Chapter 55: Chapter 53: My Name is Jin San Pang

"You’re still ignoring me? Hmph! Little White, come out and bite him!"

The plump youth pulled a Jade Token engraved with a Demon Beast from between the "Overlapping Peaks" of his fat rolls, crushed it in his hand, and slammed it onto the ground.

"ROAR!"

A wolf-shaped Demon Beast, completely snow-white, appeared before Mo Qi. It stood ten feet tall, its ferocious face and bared fangs glinting menacingly.

At the plump youth’s command, the Wolf Demon unhesitatingly opened its enormous jaws and lunged at Mo Qi.

The moment the Jade Token appeared, alarm bells went off in Mo Qi’s head. He knew this was bad and instantly dodged aside.

BOOM!

The Wolf Demon’s pounce missed its mark, and the impact sent fissures spiderwebbing across the ground.

’So strong!’

Mo Qi could sense that this Wolf Demon possessed a High-tier Second-level Cultivation, equivalent to a Late-stage Purity Realm Cultivator.

He was no match for it.

Missing its target only enraged the Wolf Demon. With a blur of motion, it transformed into a streak of wind.

Mo Qi saw a flicker of an afterimage, and the Wolf Demon was already before him, its sharp claws plunging toward his heart.

CLANG!

The clang of metal against metal reverberated through the dense forest, lingering in the air.

Mo Qi was sent flying like a kite with a snapped string. He crashed through countless trees before landing outside the hundred-zhang perimeter, right in the middle of the Beast Tide.

A moment later, a battered Mo Qi burst out from the Beast Tide and scrambled back within the hundred-zhang perimeter.

He clutched the pot made of Obsidian, feeling incredibly fortunate.

When the Wolf Demon had closed in, he knew he couldn’t dodge. In a moment of desperation, he had pulled out the black pot to use as a Shield.

’Looks like that trick worked pretty well,’ he thought.

Seeing that Mo Qi had survived its claw attack, the Wolf Demon felt insulted and lunged forward again, intent on the kill.

A glint flashed in Mo Qi’s eyes. He took the initiative, pulling something from his robes and hurling it at the Wolf Demon.

The Wolf Demon paused instinctively, then opened its massive mouth, caught the object, and swallowed it whole.

Wolves and dogs are related. They have a natural instinct to snatch flying objects out of the air.

The Wolf Demon was only at the Purity Realm, its intelligence not yet fully developed. Everything happened so fast that its willpower wasn’t strong enough to overcome its base instincts.

"You actually dared to swallow a Thunder Shocking Bomb. I’m impressed."

With a single thought, Mo Qi detonated the Thunder Shocking Bomb.

BOOM!

With a deafening explosion, the Wolf Demon was instantly blasted into a shower of gore. It couldn’t be deader.

It could severely injure even Wang Xinglong, who was at the Peak of Vajra Realm. What chance did a mere Purity Realm Wolf Demon have?

The plump youth was startled by the explosion, his layers of fat jiggling uncontrollably.

"You... You killed my Little White!"

Just then, half a wolf leg fell from the sky, landing right in front of the plump youth.

The leg, still crackling with electricity, was charred black. The impact of it hitting the ground shook loose the burnt exterior, revealing the tender, white meat underneath, which was still steaming.

A rich, meaty aroma wafted through the air.

"You... Little White... um..." The plump youth took one look, and his eyes were glued to it.

GULP!

He swallowed hard, his eyes practically bulging out of his head.

What happened next completely shattered Mo Qi’s understanding of the world.

The plump youth picked up the half-leg, took a tentative bite, and immediately burst into tears.

He cried with such heroic tragedy, such utter desolation.

"Waaah! Why is it so delicious? Little White, you died such a horrible death... Mmm, so good, so good... Waaah, I know I shouldn’t be eating you, but I can’t stop myself... Waaah! It’s so delicious!"

The harder the plump youth cried, the faster he devoured the leg, until soon, nothing but bone remained.

Mo Qi took stock of the time and knew he couldn’t delay any longer.

