Fang Yun looked up at the sky.
At the farthest reaches of the sky, an enormous Phoenix was flying away at tremendous speed. Within a few breaths, the Phoenix vanished.
Only then did Fang Yun lower his head and examine the gift the Phoenix had given him. Once he saw it clearly, he sucked in a breath of cold air.
"That Phoenix of Primordial Antiquity really was generous..."
Fang Yun slowly lifted the treasure with his Sacred Sense.
The treasure was an egg-shaped piece of amber a foot tall, crystal clear and exquisitely beautiful.
At the center of the amber lay a small, curled-up beast, half a foot long.
A dragon's head, a deer's antlers, a lion's eyes, a tiger's back, Dragon Scales...
Each part of the little beast looked rather strange on its own, but together, they formed the legendary auspicious beast, a qilin!
However, this qilin seemed to have suffered some mishap at birth. Its body was extremely frail, like a malnourished little beast, and so it had been sealed inside the amber.
"I don't recognize this amber, but it's certainly a great treasure too. It seems some expert intended for the qilin to absorb its power. This qilin is an extraordinary divine beast. It isn't as powerful as the Dragon Race, but almost no living creature in the Myriad Worlds would provoke one. Instead, they would try every possible means to get close to it."
The qilin was the foremost auspicious beast in the Myriad Worlds, capable of bringing good fortune. Every race needed one.
Fang Yun stared at the qilin, recalling certain legends, and a complicated expression surfaced on his face once more.
"In the end, it's a good thing..."
Holding the Amber Qilin aloft with his Sacred Sense, Fang Yun walked toward the snake-shaped storage