"Though the Golden Hawksbill Turtle could not compare to the Emperor Auspicious Beast, it was still an auspicious turtle, a being any Soul Beast would be willing to approach."
Di Tian was clearly somewhat skeptical of Xu Tianming's words.
"A thirty-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle would have no problem living past one hundred thousand years. I still cannot agree to your condition."
If it had been some ordinary Soul Beast, Di Tian could have gritted his teeth and accepted it.
But Golden Hawksbill Turtles were simply too scarce. Their rarity was enough to rival that of Emerald Swans.
"Di Tian, I already told you. What I want is a thirty-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle whose lifespan is constantly slipping away."
Xu Tianming refused to give an inch.
"That thirty-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle will not merely fail to break through to one hundred thousand years. Whether it can even live another hundred years is questionable."
"If you do not believe me, you can go ask Bi Ji. I imagine she has treated that Golden Hawksbill Turtle before."
After a pause, Xu Tianming suddenly smiled.
"Yet even with the abilities of an Emerald Swan like her, she could not stop the life force within that Golden Hawksbill Turtle from draining away."
Di Tian narrowed his eyes and stood silently where he was, appearing to seriously consider Xu Tianming's terms.
If things truly were as Xu Tianming claimed, trading a dying thirty-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion seemed like a decent choice.
As for a hundred-thousand-year spiritual-attribute External Soul Bone, while rare, the Star Dou Forest's reserves might actually have one.
After all, they had only assumed human form. Unlike Xiao Wu and Ah Yin, they had not truly chosen to cultivate as humans.
Spirit Bones were genuinely useless to Soul Beasts