Horse, oh horse, don't blame me, you're a dish for mortal tables

"You..."

Ye Qingxue stared at the utterly shameless look on Chu Luo's face.

She wished she could peel his face right off.

"Xue'er!"

Ye Luoyi murmured and gave Ye Qingxue a slight shake of her head.

"Hmph!"

Ye Qingxue snorted coldly and released the reins.

She turned and left, seething with reluctance.

She had tamed the Heavenly Kirin Horse long ago.

Once tamed, a Heavenly Kirin Horse would remain loyal to its master for life.

She refused to believe Chu Luo could tame it.

Sooner or later, the Heavenly Kirin Horse would come running back on its own!

Then Ye Qingxue left the scene with Ye Luoyi.

"Heh heh..."

"Tianyu, my dear disciple has barely arrived at your Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, and someone's already bullying him!"

"I'm really not comfortable leaving him here!"

"In that case, my true body will come to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion tomorrow to protect my dear disciple!"

"You have no objections, do you?"

Great Emperor Yin Ya's projection withdrew his gaze, looked at Pavilion Master Tianyu, and asked with a smile.

Tianyu froze, then cupped his hands toward Great Emperor Yin Ya.

"Hahaha..."

"We eagerly await your arrival, Great Emperor!"

Great Emperor Yin Ya nodded slightly, then smiled at Chu Luo, who was stroking the Heavenly Kirin Horse and could hardly bear to take his hands off it.

"My dear disciple, if anyone dares bully you again, summon your master whenever you like!"

"And I'm leaving my horse in your care!"

Great Emperor Yin Ya winked at Chu Luo.

Chu Luo grinned and nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at grain.

"Sure thing!"

"Don't worry, Master!"

Great Emperor Yin Ya's projection smiled and gradually disappeared beneath countless watching eyes.

The Great Emperor's oppressive aura filling Heavenly Secret City vanished with him.

The surrounding martial artists immediately felt their bodies relax and shakily rose from the ground.

Mostly, their legs had gone numb from kneeling too long...

Tianyu and several elders of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion gave Chu Luo a long, searching look.

A trace of astonishment flashed deep in their eyes.

Then he and the elders turned and vanished...

"Disciple, make sure you get along with young friend Chu!"

"Young friend Chu, I'm entrusting my disciple to you for tomorrow's Heavenly Secret Child Selection!"

Xuanji Zi, who had yet to leave with the others, gave Spirit Diviner a word of instruction.

Then a stalk of Heaven-Grade Spirit Medicine appeared in his hand, and he tossed it to Chu Luo with a genial smile.

Chu Luo caught the spirit medicine.

Upon discovering that it was of Heaven Grade, he immediately put it away and cupped his hands toward Ancient Sage Xuanji.

"Rest assured, sir. Brother Spirit Diviner will definitely become one of the Heavenly Secret Children!"

Actually, Chu Luo had left one more sentence unsaid.

If he doesn't, just pretend I never said anything...

Ancient Sage Xuanji nodded, turned, and took a single step before vanishing...

"Brother Chu, sorry for the trouble tomorrow!"

Spirit Diviner cupped his hands and bowed to Chu Luo with a smile.

After today's incident, Spirit Diviner had even greater confidence in Chu Luo's strength.

Even Ye Qingxue, who was in the Fifth Realm of Primordial Beginning, had been slapped by Chu Luo.

Unless those top monstrous talents on the ranking appeared, who could possibly be Brother Chu's match?!

"Hahaha..."

"No problem, no problem..."

Chu Luo waved a hand and looked at the Heavenly Kirin Horse before him, liking it more with every glance...

"Hmm?!"

Suddenly, Chu Luo paused, sensing several strands of killing intent.

He spun around and followed the sensation with his gaze.

Outside a teahouse beyond the distant crowd, he spotted two figures.

Two handsome young men were staring at him with icy eyes.

Chu Luo recognized them at a glance from their clothing.

The two young men wore the sect robes of Crimson Flame Valley and the Spiritclear Sect!

Spirit Diviner, standing beside him, also noticed Chu Luo's expression.

He followed Chu Luo's gaze, froze briefly, then furrowed his brows and spoke gravely.

"Brother Chu, the one from Crimson Flame Valley is Xiao Shengge, ranked seventy-eighth on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking. The other is Zhao Kongming of the Spiritclear Sect, ranked eighty-sixth!"

"I didn't expect anyone to invite those two as well..."

"This Heavenly Secret Child Selection may be the fiercest in our pavilion's history..."

Chu Luo narrowed his eyes slightly, met the two men's distant gazes, and flashed his trademark harmless smile.

Chu Luo felt that people from Crimson Flame Valley and the Spiritclear Sect were like flies in a cesspit.

