Shi Qilin Arrives!

"You!"

The Kirin Clan disciples who rushed over wore furious expressions.

Seeing the blood splattered across the ground, their faces stiffened. Xie Fang merely shrugged, then walked over and sat on a nearby rock.

He looked utterly nonchalant, but in truth, he was quietly sizing up the situation, trying to see how many people Shi Qilin had brought. He didn't want to find himself unable to handle even this.

If he couldn't hold them back, things would get very ugly.

Xie Fang used the Law of Space to go straight around to Kirin Mountain. It was just a matter of getting past the bends on either side.

"Is Shi Qilin here?"

"Who are you? How dare you call our ancestor by name?!"

A bunch of Little Qilins who hadn't even achieved Form Manifestation appeared before him. Their sight made Xie Fang laugh, but he didn't waste any time. He simply grabbed one of them.

"You look pretty likable. Why don't you tell me where Shi Qilin went?"

How could this Little Qilin possibly know what was going on? He hurriedly tried to dodge, but his opponent's abilities far exceeded his expectations. Xie Fang restrained him so completely that he couldn't even turn over.

"Stop! Don't you dare hurt my descendants!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Xie Fang smiled as if he'd expected this all along.

"You could've been this cooperative from the start. Then I wouldn't have had to grab one of your juniors."

"Whatever you're here for, it can't be good. We didn't even hold it against you when you took the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner from us."

Xie Fang smiled and ignored the mention of the banner. The Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner looked like a good item.

But after taking it back, he hadn't seen the slightest change in all these tens of thousands of years. He had no idea where he'd gotten a fake.

Still, Shi Qilin's attitude irritated him. Shi Qilin seemed to regard him as an enemy, so this time, Xie Fang figured he should teach him a lesson, one way or another.

Shi Qilin didn't seem to realize that, and just stood there scratching his head as he looked at Xie Fang. Xie Fang wasn't in a hurry, either. He was sure the answer would reveal itself once he did what needed to be done. Whatever might happen in the meantime had little to do with him.

"I came here to take your life!"

The other side fell silent, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"What kind of joke is that?"

"Exactly. He can't even withstand our ancestor's strength. Remember that dragon who came here to provoke us a few days ago? He got sent packing, too."

From the juniors' words, Xie Fang had already figured out most of the situation.

He hadn't expected the Kirin Clan to be doing so well. It was about time he showed them what he was really capable of.

These juniors actually dared to look down on him. How arrogant could they get? They clearly had no idea who the real ruler here was.

Shi Qilin's gaze turned fierce. He glared at Xie Fang.

"If you don't have the strength to back it up, don't make claims like that. You'll only make yourself a laughingstock in front of the juniors."

Xie Fang said nothing. Since Shi Qilin was so confident, he'd give him a chance to prove himself.

He clapped his hands. A flock of crow-like creatures flew overhead, drawing everyone's attention. As luck would have it, they had just encountered the very scene Xie Fang had seen before.

In the next instant, the creatures swept everyone up in a net. They were entirely black, and Xie Fang had found them inside the Nine Demon Pagoda.

He had no idea what they'd absorbed during the war between gods and demons, but the pagoda had turned pitch-black, and a resentful aura kept seeping out of it. In the end, Xie Fang had simply handed it over to Mo Wu.

Mo Wu had been put through the wringer by those things. There seemed to be some similarities here.

If Xie Fang's guess was right, this would be the turning point.

He just needed to find the Kirin Clan's weakness. Then he'd have a good chance of taking them all down.

But Shi Qilin had no intention of explaining things outright. It seemed Xie Fang would have to act for himself.

Unfortunately, Mo Wu's deductions weren't as simple as they'd been before. If Xie Fang wanted to figure out what the creatures were after, he'd probably have to wait a while longer.

"These things are made to counter Kirins. How's that? Didn't expect that, did you?"

Shi Qilin was so furious his nose twisted. He revealed his true form and shielded the Little Qilins beneath him.

"I wouldn't bother struggling. If that were enough to solve this, I wouldn't have come here to settle the score."

Seeing him like that, Shi Qilin understood Xie Fang's true intent. If he didn't let Xie Fang walk away with some gain, Xie Fang probably wouldn't leave. Little did Shi Qilin know, Xie Fang wanted nothing at all—he only wanted his life.

The next instant, a streak of white light appeared in the gap between their clashes. Yuanfeng sensed the aura from the other side, and could only sigh and shake her head.

The attendant beside her saw this and started to ask what was wrong.

But Yuanfeng didn't give him an answer.

There had to be a reason behind the strange events that had happened before. Still, she hadn't expected Xie Fang to come after Shi Qilin so quickly.

If she hadn't guessed what her two old friends were up to back then, she might already have been caught between them.

"Tell your senior sister never to do this again. Even if she can't figure out who someone is, she still shouldn't treat strangers this way."

The disciples around her took the order. Yuanfeng nodded, and they withdrew. She gazed out the window. It looked like another major battle was about to begin, and she had no idea how to warn them.

"Forget it. I'll leave them to it this time..."

Shi Qilin slipped past Xie Fang's attack and ran toward Buzhou Mountain. After cultivating on the mountain for so many years, he had gradually adapted to the stages of its suppressive force.

But Xie Fang was an outsider. He might not be able to withstand the pressure and make any changes. Shi Qilin took advantage of the mountain's suppressive force to climb Buzhou Mountain and shake him off.

"I can't believe you're this old and still trying to win with tricks like that."

Shi Qilin stopped in his tracks, his face full of displeasure.

But there was nothing he could do. Those past events had left a deep impression on him.

He wouldn't have resorted to such unnecessary measures if it weren't for what had happened. There was no reason for either of them to make an enemy of the other.

"This whole Buzhou Mountain is my territory. Where do you think you can run?"

But Xie Fang had no intention of wasting time with him. He turned his hand and held the object out before them. It turned out there was a fruit tree on Buzhou Mountain. That was exactly why he had come.