I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 378: 379: Accidentally Fell into the Immortal Spirit Daily

However, thinking about it made it come to terms with the situation. It was the Saint Child of Fire Qilin Cave with the highest cultivation level, and it had joined the first battlefield. Anyone with discernment could see that it had the greatest chance of winning.

Bootlicking and courting favor were indeed par for the course.

With this in mind, a smug look flashed in the eyes of the Saint Child Huo Yun. Indeed, it was the chosen one.

What it didn’t know was that all these assumptions were just wishful thinking.

Yang Guang’s thoughts were straightforward; the third and fourth battlefields were under Li Xiaobai’s control, they were his own people, and there was no need to do much else.

Assigning Yang Chen and Ling Feng to the first battlefield was just right to observe and monitor the every move of Saint Child Huo Yun, keeping everything under his own control.

As for the second battlefield, since Wang Guan was obedient to Mei Changqing, grasping Mei Changqing’s movements also meant grasping Wang Guan’s, negating the necessity for additional people to tail him.

“Hehe, now that everything is well assigned, I wish all the Saint Heirs a triumphant return and a restored peace to the borderlands,” Yang Guang said, laughing as he raised his cup. The cultivators at the feast also raised their glasses, relieved to have gotten through the day without any trouble, as everything seemed to fall into place thereafter.

However, it was at that moment that a newspaper suddenly slipped from a corner and floated before everyone’s eyes.

Li Xiaobai stood up in panic, picking up the newspaper from the ground in a hurried and clumsy manner, stuffing it into his Space Ring haphazardly.

“Sorry, everyone, my apologies. I accidentally dropped a bunch of scrap papers.”

A few Saint Heirs narrowed their eyes slightly. Everyone present was a cultivator with exceptional vision. Just that fleeting glance was enough for the content on the newspaper to become clear in their minds.

This was no scrap paper; if they saw correctly, it should be the Immortal Spirit Daily by Elder Tianji. The revealed corner of it spoke of a special treasure that appeared in the border regions, capable of emitting a strange black flame that burned Flesh Mountain – quite extraordinary.

Moreover, the report was recent, suggesting that the treasure might still be at the borderlands, unclaimed.

The eyes of several Kylins shimmered; possessing the ability to burn Flesh Mountain was undoubtedly a powerful weapon for defending the borderlands.

Being reported by Elder Tianji was already proof of its extraordinary nature.

However, only the corner of the Immortal Spirit Daily was exposed, so the information they could gather was very limited.

Just as everyone was contemplating how to steer the conversation to inquire about Li Xiaobai and the matter of the flame, Cai Kunxu and Xiong Da took the initiative to walk over to Dry Flame Saint Child and Ergouzi, whispering secretly to them.

The eyes of the two Qilin Divine Beasts suddenly lit up, and they began to breathe a little faster as the two City Lords informed them that the flame was within the third and fourth battlefields, and, what’s more, the first and second battlefields were unaware of it!

Ergouzi’s large eyes whirled around. After the rush of excitement, it quickly returned to composure, carefully recalling the scene that had just transpired, feeling that something was amiss as it looked at Li Xiaobai with suspicion.

Would someone who was usually sly as a monkey and full of cunning make such a basic mistake as dropping a newspaper?

This situation felt quite like a trap.

Yet it seemed unlikely that the City Lord was in cahoots with Li Xiaobai. It decided to slip over later to check things out.

Looking at the current situation, remaining in the first battlefield didn’t seem all that appealing.

Saint Child Huo Yun and Saint Child Huo Yuan blinked expectantly, staring at their respective City Lords, eager to learn the details about the flame.

However, they were destined to be disappointed. City Lord Mei and Wang Guan were utterly confused; they too had seen the news on the Immortal Spirit Daily, but they hadn’t heard anything about this flame before.

Watching the small maneuvers of Cai Kunxu and Xiong Da, they realized that these two might be privy to some information and hadn’t reported it to them. They were likely planning to keep the treasure all to themselves.

“Cough cough, Junior Brother Huo Gan, Junior Brother Fire Qilin, what’s making you so happy? Feel free to share, let’s all be happy together?”

Saint Child Huo Yun said with a smile.

“Hehe, nothing much, just thought of some happy events.”

Dry Flame Saint Child responded indifferently.

“Woof, right, right, Lord Ergouzi also thought of some happy events.”

Ergouzi nodded and said seriously.

“Is it about that black flame?”

Saint Child Huo Yun asked patiently and composedly.

“No, it’s that my companion is about to give birth.”

Dry Flame Saint Child said.

“Right, right, about to give birth.”

Urgouzi hastened to agree.

“Your companions are the same person?”

Saint Child Huo Yun frowned and asked, it had not heard that Ergouzi had a companion.

“Woof, no, they will give birth on the same day!”

“No, that’s wrong. It’s that his companion is going to give birth, and Lord Ergouzi is just simply feeling very happy!”

Ergouzi realized and quickly corrected himself.

“Are you playing tricks on me?”

The gaze of Saint Child Huo Yun narrowed, and a hint of dangerous aura began to emerge.

“Actually, it’s not such a big deal. Although Brother Wang and I were unaware of this flame previously, the reason behind it is not hard to deduce. This flame came from some magic treasure that appeared out of thin air, and the location of its appearance was between the third and fourth battlefields, right or not?”

City Lord Mei took a light sip of tea and spoke calmly.

“Hehe, City Lord Mei is indeed sharp-witted, but this flame is not as powerful as imagined. The so-called burning of the Flesh Mountain only inflicts some damage to the Flesh Mountain at Divinity Transformation Stage, it’s not worth delving into too much.”

Cai Kunxu said with a chuckling smile, everything proceeding orderly, and all of his lines were spoken strictly according to Li Xiaobai’s intentions.

The more it was concealed, the more these people wanted to find out. He knew City Lord Mei all too well.

“Woof, exactly, just a regular black flame, could it possibly be stronger than Lord Ergouzi?”

“Hehe, just a regular flame magic treasure. Perhaps it can wound a Flesh Mountain at Tribulation Crossing Stage, but to truly kill it, we cultivators have to exert effort.”

Ergouzi and Dry Flame Saint Child echoed in agreement.

“That makes sense. As everyone knows, my Fire Qilin Cave is a descendant of Kylin, naturally masters at playing with fire, and our ancestors were the forebears of playing with fire. There probably isn’t a flame in this world that could harm the cultivators of Fire Qilin Cave.”

Saint Child Huo Yun nodded and spoke indifferently, seemingly not taking the mysterious black flame seriously.

“Of course, there exists no flame in this world that could harm a Qilin Divine Beast. Moreover, the resources of Fire Qilin Cave are vast, we lack no treasures, who would go treasure hunting seriously?”

“I wouldn’t, would you?”

“Woof, Lord Ergouzi has always been waited on hand and foot, I do not know what treasure hunting even is!”