Magic Beasts and Essence Crystals

Qingqiu Li, the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox, transformed into the form of a woman and appeared soundlessly on the warship's deck.

She had seen Ye Qin let the Ghost Lord leave just now, and a strange look crossed her face.

In the Demon World, when demon cultivators became enemies, they either killed the other party or forced them into submission. There had never been such a practice as "defeating someone, then releasing them unconditionally." It left her puzzled and unable to understand.

Over the past few years, she had been observing Ye Qin and discovered that he possessed a peculiar disposition: he did not strike with ruthless force.

To put it plainly, he was cold-faced but soft-hearted. He rarely dealt lethal blows or exterminated his foes to the last. He had long possessed the strength to kill the Ghost Lord and that group of Nascent Soul ghost cultivators, yet he had never acted. He merely used them to practice his swordsmanship, then let them go once he was done.

Qingqiu Li had seen the rise and fall of countless Demon Race tribes. Powerful tribes swallowed weak ones, wiping out entire clans at the slightest provocation, slaughtering every last member or forcing them to become vassal servant tribes. A temperament like Ye Qin's was simply unimaginable—one could not find it anywhere in the Demon World.

"Still, a gentle and refined man like him does suit the fox clan's nature. The fox clan detests brutal slaughter. No wonder so many fox clan elders dislike other Demon Race tribes, yet favor drawing close to human cultivators. What a pity human cultivators are unwilling to form alliances with the fox clan."

Qingqiu Li sighed inwardly.

Ye Qin turned, preparing to return to the cabin with Huangfu Binger, when he saw Qingqiu Li appear silently behind