Upon hearing Ling Xiao"s words, Ling Chen had a surprised expression on his face before his mouth curved upward, revealing an evil smile.

He already knew sooner or later that the Saint Tiger Demon Beast Clan would find out about the whereabouts of Hu"er. It"s not like he did anything to hide her.

So far, Ling Chen hasn"t told Hu"er anything about her past. She didn"t know anything about her family. She didn"t know who her father was nor the sacrifice her mother had made to save her.

After Bai Tian, who is Hu"er"s father, had ma.s.sacred the entire Nine-Tail Fox Clan and the death of her mother, Hu"er had now become the only surviving member of the Nine-Tail Fox Clan in the Heaven Desolate Region.

All of these were things that Hu"er was still unaware of and Ling Chen didn"t plan on telling her any of them. Ling Chen already knew how painful it"s like to feel all alone in this d.a.m.n world and he didn"t want Hu"er to ever go through that.

Just like he promised her mother before her death, he would take care of Hu"er like she was her own family and whether it was G.o.d or the Devil, he would devour anyone that tried to harm her. He remembered that promise as clear as the day. It was as if he had made it yesterday and he intended to keep that promise no matter the cost.

Luckily, Hu"er had fallen asleep like the other five little devils after she had eaten a bunch of medicinal pills and spiritual fruits. Otherwise, Ling Chen didn"t know how she would react when she saw her father for the first time. Hu"er was like the other five little devils, she grew stronger by absorbing and refining the energy of the medicinal pills as well as the spiritual fruits.

Back to the matter, this sudden visit just of Bai Wudi and Bai Tian had too much meaning hidden within it. Ling Chen could not help but think about it deeply.

He didn"t know whether they came here for Hu"er or for the key of the Great Luo Martial G.o.d"s Tomb. They could even come for both.

Though he wasn"t the one personally stealing the key from them. They must have thought that he had it as he was the last person seeing Muyan alive.

Whether it was Hu"er or the key, Ling Chen would never give up any of them, and his refusal could also spark a race war, a war between the demon beasts and the humans in the Heaven Desolate Region.

Bai Wudi wasn"t only the Saint beast of the Tiger Clan but also the ruler of all the terrestrial or earthbound demon beasts in the Heaven Desolate Region while the Eagle Saint Beast controlled all the Aerial demon beasts.

In the Heaven Desolate Region, the earthbound or the terrestrial demon beasts far surpa.s.sed the aerial demon beasts by a large margin. As such, one could say that Bai Wudi was the uncrowned emperor of the Demon Beast Territory in the Heaven Desolate Region.

A race war between the demon beasts and the humans wasn"t something that Ling Chen wanted. He"s pretty sure that with his presence, the human would eventually win this war but the price would be too great for them to bear.

Furthermore, because of his encounter with that mysterious and powerful expert not too long ago, Ling Chen realized that the water of the Heaven Desolate Region wasn"t as shallow as he thought.

According to his father, some of the great influences within the Heaven Desolate Region have ties with some of the other super powerful influences in the Heaven Suppression Region.

This meant that it wouldn"t a surprise if the Tiger Clan had some sort of relations.h.i.+p with some super influence in the Divine Demon Beast Region. As such, he has to be very careful when dealing with them.

"Little Brother, tell father to send our guest to the Guardian Moutain Peak. I"ll receive them alone." Ling Chen said with a determined look on his face after he inwardly made his decision.

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The sun slowly rose into the sky and the sky was free from clouds, signaling good weather. The warm sunlight had begun to purge out the bone-piercing chill of the morning.

Noon was about to arrive.

At this moment, inside a well-decorated room within the villa, Ling Chen sat in what appeared to be a small sofa with both Fang Lan and Ling Lei standing behind him like two bodyguards.

Sitting in front of him were two individuals. One of them appeared to be around forty years old with a slender physique.

He looked like the type of person who would never bring harm to neither humans nor animals. He seemed clean and peaceful and exuded the air of a scholar as he sat there unmoving.

Though that person was clearly a demon beast, there wasn"t a trace of ferocious beast aura on his body at all! He looked like a regular human than a demon beast.

However, Ling Chen could clearly tell that this man wasn"t as weak as he appeared to be. Aside from that mysterious expert that had beat the s.h.i.+t out him, this man was the strongest he had ever met. He was way more powerful than that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Yan Zuntian.

Ling Chen could also feel a terrifying destructive energy trapped within the middle-aged man like a dormant volcano that could erupt at any given moment.

Aside from that, the middle-aged man looked somewhat distorted, as if he existed halfway between being illusory and real.

"So this is the Saint Beast Bai Wudi" thought Ling Chen inwardly while looking at the middle-aged man.

While Ling Chen was carefully inspecting the Saint Beast Bai Wudi, he felt that someone was intensely staring at him.

Without hesitation, Ling Chen s.h.i.+fted his gaze to the right only to see a cold and handsome youth looking at him. The deep eyes of that person were akin to sharp swords.

That youth gaze was like thunder, striking fear into the hearts of men. Not that, his body was also radiating an indescribable ferocious beastly aura.

The youth was very tall and had a robust physique. His head was full of short scarlet hairs that were spiking toward the sky like steel needles.

Though that person"s appearance was like that of a youngster. However, his pair of gloomy and baleful eyes was enough to convince others that this person was definitely no youth.

He was the complete opposite of the middle-aged man. Even without introduction, Ling Chen knew that this youth was Bai Tian, Hu"er"s biological father.

However, while Ling Chen was carefully inspecting both Bai Wudi and Bai Tian, Bai Wudi himself was also observing them, more precisely Fang Lan.

The moment Bai Wudi entered the room, he only glanced as Ling Chen for a few seconds before he was staring intently at Fang Lan, as though his eyes had the ability to see through him.

And the reason for his interest in Fang Lan was very simple. Compared to humans, the dependence on bloodlines for demon beasts was much heavier. For example, powerful demon beasts, especially those that were the descendants of the ancient divine beasts, all of them would be able to cultivate to above a certain realm.

For the weaker demon beasts, they were doomed from birth to stagnate at a certain level, never breaking through it unless they encountered extreme good fortune and obtain a heaven-defying opportunity to change their destiny.

As for Bai Wudi, he was a descendant of one of the divine beasts that had roamed the Great Luo World a hundred thousand years ago. Though the divine blood within his body was very thin, it still allowed him to get to his present stage.

Not only that, but he was also able to inherit some memories of his ancestor, allowing him access to certain innate techniques that only those of their bloodline could employ.

And the main reason that Bai Wudi was intently staring at Fang Lan was that he could feel a powerful divine beast"s bloodline within him, not any divine beast but a dragon, the Emperor of all demon beasts.

Furthermore, it wasn"t as thin as his. It was so strong and powerful that it was able to even suppress his bloodline. Fang Lan"s bloodline was so pure and strong that he even could rival those divine beasts" descendants in the Divine Demon Beast Region.

Looking into the eyes of Fang Lan, it was as though he could see the shadow of a powerful black dragon within it.

The pupils of Bai Wudi narrowed as its countenance turned incredibly unsightly. Why would this human have such a powerful dragon"s bloodline? He was clearly a human so how could he possess the bloodline one of the four most powerful divine beasts Clan, the Dragon Clan?

"Now, I am sure that we"ve never met before, so could you tell me the reason that you want to see me, Saint Beast, Bai wudi." Ling Chen said with a slight smile on his face as he was looking at Bai Wudi who was still staring intently at Fang Lan.