There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 146 The Stingy First Qilin

On a mountaintop somewhere in the Caiyun Mountains, Haochen and Shi Qilin sat facing each other.

Because there are some things that are not convenient for Tianlu and the Four-Faced Beast to know for the time being, and also because the Deer Man Shop has the Heavenly Court's lackey, Qingniao.

Therefore, Hao Chen did not stay at the Deer Man Shop, but brought the First Qilin to this mountain peak.

Although the Four-Unlikes was curious as to why Hao Chen called the First Qilin Grandpa, it knew that some things were better left unsaid and didn't bother to care. So, under the pretext of making something delicious for Tian Lu, it took Tian Lu and left.

"I say, Shi Qilin, was it really necessary for you to chase me all the way to the Deer Man's shop?"

Hao Chen rolled his eyes at the First Qilin. If he had known that the fat deer Tianlu was talking about was the First Qilin, he would never have shown up.

"Hehe, isn't it because I wanted to see you, Haochen?" Shi Qilin approached Haochen with a malicious look, put his arm around Haochen and said, "Little Chenchen, be good, call me Grandpa again so I can hear it."

"Do you think that's possible?" Hao Chen pushed the Qilin away. If it were possible, he wouldn't even want to come to the Deer Man's shop. He'd rather stay in his own spirit world and be happy.

Shi Qilin stumbled after being pushed by Hao Chen and fell to the ground, his eyes dim and he looked deeply shocked.

"Sigh, I know, Little Chenchen, you think I'm too old and useless."

"Get lost!" Hao Chen was so angry at Shi Qilin's words that he laughed: "Shi Qilin, how big of a beast are you? How can you still be so childish? Don't think that you're a child just because you've shrunk your body."

Besides, it was just a minor problem with my cultivation technique back then, couldn't you just pretend nothing happened?

Seeing that feigning pitifulness was useless, Shi Qilin simply resorted to being a rogue, pouting and saying, "I don't care, anyway, Xiao Hao, this clone of yours is my eldest son, Si Bu Xiang Sheng, so you are my grandson."

"What a disgrace!" Hao Ri gritted his teeth as he listened to Shi Qilin's words.

If he hadn't been ambushed by a villain from the divine race when he first used the Split Mystic Technique, he wouldn't have ended up inside the Four-Unlikes' stomach and inexplicably become its nominal son.

As a result, he was not only two generations lower than Shi Qilin, but also one generation lower than Si Bu Xiang. Moreover, if Tianlu regained his memories and found out about his situation, who knows how he would laugh at him.

Fortunately, this body is just a clone, so it's not a problem, Hao Chen comforted himself.

When Shi Qilin saw that Hao Chen was silent, he thought that Hao Chen was angry. Little did he know that Hao Chen was just distracted because he was thinking about the crazy things his original body had done.

The First Qilin chuckled sheepishly, "Oh, don't be angry, I won't say anything more."

To cheer Hao Chen up, Shi Qilin even placed its tail in front of him, saying, "Here, feel my tail, then you won't be angry anymore."

When Hao Chen came to his senses, he found that the Qilin had placed its tail in front of him for some reason, but he naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to have such a fluffy creature delivered to his door.

Naturally, he grabbed the First Qilin's tail and rubbed it against his face, taking a deep sniff of the tail.

"It's been so long since I've enjoyed the feel of something furry." Hao Chen hugged the Qilin's tail tightly, as if it were something precious.

But Shi Qilin directly exposed him, saying, "What do you mean, 'for a long time'? Xiao Hao, you're not being honest. Didn't you sleep with the little blue circle last night?"

"How...how did you know? Did you peek?"

Shi Qilin was speechless and said, "Please, you still have the scent of Little Blue Circle on you, and not only Little Blue Circle, I also smelled the scent of War Tiger, but it's faint, so it must have been there for a while."

"You are a Qilin, please don't do the work of a dog."

After Hao Chen finished speaking, he stopped talking and instead focused on stroking the tail of the Qilin. The Qilin watched Hao Chen stroke its tail and became quiet for a moment.

Knowing that Hao Chen was getting more and more carried away and was no longer satisfied with just stroking the tail, he reached out to touch the soft belly of the Qilin, just as he was about to touch it.

The First Qilin suddenly slapped Hao Chen's wandering paw: "Alright, I'll let you touch my tail, but you still haven't changed your old habits. I won't let you touch it anymore."

"No, Origin Qilin, let me touch it just for a moment," Hao Chen pleaded, clinging to Origin Qilin's tail.

However, the Qilin still withdrew its tail, which made Hao Chen complain, "You stingy thing, I can't even touch it."

"No, we have to find that tiger." Shi Qilin said, getting up and heading towards the Deer Man Shop.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Go chat with my second son, Qi Bu Xiang, and maybe we can bond a bit. We can also get him to help hatch an egg. Want to come?"

"No, you go by yourself." Hao Chen shook his head, then looked at Shi Qilin with a puzzled expression: "Speaking of which, when did the Four-Unlikes become your son? How come I didn't know?"

The Qilin did not answer Hao Chen's question. Instead, it blew out a cloud, jumped onto it, and flew towards the Deer Man's Shop.

"We've finally driven the First Qilin away. Now we don't have to worry about being forced to call him grandpa."

