Chapter 545: The Soul Fragments

The Fire Qilin had stopped moving. It had exerted a third of its full strength.

Still, it was unable to free itself from the clutches of Little Seventh Prince.

What is happening here?

The Fire Qilin subconsciously turned its head toward Baili Jia Jue, "Master..."

Baili Jia Jue raised his hands, ordering it to stop speaking.

The little one used his hands to tie the Fire Qilin and put it aside, then shuffled toward the dried fruit tree wood and carried them over. He hesitated, then moved closer to the Fire Qilin, taking a bite of its flesh!

The Fire Qilin's body jerked all of a sudden!

It shut both of its eyes, resisting the immense pain shooting through its body!

It immediately turned around and established telepathy with Baili Jia Jue, "Master, my body felt pain just now. Logically not only human beings, but even if the mythological beasts bite me, I will not feel any pain at all."

The skin of a Qilin was so thick, not even knives or bullets could penetrate it. This was a well-known fact.

However, the little one in front of it was able to bite through its skin, causing it to feel pain... This was pretty rare!

"This is disgusting!" The little one spat two mouthfuls out.

Helian Wei Wei slowly walked over to the Little Seventh Prince. She laughed sinisterly and said, "If you eat it raw, then, of course, it tastes disgusting. You need to season it."

"Third Aunt, please cook it for me to eat." After the little one said this, he immediately went and clung onto Baili Jia Jue's leg. "Third Brother, may I borrow Third Aunt for a moment? I want to have a taste of the flesh of a Qilin!"

Baili Jia Jue looked down and glanced at the little one. He spoke mellowly, "If you want to eat the Qilin's flesh, you'll have to dance for one day. It is your call whether you want to eat the Qilin's flesh or not."

When he heard the word 'dance', his little hands instinctively moved to cover up his pants, his head shook like a drum-shaped rattle. "Third Brother, you can't always ask me to dance! That's not right! "

"Do you want to eat it or not?" Baili Jia Jue ignored the little one's plea, then he extended his hand and lifted the little one up.

The little one was starting to panic, his short legs were swaying back and forth. He pursed his lips together, refraining himself from talking.

Baili Jia Jue hoisted him up until he could see eye to eye with the little one, then said to him in a flat tone, "If you choose not to eat the Fire Qilin, then I will reward you with 10 meat buns."

"I want to eat 20 meat buns. 10 is too few!" The little one's eyes started to gleam.

Baili Jia Jue chuckled, "You are still haggling with me? Fine then, you might as well just dance."

"15 meat buns!" The little one pouted as he spoke, "Third Brother, no less than that!"

Baili Jia Jue turned toward Eunuch Sun and commanded him, "Go and get 15 meat buns for him."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Eunuch Sun looked at the ground in silence. If he knew that all it took was meat buns to resolve the situation, he would not have wasted half of the day trying out ways to stop the Little Seventh Prince!

The little one felt that he had gotten something he desired as he raised his fingers and started counting. "Third Brother! For the 15 meat buns, I will eat three per day, so that it will last me five days. I just bit the flesh of the Fire Qilin and it was not delicious at all!"

Fire Qilin thought to himself. How dare he insult me!!!

"Its body with hard skin is never tasty, to begin with," Baili Jia Jue said flatly.

Fire Qilin was rendered speechless.

"However," Baili Jia Jue lowered his gaze and continued talking, "Keep this in mind. You are not allowed to simply eat whatever that belongs to me as you please."

When he heard this, the Retired Emperor was slightly gratified. He felt that the Third Prince had used the right way to educate the child!

The little one wrinkled his tiny eyebrows. "Then how about Imperial Grandfather's?"

"That's up to you," Baili Jia Jue replied to the little one with only these few words, then he carried the Fire Qilin and went off.

The Retired Emperor's roar could be heard vaguely, "Do not get in my way! No matter what, I must teach these two fellas a lesson today!"

