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Chapter 90 The Qilin moves!
"Kirin?"

Li Guanyi's pen tip dipped in thick ink was almost about to land on General Xue's face, but he paused because of these two words. Not only because this was only a strange beast that existed in myths and legends, but also because in Yue Qianfeng's story, after conquering the southwest region, Duke Taiping came to Jiangnan with the pearl of the Yi leader.

The one being ridden is a Qilin.

There couldn't possibly be two such mythical beasts in a country as big as Chen.

General Xue smiled and said, "Yes, Qilin."

"If you have heard of Chen Xingyuan's story, you should have heard that he once wielded a sword and killed a tiger with wings. The giants in the northern region fled in panic, and Chen Xingyuan became famous. Then, do you want to think about why the tiger with wings on its back suddenly left its home and came to the Central Plains?"

Without waiting for Li Guanyi to answer, General Xue had already given the reason.

"In ancient times, tigers with wings on their backs were called Qiongqi. In the southwest, there is the Nuo, which has twelve mythical beasts. Qiongqi is one of them. Its body is as big as a city gate. People's cities cannot stop it. It can rush into a town with one pounce and eat people like squeezing an ant to death."

"Roaring like thunder, Chen Xingyuan picked up his sword and fought for three hours, killing the Qiongqi. His last move, Destroying Mountains, pierced Qiongqi's head, sublimating his weapon into a divine weapon. The reason Qiongqi came here was because of the young divine beast in his arms."

Li Guanyi said: "Qilin."

General Xue said: "Yes, Qilin is the king respected by all beasts."

"Like a tiger, yet with the characteristics of a dragon, scales and fur coexisting."

"The reason why Chen Xingyuan chose Jiangzhou, a place far away from Zhongzhou, as his back seat was to avoid the royal family and to keep the secret. Almost everyone who knew the secret was killed by him at that time."

"except me."

General Xue smiled slightly and said, "Because he can't beat me."

"When he found out that I had moved the Xue family's ancestral land to his doorstep, you didn't see the expression on his face. It was more than an opera singer's, and he was so happy."

Li Guanyi ignored the smug General Xue and asked, "A young Qilin?"

General Xue stretched out his hand and gestured, saying, "Yes, it could fit inside the battle robe at that time. It was as big as a big dog. Rather than being a lucky beast, it was more like a larger catkin."

"That was a fire unicorn, like the orange raccoon on the golden quilt and silver bed."

"Depends on its size."

"I suspect that it was captured by Chen Xingyuan right after it was born. Since ancient times, good and evil are like yin and yang, coexisting together. Qiongqi is evil, and Qilin is auspicious. The Qiongqi is guarding there, probably waiting for Qilin to come to the world, and then devour it, so that it can become a purer evil god."

"In order to kill Qiongqi, Chen Xingyuan found Qilin instead."

"He was very excited at first. Since ancient times, all gods and generals have loved magic weapons, precious armor, and exotic beasts. Qilin has always been in the top ten in the list of exotic beasts from ancient times to the present. Although the Fire Qilin is a Five Elements Qilin, it is not the original and most authentic auspicious sign."

“But for the generals, the Fire Kirin, which can walk on fire on all four legs and fly into the air after reaching adulthood, and all beasts obey it when it roars, is a perfect beast that is more suitable for charging into battle than the phoenix. Even the Iron Pagoda, if it spits out fire, will turn into molten iron.”

General Xue said:

"I suspect that the old fellow even prepared the imperial robe at that time."

"It's almost like putting it on."

"Unfortunately, it was later discovered that exotic beasts like the Qilin take at least five hundred years to reach adulthood."

"It takes another five hundred years to reach young adulthood."

"The lifespan is at least eight thousand years."

"Although Chen Xingguo is a famous general in the world and has hundreds of thousands of generals under his command, he does not have the foundation of golden muscles and jade bones. He has fought many fierce battles and suffered hundreds of wounds. He could not survive the Qilin. In the end, he had no choice but to hide the Fire Qilin in Jiangzhou City, hoping that his descendants can have a famous general recognized by the Qilin."

