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Seeing that Mo Hanshang didn't want to talk, Qin Jinyi didn't force him and walked slowly in the market which was still bustling.

"Eh? Is that your brother?" Mo Hanshang suddenly patted him and pointed at the child under the huge statue in front.

Qin Xiao stood in front of the statue and looked up. A group of people were kneeling in front of the statue's feet, praying. In front of it was an exquisite altar, with dozens of tall incense sticks in the stove in front of the altar. On both sides of the altar were hung strange cold weapons and various woolen decorations.

Qin Xiao had sharp ears and could vaguely hear that some of the people praying were hoping that their children could become Qi cultivators.

Qiongqi next to him took two steps back, looked up at the statue, and smiled disdainfully: "It's better to worship Qilin than him. If all else fails, worship Taifeng will do."

"You can't say that." Qin Xiao frowned and said softly.

Qiongqi rolled his eyes and snorted.

The statue is finely carved. The human-snake hanging from the palm opens its bloody mouth, revealing its sharp fangs. The silk of its clothes is exquisite and flawless. The slender fingers are spread forward, and even the mermaid silk on the neck is carved to be silky and delicate.

"When did he become like this?" Qiongqi said with increasing disgust, "He just runs around the mountain with his bare chest all day long..."

Qiongqi is feeling very complicated now. When he looks at this statue, he feels just like an ordinary person seeing his friend who always teases him suddenly transforms into an unattainable god and is worshipped by other species.

With mixed feelings, Qiongqi swallowed the sausage that Qin Xiao had just bought for him. The crispy casing wrapped the juicy meat. The fresh and fragrant taste burst in his mouth when he took a bite. It was very delicious.

But Qiongqi swallowed it whole without even chewing it.

"It's better to worship a pig than to worship him." Qiongqi slandered.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao pretended not to hear anything.

"Robber!" A scream suddenly came from behind, and a dark shadow passed by. Qin Xiao instinctively stretched out his foot, paused, thought about it, and then retracted it.

It's none of his business.

Qin Xiao thought about it and retracted his gaze.

It’s better not to worry about these trivial matters.

Qin Xiao turned around and found that the snacks in his hand were gone.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao looked at the smug figure and closed his eyes.

Why is there so little manpower here?

Before Qin Xiao could make a move, Qiongqi suddenly turned into a black shadow and followed, and in the blink of an eye, pinned the black shadow to the ground.

The man was pinned down by Qiongqi's claw and could not move. His jet-black wings retracted slightly, and he gently lowered his head and moved closer to the man's head. His dark golden eyes suddenly moved and met a pair of frightened eyes.

"Qiongqi!" Qin Xiao was worried that Qiongqi might cause a death in public, so he called him quickly.

Qiongqi glanced at him, curled his lips and turned into a human form, his feet still on the man, with his arms folded, staring at Qin Xiao with dissatisfaction.

The man felt the contact area on his back decrease. He was happy at first, but just as he was about to use force, he suddenly felt a burst of brutal pressure, like an unshakable mountain, pressing him down and making him unable to move.

"Do you think I'm a fool?" Qiongqi said quietly, staring at Qin Xiao who was jogging towards him with an unfriendly look.

"That's not what I meant." Qin Xiao wanted to explain, but was suddenly pushed away by a woman. He staggered two steps and barely managed to stand firm.

The woman walked over aggressively, and when she saw the man under Qiongqi's feet, she raised her foot without hesitation and stepped on the man's hand.

Watching the woman's more than ten-centimeter high heels fall, at that moment, Qiongqi vaguely heard the sound of bones breaking.

"I asked you to steal my purse! You bastard!" The woman kicked the man again, this time crushing his hand.

Qiongqi silently retracted his legs, looked at the woman, and then looked at Qin Xiao, as if he wanted to ask him what he thought.

Qin Xiao, however, had no expression. After being pushed away by the woman, he just patted the place where she had just touched him. He walked over and saw that the man's hand holding the stolen thing was bloody, and he couldn't help but frowned.

The woman was still cursing, but Qin Xiao turned a deaf ear to her and snatched the things that belonged to the man from his hands. As expected, the food he bought was stained with blood.

Qin Xiao was in a bad mood. He ignored their conflict and turned away.

The conflict on the woman's side quickly attracted a crowd of onlookers. Before that, Qin Xiao had already left and looked down at the food he bought. As he looked at it, he pouted.