"Pig Emperor, where’s the array core?"

The Pig Emperor sensed for a moment before pointing at the plump youth. "He’s sitting on it."

Mo Qi was dumbfounded. The plump youth might have the mind of a five or six-year-old, but he was a true Cultivator at Purity Realm Perfection. Mo Qi was no match for him.

’Should I just hit him with a Thunder Shocking Bomb, too?’

Mo Qi quickly shook his head, abandoning the thought.

He could tell the plump youth wasn’t malicious by nature. Fundamentally, he was just a child.

Mo Qi couldn’t bring himself to harm a child.

"Hey, what’s your name? Did you cook Little White just now?" the plump youth asked, tears still welling in his eyes as he licked the wolf bone clean.

Countless thoughts raced through Mo Qi’s mind. ’Maybe this isn’t so complicated after all.’

"My name is Mo Qi. Was the roasted wolf meat good?" Mo Qi grinned, putting on what he hoped was a friendly smile.

"It was good! Are you a cook?" the plump youth asked with a nod.

"Of course," Mo Qi said, patting his chest. ’Aren’t I, though!’

’The roasted wolf was a complete accident, though. It was cooked by the Thunder Shocking Bomb.’

"I can make food that’s ten thousand times more delicious than that."

"Really?" The plump youth’s eyes lit up, all sorrow over the Wolf Demon’s death completely forgotten.

Judging by his physique, it wasn’t hard to tell just how obsessed the plump youth was with food.

"Then hurry up and make some for me!"

"I can cook for you, but first, you have to answer a few questions," Mo Qi said, feeling like a creepy uncle luring a child with candy.

"Okay." The plump youth nodded obediently, his eyes fixed on Mo Qi with eager anticipation.

"What’s your name?"

"My name is Jin Sanpang. I’m fifteen years old. My dad is Jin Quan, the head of the Wolf Fang Sect’s Stewards, and I live at..."

The plump youth rattled off a torrent of information about himself and his family. It came out like a well-rehearsed nursery rhyme, flowing so fast it was impossible to stop. Clearly, he had recited these lines many times before.

’It seems his family, worried he might get lost, had him memorize it all,’ Mo Qi thought. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

’But to have a Peak Purity Realm Cultivation at just fifteen... that’s terrifying!’

"Tch, what do you know?" the Pig Emperor chimed in. "He may have the mind of a child, but it is for that very reason he possesses an Innocent Heart. His mind is free of distracting thoughts, incomparably pure. His Cultivation naturally yields twice the results with half the effort. He faces no bottlenecks, let alone a Heart Demon."

’An Innocent Heart? It’s that powerful?’

"Jin Sanpang, why are you out here?" Mo Qi asked.

Jin Sanpang scratched his shaved head. "Brother Cheng and the others said they were taking me out to play, but for some reason, they disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"Who’s Brother Cheng?"

"He’s the Sect Leader’s son. He’s super nice to me! He’s always taking me to play hide-and-seek and giving me yummy things to eat. But I’m too dumb, so I can never find my way home. It happened again this time."

’Hide-and-seek? Playing hide-and-seek in the middle of a Beast Tide? More like they want you dead.’

’It wasn’t hard to imagine. For Jin Sanpang to reach Purity Realm Perfection at fifteen, and with an Innocent Heart, no less—his status in the Wolf Fang Sect must be extraordinary.’

’It also wasn’t hard to imagine just how jealous this so-called Brother Cheng must be of Jin Sanpang—jealous enough to want him dead.’

And that was indeed the truth.

As the son of the Wolf Fang Sect’s Leader, Zhang Cheng had reached Early-stage Purity Realm Cultivation by the age of eighteen. By all rights, such talent should have been enough for him to look down on all his peers.

But compared to Jin Sanpang, it was nothing.

Being completely outshone by someone he saw as a moron infuriated Zhang Cheng.

On top of that, the Sect’s higher-ups were always hinting that they wanted to make Jin Sanpang the next Sect Leader. This only strengthened Zhang Cheng’s resolve to kill him.