Hongjun saw that Li Yi did not kill Ancestral Dragon and Yuan Feng, and knew that if he wanted to resolve the matter with them today, he would have to plan for it later. Moreover, he had already expended considerable energy dealing with Luohu, so he bid farewell and returned to Yujing Mountain.
He made no mention of the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner that he had promised to Li Yi and the others.
Li Yi had originally intended to ask Hongjun for the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner, but Yuanshi had already lost his fighting strength, and besides, Hongjun was not like Ancestral Dragon and Yuan Feng.
Li Yi was not confident that he could deal with Hongjun. Although Ancestral Dragon and Yuan Feng had been dealt with by him, if his brothers were to fight with Hongjun, Li Yi was certain that these two would join Hongjun's side to deal with his three brothers. He could only wait until Yuanshi recovered before going to Yujing Mountain to ask for them.
Yuanshi and Tongtian saw that Hongjun had left without mentioning the Taiji Diagram and the Pangu Banner. They looked at Li Yi and saw him shake his head at them. They knew Li Yi had his own plans and said no more.
After Hongjun left, Ancestral Dragon and Yuan Feng also followed suit. Having been severely beaten by Li Yi, they did not dare to linger. They understood in their hearts that Li Yi alone might not be able to kill them, but there were also Tongtian and Yuanshi. If the three brothers teamed up, they would have no chance of survival.
After Hongjun, Ancestral Dragon, and Yuan Feng left, Qiyi invited Li Yi and the three brothers to be guests at Qilin Palace.
Li Yi also wanted to go to Buzhou Mountain to see Nuwa and Fuxi, and also to see the innate spiritual root of the banana tree on Buzhou Mountain. From his memories of later generations, Li Yi remembered that the banana tree grew on the mountainside of Buzhou Mountain. The banana fan would be of great use to him in alchemy and to Yuanshi in artifact refining. He had to get his hands on it.
Although Li Yi had been to Buzhou Mountain twice, he had been delayed by other matters each time and had never had the time to visit. This time, he had the opportunity.
Besides, although Qiyi had abandoned his brothers in the Immortal Execution Formation, it was related to their own lives. If Yuanshi and Tongtian were not still in the formation, he might have left as well, so there was no room for blame.
Moreover, he had already offered the Innate Supreme Spiritual Root of the Dao Tea Tree as an apology and had spoken up for them just now. He was worthy of friendship.
Thus, Li Yi agreed to Qiyi's invitation to be a guest at Qilin Palace.
After Li Yi agreed, the four of them headed towards Buzhou Mountain.
Just as everyone had left, a black mist suddenly emerged from the center of Luohu's self-destruction and headed towards the chaos outside the Great Desolation.
On Buzhou Mountain, Qiyi led the way for Li Yi and his two brothers. Qiyi said, "Although I said my Qilin Palace is on Buzhou Mountain, it is not on the main peak of Buzhou Mountain, but on the nearby Qilin Mountain. However, Qilin Mountain is far less famous than Buzhou Mountain and is within the Buzhou Mountain range, so I shamelessly claimed to be on Buzhou Mountain. I hope the three fellow daoists will forgive my presumption."
During the time they were returning to Buzhou Mountain, due to Yuanshi's condition, everyone was not in a hurry to travel. They enjoyed the scenery along the way, and Yuanshi had already recovered completely halfway.
Yuanshi smiled and said, "Not at all! Fellow daoist, you jest. Your dojo is within Buzhou Mountain, so it is reasonable to say so."
Tongtian chimed in, "Second brother is right. Fellow daoist is being too modest."
Along the way, Qiyi paid a lot of attention to Yuanshi, so Yuanshi and Tongtian also had a good impression of Qiyi, and they got along very harmoniously.
Qiyi suddenly pointed to a mountain peak ahead and said, "We've arrived. That is my Qilin Palace."
Li Yi and the three brothers looked in the direction Qiyi was pointing. They saw many qilins living on the mountain ahead.
