There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 157 The Old Golden Man

After living with the Four-Unlikes for a while, Bixie and Tianlu missed their big pink and big red friends, so they returned to Caiyun Mountain with the Four-Unlikes.

However, the newly established Caiyun Mountain lacked food. Even though Bixie gave his share of food to Tianlu, it was not enough to fill their stomachs.

Fortunately, the Four-Unlikes often flew home and brought back gold and jade from their home for Bixie and the others to eat, so they didn't starve to death.

However, the Four-Faced Beasts had limited strength and could not bring back much gold and jade; it was only enough to keep Bixie and the others from starving.

"Little Plum Blossom, you and Little Blue Circle should rest well today. I'll go see if there are any fruits we can eat nearby."

"Yes, thank you, Four-Faced Beast."

After the Four-Unlikes left, Tianlu pulled Bixie aside and started playing: "Bixie, Bixie, let's play a game, you chase me."

"Okay, but Tianlu, you can't go back on your word this time."

"No problem." Tianlu patted his chest, promising that he would not renege on his promise later.

Before long, Bixie sped up and grabbed Tianlu: "Tianlu, I've caught you. Now it's your turn to catch me."

Tianlu's eyes darted around, and then, taking advantage of Bixie's momentary lapse in attention, he escaped from Bixie's claws: "No, no, Bixie, this doesn't count. I just slipped. Come and catch me!"

"Tianlu, you're cheating again." Bixie sighed; he knew this would happen.

Although Tianlu cheated, Bixie was not angry and continued to chase Tianlu until their stomachs protested.

Gurgle gurgle gurgle~

Tianlu lay on the ground, weakly rubbing his stomach: "Bixie, why hasn't the Four-Faced Beast returned yet? I'm so hungry!"

"Tianlu, just bear with it. Why don't we go to sleep? We won't be hungry when we're asleep."

"Hmm, I hope I can dream of lots and lots of golden balls later."

"Let's not do it, I'm afraid you'll be even hungrier when you wake up."

What Bixie and Tianlu didn't know was that shortly after they fell asleep, an old golden man came to Caiyun Mountain. This old golden man was the sage of this world, Yuanshi Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun is a highly respected deity, but he has a unique little hobby: he likes cute, furry mythical beasts.

Therefore, more often than not, he would transform into an old golden man with auspicious clouds above his head and holding a golden ruyi scepter, traveling alone in the mortal world to see if he could form a bond with some divine beasts.

On this day, Yuanshi Tianzun sensed that there was a divine beast on Caiyun Mountain that he had a connection with, so he subconsciously came to Caiyun Mountain.

But as he gazed at the steep mountain range, a thought suddenly popped into his head: Oh dear, this mountain is so steep, if only I had a mount!

Of course, the reason why Yuanshi Tianzun wanted a mount was simply because of a little quirk in his heart. He thought that he could pet the furry mount when he had nothing to do, and chat with it when he was traveling alone, so that he wouldn't feel bored.

Although Caiyun Mountain was steep, it did not slow down Yuanshi Tianzun's pace at all. Before long, he reached a clearing halfway up the mountain.

However, the next moment, two cute beasts, one red and one blue, who were sleeping, appeared in front of Yuanshi Tianzun. They were Bixie and Tianlu.

The adorable appearance of Bixie and Tianlu made him unable to move, and he stared at them as they slept soundly.

With their fluffy bodies, soft fur, and bushy tails, they curled up together while sleeping, their adorable appearance instantly winning over the heart of the Primordial Celestial Lord, who couldn't wait to take a good tug at them.

"What I wish for comes true, but I don't know what kind of beasts they are or what their temperaments are like."

Yuanshi Tianzun stepped forward and came to the side of Bixie and the others. After seeing their appearance up close, his affection for them grew even stronger: "What adorable beasts! Let me ask them a few questions."

Thinking of this, Yuanshi Tianzun stepped forward without any precautions and poked Tianlu's stomach repeatedly with his Three Treasures Golden Ruyi.

"Little one, wake up! Would you like to come with me and be my mount? Food and lodging included."

But the next moment, Tianlu, who was still sleeping, suddenly rolled over and bit the Three Treasures Golden Ruyi, startling Yuanshi Tianzun, who quickly pulled his treasure back: "Hey! My Three Treasures Golden Ruyi?!"

"Ouch!"

With a sudden burst of strength, Tianlu bit off the head of the ruyi in one bite and swallowed it whole.

Even after finishing the Ruyi-shaped tofu, Tianlu licked his lips and twitched his nose, as if he hadn't had enough.

"Even the Ruyi's head has been eaten; this beast is extremely ferocious!"

Yuanshi Tianzun looked at the only remaining Ruyi handle in his hand and thought to himself that this fate had not even begun before it was bitten off.

On the other side, the four-legged creature flew for a long time and finally found a few wild fruits.

After finding food, the Four-Faced Beast rushed back without stopping, while inwardly complaining, "Those two idiots, Little Plum Blossom and Little Blue Circle, are almost starving to death but still refuse to leave that desolate mountain."

"Why don't we sneak them away while they're sleeping? Even if they wake up, they're so hungry they shouldn't be able to resist." With that thought, the Four-Faced Beast quickened its pace unconsciously.

But when he returned, he saw a furtive golden figure holding some unknown object and poking at his little blue circle.

"Who are you?! What do you want?!"

Seeing that Little Blue Circle was about to be bullied, the Four-Faced Beast quickly dropped the wild fruit in its mouth and rushed forward, shouting, "Stay away from them! Don't even think about hurting my brother a hair!"

The Primordial Celestial Lord was startled by the sudden appearance of the Four-Faced Beast, but when he saw its appearance, his eyes lit up: "So cute!"

