Chapter 91: Unforeseen Circumstances

After hearing Hu’er’s words, Qin Yangjun smiled noncommittally. He didn’t notice her gentle gaze.

He leaned back slightly, looking up at the cave ceiling. He said nothing.

It was only natural that Hu’er could see through it.

After all, calling all of this a coincidence would be too much of a stretch.

Then Hu’er seemed to recall the earlier danger, and a look of grievance appeared in her eyes.

“But don’t do something so dangerous again next time. Just to prove that woman is more suited for Xiao Hei than I am, you made that Rocksteel King Ape activate its innate divine ability. I was almost scared to death.”

Xiao Hei was the name Hu’er had given to the Icefire Jade Qilin Horse.

Yueyao, hearing this, was stunned for a moment. She looked at Qin Yangjun with a hint of surprise.

So, her senior brother had already sensed that she was following him?

Thinking back, during the Tianbang tournament, Qin Yangjun had awakened the ability of Thorough Insight.

That was enough to prove his formidable soul power. So it was only reasonable that he had discovered her.

She had intended to explain herself, but Qin Yangjun had pushed her forward instead.

Thinking of this, she looked at Qin Yangjun.

Though she didn’t speak, the gratitude in her eyes was clear.

But Qin Yangjun, the one in question, was stunned.

0_0? That happened?

Seeing Qin Yangjun’s expression, Hu’er’s face showed helplessness.

She had heard from Ruoqing that Qin Yangjun’s favorite thing was to play dumb.

Now it seemed that was true.

“This Rocksteel King Ape is the spirit…”

Before she could finish, she glanced at Yueyao.

Then she swallowed her words.

“Anyway, stop pretending. I don’t blame you.”

Hu’er knew that the Rocksteel King Ape was a servant of the Divine Beast. Since Qin Yangjun had already signed a contract with the Divine Beast, he could have ordered the ape to stop at any time.

In her eyes, the reason he hadn’t stopped it immediately was to show her the cooperation between the two.

Perhaps Qin Yangjun had acted on a whim, but she had to admit he had achieved his goal.

His ability to adapt on the spot also earned her admiration.

At that moment, Qin Yangjun’s expression was very subtle.

Clearly, Hu’er had misunderstood something.

Back then, because of the pain, he had been out of his mind.

So the Rocksteel King Ape had actually been fighting them for real.

He didn’t know how to explain. Luckily, everyone outside was fine, or else Qin Yangjun would have been guilty for life.

Then Hu’er, carrying the Gengjin Liesparrow, walked over to the Icefire Jade Qilin Horse. She stroked its mane.

“From the fight just now, I’ve already seen that this woman is more suitable for my Xiao Hei. I was too willful before.”

When Hu’er said that name, the Icefire Jade Qilin Horse let out a heavy snort, as if responding to her.

Then Hu’er looked at Yueyao.

Yueyao was about to explain what had happened earlier, but before she could speak, Hu’er interrupted her.

“No need to say anything more about what happened before. I hope you’ll take good care of Xiao Hei.”

With that, she handed Yueyao a jade talisman. Yueyao took it blankly.

A quick inspection revealed that it recorded the habits and cultivation directions of the Icefire Jade Qilin Horse.

This was something Hu’er had summarized over many years, and now she had given it to her.

It clearly meant that Hu’er now recognized her as the Icefire Jade Qilin Horse’s master.

On the other side, Yueyao and Hu’er seemed to be still talking. Qin Yangjun stood up with Ling’er’s help.

Then Qin Yangjun suddenly remembered something.

He looked at Azure Luan and transmitted with his mind: “Did something go wrong on your end before?”

“Master, you’re truly amazing. You can even guess that.”

“Tell me what happened.”

Although Azure Luan was curious about how her master had guessed, she could see that Qin Yangjun didn’t intend to explain. So she simply stopped wondering and answered directly.

“Originally, I wouldn’t have summoned this Rocksteel King Ape at all. It was mainly because of last night…”

Then Azure Luan told Qin Yangjun about the incident last night.

At that time, she had not yet hatched. The nest she had set up for hatching was not here.

Her original nest was closer to the tribe, where her subordinates had used stolen spirit medicines to create a hatching medicinal pool.

Her plan was to absorb the pool’s spiritual energy today, hatch, and then take her minions back to the Wildwood Forest.

But last night, an uninvited guest came to her hatching nest.

According to Azure Luan, that person was surrounded by demonic qi. His cultivation was only around the Core Formation stage, but his strength was terrifyingly abnormal. He could single-handedly overpower her several minions.

This was considering that demonic beasts have a natural advantage in physical strength. A single beast could fight several human cultivators of the same realm, but this person was the opposite.

Moreover, that person had a very sinister ability: his demonic qi could corrupt her minions’ minds.

Sensing the intruder’s hostile intent, Azure Luan suppressed her Divine Beast aura and immediately called for the Rocksteel King Ape. Meanwhile, her minions fought desperately to buy time.

By the time the Rocksteel King Ape arrived, all of her minions had been controlled by that person.

Then Azure Luan realized that the person’s goal wasn’t her. He had long discovered her existence but hadn’t attacked her. Perhaps due to her concealed aura, he had mistaken her for an ordinary king beast.

And sensing the arrival of the Rocksteel King Ape, he left without a word, taking the controlled beasts with him.

Azure Luan didn’t know what that person intended to do, but she knew her nest was no longer safe. So she had the Rocksteel King Ape bring her to the nearest king beast cave.

That is, the Gengjin Liesparrow’s cave.

Without the medicinal pool’s effects, and with a trace of demonic qi from the battle contaminating her during hatching, she had prematurely broken out of the shell shortly after arriving, becoming a premature hatchling.

Now her strength was only at the early Nascent Soul stage.

Originally, she should have left after hatching, but because of that lingering demonic qi, she had to expel it from her body. So she didn’t leave immediately after hatching but stayed to purge the demonic qi.

It took her less than half a day to dispel it. But just as she finished and was about to leave, Ling’er found her.

As for what happened after, Qin Yangjun already knew.

After listening, Qin Yangjun fell into thought.

Core Formation cultivation… last night… demonic qi… control…

These keywords echoed in Qin Yangjun’s mind. Suddenly, an idea struck him.

So far, all the plot deviations had revolved around him.

Then this person must be related to him somehow.

Soon, Qin Yangjun locked onto a target in his mind.

Could it be that kid…

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