Seeing Qiyi return, they all shouted in unison, "Welcome back, Old Ancestor."
Qiyi said loudly, "Good, good, good! We have distinguished guests today. Make arrangements quickly, or I will not forgive you for any neglect of the three fellow daoists."
After speaking, the qilins dispersed, some going to pick spiritual fruits, and some busy preparing dinner.
Seeing Qiyi's arrangements, Li Yi said with a wry smile, "Fellow daoist, your arrangements make my brothers and me feel overwhelmed by the honor."
"Alas! You three have come from afar, how can we not entertain you properly?" Qiyi said with a smile.
The four of them walked towards the palace on the mountaintop, chatting and laughing.
Qiyi invited the three into Qilin Palace and ordered the servants to serve tea.
Qiyi sat in the main seat, and Li Yi and the other two took their seats one by one.
After the three were seated, a qilin served them tea.
Li Yi took a sip, put down his teacup, and said, "Good tea! I didn't expect fellow daoist to have such refined taste!"
Qiyi laughed heartily and said, "Fellow daoist, you jest. It's just wild tea from the mountains, nothing to be called good tea. I hope you won't find it distasteful!"
Tongtian also took a sip and muttered, "It's bitter, what's good about it!"
Yuanshi heard him and laughed, "Third brother! You don't drink tea like that. If you drink it like this, you won't be able to taste its flavor."
Li Yi also heard Tongtian's muttering and apologized to Qiyi, "My junior brother is impolite. Please do not be offended, fellow daoist."
Qiyi laughed heartily, "Fellow daoist Tongtian is straightforward and cheerful, why should I be offended? I quite admire fellow daoist Tongtian's frankness!"
He then burst into laughter again.
Just as Qiyi was laughing, a young boy of about fourteen or fifteen, with rosy lips and white teeth, walked in.
Seeing this, Qiyi introduced him to Li Yi and the three brothers, "This is my second son, Qi Chen."
After speaking, he said to Qi Chen, "Chen'er, quickly greet your three..."
As he said this, Qiyi touched his head and said awkwardly, "I don't know if you three transformed before or after me?"
Li Yi smiled and said, "Fellow daoist is one of the first batch of innate beings, so you transformed before us."
Qiyi smiled and said, "Chen'er, quickly greet your three martial uncles."
"Qi Chen greets the three martial uncles." Qi Chen bowed to Li Yi and the other two.
The three said in unison, "Nephew, please dispense with the formalities."
Li Yi continued, "My three uncles came in a hurry and didn't bring you any gifts. This Three Light Divine Water has miraculous healing effects. Consider it a meeting gift from your three uncles."
With that, twenty drops of Three Light Divine Water flew towards Qi Chen.
Qi Chen had never received gifts before and stood there not knowing what to do. He quickly looked at Qiyi.
Seeing that Li Yi had actually given the legendary healing sacred medicine, Three Light Divine Water, as a meeting gift, Qiyi quickly said, "Daoist Taishang, please don't! It's too precious."
Li Yi pretended to be displeased and said, "Brother, you worry too much. This is a gift from my three brothers to the younger generation, not to you."
Tongtian and Yuanshi, seeing the child, immediately liked him and said, "Exactly, exactly."
Qiyi said with a wry smile, "Chen'er, since it's a meeting gift from your three martial uncles, you should accept it!"
Qi Chen, with his father's permission, happily said, "Thank you, three martial uncles."
Just as Qi Chen accepted the Three Light Divine Water, many qilins came in with fine wine and delicacies. Qiyi said, "Fellow daoists, please eat first. Chen'er, you too!"
Qi Chen heard this and obediently found a seat.
After Qiyi sat down, someone came to clear the teacups and served delicious dishes.
Li Yi saw that they were all delicacies and couldn't help but think to himself, "This First Qilin certainly knows how to enjoy himself!"
After the meal, Qiyi suddenly said, "Chen'er, kneel down!"