"In your era, has the Qilin reached adulthood? Even if it has not yet reached adulthood, it can at least be ridden. A Qilin between five hundred and two thousand years old can already breathe out blazing flames, bathing its body in flames and causing fear among all the beasts."

Li Guanyi raised his eyebrows and said, "What does it matter if you know the news about Qilin?"

“I can’t take it with me.”

General Xue said, "That may not be the case. Back then, Chen Xingguo could not defeat me, so I held the Qilin and played with it for a long time, and asked Yaoguang to help leave a trace. It was a magic. A beast like the Qilin has a very good memory. He will never forget the person he recognized, even if thousands of years have passed."

"With this mark, you can at least get in front of the Fire Kirin."

"Tell it that it's an old friend who has come. Whether you can gain the recognition of the Fire Kirin depends on you."

General Xue smiled and said, "How is it?"

Li Guanyi sighed, threw down his pen, and said, "Okay, I admit it."

"What method?"

General Xue stretched out his hand and controlled the white tiger's Dharma image to emit a special wave, as if inviting it to play. The movements were vivid and lifelike. General Xue smiled and said, "When Qilin was young, I used the white tiger to transform and let the Dharma image play with it for many years. Now, after hundreds of years, it will not be idle to see its childhood playmate again."

"I'll teach you how to play with it."

Li Guanyi grinned and asked suspiciously: "...That's it?"

General Xue laughed out loud: "Haha, as human beings, you and I may have the strength to destroy mountains and fill up the sea, but our life span is far different from that of beasts like Qilin. However, hundreds of years are real, and as human beings, we are old and decadent. We even met our childhood friends again when we were old."

"With such friendship, even a fierce beast like a tiger will not do nothing."

"What's more, the Qilin is auspicious?"

"Isn't this kind of friendship far better than that of the Chen Kingdom guys?"

"Besides, it's fine for the descendants of Chen Xingyuan to have the lofty ambitions of his ancestors. But if they become ordinary princes, who can resist the blood of the Qilin? You go and take a look. If the Qilin is not doing well now, you have to take it away."

Li Guan was stunned.

General Xue said softly, "When Chen Xingyuan was young, countless sorcerers and alchemists told him that he could use the blood of the auspicious Qilin, which can live for ten thousand years, to make an elixir of immortality, but Chen Xingyuan expelled them all."

"People like him are selfish, ambitious, loyal, and lawless."

"Only trust your gun."

"But his descendants may not be able to resist temptation."

Li Guan nodded.

At this time, some thoughts arose in my mind.

[Duke Taiping's mount is a Qilin] [The royal family of Chen State may be longing for the Qilin blood elixir of immortality]

Could this have anything to do with his parents' affairs?
He suppressed these thoughts.

On this day, General Xue told Li Guanyi how he got along with Qilin, what Qilin liked to eat, and what music he liked to listen to. Then he waved his hand and said, "You can go. This secret realm is over. I don't know when we will meet again."

The secret realm ended and all the starlight disappeared.

The silver-haired girl stretched out her hand, and endless starlight flowed and changed, finally disintegrating into prismatic crystals one by one.

Yaoguang caught these things that were gathered from the stars.

Then put it in your package.

Li Guanyi said, "Let's go to Jiangzhou City together."

The silver-haired girl shook her head, she reached out and put on her hood.

Only the silver hair on his temples and the smooth curve of his chin were left, and his voice was calm: "You don't have to worry about me. It will take time to dismantle the secret realm. I can finish it in five days. I will remember your breath, whether you are in Jiangzhou City or in the world."

"I can always find you."

“The covenant has not ended yet, you don’t have to worry about me leaving.”

