Chapter 142: Eating a Qilin in One Bite

Taotie.

Its form is like a sheep with a human face, its eyes are under its armpits, it has tiger teeth and human claws, and its voice is like a baby's; it is called Paoxiao, and it eats people.

The recorded Taotie is what it looks like in its adult stage.

The current Taotie is in its Juvenile Stage.

But even so, just looking at its true form, one cannot determine exactly what kind of beast it is, yet one can feel from the fierce and brutal aura upon it that this beast...

... is undoubtedly a Fierce Beast! "What is the origin of this Demon Beast?"

"... Why does it look like a Fierce Beast?"

"That's not right, when did Lu Ren contract something like this! This thing looks... a bit like the Chaos he contracted!"

"Could it be some other harmful thing?"

The onlookers discussed it heatedly, not realizing that their voices had already reached the ears of the Taotie.

The Taotie, whose nickname is Obedient and whose formal name is Long Aotian, immediately had a flash of fierce light in its eyes.

Though small.

It already displayed a fierce nature.

And because of Lu Ren's prior instructions, the little Taotie immediately took flight without hesitation, opened its mouth wide, and sucked fiercely toward the air.

Never mind the Qilin corpse breaking through the soil, even the Spirit Qi and Demon Qi that had lingered on the Demon Battlefield for a long time were all drawn into the Taotie's mouth along with this demonic wind.

The sky filled with yellow sand, whipping up countless grass roots and trees, almost all of which were uprooted and entered the Taotie's mouth along with the wind.

Spirit Qi, Demon Qi, debris, various weapons and treasures scattered on the ground, and the Qilin corpse that was finally resisting stubbornly...

Everything was moving!

Although the Taotie was small, its suction power was not weak, especially since it hadn't eaten properly for some time; it was hungry, just waiting to amass wealth in the Secret Realm.

Lu Ren had released all the Demon Beasts earlier, and the Taotie was naturally among them, but!

It couldn't get full!

Although the Secret Realm was good, most things had owners, and since it was just a juvenile Taotie, most grown Demon Beasts were not afraid of it.

Therefore, having returned through the contract, the Taotie almost went berserk, desperately sucking in everything it could reach, hoping only to fill its belly until it was round.

Don't forget! For every bit of food eaten, one can receive a corresponding amount of food upon returning! I'll eat!

I'll eat!

I'll eat fiercely!

The Taotie's eye sockets became ferocious, its tiny eyeballs even turning incredibly scarlet, and its mouth was stretched to its widest.

The Qilin corpse, which had originally been firmly fixed to the ground, began to sway gradually, and even showed signs of actually lifting off!...

"We're here! Oh no! It's ruined!"

The little Qilin, which had dragged Lu Daoran to the location with great difficulty, had not yet had a chance to get close to the gift its mother left for it before seeing this scene of a robber looting it, and it was immediately terrified.

It bit Lu Daoran's hair, urging him in a panicked rush.

"Hurry, hurry!"

"Walk faster!"

"If we don't hurry, everything left for us will be eaten by that damn thing!"

The Qilin was anxious to death, and the look it gave the Taotie not far away became extremely fierce, "What kind of thing is that? Why does it look like a Fierce Beast!"

"A mere Fierce Beast wants to snatch the things my mother left for me? Let's go and snatch them back!"

It was certainly urgent in its urging, but unfortunately, Lu Daoran was a drag.

Lu Daoran only took one look and was unwilling to go forward.

He said in a low voice, "Stop making a fuss." As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the Qilin's fur, tucking the little red ball under his arm to soothe and persuade it.

"That Taotie was contracted by my foster father; we cannot snatch it away." Furthermore, he had no intention of snatching it.

However, to the Qilin, Lu Daoran was the person with the best talent it had ever seen.

Regarding Lu Daoran's unenterprising behavior, the Qilin felt extremely frustrated that he wouldn't live up to expectations.

"So what?" Its tiny body spoke with great justification, "Even if you don't cultivate the Heartless Dao, the Great Dao is unique; it inherently contains no blood ties or family affection, and treasures belong to those capable of taking them."

"Besides, we are taking what is rightfully ours! This was left by my mother! You idiot! Forget it, if you won't go get it, I'll go snatch it myself!"

"I don't believe it; I am the only Qilin in this world. As long as I get close, I will definitely be able to take back my mother's corpse!"

Having said that, it actually broke free from Lu Daoran's hand and flew toward the Qilin body that was being pulled.

"Come back!" Lu Daoran's expression changed instantly.

His tone was anxious as he called out and directly pushed the contract technique, "Come back quickly!"

However, the little body flying in mid-air only paused for a moment, and a message was sent back from within the contract: "Don't be anxious, I'll be right back!"

It even flew faster.

Lu Daoran's eyes darkened.

He subconsciously stroked the weapon in his hand, his thoughts swirling, and finally, he withdrew the steps he had intended to take forward.

"Is it really so?" Lu Daoran thought to himself, "The binding power of the Equal Contract is indeed insufficient..."

"The Qilin is young and its temperament is unstable. If such a mess occurs on the battlefield, it will surely add some trouble for me."

The wavering thought in his heart became firm.

"It seems that after I return, I must find a way to ask the Family Head to replace the contract for me."

People from the Beast Taming Sect have always condemned, rejected, and despised the Master-Servant Contract.

Within their sect, they advocate that Spirit Beasts are friends of cultivators and must be under an Equal Contract, and it must be a Soul Equal Contract; if it is a Master-Servant Contract, it is an insult to the Spirit Beast.

Few sects in the cultivation world are like this, but although the Beast Taming Sect has declined in Dongzhou, it has footprints in other continents as well. It is just that not many people know about it, and it can still be considered a major sect, so most people are willing to give the Beast Taming Sect some face.

Lu Daoran was not doing this to give them face.

When the Qilin contracted with him, it was a twist of fate that they reached an Equal Contract; that was something inherent in the Qilin's inheritance.

If it had been his choice, he certainly would not have chosen an Equal Contract.

Whether one is good or bad to a Spirit Beast cannot be reflected in a contract.

Lu Daoran's thoughts turned a thousand times, and the Qilin had already flown before him.

The fierce suction force in the air also brought the Qilin into its range.

The Qilin, which had been flying, suddenly weakened the force of its flapping wings and was nearly sucked in, but it then gathered all its strength to charge forward.

It gritted its teeth and squeezed out from between them: "I am not afraid of you!"

That little red ball of fur's figure, charging through mid-air, was extremely conspicuous, falling into Lu Ren's eyes without causing his gaze to change in temperature by even a fraction.

However.

He had long since sensed that this Qilin was brought by Lu Daoran.

Lu Ren glanced indifferently at the Qilin, which was braving the gale to approach the corpse of the mother Qilin.

He shook his body and flashed through the suction force of the Taotie; as he quickly dodged, he arrived beside the Qilin and struck out with a palm! The power of that palm was something the young Qilin could not withstand at all, and it immediately spat out mouthfuls of blood, its small body falling downward like a kite with a broken string.

Qiongqi had already been waiting; it immediately leaped out, caught the Qilin's body in its mouth, and swallowed it into its stomach without hesitation.

Gulp.

The wind calmed and the waves settled.

(End of this chapter)