There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 163 Scapegoat

The matter of Qiongqi was ultimately kept secret. Haochen glanced disdainfully at the stone bed made of Kunlun jade, which was filled with a strange smell.

"Qiongqi, aren't you going to give me an explanation?" Hao Chen glared at Qiongqi, as if to say, "If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I'll beat you up."

Qiongqi's limbs trembled, and he cursed his bad luck inwardly. He hadn't thought so much about it; if he had known it belonged to his boss, he wouldn't have dared to urinate on it.

Seeing that Hao Chen had raised his claws and could strike at any moment, Qiongqi had a sudden inspiration and quickly pounced to grab Hao Chen's claws.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."

Regardless of whether it was his fault or not, Qiongqi felt that if he admitted his mistake, he wouldn't be beaten up badly later.

As Qiongqi had expected, Haochen's attitude softened considerably after hearing him admit his mistake. Therefore, Qiongqi felt he had to put in more effort and try to shift the blame to other beasts. He had already thought of a scapegoat.

“Boss, let me tell you, it was Taotie’s idea to pee on your bed. He’s had his eye on your bed for a long time, so it’s not all my fault. You can’t just blame me.”

"You mean Taotie also got a share?" Hao Chen looked at Qiongqi suspiciously.

He had a feeling that Qiongqi seemed to be looking forward to him punishing Taotie, but after watching for a long time, he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it," Hao Chen thought to himself, then said, "Alright, I won't hit you this time since I beat you up earlier. Go and find Taotie for me."

"No problem, leave it to me, boss." Qiongqi happily accepted the task and turned to find Taotie.

"Brother Taotie, don't blame me, you're tough and can take a beating anyway."

Seeing that Qiongqi had left, Haochen turned his attention to Bixie. Just then, Sibuxiang and Tianlu also arrived.

"Cough cough!" Hao Chen coughed a few times, attracting the attention of Bi Xie and the others.

At this moment, Hao Chen said, "Bixie, I have something to do and need to go out for a while."

Before Hao Chen could finish speaking, Tian Lu interrupted him after hearing that he was about to leave, saying, "Hao Chen, are you going out again?"

Hao Chen nodded: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

"I'm not worried at all. I just feel like if you leave, there will be no one to play with me," Tianlu pouted, stubbornly insisting.

"..." Bixie: "Tianlu, can't I play with you?"

Sibuxiang hugged Bixie and Tianlu tightly, nuzzling their cheeks and saying, "That's right, and I can also play with Xiaomeihua and Xiaolanquan."

"That's not what I meant!" Tianlu hurriedly explained, not wanting to upset Bixie and Sibuxiang because of his words.

However, after Tianlu finished explaining, he saw Bixie and Sibuxiang looking at him with mischievous smiles. Only then did Tianlu realize that he had been tricked, and he immediately pounced on Bixie and Sibuxiang and started playing around with them.

"You guys didn't listen to me at all!" Hao Chen thought to himself as he watched the three fluffy creatures playing around, before eagerly joining in.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hao Chen licked Bi Xie's face, nudged Tian Lu's belly, and secretly tickled Si Bu Xiang.

Hao Chen, having offended all three beasts, was instantly surrounded by them and piled on top of them like a human pyramid.

"I was wrong, I was wrong." Hao Chen apologized repeatedly, a happy smile spreading across his face. He suddenly thought to himself, "This kind of life is so good. I wish I could be happy like this forever."

Hao Chen knew this was impossible. He was different from Bi Xie and the others. Because of the ancient origin, Bi Xie and the others did not need to cultivate and could live in the world for a long time. Moreover, their strength would continue to grow stronger over time.

But he couldn't. Although he was a divine beast with a long lifespan, he could still feel the marks that time had left on him.

In addition to the threats from the Heavenly Court and Chen Ying, Hao Chen knew he had to cultivate, constantly improve his skills, compete with heaven and earth for creation, and obtain the power to protect what he wanted to protect.

However, his cultivation method is not in line with the Dao of the world with beasts, so he needs to undergo the baptism of lightning tribulation in order to fully activate his potential.

The Dark Universe is clearly more suitable for him, so naturally he has to go there.

On the other side, after leaving Haochen's side, Qiongqi quickly found Taotie's location.

Seeing Taotie eating meat with him, Qiongqi was annoyed. Why should I get beaten up while Taotie gets to eat meat?

"No way, I'll have the boss beat you up too to vent my anger." Feeling resentful, Qiongqi secretly plotted how to trick Taotie back.

Taotie saw Qiongqi at this moment, but he didn't see the dark thoughts in Qiongqi's heart. Instead, he greeted him and said, "Hey, what's wrong? Are you hungry? Here's a deer leg for you. Don't say I didn't take care of you."

As he spoke, Taotie took out the deer leg that he had prepared for Qiongqi, which moved Qiongqi deeply.

"What's wrong? Are you moved by my loyalty? Hahaha~" Taotie's silly and big appearance made Qiongqi feel even more guilty.

Qiongqi suppressed his guilt, thinking that he should rely on Taotie to get through this crisis first, and he could make it up to him later if necessary.

Seeing that Taotie was still looking at him, Qiongqi pointed to Taotie beside him and said, "Taotie, if you don't hurry up and eat, all the meat will be eaten by that furry ball Taotie."

"Ah, my flesh! Glutton, leave me some!"

Amidst the commotion, Qiongqi finished the deer leg that Taotie had prepared for him, and then made an excuse to say to Taotie, "By the way, Taotie, the boss seemed to have something to tell you, and asked me to come and call you back."

