There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 156 Satisfying My Craving

"The Heavenly Emperor's decree has arrived!!!"

The sudden sound of the Dao resounded in the minds of Haotian, Fengdu, and Dizang, and the battlefield became eerily quiet.

Both Fengdu and Dizang looked at Haotian with strange expressions, wondering if Haotian had lost his mind. He was right here, so why was he issuing a decree?

Haotian was completely baffled, wondering if he had issued an edict, and when. He had no recollection of it.

"Haotian, what the hell are you doing?" Fengdu frowned and looked at Haotian, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes, probably feeling that they had been tricked by Haotian.

Haotian looked at Fengdu with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. He was certain that he had not issued the decree, since the aura on the decree was not his.

"Wait... this aura!!"

Haotian was horrified to discover that the decree in the Pixiu's mouth carried an aura that far exceeded his comprehension.

After seeing Haotian's reaction, Fengdu and Dizang also noticed the unusual nature of the decree.

To the astonishment of the three, the imperial edict flew out from the mouth of the Pixiu and slowly unfolded, revealing a majestic figure shrouded in imperial dragon energy.

"I, Emperor Wuchen, am aware of your affairs. From now on, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, return to the underworld. Do not cause any more trouble. As for the underworld's treasure, the Zhentian Seal will temporarily take its place."

The Heavenly Emperor Wuchen forcefully halted the conflict between the Underworld and Haotian with a decree, effectively ending Haotian's attempt to interfere in the Underworld.

Haotian, Fengdu, and Dizang looked at each other in bewilderment and had no choice but to settle the matter peacefully.

After all, the opponent was merely a phantom, yet the aura it exuded was enough to deter them from making any rash moves. If the opponent were to descend in its true form, things would be quite different.

Before figuring out the other party's background, neither of them dared to make any rash moves. Haotian and Fengdu were also pondering this, guessing that the other party was very likely from the legendary ancient land of origin that did not exist.

After Wuchen finished reading the decree, it merged with the Pixiu formed from the laws, turning into a large seal, which fell into Fengdu's hands.

Fengdu looked at the square seal in his hand and found that a Pixiu was engraved on it, and the words "Zhen Tian" were branded on the bottom. The aura it emitted far exceeded that of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, and was enough to suppress the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld.

"Let's go back to the underworld."

At the command of the Emperor of Fengdu, the army of the underworld turned around and returned to the underworld.

At this moment, Haotian was pondering a question: why were they all Pixiu?

He also saw the Heaven-Suppressing Seal, and the image on it was undoubtedly a Pixiu; the one that brought the so-called Heavenly Emperor's decree was also a Pixiu transformed from the laws, and Chen Ying and Hao Chen were also Pixiu.

"Could it be that the Pixiu race is special?" Haotian couldn't help but think of the two Pixiu that were with Haochen. It seemed that their strength was average. He wondered if he could find an opportunity to bring them back and study them. Maybe it would help his cultivation.

Meanwhile, the brothers Bixie and Tianlu, unaware that they were being targeted, had settled down in Caiyun Mountain with Sibuxiang.

However, there was no food for the Pixiu to eat in the newly formed Caiyun Mountain, and even fruits were scarce.

Although they brought some food from the Si Bu Xiang family before they came, that little bit of gold and silver was far from enough for Tianlu Huohua to squander.

Within two days, Tianlu had shown off all the food they brought. Sibuxiang looked at the two brothers whose stomachs were rumbling and sighed, "Little Plum Blossom, Little Blue Circle, let's go back first. You've been hungry for days."

“We’re not leaving. We’re staying here with Big Red and Big Pink.”

"Sibuxiang, Tianlu and I are not leaving. If you don't want to stay, you can leave on your own. No one is stopping you."

Tianlu and Bixie turned around, facing away from the Four-Faced Beast; they preferred to go hungry rather than leave.

Si Bu was quite helpless about this, but he certainly wouldn't leave alone. Instead, he sat down cross-legged next to Bixie and Tianlu with a grin: "Little Plum Blossom, Little Blue Circle, you promised to stay with me for 500 years, you can't lie to me."

Bixie raised his head and looked firmly at the Four-Faced Beast: "We will definitely do what we promised you. It's just 500 years."

Tianlu, equally excited, added, "That's right, who lied to you? We brothers would never lie to anyone."

"Hehe, Little Plum Blossom is the best, and Little Blue Circle is not bad either." As he spoke, the Four-Faced Beast chuckled and gently swept its tail, causing the unprepared Bixie and Tianlu to fall into its arms.

Bixie and Tianlu, held in the arms of the Four-Unlikes, instinctively struggled.

"Four-Faced Beast, let go! You're holding me too tight, I can't breathe."

"Exactly, you four-legged beast, are you trying to strangle me and Bixie?"

Upon hearing this, the Four-Faced Beast immediately released its claws and looked nervously at Bixie and the others. Bixie, however, remained silent and led Tianlu to the side, not even glancing at the Four-Faced Beast.

Seeing the four of them looking so aggrieved, their ears drooping like airplane ears, they cried out, "I'm so sorry, Little Plum Blossom, Little Blue Circle, please don't be angry, I just... I just..."

As he spoke, tears streamed down Si Bu Xiang's face. Just as Si Bu Xiang was heartbroken, thinking that his little plum blossom was angry and would never talk to him again, he realized that Si Bu Xiang was worried.

Laughter suddenly came from the direction where Bixie and Tianlu were.

