Qitian Grotto.
Compared to the gloom of Hellfiend Grotto and the "bold splashes of color" of Sui Shen Grotto, Qitian Grotto was far more simple and elegant.
Qitian Muchen sped across the palace pavilions of Qitian Grotto. Anyone who saw him along the way hurriedly bowed in salute.
After some time, he arrived at an uninhabited area. The buildings here were far older, with green grass growing everywhere.
Upon arriving in this area, the black little beast on Qitian Muchen's shoulder was clearly much more excited. It leaped down from him and scampered about, its tongue lolling out as it panted with a ha-ha sound, like a little dog.
Yet it possessed no fewer than nine power systems. On its other eight beast faces, starry eyes gleamed, giving it the bearing of an emperor among ferocious beasts. Though it had yet to reach its peak, it was already enough to make all the other lifebound beasts in Myriadpath Valley tremble in fear.
"Yazi, calm down. It's not like this is your first time." Qitian Muchen shook his head with a smile, his face full of helplessness toward this "little darling."
The little beast called "Yazi" was a restless lifebound beast. Even after Qitian Muchen spoke, it continued crashing about nearby, howling like a wolf as it grew wildly excited.
"If you howl so loudly, what if you scare my 'younger sister'?" Remembering that form of address, Qitian Muchen could not help but laugh.
As he mentioned "younger sister," he had already reached the depths of the area. A jade-green courtyard appeared ahead.
When Qitian Muchen arrived here, he put away his smile, his expression becoming much colder.
He stepped into the courtyard. Looking up, he saw a girl in a jade-green long dress standing amid the myriad flowers. A veil