Di Kun and Feng Yi brought back all the qilins and phoenixes wandering near Purple Jade Mountain. Though they did not scold them, the creatures themselves were too ashamed to face anyone.
They had left full of high spirits, hoping to make something of themselves, only to discover how cruel the outside world was. Many places already belonged to someone—either occupied by established Daluo Realm experts or claimed by Heavenly Court demon generals and demon marshals.
The Heavenly Court had been willing to accept them, but they had set out in the first place because they refused to submit to the Heavenly Court and wanted to restore their ancestors' glory. Joining the Heavenly Court now would be tantamount to slapping themselves in the face, so they could only continue wandering.
Moreover, since they were now auspicious beasts, they could not seize the territories of other living beings. They could only move from place to place in frustration.
Whenever they were bullied too badly, they fought back. Yet more often than not, they were no match for their opponents and ended up being beaten badly several times over.
They had won some fights, but they had also taken quite a few severe beatings.
Besides, after living in a place like Purple Jade Mountain for so long, nowhere else seemed good enough to them. The spiritual energy elsewhere simply could not compare to Purple Jade Mountain.
So after wandering outside for a while, they obediently came running back.
Unfortunately, Purple Jade Mountain's Mountain Protection Array would not let them in, and Little Beast and the others did not want to bring them back either. They wanted them to experience the outside world a little longer.
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