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The little qilin replied, "No, I'm not looking for others. I'm not looking for this person next to you, Xiu, either. I'm looking for you."

"Why?"

"Because you're from the Divine Emperor Clan," the little qilin said matter-of-factly, "You have the aura of the Divine Emperor. If I'm not looking for you, then who?"

Wen Qiao was taken aback, asking perplexed, "What Divine Emperor Clan?"

The little qilin also looked at her in confusion, "You're from the Divine Emperor Clan. Don't you know?"

"I don't," Wen Qiao answered honestly.

The little qilin paused.

If it weren't for the little qilin being wrapped in a stone statue, its expression would probably be very confused, as if it had never expected that a member of the Divine Emperor Clan wouldn't know what they were.

"Is the Divine Emperor Clan referring to the Divine Emperor of the Heavenly Established Divine Court?" Ning Yuzhou suddenly asked.

Finally finding someone who knew what they were talking about, the little qilin bounced up joyfully, "Yes, the Heavenly Established Divine Court! I didn't expect you to know this."

Ning Yuzhou faintly smiled, not offering any further explanation.

Wen Qiao looked puzzledly at him, but before she could ask about this Divine Emperor Clan of the Heavenly Established Divine Court, she asked again, "Do you trust the Divine Emperor Clan so much?"

"Of course! The Divine Emperor Clan and we divine beasts are on good terms. I heard that when I was born, I even ate the Divine Emperor Fruit condensed by the Divine Emperor Clan."

Wen Qiao, upon hearing this, felt something was off and carefully asked, "How does the Divine Emperor Clan condense the Divine Emperor Fruit?"

"It just grows naturally! Don't you have one... No, wait, you're still young!" The little qilin quickly reacted, apologizing, "Judging by your age, your true form is still a little sprout. It's not time for you to bloom and bear fruit yet."

Wen Qiao fell silent.

At this point, Wen Qiao didn't want to ask anymore. She seemed to understand what the Divine Emperor Clan was.

The little qilin nuzzled against her, saying softly, "I didn't expect to meet someone from the Divine Emperor Clan in the lower realms. Can you help me find my body?"

Wen Qiao asked, "What if we can't find it?"

The little qilin had never considered the possibility of not finding it. In its intuition, its body was still around and hadn't been destroyed.

"What if we can't find it? The lower realms are vast, and finding it might be difficult," Wen Qiao said realistically. Moreover, it was the body of a divine beast qilin, and any cultivator would understand the significance. If it was trapped somewhere, that would be one thing, but if someone had discovered it...

The little qilin was clearly disheartened by her words, its head dejectedly resting on its two front legs.

It was thanks to these puppets being so detailed that it could make this puppet body react like this.

Wen Qiao felt somewhat sympathetic, "If we can't find it, we can still reshape your body. My husband can reshape one for you."

Although she said it lightly, the little qilin remained dejected.

Ning Yuzhou cleared his throat and said, "Ah Chui, the body of a divine beast is the source of their bloodline power. If you reshape it, without the qilin bloodline, just having the spirit essence isn't enough."

That's why this little qilin was so insistent on finding its body.

Wen Qiao realized, finally understanding the little qilin's determination.

She picked up the little qilin from the ground—it wasn't easy since this puppet body was quite heavy, but she still managed to place it on the throne, "Alright, if I find it in the future, I'll bring it back for you."

The little qilin cheered up, jumping onto Wen Qiao, but nearly knocked her over.

The weight of the puppet stone statues is no laughing matter.

Ning Yuzhou found it a bit amusing, but when he thought about what the little qilin had just said, a chill settled in his heart.

After playing with the little qilin for a while, Wen Qiao finally remembered her companions who had come here with her.

"By the way, where are my friends? They're still here, right?" Wen Qiao asked the little qilin, and after realizing that the little qilin meant no harm, she knew Shi Wuming and the others would be fine.

Sure enough, the little qilin responded, "They're all fine! The guardian of the divine weapon took the artifact spirit to look for the divine weapon, and the demonic seed chased after them. There’s also a very annoying man. I threw him into a dark palace—should I let him out?"

Hearing this, Wen Qiao was somewhat surprised. She hadn’t expected the little qilin to have figured out all their secrets. Their defenses and hidden intentions were like a joke before it. As for the annoying man the little qilin mentioned, it was probably referring to Shi Wuming. It seems Shi Wuming was quite disliked, having already earned the little qilin's disdain.

Knowing that her friends were not in danger, Wen Qiao decided to leave things as they are for now. "No, let’s leave it as it is."

From the little qilin, they then learned that the underground palace was built by Red Sun Villa to seal its primordial spirit.

This void was actually created by the qilin to house its qilin palace.

Although the little qilin's situation seemed quite pitiful, as a divine beast, it naturally possessed some precious treasures.

Even though it now only had its primordial spirit left, when it was sent to the lower realm, it had hidden many things within its primordial spirit. After waking up in the underground palace, it took a significant amount of time to create this void and place its qilin palace here, using it as its safest resting spot.

Wen Qiao said, "We obtained a lot of Red Sun Villa's legacy in the underground palace. Should we return it to you?"

Although she didn’t know the relationship between Red Sun Villa and the little qilin, since the qilin was the master of this place, she thought she should at least ask.

"No need," the little qilin said indifferently, "I’m not familiar with Red Sun Villa, and I must have been sealed here by them!"

Wen Qiao glanced at it and then at her husband, feeling that things probably weren’t as the little qilin had said.

But now that Red Sun Villa has become what it is, it’s impossible to know what happened back then, so there isn’t much to say.

The little qilin was indeed resentful about being sealed in the underground palace, so when it learned that they were looking for a divine weapon, it was very generous, offering it as if it didn’t care.

"That divine weapon is the Green Feather Sun-Shielding Lantern. Since the artifact spirit needs a divine weapon to restore its body, feel free to take it."