Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 535 - 423: Each Takes a Step Further

Chapter 535: Chapter 423: Each Takes a Step Further

The Qilin initially wanted to make a move.

But that human girl glanced at it with a cheeky look.

It immediately found itself unable to move.

What’s going on?

The Qilin’s mind went blank.

It had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years, undefeated in the world, known as one of the Evil Four Divine Beasts.

These years, as the Feeding Demon Master emerged, although it hid in the shadows, its cultivation never fell behind.

It was completely confident in saying—

Apart from the Feeding Demon Master, it feared no one!

But now.

It was immobilized by just one glance.

The Qilin’s face was deathly pale, sweating profusely, feeling powerless like never before in its life.

Then it heard the girl speak:

"Brother Wu, how are you going to thank me?"

"What do you want?" Wu Xiaode countered.

"Let’s fall in love," the girl said exuberantly, her face full of longing for love.

The Qilin almost burst into tears!

I am a fierce Divine Beast that roams the world, and you caught me just to negotiate and talk about love with the other party?

Wu Xiaode, however, snorted disdainfully and shrugged:

"Dream on, I won’t give myself to you!"

—Another term for love is "fondness."

Once it agreed, the showdown with the Feeding Demon Master would be over!

The girl’s face showed a mischievous smile as she gently placed her hand on the Qilin’s shoulder and said softly:

"Don’t be so stubborn. If you don’t agree, I might just let it go."

"Then let it go," Wu Xiaode said.

He looked at the girl emotionlessly.

The girl was still smiling, her eyes curved like a crescent moon in the sky, silent for a long moment.

The Qilin didn’t move, nor did it dare to speak.

All was silent.

The girl’s hand gently lifted, glowing with intense brightness, and then fell towards the Qilin’s shoulder.

The Qilin’s heart stirred.

This was a releasing spell; once it touched its shoulder, it could move again!

But why would the girl let it go?

The Qilin was not foolish; its eyes rolled and settled on Wu Xiaode.

Wu Xiaode still wore an expressionless face.

He seemed to be waiting for something, not at all concerned with the girl’s action.

Finally, the girl’s hand came down—

Smack.

The hand struck the Qilin’s shoulder, jolting its entire body.

The Qilin struggled fiercely but found it was still unable to move an inch.

The spell was fake!

—This girl is toying with me!

Wait, maybe she’s not toying with me...

The Qilin shifted its gaze, and observed the young man and woman closely.

It then realized—

The relationship between these two didn’t seem as simple as it looked.

"Brother Wu, you’re so clever. Even my teasing didn’t escape your notice," the girl said, full of admiration.

Wu Xiaode huffed again.

If it let the Qilin fight him, wouldn’t he just run?

The whip wouldn’t dare come—

It was uncertain whether the Qilin could kill him.

But one thing was certain.

—Shen Xiujun’s standing in his heart would directly drop from "friendly" to "hostile"!

How could the person who’s bitten not hate the woman who set the dog on them?

Shen Xiujun had just wanted to take a gamble.

If he were killed by the Qilin, it was possible she would be freed from the task directly.

Perhaps she was waiting for him to beg her to save his life, then raise her reputation even higher.

Unfortunately.

He was no fool.

Wu Xiaode slowly began to speak:

"Xiujun, you now have two choices."

"Please, Brother Wu, tell me," the girl said with a radiant smile.

Wu Xiaode raised one finger:

"First, you don’t have to worry about trapping it, just go back to the bar immediately;"

Wu Xiaode raised a second finger:

"Of course, you can also use it to learn about my private affairs—you’ll find out some of my personal secrets, but then you’ll earn my hatred."

"Your choice."

Shen Xiujun listened quietly, her eyes intently studying Wu Xiaode’s expression.

Wu Xiaode himself was quite forthright.

—The Qilin was an expert from the Human Emperor’s era, and that whip was even stronger than the Qilin.

Since he had only been cultivating for a few days, it was normal that he couldn’t beat them.

Indeed, it was thanks to Shen Xiujun’s power that he escaped the predicament.

—Then just follow protocol!

Wu Xiaode met Shen Xiujun’s gaze without any avoidance.

A breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Shen Xiujun sighed with a look of distress and said softly:

"So, liking someone means caring about their everything."

"How could I do something Brother Wu dislikes? By the way, Brother Wu, you look like you’ve been through a fight—are you hungry? Shall I go back and cook a bowl of noodles for you?"

She chose reputation!

Wu Xiaode’s interest piqued, and he considered Shen Xiujun once more.

Yes.

Now she was her.

She was a human girl.

—Before completing the mission, she could neither kill him nor revert to her original form.

Despite being meant to destroy everything, it had become the very thing it was supposed to annihilate; for the Feeding Demon Master, this might also be a kind of torture.

Not to mention, if the mission failed, perhaps there would be some terrifying punishment.

For her, completing the mission was most important.

So she chose reputation!

"Brother Wu, your enemy can’t move now, please do as you wish. I’ll go back to prepare lunch first, is that alright with you?"

Shen Xiujun said sweetly.