Seeing the four-legged creature still charging towards him, Yuanshi Tianzun smiled and explained, "Hey, wait a minute, these are your brothers? I have no ill intentions towards them, you've misunderstood!"

However, the Four-Faced Beast was too worried about the safety of Bixie and the others to listen to the explanation from the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

"Hey, don't be impulsive, calm down!" Seeing that the Four-Faced Beast wouldn't listen to her explanation, and not wanting to hurt him.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable looked around and then saw the Ruyi handle in his hand: "Wait... hey, I've got it, I'll throw it!"

In desperation, Yuanshi Tianzun threw the Ruyi handle toward the head of the Four-Faced Beast, thinking that it was just a broken magic weapon and wouldn't hurt the opponent.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun underestimated the weak fighting ability of the Four-Faced Beast.

Seeing the Ruyi handle flying towards it, the Four-Unlikes didn't dodge; instead, it was hit on the head.

"...Woo!"

In an instant, the spot where the Four-Faced Beast was hit quickly turned red, and at the same time, the Four-Faced Beast shed tears of grievance.

"So cute?!" The four-legged creature's aggrieved appearance directly touched the heart of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, making him feel guilty. He felt that he was a terrible person for making such a cute furry creature shed tears.

Just as Yuanshi Tianzun was about to step forward to comfort the Four Unlikes, an unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, yin and yang energies filled the void, converging into a gigantic beast claw that slammed down towards the Primordial Celestial Venerable.

Yuanshi Tianzun frowned slightly, and the auspicious clouds above his head suddenly transformed into a dome. As the immortal runes flowed, they exuded an aura of indestructibility.

Qiang~

The beast's claws slammed heavily onto the dome, causing ripples to spread across it, but they did not break the dome, not even a tiny crack appeared.

However, Yuanshi Tianzun did not dare to be careless. He curiously looked at the black divine beast beside the Four-Faced Beast, which looked very similar to the little blue dog that had bitten his golden Ruyi, except that one was blue and the other was black.

"This beast is extremely ferocious!" Yuanshi Tianzun could see that the beast's physical body was incredibly powerful, unlike anything he had ever heard of.

After feeling the pressure emanating from the opponent's physical body, Yuanshi Tianzun came to a shocking conclusion: if it were simply a contest of physical strength, he would be no match for him.

"Four-Faced Beasts, are you alright?"

Hao Chen returned to Qilin Cave immediately after leaving the pass. However, when he learned from the First Qilin that Si Bu Xiang and Bi Xie had returned to Caiyun Mountain, he had a bad feeling.

According to the comics, the Four-Faced Beasts became little golden figures on Rainbow Cloud Mountain, which created a karmic connection with the Heavenly Court, leading to the series of events that followed.

Although the plot has long since fallen apart, Hao Chen still doesn't want the Four-Faced Beasts and their companions to encounter that old golden man.

However, it seems that he was too late. Looking at the old golden statue with a tortoise shell on its head, Hao Chen cursed inwardly.

After all the hard work of completing my cultivation, can't I at least show off a little? All I get to do is make statements.

Yes, in Hao Chen's view, the old man in front of him was also making a statement. His strength was so great that Hao Chen couldn't see through him. He was at least a strong person at the level of Hao Tian.

Yuanshi Tianzun stared at Haochen for a long time, while simultaneously manipulating the causal threads that belonged to Haochen in the darkness.

Although some places were shrouded in a fog, making it difficult to see clearly, and some places even emitted terrifying killing intent towards Yuanshi Tianzun, Yuanshi Tianzun was so frightened that he quickly severed this causal line.

In the end, Yuanshi Tianzun still saw the relationship between Haochen and the Four Unlikes, Bixie, Tianlu, and Qiongqi Zhanhu, and even saw the entanglement between him and Chenying.

At this moment, the Four-Faced Beast finally came to its senses and looked at Hao Chen with a look of surprise and joy: "Little Coal Ball, you're back!"

Hao Chen: "..."

Hao Chen blushed as he glanced at Yuanshi Tianzun, then whispered in Si Bu Xiang's ear, "Si Bu Xiang, give me some face and call me Hao Chen, Xiao Hao, or Xiao Chen, but please don't give me any random names in front of outsiders."

At this moment, Yuanshi Tianzun coughed a few times, interrupting Haochen and Sibuxiang's reminiscing.

"Ahem, although I'm sorry to say this, I think you'd better go and check on your ferocious beast friend right now."

"Ferocious beasts?! Qiongqi and the others?"

While Hao Chen was still wondering, Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly pointed at Hao Chen, and the image of Qiongqi and the others lying weakly on the cold ground appeared in Hao Chen's mind.

"This is...this is terrible!"

Hao Chen didn't bother explaining to Si Bu Xiang, and soared into the sky, flying towards Chen Ying's former residence.

"Hey, little coal ball, where are you going?"

Just as Sibuxiang was about to follow, he saw Bixie and Tianlu still sleeping nearby, so he had to stop and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun with a nervous expression.

"What do you want to do? I advise you to leave immediately. You've seen it yourself, my brother has a bad temper. He'll beat you if he comes back." The Four-Faced Beast said as it retreated towards the direction of the Evil-Repelling Beast.

Yuanshi Tianzun found the Four-Faced Beast quite interesting and couldn't help but take a few steps closer. However, upon seeing the Four-Faced Beast's bright red forehead, Yuanshi Tianzun felt somewhat guilty.

So Yuanshi Tianzun waved his hand and sent a beam of immortal light at the Four-Faced Beast, instantly healing the spot where the Four-Faced Beast had been hit.

“Little beast, I meant no harm. I was just startled by you, which is why I hit you. Besides, your brother ate my Golden Ruyi, so we're even.”