"Master, who is this little girl?"
Li Mo looked at the little girl before him. She was fair and lovely, as pretty as a porcelain doll.
A faint, bewitching charm seemed to cling to her.
Such a tiny girl already had that quality—she was clearly a beauty in the making.
She looked only six or seven years old.
Bai Ze cleared his throat and chuckled, proudly saying, "Qianqian, hurry and greet your eldest senior brother."
"Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother." The little girl looked at Li Mo in his golden armor and spoke timidly in a childish voice.
"Master! Is this little girl your new disciple?" Li Mo asked in surprise. He couldn't help rubbing the girl's face a few more times before lowering his head to ask, "Little one, where are you from? What's your name? What's your true form?"
"Replying to Senior Brother, my name is Bai Qianqian. My parents call me Qianqian. I'm from Qingqiu, and I'm a fox." As she spoke, three fluffy white tails appeared behind her.
Damn!
Bai Qianqian! A fox from Qingqiu!
She had three tails. She was a fox, and one of the royal foxes—the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.
Once she reached adulthood, all nine tails would appear.
Your name is Bai Qianqian. Why not just call yourself Bai Qian?
Li Mo thought to himself, wondering how his master had managed to coax this little fox into coming with him.
"Not bad, right? Qianqian's already at the mid-stage of the True Immortal realm, and she's only seven years old. She's the Qingqiu Patriarch's daughter." As he spoke, Bai Ze patted Bai Qianqian's little head.
"Qianqian's so young, and you actually coaxed her away! Master, tell me, how did you pull that off? How did her parents agree?" Li Mo asked, putting an arm around Bai Ze's neck.
"Your master hasn't spent all these years sitting around doing nothing. I went to Qingqiu and took Qianqian as my disciple. At the same time, I became sworn brothers with the Qingqiu Patriarch—Qianqian's father, Bai Jiu. He's a mighty expert at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level!"
As he spoke, Bai Ze beamed, his expression full of self-satisfaction.
"Master, do you really have to show off in front of your disciple? If you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have planned to rain on your parade. But since you brought it up, I'll tell you—I've also made sworn brothers." Li Mo said.
"You've made sworn brothers? Where are they? Bring them over to meet me. I can look out for them in the future." As he spoke, Bai Ze looked behind Li Mo.
Li Mo had spent all these years on the Sun Star and hadn't left.
Even if he had sworn brothers, at most they'd be the guard commander Mie Meng, whose cultivation was only at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm.
"You look out for him? He'd be the one looking out for you. My sworn brothers are Di Jun and Tai Yi, and my sworn sisters are Xihe and Changxi!"
Li Mo said, raising his chin.
"What? Impossible!"
Bai Ze cried out, then laughed, not believing him at all.
"Don't believe me? Then take a look at this."
As he spoke, Li Mo pulled a piece of wood from his robes.
The blazing flames on the wood had only just gone out.
"Fusang Wood! Li Mo, you..."
Bai Ze's head rang. His disciple had really become sworn brothers with Lord Di Jun and the others.
Other things could be faked, but that piece of Fusang Wood couldn't.
Everyone knew that Lords Di Jun and Tai Yi treasured Fusang Wood immensely.
They would never casually give it to someone else.
"Alas! My status has plummeted. When I see you from now on, will I have to call you 'Lord'?" Bai Ze said miserably.
"Take it easy, take it easy! You're still my good master. I've become sworn brothers with Lord Di Jun and the others, which means your status has risen too. Your seniority is higher now, so when you see Lord Di Jun, you can treat him like a junior."
Li Mo chuckled.
"That's true. So my status has risen." Bai Ze stroked his chin and smiled.
But something didn't feel right.
His status had risen, but would he really dare call himself an elder in front of Di Jun?
Absolutely not. This matter couldn't get out, or he had no idea what others would think of him.
Bai Ze looked thoroughly dejected. He'd meant to show off in front of his disciple, but it hadn't worked out.
Feeling utterly frustrated, he prepared to leave.
"Master, take Qianqian with you."
Li Mo pointed at Bai Qianqian.
"I'm not taking her! I have things to do, so I can't take her. You look after her for me." With that, Bai Ze vanished.
Only Li Mo and Bai Qianqian, who was gazing at him with her big, sparkling eyes, remained, facing each other.
"Look at the master you chose. He took you in and then abandoned you." Li Mo said to Bai Qianqian.
"He's your master too!" Bai Qianqian replied.
"Right! Here, have some spicy strips. Eat them yourself. I'm going on guard duty." With that, Li Mo went straight to the Eight Treasures Dragon Transformation Pool.
Bai Ze was gone for over a hundred years.
Over the course of those hundred years, Bai Qianqian had grown into a great beauty. Every move she made was full of allure.
From time to time, she spread her nine white tails like a peacock fanning its feathers.
Her charm seemed innate, making her quite extraordinary. In appearance, she was every bit as beautiful as Xihe and Changxi.
On the Sun Star, she had become something like a princess.
One day, Bai Ze returned.
Bai Qianqian still hadn't left with him.
A voice rang out across the Primordial World, like the tolling of a great bell.
"I, Dong Wang Gong, Donghua Daoist, chief of the Primordial World's male immortals, shall establish the Donghua Immortal Palace, upholding the will of the Primordial World. Today, bearing the God Slaying Sword, I summon all the immortals of the Primordial World!"
As soon as these words were spoken, they spread across the entire Primordial World like a volcanic eruption.
Di Jun and Tai Yi were furious.
"Infuriating! Dong Wang Gong actually thinks he can use a chicken feather as an imperial edict, summoning all the immortals of the Primordial World to the Donghua Immortal Palace!" Di Jun's anger flared, and the Solar True Fire around him seemed almost impossible to control.
"Elder Brother, what should we do? Dong Wang Gong is clearly trying to unify the Primordial World and bring it under his control!" Tai Yi asked.
"Summon our subordinates to the Sun God Palace to discuss this."
Kunlun Mountain!
Yuqing Yuanshi chuckled. "Arrogant! Donghua Daoist actually dares to summon all the immortals of the Primordial World with the God Slaying Sword. Who does he think he is? Elder Brother, what do you think we should do?"
Taiqing Laozi stroked his beard and smiled faintly. "We should simply focus on understanding the true meaning of the Dao Ancestor's teachings. What does this have to do with us?"
As he spoke, he looked toward Tongtian, not far away.
Tongtian Daoist seemed not to have heard Donghua Daoist's voice at all.
He stared straight ahead, not even turning his gaze.
He seemed to have become a sharp sword, so fierce that the clouds above his head looked ready to split apart.
Western Sumeru Mountain!
Daoist Jieyin asked, "What should we do?"
Daoist Zhunti nodded. "Let's make a trip there. As long as immortals go, we can go too. Ideally, we can make some connections. Even if not, we can at least find some benefits in the Eastern lands. Our West is simply too barren."
The Witch Clan!
Dijiang gave a cold snort.
"He wants to command all the immortals of the Primordial World? I think he means to unify the whole Primordial World! I'll raise the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique by another level and kill that bastard!"
For a time, none of the top experts in the Primordial World responded to Donghua Daoist.
Quite a few lesser immortals did, though. Even so, a sizable number of immortals at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level gathered.
But that's a story for later.
Inside the great hall of the Sun God Palace,
powerful figures had gathered under Di Jun.
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