"Third Aunt, Imperial Grandfather is more grouchy recently." The little one took a bite of the meat bun. "We have become obedient, and yet he is still in a bad mood."

Helian Wei Wei pinched his face. "If you are truly behaving obediently, do tell Third Aunt how you were able to drag the Fire Qilin over here."

"Using my hands." The little one's mouth was stuffed with meat buns.

Helian Wei Wei used her handkerchief to wipe the edge of his mouth. "Little Seven, please restrain your strength in the future, especially when there are guests around, do you understand?"

The little one paused what he was doing and raised his head to glance at Third Brother.

Baili Jia Jue looked at him and replied with a nod.

"I understand!" The little one said with a domineering expression, "I can knock down any opponents without exerting all of my strength. Let me know if anybody comes after you Third Aunt! If you want to eat fish, do tell me as well! Recently, I have been practicing how to fish! I have caught all of Eunuch Sun's favorite fish from the pond!"

Helian Wei Wei remained silent. She recalled that Eunuch Sun did not know about this matter; if he knew, he would not have stopped the Retired Emperor...

The Fire Qilin was standing behind Baili Jia Jue and Helian Wei Wei. It retracted its gaze from the little one and lifted its head up to look into Baili Jia Jue's eyes. "Master, I am absolutely sure that the Little Seventh Prince is no ordinary human being."

"A person born in a Royal Family can never be an ordinary human being." Baili Jia Jue was playing with the silver ring on his finger. Wrapped within the shadows, his eyes gleamed like gold. "Get a few mythological beasts to follow Little Seven. Protect him at all costs."

The Fire Qilin looked into the eyes of its master, its heart throbbed as it answered, "Yes."

Why is this happening?

Some of the Soul Fragments were clearly still missing.

Why has master started showing signs of a demon?

This can't be!

It must immediately put in more effort to search for the Soul Fragments. Otherwise, the master's soul would be incomplete, and his transformation into a demon would be completed.

If that happened... not a soul would be able to stop him!

"Make a trip to Chaoyang Palace," Baili Jia Jue voice boomed once again.

The Fire Qilin squinted. "Master, have you noticed it as well?"

"The scent of blood is very pungent, so of course, I've noticed it." Baili Jia Jue licked his thin lips with the tip of his tongue. His face showed traces of devilish traits. "Please bring the news back to me."

"Yes!"

In the evening, the sun had just set.

Helian Wei Wei was drinking tea leisurely with Little Seven. They saw two palace maids walking out from Chaoyang Palace, their eyes wandering around as if they were fearful of something. As they were walking, they kept looking backward after every three steps.

Normally, they would never behave as such.

The Imperial Palace had set up rules and regulations about how the palace maids should walk and how they should bow when meeting their master. All these were written in the rules.

However, they seemed to be terrified of something to the point that they seemed to have forgotten about the rules.

"Eunuch Sun." Helian Wei Wei retracted her sight. She put her teacup on the table and asked, "What's wrong with the palace maids?"

Eunuch Sun poured her some more tea and lowered his voice, "Princess Consort, these few days, you were away from the palace. Hence, you may not be familiar with the recent happenings of the palace. Not long ago, there were palace maids found dead. The cause of their deaths is still unknown. Furthermore, the way they were murdered was pretty bizarre."

"Bizarre?" Helian Wei Wei paused, "How so?"

Eunuch Sun hesitated before continuing, "All of the murdered palace maids had their blood drained from their bodies. After that, their bodies were thrown into the river. We do not know who is behind this cruel act. Initially, the Retired Emperor did not pay much attention to it. After all, the palace is a very big place, nobody would find out about three palace maids being murdered. But later, someone discovered eight corpses by the river. After that, this matter became the talk of the palace. The murderer is still unknown and the way they were murdered is extremely brutal; it's terrifying. As a matter of fact, the elders advised the Retired Emperor to request eminent monks to recite the scriptures, so that the people can continue their daily lives in peace."