"Good," Wu Xiaode said.

With a loud "clang," a star emerged above Shen Xiujun’s head.

—She now had two stars.

Just two more—

Wu Xiaode’s reputation was brushed up to "Respected" by her.

Just a step away from "Adored"!

Shen Xiujun felt it too.

A genuine joy appeared on her face.

Great, she was one step closer to completing the mission!

Shen Xiujun looked towards the Qilin—

It stood there unable to move, but it was still struggling with all its might.

In its pupils emerged an endless stream of light and shadow, coalescing into Magic Talismans, only to continuously collapse and disperse.

Shen Xiujun was pleased, and a radiant smile appeared on her face as she shook her head and said:

"It’s futile. We possess the power to destroy everything, so all beings, all your Magic have been completely countered by us."

The Qilin’s pupils constricted sharply, and it exclaimed in disbelief, "You are a Feeding Demon Master!"

It’s over.

What did I just say?

"Even the Feeding Demon Masters are useless."

Before it could continue thinking, Shen Xiujun sincerely said:

"Thank you. You’ve helped me greatly. However, since Little Wu wants to kill you, I can’t stop him."

"Goodbye."

Having said that, she disappeared.

On the side of the desert road, only Wu Xiaode and the Qilin remained.

The Qilin stood frozen in place.

Wu Xiaode did not move either.

The Qilin’s eyeballs rolled, stealing a glance at him, only to find he seemed to be lost in thought.

You’re lost in thought at a time like this?

"That—that was my mistake earlier, I shouldn’t have appeared and slaughtered the city to eat people," the Qilin said.

Wu Xiaode remained silent.

"My vision was clouded, I didn’t realize big brother, you have achievements across multiple timelines, please forgive me generously," the Qilin continued.

Wu Xiaode lifted his head and looked at the sky, as if pondering something very important.

He didn’t pay any attention to the Qilin.

Shen Xiujun just said—

"...We possess the power to destroy everything, so all beings, all your Magic have been completely countered by us."

This sentence inadvertently revealed a piece of information.

The Feeding Demon Masters counter all beings’ Magic.

This was not a problem.

But when those powerhouses turned into Heroic Spirits—

It seemed the Feeding Demon Masters then had no way to deal with them.

If the Feeding Demon Masters could reach the Spirit Realm through the Death World and deal with the Heroic Spirits, then there would be no stories of later generations.

—The descent of the Ten Thousand Spirit would not occur.

So it was possible to conclude:

The Feeding Demon Masters counter all beings, but they are not the same when it comes to death,

Maybe I can start from here?

Wu Xiaode’s mind was flooded with strategies, feeling an increasing hope.

Although Shen Xiujun had taken a star, he had also obtained more information about the Feeding Demon Master.

As to whom the deer falls, it is still unknown!

His continued silence made the Qilin even more anxious and terrified.

"Big brother, in my left pocket there is a piece of golden scale that contains all kinds of heavenly and earthly treasures; please kindly accept it," the Qilin said with a pleasing tone.

This time it finally got Wu Xiaode’s attention.

"Tch, you Qilin, if I ignore you, you still talk. Now see, you’ve interrupted my train of thought," he said somewhat regretfully.

The Qilin’s heart tightened, about to apologize, but Wu Xiaode had already reached out, taking the golden scale from its pocket.

"Heavenly and earthly treasures..."

Wu Xiaode glanced at the golden scale, a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown appeared on his face.

—He already had the many treasures collected by the Feeding Demon Master from countless eras and worlds, what didn’t he have?

Would he care about such a trivial golden scale?

"Please kindly accept it," the Qilin said earnestly.

"You need not bother, I can easily obtain such things at any time, no need for you to give them to me," Wu Xiaode said.

In the incredulous gaze of the Qilin, he put the golden scale back in the Qilin’s pocket.

"Although you have interrupted my train of thought, you also helped me see that era more clearly—"

Wu Xiaode mused while speaking, "I already know what to do."

"What are you going to do?" the Qilin immediately chimed in.

"All the Heroic Spirits have left, the Feeding Demon Master has left, and if the beings of that world are treated as slaves and food by you guys hiding in the dark, it’s too pitiful..."

Wu Xiaode took out a green brooch and pinned it on his clothes, saying indifferently:

"I might as well kill you all."

Clang!

A cold light emerged suddenly, flashing several times.

The Qilin’s body was submerged in the sword light, not even a mist of blood escaped, and it was utterly slashed into nothingness.

Only the golden scale fluttered in the wind, landing on the concrete ground with a "clang."

Wu Xiaode casually beckoned, collecting the golden scale.

"You see, I don’t need you to give it to me, I can easily get such things," he explained to the Void, as if the Qilin were still standing there.

The Book of the Dead opened, revealing lines of ice crystal text:

"You have donned the Fairy’s Clover Brooch."

"You have killed the Qilin."

"From now on, you can obtain the Qilin’s memories, freely control this body as if it were your second form."

Wu Xiaode glanced at it.

Good.

Now he could disguise himself as the Qilin.