with them but he smile and said he wants to sit with his mother for today. The children understand and run away to play.
Bai Lu recover his normal looks on the next day but Hu Li takes another two more days to recover herself. For those days, she sat there without moving. Sometimes her eyes are open sometimes her eyes are closed. Slowly she recover her human looks but her eyes are still in blue spark and she still not able to see. One day the rain comes, Hu Li still under the tree. A person comes along and shelter her. She hears the sound of the thunder, it makes her feel all better.
"I see you are smiling."
"Yes. I like the sound of thunder."
"Because, the thunder belongs to you."
She remain silence. She try to get up. That stranger helps her up. She realise that he is using two hands to help her up so why isn't she getting wet from the rain.
"Who are you?"
She hear a chuckle. Her feet accidentally step on his toes. She can feel that they are long and tough. His hands are scaly and smooth at the same time. She smell the sent of salt in him. He move closer to her ears and whisper
"I am Hai. The youngest brother of Hei and Fei."
Hu Li recover day by day. The day she fully recover is when her golden eyes return with full electricity and sparks fly as she blink her eyes. For the first time she see Hai. He looks identical to the other two brothers. However because he stay in the sea most of time, thus he have scales as his skin. His hair is dark silver with small aquamarine balls on random places around his crown. His hair floats as if he is in water. His left cheek on the face have a deep scar, he said was due to a fight. His voice is deep unlike his brothers. He is also as calm as the seas. Hai the one who doesn't talk much and listens a lot. He is most active when water is around. Thus he doesn't spend much time on land. When he comes up to meet his master Wu, they will soak in the huge under ground cove in the old master's house. That is the only place they can get plenty of water to rejuvenate themselves.
When the three boys are together, the beast in the green forest call them the fabulous three. All three are so good looking in their own elements. Each of them have their own character. They never stay together for long nor they stay away too long. Hei who is the oldest is the one who protect his own brothers. He is also the one who comes faster when he sense they need help. Thus in this way, the three always managed to stay alive throughout their lives. The bond is unbreakable.
Together with Hu Li, the four becomes a strange family of mystical beast. Bai Lu enjoys his stay in the green forest with a new family. Yang Yang have learn not to fear other animals so much. The three spiritual dogs make more friends while Huan Xi the little mouse is welcome everywhere she goes.
Their stay lasted for four years, Hu Li said her good bye as she feels that she needs to return to her snowy cave house. Hei and Fei send her and her entourage out of the forest. Hei hold Hu Li's hand while walking behind everyone. As they walk he keep turning to look at Hu Li. The sunlight is shiny through the leaves of the trees. Hu Li is looking at it. Admiring the beauty of the forest. Trying to remember everything she see in this forest. Lastly she look at Hei. She smile with the sparks flying out of her eyes. Hei stop walking because he stop, she stop too.
"Hu Li, why don't you stay?"
"Hei, i belong to the snow. Just like you belong to this forest. One day i will come back again."
"You will?"
"I will. By then, don't get into too many fights. If you need a place to hide. Come to me. I will protect you there."
"In anywise, don't get involved with humans again... they will only hurt you."
He then hug her tightly and kiss her. They look at each other and smile. Their tails sway with the wind and a tiny fragile threadlike is tie to their tails.