"First Qilin, what's the situation now? Do you really think you're qualified to negotiate with this Great God?"
Bai Chen sneered. What a joke. I have a hostage in my hands. What right does First Qilin have to negotiate with me? Does he even deserve to?
"First Qilin, do you still have time to take revenge on this Great God?"
"You don't have much time left. That's why you've started arranging your affairs, haven't you?"
Bai Chen wasn't afraid of First Qilin taking revenge at all, because First Qilin's time had already begun counting down.
The other party had no time to retaliate. Why the hell should Bai Chen be afraid?
"Bai Chen, you're right. I truly don't have much time left."
First Qilin's gaze turned cold, and he no longer bothered to conceal his killing intent toward Bai Chen.
"Bai Chen, but if you dare harm my son Si Bu Xiang and Ink Qilin and the others..."
"Even if I burn away my Primordial Spirit True Spirit and Innate Origin, or self-destruct and fight to the death, I will still kill you and Nuwa here."
First Qilin laid down his threat without reservation. Burning his Primordial Spirit True Spirit and Innate Origin, as well as self-destruction, were forbidden techniques. He didn't believe Bai Chen would not be afraid.
"First Qilin, this Great God is so scared!"
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Bai Chen pulled a face at First Qilin, then extended his little paw and gave him a friendly gesture.
"But the ones who should be even more afraid are you Qilin Clan members."
"If you, First Qilin, die, no one will atone for the Qilin Clan's sins."
"The entire Qilin Clan will be annihilated in the river of time because of the Great Karmic Debt."
First Qilin's sins were far too grave. His death wouldn't make them disappear.
His sins were enough to drive the entire Qilin Clan toward extinction beneath the Great Karmic Debt.
Therefore, Bai Chen didn't believe First Qilin would dare self-destruct and fight him and Nuwa to the death here—unless he wanted the entire Qilin Clan buried with him.
"I never thought Yuanfeng would even tell you about this?"
"Damn Yuanfeng! Even while suppressed, you still managed to make me take the blame. You're truly vicious!"
As Bai Chen exposed everything, First Qilin's previous confidence completely crumbled.
He mistakenly thought that all of this was related to Yuanfeng, who was suppressed in the South Bright Undying Volcano.
South Bright Undying Volcano, Yuanfeng: Little White, you've made me take the blame again.
"Bai Chen, what will it take for you to let them go?"
At this point, First Qilin directly asked Bai Chen, wanting to know his conditions.
"This Great God wants your Qilin Seal, as well as every treasure and resource on you."
Bai Chen knew First Qilin had come to arrange care for his descendants. First Qilin wanted Three Pure Ones, Queen Mother of the West, and the others to look after the Qilin Clan, so how could he possibly offer them no benefits?
It wasn't that Bai Chen coveted First Qilin's treasures. It was what the Qilin Clan owed him, Great God Bai Chen.
Who had told the Qilin Clan to hunt him, Great God Bai Chen, and seize his territory in an earlier era?
After demanding material compensation, Bai Chen made another request.
"Besides that, this Great God wants you to die completely, without leaving even the slightest chance of survival."
According to the Great Dao's Destiny, First Qilin would soon transform into Qilin Cliff.
But according to the Great Dao's Destiny, First Qilin would not disperse his Primordial Spirit True Spirit. He would leave himself a sliver of vitality instead of dying completely.
First Qilin would only be suppressed. If an opportunity arose, he could transform back from Qilin Cliff.
Bai Chen didn't want to give First Qilin that opportunity. He wanted First Qilin to die and disperse his Primordial Spirit True Spirit himself.
"Bai Chen, aren't these two conditions a little too excessive?"
First Qilin flew into a rage. It was one thing for Bai Chen to demand his treasures, but he even wanted his life.
Other people might be a little excessive, but Bai Chen was excessively excessive!
"Excessive?"
"First Qilin, think about what you did to us Innate Divine Beasts and the myriad beast tribes back then."
Bai Chen rebuked him harshly, condemning First Qilin's evil deeds.
The harm the Qilin Clan had inflicted on the myriad beast tribes was even worse than that of the Fierce Beast Tribulation.
"First Qilin, take your time to consider it. This Great God has plenty of time."
"But I don't know how long they'll be able to hold out."
Bai Chen spat out a mouthful of Nirvana Phoenix Flame and placed Si Bu Xiang, Ink Qilin, and the others inside to roast them.
"Fellow Daoists, why resort to such violence? Whatever grudges you have, why not stop for now and discuss them?"
Just as Bai Chen and First Qilin reached an impasse, the Three Pure Ones arrived. The one who spoke was Taiqing Laozi, the leader of the Three Pure Ones.
