There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 229 The Pixiu's Heart Lock, Broken (Part 2)

When the Qilin removed its mask, the Pixiu Heart Lock set up by the Heavenly Court was unlocked, and Tianlu also remembered his sealed memories.

However, after his memories returned, Tianlu's mind was immediately in chaos, with old and new memories intertwined, making it difficult for him to distinguish between truth and falsehood for a while.

"Damn it, my head hurts so much, I can't think straight at all."

But soon, a trace of sadness appeared between Tianlu's brows: "I remember now, the Four-Faced Beast is dead."

Then, Tianlu calmly looked at the yellow deer spirit in front of him, his eyes filled with sadness and confusion as he questioned, "If you are not him, then who are you? Where did you come from? Why did I mistake you for the Four-Faced Beast?"

Tianlu's words were like a knife piercing the chest of the Qilin, the excruciating pain making it feel as if it were suffocating.

Over time, the four-legged creature has gone from initially disliking Tianlu's loud and boisterous nature to now regarding Tianlu as a brother.

"Why am I fake? If only all of this were a dream, if only I were the Four-Faced Beast in Pipi's heart." Tianlu's knife-like question made the Four-Faced Beast's heart give rise to a sliver of fantasy.

But the next moment, this illusion was shattered by Tianlu, who suddenly grew larger as if he had made up his mind.

The enlarged Tianlu looked down at the Qilin, its cold gaze seeming as if it would tear the Qilin to shreds at any moment: "I know, you were sent by those scum from the Heavenly Court to kill... no, you're spying on me?"

Sensing the murderous aura emanating from Tianlu, the Qilin trembled uncontrollably, muttering, "No, no, I didn't... I didn't...?"

The more the four-legged creature spoke, the less confident it became. It was as if a voice was telling it that Pipi was right; the Heavenly Court had sent it down to the mortal realm to monitor Pipi, and that it would report Pipi's condition to the Heavenly Court from time to time.

The four-legged creature looked down at the Qilin mask on the ground and said bitterly, "No, Pipi is right, I have it."

When the Qilin looked up at Tianlu again, it had given up on defending itself and said frankly, "That's right, the Heavenly Court sent me to monitor you."

"They sealed away some of your memories so I could see if you were to regain them."

The Qilin's confession did not quell Tianlu's anger; instead, it fueled Tianlu's murderous intent towards the Qilin: "So, you really are a lackey of the Heavenly Court. Your kindness towards me was all an act, wasn't it? You were just trying to gain my trust so you could continue to deceive me, keep me here, and make me work for the Heavenly Court and risk my life for you!"

“That’s not true, Pipi. Whether you believe it or not, you saved my life when I was just an ordinary deer. I never intended to harm you.”

The Four-Faced Beast recalled that when it was a child, it was Tianlu who suddenly appeared and saved it when it was almost eaten by a tiger.

In the blink of an eye, he witnessed the scene of the Heavenly Court capturing Tianlu. Because of his karma with Tianlu, he was chosen as the Pixiu Heart Lock, which trapped Tianlu and himself.

Because of Mengji's appearance, the Qilin realized that it was fake and also learned about its cause and effect with Tianlu.

Perhaps out of selfishness, or perhaps to repay a debt of gratitude, the Qilin chose to keep Tianlu by its side. This was to put the Heavenly Court at ease, thereby indirectly protecting itself and Tianlu.

Tianlu was conflicted. On one hand, the Four-Faced Beast admitted that it was sent by the Heavenly Court to monitor him. On the other hand, Tianlu remembered that the Four-Faced Beast, just as it had said, had never harmed him.

As memories of his interactions with the Qilin resurfaced in his mind, Tianlu's eyes gradually softened.

But thinking about how he had been deceived for so many years, Tianlu naturally didn't want to be nice to Si Bu Xiang. He snorted coldly, "Si Bu Xiang... listen carefully, Pipi has never been my name. My name is Tianlu."

“Pi…” The four-legged creature was about to call out the name “Pipi” again, but then it remembered that Tianlu had just denied the name “Pipi”.

For no apparent reason, the strange creature felt a mix of emotions welling up inside, and couldn't help but cover its face and weep: "It's really... too ugly..."

"Hey, why are you crying? Don't cry, okay? I won't eat it."

When Tianlu saw the Qilin crying, he panicked and quickly shrunk his body: "Look, I've shrunk, please stop crying."

Tianlu felt uneasy and dared not look directly at the strange creature: "Strange, why does it seem like I'm bullying it? I feel a little guilty..."

Suddenly, Tianlu remembered something and his heart skipped a beat: "That's right, Bixie! Where is Bixie? Where is he now?"

"I remember I hid him inside my belly, he should be inside me... or did he leave?"

Tianlu opened his mouth and gagged, soon vomiting a pool of red oil and a chick.

"What is this?" Seeing that there was no sign of Bixie in his belly, Tianlu panicked and subconsciously looked at the Qilin: "Hey, Qilin... deer spirit! Where's Bixie? Have you seen him?"

Tianlu originally wanted to continue calling it "the four unlikes," but then realized that the other party wasn't real, so he awkwardly called it "the deer spirit."

What Tianlu didn't know was that when he called out "deer spirit," the Qilin was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, and the claws gripping the mask trembled slightly.

But soon, the Qilin pretended not to care and put the mask back on its face before turning back to Tianlu and saying, "The warding-off evil spirit is outside the cave."

"Really!" Tianlu breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Bixie was outside. It was good that Bixie was alright.

