I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense - Chapter 384
Chapter 384: Chapter 385: Ergouzi’s Experience
However, Li Xiaobai also heard some secrets.
For example, deep in the borderlands, there should be a cultivator trapped by Mei Changqing, and according to the description, this cultivator should be an elderly man.
Moreover, this old man had participated in the last battle for Immortal Spirit Qi and had successfully seized a considerable amount of it.
But because he took in too much Immortal Spirit Qi, he couldn’t control his own strength.
This introduction sounds awfully familiar, doesn’t it?
It seems like that old beggar did the same thing; previously, the old guy said he wanted to go out for a stroll and look for a few old friends. Could it be that he is the one trapped deep in the borderlands?
I need to seize the chance to check on him; this old man is too much of a worry.
About half an hour later, within Holy City, Li Xiaobai returned to his own little house.
Pushing the door open, in the room, aside from Yang Huan, there was also an Erha and an old man.
It was Ergouzi and Jiang Yi.
“Boss, this Fire Qilin Saint Heir insisted on barging in, I couldn’t stop him.”
Yang Huan said somewhat frantically, the newcomer was too influential, and with a cultivation level that completely overpowered her, she didn’t dare to make any moves.
“No worries, I know this darn dog, there’s no danger,”
Li Xiaobai waved his hand to signal Yang Huan not to be anxious.
“Woof, kid, you’re finally back. Hurry and give something to Lord Ergouzi, along with Huazi!”
Ergouzi called out.
“One pack for a top-grade Spirit Stone.”
Li Xiaobai glanced at it and said nonchalantly.
“Woof, kid, you’re extorting me!”
“Even your damn security team captain pays the highest market price, how could one top-grade Spirit Stone sting so much?”
Li Xiaobai watched Ergouzi with a half-smile.
“We need to use each Spirit Stone wisely. This pack of Huazi clearly only costs a hundred Lower-Grade Spirit Stones. You’re dreaming if you think you can swindle Lord Ergouzi!”
Ergouzi bared its teeth, ready to leap up and bite at any moment.
“Kek kek, dead dog, don’t get too cocky. All the Huazi here belongs to me; not even a single one will you take away!”
Ji Wuqing cut in, his eyes wide with anger.
However, the next second, Ergouzi knocked him over with a swipe of its paw and pinned him beneath itself.
“What are you doing smoking Huazi, you broken chicken? It’s a sheer waste of resources.”
Ergouzi said dismissively.
The room was thrown into chaos, as if time had turned back to the days of months ago.
Li Xiaobai felt a headache coming on and threw out a pack of Huazi, “Ergouzi, since there are no Spirit Stones, then cough up some information as conversation starters.”
“What information?”
Ergouzi rapidly gathered the Huazi into its embrace, looking perplexed as it asked.
Li Xiaobai’s face darkened, “Ergouzi, after being apart for such a long time, don’t you have anything to say? For instance, what happened after you were taken away that day?”
“Ah, that’s a long story.”
Ergouzi shook his head and waved his tail, glancing surreptitiously at Yang Huan, who was standing by with a dazed expression.
Li Xiaobai caught the hint and promptly threw him out.
“Miss Yang, let’s discuss important matters tomorrow. It’s getting late today; you should rest first.”
With that, he turned around, shut the door and window tightly, leaving Yang Huan standing outside, bewildered. She had been kicked out by the boss once again.
And by the looks of it, the boss and that Fire Qilin Saint Child had known each other for quite some time, and they also seemed to share some unspeakable secret; otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent her away.
Recalling their journey together, Yang Huan’s eyes widened with shock. Could it be that the boss had not only a preference for dragons but also a soft spot for the Beast Kind?
No wonder the boss always had a chicken by his side, loving and fighting fiercely, inseparable. This secret was truly astounding!
Feeling like she had learned something she shouldn’t have, Yang Huan quickly turned and left, not daring to linger any longer; she feared she would hear some unsavory sounds if she stayed.
In her heart, the boss’s image was still perfect.
Unaware of Yang Huan’s thoughts and uninterested, Li Xiaobai was inside, carefully listening to Ergouzi’s recounting.
Once Yang Huan left, Ergouzi immediately changed his demeanor; the mischievous grin was gone, replaced by a solemn poker face.
“Woof, kiddo, Lord Ergouzi hit the jackpot this time. That damn Fire Qilin Cave caught me just to activate the Qilin Bloodline inside me.”
“There’s a Blood Pool inside the Fire Qilin Cave, which is the transformed blood essence of an ancient Qilin Divine Beast. Generations of Qilin Divine Beasts have to soak in the Blood Pool to awaken the Bloodline Power within them.”
“Once you enter the Blood Pool, the Bloodline Power within will be activated, and your cultivation level and Spiritual Power will surge. But at the same time, a flood of ancient memories will rush into your mind, affecting the Primordial Spirit of the Qilin Divine Beast. It feels like some sort of brainwashing operation.”
“The other three Saint Heirs have been brainwashed, thoroughly so. Compared to before entering the Blood Pool, they are completely changed. Lord Ergouzi speculates that it’s the influence of the Blood Pool, forcibly altering their personalities. Perhaps some orders were also implanted into their minds.”
Ergouzi slowly recounted what happened after the separation. In Fire Qilin Cave, it wasn’t treated badly. As the Fire Qiling Saint Child, even if disliked, it was revered like a lord.
Moreover, it was assigned a Protector from the Mahayana Realm, making the possibility of being bullied zero.
What bothered it though was that the experts in Fire Qilin Cave would correct its posture, sitting position, and even the way it spoke every few days.
During its time in the Fire Qilin Cave without cursing, it almost forgot how to talk.
“Cluck, you dead dog, you had a cushy time in Fire Qilin Cave, didn’t you? We suffered outside while you indulged all by yourself, you traitor!”
Ji Wuqing, full of envy and resentment, said Fire Qilin Cave was an old and powerful faction, and just thinking about being revered in such a place was exhilarating.
“You know nothing, chicken. Lord Ergouzi is a wanderer, destined never to settle in one place for too long. Do you have any idea how lonely I was in Fire Qilin Cave, despite all its pomp?”
Ergouzi, baring its teeth, pinned Ji Wuqing down with a paw. After many days it could easily dominate its opponent again.
“But you also entered the Blood Pool. Why weren’t you affected?”
Li Xiaobai didn’t pay attention to the noisy chicken and dog, and continued to inquire.
Ergouzi, as of now, was just as insolent as when they had parted.
Jiang Yi, too, pricked up his ears to listen intently as this had been a lingering question in his mind as well—not just his, but a question that puzzled the entire Fire Qilin Cave.
The high-ups in the cave had originally thought that after entering the Blood Pool, Ergouzi would be transformed and leave behind its uncouth past.
But contrary to their expectations, among several Saint Heirs, only Ergouzi was unaffected, and moreover, its resonance with the ancestral Kylin Divine Beast in the Blood Pool was the most intense in centuries.
Everything pointed to Ergouzi being the closest to their ancestor, but its behavior was so outrageous that it was hard for them to accept at first.
