In the room, Water Qilin Yaya told Xin Chuihuo everything that had happened, down to the last detail.
Facing Xin Chuihuo, Yaya was very reserved. The man before it wasn’t nearly as peaceful as he appeared.
In the entire Spiritual Control Sect, there wasn’t a single low-tier Spirit Beast that didn’t fear him.
After hearing Yaya’s report, a shadow slowly fell over Xin Chuihuo’s eyes.
Then, he chuckled. "It seems the Spiritual Control Sect’s reputation isn’t all that great. Everyone dares to sche against our Sect’s young miss."
"And to think those old fools helped spread the news, deliberately exposing the girl’s identity."
Yaya imdiately explained, "No, that’s not it. That person was helping..."
Xin Chuihuo waved his hand. "You have his contact information, right? Give it to . I’m going to find him."
Water Qilin Yaya didn’t dare say more. It was a Tier Three, but it was a Water Qilin in na and nature—its Tier Three strength was watered-down.
Even though Xin Chuihuo’s Cultivation was only at 2.7, he was just one step away from entering Tier Three.
In terms of raw power, the Water Qilin was no match for him, let alone the Spirit Beasts he raised.
Rumor had it the Spirit Beasts he raised were each more savage than the last, utterly devoid of natural animal instinct.
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By now, the sky had long since darkened. Jiang Zuo appeared before a barbecue stall with Sweet Potato.
He hadn’t eaten anything like this since he started Cultivation. ’How many years has it been?’
He’d completely lost count.
After eating so barbecue, Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but sigh. ’Duoling Dogs are still the most delicious. There are only two days left. I wonder if I’ll be able to get the dog leg smoothly.’
He had just received a call from soone claiming to be Xin Linglong’s older brother. ’He’s probably here to deliver the dog leg,’ Jiang Zuo thought.
Sweet Potato sniffed at the barbecue, then turned its head to eat its apple. As expected, it only loved apples.
Before long, a handso young man in a casual T-shirt appeared before Jiang Zuo. Jiang Zuo looked at him and asked casually, "Xin Chuihuo?"
Xin Chuihuo smiled. "Fellow Daoist Po Xiao?"
Jiang Zuo said, "Where’s the dog leg?"
To Xin Chuihuo, Jiang Zuo’s directness was rude, but he didn’t mind. Instead, he bowed slightly and said gratefully, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for intervening and resolving my little sister’s crisis."
’Three cultivators just past Tier Two and three at Tier One Peak... that kind of lineup to trap a single Duoling Dog?’
’Unless those six were idiots.’
He didn’t even need to think to know their target was Xin Linglong.
This was the main reason Xin Chuihuo’s expression had turned grim.
He understood the full picture—the cause of the incident and all the intricacies of who was right and wrong.
That was why the first thing he did was co looking for Jiang Zuo.
As for whether there was anyone else behind those people, he would take his ti to dig them out and settle the score with each one.
’His sister... Xin Chuihuo’s sister. How dare they entertain such crooked ideas?’
Jiang Zuo could naturally see all this as well, but he never cared. The only thing he cared about was the Duoling Dog’s leg.
So, in response to Xin Chuihuo’s gratitude, Jiang Zuo just repeated his question: "Where’s the dog leg?"
Xin Chuihuo smiled. "To express my gratitude, Fellow Daoist, I plan to give you the hind leg of Duoling Dog Number 1, Da Bai."
Jiang Zuo didn’t quite understand. ’An adult Duoling Dog is an adult Duoling Dog; what difference does its number make?’
Then, Jiang Zuo was surprised. He saw Xin Chuihuo summon a large dog, one over a ter tall. This Duoling Dog was much larger than a normal one and possessed the strength of a Tier Two Peak.
’This dog is incredible.’
Then Jiang Zuo rembered. In his past life, there had actually been large Duoling Dogs as well.
But for a period of ti, Duoling Dogs were almost all of the normal, Tier One size.
’How long was that period? Decades? Centuries? Millennia? Or tens of thousands of years?’
’After that, it seed there were only puppies left.’
