His body grew rapidly, nearly two or three times larger than when he was just born.
The nest made of Xu Ke’s hair was gradually becoming too small for him.
Fortunately, a fine layer of feathers began to grow on Li Fan’s bald body, indicating that he would soon be able to fly on his own.
This trip to the Fallen Immortal Realm seemed unusually calm.
He spent all day by Xu Ke’s side, and there were neither dangers nor opportunities.
Just when there were three days left that Li Fan could stay in the Fallen Immortal Realm, sudden changes occurred.
One day, a loud dragon roar echoed throughout the territory of the Imperial Beast Sect.
A roiling green light illuminated the sky, and the atmosphere above suddenly changed.
Looking up, Li Fan saw a huge dragon claw faintly visible through the clouds, covering the sky.
Although the dragon claw was far above in the sky, and was not directly targeting Li Fan, the pressure emanating from it unintentionally made the young Li Fan tremble uncontrollably.
It was the suppression of absolute strength, leaving him unable to muster any thoughts of resistance.
As if facing some enemy, the dragon claw fiercely swiped forward into the void.
Li Fan’s heart stopped as he watched this seemingly world-shattering strike.
However…
Nothing happened.
As if encountering an absolute barrier, the dragon claw couldn’t advance and was trapped in place.
“So this is the hospitality of the Imperial Beast Sect?”
After a moment, a very pleasant voice rang out, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.
It was extremely weak and gentle.
As the voice echoed between heaven and earth, Li Fan, as Xu Ke’s companion beast, keenly sensed Xu Ke’s body trembling slightly.
It was not because of fear, but because of excitement and doubt.
“Mr. Bai?”
His eyes were somewhat dazed, seemingly incredulous.
As if responding to his words, Mr. Bai’s gentle voice sounded again.
“This dragon claw is not bad. I’ll bring it back and give it to the children to nourish their bodies.”
Before the words fell, a ray of light suppressed the rampant green light.
The pitiful dragon’s roar echoed, and that huge, seemingly invincible dragon claw was directly severed, disappearing into the sky.
Vaguely, a figure could be seen standing where the dragon claw had been.
With the dragon claw severed, it seemed to have aroused the anger of the Imperial Beast Sect.
In an instant, the sky darkened.
A phoenix enveloped in flames, a yellow dragon, a winged white tiger, a two-horned qilin, and a ferocious dog…
One terrifying demonic beast after another appeared in the sky.
Surrounding that somewhat weak figure, their ferocity surged.
It seemed that the next moment, they would rush forward and launch an attack, tearing this provocateur into pieces.
At this moment, Mr. Bai spoke again, “Are you also here to give gifts to the children?”
The world suddenly quieted down.
The originally ferocious demonic beasts all had frozen expressions on their faces.
One person and countless fierce beasts fell into a strange stillness.
“If you don’t answer, it means you agree, right?”
“It seems I was wrong before. The Imperial Beast Sect is indeed hospitable.”
Mr. Bai looked towards the white tiger with wings.
“These wings are good. After eating them, one should be able to run faster.”
Mr. Bai said so, and the white tiger lost its wings.
Mr. Bai looked again at the two-horned qilin.
“These horns are good. Grind them into powder, and they can treat bruises and injuries.”
Mr. Bai said so, and the qilin lost its horns.
In front of Mr. Bai, the countless fierce beasts had no resistance at all.
Without even understanding what happened, their organs were cut off from their bodies.
They were taken as gifts for the children.
Fear filled the hearts of the fierce beasts in the sky in an instant.
They no longer had their former invincible appearance, all fleeing in terror and despair.
But they couldn’t escape Mr. Bai’s gaze.
Wherever his eyes landed, the beasts would become mutilated with his casual words.
The disciples of the Imperial Beast Sect below, watching this scene unfold, were all plunged into speechless shock.
The elders of the sect had always taught how the Vermilion Bird, Qilin, Black Tortoise, and Phoenix, those legendary beasts, were so powerful.
But what were they seeing now?
These majestic demonic beasts, the foundation of the Imperial Beast Sect, were all like chickens and dogs, being slaughtered at will.
Who exactly was that figure?
What strength did he possess?
And why did he do this?
Countless questions lingered in the minds of all the disciples of the Imperial Beast Sect.
And among all, Xu Ke was the most shocked.
With a bewildered look in his eyes, he didn’t know what to do.
“That… it can’t be Mr. Bai, right?”
“When I left the temple before, he was clearly just a mortal.”
“He told me himself…”
Li Fan’s reaction wasn’t much better.
Seeing beasts thousands of times stronger than himself being slaughtered so easily, his body couldn’t suppress the instinctual fear that spread through his heart.
Li Fan’s consciousness could only struggle to gain control of his body and look up at the sky to admire that somewhat frail figure.
Just as Xu Ke was sinking into deep self-doubt, a voice rang out, shattering his hopes.
“Stop it, Mr. Bai.”
“I know you’re here for me.”
A blue-clothed Lu Ya appeared in front of the frail figure.
And that figure stopped moving.
Even though the beasts were fleeing in confusion, Mr. Bai didn’t attack anymore.
“Lu Ya, it’s been a long time.” Mr. Bai smiled and said.
Lu Ya remained silent.
“Is it really… Mr. Bai?” Finding it hard to accept this fact, Xu Ke’s legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Then, an even bigger question arose in his mind.
“Why, Mr. Bai? Why did you do this?”
In Xu Ke’s eyes, although Mr. Bai was the greatest person in the world, the masters, uncles, and brothers of the Imperial Beast Sect had treated Xu Ke well too.
“Why?”
Xu Ke fell into deep confusion.
In the sky, Mr. Bai and Lu Ya seemed to be discussing something.
Then the two disappeared together.
But below, the Imperial Beast Sect began to descend into chaos.
In an instant, the authority painstakingly established by the elders of the sect was shattered.
Some felt that the Imperial Beast Sect was far weaker than its reputation would suggest and had no future.
Evil thoughts arose in their hearts, and they decided to plunder and escape in the chaos.
Some were completely terrified, hiding in secret rooms and refusing to go out.
And some loyal disciples of the Imperial Beast Sect, who saw that the path they had pursued all their lives had been trampled upon so easily, chose to end their lives in despair.
…
Amidst this chaos, Li Fan suddenly sensed the imminent danger.
At some point, Song Yang and his two-headed snake companion beast quietly approached Xu Ke.
Song Yang stared at Li Fan with greedy eyes.