Chapter 203: The Water Qilin Appears
"That spirit stone peak and crystal palace should be our original cave dwelling. Let’s go and take a look, Master." Fu Young said calmly while glancing at the floating river before turning toward the mountain peak.
Xiao Shou nodded and took the lead, he then flying upward on his artifact toward the spirit stone peak.
After the others caught up, Xiao Shou said with some frustration, "Sigh, I feel like I have forgotten something very important. What could it be?"
"Something important?" Fu Young asked in confusion.
He knew almost everything about his master.
Apart from the things he deliberately hidden, there should not be anything unknown.
What could make him describe it as important?
As they flew higher, approaching the suspended river, Xiao Shou suddenly had a flash of insight.
"I remember now. We all came out earlier, but the Water Qilin incarnation, the Qilin egg, was left behind. It is still on the spirit vein. Ah, is it alright? With all that spiritual energy eruption, will something have happened to it?"
"Uh... that probably won’t be a problem. After all, he is a divine beast. This level of spiritual energy should not be something he cannot withstand."
Fu Young had completely forgotten about it too.
Even though it was a divine beast, its presence was so weak that it was easy to overlook.
Yet it had somehow managed to make his master worry about it.
Hmph.
He would deal with it later.
Fu Young complained inwardly, but his expression remained calm as he said, "Let’s go check on him first. Maybe there is still time to save him."
"Ahem... Senior Brother, when you say Water Qilin divine beast, do you mean the one I am thinking of? We actually have a divine beast in our sect?"
Gou Guangming asked in disbelief, while internally he was already close to losing his mind.
As far as he knew, the Heaven Origin Realm indeed had a water qilin.
Later, it evolved into a Five Virtues Qilin and ascended to the God Realm, becoming a powerful divine sovereign.
But that was one of the final major antagonists in the story of Against the World.
It even had a reflective conversation with the protagonist about the scenery of the Heaven Origin Realm they both came from, trying to persuade him to abandon violence and such.
And then it was killed by the protagonist.
Now that one of the future final bosses had turned into a Qilin Egg and been taken in by the protagonist, how exactly was the plot supposed to develop after this?
Just thinking about it made Gou Guangming feel extremely uneasy.
Fu Young leapt over the suspended river and said casually, "It is called a divine beast, but it is still only in its juvenile stage. Nothing worth worrying about."
"Young’er, do not say that," Xiao Shou said. "Whether juvenile or mature, a Qilin divine beast is still a Qilin divine beast. It is the only one in this world."
Water Qilin was one of the male lead after all.
How could he not care?
Xiao Shou felt helpless toward his disciple’s occasional lack of awareness, so he could only remind him to be more careful.
However, he did not notice that Fu Young’s eyes darkened slightly at those words.
So his master really cared about that little guy.
No.
That would not do.
In the future, he would need to keep him far away from his master.
The only person his master could care about was him.
Countless thoughts about how to deal with the water qilin flashed through Fu Young’s mind, but on the surface he still looked like the most obedient disciple in the world.
"Yes, I understand," he said obediently.
"Mm, Young’er is always so well-behaved," Xiao Shou praised him again, completely unaware.
On the side, Gou Guangming felt the urge to shake Xiao Shou by the shoulders and scream at him.
Did he even realize that the "most well-behaved disciple" he was talking about had a habit of destroying the worlds over a disagreement?
True world destruction.
And the recreated worlds were completely new worlds.
Do you understand that?
Your most obedient disciple is basically a demon king.
But unfortunately, Gou Guangming did not dare to move at all.
He could only continue licking boots with a dogged expression and said, "Senior Brother is right. A juvenile divine beast has no value at all. It is weak, slow to grow, and extremely costly to raise. Completely useless."
"I am weak, slow to grow, extremely costly to raise, and completely useless. I am truly sorry about that!"
At that moment, at the source of the waterfall they had just reached, a child about three or four years old wearing a blue robe emerged from beneath the water.
He stood in midair above the surface of the water and stared expressionlessly at Gou Guangming as he spoke.
Fu Young looked at the child and asked in his usual calm tone without any change in expression, "Are you the Water Qilin?"
"Fu Young?"
The child incarnation of the Water Qilin blinked his eyes in surprise when he saw Fu Young.
He then suddenly ran over on his short little legs across the water surface and hugged Fu Young’s thigh.
He looked up toward Fu Young with a flattering expression and said, "Lord Fu Young, its nice to meet you! From now on, please let me be your mount. I can take you flying everywhere!"
Xiao Shou, Gou Guangming, Gou Zhi, Gou Heng, and Gou Yue all felt their jaws nearly drop to the ground.
They stared at the adorable little kid in disbelief.
A divine beast voluntarily offering to be a mount, what kind of situation was this?
As expected of the protagonist.
Even a future final boss was trying to cling to him.
This little kid is the Water Qilin divine beast?
No way.
If that was a divine beast, then they might as well be a holy beasts.