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, Fellow Daoist First Qilin, stop!"
The Three Pure Ones had just arrived when Queen Mother of the West also appeared.
The commotion from Nuwa and First Qilin's battle was too great. Kunlun Mountain was not very far from here, so how could the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West fail to notice it?
The Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West had appeared to mediate the fight.
Don't ask why the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West were mediating.
It was simply because they were afraid Bai Chen would truly push First Qilin into a corner. If First Qilin self-destructed, their abodes would be blown apart.
If Nuwa and First Qilin fought somewhere else, they absolutely wouldn't interfere.
"Fellow Daoists, Bai Chen, this disgrace of the beast tribes, has captured my son and the elders of my clan. I ask you all to lend me a hand."
When First Qilin saw the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West, it was as if he had seen reinforcements. He immediately asked for help.
Despite First Qilin's plea, the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West did not make a move.
The four of them had come to mediate. They merely wanted First Qilin, Nuwa, and Bai Chen to fight somewhere else instead of near Kunlun Mountain.
They had not come to help First Qilin deal with Nuwa.
Queen Mother of the West especially knew Nuwa and had a good relationship with her, so she was even less willing to attack Nuwa.
"Fellow Daoists, as long as you help me rescue my son and Ink Qilin and the others, I will certainly reward you handsomely."
First Qilin knew that without offering them some benefits, the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West would never act on his behalf.
Besides, he had originally planned to ask them to protect the Qilin Clan. Promising them some benefits in advance would also pave the way for entrusting the Qilin Clan to them later.
The Three Pure Ones were somewhat tempted when they heard this.
The main reason was that they were too poor.
The incident in which the Ancestral Witches had driven them out of Buzhou Mountain had made them deeply understand that they needed resources to increase their combat strength.
Resources were needed to refine pills that could raise their cultivation!
Resources were needed to refine magical treasures that could counter the Ancestral Witches!
Resources were needed to refine formations for dealing with the Ancestral Witches!
Now that resources had come knocking, once they obtained them, they might be able to fight their way back into Buzhou Mountain and reclaim all the face they had lost in the past.
Queen Mother of the West was also somewhat tempted. After all, ever since Yuanfeng had given her twenty percent of the Phoenix Clan's resources, she had become somewhat complacent.
However, thinking of her friendship with Nuwa, she still chose to remain silent.
"First Qilin, do you know the identities of these three Daoist friends?"
Bai Chen saw that something was off with the Three Pure Ones. He immediately pointed at them and sternly rebuked First Qilin.
"These three Daoist friends belong to the Three Pure Ones of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. They were transformed from Great God Pangu's Primordial Spirit."
Bai Chen knew that the Three Pure Ones cared deeply about their reputation, especially the name of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage.
To prevent them from making a move, he prepared to morally blackmail them.
"First Qilin, you have wreaked havoc in the Primordial Wilderness for countless eras and slaughtered countless beings."
"As members of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, how could these three Daoist friends disregard its reputation and help a great scourge of the Primordial Wilderness like you?"
Bai Chen didn't believe that after he invoked the name of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, the Three Pure Ones would still have the nerve to help First Qilin.
Sure enough, after Bai Chen said this, the Three Pure Ones exchanged glances.
"Eldest Brother, what he said makes sense."
"First Qilin has wreaked havoc for countless eras. If we help him and word gets out, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage."
Yuqing Yuanshi was the first to speak. Among the Three Pure Ones, he valued the reputation of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage the most.
It could be said that the name of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage was his very life!
To Yuqing Yuanshi, resources and magical treasures were nothing before the name of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage.
He refused to sacrifice its reputation to help First Qilin.
After all, the descendants of Pangu were not limited to the Three Pure Ones' lineage. There was also the Ancestral Witches' lineage.
If the Three Pure Ones' lineage helped First Qilin, who had wreaked havoc throughout the Primordial Wilderness, would the beings of the Primordial Wilderness still acknowledge them as Pangu's Orthodox Lineage?
Shangqing Tongtian did not speak, but he had already made his position clear.
Clearly, he did not really want to help First Qilin either. Faced with magical treasures and resources on one side and the reputation of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage on the other, he also chose the latter.
With both younger brothers having made their choice, what else could Taiqing Laozi, as their elder brother, say?
"First Qilin, stop wasting this Great God's time. They're about to hold out no longer, so make your choice."
Bai Chen looked at the Primordial Spirits of Ink Qilin, Gold Qilin, and Jade Qilin. They were close to having their souls scattered under the burning of the Nirvana Phoenix Flame, so he urged First Qilin on.
After all, if he truly killed the hostages, he would no longer be able to threaten First Qilin.
"Hahaha!"
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