"Haha, you flatter me, Lord Demon King."
The rejuvenated Kil'jaeden cupped his hands toward Qin, smiling broadly as he said:
"After all, this warning came from a prophecy. It's only natural that I had some doubts."
"But now that I've consumed the lotus seed and successfully extended my lifespan by five hundred years, I imagine Lord Demon King need not worry anymore..."
"I was never worried." Demon King Qin glanced at the demonic horde below, which had been stirred into unrest by the lotus dais's radiance and aura. He casually stuffed the Nine-Colored Lotus Dais back into the Yang body's abdominal cavity and said flatly:
"I told you, this was a reward for your warning."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Having gained such a benefit, Kil'jaeden naturally wasn't foolish enough to keep showing off before Demon King Qin.
He immediately moved aside, no longer blocking the pair's path downward.
However, after Demon King Qin left, Kil'jaeden still couldn't help adding softly toward his departing back:
"Lord Demon King, the other demon body contains a deadly threat. You mustn't take any chances..."
Six hundred years ago.
Goblin Great Tribe.
"I'm telling you two, exploring ruins isn't a sightseeing trip. You mustn't take any chances!"
Kil'jaeden sat across from them at a crude stone table, earnestly trying to persuade them:
"Under normal circumstances, you first have to send in at least ten teams of goblins to explore, then decide whether to enter personally based on their casualties."
"For example, one exploration case I know well consumed nearly three-quarters of the Lesser Demon Tribe's population before they completed the initial exploration and identified the type of ruin."
"But even then, during the subsequent deeper exploration, they still lost more than fifty mid-rank demons and nearly got a high-rank one killed!"
"I know you two