Watching the departing figure of the First Qilin, Hao Chen said helplessly, "That First Qilin is really getting worse as he gets older. He's not as mature and steady as he used to be. Does he really think he's a child after shrinking?!"

He shook his head, no longer thinking about these things, and stared at the sky in a daze: "By now, my true form should have already gone to that place. It's about time for me to leave too."

Meanwhile, in the past, after Hao Chen returned to Qilin Cave with Shi Qilin, Shi Qilin told him that he would be taken to the Ancient Land of Origin the next day, and said that there was an opportunity for Hao Chen there.

When Hao Chen tried to press for more details, Shi Qilin simply shook his head and did not tell Hao Chen the details of the ancient land of origin.

"Xiao Hao, don't ask anymore. You'll know when you get there. It's a great place." Shi Qilin said, giving Hao Chen a strange smile.

Hao Chen had no idea what Shi Qilin's smile meant until he met Wuchen Tiandi, at which point he would realize its significance, but by then it was too late.

Hao Chen was already annoyed that Shi Qilin only spoke halfway through his sentence, but what made him even more unhappy was that Shi Qilin actually used the excuse of missing Si Bu Xiang and needing Hao Chen to adjust his state to call Si Bu Xiang and Bi Xie Tian Lu away one after the other.

Looking at the empty cave, Hao Chen felt like crying. He regretted not teasing Shi Qilin and playing his bell when he came back.

"Ugh, that stingy Qilin! He only got flicked a few times, and Zhanhu didn't even say anything... Wait, Zhanhu?! Holy crap!"

Hao Chen suddenly sprang up from the ground. He had completely forgotten about Zhan Hu, Qiong Qi, Tao Wu, and Taotie.

Hao Chen patted his head in frustration. Why did his brain feel a little malfunctioning? Could it be because he had been spending too much time with Tian Lu?

Just as Hao Chen was about to get up and go to Shi Qilin to discuss Zhan Hu and the others, Shi Qilin's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Xiao Hao, they're fine now, so don't worry. Also, your mental issues have nothing to do with the little blue circle!"

Hao Chen's forehead looked as if several crows had flown by, filled with speechlessness.

"Shi Qilin, you don't need to tell me that last part. And you'd better not tell Tianlu about this, or I'm dead." Hao Chen silently prayed to himself, hoping that Shi Qilin wouldn't say anything more.

Before dawn the next day, Hao Chen, still half asleep, was taken to the highest peak of Qilin Mountain by the Qilin.

Hao Chen yawned: "Shi Qilin, what are you doing bringing me here so early in the morning?"

"I brought you here to find an opportunity, so stop talking nonsense and stand still." As he said this, Shi Qilin had his back to Hao Chen and would occasionally turn around to adjust his position.

"The Hoof of Freedom".

Before Hao Chen could react, Shi Qilin delivered a back kick, sending Hao Chen flying into the air.

"Awoo~" Hao Chen finally woke up. Looking at the increasingly smaller Qilin below, Hao Chen cursed, "Qilin, are you out of your mind? How dare you kick me? I'll make your son pay later."

Hao Chen dared not cause trouble for Shi Qilin, as that would only bring him trouble. Therefore, he could only set his sights on the Four-Faced Beast and think about how to punish it later.

But just as Haochen was falling, a hole suddenly appeared beneath him, and Haochen fell straight into it.

"Phew~ I finally succeeded, but my free kick doesn't seem to be as skilled as my son's. I almost kicked it off course. I guess I need to find some time to practice properly. It would be embarrassing if I couldn't beat my son."

Seeing Hao Chen disappear, Shi Qilin breathed a sigh of relief, then yawned and planned to go back to catch up on sleep; not getting enough sleep was no good.

Hao Chen felt dizzy and weightless as his body fell uncontrollably.

Bang~

After an unknown amount of time, Haochen felt a pain in his buttocks, and then the feeling of weightlessness disappeared.

He got up, rubbed his bottom, and looked around. Looking at the familiar terrain, Hao Chen was surprised to find that he was actually in the Caiyun Mountains.

"No, no, this is not the Rainbow Cloud Mountains I know."

Hao Chen quickly dismissed his earlier thought, because although this place looked the same as the Caiyun Mountains, it exuded an ancient aura, as if it had been through countless years of trials.

Even the future Caiyun Mountains didn't give Haochen this ancient and wild feeling.

Hao Chen subconsciously walked towards the location of the Deer Man Shop from his memory, and saw the Deer Man Shop at the end of the road.

I also saw countless statues of all sizes in front of the Deer Man shop.

"This is..." Hao Chen looked up and recognized the images of the statues: Tianlu, Bixie, Qibuxiang, Qibuxiang, Rabbit God, Zhanhu, Oleander, Walnut, Fuzai, Golden Horn and Silver Horn, Diting, Bai Ze...

"They were all the emperor's relatives and friends. Because they could not withstand the erosion of time, the emperor specially buried them, hoping that they could be resurrected in the future."

Suddenly, a young man dressed in a white Taoist robe appeared behind Hao Chen and picked him up in his arms.

"I've finally waited for you. Let me take good care of you." The young man looked at Haochen in his arms with a lovestruck smile.