They showed up absolutely everywhere.

If these fellows dared provoke him tomorrow, well...

He wouldn't mind making those two major powers lose another two prodigies!

After all, his master's true body would personally arrive tomorrow.

He had nothing to fear!

"Hmph!"

Noticing Chu Luo and Spirit Diviner's gazes, Xiao Shengge and Zhao Kongming both snorted coldly, then turned and left.

"Brother Xiao, I never expected to run into that little bastard Chu Luo here!"

"My sect's higher-ups have ordered us direct disciples to do everything we can to kill this little bastard from the Forbidden Sect if we encounter him outside!"

"But that little bastard Chu Luo's speed earlier really was terrifying!"

"Even Ye Qingxue, with her cultivation in the Fifth Realm of Primordial Beginning, couldn't react..."

Recalling Chu Luo's terrifying speed earlier, Zhao Kongming couldn't help growing wary.

Beside him, Xiao Shengge nodded slightly and said thoughtfully, "I didn't expect this little bastard to possess such terrifying speed when he's only in the Primordial Beginning First Realm!"

"Crimson Flame Valley has also ordered us direct disciples to do everything we can to kill Chu Luo on sight!"

Hearing this, Zhao Kongming paused, then curled his lips upward and said thoughtfully, "Brother Xiao, why don't we join forces tomorrow?"

"I heard that the first round of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's selection tomorrow involves entering the Nether Sky Secret Realm, created by one of the pavilion's Great Emperors!"

"We'll have a chance to kill him inside the secret realm!"

Xiao Shengge nodded and gave an icy smile.

"Good!"

"But to be even safer, we can find some allies!"

"Who?"

Zhao Kongming grew curious.

"Heh heh..."

"The enemy of our enemy is naturally our ally!"

"Ye Qingxue of the Desolate Ancient Ye Family!"

"Besides, I heard someone in the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has also invited the Wang Family's prodigy, Wang Shaojie, as a Battle Guardian..."

Xiao Shengge smiled sinisterly and spoke coldly.

Hearing this, Zhao Kongming's eyes lit up, and an equally sinister smile appeared on his face...

Watching the two men's retreating backs, Chu Luo curled his lip.

"Brother Spirit Diviner, let's find an inn to stay at first!"

Chu Luo took up the Heavenly Kirin Horse's reins and spoke to Spirit Diviner.

"All right!"

"This way, Brother Chu. Let's go to the Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant!"

"The Heavenly Fragrance Restaurant is the best restaurant and inn in Heavenly Secret City!"

Spirit Diviner extended the invitation.

Chu Luo nodded slightly and was just about to lead the Heavenly Kirin Horse away.

Suddenly, the Heavenly Kirin Horse planted itself in place and began neighing.

It seemed unwilling to obey Chu Luo, shaking its head from side to side as it tried to break free and leave...

"Well, well~"

"You beast! You didn't dare resist when my master was here!"

"Now you've decided to rebel against me?!"

"Are you coming with me or not?"

Chu Luo rolled up his sleeves and grinned at the Heavenly Kirin Horse.

"Roar..."

The Heavenly Kirin Horse roared at Chu Luo.

Its voice carried a faint echo of a dragon's cry...

It certainly lived up to being a Heavenly Kirin Horse with a trace of Dragon Clan blood.

Smack...

Yet in the next instant, the Heavenly Kirin Horse earned itself a mighty slap from Chu Luo.

The Heavenly Kirin Horse was nearly knocked flat on the spot.

Then, at some point, a Spirit Sword appeared in Chu Luo's hand.

He laid it against the Heavenly Kirin Horse's neck, leaned close to its ear, and murmured with a grin.

"Horse, oh horse, don't blame me, you're a dish for mortal tables!"

"Steamed, fried, braised, or stewed-take your pick..."

"Heh heh... I know a spirit beast like you, with Divine Soul Realm cultivation, must have awakened its intelligence!"

Hearing this, the Heavenly Kirin Horse instantly went quiet.

Its enormous eyes filled with panic and terror.

Then, beneath everyone's dumbfounded gazes, something happened.

The Heavenly Kirin Horse dropped to its knees on all four legs with a thud.

It caught the hem of Chu Luo's clothes in its mouth and tugged, signaling for him to climb on...

P.S. There'll be two more chapters tonight. Nothing I could do-this chapter was also written while slacking off at work this morning... Monday through Friday, there'll be two or three updates a day. Little Fish only has time to write on Saturdays and Sundays. See you tonight! Considering how hard Little Fish is working, please send some update nudges and free little gifts my way.

Also, why doesn't everyone like commenting? Are you not good with words? If that's the case, Little Fish knows a little martial arts too, you know! (Swings a fist)