Although Qi Chen didn't know why his father told him to kneel, he obediently knelt down.
Li Yi and the other two also did not know why Qiyi was doing this.
Qiyi stood up and walked in front of the three, bowing.
Li Yi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian were also surprised by the First Qilin and quickly stood up to return the courtesy.
Li Yi asked, "Brother, what is this?" Su Dan Novel Network
Qiyi said, "You three are all righteous people. Chen'er is my only son. I wish for him to worship one of you three as his master. I beg the three fellow daoists not to disdain him and to take him as your disciple. I will be deeply grateful."
After speaking, he bowed to Li Yi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian again. Li Yi quickly stepped forward to help Qiyi up and said, "Brother, why do you do this? Nephew is your only son and will inherit your position and become the ruler of your Qilin clan. How can you let him enter our sect? Wouldn't you then have no heir?"
Yuanshi and Tongtian echoed, "Big brother is right. Brother, why must you do this?"
Qiyi sighed and said, "To be frank, ever since Luohu died, I have felt an ominous premonition, but I do not know why. My Qilin clan has the ability to sense good and bad fortune. Since my birth, this has never happened before."
Li Yi was shocked and thought to himself, "Could it be the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation? But Luohu just died, and the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation should still be far away? Could it be that the First Qilin is so powerful that he has already sensed it?"
While Li Yi was contemplating, Tongtian suddenly said, "Since Brother says so, and I have a good impression of Qi Chen, if Brother does not dislike it, how about I take him as my disciple?"
Qiyi was overjoyed and said, "I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it. This is his good fortune. Thank you, fellow daoist."
Qiyi then said to Qi Chen, "Chen'er, why don't you quickly pay your respects and become a disciple?"
Hearing this, Qi Chen performed the grand ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows to Tongtian, formally becoming his disciple.
Tongtian said to Qi Chen, "Quickly greet your senior martial brothers."
Qi Chen then bowed to Li Yi and Yuanshi.
Tongtian continued, "Although you have joined my sect, your senior martial brother and second martial brother do not yet have disciples. I will only take you as a nominal disciple. When my senior martial brother and second martial brother take disciples, I will then take you as a formal disciple."
Li Yi said to Tongtian, "Third brother, there is no need for this!"
He then said to Qi Chen, "Chen'er, since you are worshiping your master today, you will be the senior disciple of all three of us from now on. Remember to cultivate diligently and do not bring shame upon us."
Seeing that Li Yi and the other two had accepted Qi Chen, Qiyi was overjoyed and said, "Chen'er, remember that a teacher for a day is like a father for a lifetime. Treat your teacher as you would treat your father, understand?"
Qi Chen replied, "Father, don't worry, Chen'er understands."
Qiyi bowed to Li Yi and the other two again and said, "From now on, my son will be entrusted to the three of you for care."
Li Yi nodded and said, "Brother, rest assured. Since Chen'er has joined my third brother's sect, he is now under the sect of my three brothers. As long as he does not do anything wicked and is not expelled by my third brother, I guarantee his safety."
After speaking, he said to Qi Chen, "Chen'er, you may withdraw for now!"
After Qi Chen withdrew, Li Yi said to Qiyi with a serious expression, "Brother, you must restrain your clansmen in the future and avoid causing trouble."
Qiyi was greatly alarmed and said, "Daoist Taishang, do you know something? Please tell me."
Li Yi said, "Heaven's secrets cannot be divulged. Brother, just remember my words!"
Seeing that Li Yi would not say more, Qiyi did not insist and said, "I will keep it firmly in mind."
Seeing that Qiyi had noted it, Li Yi said, "Brother, we have other important matters to attend to, so we will take our leave. Have Chen'er pack his luggage, and we will come to pick him up."
Qiyi repeatedly tried to persuade them to stay, but Li Yi was eager to leave, mindful of the Innate Spiritual Root of the banana tree.
Seeing that he could not keep them, Qiyi no longer insisted and wished them well.