I drew a deep breath and thought, Could this Yifo also be trying to lay his hands on the Thought Lock? If so, we'd have another enemy. Fortunately, after Qiniang issued her warning, Yifo stopped advancing, which let Senior Brother Yan and me breathe a sigh of relief.
Only then did I remember that the Saint Qilin was still behind me, so I immediately looked back at it. The creature was warily watching Yifo, as if Yifo was supposed to be its enemy.
"Could it be... Yifo is after you?" Only now did I recall that it wasn't just Qiniang who had business with the Saint Qilin. In fact, the Saint Qilin was on the same side as Yifo.
"Roar, roar, roar..." The Saint Qilin began to growl in a low voice, while Yifo said, "The Mountain-Shaking Beast is born fearless. I merely wish to enlighten it."
"Heh heh, there's no need to trouble yourself, Yifo. Qiniang only believes in restraint by the Thought Lock, not winning it over through enlightenment." Qiniang smiled faintly, but a sly glint shone in her eyes. If Yifo dared to advance again, I had no doubt she would treat him as an enemy.
"Very well." Yifo's expression did not change in the slightest. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at the Dao-Squealing Silkworm in his hand, which seemed to still be absorbing the surrounding aura to feed it.
Though Yifo was called a Buddha, he was definitely no monk. That was clear from his attire, his mannerisms, and the fact that he showed no regard for Buddhist taboos. Otherwise, he would never have joined the Six Paths Heaven.
I looked at the Saint Qilin, and Senior Brother Yan did the same. The Saint Qilin showed no hostility toward me; instead, it grew wary