novelraw Chapter 887 751: Mo Qilin
Chapter 887 751: Mo Qilin
Master has said so, such a treasure, Zhu Xiangxin does not want to miss it, so she flew up to pick it.
Shi Chun, who touched the pitch-black cave entrance, looked at the clear stream flowing beneath his feet, his nostrils flaring. The cave had no strange smell, but instead carried a unique fragrance. His Right Eye Superpower observed the cave and didn't find any signs of life, so he confidently entered.
The cave wasn't deep, only seven or eight yards. Since the entrance wasn't small, once inside, the scene became quite clear.
There wasn't much in the cave, but a large corpse caught Shi Chun's attention.
It was a beast he couldn't recognize, its shriveled size resembled a horse, although its body before shriveling was unknown. The head was similar to the dragon head outside the Demon Altar, with antler mane and a completely black scaly armor.
Without any breath, its mouth agape, tongue drooping on the ground, and its green eyes wide open, looking like it died with unresolved grudges.
Shi Chun's Right Eye Superpower couldn't detect its presence, confirming it was indeed dead beyond any doubt, so he immediately took out his knife, as usual preparing to cut open the corpse.
After hearing Zhu Xiangxin's words, this journey has been like this. When encountering living Spirit beasts with remaining blood energy, whose flesh could greatly replenish, he directly finished them off.
Encountering dead animals, with consumed flesh and Spiritual Energy, he casually dissected parts that could be useful.
How to determine which parts are useful, firstly see if his knife could endure, then shouting for Zhu Xiangxin to stand in her medicinal expertise to see which parts are useful.
Crack, he aimed a cut at the pitch-black creature's belly.
"Eh!" Shi Chun exclaimed in surprise, finding the cut didn't penetrate those dark scales, and the scales were almost unaffected.
It had the hardness akin to the scales of the Nine Dragons Corpse outside.
Crack, crack, crack, bang, bang, bang, Shi Chun applied force to chop and stab multiple times, still unable to penetrate the scales, clicking his tongue several times.
This was the verification result, the monster's scale armor was useful and could be peeled off.
He already had experience peeling this kind of scales; how he peeled dragon scales outside the Demon Altar was how he peeled these monster scales.
He pried open the scales, embedded the blade, then forcefully stabbed deep.
But in the end, he sent the entire corpse flying with the knife.
Or rather, the corpse suddenly kicked its legs to bounce up, and ran.
Shi Chun was completely bewildered; is it dead or not?
"Brother, you can cut as you please, and you already picked the outside 'Jade Marrow Fruit'. I can play dead and ignore, but forcing a knife into my belly is a bit too much. I really can't understand; you clearly don't recognize me, why pursue me even after death, why?"
A man's sickly and somewhat aggrieved voice suddenly sounded.
Shi Chun, holding the knife in stunned silence, looked up, only to find the black monster had come back to life and was standing on the steep cave wall, hind legs on the wall and forelegs stepping into the void, as if standing in the weightless space of the outer world, its large green eyes fixed on the creatures below.
Playing dead? Shi Chun stood up feeling astonished, what is this creature, still alive, and his Right Eye Superpower can't even detect it?
That is to say, he can't see the opponent's cultivation.
This kind of bizarre occurrence he'd never encountered before, immediately he flipped his hand and took out the treasured 'Sky Splitting Sword'.
With his current cultivation, he could hardly use this treasure for more than one strike by exhausting his Mana, but in the face of strong enemies, it's better than nothing.
With the other hand, he summoned the 'Cold Moon Shield' to stay vigilant, pointing the sword, "What kind of monster are you?"
Outside the cave, a shadow also appeared; it was Zhu Xiangxin, who came swiftly after hearing the commotion outside while picking fruits. She had carefully picked several dozen fruits clean and was about to check if any were missed.
Seeing Shi Chun treating it as a formidable enemy, she too assumed a guarded stance, flames flickering on her body. Following Shi Chun's wary gaze, she looked and paused, doubtfully saying, "Master, this monster somewhat resembles the legendary Qilin."
"Qilin?" Shi Chun was surprised, taking another scrutinizing look at the monster, is this the legendary Qilin?
The monster on the cave wall got excited upon hearing this, "After so many years, finally someone who can recognize me, not bad, you are a woman of vision!"
Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiangxin immediately cast doubt on her judgment, "Qilin is a legendary Divine Beast, never heard anyone owning one, let alone hidden unknown in a medicine garden, nor is the legendary Qilin bulky..."
The monster on the cave wall was instantly displeased, "What's this about not being bulky, you think I don't want to be bulkier? Something inexplicable happened earlier, day and night alternated quickly, almost draining me dry. Once I'm healed, you can see. Were you responsible for the prior bizarre event?"
Upon hearing these words, Shi Chun roughly understood why the monster pretended to be dead just now; apparently, it feared the unknown depths.
He promptly agreed, "That's right, it's indeed my divine skills. I didn't expect I couldn't destroy you; it seems necessary to try again!"
Zhu Xiangxin glanced at him, knowing the Master was speaking differently depending on to whom he was speaking; he had been puzzled all along about the strange state of those spirit beasts being drained.