"Really? I'll go right now." Without thinking much, Taotie rushed back as soon as he heard that his boss was looking for him.

Watching Taotie's departing figure, Qiongqi silently mourned for him. Then he thought to himself that he had better leave first to avoid trouble, otherwise Taotie would definitely make things difficult for him if he found out he had been deceived.

"Where should we go? Oh right, those two big Qilins look friendly, let's go to their cave and sleep for a few days."

Because Qiongqi was afraid of being punished by Taotie later, he wanted to go to Shi Qilin's place to avoid trouble. After all, when they were weak, apart from Haochen, Yu Qilin and the others took the best care of them.

In order to persuade Yu Qilin to let him sleep in her cave, Qiongqi glanced at Taotie, who was sleeping soundly after eating, and thought he would use him as an excuse later.

"Taotie, come on, I'll take you back to sleep." Qiongqi grabbed Taotie's long, thin tail and ran towards the Jade Qilin's cave, avoiding Hao Chen and the others.

On the other side, Hao Chen was resting on the ground after playing with Bi Xie and the others when Taotie's voice came: "Boss, I heard you were looking for me."

"Yo, Taotie, you've finally arrived."

Hao Chen looked at Taotie with a sinister gaze, but Taotie didn't notice the odd tone in Hao Chen's voice. Instead, it said, "That's right. As soon as I heard that the boss needed to see me, I rushed back immediately."

Hao Chen never expected Qiongqi to lie to him, so when he saw Taotie return, he thought he had come back to admit his mistake, so he didn't ask if Qiongqi had peed on his bed.

Hao Chen grabbed Taotie and pinned him to the ground. Taotie was bewildered by Hao Chen's actions: "Boss, what are you doing?"

But soon, Taotie found out why Haochen had pinned him to the ground.

Hao Chen pressed down on the Taotie with one claw and slapped its buttocks hard with the other.

"Snapped!"

Taotie's face stiffened, and it looked at Haochen with a somewhat aggrieved expression: "Boss, why did you hit me? I didn't do anything to upset you, did I?"

"Why are you asking? Don't you have any idea what you've done?"

Upon hearing Hao Chen's words, Taotie fell silent. He kept thinking about what he had done and felt that he hadn't done anything to wrong his boss.

Hao Chen interpreted Taotie's silence as a sign of not admitting his mistake, so he slapped Taotie's buttocks several more times.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!

Taotie was stubborn; no matter how much Haochen spanked him, he accepted it without uttering a sound or offering any explanation.

Finally, Hao Chen felt it was about time, so he stopped clawing and released the Taotie.

"Taowu, Qiongqi said it was your idea to pee on that, right?" Haochen said, pointing to the stone bed made of Kunlun jade.

Upon hearing this, Taotie was first stunned, then felt wronged and angry. He had trusted Qiongqi so much, yet Qiongqi had deceived him.

And the eldest brother is the same; he doesn't even ask what happened before he starts spanking people.

Taotie choked up and said, "Boss, I didn't do this. Qiongqi was afraid you would beat him up, so he lied to you."

Seeing that Taotie was almost crying with grievance, Hao Chen was immediately embarrassed. He mechanically turned his head to look at the Four Unlikes and the others: "Uh, so I was tricked by Qiongqi?!"

Si Bu Xiang nodded: "Little Coal Ball, you must have been tricked."

"Damn it, Qiongqi, you're finished." Hao Chen, realizing what had happened, looked at Taotie awkwardly: "Um, it was all a misunderstanding. I was tricked by Qiongqi too."

However, Taotie felt very wronged at this moment. It had done nothing wrong, but it was beaten up for no reason and couldn't even fight back.

Feeling increasingly aggrieved, Taotie shed tears without even realizing it. Seeing this, Haochen quickly stepped forward to wipe away Taotie's tears: "Okay, don't cry. I apologize. It's all my fault."

While apologizing, Hao Chen looked at Si Bu Xiang for help, hoping that Si Bu Xiang would come and put in a good word for him, at least to prevent Taotie from crying, as he couldn't stand seeing fluffy creatures cry.

However, the Four-Faced Beast also found it troublesome to stay here, and was leaving with Bixie and Tianlu.

"Four-Unlikes, come back here."

Seeing that Si Bu Xiang was sneaking away, Hao Chen shouted, but Si Bu Xiang, upon hearing Hao Chen's voice, quickened his pace: "Little Coal Ball, I'm taking Little Plum Blossom and Little Blue Circle to get some water."

"You ungrateful bastard, we're breaking up."

Hao Chen was furious and powerless behind him, but he didn't notice the sly smile on Taotie's face.

When Haochen looked at him, Taotie quickly put on a pitiful expression, as if to say, "You hit the wrong beast, hurry up and coax me."

Hao Chen was extremely annoyed. He should have asked beforehand, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a passive position.

With a bang, Hao Chen grew larger and then lay down in front of Taotie, saying, "Hey Taotie, how about I carry you around a few times as an apology? Is that okay?"

Taotie nodded, then climbed onto Haochen's back. Once it was sure Haochen couldn't see its expression, Taotie immediately put away its aggrieved look: "Boss, let's go."

Upon hearing this, Hao Chen realized that Taotie had most likely been faking it, but he didn't say anything more, since he had wronged Taotie first.

However, at the same time, Hao Chen's resentment towards Qiongqi deepened.