Once Tianlu calmed down, he quickly noticed that the Qilin had put its mask back on and couldn't help but tease, "Why are you still wearing a mask? This thing doesn't work on me anymore."

The four-legged creature wiped away its tears and explained, "We still have to wear them. After all, the Heavenly Court hasn't discovered that you've regained your memories yet, so this will at least help you cover it up."

"Oh, oh! That's true, then you can wear it!"

Tianlu turned his head away guiltily, not expecting that even though he had been so rude to the Four-Faced Beast, it would still want to help him.

Just as Tianlu was feeling awkward, Bixie, who had been waiting impatiently outside, came in.

Upon seeing Tianlu, Bixie tentatively asked, "Tianlu, how are you?"

Upon seeing that it was Bixie, Tianlu excitedly ran towards Bixie, tackled him to the ground, and rolled around in his arms a few times, saying, "I remember everything now, brother."

“…” Bixie was shocked. If he hadn’t misheard, Tianlu had just called him brother!

Bixie quickly realized what was happening, and with a forceful movement, pinned Tianlu down in a strange position, excitedly rubbing against Tianlu's body.

"Tianlu! You idiot, you finally remembered me! What did you just call me? Say it again!"

"Whoa!" Tianlu was startled by Bixie's actions. When he thought of the Qilin watching from the side, he immediately pushed Bixie away, feeling embarrassed: "Bixie, get off me first."

Bixie also saw the Qilin at this moment, and awkwardly got up from Tianlu's body, but Bixie's attention was quickly focused on Tianlu again.

"Tianlu, has the Heavenly Court's illusion failed? Have you remembered everything? My affairs? The affairs of the Four-Unlikes?"

"Ah, um, I remember everything about Bixie." Tianlu sat on the ground, looking at Bixie triumphantly: "Hmph, it's just a little trick of the Heavenly Court, how could it possibly fool me?"

Bixie rolled his eyes at Tianlu and said disdainfully, "Tianlu, what are you so proud of? You were fooled for so long."

Tianlu was somewhat unconvinced and wanted to have a good talk with Bixie when Haochen walked in: "Oh, it seems that your memory has returned, Tianlu. In that case, let's go back first."

"Wow, who are you?" Tianlu sized up Haochen, then pointed at Haochen's tail and said, "Bixie, look! His tail is bald, and it's spiral-shaped, like a bald-tailed dog!"

"(｀Δ′)!" Hao Chen's lips twitched: "Tian Lu, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up."

As he spoke, Hao Chen glared at Bi Xie with dissatisfaction, while Bi Xie guiltily looked away, not daring to meet Hao Chen's gaze.

Just now, outside, Haochen said in a serious tone that in his world, he was good friends with Bixie, Tianlu, and Sibuxiang, and he knew them very well.

Like Bixie, it likes to spin around and kick Tianlu's butt while it's sleeping.

As a result, Bixie was unhappy when he heard this. He liked Tianlu the most, so how could he kick his butt?

Instantly, Bixie's fiery temper flared up, and it grew larger, biting Haochen's tail: "You're lying! I didn't kick Tianlu's butt! I didn't! I didn't!"

Tear ~

Hao Chen was caught off guard when his tail was ripped off and he was flung away.

After finishing all this, Bixie calmed down. Seeing that the situation was not good, he went to find Tianlu before Haochen returned.

Because Hao Chen was not in his original body at this moment, he didn't have much divine power and was unwilling to use it to instantly grow tail hair.

Therefore, Haochen had no choice but to pick up his plucked tail hairs and go find the four-legged creature.

He handed his tail fur to the four-legged creature: "Four-legged creature, help me tie up my tail fur for now, otherwise it looks so ugly bald."

The four-legged creature took Hao Chen's tail fur, stroked it, and found it to be quite nice before putting it into its cloak.

"What are you doing?" Hao Chen had a bad feeling; he seemed to have come to the wrong beast.

The four-legged creature said nonchalantly, "Don't rush, there's no rope here, we'll tie you up later."

"You can't lie to me, you idiot." Hao Chen was still a little uneasy, but he didn't have a better choice.

After doing all this, Hao Chen turned and walked towards Tian Lu, not forgetting to glare at Bi Xie again.

"Hello, my name is Haochen, and I'm a Pixiu just like you."

Tianlu looked at Haochen suspiciously, then turned to look at Bixie. After seeing Bixie nod slightly to him, Tianlu breathed a sigh of relief: "My name is Tianlu. From now on, you'll be working for me."

"Uh, okay, but let's go back first and talk about it later." Hao Chen was a little helpless, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this would make it easier to take advantage of Tian Lu.

"Go back?" Tianlu subconsciously looked at the Qilin.

Just as Tianlu was about to say that he couldn't go back to the deer man's shop, Bixie patted Tianlu on the shoulder: "Tianlu, you go back with them first. I'll go find Sibuxiang and bring him to live with us."

"Hey!" Tianlu was taken aback, thinking that the Four-Faced Beast was already dead, so did Bixie not know? Or was Bixie's memory also malfunctioning?

In that case, should we tell Bixie the truth? But what if Bixie goes crazy again after knowing the truth? It would be very difficult to control a crazy Bixie.

Bixie frowned, watching Tianlu's constantly changing expression, and asked suspiciously, "Tianlu, what's wrong? Your expression is very strange. Do you know something?"

Hao Chen, who was standing to the side, naturally saw Tian Lu's expression and thought to himself that something had indeed happened to the Four-Faced Beast. He wondered if he would have a chance to revive it.