Chapter 5: The Sect’s Divine Beast Was Fainted by Feng Xi

Xiao Baidao felt utterly drained. Other sects’ guardian beasts were reliable and reassuring, but the guardian beast of the Xuantiandao Sect was a different story altogether. Not only was its cultivation regressing, but it also ate lavishly and caused endless trouble!

Just as he was brooding over this, he heard his beloved young disciple say, “Master, could it be… in heat?”

Xiao Baidao nearly fell off his flying sword. What kind of wild talk was that? Was that something a young girl should say?

“Stop spouting nonsense! The Golden-Maned Suanni is naturally unruly. It’s definitely trying to leverage this situation to demand something again. Let’s go see for ourselves.”

As the Xuantiandao Sect’s guardian beast, the Golden-Maned Suanni held an exalted position. Its stable was located behind the main peak’s council hall.

A crowd gathered in front of the stable, all wearing anxious expressions.

The Golden-Maned Suanni roared ferociously, dragging the ancient iron chains wrapped around its neck—chains forged from celestial iron and bound for millennia. Even though its neck was bleeding heavily, it showed no sign of care.

Originally, it hadn’t been restrained, but the Golden-Maned Suanni’s mischievous nature had caused damage to property and even led to fatalities. Restraining it was the only option.

Upon seeing Xiao Baidao approach, the beast’s howling grew even more intense.

The crowd hastily bowed to Xiao Baidao. Waving them off, he asked, “What’s happening?”

Elder Mu, responsible for the Golden-Maned Suanni, hurriedly explained, “Sect Leader, the guardian beast is dissatisfied with the three Purple Qiaoling fruits we gave it. It now demands that we reserve all the Purple Qiaoling fruits maturing this year exclusively for its consumption.

“But as you know, we rely on these fruits to cover our deficits. There’s no way we can give them all to the beast!

“When it saw we refused, it’s been causing this ruckus for several days.”

The Xuantiandao Sect possessed a single Purple Qiaoling tree—the only one in the Northern Domain.

It bloomed once every thirty years, bore fruit once every thirty years, and the fruit matured once every thirty years.

In other words, it produced a batch of Purple Qiaoling fruits only once every ninety years.

As such, the fruits were incredibly rare and expensive.

For the impoverished Xuantiandao Sect, these fruits were a godsend.

Allowing the Golden-Maned Suanni three fruits was already quite generous.

Yet, the beast wanted them all.

Xiao Baidao patiently lectured the Golden-Maned Suanni on principles, but the beast treated his words as nonsense and ramped up its tantrum.

Feng Xi’s heart stirred. According to the records, the Golden-Maned Suanni had once become infatuated with Shen Zhilian’s spirit pet. When it lost its usefulness, it was skinned and dismembered, meeting a grisly end.

She decided she had to be ruthless.

Leaning close to Xiao Baidao, she whispered:

“Master, since it wants them so badly, why not just give them to it?”

Xiao Baidao frowned. “I'm sorry, but I cannot assist with that request.