Chapter 381: 382 Despicable!<div>


    The Elder with the surname Jiang appeared beside Ergouzi with a sh, warily scrutinizing the ck mes in the midst of the battlefield.


    “Xiaojing, Lord Ergouzi has determined that there’s definitely something unusual about this ce, these ck mes are absolutely a treasure. If they could be used by Lord Ergouzi, any sort of demon or evil spirit would have to submit!”


    Ergouzi, with his two beady eyes, snooped around stealthily, and immediately spotted the Dry me Saint Child hiding behind arge rock in the distance.


    “Woof, Dry me, why are you here?”


    “Just out enjoying the moonlight,” said the Dry me Saint Child. “Don’t you think the moon is especially round tonight?”


    Dry me spoke indifferently.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om<div>


    “Woof, Don’t try to deceive your master Ergouzi. You’re definitely here for the treasures!”


    Ergouzi always felt there was something off. It wasn’t strange for Dry me toe looking for treasures, but why hide so far away? It seemed like he was fearing something.


    Could it be that within this battlefield, there was some terrifying entity that it had yet to discover?


    “Whoes looking for treasures if they’re a serious person, hm? Do you?”


    “Lord Ergouzi doesn’t, but do you?”


    “Who woulde here to look for treasures when they could just take the treasures from Fire Qilin Cave?”


    “Can the treasures here evenpare to the resources of Fire Qilin Cave?”


    “Despicable!”


    The two Qilin Divine Beasts stood their ground, conversing without moving a muscle; Ergouzi felt increasingly puzzled—there were definitely skeletons in Dry me’s closet.


    The elder surname Jiang, squinting at the person and beast behind the rocky boulder, leaned in and whispered in Ergouzi’s ear:


    “Saint Heir, the spiritual power inside Elder Ji is somewhat chaotic and has not yet fully settled down. The aura of the Dry me Saint Child is also much weaker than when he arrived. They must have encountered something in the fourth battlefield.”


    “Be careful, Saint Heir. Don’t let these two cunning bastards trick you.”<div>


    Upon hearing this, Ergouzi’s eyes brightened. Indeed, this meant Dry me must have fought with some entity just now and realized he couldn’t win, so he waited for another Qilin Divine Beast to appear and fight the entity to a standstill. Afterwards, he woulde to reap the benefits.


    “Woof, Dry me, why are you hiding so far away? Come over and walk side by side with your master Ergouzi!”


    Ergouzi yelled toward the rock.


    “Hehe, with your excellent talents, Fire Qilin, how could I possibly walk side by side with you? I’ll let you have the treasures found in these mes!”


    The Dry me Saint Child said with a chuckle.


    Yet, Ergouzi and the elder surnamed Jiang scampered over, squeezing together with Dry me behind therge rock.


    “Hehe, Dry me, you’re really not so honest, trying to deceive your master Ergouzi. Tell me, what’s really inside these mes?”


    “Ah, actually, there’s nothing. I’m just genuinely a bit scared of fire, so I didn’t dare to get any closer,” said the Dry me Saint Child, tantly lying.


    “Woof, you brazen liar! Qilin Divine Beasts are ancestors of ying with fire. How could you be afraid of mes? You’re spewing nonsense, you must be hiding a big secret. Did you get your hands on a treasure?”


    Ergouzi scoffed. You’re a Qilin Divine Beast, an ancestor of fire y. You’re afraid of fire? Who are you trying to fool? Obviously, there’s something fishy with these mes.


    “I…”


    “I just fear fire, believe it or not!”<div>


    The Dry me Saint Child, somewhat at a loss for words, started to act shamelessly. The two of them stayed behind the rock, quietly waiting for the next Qilin Divine Beast to arrive.


    Ergouzi also didn’t say anything more, the me obviously had issues, and nobody wanted to casually venture into it, all preferring that other Saint Heirs take the lead in exploring.


    The fourth battlefield once again became quiet.


    Within the mes, Li Xiaobai was very satisfied with the performance of the Qilin Divine Beast. This was exactly right. Once the four Qilins were all gathered, he would harvest them in one fell swoop, leaving Ergouzi behind and ughtering the other three, instantly bringing a perfect end to the battle for dominance of the Fire Qilin Cave.


    After another period of silence, two white figures shed out from outside the battlefield.


    Seeming to have received a scare, the two Qilins immediately activated their Cultivation Techniques to create distance uponnding, watching each other warily.


    “Saint Child Huo Yun, it’s a small world. I didn’t expect to encounter you here.”


    “Saint Child Huo Yuan, you’re quite prompt too, being able to arrive at the same time as me. What brings you here?”


    “To admire the moon. How about you, Saint Child Huo Yun?”


    “I’m here to count the stars. Don’t you think this sky is beautiful?”


    Huo Yun and Huo Yuan chatted merrily for a few sentences, then began to survey the ck mes permeating the battlefield.


    The pitch-ck mes, like ink, were something they had never seen before. Just from its appearance, they could tell that the power of these mes was extraordinary. Today, they had trulye to the right ce.<div>


    “Saint Heirs, the Fire Qilin Saint Child and Dry me Saint Child are hiding behind that boulder. I sense the presence of Elder Ji and Jiang Yi!”


    “Elder Ji seems to have fought with some entity just now. The Spiritual Power within him is in disarray, and his aura is inconsistent and unstable. It looks like he has suffered no small injury.”


    Wang Ba spoke with narrowed eyes; he had sensed the presence of the other party as soon as he set foot in thisnd.


    It had to be said, this method of hiding was extremely poor.


    “Fire Qilin, Dry me,e out and let’s chat. Hiding isn’t the style of the Fire Qilin Cave!” said Saint Child Huo Yun with a smile.


    Saint Child Huo Yuan next to him also looked at the boulder with interest, thinking he had acted swiftly enough, but to his surprise, the two others had arrived even faster; he had underestimated them indeed.


    “Woof, Huo Yun, there’s no need to call upon your Lord Ergouzi. Lord Ergouzi just came to y and knows nothing about any treasure!” Ergouzi jumped out and started ranting.


    Dry me’s forehead was full of ck lines. Wasn’t this a clear case of ‘there is no silver here’? Before anyone asked anything, he had just blurted everything out.


    “Let’s not beat around the bush. Since we’re all here, let’s enter the mes together to search. No one should be sly.”


    Saint Child Huo Yuan spoke coldly, proposing they either all go in or none at all. The idea that anyone would expect him to take the lead and scout wasughable.


    “Well, you guys go ahead. I give up. As for the treasure, I won’tpete with you.”


    A hint of fear shed through Dry me Saint Child’s eyes, and he fled swiftly with Elder Ji, leaving behind the somewhat astonished onlookers.<div>


    But it was at this moment that Dry me Saint Child, in the void, suddenly felt the Cultivation Technique within him halt, his body uncontrobly twisting to rush back. This feeling was too familiar; it was mischief wrought by those pitch-ck mes just now!


    Elder Ji was in the same situation, and not just them, but the Saint Heirs below and a number of Protectors in the Mahayana Realm also had no control over their bodies as they rushed towards the mes, kneeling with their hands held high, as if in deep worship.


    “What’s happening; I can’t control my body!”


    “Why would I kneel? What on earth is this me?”


    “In my life, I’ve never knelt before. Just what is this power that dares make this Saint Heir kneel!”


    “Damn it, how can we still be controlled from this far away? These mes are too sinister!”


    “Dry me, what do you actually know? Stop hiding and reveal it all at once!”