Xin Chuihuo patted Da Bai’s head and said to Jiang Zuo, "Fellow Daoist, are you satisfied?"
Jiang Zuo scanned the surroundings and saw that no one was paying attention to them. He then looked at the Summoning Pattern Xin Chuihuo had conjured and discovered that it was actually mixed with a Hidden Small Array.
’Modifying a Summoning Pattern... this guy has so ideas.’
Not only that, Jiang Zuo felt that this Xin Chuihuo really knew what he was doing.
Jiang Zuo then nodded. "So, do I need to do it myself?"
Xin Chuihuo shook his head. "No need to trouble you with such a small matter, Fellow Daoist. We’ll do it ourselves."
Jiang Zuo watched Xin Chuihuo. ’In truth, it’s not appropriate for disciples of the Spiritual Control Sect to act against their own Spirit Beasts. It severely affects their loyalty.’
But since Xin Chuihuo was going to do it himself, Jiang Zuo didn’t say anything. With a dog leg this big, he wouldn’t even mind if he was intentionally given a little less.
However, what Jiang Zuo didn’t expect was that Xin Chuihuo took out a knife and handed it to Da Bai. "Be careful this ti. Don’t cut the wrong spot, or it’ll cost extra money. That would be a hassle."
Da Bai then shot Xin Chuihuo a sidelong glance, took the knife in its mouth, and lay down.
Jiang Zuo then saw Da Bai raise its hind leg, grasp the knife with its front paw, and begin to size up its own thigh.
Seeing this, the corner of Jiang Zuo’s eye twitched. A possibility occurred to him, but it was simply too incredible to believe.
’More importantly, this was coming from a disciple of the Spiritual Control Sect.’
But without any hesitation, Da Bai found the right angle and brought the knife down on its own hind leg. The cut was clean, swift, and absolutely perfect.
’Is this sothing a Duoling Dog should be doing?’
The dog leg fell off. Da Bai then cast a Healing Technique and a Recovery Technique on itself. After stopping the bleeding, it even attached a prosthetic limb.
The whole sequence was executed with abnormal skill; it clearly wasn’t the first ti it had done this.
’This dog... is sothing else.’
Jiang Zuo then looked at Xin Chuihuo. "Have you had a good life in the Spiritual Control Sect?"
Hearing Jiang Zuo’s question, Xin Chuihuo didn’t seem to care much and replied casually, "It’s been alright. When I was a kid, I’d get hung up and beaten every few days. I got smarter as I grew up, so now it only happens once every few months."
"I think if I work a little harder, it’ll probably only happen once every few years."
At this point, Xin Chuihuo beca quite talkative. "Ever since I was a kid, I always wondered, what’s the point of raising so many Spirit Beasts if you don’t eat them? Especially the disobedient ones. Wouldn’t it be better to just slice off a piece and cook it? What’s the point of coddling and placating them for no reason?"
"The first ti I was hung up and beaten, I was probably about eight. The Great Elder gave a rare Spirit Beast."
"It was said to be especially powerful, but it wouldn’t listen. I was told to ta it, but by the next day, I had already dismbered it."
"And I have to say, it tasted pretty good."
"After that... well, after that I started down a path of no return, I guess."
Jiang Zuo: "..."
’Is this sothing a disciple of the Spiritual Control Sect would do?’
’Then again, the disciples of the Spiritual Control Sect really have it good. So much wild ga to eat, taking turns every few days... that’s a pretty happy life.’
anwhile, Da Bai was packing up its own dog leg. It knew very well that Xin Chuihuo held a very high reputation in the Spiritual Control Sect.
This reputation was born among the low-tier Spirit Beasts, earned fair and square by eating them.
It was said that one of Xin Chuihuo’s actions once enraged a high-tier Spirit Beast.
Killing him was impossible, so in its fury, it left. It just couldn’t stay any longer.
But on the third day after it left, it returned. Rumor has it that when it ca back, it was missing a leg.
From then on, the way all the Spirit Beasts looked at Xin Chuihuo changed.
Fortunately, in the entire Spiritual Control Sect, there was only one Xin Chuihuo.
Otherwise, so Spirit Beast would have surely rebelled by now.
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