Although the movement was very light, it was still captured by Qiongqi.

"Why are you unhappy?" Qiongqi flashed out of the crowd, sat on Qin Xiao's shoulder, folded his arms and lay on top of Qin Xiao's head, asking curiously.

"...Eat it." Qin Xiao handed him the blood-stained snack and felt the pressure on his head. He wanted to resist, but as soon as he grasped Qiongqi's calf, his shoulders suddenly sank and pressure followed.

"..."

Qin Xiao had no choice but to let him do what he wanted.

Qiongqi accepted Qin Xiao's food with a clear conscience, and even stretched out his hand to pinch his soft face: "Hey, your face is quite soft."

As he said this, he pinched it again curiously as if he had discovered a new continent.

Qin Xiao: ...

Qiongqi pinched it without any restraint, and it turned red after a few pinches.

Qiongqi saw that Qin Xiao's face was red, and he was not aware of it at all. He added another hand and rubbed both sides.

"How long are you going to follow me?"

Qiongqi stared at Qin Xiao's silent face with great interest, then suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Qin Xiao paused and looked at him, as if he didn't expect him to expose it directly.

"When did you discover it?" Mo Hanshang looked at Qiongqi curiously and raised his eyebrows.

"Why should I tell you?" Qiongqi took everything from Qin Xiao's hand and swallowed it all in one gulp. "There are quite a few tricks to this."

"Didn't I tell you to wait for me?" Qin Jinyi looked at Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao glanced at Qiongqi who was eating and talking at the same time, then looked away and looked at Qin Jinyi, explaining: "I saw there was food here, and after buying some, I wanted to go see the statue, so I came here."

Qin Jinyi's eyes were complicated, as if he had something hidden in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. He just nodded to show that he understood.

"Are you still watching?" Qin Jinyi asked.

"No need." Qin Xiao said calmly, "I've finished reading it."

Qin Jinyi pursed his lips, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

"Your name is Qiongqi?" Mo Hanshang looked at Qiongqi, "You turned into a wild beast just now, right? Is that your attribute?"

"Not really." Qiongqi glanced at him indifferently and suddenly frowned.

The taste is somewhat familiar...

Qiongqi thought of the person who took Mo Hanyu away.

It should be him, right?

Xiao Mi might be tired, and kept circling around Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao stretched out his hand, and the six slender legs tightly grasped his hand, and the soft abdomen pressed against it.

Qin Xiao just thought of it as a pendant for himself, not paying too much attention to it. He casually let his arms hang down and walked and stopped as before.

Mo Hanshang was still looking at Qiongqi when he suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket. He took out a small metal ball, put it on his ear and listened for a moment, then his expression changed slightly.

"I'll leave first." Mo Hanshang said to Qin Jinyi, raised his hand and patted his shoulder, "Take care of yourself."

Qin Jinyi nodded. Mo Hanshang turned around and disappeared in a few breaths.

"..." Qin Jinyi turned his head and looked into Qin Xiao's dark eyes. He paused, feeling that he seemed to have seen something. "Do you know his brother?"

"Mo Hanyu?" Qin Xiao glanced at him and said, "I know him."

"Did... you meet there?" Qin Jinyi's voice became softer when he mentioned this, as if he was afraid of upsetting Qin Xiao.

"We met on the road." Qin Xiao recalled his first meeting with Mo Hanyu and didn't say much.

Qin Jinyi nodded, and couldn't help but glance at the Qiongqi sitting on Qin Xiao's shoulder. Now that Mo Hanshang was gone, he could ask the questions that were difficult to ask before: "You are... the... cat?"

"Yes." Qiongqi did not hesitate, and even stared at him with interest, "Are you surprised?"

"You...what are you?" As soon as Qin Jinyi finished speaking, he showed a helpless expression, as if he also felt that what he said was inappropriate.

"Yes..." Unexpectedly, Qiongqi showed a thoughtful look, "a living thing."

Qin Jinyi: ...

Qin Jinyi looked at him, he looked at Qin Jinyi and blinked.

"When will the sacrifice begin?" Qin Xiao suddenly interrupted them and asked Qin Jinyi.

"In the evening, about six hours later." Qin Jinyi looked at the watch on his wrist and said.

Qin Xiao glanced at the watch on Qin Jinyi's wrist. The black dial was inlaid with twelve small white fluorites. The pointer was slender and ticked away.