Li Guanyi looked at the girl in front of him and nodded. He turned and left. His eyes were quiet, recording the trajectory of the stars in the secret realm. After a while, he heard the sound of horse hooves again. He turned around and saw that the young man had returned.

Li Guanyi picked up the things and put them next to Yaoguang.

When you open it, you'll see all kinds of snacks.

Yaoguang looked at it. Li Guanyi stretched out his hand.

Right under the girl's eyes, he picked up the straight and smooth stick used to bake steamed buns.

Li Guanyi said, "I'll take this thing first. From now on, when I'm not around, don't bake buns by yourself. No, try not to cook." The girl in front of him would always get distracted while reading a book while baking buns. When she came to her senses, the buns could be used as hidden weapons and thrown out.

Yaoguang looked at him and said calmly, "Okay."

Li Guanyi felt relieved, so he left enough food, snacks, and vegetables for Yaoguang. After giving him many instructions, he felt relieved and got up and rode away on his horse. The Xue family's team would set out tomorrow, so he couldn't go back too late. Yaoguang watched the young man leave.

She turned around and walked back to her original position.

Reach out.

I rummaged through the large package.

Grab a prism.

Place it carefully aside.

Grab a book.

Throw it away.

He turned it over and took it out again. It turned out to be a straight and smoother wooden stick than the previous one.

The silver-haired girl held the stick high and examined it under the starlight.

There was no expression on his face.

But there was an inexplicable feeling of pride.

Hold the stick in a fist and thrust it downward.

Insert it perfectly into the ground, take out the steamed bun and insert it, light a bonfire and flip through the books.

Reading.

………………

On Li Guanyi's birthday, he had dinner with his aunt. Murong Qiu Shui was the same as usual, but she told him not to cause trouble in the capital. That day, she asked Li Guanyi to play the piano and chess, and defeated the young man in three games before letting him leave happily.

On the day of departure, Murong Qiu Shui sent Li Guanyi out of the Xue family.

Just say that it is hot in summer, don't wear too many clothes, and don't drink too much ice, it will hurt your body. Li Guan agreed one by one, and waited until the Xue family's team in front urged him several times before he got on the horse and said, "Aunt, you can go back first, there is no need to see me off."

Murong Qiushui smiled and said, "It's okay, Auntie is here to see you go away."

Li Guanyi couldn't persuade her, so he followed the team forward until he reached the front of the avenue. When he looked back, he could still see his aunt's figure in front of the Xue Mansion. It was not until they turned a corner that the figure disappeared from his sight.

Xue Daoyong said: "You and your aunt have a very good relationship."

Li Guan nodded: "My aunt raised me personally. She is the closest person to me in this world..."

Murong Qiu Shui called himself Mu Lin to the outside world.

In the past, Li Guanyi often quarreled with his aunt. Now he was leaving the city. The big sacrifice would be in twenty days, and on the fifteenth day, it would take more than a month to see his aunt. He missed her a little. There was nothing to see on both sides of the scenery. The Xue family's team was very long, and they brought gifts for the dignitaries.

Xue Daoyong was in front, talking to Li Guanyi about some things, that is, after entering the city, he should not cause trouble, but also should not be afraid of trouble, and so on. He was told that he would take up his post in the capital later. The officials of the State of Chen were numerous, with different ranks, temporary posts, and dispatches. Li Guanyi was now a seventh-rank Zhenwei Captain and had no dispatch.

After entering the city, there is one new thing to do.

Li Guan nodded and looked at the scenery on both sides. Jiangzhou City and Guanyi City were more than 300 miles apart. The Xue family team had to arrive in one day. Li Guan discovered that there was a post station every few dozen miles along the way. There were many carriages and horses, and people from all countries came there to drink tea and eat.

The meat on the table outside was very rich and there was much leftover.

People from outside the country don't have to pay money.

Then they all boasted about the Central Plains, which was indeed rich, with vast territory and abundant resources, and beautiful people. At first, there was a post station every fifty miles, then every thirty miles, and then every twenty miles.

