Chapter 371: Chapter 368: Vertical and Horizontal Alliances

"Pesky thing?"

Mo Qi froze for a moment, then it dawned on him.

His expression instantly became a sight to behold.

Taotie?!

The Pig Emperor knew Taotie, one of the Ancient Four Great Fierce Beasts?!

And he’d even used the two words "pesky thing" to refer to it, a phrase that sounded extremely... suggestive.

’Could it be...’

’...that Taotie is actually a girl?’

’And a female pig, at that?’

’One who broke the Pig Emperor’s heart in the past?’

’Otherwise, why would the Pig Emperor look like a sulking, wronged newlywed!’

In that short time, Mo Qi’s mind had already concocted no fewer than ten melodramatic soap opera plots about a tale of love and hate between the Pig Emperor and Taotie.

Wait!

Mo Qi suddenly thought of something else.

’An Ancient Fierce Beast... Although I don’t know what level of powerful existence that is, since the word "Ancient" is involved, it can’t be anything simple.’

’Besides, the ancient era was likely over a million years ago. That’s a terrifyingly long stretch of time. How could the Pig Emperor know someone from the ancient era?’

At this thought, the way Mo Qi looked at the Pig Emperor changed.

’Could it be...’

’...that this unreliable, lazy pig is actually a low-key, supreme expert, intentionally hiding by my side and just playing at life in the mortal world?’

"Hey, hey, hey, Mo the kid, what’s with that look? I should warn you, don’t get too close to the Feng Family. It won’t do you any good."

The Pig Emperor, legs crossed and propped up on one arm, sat on Mo Qi’s shoulder. He stared at him, digging at his snout with his other trotter as he sent the voice transmission.

Seeing the Pig Emperor’s "soul-stirring" pose, Mo Qi unhesitatingly discarded his theory about it being an expert.

’If a creature with that kind of bearing could be an expert, there’s truly no justice in the world.’

’Still, the Pig Emperor’s identity definitely isn’t simple. At the very least, it can’t be as simple as just being a Longevity Dragon Pig.’

"Pig Emperor, we’re having a good, long talk about your identity after this." Mo Qi felt it was necessary for him to know a few things.

"My identity? What could possibly be wrong with my identity?" the Pig Emperor yelped, jumping to its feet.

"Heh." Mo Qi chuckled, then grabbed the Pig Emperor and stuffed it into his robes.

"Mmph, mmph! Mo the kid, I challenge you to a duel!" The Pig Emperor’s muffled voice came out, but it quickly faded.

Because Mo Qi had casually stuffed a bottle full of Medicinal Pills in there with it.

After doing all this, Mo Qi cupped his fists apologetically toward the Feng Family Immortal. "Senior, please forgive me. My friend here isn’t all there in the head. The previous battle frightened him. I hope you can forgive any offense his words may have caused."

The Pig Emperor was not happy to hear this.

’What does he mean, not all there in the head?’

’How dare you talk about me like that?’

Just as the Pig Emperor was about to climb out and argue with Mo Qi, another bottle of Medicinal Pills fell into its trotters.

The Pig Emperor immediately lay back down, drool trickling from the corner of its mouth, its eyes smiling until they were just narrow slits.

’Fine, fine. I am a magnanimous being. I won’t stoop to your level.’

The old man from the Feng Family waved his hand and chuckled. "It’s no matter. This old man won’t bicker with your Beast Pet."

Pig Emperor: "..."

’Damn it, you’re the Beast Pet! Your whole family are Beast Pets!’

’If I weren’t so busy with "official business" right now and could get away, I’d make you experience the same pain your mother felt when she gave birth to you!’

The Pig Emperor cursed inwardly while continuously stuffing the Medicinal Cuisine into its mouth.

At this moment, everyone from the Feng Family gathered around.

The old man smiled and patted Mo Qi’s shoulder. "Young man, this old man thinks very highly of you. If you have free time in the future, you can come find me at the Purple Bamboo Pavilion anytime."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man’s figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

The members of the Feng Family who had rushed over happened to hear the old man’s words, and their expressions all changed.