"Hahaha, Bixie, I told you the Four-Faced Beast would cry. You lost, you have to lick my fur tonight."

"I know, Tianlu doesn't need you to remind him." Bixie was a little unhappy at first, but when he turned his head and saw the Four-Faced Beast, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Ha~ Four-Faced Beast, look at you like this..." Bixie pointed at the snot hanging from Four-Faced Beast's nose, the corners of his mouth turned up, looking like he wanted to laugh but was too embarrassed to laugh.

Upon hearing Bixie's words, Sibuxiang blushed and quickly sniffed hard to retract the snot.

"Ugh~ You're disgusting!"

"That's right, I never expected you to be like this, Qilin."

Tianlu and Bixie were both stunned by Sibuxiang's actions. Sibuxiang, however, didn't seem to care and instead looked at Bixie with a silly grin: "Little Plum Blossom, aren't you angry with me anymore?!"

“Sibuxiang, Tianlu and I have never been angry with you.”

Bixie was also somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that Sibuxiang cared about whether he was angry or not. This made Bixie feel guilty about his and Tianlu's earlier teasing of Sibuxiang.

"We're sorry, we shouldn't have joked with you."

"Four-No-Face, please don't be angry. I promise I won't make fun of you anymore. Otherwise, I'll eat golden balls until I'm stuffed."

"Tianlu, I think you'd be more than happy to do this."

"Hey, you figured it out, it's a warding-off-evil charm."

As Bixie and Tianlu talked, they came to the side of Sibuxiang, one on the left and one on the right, and stuck to Sibuxiang amidst Sibuxiang's surprised eyes.

Bixie even stood up and stuck out his tongue to lick away the tears on Sibuxiang's face.

With just one lick, Bixie seemed to have discovered a new continent: "Huh, Four-Faced Beast, your tears are actually icy cold and a little sweet."

The Four-Faced Beast lowered its head, somewhat embarrassed: "Maybe it's because I'm a Qilin!"

"Really? Bixie, make room for me so I can have a taste."

Upon hearing Bixie's words, Tianlu disregarded everything else and squeezed forward, intending to personally taste the Qilin Tears.

Fortunately, Bixie was still rational and quickly pulled Tianlu back from licking the face of the Four-Faced Beast: "Wait, Tianlu, don't scare the Four-Faced Beast."

"What? You're eating alone, Bixie?"

"No, Tianlu, you'll scare the Four-Unlikes like that."

"No, no, I want to try it! You're so mean, you're bullying me!"

Tianlu's obsession with food was something Bixie hadn't anticipated. Seeing Tianlu whining and rolling around on the ground, Bixie could only turn to Sibuxiang for help: "Sibuxiang, why don't you let Tianlu lick it!"

"Okay, alright!" Si Bu Xiang nodded, his face flushed, and then he lowered his head to Tian Lu.

After Tianlu had tasted the sweet tears with satisfaction, Sibulian hurriedly said, "Um, I'll go and see if there's anything to eat."

Regardless of whether Bixie and Tianlu heard clearly, Sibuxiang hurriedly flew away on auspicious clouds.

"Tianlu, I told you, you'll scare the Four-Unlikes like that."

"What does it matter? The Four-Faced Beast wouldn't mind at all. But surprisingly, its tears are really sweet."

Once they reached a secluded spot, the Four-Faced Beast slowed down. He touched his cheek and said, "Little Plum Blossom and Little Blue Circle, how could you say such things? It's embarrassing for Qilin."

And so, amidst all the bickering and commotion, Sibuxiang and Bixie Tianlu managed to adapt to their new life.

The four-legged creatures feed on clouds and dew, so they won't go hungry even on barren mountains, but the scorpion-repelling and the heavenly deer can't.

After eating all the food available nearby, Bixie and his companions went through three days of hunger, with one more meal relying on the Sibuxiang to go home and fetch food.

This was another day of hunger. After finishing the cloud dew, Si Bu Xiang yawned and hugged Bi Xie and Tian Lu into his arms: "It's getting late, Little Plum Blossom, I'm going to sleep now. You and Little Blue Circle shouldn't stay up late."

Gurgle gurgle gurgle~

Gurgle gurgle gurgle~

But right now, Tianlu couldn't sleep at all. The hunger in his stomach was almost making him hallucinate: "Bixie, I really want to eat Golden Balls."

"Stop talking nonsense, there aren't even ghosts on the mountain."

Bixie was at a loss, but suddenly he looked at the Sibiki's hooves, which looked quite fragrant.

Hunger made Bixie unable to resist lifting one of the four-legged creature's hooves and licking it. Tianlu watched Bixie's action in surprise.

Tianlu really wanted to stop Bixie from eating the Four-Unlikes's trotters, but the words that came out were: "Hey?! Bixie, what are you eating?!"

Bixie whispered, "Shh, I'm just slurping it, I won't actually eat it. Don't wake up the Four-Unlikes."

"I can't eat my brother's leg, but licking it will satisfy my craving." With this thought in mind, Tianlu also looked at the Qilin leg in Bixie's hand with drooling eyes.

"Oh, if you're going to ward off evil spirits, then let me spit on it too after you're done."

"Okay, then keep your voice down. If you wake up the Four-Unlikes, we won't be able to chatter anymore."

However, what Bixie and the others didn't know was that Sibuxiang woke up just as he started to snort, but for some reason, Sibuxiang didn't wake up and chose to continue pretending to be asleep.

The four-legged creatures thought their lives would continue like this until one day, the arrival of an old golden man shattered everything.