"Will Yu'er come during the sacrifice?" Qin Xiao felt that Qin Jinyi should have participated in these.

Qin Jinyi was stunned for a second before he realized who Yu'er was. Hearing his question, he was a little puzzled: "Appear? Aren't these gods... spiritual sustenance?"

Qin Xiao: "Where did you get the prototype of this statue?"

Qin Jinyi was stunned: "Isn't it just a fabrication of imagination?"

Qin Xiao glanced at him and said calmly, "Really? That's it."

Qin Jinyi: ...

Qin Jinyi always felt that Qin Xiao looked at a fool.

Qin Jinyi couldn't help but look back at the towering statue: "You... know him?"

"I don't know him." Qin Xiao shook his head.

"Why, do you want to see him?" Qiongqi stared at Qin Jinyi with interest and asked.

"...No, that's not the case." Qin Jinyi asked only because he heard Qin Xiao and the others sounded very familiar with each other.

"Speaking of Yu'er, he even had a fight with Mang Ling." Qiongqi seemed to have thought of something and said to Qin Xiao with great interest.

Mang Ling? Who is it?

Qin Jinyi had some doubts in his mind, but he didn't ask any questions. He just looked at them steadily.

"Because why?" Qin Xiao had never heard of such a thing and couldn't help but ask.

"Because he owed it to me." Qiongqi sneered, "When he first knew about Mang Ling's existence, he was determined to fight him, but he was beaten instead."

As he said this, Qiongqi chuckled, feeling somewhat gloating.

[What are you laughing at? Didn't you go there after Yu'er was beaten? You see, Yu'er was beaten so badly, but he didn't remember it at all.]

Ji Meng suddenly said in a low voice.

Qiongqi:......

"Shut up!" Qiongqi bared his teeth.

Qin Jinyi was stunned, looked around, and made sure that there was no one else around. He couldn't help but look at him in confusion.

"Is he very powerful?" Qin Xiao asked Qiongqi.

"...Is it okay?" Qiongqi frowned. "At that time, he had nothing to do, so he ran around looking for people to fight with all day. Most of the people he could beat were not interested in him, and those he couldn't beat were unwilling to accept it, so they kept fighting with him."

Qiongqi shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, then he thought of something and patted Qin Xiao's head fiercely, "You don't know, Yu'er is sometimes bored and always goes to find Bai Ze and the others. Mo Ze listened to Bai Ze at first and was very polite, but after so many times he just laughed and told Yu'er to get lost, hahaha..."

Qiongqi seemed to be thinking of that scene, and laughed so hard that he fell backwards: "Every time, Bai Ze came out to smooth things over."

Mo Ze? Qin Jinyi glanced at Qiongqi, his eyes moved slightly, and he thought of Mo Hanshang's question.

When Qiongqi looked at him, he calmly withdrew his gaze, his expression as usual.

Qiongqi didn't care, he stretched out his hand and rubbed Qin Xiao's face: "Mo Ze was still young at that time, he couldn't control his strength, and he almost collapsed the two mountains. In the end, it was Bai Ze who called Zhu Yin to rush over to clean up the mess."

"...Is that so?" Qin Xiao lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Qin Jinyi seemed to be listening in a daze, looking here and there, and finally turned his head and chose to play deaf and dumb and said nothing.

Seeing Qin Xiao's cold reaction, Qiongqi felt bored and curled his lips.

Qin Xiao's eyes focused, and he saw Qin Jiuyuan squatting in front of a stall selling magical pets, with Qin Yunan standing next to him.

"Old Four." Qin Jinyi called out, and Qin Jiuyuan looked over with sparkling eyes.

The little girl only remembered the food and not the beating. Even with a bandage wrapped around her neck, she acted as if nothing had happened and was full of energy.

"Brother!" Qin Jiuyuan smiled and waved at them, motioning them to come over.

Qin Yun'an watched Qin Xiao approach, looked at the Qiongqi on his neck with a puzzled expression, and when he shifted his gaze to Qin Xiao's hand, his face turned ferocious.

"...You are quite good at playing tricks." Qin Yun'an had a complicated expression.

Qin Xiao: ...

"Why did you spend it?" Qiongqi finally got down from Qin Xiao's neck and glanced at him.