The Purple Bamboo Pavilion was where the Feng Family’s Immortal Ancestor resided.

Not only were the Spiritual Energy and the Power of Heaven and Earth dense there, but it also housed the various classic texts and treasures the Feng Family had collected over countless years.

It had always been a forbidden area for the Feng Family. Without the Immortal Ancestor’s permission, not even Patriarch Feng Lun was qualified to set foot inside.

But now, the old man’s single sentence had undoubtedly given Mo Qi permission to enter the Purple Bamboo Pavilion whenever he pleased.

For the people of the Feng Family, what an enviable and jealousy-inducing honor this was?!

But no one dared to raise the slightest objection.

"Truly, heroes are born from the young. I am Feng Lun, the current Patriarch of the Feng Family, and I now formally invite you to join us."

Feng Lun looked at Mo Qi, unable to hide the admiration in his eyes. The more he looked, the more he liked him.

"Rest assured, I am aware of the conditions and requests you’ve made, and on behalf of the Feng Family, I agree to all of them."

"Not only that, but as long as it’s something our Feng Family can do, you only need to ask, and we will do everything in our power to assist you!"

Mo Qi nodded calmly, not growing complacent because of Feng Lun’s words.

He knew that all of this stemmed from his talent and strength.

This was what the Feng Family truly valued.

Therefore, this meeting was, strictly speaking, just the beginning of a transaction, with no emotions involved.

"Patriarch Feng, you’re too kind. I, Mo Qi, hereby promise that as long as the Feng Family does not wrong me first, I shall never wrong the Feng Family."

This was the greatest promise Mo Qi could make.

"Good, good, good!" Feng Lun laughed heartily, extremely satisfied with Mo Qi’s promise.

"Pass down my orders! From this day forward, Mo Qi is the First Honored Guest Elder of our Feng Family! He will enjoy the treatment of a highest-level Elder, and all facilities and resources are to be open to him."

"Designate Taohua Village as the residence for Mo Qi and his friends."

"Prepare a banquet to welcome our distinguished guest!"

One order after another was passed down, and the entire Feng Family was thrown into an uproar!

...

Tonight, the Hall of Envoys was destined to have a sleepless night.

News of the battle between Mo Qi and Huangfu Yu had spread throughout the entire Hall of Envoys.

The once-undefeated legend, the monster Huangfu Yu whose name alone made the entire younger generation turn pale, had been utterly crushed by a Cultivator from the Mortal District.

There were even rumors that this was the second time Huangfu Yu had been defeated by the same person.

Not long ago, when Huangfu Yu went to the Mortal District to bring back his fiancée, Liu Ruyan, he had already been defeated once by this young man named Mo Qi.

The news caused a huge stir, and the name Mo Qi spread throughout the Hall of Envoys in just a matter of minutes.

That night, the Huangfu Family and the Xiao Family, who had been at daggers drawn over spots for the Demon Spirit Battlefield just that day, were now sitting together.

They were discussing matters concerning Mo Qi and the Feng Family.

"Is that mortal named Mo Qi really that powerful?" asked Xiao Shan, the head of the Xiao Family, his eyes half-closed.

Beneath his long sleeves, his hands were clenched together so tightly that his knuckles had turned white and his nails were digging deep into his flesh.

He would never forget the intelligence he had received a few days prior: his son, Xiao Zhize, had died at the hands of someone named "Mo Qi."

If he wasn’t mistaken, *this* "Mo Qi" and *that* "Mo Qi" who had defeated Huangfu Yu today were one and the same!

This was also the reason the Xiao Family was willing to temporarily reconcile with the Huangfu Family.

In the face of vengeance for his son’s murder, things like spots for the Demon Spirit Battlefield were all fleeting clouds.

"Mo Qi himself only has a Vajra Realm Cultivation. The reason he was able to defeat Yu’er is that he used some kind of Secret Technique to borrow power that didn’t belong to him, forcibly raising his combat strength to the Immortal Level."

Huangfu Nanxiong said, shaking his head.

He was the current Patriarch of the Huangfu Family and, in terms of seniority, Huangfu Yu’s paternal uncle.