West Kunlun Mountain, Ren Water Flat Peach!

"Hey, I almost forgot about you."

Xie Fang spoke: "As the saying goes, root out..."

Before his words could finish, the Ink Kirin suddenly widened its eyes and timidly backed away a few steps.

After all, the strength Xie Fang had just displayed was enough to make it tremble with fear. To put it bluntly, a master of this level could scatter its soul with a single breath!

Yet, faced with a Kirin of such meager power, Xie Fang had no intention of making a move.

"Just kidding. Go do whatever you need to do."

Xie Fang waved his hand. Unwilling to linger here, he couldn't be bothered to pay the Ink Kirin any more attention.

However, just as Xie Fang turned to leave, the Ink Kirin hesitated for a moment, then mustered its courage again and spoke: "Senior! I beg you, Senior, let me follow you. I want to leave this place with you, please..."

It knew that if it didn't speak its mind now, this senior would likely walk away.

And the chance to leave the Kirin Clan would be lost forever!

Hearing the urgency in the young Kirin's tone, Xie Fang pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said: "I killed your clansmen right in front of you. Instead of going back to report, you want to come with me?"

The young Kirin thumped down, its front hooves kneeling on the ground, and pleaded: "Senior, this junior has been alone and miserable since childhood. My parents died at the jaws of savage beasts. Because my bloodline is impure and my cultivation weak, I've been bullied endlessly within the clan. One day, I might even lose my life. If Senior doesn't disdain me, this junior would be willing to take you as my master. If Senior doesn't wish to accept me as a disciple, you could take me as a mount to add to your speed..."

Xie Fang looked at the Ink Kirin indifferently. The Kirin Clan was naturally proud and unruly, with most members possessing pure bloodlines and formidable cultivation.

Those Kirins with a single attribute were all outstanding talents.

But this young Kirin before him had an impure bloodline, possessing all five elements—no wonder the other Kirins bullied it.

Just as the young Kirin had said, rather than staying in the Kirin Clan and suffering humiliation, it would be freer to follow Xie Fang.

"Enough. Since I've encountered you, it must be fate... Since you insist, and you share a bond with me, from now on you'll be my mount. I'll also teach you cultivation techniques as we journey through the Primordial World."

After some thought, Xie Fang decided to take in the young Kirin.

Setting aside the matter of a mount, once he established his Dao field on the Three Immortal Islands, he'd need some auspicious beasts and rare birds to serve as a facade, wouldn't he?

This young Kirin's cultivation was low now, but it could be nurtured over time. Besides, its eyes were clear, and it wasn't a wicked creature—taking it in wouldn't be a problem.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

The young Kirin was overjoyed and bowed repeatedly to Xie Fang: "Thank you, Master, for the grace of rebirth. This junior will serve you with all my heart from now on, through fire and water without hesitation. If I break this oath, may heaven and earth destroy me!"

Such a Heavenly Dao oath was not to be taken lightly!

This showed that the young Kirin truly wished to pledge itself to Xie Fang as its master.

"What's your name?"

Xie Fang was quite satisfied with the young Kirin's attitude and asked.

The young Kirin's expression suddenly dimmed: "In answer to Master, I... I have no name. After my parents died, I've just been scraping by in the clan..."

"Since you've now pledged yourself to me, I'll give you a name."

Xie Fang thought for a moment, then said: "Seeing that you're entirely ink-black and possess the five elements, from now on I'll call you Mo Wu."

"Mo Wu? Thank you, Master, for the name! Thank you, Master!"

Mo Wu repeated his own name over and over, his heart brimming with joy, and then bowed to Xie Fang again.

Xie Fang nodded and said: "Though you have the five elements and a mixed bloodline, as long as you put in the effort, you can make up for your innate shortcomings. It's up to human effort—there's no reason you can't cultivate great divine powers!"

"Yes, thank you for the guidance, Master. Mo Wu understands."

Mo Wu immediately rose and gestured for Xie Fang to ride on his back.

Xie Fang swung himself onto the Kirin's back. Though Mo Wu's cultivation was low, the Kirin Clan was naturally gifted in speed. Besides, Xie Fang didn't want to waste his own spiritual power needlessly, so riding Mo Wu was only fitting.

"Are there any immortal mountains or blessed lands near Buzhou Mountain? Any heavenly treasures?"

Xie Fang asked casually.

At this moment, he was eager to seek treasures, but aside from Buzhou Mountain, he wasn't very familiar with other places.

Moreover, Mo Wu had grown up at the foot of Buzhou Mountain and must know something about its surroundings.

"Immortal mountains or blessed lands?"

Sure enough, after a moment's thought, Mo Wu spoke: "It's said that west of Buzhou Mountain lies West Kunlun Mountain. The Spiritual Qi there is abundant. I've heard the clan elders mention that West Kunlun Mountain has many heavenly treasures."

Having said this, Mo Wu looked a bit embarrassed: "But my cultivation is low, so I've never seen it myself."

"In that case, your master will take you to have a look!"

Xie Fang thought for a moment, then patted Mo Wu's back: "Let's go! To West Kunlun!"

With his strength at the late stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, the vast heavens and earth were open to him anywhere.

Xie Fang had spent tens of thousands of years climbing Buzhou Mountain!

Now, leaving Buzhou Mountain and heading toward West Kunlun, he found that the entire world seemed to have undergone earth-shattering changes.

The various savage beasts that once rampaged freely across heaven and earth had, at some point, become orderly.

It was as if someone was secretly controlling these beasts.

Once these ferocious beasts are united, the pressure on the Primordial World's hundred clans is bound to increase, and they too will band together to resist the beasts. The Ferocious Beast Tribulation, I fear, is nearing its end!

Although Mo Wu said that West Kunlun was not far from Buzhou Mountain, even with his pace, it took a full hundred years to fly there.

During those hundred years, Xie Fang sat cross-legged on Mo Wu's back, continuously absorbing Spiritual Qi into his body—after all, even a mosquito's leg is still meat.

Seeing all this, Mo Wu couldn't help but feel deep admiration in his heart.

"This master has extraordinary origins and immense power, yet he never forgets to cultivate. No wonder he possesses such heaven-shaking abilities!"

Inspired by Xie Fang, Mo Wu flew even more diligently.

Finally, a mountain range shrouded in ethereal immortal mists, spanning billions of miles, came into view.

"Master, West Kunlun has arrived. Should we go up?"

Mo Wu stopped and turned his head to ask.

Xie Fang nodded and looked up at West Kunlun.

This West Kunlun was immensely tall. With Xie Fang's cultivation base at the late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage, his divine sense quickly locked onto a divine pool of water atop the mountain.

This pool was filled by the Heavenly River water from the Ninth Heaven, and in the center of the pool grew a towering peach tree!

The Ren Water Flat Peach!

One of the Ten Great Spiritual Roots of heaven and earth!