The monster was taken aback by these words, no longer dared to act superior, hurriedly jumped down, and pleaded, "Great Immortal, we have no grievances or vendettas, and you even took the fruit; there's no need to kill me, everything can be negotiated."
Clearly, it was terrified by the previous oddities, aware of its inability to resist.
Standing properly in front of people, it revealed its normal height, standing a few meters tall when raising its head high, with its back above a person's head.
Is a Qilin this timid? Shi Chun tried asking, "Are you really a Qilin?"
Not only him, but even Zhu Xiangxin increasingly doubted; if it were truly the Qilin raised here in the herb garden, that would be an incredible creature, simply summon its master, so why fear outsiders like this?
Put it this way, the so-called Divine Beasts, the Dragon and Phoenix Clans are known by everyone in the Cultivation World as real existences; only the Qilin exists solely in legends, currently only found in books and paintings, or in the hearsay of people.
The monster opened its fanged mouth, anxiously speaking human words, "Yes, how could there be any falsehood? I am a noble among Qilins, the Mo Qilin. I was simply drained before, looking a bit unlike myself, that's all, absolutely genuine, guaranteed real."
Shi Chun was amused, but somewhat wary, saying, "A noble among Qilins, really? Is there someone else of your kind here?"
The monster snorted and shook its head, "No, in such a Lower Realm, my clan disdain to come. Many years ago, when I was young and disobedient, I avoided my family and sneaked out to play. Upon arrival, I encountered a group of people catching all sorts of spirit birds and beasts to send here. Being young, and not as large as now, I said I was a Qilin, they didn't believe me, and beat me up, tossed me here to fend for myself, a bunch of blind fools. For so many years, you..." It turned its gaze to Zhu Xiangxin, "You are the first to recognize me as a Qilin, of course, since getting here I haven't seen any people."
Shi Chun thought for a moment, feeling suspicious; could it be the Demon Ancestor set this place up long ago and this creature claimed to be a Qilin had been here since?
If that's true, wow, how many years has this creature lived, surely longer than the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan?
He now understood the so-called immortality method of the Phoenix Clan.
Immediately he asked, "How many years have you stayed in this realm?"
The monster rolled its eyes and grinned, "I don't know, I would like to know how many years I've been here myself." It raised a hoof pointing outward, "In this damn place, with no distinction between day and night, who can calculate how many years they've stayed here? Whoever can, I'll gladly be their little brother!"
Shi Chun asked again, "You mean, since entering here, you haven't seen anyone?"
The monster nodded, "I was thrown in, we were all thrown in, those throwing us seemed to say this place should not be entered without permission, apparently it's a place for some big shot's quiet cultivation."
Shi Chun pressed on, "What did you see at the entrance when you came in?"
The monster thought, muttering, "What did I see? Apart from some dragons chained up, not much else special."
Alright, Shi Chun secretly took a cold breath, if that's the case, this monster might really have lived from the Demon Ancestor's period to now.
Zhu Xiangxin leaned over and whispered to Shi Chun, "Master, this sounds a bit supernatural, never heard of anyone in the Cultivation World raising Qilins..."
The monster immediately yelled, "Clarify your words, raising? Better death than dishonor, who among the worlds dares claim they have the qualifications to raise my Qilin race? My Qilin race, beyond good and evil, without sin or righteousness, not entering Yin Yang Five Elements, born to fate, perishing to fate, no need for others to raise."
Shi Chun prided himself on having read many books at Chao Yue Hall, but still couldn't fully understand, he asked, "What does 'perishing to fate' mean?"
The monster was surprised, "Great Immortal doesn't understand this? Means when the fate is exhausted, one dies."
This simple reasoning was naturally understood by Shi Chun, the misunderstanding was, how could one speak of themselves like this?
Fortunately, seeing his bewilderment, the monster supplemented his explanation, "My Qilin race is not such that it can be born just because someone wants the next generation, only when one's fate arrives, they will be born; this is what is meant by born to fate. If the destined fate is not yet exhausted, then they are neither dead nor extinct, this is what's called 'perishing to fate.'"
Sounding quite mystical, with a whole set of explanations, Shi Chun and Zhu Xiangxin instinctively exchanged a glance.
And to be honest, Shi Chun did believe a bit because the statement 'not entering Yin Yang Five Elements' might actually be true, as his right eye superpower failed to detect the other's existence.
Initially, couldn't see it when it pretended to be dead, and even now it stood here alive, he still couldn't see it, even when closing his left eye didn't help.
Yet upon reconsideration, he felt something was off, questioning, "Then why did you fear when I stabbed you just now, isn't it said you are neither dead nor extinct?"
The monster's eyes widened, seemingly shocked, "Great Immortal, a mortal lifespan can reach a hundred, an immortal can live a thousand, you tell me which one is truly unkillable? Not avoiding death, how can there be any reasoning of being unkillable. If a fate is forcibly interrupted, naturally one will die."
Shi Chun glanced at Zhu Xiangxin's reaction, the latter was evidently like him, never heard of what the monster said, promptly asked again, "You said you have a home, where is your home?"