In addition, there are monks and Taoists on the road, as if a conference on Taoism has been held.

There are also carriages with intricate decorations. Looking around, there are also flower boats on the river waterway, stretching continuously, almost covering the entire river channel of Jiangzhou City. It is so majestic that it is indeed very impressive at a glance.

However, Li Guanyi saw many ordinary people among such a huge crowd.

These people had tired looks on their faces as they were rushing outside. One of them was an old man with two children, and they were walking hurriedly. It seemed that the weather was getting hotter and they had been walking in the sun for too long, so they stumbled and fell forward.

The contrast between the fallen civilians and the monks and Taoists on both sides and the people from other countries coming and going was obvious.

Li Guanyi frowned, dismounted and went to help the old man, but another young man with bronze skin also reached out his hand to help the old man. The two looked at each other, and Li Guanyi felt the old man's pulse and said, "You haven't eaten for a long time. The weather is too hot. Let's find a place to get some shade."

The Xue family team moved forward but did not stop for Li Guanyi.

Xue Daoyong acquiesced to Li Guanyi's action. The young man helped the old man to the shade of a tree. The old man brought some water with him, drank some, and ate some dry food. After he recovered, Li Guanyi said, "Where are you from, old man? You need to take care of yourself."

The old man took a breath and said, "Thank you for your concern. I am a commoner from the towns around Jiangzhou. I am taking this opportunity to go to the southwest."

Li Guanyi was surprised and asked, "Going to the southwest at this time?"

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing. Don't you know that the high priest is really too, too..."

When the old man saw the silk on Li Guanyi, he changed his tone and said quickly: "It's the old man's own fault. Young master saved my life, and I will never be able to repay you even if I die." He bowed repeatedly, and then without taking any more rest, he left with his two children in a hurry.

Li Guanyi was about to speak when the bronze-skinned young man said in a deep voice:

"If you are dressed like this, he won't talk to you if you are a nobleman."

Li Guanyi understood what he meant and gripped the hilt of the knife.

The young man patted the scimitar at his waist and said, "I came from the west. I heard that the emperor of the Central Plains took care of the people like a saint. I was curious, so I rode a camel out of the desert and then a donkey to get here, but what I saw was not right."

Li Guanyi: "Do you know why?"

The young man replied, "I don't know much. I only heard that when they were on the road, the envoys and merchants from various countries didn't have to pay. There were post stations on their roads. I once heard an old man say that all the counties within a radius of 500 miles would come to offer food."

"Then we need to ask the surrounding counties to gather 5,000 performing artists to go to the capital to play music."

"This money was paid by the people themselves for the grand sacrifice."

Li Guan frowned and looked at Jiangzhou City, the grand sacrifice of the State of Chen, and the major event of the world.

But it still has to bear the brunt of the people's burden. The Emperor of Chen...

Li Guanyi did not express his opinion, but caught up with the Xue family's carriage and entered Jiangzhou City with the old man. Naturally, no one dared to stop the Xue family's convoy, and the young man from the Western Regions followed Li Guanyi on a donkey.

They were from the Western Regions, and they didn’t even have to pay a head tax.

Li Guanyi looked at the huge city in front of him.

Majestic, solemn, and huge.

This is Jiangzhou City, the capital of the State of Chen, where his parents once visited.

More than ten years ago, did the Duke of Taiping ride a unicorn and enter this city gate, surrounded by cheers? Li Guanyi thought about it, and he walked into Jiangzhou City. Suddenly, he paused and felt a familiar yet strange atmosphere.

Just as Li Guanyi walked into Jiangzhou.

The entire Jiangzhou City suddenly fell into deathly silence. It was a kind of deathly silence that made all the animals and insects dare not make a sound. Even the wind stopped. Li Guanyi felt that the breath had also noticed him.

The energy fluctuated violently, and then——

A long roar like that of a tiger or a dragon suddenly exploded!

Kirin!

(End of this chapter)