Qin Yun'an had never seen Qiongqi like this before, and couldn't help wondering: "You are——"

"Qiongqi." Qiongqi smiled.

Qin Yunan:……!!

"I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you." Qin Yun'an quickly turned his head and looked at the sky.

Qiongqi sneered and said nothing.

"Brother, I want to raise this." Qin Jiuyuan saw Qin Jinyi, excitedly picked up a rabbit and held it up.

Qin Jinyi recognized at a glance that the cloud rabbit on the stall was not pure. The cloud rabbit is a mid-level magical beast, fast and responsive, but famous for its cute appearance, relatively docile personality, and high cost-effectiveness in raising. After all, it is a mid-level magical beast, and many young ladies in the family will raise it because of its fluffy appearance.

But it is not pure at first glance.

Qin Jinyi glanced at the stall owner: "How much?"

There were quite a lot of people around the stall. The stall owner glanced at him in a hurry and pointed out: "Two silver coins."

Qin Jinyi raised his eyebrows.

This is the price of a purebred.

"So expensive?" Qin Xiao muttered softly. The food he just bought cost less than one silver coin, but he needed two to buy this little thing?

"Why is it expensive?" Who would have thought that the stall owner had sharp ears and gave him a displeased look, "You say it's expensive just because you can't afford it? Can't Yuntu see that? This is a magical pet that every young lady would raise, and you say it's expensive just by talking to her?"

"Cloud Rabbit?" Qin Xiao was stunned and looked at Qin Jinyi.

"It's a kind of intermediate magical beast." Qin Jinyi explained to him in a low voice.

Qin Xiao looked at the rabbit in Qin Jiuyuan's hand calmly. The rabbit was no different from an ordinary rabbit, except that there was a vertical pink mark on its forehead.

Normally the mark on a Cloud Rabbit's forehead is blood red, like a ball of fire, but this mark has changed color, and you can tell at a glance that it is not pure.

"Boss, why is this mark pink?"

Someone nearby also noticed it and asked.

"Oh, this cloud rabbit is still small. This is its fur. It will turn red when it sheds its fur and grows up." The stall owner said without hesitation.

Qin Jinyi: ...

Qin Jiuyuan looked at Qin Jinyi's expression and felt that he might not agree, so she felt a little disappointed.

"Do you have pocket money?" Qin Xiao asked her.

Qin Jiuyuan was stunned: "Yes."

"Have you saved your pocket money?"

Qin Jiuyuan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Third Brother, do you want it?"

"No need." Qin Xiao looked at her: "If you want to buy it, you can buy it with your own pocket money."

Qin Jiuyuan was delighted and looked at Qin Jinyi.

Qin Jinyi hesitated: "Old Three——"

He knew that Qin Xiao could understand his hesitation.

Qin Xiao looked at him: "Since she likes it and can accept buying it with her own money, why not?"

"It's mainly not cost-effective..."

"As long as she likes it, it's up to her to decide whether the money she spends is worthwhile or not." Qin Xiao remained calm.

Qin Jinyi listened, looked at Qin Jiuyuan who was looking at him with hope, and pursed his lips: "Do you really want to raise one?"

"Yeah." Qin Jiuyuan nodded quickly.

"Then let's make three rules." Qin Jinyi lowered his body and looked at her straight in the eyes. "After you buy it, you have to be responsible for it. Don't be impulsive. Do you understand?"

Qin Jiuyuan thought about it and nodded.

Seeing this, Qin Jinyi agreed to let her buy it.

Looking at Qin Jiuyuan who was happily holding the rabbit, Qin Xiao thought for a moment and said to Qin Jinyi, "Actually, there's no need to worry about her abandoning it. When she doesn't want to keep it anymore, she can kill it and eat its meat."

Qin Jinyi: ...

Qin Jiuyuan was startled and looked at him with horror on her face.

Qiongqi agreed with his statement: "That's what I mean."

Qin Yun'an: ...

"I, I, I won't do that!" Qin Jiuyuan looked at Qin Xiao's calm expression and was really afraid that one day when she was not around, Qin Xiao would kill the rabbit and eat its meat. Although she was not familiar with Qin Xiao, looking at the look in Qin Xiao's eyes, she knew that he could really do it. She quickly assured him, "I won't hate it. You are not allowed to eat it!"

Qin Xiao glanced at her, his attitude still indifferent: "Really? Then it depends on you."