“Is Your Excellency here to inquire about Old Leader?”
Little Hamster didn’t beat around the bush. After sitting down with Fang Xin, he got straight to the point.
Fang Xin also went straight to it, “Yes, I wonder where Old Leader is now?”
Little Hamster adjusted his glasses, picked up his exquisite mini teacup, and took a sip of tea from Turtle.
Turtle also poured Fang Xin a cup of tea.
Little Hamster waved his paw, and Turtle then stood at the entrance of the main tent, dismissing everyone else, leaving only him as if he were a sword-wielding guard.
After a moment of thought, Little Hamster said, “Your Excellency, Old Leader did mention before his passing that one day, people would flock here to search for his whereabouts.”
Fang Xin was stunned for a long time after hearing this. “Before his passing? Old Leader is gone?”
Little Hamster nodded, “Yes, Old Leader passed away several years ago.”
Fang Xin sat blankly in his chair, holding his teacup.
If the Qilin was dead, wouldn’t he have made a wasted trip, like a dung beetle encountering diarrhea?
But logically, creatures of that divine beast level usually have very long lifespans.
Fang Xin looked at Little Hamster with doubt in his heart.
Little Hamster again took a sip of tea from his exquisite little teacup.
“Your Excellency, the news of Old Leader’s death is only known to me and A Yan at the entrance in the entire tribe. I told the other villagers that Old Leader was in seclusion, so I hope you won’t reveal this secret to them.”
Fang Xin asked the question in his heart, “Isn’t Old Leader a terrifying existence of divine beast level? How could he die?”
Little Hamster placed his two small paws on his belly and sighed, “I think Your Excellency should understand that although Old Leader is very strong, he was ultimately created by humans, violating the objective laws of nature. Therefore, Old Leader did not have the longevity of other divine beasts.”
Fang Xin couldn’t help but recall Honghuang No. 1 mentioned in the notebook. The Qilin was created by Professor Shang through Honghuang No. 1. This explanation seemed plausible.
However, Fang Xin didn’t necessarily believe everything the other party said in just a few words.
“Then your Old Leader has been gone for so long, and the villagers haven’t noticed anything?”
Little Hamster smiled, adjusting his glasses with his paw, “Although Old Leader is gone, his remains are still here. Old Leader is, after all, a terrifying existence of divine beast level. Even his residual power can make many people retreat. I occasionally go to Old Leader’s place of meditation to activate his aura, so that the villagers know Old Leader is still alive!”
Fang Xin rubbed his teacup in his hand, “You just said Old Leader mentioned before his passing that someone would come here. Did he say anything else besides that?”
Little Hamster nodded, “Although Old Leader is gone, he also left something behind. If the person who comes can make that thing resonate, then that person is worthy of trust! The reason I invited Your Excellency here is because the item Old Leader left behind just now showed a reaction.”
Fang Xin immediately became energized, “What thing?”
Little Hamster elegantly took a sip of tea.
He got off his exclusive small chair, then picked up a walking stick specially made for him from the side. “Your Excellency, please follow me!”
Fang Xin had just stood up.
The walking stick in Little Hamster’s paw tapped the table, and with a blur before his eyes, Fang Xin found himself in a cave.
Fang Xin stared wide-eyed at Little Hamster.
“You... your talent is spatial-type?”
Little Hamster leaned on his walking stick, “No, my talent is conversion. I can convert spatial positions, and I can also convert the strength between myself and others. If I am injured and you are not, I can make you take my injury, and I can have your state. There are other applications for this talent, which I won’t go into.”
Fang Xin stared wide-eyed at Little Hamster, not expecting Little Hamster’s talent to be so amazing.
And Fang Xin still hadn’t figured out what Little Hamster’s combat power was.
He looked very weak.
But that move just now truly opened Fang Xin’s eyes.
Little Hamster’s gaze fixed in one direction.
Fang Xin followed Little Hamster’s gaze.
At the end of his gaze was a throne, and a huge dark shadow lay dormant on the throne.
Little Hamster’s body flickered and moved in mid-air, constantly exchanging positions with the stones on the cave wall. In a short while, he reached the armrest of the throne.
He placed a paw across his chest, bowed reverently, and whispered, “Old Leader!”
Fang Xin stepped forward and only then clearly saw the figure.
He had two horns on his head, a fiery red mane, a huge body covered in scales, and a thick dragon tail hanging naturally.
Even though he had been dead for many years, a suffocating sense of pressure could still be felt from his body.
At this moment, Fang Xin gradually understood that Little Hamster was converting the Qilin’s aura onto himself, to make the villagers in the tribe mistakenly believe that Old Leader was still alive.
Little Hamster bringing Fang Xin here was actually to tell Fang Xin that what he had just told him was true.
“Such a powerful aura!” Situ Shenshu’s voice came from Fang Xin’s mind, “My Lord, let This Monk take a look!”
Fang Xin immediately released Situ Shenshu.
Upon seeing Situ Shenshu, Little Hamster paused slightly, but wasn’t overly surprised. He just bowed humbly and said, “Lord Shenshu!”
Situ Shenshu responded casually, his gaze fixed on the Qilin’s corpse.
“Looking at this form, this should be the legendary Qilin Divine Beast. I didn’t expect it to actually appear! If it were alive, reaching the fourteenth realm would be effortless!”
Fang Xin would have been fine if he hadn’t heard these words, but after hearing them, he felt another wave of anxiety. He had come at such an inopportune time. Before coming, Fang Xin had never imagined that this Qilin Divine Beast was actually dead. He thought of when Zhuge Baimao mentioned the Qilin’s whereabouts to the Old Palace Master of Ten Thousand Beasts Palace. At that time, the Supreme Elders of Ten Thousand Beasts Palace were so excited they were almost spitting water. If they knew the Qilin was already dead, who knows what they would think!
His thoughts returned. Little Hamster had just said that something had resonated with Fang Xin.
“You just said Old Leader left something behind. What is it?”
Little Hamster stood on the armrest and said to Fang Xin, “First, place your hand on Old Leader’s forehead. If you are not repelled by Old Leader’s residual power, I will then take you to see the item Old Leader left behind!”
Fang Xin thought for a moment and placed his hand on it.
As his hand was about to touch, he could clearly feel a barrier on the Qilin’s body, about three centimeters thick, obstructing his palm. Fang Xin pressed forward, and the barrier silently moved aside, allowing Fang Xin’s hand to touch Old Leader’s forehead.
Little Hamster muttered to himself, “It’s you! The Zero Arbiter Old Leader spoke of!”
Fang Xin asked in confusion, “What did you just say, Doomsday Arbiter?”
“Old Leader said during his lifetime that there is an existence in this world that has an innate tacit understanding with him, and this existence is precisely the Zero Arbiter!”
Little Hamster said again, “Your Excellency, please follow me!”
As he spoke, Little Hamster tapped his walking stick, and the wall melted open, revealing a passage with faintly visible light flowing within.
Little Hamster led the way.
Fang Xin followed closely behind.
Beyond the passage was a cave chamber, and in the center of the chamber was a stone platform.
On the stone platform lay the item the Qilin had left behind.
